The Caravan of Hope

Chapter 28: Tournament

Btw, I'm an otaku, so I like anime and manga. I'll also be using a lot of Japanese and anime references, such as kampai, which means "cheers" in Japanese.

Btw, Kashin Koji is a magician Ninja of Japan.

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Every year in Wald, there is the Kashin Koji tournament. Named after the first known wizard of Wald who had the power of illusions, this two week long tournament is a competition between caravans to see which one of them is the strongest.

And four the last three years, the Caravan of Hope has won. And that's why they were joining again this year: to not tarnish their reputation.

They were walking around, and of course, Jarred was in his Diego outfit.

Daiko was spinning around. "Festival, festival, festival!"

That's when she hit someone. She rubbed her head. "Ouch. Sorry mister!"

The person turned around. He was wearing a maroon shirt.

Daiko clapped her hands. "I recognize you! You're the guy those thugs hired when we first met Mary and George!" (A/N see chapter 1)

The guy smiled. "I remember you, Unknown Powers. It's a pleasure to meet you on mutual terms. I'm from the Caravan of Dogs, and I am called Sekiso by many of those who don't know my real name."

Hearthfell saw that Mary was confused. "Everyone who is a wizard gets a nickname. I'm the Cold Creator, if you remember. I heard that George is the Hercules of Wald, you're the truth writer, and Jar-, I mean Diego, is the keeper of time."

Sekiso shook Daiko's hand. "I'm sorry that I was about to attack you earlier, but it was business after all."

"No biggie; I understand."

They left Sekiso and went to the arena, where all wizards were supposed to meet for the first test.

The arena had a ceiling, and seats. As the Caravan sat down,the lights dimmed except for a spot where one man was. And that man was the king of Wald, King John.

Everyone started cheering, but Bella said, "Crap,"and buried her face in Jarred's coat. Jarred let her, since he knew that she obviously didn't want her father to see her. Jarred was okay because he was wearing a disguise.

King John started talking. "Greetings and welcome caravans! Now I'm sure that you all want to take part in the sixteenth annual Kashin Koji tournament!"

There were a lot of hoots from that, especially from Hearthfell and George.

King John waited till everyone stopped. Then, he clapped his hands, and a doorway arose from behind him.

"This year, the whole caravan will travel together and fight rival caravans along the way. The first seven groups to come out of the maze with all of their members will go on to the next round!"

And he left the stage. Daiko, Hearthfell and George were really excited about this round. Hearthfell and George demonstrated this by high fiving each other, and Daiko jumped jubilantly.

Mary was scared about this, since she wasn't good physically. But Alex noticed this and said, "Don't worry, we will help out each other." Mary nodded.

All the caravans lined up to the doorway, which looked bigger up close.

"Ready, set, go!" And they went through the door in separate intervals.

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Sorry this chapter was boring; next chapter is an excellent action scene with a huge cliffhanger!