Chapter 1

The second tournament was going to be held. Sofia ,one of the contestants in the tournament, stood ready for any challenges laid in front of her. She wore a black leather top that exposed her neck and little of her upper chest. This was connected to a black leather thin peace that fell between her legs in the front and in the back. On her arms she had purple arm cuffs stopping around her elbows. On her feet she had black high hills. (The outfit she wears on the cover of Battle Arena Toshinden). She held her whip in her hands as she began to head into the room with the judges.

"Sofia I presume." one of the judges said.

"Yes." Sofia said with a level of ut-most confidence.

"You will need to visit these spots." The judge handed her a peace of paper. "They contain directions to the sites you will meet at to fight your opponents at.

"Why are there a spot that go off the map?"

"That's the part were you come to our boss. Don't worry you'll know were to go when you get there."

"Alright."

"Are you ready?"

"Of course."

"Then you may go off. Remember that only one will make it threw alive and that it is against the rules to murder but it is allowed to push the other fighter so far that they can barley stand any more."

"Don't worry I won't."

"Also there will be no team ups. That is also breaking the rules of the tournament."

"I told you forget about it. I'm not about to go and jam the tournament up."

"You may go then."

So with map in her hand and her trusted whip in the other she ran from the palace and out into the wild. She looked over the view. She was assigned to meet twelve fighters in different locations. The land looked bizarre. Their were lots of towns and interesting spots that she could see. Some parts were darker and more mysterious in appearance than others.

She began to walk down the hill and head to her first battle. She would be fighting Duck. It wasn't as long a trip as some of the other places were. She needed to find the castle of the Sun set mountains. Within the castle would be her first fight.

She ran threw the woods and to the palace she was sent to fight in. She walked over the bridge and stood in the door way.

She yelled out to whoever was to let her in. There was no answer for her. Hum she thought. "How do I get in then." She walked around the castle looking to see if she could find any way to get in. Nothing. "Drats!" Sofia looked up at the huge walls of the palace. She set her whip in a holster on her leg and pushed the map in the holster as good as she could. Then she dug her hand into the castle wall and began to clime as good as she could up the wall. It wasn't the hardest thing she had ever done but it was a difficult task to clime up a 90 degree angled wall. She pulled her self to the roof and saw several guards standing around.

They turned to look at her.

"I have permeation to be here. I am a battler of the Toshinden tournament."

"Our lord said to attack any visitors what so ever. If they are strong enough to get to him then they will be considered a worthy opponent."

Sofia smiled. "You think so ha? Ok I'll play his game."

Sofia began to reach for her whip when a sword was swung in her way. Sofia dove down and rolled to the right. She then came to her feet and looked at the odds against her. She back flipped with no hands over a sword swung below her. Then rolled forwards to doge a blade going above her head. She then kicked one of the knights in the stomach. He put his hand on the spot that now aced and bent over a little to help him ease the pain. Then she flipped into the air twisting and landed on his back. Another knight tried to hit her low but she back flipped off of him pushing him to the ground and her higher into the air. She then ducked low and kicked another knight in the legs. She grasped her whip and span around low pulling the knight to his feet.

"Had enough?" Sofia asked. The knights just came at her in more force. "Oh well guess you haven't learned yet."

Sofia span around with her whip spiraling around her waist. She knocked at least four knights over with that.

"I won't have enough energy to fight Duck by the time I get there if this keeps up." Sofia thought to her self. "I need to end this now."

Sofia concentrated for a moment then she jumped into the air spinning around as the sparks from her electric whip flew off. She spiraled around and took half of the ones left out then she did this several more times. Before she knew it she was the only one still standing.

"Few good now I can get out of this mess." Sofia said to her self as she walked to a door that she supposed would lead to Duck. She walked threw the huge Palace for a while. Good thing she had started early in the morning or she might of been in this place all night. Finally she came to a great stair way. The room was huge and red curtains draped the hole room. This has got to be the fighting ground Sofia thought. She walked down the stairs and into the main part of the huge room. Sofia could see a huge curtain in the room almost taking up an enter wall. She could not see very well for their were no lights at all in the room. Sofia stepped onto the red carpet and looked around. She could see a faint figure standing in the darkness.

"Duck is that you." She yelled.

Their was no answer.

"If it is fight me. Fight Me Now!"

Still nothing. Sofia angered by his ability to shun away from his opponent for so long ran at the figure. She still could barley see. Then in a few seconds she had been kicked in the leg, tripped, fallen to the ground, and could feel a cold metal tip of a sword touch her neck. The curtains then slowly went up. Sofia could see a man with green hair and a knights armor on stand their with a sword to her neck.

"You are so pathetic." Duck muttered to her. "Rule number one. Never be the one to approach your enemy."

"Rule number two." Sofia said as she lay their with the sword to her neck. "Live by your own rules." Sofia kicked the sword up and rolled back words. She then stood up and held her whip up. "So how long did you believe that you could hide."

"I was not hiding!" He said in his regal french ax-ent.

"Sure." She said taunting him.

He flung his sword at her as she jumped back. She flew several feet into the air and came back landing away from him. He then dashed over to her ready to strike her with his sword. She saw him come ready and she flung the whip at him giving him a stinging blow to the legs. Then she ran at him kicking him in the chin and then hitting his chest with her elbow as hard as she could in a slide. Duck collapsed to the floor.

"Come on get up Duck." Sofia snickered.

"I have had enough of your games woman. This ends now!" He yelled pointing his index finger at her.

"Just shut up and lets fight." She said in a voice that said she was neither annoyed or amused.

Duck jumped into the air and when he was right above her shot his sword at her. He brought his sword down like he would cut her in two. Sofia back flipped and landed looking angered by his actions.

"Duck the rules clearly say you are not to kill the opponent. Not under any means."

"Rules I thought you said to live by your own rules."

"Ok then." Sofia said bracing her self for her next attack.

He ran at her again as she dove to the side and slammed him in the back with her whip. She then walked over to him and jumped into the air ready to come down and attack him. As she came close to him he jumped up into the air and kicked her in the leg knocking her out of balance. She fell to the ground rather hard but rather than griping she rolled out of it and came at him ready with another attack. Sofia did her zip-lash-spin like she did on the knights that she fought on the roof. She hit him once. She could see as he fell that she was the one winning here. He fall to the ground and had trouble getting up again.

"Looks like your having trouble Duck any thing I can do?"

"Leave me alone." He remarked.

Sofia then span around letting her whip spiral around her. When she stopped she noticed that she hadn't hit him. He was preparing to attack her again. She jumped into the air but she pushed from her whip a spiraled electric shock. She called it a thunder ring. He was hit and he fell to the ground. Sweat covered her face and she was worn out.

"Thanks for the help Duck. Now I can move on. Give me the proof." She said putting her hand out. He handed her a small gem symbolizing his castle. "Thank you." She said putting the gem away. "See ya." She was walking up the stairs and was heading to the door when he came running at her with his one last desperate attack. Sofia stepped to the side tripped him, Grabbed his falling sword and slammed it into the ground very close to his head. She came close to hitting him but nearly missed on purpose. He pulled away from the sword.

"Oh im sari you didn't want it their ha?" Sofia said. "How about this." Sofia picked up his sword and threw it out the glass window. This broke all the glass from the huge window. "Ops. Was that me." She said acting dumb. "Clumsy me." She said sarcastically.

Sofia ran out the door.

"After her." Duck yelled to his knights.

"Sari Duck they can't hear you. Their all out after our little encounter on the roof.

Sofia stepped out the door and back into the woods. One down eleven to go.