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One hour later
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"C'mon, Xeno! You're too slow!!" Sonic yelled. Sonic and Xeno were having a race.

"Are you sure Shadow is in your genes?"

"See the shoes? Lets see how you face against Chaos Control!" Xeno started to speed up.

"You aren't the only fast one! Speed Break!!" Xeno and Sonic were moving at the same pce, breakneck speed, so fast, not even BloodShot could sence they're approach as they raced across the square. They approached the park area. Sonic rolled into a ball to get around the tall grass. Xeno wasn't so lucky.

"Hey Sonic!" They both stopped. "Can you teach me how to do that? The ball thing?"

"Well, Shadow could do it. You can too! Just pick up speed, and roll!"

Sonic demonstrated. Xeno followed. His spines gave him more control then Sonic when he turned, and he had to curls his tail up in a coil against his chest, perfect for leaping off of. Sonic proceeded to teach Xeno the Homing Attack, Spin Dash, and the Black Tornado(Or Blue Tornado, in Sonic's case).

A hitman was watching xeno reday to kill him when his queen gave the order the queen said to his mind"fire now"he fired a 5 shots 4 hitting sonic 1 hitting xeno in the leg

Zaras, having been revealed to be the same person in a different form, was still a member of the tournament. Xeht wondered how on earth she would last very long as a newborn dragon. He supposed her best chance would be to teach her to fly. At least then, she could avoid most attacks.

Xeht rushed through the plains, Lenora behind him, and Zaras in his hands, flapping furiously. Xeht lifted her up and let go repeatedly, always ready to catch Zaras when she started falling. Finally, she was able to support herself in the air. She could soon maintain altitude, intentionally lower herself, and gain altitude. She flew higher and higher, out among the clouds. Xeht's e shaped scar on his hand started to glow. He looked at it curiously, then looked up at Zaras.

(This isn't the way I liked to see Saphira grow, but we'll need Zaras soon after the tournament, and until then she will have her own matches to fight.)

In a flash of light, Zaras grew large. She landed, now almost fully grown. She wasn't quite big or strong enough to ride yet, but she was much larger than she was before. She let out a great roar.

What just happened? asked Xeht.

We dragons grow in a flash as soon as we learn to fly, she replied. I still have a bit of growing to do before I can be ridden, but Alegasia Dragons like myself never really do stop growing anyway. You'll see.

Xeno quick casted a Cure Spell on himself and Sonic, and they took off at breakneck speed. They rolled through the bushed, searching for the villian. They found him, and Sonic pinned him down and took his gun.

"Man, I hate these things." Sonic said holding the pistol. Xeno grabbed the man's throat, digging his claws into his neck.

"Who are you, and what do you want?"

"I was sent by my Queen to kill you..."

"Queen what Queen!?" But the man was already dead. Xeno threw him over a cliff into the ocean whee sharks would devour him.

Xeht practiced his lightsaber technique as Lenora showed off with her airbending. He had just now mastered:

Shii Cho- Form I. The first and most ancient form of combat. It's a simple style focused on disarming enemies.

Makashi- Form II. An elegant, powerful form that requires incredibly precise footwork and saber strokes with fluid motion.


Meanwhile, Zaras was flying, trying out new manuevers that Xeht never thought possible even in the air. It would be difficult for any enemy to hit her in combat.

Another hitman watched them waiting to take a thing he holds dear

Xeht, sensing the hitman, switched on his saberlock, and threw his lightsaber at him. It caught the man in the stomach. Xeht rush over and took his sword back. The Hitman would die slowly.

"Who are you? Who are you working for?"

"The... Queen..."

"What queen? Tell me and I'll heal you."

"of.... Dar... Darkness." The hitman died.

[I won't be able to post for a while. I'll be gone to look at a college most of the day, and I'll be back sometime this afternoon or evening. Then I'll be off to look at another tomorrow.]

(I wish you luck if hay wanna give you a scholarship.)

Xeno and BloodShot were sparing. Sonic was checking it out from the sidelines. The Tournament would restart not to long from then.

In fact, it would start again in just a few minutes. Everyone was called in to the arena.

(?! Where is everybody? Today's college trip got cancelled, I home on spring break, it's well after any reasonable time for any school to come to an end for the day anyway, and nobody is here. I won't be here for a while now, so since noone is here now, I guess I'll have to just keep adding to the creature legend. Oh well. My parents just now told me we are going on a trip tomorrow that will last clear to Saturday. No way to get internet access while I'm gone. Go ahead and organize and play thorugh various matches, just wait for me to get back before you involve my character. There are quite a few other participants that haven't gone through their first round yet, so have fun with them and I'll catch up later.)