OrgNu: Joey Round 3

Joey takes a sip of the water inside him cup, after gulping he sighs in relief. "I still can't believe I made it this far.." A smile crosses his lips, looking up into the blue sky. " I actually won the first two rounds..I can't believe it maybe I am stronger than I make myself seem." He chuckles to himself "I bet Tauros is just as surprised as I am, but as I said I'm not gonna summon him for the rest of this tournament."

He looks over the stadium as there are cheers and other people talking to each other. All excited about how the past two rounds have gone. He wondered if people were even routing for him now or not. Looks to the ground at his feet relaxing. "I want to make this next battle I go into...I want to do even better than I have these past two rounds...I will summon my next Zodiac! I swear to it! " He nods looking up and sees a man right across from him across the steps.

The man has white hair, gray eyes and a ponytail. His clothes are all black, except for the red shirt under his coat. He was sipping from a teacup, as Joey got up and goes over. He smiles at him "You're ..You're Mr. Eremdalv the teacher of art in the academy, right?"

Eremdalv looked up at him with his dull gray eyes from the rim of his teacup. "Hmm?" He placed the cup on the small dish he held in his other hand. "Oui. That I am." He raised an eyebrow. "Forgive me, but I do not think we have properly met before. You are...?"

Joey is getting super excited now. He hasn't been in the academy long, but he bows to him. "M..My name is Joey Kinochi, sir! I'm one of the new students in the academy!" He stands up straight "I'm the one w..who..who controls Zodiacs!"

"Is that so?" A nod. "Interesting." A sip. "Will you be enrolling in my class, Monsieur Kinochi?"

He straightens up and nods excitedly "Yu..Yu...YES SIR! I love art! I always used to browse the gallery of art in the museum where I came from!"

"Mm...And where might you be from?" Sip.

He smiles "I'm from Animal City, Sir! It's a rather small place, but It has a very incredible museum which I spent most of my time in especially the observatory."

The professor nodded. "I've never been there, but I will be sure to take the time to visit it some day." Sip sip tea. "So, are you in the tournament as well, Monsieur Kinochi?"

He nods at him "Yes ,sir! I am...I..I'm a tad bit..um...worrying I'll lose this round, but I want to win so I can prove Tauros wrong!"

Eyebrow raised. "...Tauros?...I take it he is one of your Zodiacs."

Joey nods "Yes sir! It's one of my Zodia-..." He is cut off as Crayton gets up to announce a round. "For their final round next is Joey and Novex! Two competitors who have won the first two round! Let's see which one can pull through this round!"

Joey jumps "That's me! I'm sorry ,sir I must leave." He turns and bows to him. "It was a pleasure to meet you." He runs off down the steps.

Eremdalv nods, sipping his tea "Good luck, Monsieur"

Joey finally gets down there "So this guy has won the first two rounds to?..This..is gonna be difficult.." He stands across from the person across from him. A Dark skinned boy with brown hair who was about as tall as himself and had a very wrinkly hat on his head.

Many people was shouting about both being children and many were cheering for both. They had both won at least one round by luck. Joey by Tauros taking out his enemy and Novex by making the person play "Novex Says" with them.

Joey smiles "Heh I guess..we'll have to be awesomer this round!" He rubs the back of his head.

Novex just sighs "Do we..really have to fight? I would prefer not to really.."

Joey just continues rubbing his head, then looks at him with a bit of a serious look. He had to think about that at first ,but he had a response finally. "I apologize ,but I'm not gonna give up. We're gonna have to fight." He holds out his hand and summons his keyblade."Hopefully I can actually summon another zodiac this time."

Novex sighs "Darn..I woulda preferred it to be like last time.." He summons his pistols, both waiting for Crayton.

Crayton's voice booms out "BEGIN!"

Joey takes his chance to charge at Novex "He has guns, so it's best for close combat here.." He swings his keyblade at Novex. Novex raises his pistols to shoot, but has to stop to block the keyblade with one of his pistols. Aiming the other at Joey. He jumps away quickly as he sees it raise up. Joey stops wondering what in the world should he do.....Wait Leo!

Joey raises his keyblade and shouts out "LEO!" But like last time nothing happens. "Darnit" So he just charges at Novex again. Novex had taken the chance when Joey shouted out "Leo" to grab his hat. While Joey's running at him. He swings his hat at Joey and instantly it comes to life "WHAT THE HELL BOY WHY TH....WO WHO'RE YOU!?"

Joey was just gonna push the hat out of the way, but as soon as it comes to life right in front of him. He gasps and tries to stop. He manages to stop ,but nearly falls on top of it.

"AH HELL NO YOU BETTER NOT FALL ON ME SHRIMP! BACK YOURSELF UP!" The hat shouts at Joey. Joey manages to catch his balance and stand up straight "I..How is he alive!?" He looks up at Novex ,but as he looks up his eyes go wide as Novex fires his pistols at Joey. Joey screams a bit and jumps out of the way. One misses him ,but the other one shoots through his shirt, thankfully only scratching him. He falls on the ground with a loud THUD, gasping out his breathe getting knocked out of him. He catches his breathe "That was too...clo-....." He was attempting to sit up, but he could get up. He looks down and his shirt is practically holding him down to the ground "W..What!?"

The hat turns to Novex "YOU USED ME TO DISTRACT HIM!? BOY YOU WANT YOUR ASS KICKED DON'T YOU!?" the little hat was screaming in anger at him.

Novex sighs and looks to Crayton "Okay the battle is over!"

Crayton gets up and begins to walk to the edge of the spectator stand to announce the winner.

Joey struggles trying to resist this animated shirt...No..No...He couldn't lose..He has made it..so far...He couldn't just lose like this. He had to prove Tauros he was actually a good fighter and not that pathetic. I..It can't end like this!

All of a sudden he hears a voice from nowhere "You really need me? Alright Joey I'll help you from now on! Now call me quickly!" A lion's face smiles at the boy above him.

Crayton raises his hand, but as soon as he's about to shout out. Joey shouts as loud as he can "LEO COME AND HELP ME!" suddenly his keyblade glows brightly, the whole blade itself glowing. Slowly the light starts to change as some ears appear on the end of the blade where the lens is, and some hair like substance grows in the light.

Crayton has hushed up as he watched this, lowering his hand. "Hmm interesting...Seems he is stubborn to give up."

Novex turns to look at Joey "What in the world?!"

Joey's Keyblade finally stops glowing as the ears, and mane have taken complete form. The keyblade has also grown a tail where the Keychain was attached.

A face of the lion has appeared in the lens of the keyblade. "Come on boy! Summon my strength! Shout "Pride of the Lion!"

And as Joey hears this he shouts "PRIDE OF THE LION!" His keyblade roars and a serge of power runs through his body. A golden aura appearing around his body. All of a sudden he feels incredibly strong, roaring raises his arms. Fighting against his clothes and grabs his shirt. With a loud roar he rips it apart which is easy since it has a zipper. The shirt squirms in pain and Joey gets up shirtless. The scratch from the bullet now in view.

"Quickly Finish this Joey, before I have to leave!!!" Shouts Leo

Joey charges at Novex roaring his keyblade raised behind his hand. His feet hitting the ground so hard it leaves holes in the ground. Novex was a bit surprised to actually see him getting up finally he is snapped out of it by Shed "BOY GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE CLOUDS BEFORE HE HITS YOU!" He shakes his head raises his pistols, but it's too late so just tries to block him with his pistol. This time it's not as good. He screams as Joey slams his keyblade into his pistol knocking it out of his hand, spraining his hand. Quickly Novex starts to bounce backwards "Crap Crap..No..no!" He wasn't paying attention until he finally got to the edge.

He stops at the edge starting to lose his balance "NO!" In the process of catching his balance he flings his pistol.

Shed shouts at him "You FOOL!"

He catches his balance ,but Joey was right in his face. Roars and swing his keyblade at Novex stomach. As he swings though the gold aura vanishes and it glows brightly. Changing back to normal as it slams into Novex stomach, knocking him off the platform. Sliding across the ground and gasping. It wasn't enough to really damage him ,but it sure hurt and knocked the air out of him.

Crayton nods "Hmm it seems this is the real finish." He raises his hand again "JOEY KINOCHI WINS!"

Joey stares at Novex across the ground and then up at Crayton. Tears forming in his eyes as his keyblade vanishes and he jumps raising his arms. "YES." He continues to jumps repeatedly shouting "Yes" Tears of pure joy rolling down his cheeks. he bounces a few times before swaying and falls over. Using Leo had seemed to drain a lot of his energy, so the boy is picked up and taken off the stage.

Erem watched the whole battle. Nod with a slight smirk, sipping his tea. "I can't wait to see you in class, Monsieur Joey."

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Joey Belongs to me!!!

Eremdalv belongs to

Novex belongs to