Rowan was trembling in the cold. He shivered and watched as his breathed floated
up. He jerked his head at Kayla, who was bound and gagged. When the heartless
slut tried to seduce him, he rebuked her offer and managed to tie her up
silently. He took parchment and a pen and started writing:

Dear Julien Ramunes;

These past few days have been…normal since our capture. Normal for you that is.
Just because you think you won doesn’t mean

I'm out of the game. I challenge you to an all-around duel. The terms? I win,
you hand over Kyra with a blood oath stating that you will not harm her and
surrender the Dynasty to Anubis without retaliation or trickery.

Also, break the fake treaty of the marriage. Its now officially illegal to copy
a document. If you win, I surrender my love to her and you can desire without
retaliation from my friends on what to do with me.
Your
Sworn Enemy,

Rowan Hashiba

His friends saw the note and fear filled their eyes, not sure if they would
succeed and end this game once and for all…

Chapter Seventy-Seven: Reply

Julien crumpled the paper containing Rowan’s challenge. He smiled at this. What
was that boy thinking? Didn’t he realize that all the cards were in his hands
now? Julien smirked, and turned to face Badamon.

“Get parchment and ink, please. I will answer to his hopeless challenge.” He
turned his back on the High Priest and started to dictate his message. Soon, a
soldier came down with the note and handed it to Rowan who wrote his reply
swiftly.

He delivered it back to Julien who was taken aback slightly. He barked to a
soldier and said; “Release them, tend their wounds, give them food, drink,
clothes, bathroom and bed. Now.”

Soon, they were all groomed in colorful kimonos. At the business room, Rowan
saw Kyra wearing a white tube top and a skirt ripped all the way up her right
thigh. Her hair lost its crimson-gold sheen, which turned into a dull iron with
red flecks.

Her eyes were red, her cheeks stained. She was a sorry sight with the hard,
unmerciful chains on her wrists. Rowan noticed that everyone was staring at him.
He turned his attention to them to start the meeting.

As they discussed the matter, he secretly vowed to get Kyra out of here as soon
as possible.

Chapter Seventy-Eight: Assembly for War

It was dark that day when the sun rose to the heavens. It would have been a
beautiful day, if not for the dark actions to be executed right then and there.
A huge crowd gathered around the arena.

Many spectators had come from all the realms ruled by the Wildspirit family.
These realms included Lodoss, Middle-Earth, and the universes of Star Wars,
Outlaw Star, Tenchi Universe, and Gundam Wing.

So naturally, there was a huge crowd. Among the judges were Vice Foreign
Minister Relena Darlian Peacecraft with her brother, Mileardo Peacecraft. Cols.
Treize Cushrenata and Midii Une were also present with Col. Sally Po, Liu.
Lucrezia Noin and the former pilots.

In the middle were the Ronins and Warlords with the Warriors of Lodoss on the
right. The Fellowship sat on the far right while the Seed Crew and Heroes of
Gaia from Final Fantasies VIII and IX sat on the far left.

At the right side of the arena, was Julien, clad in light battle armor with his
masamune at the side. He wore a black kimono to complement the look.

Rowan wore a white robe complimented by a dark blue toga-like cloth covering one
shoulder while leaving the other bare and exposed.

No one noticed it, but even though Rowan wasn’t wearing armor, everyone sensed
some sort of shield around him. Anubis concentrated on his power. It glowed a
dark blue with splashes of gold and silver.

The judges were to be one person of each witness party representing said party.
Yoshou Masaki of The T.U. Group was teamed up with Liu. Noin, Sage, Aragorn,
Squall, Amarant, and Parn. Link, Samus, Roy, and Kirby, the referees, stood
facing each other at opposite sides of the arena.

Duo Maxwell and Wufei Chang, along with Washu, Sheik (I know, Sheik and Zelda
are the same person, but in this fic they’re different people), Cye, Irvine,
Seifer, Zidane, Vivi, Quina, Gene, Jim, Aisha, Kiyone and Mihoshi were doing the
commentary.

Anubis frowned. He didn’t see any good in Duo, Wufei, Washu, Sheik, Gene,
Irvine, Seifer, Aisha, Mihoshi, and Quina being part of the commentary. He
looked at his program.

In big bold letters it said: ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE CHOSEN PERSONALLY BY HER
MIGHTINESS, KYRA MURASAKI.

He blinked. No wonder Kirby was on the referee’s squad. “Konnichiwa Folks and
welcome to Toyama. Today we are hosting a most peculiar aspect in the show.
That’s right, Zidane. Today is Love Triangle Fever Day!”

Said Duo on the mike. (A hand appears behind his head and he gets conked with a
steel pipe.) “I mean, that today we witness two guys fight for the girl they
love to the death.” “The Terms?

If Rowan wins, Julien leaves them alone. If vice versa, Julien can keep Kyra and
do whatever he wants with her and Rowan with no retaliation on his friend’s
behalf.”

“Now Ladies and Gentlemen we give you the fighters!” “This guy has a mean
streak. His choice weapon is the masamune, a popular weapon of Final Fantasies 9
and 7. He has a fetish for Kyra and will stop at nothing to get her. Presenting
Julien Ramunes!”

Julien came out, dressed for combat. He did some slashes with his masamune in
the air. “Next is a young man of 15. His IQ is 250, he is 5 ft, 10 in., and has
blue hair. Please welcome Rowan Hashiba!”

Rowan came out, also dressed for combat. He bore a duel bladed polearm, the
Ultima Weapon, the Gladius Sentinel, a more powerful version of the Gladius
Daggers. He also had a sword with six rings chimes dangling from the hilt.

The Warlords were shocked. The Ancient One’s Sword… What was that doing with
Rowan, and how did he came by it?