Hidden Legacy

Chapter 2: Battle Royale.

Finally, The time has come. It's Monday. School is starting. But, Dream is given permission directly from the Principal. If he win the tournament, He is given the privilege to graduate the school without problem. His previous grades is sucks. So if he win, He doesn't need to do it.

He walked with confidence toward the Tournament. There's a lot of people joining the tournament. Women, Men, From Teenager to Adult. Every kind of people is there. That's what special about the tournament. There's no rules besides no killing the competitor. So Dream with his Spear Core, Walked toward the receptionist to register himself.

"Good Morning, What can I do for you?"

"I want to register to join the tournament."

The Receptionist smiled hearing Dream. She grabbed a form from inside her desk.

"Please write your name and age here."

Dream Immediately write his name and age.

"Mr. Dream Enpierce. 14 Years old. Is that correct?"

The Receptionist double checked.

"Yes That's correct"

The Receptionist smiled and point to the left.

"Please go there. There's a participants room there. The tournament will be held in under 2 hours. Please wait until the arena is open."

The Receptionist bowed her head. Dream say his thanks and walk toward the participants area. As soon as he open the door, The other participants looked at him menacingly.

'Staring at your potential opponent trying to intimidate them? That's rude' Dream thought. He kept walking toward an empty seat while ignoring the others.

Everyone in here is all fighter. Boys, Girls, Men, Women, All of them seems to know how to fight to a certain extent. The tension is rising toward the other participant. They look really excited.

'Well, Let's enjoy this fight.' Dream thought to himself while grinning slightly. He immediately covered his mouth. It would be weird seeing a 14 year old boy grinning knowing they about to walk in the arena.

Finally, 2 hours has passed. The sound of viewer scream is shaking the whole atmosphere of the arena. Dream can't help himself to stop grinning.

The arena itself is really big. There's a forest and river on the arena. Then, The announcer speak.

"Welcome to the annual Battle Royal! Can I get some sound here?!"

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

The announcer did a great job announcing the tournament. She's sitting with a man with glasses. It seems like he's the analyst.

"Thank you so much for coming once again to the tournament. As usual, This tournament will be held for 5 hours straight. There are 2 round of this tournament. The first round is the Battle royal that will be held for 2 hours. The one who failed to survive that 2 hours will be eliminated. And for those who survive, You will move on to the second round. In the second round, You will be facing 1 on 1 with another survivor. Until there's a clear winner, We won't stop the tournament."

Dream, Ignoring all of the sound and only focusing on the rules. He nodded after hearing the announcer.

"Alright. More or less I got the gist of the event. I need to survive for 2 hours in order to move on to the next round. There's going to be a lot of fighter so Let's try to thin them as much as possible without tiring my body."

All of the participants move to their designated area. Dream, Is located near the river. So if he wanted to stay there and hide, He have a source of water.

There's a camera drone everywhere that broadcasting all of our position to the viewer. Nobody can't see the broadcast if they're inside the arena. Only those who watch can see it.

*TNGGGGGGGGG*

Finally, The tournament officially begin. Dream started by washing his face and hair on the river. He unlocked his Spear Core and Spear suddenly formed from the Spear Core.

"Now, Let's get the party started!"

Dream Smiled.

Instantly, He dashed toward the river. He jumped the whole river by his raw jumping power. He vanished inside the forest.

Like a ninja, Dream silently running in a quite fast speed. While keeping his eyes on another ninja. Carefully he scanned the forest. Looking for any clue for other person. Dream noticed that someone also tailing him.

Dream grinned noticing that and immediately up his speed. He lead the one who tailed him to a more comfortable space for Dream.

Dream stopped in his leg once he felt comfortable with the area around him.

"You can come out now. Let's just fight right here!"

Dream taunted them. Finally, A man with a camouflage suit dropped from the tree.

"Sorry kid. No harsh feeling. I just want to thinned the competitor so I don't have a hard time later."

Said the man. Dream grinned at him when he heard that.

"Why are you smiling?! Do you understand that you about to get hurt?"

"Ummm, Sir. Do you understand what you're saying right now?"

Dream kept taunting the man.

"Of course! So why are you kept grinning?"

While he snapped at Dream, Dream take this as his chance to strike first. He jumped toward the man. The man taken by a surprise seeing Dream sudden assault.

"What's wrong sir? I swear I heard you trying to take me out."

Dream just won't stop. He taunted the man once again. Finally the man snapped.

"You Bastard!"

The man Take out his Weapon Core and it formed into a dagger. He swing his dagger sideways to cut Dream.

But Dream, Already saw that coming. He swing the spear upward in an incredible speed and throw the dagger up. He use his spear to thrust the Dagger to go even further.

"s**t!"

The man panicked and take a fighting stance.

Dream thrust his spear toward the man. The man try to catch Dream spear. Instead, Dream pull back his spear and immediately slide his leg toward the man legs. The man stumble sideways. Using his spear, He swing his spear upward, Launching the man to the air.

"Goodbye sir. It's nice playing with you!"

Dream stab his spear to the ground and use the end of his spear as a platform to jump even higher.

"You Bastard!"

The man, Can only swear at Dream. Dream is on the air, Grab the man head and push it toward the ground.

Dream Style: Fallen Angel.

The man face hit straight to the ground. Fortunately, The ground is soft. The impact isn't enough to break his neck. So there's still a chance that he's alive.

Dream, Grab his spear and started running once again.

"That's fun! Let's search for more people to have fun with!"

With that, Dream began his hunt for fun.

"Hoo? Look at that!"

Dream, Scouting from the tree. He see a girl, Getting surrounded by a group of fighter. She's using a Katana. She's easily one of the strongest fighter in this tournament. From the appearance, She might be the same age as Dream.

She easily s***h through enemies defense and slip through their attack like it was nothing.

"It's really beautiful. That sword play, It's so smooth and amazing."

Dream, Only staring at her amazing technique. He's absolutely captivated by her. He can imagine what kind of training she went through.

Suddenly, Dream glance to the front. He noticed someone with a blowpipe trying to take her down.

Dream, Immediately went down from the tree and dash straight to the Girl. The girl immediately take her fighting stance. Dream immediately Throw his spear toward the direction to the person with the blowpipe.

Dream spear pierce the blowpipe straight at the middle.

"AUGH!"

Look like the spear hit the man somewhere in his head.

"Recall"

His spear immediately went back to his hand.

Still, The girl tried to strike Dream. Dream expected that. He spin the spear and bounce the Katana with his spear. Both of them, Threw away their weapon.

The Girl open her hand and strike with her palm. Dream punch her palm. The power from both of them strike each other. Launching them backward in a great speed.

Both of them Recall their weapon. Both of them stab the ground trying to reduce the speed from the impact.

When they started to move again, The Bell rang once again.

"The Battle Royal is over! Congratulate for 10 people that survive the battle royal!"

Dream and the girl immediately stop their movement. Both of them suddenly breathe heavily. The strike from them knocked the air out of them.

"Not bad huh."

Dream spoke first trying to spark the conversation.

"Yeah. I never thought that I would feel this much fun from fighting other people."

The Girl let out a smile while she take back her katana. Dream laugh a little.

"Hahaha.. True. It's the first time I've ever felt this."

The girl put her hand toward Dream.

"My name is Lily Woodrow. Nice to meet you."

"My name is Dream Enpierce. Nice to meet you too Lily."

Both of them shake their hand. The match is over, There's no need for them to fight. Unless they met at the next stage.

Both of them walked toward the participant room to rest before resuming the tournament.

They both sat down next to each other watching the announcer talking with the analyst.

"So, There's some changes toward the participant. It seems like 2 of them can't fight. Even though they survive the battle royal, They get a pretty heavy injuries. So, There's only 8 people left."

The Announcer said. Both of them looked pretty shocked when hearing that.

"I wonder what happened to both of them."

"I don't know... Do they break a bone or something?"

Dream and Lily trying to figure out what happened. Then the announcer started to talk once again.

"Also, To bring more fire to the tournament, We're going to experiment a little bit.  Because there's much people than usual, We're going to try to do a team fight. Make a team of 2 with anyone that also survive."

Usually, After the battle royal event, There's only 4 people left. But now, There's 8 people left. It's a rare event. So the tournament official try to make thing more interesting.

Dream and Lily looked at each other.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?"

Dream said. Lily Replied by saying.

"You thinking what I'm Thinking?"

Dream hearing that smile.

"Let's team up together."

Lily smile and nodded. With this, They're officially a teammate.

"I hope we can win this tournament."

"I hope so too."

With that, They walked inside the arena once again.

"From the West side we have, The two people that was together since they were born. They're a men among all men. They're Two as one. Allow me introduce to you. The Twins, Al Dan and El Dan!"

"WOOOOOO!!!!"

The crowd is excited seeing them. They're a twin with a very similar feature. A spiky hair, the same round eyes. More over, Both of them look really happy.

"HAHAHA! Brother! Look at all these strong people!"

El, The younger brother, is always laughing while looking at strong people.

"..."

Al, The bigger brother, is always silent.

"True Brother! They're probably worth to crush!"

Even though the big brother doesn't talk, El can understand what is his bigger brother saying just by looking at him.

"And now, From the East side, The most Dangerous Duo. They were given the title the Assassin and the Ninja. Both of them, Have a similar fight style. They're Kurou and Eita!"

Once again the crowd went wild.

Both of them doesn't speak much either. They're calm and collected. Kurou has a black hair that he tied. And Eita have a deep blue color.

"And From the North Side. They're the fighters of the tree. They fight inside the forest for so long that they somehow ended as a teammate. They're Brun and Eisen."

They're look fiercely at each other. Brun have a blonde hair and Eisen is a girl with a light green color.

"Now People. The Dark horse. They're both 14 years old. People called them the prodigy among prodigy. Yes I'm talking about the Geniuses. Welcome, Dream and Lily."

As soon as Dream and Lily named get called, The crowd get even wilder. Both Dream and Lily walk with a confidence that outmatch the other pair. This is their first time. Two geniuses fighting other geniuses.

"Now people. The Team is Separated by their own area. The rule is simple. Each team have a flag on the center of their area. The winner of this is the one who get the other flag."

The rules is straight and clear. There are 4 flag. 1 Each. The goal is to protect your own flag while taking everyone else flag. The only time you won is when you grab all of the other flag. It's simple.

"This is quite simple. Who is going to protect the flag?"

Dream asked to Lily. They need to set their tactics before they can move.

"Both of us. I know this sound bad but, If both of us here, They need to breakthrough both of us. And I feel like we're going to be unbeatable if both of us work together."

"Alright. Sounds good. We defeat them when they come. Quickly grabbed their flag and we win."

"Exactly. We're on the same page after all."

While they were talking, The bell has rung. So, The other team already moves. Both Dream and Lily put up their guard to the max. Not even a single noise can get past their ears. If there's a movement, They will react instantly

15 minutes has passed. Nothing attacked them yet.

Another 15 minutes has passed. Still nothing.

30 minutes later. They finally picked up some suspicious noise from the East.

From the shadow of the tree the most dangerous duo have come. They're unscathed. But Dream and Lily feel that they already grabbed the other 2 flags. Which mean if they get Dream and Lily flag, They lose.

The first attack is begin when Kurou immediately charged at Dream with a smile. It caught Dream off guard.

Kurou with his twin sword started to s***h Dream. His s***h is fast and accurate. Dream can't do anything to that other than blocking it with his spear. He spin his spear around to block all the blow.

Until Kurou started to feel the flaws on Dream Spear.

Kurou started to become much faster that even Dream having a hard time dealing with it. Dream kept blocking all of Kurou attack. The last attack Kurou throw is a s***h with his right sword. Dream tried to block it but it stopped mid air. He launch both of his sword upward and threw Dream spear. Trying to use Recall it no use. He will try to stop it.

Kurou twin sword become much much closer to Dream body.

"Dream!"

On the other hand, Lily get left behind by Dream and Kurou. She want to chase after them but, If she did that, They both lose. And Even if she try to chase them, Eita already there.

"Sorry Little girl. No offense feeling. But It's our win"

Eita, With a mask on. He quickly and quietly sneak up toward Lily. Lily immediately started slashing toward Eita.

Eita, With his sword parry all of Lily slashes. Lily let out even faster and stronger s***h. Eita started feeling excited. He let out even faster s***h.

The crowd get really excited seeing both of them fight.

And Lily s***h downward. But that was a mistake. Eita hold down the Katana with his foot and s***h toward her hand. Naturally, She let go of her sword.

Both Dream and Lily are in a pinch. But They do not falter. They felt even excited.

"What are you going to do now? Little boy/girl"

Both Kurou and Eita said the same thing to Dream and Lily.

Dream and Lily both smiled hearing that sentence.

"I'm originally martial artist. So, Without weapon, I'm even stronger!"

Both Dream and Lily said the same thing.

Dream started to dashed toward Kurou with a low stance.

"Interesting! Little boy!"

Kurou started slashing his fastest attack. It look like his slashes forming a dome around him.

Dream, Go into a deep state of mind. He become focus. He can feel the vibrate on the air and the ground. He scan everything in his vision. The speed of Kurou attack. The weak spot.

"The Data is inputted."

Dream said. Dream started to become even faster. Kurou instantly lose sight of Dream.

"What?!"

Kurou finally noticed Dream is below him. But He's too late. Dream already slide his foot down. Knocking Kurou to the side. Instantly, Dream kick upward with great power. Sending Kurou Upwards.

"Dream Style: Cloud Nine!"

Dream jumped and grabbed Kurou shirt. Dream pull down as hard as he could forward. Smashing Kurou Head to the ground.

"Dream Style: Fallen Angel!"

The dangerous combo of Cloud Nine and Fallen Angel. The first combo he thought when training.

Even Kurou can't take the impact from that combo. Dream ran back toward Lily.

Lily take her stance. Even without her katana, She can let out a dangerous technique.

"Interesting. Let's dance girl!"

Eita, Started Jumping so fast that it leave behind after image. It's so fast and quiet. As expected from the man called Ninja.

Lily, Close her eyes. To open her sixth sense.

Eita let out the first move. He s***h downward toward Lily.

Lily notice the sudden move and slide toward the side.

"What?!"

Eita shocked seeing that. Lily Opened her palm like when she was Attacking Dream. Eita immediately s***h toward Lily once again. When He noticed, Lily already right in front of him and her palm already on Eita chest.

"Lily Original: Energy Blast!"

A little push throw Eita across the ground and hit the tree. He spewed out blood. His lung is probably ruptured because of the sudden Blast inside his body.

"Lily!"

Dream rushed toward Lily just to see Lily already defeat Eita. Dream sigh in relieves.

"Good work!"

Both of them say that toward each other. While the other is unconscious Both Dream and Lily split up to grab the other Flag.

They meet up on their side.

"The Winner is... THE PRODIGIES DREAM AND LILY!"

The Crowd went wild. Both of us smiled at each other and went back to our participant room.

As soon as we arrive in our room, We feel asleep. 1 hour later we found ourselves on bed inside the health room.

"Oh crap... The fatigue that I get from using my technique is kicked in."

It's the same for both Dream and Lily. Their body still not strong enough to hold their own technique. After all, They're just 14 year old child. They need to train their body to get use to using their own technique.

For Dream, His injuries is on his ankles and wrist. For Lily is on her whole hand.

All of their injuries is not a major injuries. With just a low ranked healing potion, It's already healed. But they still have bandages on their injuries. It's just a remainder for them that they're injured.

"Dream? You okay?"

"Yeah. Are you okay?"

From behind their curtain, They talk to each other.

"I see. I'm glad."

"Yeah same."

Both of them started to get more sleepy. So they decided to sleep a little bit more.

30 minutes later, They go to the front of the arena. They're getting a trophy for their achievement.

Everyone is there. Clapping their hand at Dream and Lily. They don't see any finalist other than Kurou and Eita. Kurou have a bandages around his neck while Eita doesn't seem to wear any. They look proud at Dream and Lily.

Both Dream and Lily is given their own trophy. They also given the money for winning. 100.000 Rue each.

"Well then Lily, I hope we can meet again someday!"

"Yeah Dream. I hope I see you too!"

They shake their hand and part ways. They turned their back toward each other and don't look back. They made their own choice. So they might not meet each other in a long time... ..

Dream go back to the waterfall to enjoy his time there.

"Damn Kurou and Eita is strong. I hope we don't ever fight again..."

Dream pick up a rock. A small rock. Dream throw the rock toward the river. Hitting a fish head. Dream immediately pick up the fish.

Dream cut the stomach open and throw away all the guts. He filet the fish in an instant. He pick up a stick and pierce it together.

He light a fire and cook the fish.

"Fighting with Lily is so fun. I hope someday I can meet her again."

Dream smiled a little bit remembering the fun and short memory he made with Lily. The girl he find today.

Dream ate the fist quickly and go back to the inn.

"Congratulation Dream for winning the Tournament!"

As soon as he stepped in the inn, All of the visitor congratulate him.

"Thank you very much."

Dream smiled awkwardly.

"Now Come here! We're having a party!"

Dream get dragged by the man who own the inn.

"Stop dragging me please Sir Thomas... I can walk on my own."

"Don't say that! If I don't do that, You might run to your room"

Spot on. Dream face immediately become more awkward. If Thomas doesn't drag Dream to the party, He's going to go back to his room.

Dream is given a plate of food for free. While the other is ordering a drink and getting drunk.

"Oi Dream, Join Us!"

When Thomas try to called for Dream, The plate of food is already finished and Dream nowhere to be seen.

"Oh, He's gone..."

Dream already asleep at his bed.

Dream wake up really early in the morning to run. At this time he tried to do a 2 hours straight running.

Dream started by warming up. After that he immediately started to run. He goes all over the town with a fast pace. 1 hour straight of running is done. Now he started slow down a little bit. He started to breathe quite heavy.

But he keep running. He climb the building and started to jump from building to building.

"Sometime doing stuff like this is fun. Running, Diving toward the concrete and rolling."

Suddenly, Dream jumped to the ground. He use his spear to take all the impact of the falling and started to run once again.

Finally, He go back to the inn.

Dream immediately take a shower and wear his uniform.

"I need to talk to the principal about my grades."

Dream immediately walk toward the school. People, Who recognize him from the tournament, Including his schoolmates. Look at him like someone looking at their favorite Celebrity.

Dream ignored all the stares. He walked with a confidence straight to the principal office.

He knocked on the door.

"Who's there?"

"Miss, This is Dream."

"Oh Dream? Come in!"

Dream open the door slowly. He see Principal and Elaine.

"Oh good morning Miss Elaine."

"Good morning"

"First off, Congratulation Dream! I will fulfill my promise to passed all of your grades"

Dream hearing that let out a pose. 'I did it!' with his fist.

"It wouldn't be a problem now since you win the tournament. Once again, I welcome you to my academy!"

"Thank you. I can't wait to learn in the Million Years Academy."

Both Principal and Elaine looked at Dream like they're staring at a child.

Dream went out from the room and immediately go back to his classroom.

"Morning!"

Dream greeted the class.

"Good Morning!"

People finally greeted him back. They started to go to Dream and ask about the tournament. Dream answer most of the question. Like how hard to fight against Kurou and Eita. Stuff about Lily mostly asked by the boys. Obviously Dream avoided that question.

He seems kind of pissed when the boys only asked him about her.