Fossil Fighters: The Champions 2

{2 years later:}

The helicopter flew over the large, crystal clear, blue ocean. Waves rippled across the surface as the wind blew along it.

Todd and I were sitting inside the helicopter, admiring the view. I can't believe it's finally happening, Dina! We're going to be Fossil Fighters!" he said, "I can't wait!"

I could sense Dimetro's excitement, too. He seemed to be ready for this moment ever since I got him. "Neither can I!"

Todd continued, "We're gonna be competing in Joe's very own tournament, the Caliosteo Cup! Of course, all the cool fighters just call it the Cup for short."

"I'm really happy that we made it here! We're going to see so many Vivosaurs and fight so many Fossil Battles! It's going to be awesome!" I shouted.

Todd bawled his hands into fists, "I know! Joe would be amazed to know we made it through the preliminaries and came all the way here! And we'll probably meet him here, too! I wonder if he'll remember us?" I shrugged, "I don't know, maybe he will. It'd be pretty cool if he did!"

I stared out the window again and saw the Caliosteo Fossil Park coming into view, "Todd, that's the park! We're finally here!"

As the helicopter descended, I could barely contain my excitement. The pilot slid the door open and we got out. Then it took off for the other islands. The gust from the vehicle's propeller blew my hair around and Todd had to hold his hat on his head so the wind wouldn't blow it away.

We were greeted by one of the attendants of the island. "Welcome to Calisteo Fossil Park, a place of prehistoric dreams, dinosaurs, and adventure!" she said welcomingly, "This park was founded by none other than Joe Wildwest, the superstar Fossil Fighter." Todd's eyes shined at the mention of Joe's name, "The park is composed of three islands: Ribular Island, Cranial Isle, and Illium Island. You are welcome to excavate and revive as many Vivosaurs as you would like, plus there's also plenty of Fossil Battling to be done." She pointed to a large building infront of us, "That is the Fossil Station. You'll want to go inside and register for the Cup. But for now, please make yourselves at home here in Ribular Town."

I nodded, "Thank you, we will!"

"No problem, miss!" she replied.

Then an announcement came on the intercom, "All fighters who wish to compete in the Caliosteo Cup should make their way to the Fossil Station immediately. Registration will be ending shortly. Thank you."

Todd gasped, "Hurry, Dina! We need to sign up!!" he grabbed my hand and ran to the building.

The inside was huge. Their were two staircases on either side and lots of doors leading into multiple rooms. In the middle was a counter. We headed over to it for registration.

"Welcome to Ribular Island. Are you here to register for the tournament?"

"Yes." I answered.

"Alright, may I have your names?" the receptionist asked. "I'm Dina Sentōki." I replied. "And I'm Todd Tokage." The receptionist quickly pulled out a notepad and clipboard and jotted down the information, "Ok, next I must know your ages." "We're both 14." I answered. She wrote down the information and set down the clipboard. Then she shuffled through a small booklet. "Alright, Dina. Your qualification through the preliminaries has been confirmed. Someone will be with you shortly to go over the rules of the park." We both thanked her, and went to wait for the attendant.

Immediately a girl came through a door, "Hey there, I'm Stella! I'm the Staff Leader of Ribular Island." she walked over to us, "You two made it just in time! Since you did, I'll start the tour in the most important place." Todd looked at me with a questioning look, "The most important place? What do think that might be?" she dashed over to the door right of the reception area, "Right this way, please." we both followed her into the room.

It was full of all sorts if high-tech fossil excavating equipment. She lead us to one of the machines. "Welcome to the most important room for Fighters: the Cleaning Room! This machine here is the cleaning machine. It helps clean fossils out of their rocky prisons." she motioned over to another machine, "And that machine helps revive Vivosaurs from fossils." 

Todd jumped, "That's some pretty high-tech stuff!" he exclaimed. I just looked around in awe, "Wow!" I said.

Stella nodded, "Yes, we try to stay up to date with our technology. As such, these machines may be different than what you've used before. How about you try reviving a Vivosaur?"

She placed a fossil rock on the counter, "Here's a fossil rock. Remember, when you start to see the fossil, use the drill to clean the rest. Otherwise, you might break the fossil! There's a gauge up here to monitor your progress. Good luck!" 

I quickly got to work. Within a few minutes I had cleaned a perfect head fossil. Todd did the same, only with a few scratches on his.

"Amazing! Wonderful job!" Stella gasped, looking at me. "Only one other person got a hundred percent on their cleaning test! For doing so good, I'll let you keep those fossils. Let's go revive them."

Me and Todd carefully placed our fossils into the machine. There was a crackle and a flash of sparks and then the machine revealed two Vivosaurs: Tricera and Stego. They flashed and turned into Dino Medals.

Stella handed them to us, "When revived, Vivosaurs take the form of a Dino Medal. These are yours." Todd grabbed his, "Wow! I can't believe I got a Dino Medal and we just got to the island!" I took mine and placed it in my bag.

Stella then lead us to the next room. "The Fossil Stadium is through this door." she said.

Todd held his hands up and bawled them into fists, "WOO! Fossil Stadium! I'm so excited I could puke!"

Me and Stella sweatdropped, "Yes, let's try not to do that. Our floors are very clean. Anyways, please follow me.." We both went to the stadium.

After taking me and Todd over to Deven Straight To explain Fossil Battles, we headed back to the lobby.

"One more thing to remember," he said, "If a Fighter lacks strategy or their Vivosaurs lack ability, victory will prove impossible. Remember that, alright? Now get out there and show them what you're made of! Good luck!" Deven then walked back to the stadium.

We turned to Stella, "That's it for orientation, you two. You're now officially entered in the Caliosteo Cup! Your opponents will be automatically chosen by the computer, and when you finish a cup you'll be granted access to a new dig site!" then her eyes grew wide, "Oh, I almost forgot! Here are your Paleopagers and Fossil Passes. We use the Paleopagers to send out news and updates via the Fossil Messaging System, or FMS. Fossil Passes show your information as a Fossil Fighter, such as your name, age, rank, etc."

Then the intercom came on again, "Attention, the Caliosteo Cup Opening Ceremony will be kicking off shortly. All interested participates should meet infront of the Fossil Staition. Thank you."

Stella spoke again, "Oh, that's my cue! Good luck, you guys!" and she headed off. Todd turned to me, "I bet the openibg ceremony will be awesome! What if Joe is there?" I grabbed his hand, "Well we'd better hurry if we want to find out! Come on!" I pulled him out the door.

There were tons of people outside. "Wow, Todd. This place is packed! Look at all the people! I wonder who we'll fight in the first match?" Todd shrugged, "I don't know." Then his eyes lit up, "Hey look! Something's flying this way!"

I squinted my eyes, "Is that... a giant flying TV screen?" I murmured. Sure enough, there was a huge flatscreen flying toward us. An image of Joe appeared on it.

"Welcome to Caliosteo Fossil Park, the place where dreams are made!" he said, "I'm the owner of this here park. The name's Joe Wildwest!" Todd and me were looking on in awe, "You Fighters'll love it here! We got three islands to explore!" Everyone clapped with joy.

"Now get ready for a surprise, cause I want y'all to know that the Cup champion will get my park! You'll own 'er free and clear!" Their were gasps from some of the staff, especially Stella. "So let's get to battlin', folks! The Caliosteo Cup is now open!"

Fireworks shot into the sky and exploded in an array of colors. Everyone cheered. After everyone had gone out to the dig sites, me and Todd started talking.

"Man, just seeing Joe's face on that awesome video display was so exciting!" he leapt with joy, "But the champion gets the whole park? Wow!"

"I know!" I replied, "Just imagine, all the dig sites, the stadiums, this whole park, and one of us could own it! It's unbelievable!" Just thinking of it blew my mind.

"Hey, you two" we turned and saw Stella coming toward us. "Oh, hi Stella." I said. "We were just talking about the cup."

"Oh, well did you get the message on your Paleopagers yet?" she asked.

We looked bewildered, "What messa-" the Paleopagers started beeping, 

"The dig site 'Treasure Lake' is now open. You're urged to head there and prepare for your first match."

"Oh, ok." I said, "We'll head over there now, thanks, Stella!" She stopped us, "Wait, I forgot to give you your room keys. Each island has rooms for the Fighters to stay in. Your room number will be the same on each island, you'll just be in different buildings. You'll also have a roommate. Ok, see you around!"

Stella left, "Well, I guess we'd better head over to Treasure Lake, huh, Dina?"  I went to reply to him, but then Todd rushed off to the dig site. I quickly ran after him.
--------------------

An attendant was standing in the dig site looking around, "Oh, geez. He's already gone..." I went up to her. "What's up? Who's gone?"

"Oh, sorry!" she said, turning to look at me, "A boy just rushed off without getting his Fossil Sonar. You mustn't have gotten your's either, so here you go!" she headed me a round, silver sonar.

She pointed at the buttons, "You press the green button to locate fossils, and the red button turns it on and off." I looked up at her, "Thanks! But, umm, did the boy you were talking about have a beige and green outfit and blue eyes?" She giggled, "Let me guess, he's your friend, isn't he?" I bowed my head with embarrassment, "Well, um, yeah. Sorry about that." She simply smiled, "No prob! Just give this to him, ok?" I nodded, "Sure!" I turned to look for Todd.

The area was lush and green with a large rock carved like a T-Rex skull in the middle. Fighters were everywhere digging up and battling each other for fossil rocks. Todd running back and forth shouting, "WHERE ARE THE FOSSILS?!?"

"Todd!" I yelled. He turned, "Oh, there you are, Dina? What's that?" he asked, pointing to my sonar. "It's a, well your, Fossil Sonar actually. You forgot to get one from the attendant on your way here, so she gave me one for you.

He sweatdropped, "Oh, uh, gee thanks!" he said finally. "I'm gonna go look for some fossils, so see ya!"

Todd rushed one way while I slowly ventured around the lake. I started digging for rocks and after finding three of them I found one that seemed extremely rare with part of a red fossil showing on top. Just as I picked it up another Fighter ran over to me. "Hey, that's the fossil I've looking for! How's about we battle to see who gets it, huh?"

I grinned, "You're on!" I said. We quickly got into battle positions and my opponent sent out a Goyle. "Alright then, Dimetro! Tricera! Let's roll!" I threw their Dino Medals into the air and in a flash (literally) the battle was on.

I got the first attack, "Dimetro Fang!" I commanded. Dimetro leapt up and chomped on Goyle, but then leapt back in pain as his teeth met with rock hard skin.

This Vivosaur's rocky skin will make it hard to land a lot of damage, I thought, I wonder if Tricera can use a better attack.

"Your turn." I announced to the Fighter. "Oh, yeah, I know." he said, "Goyle, Body Axe on Tricera!" the attack hit and Tricera took more damage due to the type advantage of Goyle.

"Alright, Tricera, hit him with Running Smash!"

"Roooooarr!" Tricera hit Goyle with a critical hit. "Yeah, way to go!" I shouted. The Fighter laughed, "That all you got?" he asked teasingly. I narrowed my eyes, he continued, "You wanna see an attack, let's go, Goyle!" 

Goyle headed for Tricera with a full force Body Axe attack, but Dimetro jumped in front and got hit instead. He winced, but held on by 3 LP. "Dimetro, hang in there!"

"Ha! He barely even made it through that attack! And you think your pathetic team can beat mine?" he snickered.

Dimetro glanced at me defiantly, then back at Goyle, 'Pathetic? I'll show you pathetic!!' I gasped, "Dimetro, you can talk?" but the Vivosaur ignored me.

"GRRAAAAHH!!!" he growled. He charged at Goyle and rammed him up into the air. He clamped his teeth around it's leg and whirled around, spinning the poor creature into oblivion before slamming it into the ground. 'How's that for pathetic?' Dimetro snickered. Goyle lit up and faded back into a Dino Medal.

"Wow, amazing! Your team is terrific! Sorry about the little comment I made before..." I laughed, "No problem, it was a fun battle." I shook his hand and he handed me the fossil rock, which I thanked him for.

When he left I called out Dimetro. "So, Dimetro, apparently I can understand you." Dimetro rolled his eyes, 'Well, duh! Fighters that believe in their Vivosaurs can truly "understand" them.'

"Sounds kinda cheesy to me.."

'Precisely.' he replied. 'But you have more important things to do then blab to an ancient reptile all day. Let's go!' he turned to walk back to town.

We headed back to the Fossil Station with my fossils. The case we had could carry huge amounts of them but they didn't weigh more than a rolling suitcase. It was because the fossils shrunk when they were put inside.

Dimetro refused to revert back into a Dino Medal. He wanted to walk around for a bit, which was to hard to agree with since he was about the size of a bear. Compared to other Vivosaurs, though, he was tiny.

I headed into the station and heard girls screaming.

"Oh! It's him!"

"He's adorable!"

"I love you, Rupert!!"

Dimetro grunted beside me, 'Pfft, Fangirls. Never fails. You'd think they'd just seen a murder with the way they're screaming.'

Stella walked in with three other people and separated the mob of girls. "Ladies, please! Calm down and return to your usual activities." The girls sighed and began to disperse.

"Wonder what that was all about?" I asked, making my way to the Cleaning Room. Dimetro shrugged, 'God only knows..'

"Yeah, I suppos- Urf!" I slammed right into someone. "Err... I'm really sorry!" I helped the boy up.

He was around my age with silver hair to his shoulders. His cold, goldenrod eyes sparkled with a slight bit of surprise. A long, red cost flowed behind him and a faint smile creased his face.

"Pardon me, it was my fault for running into you." he said apologetically. I shook my head, "No I wasn't watching where I was going." Dimetro growled beside me.

The boy looked at him, "Strange to see a Fighter with their Vivosaur outside of battle. Quite a defiant one, eh?" Dimetro seemed pleased with this compliment, and ceased growling.

"I'm Dina, by the way." I said.

"Nice to meet you. Now if you'd excuse me, I must be on my way. Goodbye." he quickly scurried through the door to the outside. 

"Wait! I...." but he was gone.

I.. I don't even know your name....
-----------------

"Hey, Dina!" I heard Todd calling me just as I left the Cleaning Room. I had just added a body fossil to Dimetro and found that he was now capable of using Dimetro Whirl. Luckily I was also able to get him to become a Medal again and he went into my bag without question.

I bounded over to Todd, "What's up?" He folded his hands together and looked at me, "There are camera crews over at Treasure Lake! Can you pleeease come with me? I want to check it out!" 

Todd's pleading eyes were hard to ignore, so I gave in. "Alright, I just finished cleaning my new fossil rocks, so it wouldn't hurt to go." Todd cheered. "Oh, yay! Let's go come on!"

He grabbed my arm and started dragging me out the door. "Do you even know what they're doing?" I asked him.

He shook his head and continued to the dig site.