As we were heading to the castle, I could see Al was doing his best to not to be crazy excited about to eat meat. He wanted to be on his best behavior so he would be invited back. I think I need to get his mind off the meat so he can calm down. "Hey Al, are you happy that you will finally get to fight me in the arena?" I asked.

"You know it. I did not know if you were still going to be in your pony form or finally get back to your human one. I am glad it is going to be against this body. I can really see how your powers fair against mine." Al said.

" I am too glad to have my real body back, I am just glad it did not weaken while I was a pony. I think it got stronger from the training."

"Can I see you change into your pony form with your shadow transform jutsu? I want to see how easy it is for you."

"Of course." I did the hand signs and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Then appeared back in my pony form. "Not painful doing it like this."

"You are right. I can also see that the horn is still there so this form is now a Unicorn."

" I had a feeling that was still going to be there." I change back to human form. "I am still surprised I now have a pony tail though." I said as I waved it back and forth behind me.

"Just don't go looking at a full moon."

"Why should Blaze not look at a full moon? There is going to be one tonight." Princess Luna said.

"A race from the Dragonball Z series known as Saiyan. They look like humans, except they had monkey tails. Whenever they looked at a full moon, they transformed into a giant ape and cause havoc where ever they were." I said

"And Al thinks you might change into what, A giant pony?" Princess Celestia said.

"When I was with God and asked to come here, I asked for ki and chakra abilities. Not the blood of the Saiyans. I think the tail just has to do something with the Elements of Order and nothing from that show."

"I think for the safety of Equestria, you should avoid looking at the moon tonight."

"There is another thing Princess Celestia. The technical thing about the transformation is that the Saiyans absorb things called Blutz Waves that come from the moon. It is the refraction of sunlight off a celestial body that creates it." Al said.

"Excuse my language, but this is bullshit! I am not going to transform into a monster. I enjoy the night life before coming here and more since I did. I will promise you Princess Celestia and Princess Luna that if I do detect myself changing. I will teleport to the EverFree Forest and stay there till I change back the coming morning." I shouted.

"We know that you never want to harm anypony Blaze. You proved that when you had that emotional outburst and did the same thing." Princess Celestia said. "I do think that is false you are going to change now. With this new information that Al provided, you would have already started to change."

"Why is that?" Al asked.

"My sister and I emit those waves as we control the sun and moon."

"See, stop thinking everything from TV shows is going to be real." I said."

"This place is real. Why not the others?" Al said.

"Another dimension probably. Not in this one."

We finally arrived at the dining room. The Princesses took their normal seats at the end of the table. I took mine, across from Princess Luna and next to Princess Celestia. Al took the seat next to mine. The waiter came and gave green menus to the Princesses and red menus to the humans. Al had the same look I had from the first time I ate here.

"Red menus are dishes that contain meat." I whispered to him.

Al nodded and began to look it over. I could tell he was having a hard time to decide. "Blaze, what is good here?" He asked.

"I have only eaten a few items on the menu, but they were all good. They were Manticore Meatballs, Bourbon Hydra, and Spaghetti with chunks of Quarry Eel."

"You had that for one meal." Princess Celestia said.

"Dude, I am surprised you did not get a heart attack from eating that much meat." Al said.

"One thing I seemed to have picked up from the DBZ show is Goku's stomach." I said.

"I have seen that from the meals at the mess hall. You never grab just a plate worth of food. The food tray is your plate."

"Shut up and pick what you want before I choose something from the green menu for you to eat."

The Princesses giggled a little bit from our arguing. Al looked over the menu for his selection. The waiter soon came back and began to take our orders. Both Princesses ordered Spaghetti with steamed veggies on the side. They also chose to split a red wine bottle. I can't pronounce the name as it was a spinoff of one of the reds I heard of from Earth. Al went next and ordered a 16 oz Bourbon Hydra cooked medium rare and a tall glass of hard apple cider. I ordered a double serving of teriyaki stir-fry with Manticore, Hydra, Quarry Eel, and veggies to be mixed in. My drink was just going to be a glass of water. The waiter thanked for the orders and headed back to the kitchen.

Princess Celestia broke the silence after the waiter left. "So Blaze, now that you are back to your human body, do you want to take a look and see if you can read anything new in the book on Elements of Order?" She asked.

"I am back as a human for a few hours and you are wondering about that book? I thought you cared more about me instead of that book. I was more expecting you to ask about how I fared with the last match or how I think I will do with the next one?" I said.

"I am sorry Blaze. Just that book has been on my mind since you have brought it back. You do . . ."

"Princess, I am trolling you."

Al started to laugh and soon Princess Luna joined in. "I can't believe you got Tr OUCH!" Al started to say before I kicked him under the table.

"What were you about to say?" Princess Celestia asked in a stern voice.

I gave a glare to Al to not say that name. He regains himself and said, "I said that I can't believe you got tricked into that sob story."

Princess Celestia looked at both of us for a few minutes with a stern look. Al and I remained quiet. Her face switch back to a calm look and said, "Yes. Blaze did a nice job with that joke. I will let you decide which subject you want to discuss."

"I will honor your request and take a look at the book right now." I said. I summon the book to me and began to look through it. Well, it looks like the book decides to reveal some more to me. Ah, this explains why. "I think I know why this book is not revealing everything right away. I have a letter within the book."

"Well, read it." Al said.

"Don't interrupt me."

-Letter in Elements of Order Book-

Dear future human in Equestria,

I don't know what year it will be there when you read this, but I do know the one who the book chooses to read this is destined to wield the Elements of Order. I placed several incantations to hide this book from prying eyes so you are the only one who can read it. Even Princess Celestia and Princess Luna will not be able to break this without destroying the book.

If you are familiar with history, I am the one called Merlin. Princess Celestia informed me that in two weeks, all the humans in Equestria will be sent back to Earth for the safety of her subjects. I looked into the future of several timelines and saw what the Princess feared. I agreed with her decision and began to help her. I also decided to look a bit further to see where the best place for these elements to stay. As you can guess, they stayed in Equestria for a good reason. I cannot reveal the reason why is because it will alter the outcome.

Now to the locations of the elements. I have placed them in hidden locations across Equestria in the last two weeks while helping Princess Celestia. The actual locations are not written down anywhere in this book. This book does contain sections to help you retrieve them once you are in the place where they are hidden because I have placed traps and other things to prevent them from being stolen. The locations will be revealed to in time like how you found the secret room this book was in.

Good luck on your journey on finding them. I know you will do well.

Sincerely,

Merlin, the Great and Powerful

P.S. Say hi to Tia and Lulu for me.

-Back to real world-

"I never realized Merlin really cared about our world to make sure we were cared for after he left." Princess Celestia said.

"He also made sure the elements were protected from thieves. I wonder what kind of traps he rigged for each element." Al said.

"You are going to help me when I somehow find the location of each one. Us bros have to stick together." I said.

"Well, tomorrow, you are getting your butt kicked all over the arena tomorrow."

"Not if I get yours first."

The waiter came out of the kitchen with everyponies dishes. They were placed in front of us. We ate the food in silence as it was rude to talk with our mouths full. I looked at Al and saw he was really enjoying the steak. He took his time and savored the flavor of each bite. My stir-fry was also delicious. They definitely have a great chef back in the kitchen that can make anything. Once the meal was over. I offered to teleport Al and I back to the barracks so we can hit the sack quickly. Princess Celestia allowed and we left in a puff of smoke.

The next morning, I work up a little bit earlier than normal. The anticipation of the final match is probably the cause. I headed outside and began the warm up exercises I do with my human body. Al soon came out and joined me. He copied my movement as best he could. The rest of the recruits soon follow out and began there. Once the routine was done, we headed for the mess hall. I had to make sure to grab things that did not have hay or flowers in them. Oh I wished there was some bacon right now. Need to check with Princess Celestia if I can get a pig slab so I can get some bacon. I sat next to Al with everypony else.

"Thanks for taking me to have a meal with the Princesses. I can't wait to cook some of that after this training is done." Al said.

"Not a problem. I know we need to eat some of that once in a while if we are to stay fit." I said.

"The way you eat, you eat enough for a family of at least four."

"What was this food item that you have to eat to stay fit?" Lightning Trails asked.

I saw several of the others facehoof themselves "Think about it. They told us already. What is one thing we don't eat?" Fang said.

I could see that the cogs were turning in Lightning Trails head as he thought about it. After a few minutes, his face went from thinking to that of about to puke. "You ate meat in front of the Princesses? How could you!"

"Yes we did and it was delicious. They did not mind as they had other delegates from other nations that also eat meat. Don't hate it until you tried it." I said.

"I will try it when you eat a flower and some hay." Lightning Trails said as he challenged me.

"Deal." I quickly changed to my pony form and grab a flower and some hay off his plate. I then chew it up and swallowed. Once it was all gone, I opened my mouth to prove it. Finally, I changed back to my human form. "Now let me get you some cooked meat for you to eat."

"You cheated! You were suppose to eat it as a human."

"You did not set the conditions."

"It is true. You didn't. Now you have to honor the agreement." Cancer said.

"You are not going to get me to eat meat!" Lightning Trails shouted. He then got up and left the mess hall.

"We should get going too. Don't want to be late for our match." Al said.

"You in a hurry to get your butt handed to ya?" I asked.

"No, I want to kick your butt right out the arena."

"You will have to catch me first." I teleported out of there before Al could say a comeback.

I arrived at the arena in front of the participant entrance. Shining Armor was there and was surprised I teleported to the arena.

"You in a rush to get to the match?" Shining Armor asked.

"No. I was enticing Al so he will be pumped up for the match." I said.

"Why would you do that? It will probably cause him to get angry and activate his gravity powers."

"Exactly. I want to fight him at his best. I need to know if I can handle him if he does go out of control. Plus I have been waiting to cut loose with mine. I have been holding back in all my matches."

"YOU HAVE! How in Equestria have you been pulling that off? I have seen you exhausted in several matches."

"Besides the match I had with you, have I caused any serious harm to my opponents?"

Shining Armor began to recall the matches. "No, you haven't. Then why did you not hold back against me?"

"Two reasons is why. Number one, you are a very strong opponent that caused me to fight harder. The other reason is you were being a pain in my ass at the start of the training. If you were not Twilight's older brother, I would have made sure you were in the hospital for a while."

I hear Shining Armor take a big swallow down his throat. "Yes well, *cough* I am glad you can restrain yourself. You still promised me to spar with you so I can get a better understanding of your powers."

"I have not forgotten that. We can do it each morning in front of my house when I do my morning routine. We can start it next month. Sound good?"

"Deal. Oh, look here comes Al. He looks pissed." Shining Armor said as he pointed in the direction of the training grounds.

"SEE YA." I teleported out of there to just above the arena. Better play it safe till the match.

-3rd POV-

Just after Swift Blaze disappeared, Shining Armor began to laugh. He could not believe that Blaze fell for that. Al was coming, but he did not look pissed. He and the other recruits were talking as they approached. They soon split off and headed off to where they are suppose to go.

"Hi Captain Shining Armor, seen Blaze? He teleported out of the mess hall." Al said.

"You just missed him. He went inside to finish preparing for the match. Come along, don't want to keep the crowd waiting." Shining Armor said.

Al followed Shining Armor down the long tunnel to the arena. As they made their way down, in the arena, the crowds of guard ponies were packed in as they all wanted to see the match. They were chanting both Al and Swift Blaze's names at different times. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were both there. Luna did not want to go to bed and miss this. Celestia felt the same way so she actually closed the day court until the match was over. Nothing was planned for today anyway. Both Princess Celsestia and Princess Luna stood to address the crowd.

"Good morning and welcome to the final match of the latest recruits taking the Royal Guard training. We are definitely in for a great match as it is not ponies who made it to the finals. It is the latest citizens of Equestria! Al and Swift Blaze, the Humans!" Princess Celestia said.

The crowd lets out a massive cheer. They soon settled down so the Princesses can continue.

"In all the years we have had this tournament, we have never had it so the finalist were both non-ponies. They have earned their way to get here by going through the same training you all took. It is now time to introduce them. First off, this human has display marksmanship of the highest in throwing blades. His control over gravity is even more impressive by what he has shown what he can do with it. Let us hear a great big cheer for AL!"

Al headed into the arena and did some aerobatics style moves to wow the crowd. They cheered even louder as he performed them. He landed near the center of the arena and walked off to one side.

They quieten down as Princess Luna was now going to speak. "This next human has amazed us with his elemental abilities of Earth, Fire, Lightning, Air, and Water. He has also shown us his mastery of the sword. You do not want to underestimate what he is capable of. Clap your hooves together for Swift Blaze!" She said.

The crowd began to cheer for Blaze. Al looked toward the entrance where he came from, expects Blaze to come out of there. After a few minutes, no sign of him. The crowd began to whisper among themselves as to wonder where Blaze was.

"Looks like Swift Blaze was too scared to face me. Guess that means I win." Al shouted.

All of a sudden, clouds began to cover the sky over the arena. Everypony was wondering what is going on. Lights that were not lightning were flashing different colors and shined out. "Don't claim your victory just yet. There is one big difference between you and me Al." Blaze said from inside the cloud.

"Besides the fact you have a pony tail out your butt, what is this difference?" Al asked.

"PRESENTATION!"

The clouds opened up and revealed lots of tiny orbs hovering in the air. They created a 3-D image of Blaze's face. The image of Blaze opened his mouth and the real Blaze walked out of it. The crowd cheered even louder for Blaze. He then flew away at high speed as the image of Blaze collapsed in on itself. The tiny orbs exploded into a firework display. Blaze landed next to Al with a big grin.

"Rip off." Al whispered. "You took that from a movie."

"I was different. He used bots to do his. I used ki balls. Mine was better."

"Matter of opinion. Mind clearing the clouds away so we can get back to finding out what kind of battle we are going to have?"

Blaze did his jutsu and the clouds dispersed into nothing. The crowd calmed back down after watching that entrance. Princess Celestia stepped up to speak again. "Now that you both are here, I guess you are wondering how you will be fighting. I think it would be best for you to use all your abilities and weapons. A true test to see who is the best in this group. Good luck and may the best HUMAN WIN!"

Al and Swift Blaze only stood a couple feet away from each other. They stared at each other with serious faces. A flash went off next to them and the referee pony showed up. "Welcome to the final match of the recruit tournament. As Princess Celestia said, you may use your abilities and any weapon of your choosing. Do you both understand the rules?" The ref said in a slow monotone.

"Al, do you think the ref needs a wake up call? He does not seem to be awake" Blaze said.

"What do you have in mind?" Al asked.

"Wishbone crunch on two?"

Al drew a big smile as he knew where Blaze was getting at. Ref now has his eyes wide open. He was wondering what they were going to do.

"Ready?" Blaze asked. Al nodded. "Two!" They both spun around and slammed their backs into the ref's head. He staggered for a bit and then collapsed.

Shining Armor teleported down. "What was that for?" He asked.

"For delay of match. Plus he won't be needed. Right, Al?" Blaze said.

"That is correct. Mind taking him so we can begin?" Al said.

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Shining Armor pick up the unconscious ref and teleported out of there. Blaze and Al began to circle each other. Increasing the distance between them. Blaze acted first. "Ninja Art! Battle Barrier Jutsu!" He shouted. Another barrier started to come up around the arena itself within the one that is already in place to protect the spectators. "Now that is up, we won't have to worry about harming the crowd. The other thing is we won't be disturbed until I bring it down or I get knocked out. Time to fight!" He said.

Blaze started to run at Al. Al reacted by drawing a dagger and sent it flying at him. The speed of the dagger was impressive by normal standards. You would consider it on the high end of arrow speeds. Al watched the blade get very close to Blaze. It then passed right through his head. Al soon realizes he got suckered into an after image. A second later was confirmed when he got a kick to the side of him and sent rolling around the ground.

Before Al could get back up, Blaze performed an Earth Jutsu and launched Al up into the air. He jumped up to catch up with the spinning Al. Once he caught up with him and moving at the same speed, Blaze twisted his body vertically forward and landed his left leg hard in Al's chest. The impact sent Al soaring towards the ground at max drop speeds.

Blaze suddenly felt a sharp pain in his left leg. He looks down and sees a dagger is poking out of it. Al was able to get a blade into it at the moment of impact. Blaze looked down and saw Al corrected himself in mid flight so he would land on his feet. Al hit the ground hard and formed a small crater. He landed on one knee and a hand against the ground.

Blaze floated down and took the blade out of his leg. Al quickly got back up onto his two feet as Blaze hovered just above the ground. They stared each other down for a few seconds before Al charged at Blaze this time. He held a blade in each hand with the blade itself sticking out the bottom of the hand. Blaze still had the one blade that was in his leg. He quickly summoned a kunai to his other hand. Blaze continued to hover as he did not want to put pressure on his left leg.

When Al was face to face with Blaze, they began to volley their attacks and blocks between each other. They were both able to get hits here and there across each other's body. Purple and red blood began to leak from them where they have been cut. After several minutes of this, they pushed off each other and stood apart 20 feet and continue to stare each other down.

"Looks like I am not the only one good with daggers. I would say we are about even with this skill." Al said.

"I am just glad I was able to get some hits in." Blaze said.

"What hits?" Al began to concentrate on healing and the open cuts began to close up and disappear. "Looks like I now have the advantage."

"Don't count on it." Blaze performed several hand signs. After the last one, his body began to glow red. His injuries were now healing quickly as fast as Al's was. Blaze landed on his feet now his leg was no longer injured. "You are not the only one who can heal themselves."

"Well then, time to bring this to the next level."

Blaze sensed that Al was bringing up his gravity powers. He quickly flipped backwards until he was out of the range of his ability. Al began to have rocks come up out of the ground and hover around him. In a quick motion, he sent them flying at Blaze in a machine gun fashion. Blaze quickly performed a jutsu and had a stone wall appear before him to block the hits. It did block the first volley with no issue, but both knew it would not last.

Each volley began to take chucks out of it. "What is wrong Blaze? You don't have anything in your bag of tricks to stop stones flying at bullet speeds?" Al said.

"I think it is time to change the field layout. Earth Style! Hundred Stone Totems Jutsu!" Blaze shouted.

The earth began to rumble in the arena. In rapid session, stone totems began to come out of the ground in various locations. They ranged in different heights, from 10 feet to easily 40 feet tall. One almost clipped Al's arm as it rose up inches from his face. He walked around it and headed to the stone wall Blaze was hiding behind. Al used his power and pulled it down. Blaze was no longer behind it. Al began to quickly scan around him for any movements. He prepared several big rocks to launch, once he sees movement.

"Nice diversion. Made me pay attention to the totems while you sneak away. Your ninja skills are very suited for you." Al then saw something move in the corner of his eye. He sent a rock flying in that direction. It made contact with a totem and had it topple to the ground. Nothing was behind it. Al continued to take down totems after each shadow movement he saw. "COME AND FIGHT ME!"

"How about you come down here."

Al looked down and saw two hands come out of the ground. They grabbed his legs and quickly pulled him into the ground. A was now buried up to his neck.

Blaze rose out of the ground and stood in front of Al. "How is the weather down there?" He asked with a smirk.

"Lovely. Come down and join me."

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Blaze was suddenly pulled down to the ground as the gravity on him increased 10 fold. He hit the ground hard and was forced to lay flat on the ground on his stomach. Al used his powers to get himself out of the hole he was in. He soon began to circle Blaze with a big grin on his face.

"Looks like you are unable to move. I know you have not trained at this amount of weight on you. The most you have gone to with your magic weight clothing is 3G. You are feeling 10G against your body. Submit before I am forced to make you." Al said.

Blaze grunted against the pull of gravity on him as he lifted his head to look at Al. "So this is what gravity feels like where Goku trained. I can see why he struggled in the beginning. I am glad to see you have not lost your cool when using your powers." He said.

"It takes time to get used to something you did not know you have. You know this as well with what can do."

"It looks like it is time to bring out another one." Blaze placed the palms of his hands against the ground. He looked at Al and shouted, "KAI-O-KEN TIMES FIVE!"

A massive ki wave burst from Blaze and knocked Al onto his ass several feet away. Al looked at Blaze and saw he was now standing with no issue. He also had a deep red aura outlining his body. Al started to get himself back up, when he suddenly got a sharp pain in his gut. He looked down and saw a fist where the pain was coming from. Blaze speed has increased tremendously. So much, under 10G, he did the attack in a blink of an eye.

Al coughed up some blood and said, "When did you learn that? I never saw you used it."

"Inside my meditation. I never planned on ever using it. Until you forced me."

"Let's see how it handles 20Gs!"

All increased the gravity around him to 20G. Within the boundary, the ground sunk down a few feet as it was compressed. Al looked at Blaze and saw he was struggling to stand. He kept his distance to avoid any possible attack, but made sure Blaze could not easily get out of the area. Al pulled a dagger from his holder and launched it at Blaze. Blaze did not try to get out of the way. He instead raised a hand and sent a ki blast at the blade.

What happened next surprised Blaze. The blast curved down towards the ground and missed hitting the dagger. It continued to fly straight and went into Blaze's left shoulder. He cringes at the pain, but did not scream it out. He pulled the blade out and let it fall to the ground. The dagger made a loud thud when it landed. Al was now laughing at what happened.

"You can't even you your abilities as they won't reach me! They all have mass and will fall to the ground before ever reaching me! You can't do anything!" Al shouted. He grabbed two more daggers and prepared to throw them.

Blaze was quickly going through all of the jutsu he as learned to try to come up with something before more blades were sent his way. He then thought something that might work. "You might have hindered what I can do. That does not mean I am done. Water Style! Hidden Mist Jutsu!" He said.

Fog started to roll out from Blaze. Because of the gravity, it stayed low to the ground and very dense. It spread out everywhere within the lower field. Al laughed at this. "Were you hoping to hide in this fog? Even laying down will leave you exposed. What purpose does this fog hold?" Al said.

"To bridge the connection for this." Blaze performed several hand signs and then braced his right hand by having his left hold the wrist. "Lightning Style! Chidori!" His hand, now lit up with lightning, was sent into the fog bank. The lightning now spread out in every direction where the fog was.

Al could not move fast enough as he was then hit by the attack, giving him the shock of his life. The intense pain of it caused him to lose control of gravity, returning the area back to normal. Blaze felt the relief of his body and quickly move out of range. He breathed heavily as the stain his body was under that 20G took more out of him than he thought. He looked at Al to see how he was doing.

Al was barely standing. He had scorch marks all over his body from the lightning. Smoke was also coming from him. He coughed and more smoke came out of his mouth. "That was unexpected. Anypony else would have probably been knocked out or killed by that attack. I am starting to like having this demon blood in me. Make me able to survive what would normally kill someone."

"Looks like neither of us is ready to give up. Ready to continue?"

"Bring it on, Blaze."

Blaze quickly responded with several hand signs, more than he has ever done. His chakra level was rising up to its limit. The dark red aura was now replaced with a bright red. Once he was ready, Blaze shouted, "FIRE STYLE! GREAT BLUE DRAGON JUTSU!" Blaze opened his mouth and a massive blue flame out. It quickly formed into a dragon head. It hovered above Blaze for a few seconds before charging towards Al.

Al could not believe that Blaze could cast something that powerful. He soon realized it was coming for him. Al reacted by pulling rocks out of the ground to form a wall to block the attack. When the dragon hit the wall, it exploded in the same fire it was made of. Once the smoked cleared, the wall was gone and Blaze could see Al was knocked back to the wall from the explosion. His body now had several third degree burn marks over several parts of his body.

Blaze was exhausted even more from pulling that jutsu off. He stumbled closer to Al, but maintain his distance out of his gravity control. "I know you are still alive there. You were in hell for a year. So I know this was not the first time you got burned by flames. Get up and lets continue this match. No more powers, man to man." He said.

Al chuckled and coughed as he got up. "Guess I can't play possum against you."

"Not one who is also trained in faking out his opponents."

"I agree to your terms. Mind if I do a quick heal before we give each other another beat down?"

"Not if you allow me to do so also."

"Sure. If you have any chakra left. A move like that would surely have drained you."

"I have myself a reserve." Blaze did a quick hand sign. The cutie mark on his right shoulder spun 360 degrees. He then felt the rush as chakra filled his body from his reserve storage. He performed a healing jutsu to get his body back up to par.

Al focused on regeneration. The pain was intense as he body began to heal. He did not scream as he was used to this level of pain. The burn and scorch marks began to heal. Soon, both Al and Blaze have recovered enough to fight again.

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Al walked closer to Blaze. He then took a boxing stance as he faced him. Blaze took a martial art stance. They stood like this for what seemed forever by the crowd perspective, but was only a minute. They then charged at each other and began to trade blows. Neither of them went to block the other. This was now a sheer test of endurance of who can last the other one out.

They hit each other in the face, chest, ribs, and gut with their fist. Their legs were landing blows on the other legs and sides of their body. This went on for several minutes with neither of them slowing down. The crowd cringes at each blow and was amazed what a human body can endure. Al and Blaze's body were now showing bruises and was bleeding from several of them.

They began to slow down as fatigue was setting in. They no longer was using their feet to land blows as they were struggling to stay standing. Blaze and Al each took turns now in landing a blow, hoping the other would finally fall down. They were throwing jabs at the chest and head. Blaze was the first to change tactics and threw a massive uppercut to Al. He was launched up several feet and fell onto his back. Al coughed up some blood when he landed. He soon was starting to laugh.

"This will probably the best fight I have ever been in that I have enjoyed. I submit the win to you. I know I can probably take some more or heal myself, but what would the fun be if this continued for hours. I am glad to face you as a friend instead of an enemy. Who knows how it will turn out if you saw me as an enemy." Al said.

"I am glad you submitted. I was on the verge of exhaustion myself. Thank you for this wonderful match. I now have a good understanding of my powers and what I can endure. I am glad to call you a friend. If I didn't, you would have to face some other lethal moves." Blaze said.

"You will be surprised what I can live through."

Blaze collapsed to the ground next to Al. They started to laugh at that line. Blaze released the barrier jutsu as he lay there. They soon heard the cheer of the crowd. They were shouting their names, stomping their hooves, and other things. Blaze and Al soon saw a flash out of the corner of their eyes. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Captain Shining Armor, and the rest of the recruits have shown up.

-Blaze POV-

"Congratulations on your win Blaze. You and Al both fought to your limits. Can you explain why you put up a barrier within the one that was already there?" Princess Celestia said.

"I only did that to make sure none of our attacks would penetrate and hit the spectators. As you saw with I changed back to a human, the energy I released destroyed five of your strongest barriers and severely cracked the sixth." I said.

"Plus he did not want anypony to teleport in and stop the fight. We were both out for drawing blood from each other." Al said.

"Well you definitely accomplish that." Shining Armor said. "I analyzed the barrier you put up and was very impressed with it. I would have never thought of interlacing the properties like that."

"Wait, you can recreate my Battle Barrier?" I asked.

"I specialize in defensive type magic like shields and barrier. I am also the only one who can create one around the entire city. Besides the Princesses of course. Would you allow me to analyze some more of your barriers and test them out?"

"Sure. I don't know that much really about the actual properties. Just know the hand signs and the amount of chakra that is needed to create them."

"Before we continue the discussion, I think we should heal you two so we can get finished this tournament." Princess Celestia said.

"That is fine by me as long it does not require me to be changed into a pony again by magic. I am already bruised up and in some pain."

"That won't be necessary. My sister and I are skillful to heal any creature." Princess Luna said.

"Then heal away so I can stop hear the ringing in my head." Al said.

"Just answer the phone to make it stop." I said.

"What is a phone?" Star Dust asked.

Both Al and I began to laugh. I replied, "Something from our world that allows us to communicate long distances in an instant. Sorta like how you write letters and use your magic to teleport them."

The Princesses began to heal us with their magic. I was feeling the warmth from it as all the bruises and broken bones began to heal. We were soon all healed up and looked like we were never in a fight. Even the fatigue in our muscles was gone. I could still feel my chakra and ki levels was still very low. At least now I can stand on my own. Cancer and Dragon helped us up onto our feet.

Princess Celestia turn around to face the crowd. "Let's give these two recruits another cheer for putting their bodies on the line as they fought." She said. The crowd cheered again as loud as they could. They quieten down so the Princess can continue. "The winner of the tournament of these fine recruits is Swift Blaze! Also, I would like to congratulate all of them for surviving the training. They are now part of the Royal Guard." The crowd cheered once more for them. "With the Gala coming up, I would like to invite them to it so the ponies of Equestria can see the latest ponies joining the Royal Guard. You all can now rest for a month before you are to receive the orders for your first assignment. Congratulation again on passing the training."

We all bowed to the Princesses as the crowd cheered once more. The crowd began to leave as we all did. The Princesses and Shining Armor teleported out of there to return to their duties. The rest us us returned to the mess hall to get lunch and rest up. We discussed about our tactics and why we decided to fight as we did. We told them it was the human way in a friend fight to give the other time to recuperate to show a sign of respect to them. We returned to the barracks where Al and I quickly fell asleep on our beds. Tomorrow morning, we will return to where we stayed before the training. Except, I am taking Al with me as I don't think he wants to live in the EverFree forest. I can't wait to see what the girls will think when they see another human. Let alone explain the new things in my two forms. Oh tomorrow is going to be full of surprises for everypony.