𝐓𝐎𝐗𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 | 𝖠𝖵𝖤𝖭𝖦𝖤𝖱𝖲 𝖲𝖮𝖴𝖫𝖬𝖠𝖳𝖤

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟎𝟐

𝐉𝐚𝐞

The next day had begun and it was time for T'Challa to be crowned king. I was very excited to be apart of the ceremony. I was to stay with Ramonda and Shuri the whole time.

As we drifted down the river to the battlefield, I was dancing with Shuri while Ramonda watched with a soft smile on her lips.

"Onward!" Okoye shouted raising her staff in the air. Each of us followed and slammed their staffs on the boat, causing a breeze of wind to push through the water and have the waterfall appear and show at the bottom, the battlefield.

Each citizen from each tribe stood in one corner of the falls just before the bird showed and aimed the behind of it and the door opened, each citizen of each tribe started chanting T'Challa's name.

Slowly I found T'Challa walk out of the bird, with grey body paint on his chest in the decoration of a Panther.

I raised my head from having my eyes to trail down his body. Calming my heart down, feeling it race.

"I, Zuri, son of Badu, give to you, Prince T'Challa, The Black Panther." Zuri said, I nod at him as he caught my eyes before taking out his sword, wave it around before dropping to his knee.

"The prince will now have the strength of the Black Panther stripped away." Zuri said holding a black bowl and let T'Challa drink it and appear with black veins and red eyes.

It took him a couple seconds while everyone made an X with their arms and bounced their chests and shoulders. T'Challa stood up when he was ready and his powers were taken away.

"Praise the ancestors."

"Praise the ancestors."

"Victory in ritual combat, comes by yield or death. If any member wishes to put forth a warrior, I now offer, a path to the throne." Zuri said looking over at T'Challa.

A man from the blue side chanted a noise with the people behind him following.

"The Merchant Tribe will not challenge today." An female elder leader spoke beside her warrior.

Another warrior in blue chanted a noise with the people behind him mirroring his action.

"The Border Tribe will not challenge today." The second male elder spoke in blue spoke.

Next, a woman in green with circle blades, made her tribe noise with the people behind her mimics the sound.

"The River Tribe will not challenge today." The male River Tribe leader in green said with a large mouth piece stretching out his lips as he spoke.

Next was a male challenger in red who made his tone sound and the last female Tribe leader spoke.

"The Mining Tribe will not challenge today." The female leader in red with thick red dreads spoke.

"Is there any member of a royal blood who wishes to challenge for the throne?" Zuri asked each of us raising his arm to T'Challa. Slowly shocking everyone, Shuri raised her hand.

"This corset is really uncomfortable, so could we all just wrap it up and go home?" Shuri asked making everyone shake their hands or face palm themselves while Ramonda pinched her and T'Challa smiled.

My smile faded away when I heard chanting coming from the cave pathway on everyone's left again. Slowly out of the dark, tall muscular men walked out with white paint and chalk over their body and face.

"Who are they?" I asked Shuri and Ramonda. From what I could see, they didn't seem friendly nor an ally to the Kingdom.

"The Jabari." Ramonda said answering my question and cutting off my eye exception. After the chanting stopped the man who seemed to lead the muscular men took off his ape/gorilla mask.

"M'Baku, what are you doing here?" Zuri asked the leader's name: M'Baku.

"It's challenge day. We have watched and listened from the mountains!" M'Baku said before turning around and announcing to the people of Wakanda.

"We have watched with disgust as your technological advancements have been overseen by a child! Who scoffs at tradition. Brings an outsider into our lands!" M'Baku said from turning the heat over to me after Shuri. The Dora protected us with their staffs around us.

"And now you want to hand the nation over to this prince, who couldn't not keep his own father safe." M'Baku said after giving me a glare and getting back in T'Challa's face.

My jaw clenched when M'Baku had mentioned T'Challa's father in the mix. How can someone say such a thing?

"Mm? We will not have it. I say, we will not have it, oh!" M'Baku said turning to the crowd one last time before turning back to T'Challa again.

"I, M'Baku, leader of the Jabari-"

"I accept your challenge, M'Baku." T'Challa said breaking his silence as he and M'Baku stare off once more.

"Glory to Hanuman." M'Baku said smugly before he went off to one side of battlefield.

Drums were beaten and instruments played in the background while Zuri placed T'Challa's Panther mask over his face.

Both T'Challa and M'Baku called over their guards to form an oval/circle around the two men.

"Let the challenge begin!" Zuri said before slamming his staff in the rock starting off the battle. Slowly both men walk over to each other until M'Baku swung his ball staff at T'Challa.

Ducking each swung until he got slammed in the chest and into the ground, water splashing everywhere. I winced feeling the impact a bit.

The guards stepped forward after the hit and Zuri slamming his staff in the rock watching carefully.

"Stand up!" M'Baku shouted, T'Challa swung his arm around whipping the water away from his body. He twisted on his feet sliding his blade missing and sending a side kick to M'Baku's chest pushing him back.

"Come!" M'Baku shouted when he regained his footwork and the guards pushed forward decreasing the space.

Tons of movement had happened until M'Baku swiped T'Challa's feet making him spin in the air until slamming again onto the ground. I gulped feeling the anxious feeling awaken.

"Where is your god now?" M'Baku shouted, going to stab T'Challa, he grabbed it and swiftly kicked him. As M'Baku swung again, T'Challa sent him a punch to his ribs and two to the face. M'Baku fell.

All of us cheered until one swift move caused M'Baku to slam his mask's teeth in with T'Challa's face.

"No powers! No claws! No special suit, no! Just a boy not fit to lead!" M'Baku said slamming his mask with T'Challa's face making his body go weak and look at me upside down.

"Show him who you are!" I shouted with words of encouragement making T'Challa scream in anticipation before snapping up and connecting his elbow with M'Baku's face.

With an impact from the knee to the face, M'Baku's mask broke in half. With anger in his veins, M'Baku had slammed the back of his staff into T'Challa's chest.

I gasped and touched the burning and painful part of my chest as well.

"I am Prince T'Challa, son of King T'Chaka!" T'Challa shouted holding the staff from going any further into his chest.

"You can do this, T'Challa!" Shuri shouted beside me watching carefully. T'Challa had gotten the momentum of getting M'Baku into a choke hole with both his legs.

Everyone suddenly started chanting T'Challa's name as we watched him choke M'Baku who had no position to get out of getting killed.

A relief washed over my body when M'Baku had tapped out and T'Challa snapped out of his tense position.

Everyone of us including me cheered, the new king had done his challenge. I was bouncing on the balls of my feet, clapping.

"I now present to you, King T'Challa, The Black Panther." Zuri announced placing a teeth necklace around T'Challa's neck.

Zuri and T'Challa had hugged until T'Challa looked at everyone until landing on me. I stare at him with admiration until he brought his arms into an X.

"Wakanda Forever!" T'Challa shouted before everyone of us said it back doing the motion. Including me.

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