The Aura Master's gauntlet smoked a little bit from the attack. Luckily I had time to slip these on when Blaze wasn't looking. I see he's learned now to extend that blade, so I can worry less about cutting off his fingers if I really make my sword sharp. Anyway... the fencer thought about his armor, namely the holes burned in the back of his coat. I need to be careful of his blade or else he'll cut through my armor. Not that it matters. If he turns up the heat enough, even I'll feel the burn, Zorlo joked as he readied to use Apollo.

Zorlo chuckled mentally as he noticed his foe wasn't down any longer. Now things are getting interesting, the Aura Master told himself as Blaze rushed towards the green haired man. The Elemental swung his flame blade quickly and the fencer swung his rapier to guard, a powerful pulse running between the weapons as they struck and the fencer held the sword back, smiling as the green haired man pushed the fire blade upwards and swung his sword horizontally. The fire wielder stepped back, narrowly evading the golden sword as he thrust his own flame blade. To this, the Aura Master quickly moved his gauntlet and grabbed the sword of flames.

"You're skill with this weapon is most impressive," the fencer stated as aura began to glow around his hand as he squeezed the blade, scattering the flames and causing Blaze to leap back, looking at his now third of a meter blade. "However, my aura affords me certain advantages you see," the fencer stated as he moved his fingers of his right hand freely a bit. The Aura Master smiled as he watched the fire Elemental lengthen his sword again and aim his fingers again, clearly ready to continue.

The two burst into a run, running parallel to each other in a straight dash, both readying to strike, but neither did. Finally, a beam of flame rushed towards the fencer, who simply swatted the attack away with his empty hand and rushed forwards, thrusting his rapier a few times. The fire innate bobbed and weaved around the attacks, evading any real harm and locking swords with the fencer. Aura burned around the green haired man's sword and the flames grew fiercer around the Ember Blade as the two forces pushed together.

Zorlo placed his free hand against the blade of his sword and began to gather power into the sword at a greater rate. "Aura Slash!" he yelled again, releasing the full extent of his collected energy and shattering the Ember Blade and sending the fire warrior soaring backwards with a blunt strike of the diagonal blade. "Blaze, I can feel you're stronger than this. If you continue to fight like this, I'll only over power you in the end. All of the skills I've used so far are my weakest level and I'm not even warmed up yet. I'll fight more seriously if, and only if, you can give me a reason to!" the Aura Master stated, his aura suddenly erupting around his body in the form of beautiful emerald colored flame. Zorlo would fight with a bit more power behind his attacks now.

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Much thanks to Silver for the sweet Quincy Sig. ^_^
Zorlo , Zachary Leos, Monroe Vossler, Arvin Anson, Emile Velos
Rest In Peace Duke of Clubs. (11/15/1992-1/5/2008)
And Kenpachi divided the Strong from the Weak, and it was good!