Fighting for the Dignity of... (Open to anyone and everyone in the BA)

[Zorolo]

OoC: I know I had originally told people to PM me to get into this thread, but that's a bit of a hassle, and also, as I've learned, ineffective. Anyway, this is a battle in honor of my rival, Duke of Clubs, who has recently passed on. Anyway, I felt this would do justice and the only way I think he'd want us to mourn his passing, I'd hope. Anyway, the other thing is this battle is non-canon, for character purposes and to make it just a freaking awesome battle. Anyway, using Zorlo, Monroe and Zachary.

BiC: Zorlo kicked the rubble and debris around as he stood in the ruins of Chinatown. This place had been the last setting of his last battle with his now fully deceased rival, Johnny Bones. The fencer smiled as he picked up a piece of a building and looked at it. "This is a fitting location to house what I've got planned for you. This will truly do your memory justice," the green haired man stated with his normal smile.

The Aura Master stood up and held his hands in the air, aura floating from his fingertips into the air as he did so, and a casual smile following his hands. "Dome, gods, God, and anyone else listening. I request your aid in building something truly worth the rival I've lost. Help me construct something truly amazing to do his memory honor. What say you?" Zorlo asked as the ground shook.

Rubble and debris shook and rose off the ground slightly as power began to surge greatly from the ground and form into different things then what it had once been. Materials that had once made up buildings became like clay and began to mold into different things. Suddenly, the materials began to build themselves, seeming to flow in ways Zorlo had never imagined. His smile widened. This would be interesting indeed.

o=)---------Several Hours Later----------(=o

Zorlo smiled as he stood in the center of the room that had been built around him. A massive room it was indeed, being nearly fifty meters in circumference around the green haired man who stood in it. The fencer knew this was not the only room, but one of many that had constructed itself over all of the ruins of Chinatown. What had once been a dead city had become possibly the most dangerous house of combat since the Dome.

Traps, secret passages, and countless other wonders existed, and the Aura Master's room was in the center of the massive complex. The green haired man knew that anyone that could make it to him would be truly worthy of a battle with the fencer. Now then, all that remained was to get the word out to everyone. The Aura Master looked at the ceiling and spoke, loud and clearly, towards the heavens.

"ALL WARRIORS! IF YOU TRULY WISH TO PROVE HOW POWERFUL YOU ARE, COME AND MEET ME HERE IN THIS GREAT PLACE OF COMBAT. IF YOU ARE TRULY WORTHY AND CAN MAKE IT TO THE CENTER OF THIS BUILDING, THEN YOU WILL HAVE YOUR CHANCE TO FIGHT ME! CAN YOU MAKE IT?" Zorlo asked as he smiled.

Within hours, the word had spread throughout the Dome, and possibly further. Warriors would, hopefully, gather to this place and prove their mettle by making it to the fencer. All that required now was waiting, and then, the true battles would begin.

o=)---------In Zachary's Room----------(=o

Zachary rolled out of bed, having been woken up by a very loud ruckus outside. He opened his door to find out what had the students all in such a good mood that they were yelling and screaming about something. The red haired warrior lurked over to them and began to listen in. Hopefully this was something worth being woken up over.

"Did you hear, did you hear?!" a boy asked his friend next to him. "This grand battle stadium thing has appeared, and now one of the assistants here is calling out to all people that think they are strong to come and fight their way towards him. Isn't that cool." The other student nodded but didn't say anything, seeming in deep thought.

"Zorlo you clod," the Ice Elemental commented, slightly annoyed. "You and your overly grand ideas. Well, I'll see you there, "Green Hair" Zorlo. I'll make sure I'm the one that defeats you," the ice innate told himself as he began to walk off. He, almost instinctively, knew where he was going.

o=)---------Back in Chinatown---------(=o

"No ****ing way..." Monroe muttered to himself as he looked at the ungodly large building that now took up the entirety of the place of his greatest and most embarrassing defeats. On one hand it was a good thing, but on another hand, wasn't that building a bit much? The dark clad man had no idea what it was, but began looking around. "I guess I'll find out what this is all about then, won't I?" Vossler asked himself with a sly smile. Maybe if he got lucky, the bounty hunter would find a worthy foe or two. He was ever aching for a good fight, which he hadn't had since Chinatown.

"Don't know whose idea you were, but I'm coming in!" Monroe yelled as he heard a door near him open. "Thanks," he muttered as he trotted towards the door.

OoC: Okay, pretty much, this is a massive complex filled with traps, small rooms that will seal when two warriors enter them (smaller versions of Zorlo's room, or something inventive, whichever you want) and anything else that anyone wants to add. So, in order to truly start this properly:

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

[Mokujin]

OoC:I'm using Keigo a.k.a Flame demon. I'll refer to him as both but mostly Keigo.


BiC: As Keigo made his way through Chinatown, he saw all of the students lined up. He then realised what they were lined up for. Keigo didn't want to wait in line so he pushed through all of the students who reacted in suprise and anger.

As Keigo got to the front. He learned that the dome was full of traps and that somebody called "The Aura Master" was waiting for challengers. "Heh, this should be a breeze."

Keigo looked around at the other challengers and smiled. "Mayber I'll toy with them and see who would actually be a threat." Keigo then turned back around and was ready to enter. He waited until it was time to start.

Keigo ended up in Chinatown,because he had a lead on his father and thought he might have passed through here. As Keigo began to get lost in thought the other challengers were just as excited. Little did he know,they all had plans of there own.



OoC:That was just Keigo's intro. I din't want to get too far ahead without anybody else joining in.

[king daphnes]

OoC:It's the ruins of Chinatown, who else would I use?

Dybia was riding forward towards his past battlefield with the gypsy woman, Cadenza. He was on a brand new motorcycle he ha gotten to replace the one she had destroyed and was wearing a pair of goggles instead of a helmet. As he came close to the place where the town used to be he saw the raising of the last of the huge building erected in the city's place. And heard,

"ALL WARRIORS! IF YOU TRULY WISH TO PROVE HOW POWERFUL YOU ARE, COME AND MEET ME HERE IN THIS GREAT PLACE OF COMBAT. IF YOU ARE TRULY WORTHY AND CAN MAKE IT TO THE CENTER OF THIS BUILDING, THEN YOU WILL HAVE YOUR CHANCE TO FIGHT ME! CAN YOU MAKE IT?"

Dybia looked forward at the monumental building, and recognized the voice as Zorlo's. "So, you were that attached to him were you?" He said to himself slowing his motorcycle to a stop about one hundred feet from the building, "This how you're tributing to him? Well, let's make sure this never leaves your mind."

Dybia got off of his motorcycle and laid his goggles on the seat. He walked forward with a smirk on his face. He knew Zorlo would be ready this time for a fight, and he was happy about that. "You and that woman destroyed the city. Let's see if what you've built in it's place is any good." Dybia walked forward to the entrance hoping to restart the fight that barely begun last time in this place.

[Chozo]

Alright, as promised, I'm here.

This is my first proper... anything in a while, so please excuse me for using this top scrape off all this rust.

--
Latio's footsteps, soft as they were, echoed quietly but noticeably, at least to him, off the inhumanly smooth walls of the labyrinth that had formed around him minutes ago. With the formation of the intricate web of rooms came a thundering announcement issued by Zorlo, the Aura Master who the foxfolk had faced before, calling anyone who was in this strange place to find and defeat him. Latio realized soon after that this meant it was probable that there were other people there, and that he would have to face them along the way if he were to face Zorlo.

Each soft footstep broadened Latio's mental map of the place, and each footstep had saved him from a rather silent exit from the maze. He had already set off a couple of falling-roof traps, one spike trap, and several pits, which he realized, after experimentation with the few bits of loose stone which were laying around, were bottomless, and probably transported you out of the place.

Not daring to disturb the mental map of the large structure, Latio walked in silence, but still, with each trap he set off, he would have to rest to reform his echolocation-powered map. After a while this became fairly easy to do, until, of course, something new inevitably came along. But this was no trap, it was footsteps.

Throwing away his map he darted to the source, eager to eliminate one of the challengers.

--

*scraaaaaaape*

Lots of rust.

[avyuir]

OoC: Since i did request, might as well hold up to that :XD using Kagan the Treasure Hunter ^^

BiC: Kagan had heard of a recent new battleground appearing almost out of nowhere in the midst of a ruined city. The was a hustle and bustle in the city that he was previously traveling through and decided that this battleground might just be a bit of fun. He had been aching for a good fight since he left Aden, and it seemed the Gods had heard him. The Treasure Hunter figured that any fight to improve his skill was one worth fighting, and from what he had overheard in the previous town, many great fighters were coming. He had seen a few warriors hed the in the way of the battleground already, so he knew that the word was spreading quickly. The excitement was rising in his body, he had no idea what he was to expect from such a place.

"This battleground will prove my skills, this should be fun." He couldn't help but let a sly smirk cross his face. He was getting giddy like a five year old on the way to a festival. Kagan approached the Dome and noticed the long line of students awaiting to enter. These guys are only students, mere children in my eyes. Although they are perhaps my age, they aren't even close to my skill. They're going to get creamed here. . . But Kagan decided that atleast they wished to try and fight their way to see thie "Aura Master," even when they knew they would not make it. This Aura Master sounds like a pretty interesting guy. I'll reach him, no matter what, and I will battle him. Kagan waited patiently in line for his chance to get in, he didn't want to waiste any energy fighting a crowd. He of ofcourse was to sign up first, from what it looked like, and then once the registrations had closed, the gates would open. The Treasure Hunter soon found himself at the front of the line, and that man their requested his name in a gruff voice.

"My name is Kagan Arisu, and I have come to challenge your Aura Master!"

OoC: hmm, not bad for a beggining wrote at 11:51 at night :XD its shorter than i wanted, but its only an intro

[insaney]

OoC: Since Raisha was there in Chinatown, I'll be using her...alone. Maybe. Rain and her will have to fight another time. Also, since this is after Chinatown Rush--it's most likely AFTER Master of the Forge--so therefore, she'll have her new gunblade which holds Isis...and blah blah blah, I'll explain later on...maybe.

BiC:

This was it; Chinatown, the place of the most devastating and regretted battle she had ever participated in. She recalled the instance where her emotions were full drained, turning her into what she once was: an emotionless, soulless creature, able to deliver devastating blows to whoever stood before her.

It was in this place that Celestia had shattered as it was overcome with the Aura Master's power and her own emotionless state. However, had it not been for that event, the Goddess sealed within Celestia would not have been freed to the extent that she was now. As she was told by Rain, Isis was the Egyptian Goddess of the Underworld, but even so, she was the kind who would march to the ends of the Earth itself for the ones she loved.

She was also the one who brought the Egyptian God, Ra, to his knees.

According to the God of the Forge, Reorx, Isis could only be fully freed by the one who sealed her inside, but she can, however, be called upon when needed by Raisha taking the shard from around her neck and placing it in a special slot on the blade.

Playfully, the Reaper rolled a stone in circles under her boot before kicking it forward and looking up at the gargantuan construct the fencer had recently completed.

"That was your friend's voice, wasn't it?" Isis whispered softly into Ai's ear, "It would be nice to see him again--and it sounds like a challenge."

Raisha smiled slightly and rested her hand on the handle of the weapon. "Yes," she responded, seemingly talking to no one, "we'll go."

She rode the stones down a slanted piece of concrete which took her to the nearest door.

"Maybe," she whispered as her fingers surrounded the knob, "knowing Zorlo, he'd have me fight all the way to him."

Raisha smiled slightly as the door creaked open.

[Mokujin]

OoC:When do we start the fight for real? Do we wait on Zirolo? Or do we wait for more people to join in?

[nekoryuuha]

OoC: took me a bit, but I'm here!! Excuse me, as I feel like I'm still scraping off and patching up some rust. Especially with more then one character being entered.

Bic:

"ALL WARRIORS! IF YOU TRULY WISH TO PROVE HOW POWERFUL YOU ARE, COME AND MEET ME HERE IN THIS GREAT PLACE OF COMBAT. IF YOU ARE TRULY WORTHY AND CAN MAKE IT TO THE CENTER OF THIS BUILDING, THEN YOU WILL HAVE YOUR CHANCE TO FIGHT ME! CAN YOU MAKE IT?"

"That voice... Zorlo. There's no doubt it's him, even if it has been nearly seven months." Looking toward the massive building that look huge even from miles away, Tsukineko smiled and took his hands from his Commander's Kosode. He was in the middle of finding a way back to the Dome when Zorlo's voice rang through the night air. As he began walking toward the building, he put aside his quest for information to go a see an old friend. The Dome and the Cathedral of Macha could wait until another time. Fingering his pendant for just a moment, her took off toward the Structure. For once, the Neko of Blades was going to have a bit of fun outside his duties.

O=={-------> Meanwhile <-------}==O

"ALL WARRIORS! IF YOU TRULY WISH TO PROVE HOW POWERFUL YOU ARE, COME AND MEET ME HERE IN THIS GREAT PLACE OF COMBAT. IF YOU ARE TRULY WORTHY AND CAN MAKE IT TO THE CENTER OF THIS BUILDING, THEN YOU WILL HAVE YOUR CHANCE TO FIGHT ME! CAN YOU MAKE IT?"

Upon hearing the announcement echo through the air after the quaking earth, Nephilim turned toward the new, massive structure, pausing in her flight for the moment. "Xor- err, Zorlo's voice... I haven't seen him since the Maze," the Otome-Angel said to herself as she shook off the memories of her long dead lover. She knew Zorlo was taken, but the similarities were uncanny. letting it go from her mind, she simply changed direction to fly to the building. She did feel she needed more practice with her GEM and this would do it.

O=={-------> Back with Tsukineko... <-------}==O

BOOM!! The sound of Stone doors near coming off their mighty hinges echoed through the hallway as Tsukineko slid to a halt on the stone floor. His pendant pulsed once before he soon found himself wearing the Shi no Kyoufu armor that marked him as the Neko of Blades. "I see. This place is truly so dangerous that it activated barely in the doorway." Walking forward into the small room that ran to a single hallway, she could see even the very air was charged with magic. It was no wonder his armor had activated. He hadn't made it two feet into the room when he say the ceiling of the hallway open into the passage to show a route slanting upward. "What the-"

"Incoming!!" The distant feminine voice made him look behind him to see something or someone coming in at insane speed through the air.

"Is it a Nephtis?! No, it can't be. They're extinct." Tsukineko moved aside to watch as the pink blur shot past. Time seemed to greatly slow as Nephilim shot past him. She mouthed a 'thank you' to him before time kicked back in and her pink blur shot up the newly opened way that soon closed behind her and opened Tsukineko's original way again. The door slammed shut and the stone being to glow slightly from their magic as if to show the way. "This will be interesting indeed," the Dark Neko said to himself as he walked down the passageway.


OoC: yeah... I'm far out of practice with multiple character intros.

[Zorolo]

OoC: Okay, the fights can start now, but new fighters can still enter.

BiC: Monroe traversed the dark hall he had stumbled into a few moments before slowly. He had hoped for a better place, but this darkness was better then the last few that his keen senses had picked up and narrowly avoided. The dark clad man took careful steps, keeping his keen senses and insight into finding anything dangerous as he moved on. The floor here seemed fine, and the darkness only made moving a little hard, due in part to the turns that were simply annoying.

Finally, the former assassin ran into a bit of luck as he entered into a room that seemed a bit odd. The room was larger, almost twenty five meters in diameter, and very well lit. It looked almost like a small arena. As the modern fencer stepped into the room, he rested his right hand on the hilt of his photon sword, looking around. This place seemed safe enough. At least no traps had been set of yet, anyway. Still, that didn't mean this room was, by any means, safe.

Suddenly, the dark figure noted footsteps as another being entered. Monroe tossed his photon sword from his right hand to his left hand and spun the handle around, pointing where the blade should have been towards the figure. Something the dark clad man could only describe as a fox demi-human entered into the battlefield. Monroe didn't really say anything at first as he smiled. "I guess I've found my first foe," the dark fencer stated as the gateways to the doors suddenly shut. They'd open after a certain time in battle, but who knew which warrior would emerge victorious.

o=)--------Where Zachary is---------(=o

The red haired warrior quickly uppercut the random student that had the misfortune of running into the red haired warrior. Zachary cracked his knuckles as the ice gauntlets he had formed shattered and he smiled. "That's one. That wasn't hard at all, either," the Ice Elemental stated as he walked towards the exit, only to watch the gate fall again. "Someone else?" he asked suddenly as he turned.

A woman that could only be described as pink with some strange armor looked at Zachary. "Oh my!" she stated as she looked at him. "What bad luck. I was hoping to get to Xo... eh... Zorlo without anything like this."

"Too bad, lady," the firebrand stated as he turned towards her, the ice gauntlets beginning to reform over his hands. "I'm gonna fight Zorlo. Assistant to him or not, I'm gonna defeat him myself!" Zachary stated as ice magic began to pulse off of him. "And you're unfortunate. I've just finished my warm up," he told her, his magical energy dancing around his body.

[Mokujin]

OoC:Yay! Finally.


BiC: Flame Demon ran down the first hall and that's when I trap set off. A barrage of chains covered his legs and started to drag him into the wall.

Flame Demon's hands lit up and shouted "Phoenix Fists!" and melted the chains. Flame Demon then ran down the next hall on the right.

Flame Demon came upon another trap,but was ready for this one. Poison-tipped arrows shot out of the wall. Flame Demon dodged most of them and sliced two of them in half with Red Glory.

Flame Demon came to what looked like a very large hallway. Flame Demon thought about his next move. "Hmm...I should wait and ambush the next fighter that comes in this way."
Little, did Flame Demon know,this someone had watched him melt the trap and has tailed him ever since.

Flame Demon knew in order to get to the room,he ad to knock off his opponents to reduce the competitin. Flame Demon spilit Red Glory into two daggers and crouched behind the corner.


Flame demon knew that this was going to be a tough fight. It also began to worry him. "What if they're stronger than me?" or "What if I die?"Keigo then thought," That's nonsense,prepare for battle."


Ooc: I wonder who'll come have a hallway fight?

[nekoryuuha]

"Assistant? What do you assist Zorlo in? And why are you trying to beat him instead of assisting him?" Nephilim asked as she brushed off the folded wing armors that were across her chest. She'd deactivated them before she even entered the room in case another anti-flight trap tried to spring on her.

"Truly, that's none of your business!" Zachary yelled as he ran in low to throw a punch. A punch that was easily dodged as Nephilim stepped back.The next volley of punches missed just as easily as Nephilim stepped around them.

"Are you sure you won't just give up? I don't really want to hurt you," Nephilim asked as she rolled off Zachary's next punch and kicked off his shoulder to both knock him off balance and distance herself from the Firebrand.

"Lady, if I'm not mistaken it's you that's running away from me. Not the other way around!!" he snapped back as ice needles formed in the air around him. With a single hand, he sent the needles at Nephilim who, with an odd smile, seemed to merely dance around, under and even between the flying needles that shot past her and through her hair and flaring skirt. "Are you honestly afraid of me or something!?" He closed back in on her only to she her suddenly frown. As his punch went, so did one of her own to his surprise. Also to his surprise was the strength such a lean girl possessed as the Otome-angel's punch shattered his gauntlet with such strength that he was knocked back off balance, recovering just in time to meet her second punch with his other gauntlet out of instinct. Instead of his gauntlet shattering, all he knew was her fist seemed to explode as her Blitz cannon fired into his gauntlet at an angle. The gauntlet shattered and Zachary was thrown into the wall across the room. His knuckles were one large, bloody, and painful wound as he stood back up. Luckily, nothing seemed broken. "What in the name of the frozen hells was that? And her strength..."

Meanwhile, Nephilim's bottom pair of wings were activated and the Battleroid had lifted off the ground. Her right arm glowed slightly before becoming her crimson long sword. "Ready?! Pinion!" Her yell interrupted his sentence, making him look up to see her streaking at him with her long sword pointed for his neck. He wouldn't move in time to completely avoid a hit.

"...no choice..." Nephilim's blade tip hit the flat of Zachary's Mobius so hard that a shockwave blew across the floor and nearly drove the breath from Zachary's lungs. "Dammit, wings too?"

"Stand. Down." Nephilim said with a bit of force and annoyance. "I don't want to hurt you or kill you. This is your last chance. I won't pull my punches or warn you anymore."

O=={-------> Meanwhile <-------}==O

"What was that?" Tsukineko asked himself as he looked to the sealed door on his right. The shockwave could be felt just outside the door. Hearing a battle apparently going on the other side of the door, the Dark Neko turned back and continued down the hall that he'd seen someone melt a trap in a blast of flame energy. Whoever it was, they're probably a good opponent to warm up on, He thought to himself as he rounded the corner. All his instincts seemed to scream at him as he leapt to the ceiling, just barely dodging the crimson daggers aimed for his armored stomach. with all the grace of his race, he kicked off the ceiling and past Keigo, flipping in mid-air to land in a kneeling slide. "Open..." Red light flared to illuminate the Flame Demon as Tsukineko drew a crimson sword from his Gate of Blades. The handle was built into the back of the single-edged blade to protect his armored fingers farther.

"Hmm...You're fast, it seems," Keigo said as he leapt forward and clashed blades with Tsukineko. His other leveled and swung forward only to meet another crimson blade, a spitting image of the first.

"And you aren't so much," the Dark Neko replied as he vanished and reappeared down the hall with a wave of his hand." Sorry, but I've got an appointment with Zorlo! Can't be late!" He yelled back as he ran off and Keigo ran after him. The moment he entered the room, the exit slammed shut. Tsukineko was standing at the other side of the room with his hands on his hips as he turned. "It seems this place won't let me go until I beat you."

"I'll be the one to win here, Neko," Replied Keigo as he readied his own blades to match the Neko of Blades.

[Chozo]

The doorway closed shut, and Latio skidded to a halt as the echoing crack jumped from wall to wall. These echoes told something about the room to the fox: it was nearly completely cubical, being slightly shorter in height than width or length. The room was neutral in every sense of the word; the ground was flat and the walls had nearly no rough patches. The overall size gave no specific advantage to either ranged or close-quarters combat. No elements were sufficiently present for any of Latio's magical prowess. This was a great disadvantage.

The man who had disturbed the foxfolk's meditative mapping was standing across the room, facing toward him. Pretending to not notice the astonishingly quiet man, the gray fox listened intently. A nearly undetectable mechanical movement chinked away from the man; Latio could hear the mechanizations of an advanced gun of some sort, and several, smaller buzzing sounds sound that Latio could not recognize. He could, however, Identify them as electronics. Perhaps, then, there is something I could warp. Guess I'll have to wait and see.

A fake expression of realization struck Latio's face, and he turned to face his apparent foe. "Hey! Do you know what this place is? I kind of just wandered in and now I'm lost. The doors are shut now too. Think you could help me out?" He started to walk toward the man, concealing a foot-long biometallic spike in the sleeve of his robe. Better make this quick; I need to conserve my energy for Zorlo.

[Zorolo]

Blood dripped from the Ice Elemental's fists as he stood up and stabbed his sword into the ground. Zachary found it hard to move his fingers on his hand that had struck with the strange thing that could be, again, simply described as pink. Pain rushed up his entire arm, but the ice mage pushed back the pain as another coating of ice formed over his hands, healing magic rushing inside of the gauntlets of ice, slowly beginning to heal the boy's wound. Well, it seemed she was no ordinary human to any length.

After the angel thing's last two attacks, it had become obvious to the ice warrior that this foe was not one to be looked down on or underestimated by any means of the imagination. I need to save as much power as I can to fight with Zorlo. I'm not going to use any of my fullest powers against this woman. Zorlo comes first, she's a secondary notion. I won't. I cannot!

Dark blue magic surged from beneath Zachary's feet, freezing the ground beneath him as he placed his armored, healed hand around the handle of his sword and removed it from the ground and pointing the sword at the mechanical angel. "I'm going to make sure I defeat you. I won't not make it to fight Zorlo. No one will stop me," the ice innate stated firmly as he swung his left hand quickly, releasing three ice spears towards the woman and readying to fight her head to head with his blade. He'd move on!

o=)----------Where Monroe is----------(=o

"I think," the former assassin stated as he quickly removed his revolver with his empty hand and cocked back the hammer, watching Latio closely, "that the best way out of this place is to be defeated," the dark clad man stated as he took a half step to the left, being ever careful of this room. The modern fencer knew this room probably wasn't trapped, since it was more like an arena than anything else, but still, better to play it safe than sorry.

The bounty hunter smiled as he dashed backwards slightly, standing ready to fight against this foe. The hum of his photon sword rang out as the dark warrior turned the glowing green blade on. His first real test in a long while. Monroe aimed his gun and pulled the trigger, releasing his first shot. time for the game to begin!

[avyuir]

Kagan stealthly moved about the corridors, evading each trap set up for him, and progressing quickly throughout the mazes of halls. He was going to make it to the center of the arena, and he was going to fight this Zorlo man that from what he say by everyone who had coem to challenge him, was quiet the master. Kagan noticed a few figures in the distance and saw them pacing, like guards in a castle. This will be easy. Kagan broght his dagger upon the first one, knocking him out with ease, and then another. He continued to knock out the unsuspecting sentries, getting past them with ease.This Zorlo better not be as easy as his gaurds. . . Kagan rushed through the corridor, seeing light at the end of the hallway, and rushed through it. Kagan was a bit blinded by the light as it hit him, but his pupils adjusted to the brightness, allowing him to look around the room. It was large and square. He noticed a figure in the distance, was this Zorlo, no the man looked different than what was described to him.

"You shall not meet the Aura Master, your test ends here!"

Kagan smirked, no one was going to stop him from his goal. Not even this brute would stand in his way. The man charged at Kagan, his battle axe raised. Kagan notched one of his mythril arrows, and released it at the man with his axe, piercing his arm, but not stopping him.

"Finally, a real challenge* Kagan smirked, this would be fun.

OoC: sorry for the short post >.>

[Mokujin]

Keigo smiled as the rogue locked blades with the swordsman. "Heh,you have some talent." said Keigo


Flame Demon stepped back and fursed his dagegrs back into one sword as he yelled,"Hellfire Flames!" as the flame covered the sword. It seemed to Keigo that Neko seen this coming and he dodged the blow. "Damn." thought Keigo. How am I supposed to attack if he dodged my attack that esily?

Flame Demon turned around and seen a black wind and did not see Neko slash him. Kiego knew that neko was fast,and just needed to calm down. Keigo then wondered if he could run up the wall. "I have an idea, but I don't know if it will work,but I think it is worth a try."

Flame Demon then split Red Glory into the two daggers again and ran up the wall. "Running won't help you much." Tukineko yelled "Oh I'm not running." said Flame Demon. Flame Demon yelled "Hellfire Blades!" as his daggers lit up in flames. As he ran up the wall, he slanted his sprinting slightly,in order to get into the ceiling's corner.

Flame Demon looked down upon the ceiling floor as he stood into the ceiling corner looking down at thwe room's floor, while holding the burning blades. He was about thirty or fourty feet away from the ground. He knew that he had to react quickly before Tsukineko could fully dodge his attack.

"All right!..try and stop this!!"yelled Flame Demon as he spun of off the top of the ceiling. Flame Demon spun rapidly off of the wall as he came down. The twister looked like a shooting star. Flame Demon's body wasn't able to be seen as he was engulfed in the flames.

It can also be noted that the room temperature was significantly higher than just a few moments to go. Flame Demon was confident that he was about to do some significant damage,but knew he couldn't be overconfident. As Flame Demon was at the point of hitting the Cat Demon, he began planning his next move as the blazing spiral hit the Cat Demon.

Flame Demon began to pick up speed as he quickly jumped off of the ground and began to spin around again as he bounced off of the wall, hoping to barrage the Neko repeadily with his blazing attacks.


OoC:I'm very sorry about the long delay. I had RL that kept me busy,don't worry though. I'll definately be more active now.

[nekoryuuha]

OoC: Sorry. I've been so busy that I haven't gotten much chance to post anywhere, much less ZU.

Bic:

As the flames licked as Tsukineko, He was glad more then ever of receiving the Shi no Kyoufu armor from Haineko, its power stopping the flames from touching him as he glanced off Keigo's initial attack and rolled back to his feet. At the next bounce, He merely side-stepped the attack, letting his armor stop the heat and stray flames. I can see this is going to get annoying fast... I need to stop this soon before he gets too fast to stop from taking a hit. It wasn't until the next dodge that Tsukineko came up with a plan to stop the flame demon. All at once, the Shi no Kyoufu returned to a pendent as the Neko Dashed for the wall.

"Running away already? You won't escape this time, Neko!" Keigo yelled as he bounced back at the Warrior, only to find Tsukineko leap to a wall and bounce at him.

"Mage Warrior do not run!" Claws extended, Starlight began to glow red as a small wall of flames appeared at the palms of his extended hands.The two hit and held in middair as the flames around Keigo were swallowed up and into the barrier of Flames that Tsukineko created. "We find a way to surpass the problem." The last of the flames were absorbed as the Neko vanished only to appear a distance away, the barrier gone and gauntlets no longer glowing as the crimson jewel of his Necklace of 8 was glowing brightly with its newly absorbed power. "I am Tsukineko, 'The Neko of Blades', and Captain of the 11th Unit of the Mage Warriors. You will not win against me!" His statement was punctuated by him yanking two more blades from His Gate before taking off at the Flame Demon. Sparks flew from the two's weapons as Keigo slid slightly from the force of the attack. The rising slash from the next attack nearly knocked him off balance as Tsukineko leapt and released his blades to return to the Gate of Blades. "Take this!" Keigo lept aside and rolled to his feet as the 11th Captain split the ground Keigo once stood on with a massive crimson Greatsword born of the Gate of Blades.

O=={-------> Meanwhile <-------}==O

Nephilim could only smile at the young boy's determination to fight and win. Even if it did mean she'd have to hurt him more. Like a shot she was off, flying at Zachary on her single revealed pair of wings. As the first spear came at her, it was broken just as fast by a swipe of her blade as she passed under it from the side. The second was wiped out similarly by Nephilim just moments later as she passed the ice spear. As the third closed in on her, an idea crossed her mind. Her feet touched the ground as she flipped over the Spear, allowing it to hit the edge of her blade, splitting itself in half as she essentially pole vaulted over it. Her blade came up as the spear finished and her wings 'caught' the air, the Otome-angel just a few short feet over the Ice Warrior. Her Sword arm returned to normal as a massive, black scythe in her hands as she descended at him in a spinning slash. The force of the clash between Zachary's Mobius and Nephilim's Scythe was almost tangible as the ice under Zachary cracked from the force.

"You're just full of tricks, aren't you?" Zachary asked sarcastically as he looked at the massive blade that went passed his head and over his shoulder. It was easily as big as her body. "But you aren't the only one!" He finished as he knocked her scythe blade aside to follow up with a slash that launched a cutter wave of ice at the Mitsukai. Surprise registered on her face before it hit her, a small blast of ice blowing off around her as it hit.

"That was closer then it'd liked," came Nephilim's voice as the ice faded away to reveal her covered with a glowing, feathered barrier. Soon the barrier opened to reveal Nephilim with four wings now, what would be her lower and middle pairs.

"So not only do you block thinks with your wings, but you have more then one pair?!"

"Shocking?" Nephilim landed on the ground as she brought her scythe to bear. "Ready? Or will you