Von Helson Keep

VON HELSON MANOR KEEP

Crumbled walls exposing drops off the edges of the top of the keep is where fighters will do battle while the courtyard and interior of the building house two other fights in the Heaven or Hell tournament.

Terrain

General - The rooftops of the keep measures a good eighty by eighty feet. Crubling stone gargoyles line the sides.

Weapons - Loose bricks.

Bonus Effects - Ringout effect in place for those who fall off the structure. Be careful of area damage. It may affect other fighst in the area, resulting in a yellow flag.

Ryugi Kazamaru Wrote:

The Von Helson Manor... After that incident with Gambino Tower, it was amazing the damn thing was still up and about. The Keep looked almost like it was due for some repairs, and after Heaven or Hell, it would likely need a few more.

Spectators would be watching this round very strangely as there were multiple fights taking place in the Manor, but the Keep was going to be more easily shown as it could be shown via helicopter for a perfect view of the action.

It wouldn't be long before the first member of the fighting teams made their entrance. With a hand moving through his spiky silvery hair, Ryugi Kazamaru, Captain of Team Phoenix made his way to the top of the Von Helson Manor's Keep, and waited for the other teams to arrive.

This was his team's chance to really prove itself. The first match had been terrible for them, and they had fallen, but their name was Team Phoenix, named for the legendary bird of myth that was reborn from the ashes of its death. They had fallen once, but they would rise up and over the other team to victory this time. It was in the team name, it would be their destiny, and they would fight for it...

It was with this in mind that Damion stepped away from the stairs, not far behind his captain." Hey boss." He called, raising a hand in greeting as he looked around slowly. " Hmmmm....it's a nice day." the man said, glancing at the blue sky with a smile. He wasn't going to lose this time, he would see the fight through till the end, even if he had to fight through the pain. " Doesn't look like the other team's here yet." He said.

The fandom had undergone a very strange turn between the first and second round. The massive throng of fan girls both young and old, apparently Rain was a hit with the MILF crowd, that had surrounded the Firebrand was a thing of the past. Mothers refused to bring their children to see the Kings, the older men were busy cheering for some huge gais in the other venues, so what was left? The working class. Druggies, Metal-Heads, losers in general. The ones that realized far too late that without an education they'd be working at McDonalds the rest of their lives, the discontent with nothing to look forward to in their lives and the teenagers who were following in their foot steps.

They crowded around the Mansions Keep, some using binoculars to stare from a distance, others standing close, all of them generally being very loud and rowdy. Apparently Ryugi had made quite a name for himself in the previous Heaven or Hells though. He was not without a large grouping of his own fans, all sprinkled about the losers who loudly protested the other teams presence. Already a few fights were breaking out...

"It's a shame Save is sick today ol' chap."

Iblis was shoving her way through the crowd, her attire had undergone a complete change thanks to Kichiro's little pyropheliac tendencies. She was dressed, different to say the least. Where the first round had seen an amazon dressed like a pimp, now she was wearing an evergreen tuxedo. The long flaps of the coat flapping at the back of her knees, a neatly ironed black shirt buttoned up beneath it. Clicking against the ground with every foot fall was a fashionable black cane. As if things couldn't get any more ridiculous placed lop-sidedly atop her head was a wide-brimmed top hat and cupped in a single eyelid was a monocle.

Yes Iblis was dressed for something that was for sure, but it wasn't a tournament. Then again... at least she had changed her clothes, unlike the rest of the fighters who seemed to have worn the same things for four days straight. They could laugh all they wanted, but the fans would be coming her way when they realized how smelly the other teams were.

Side by side she strode with Victor, taking time to wait for her captain as he examined the manor. She too appreciate the intricacies of the houses design. He so he could spit on the vampires graves at every step. Eventually they reached the roof though, still their third leg was nowhere to be found.

"A shame for them that is..." the english accent dissolved, leaving the typical androgynous tone. Her eyes immediately slipped over to Team Other Guys, a predatory grin cracking up at the edges of her lips as she spied them. "Todays going to be fun without teacher to tell us what to do..."

Iblis' gaze trailed over her shoulder to watch Victor. Expecting something along the lines of "You're a retard." followed by "Lets frackin kill them.". Typical Kalliandro responses really, he was an a***e of the highest caliber, especially to his team mates. But it was because he was an a***e that she was guaranteed to stab him in the back until after the tournament.

Rae had very slowly made her way through the manor to the top of the keep, admiring the architecture and the artwork, and wondering where the family Von Helson was today if they were letting people overrun their hose like this... Weren't there rumors that these people were werewolves or something? Rae couldn't quite recall all the details but she was sure there was something strange about the family that was noteworthy and should have made this place taboo!

"Nifty!" She smiled that cute, little girl smile as she gingerly hopped up on the edge of the ramparts to lean out and look at the courtyard below as well as the gargoyles all around. "Ryu-sama, how did they get something that heavy up this high without a crane?"

The question was asked of her caption as she glanced over her shoulder, her precarious perch almost forgotten as another question popped into her head! Rae was there, at least bodily...apparently she didn't give a damn about the other team at the moment.

He started back towards Ryugi and Rae after afew minutes of watching though, staying close to Rae in the event that she fell or started to fall. His shield was absent from his back, the twin sabers set up in an odd drawing position, with one going horizontally across his back and the other set vertically over his right shoulder, the hilts of both weapons on his right side. His clothes were clean atleast, and he looked cleaned up himself thankfully. "Wish they'd hurry up...."

HonoRaven Wrote:

Rae looked away from her view out over the edge and back to Damion... "I wonder if it would hurt to fall that far?" stupid question, but who would ever expect a raven to be afraid of heights?

Rae hopped down from her perch, and pulled a bag off her shoulder as she held it out for Damion, was this another repeat of her asking him to hold something for her?... no this time she was apparently all sugar and spice and everything cute and nice!

"I brought snacks!" sure enough her little black bag was not filled with weapons, it was stuffed full of popcorn, veggie sticks and juice boxes...and rolls of gauze, just in case!

He blinked alittle, looking into the small bag before smiling and reaching in, pulling out a carrot stick and crunching into it." I think we may need them when it all comes down to it." He said, before frowning some and looking over the edge again. " Hmmmm.....they must be inside, I can't see them."

HonoRaven Wrote:

Rae pulled out a celery stick and munched as she looked over the edge with him. "Who is it supposed to be?"

She really couldn't see much of anything over the ramparts, she was a little too short compared to the knight. Mind on the fight? not at all at this point... Rae didn't want to worry over nothing

" The heavy metal kings." He said, frowning. He had no idea what 'heavy metal' was, or why these people were the kings of it, but it was interesting enough. " Ms. Hono? how did you do that fire thing? from the last fight?" He asked, sitting down on the edge and looking up at her.

" And....all that means...what?" He asked, looking highly confused, his head cocked to the side as he continued looking up at her. " I've never heard those terms before...except for the fire part. That's something I know."

Eternal Dirge Wrote:

" And....all that means...what?" He asked, looking highly confused, his head cocked to the side as he continued looking up at her. " I've never heard those terms before...except for the fire part. That's something I know."

Rae blinked her chaotic orange eyes at him for a moment before it dawned on her. "You are human... I am ....not..." That was simple enough...sort of.

In her tight black blouse with its puffed up butterfly sleeves and the cute fluffy mini skirt Rae looked human enough, unless you looked at her eyes, or took in the fact that her hair was stripped blood red and shadow black, and her nails had razor sharp edges... "You were born, your parents had no hand in shaping who you would be or what you would be able to do... I was... created.. for a specific purpose, my creator designed me to be able to do a lot of things that a human can not!" hopefully that didn't have too many big confusing words in it... Hono was too much of a scientist for her own good sometimes.

((and I am off for the night.. err day sleep and then off to work I go! I will catch up when I get back!))

Concentration, focus, control...

Those are just a few things that lead to manipulating an element.

Ryugi looked towards Damion and Rae as he spoke from over by the edge of the Keep. He'd overheard the conversation, and thought he might be able to help the young man understand a bit more.

Some people are born with the ability to manifest elements. And some have to work at it and train to bring them about. Have you heard of meditation, Damion? Meditation is often about relaxing your body and mind to achieve an aware state or achieve enlightenment.

Ryugi walked over and stood next to Damion, then continued his talk.

All elements stem from the elemental planes of existence. Here, we're in the Physical, or Prime Plane, as some call it. But the planes of the universe are all around us. They're a part of the world too, and if you can form a connection with one of those planes, you can conjure or channel the power of their elements to make use of them in battle, or for other uses. Does that make more sense to you?

Ryugi could see that Damion was confused. But, Ryugi thought of something that me might understand better than what he was saying before.

Think of an onion, Damion. Imagine the physical plane being at the center of the layers on an onion. The other layers are the other planes of existence that surround the physical plane. All thats needed, is for you to form a bond with one of those other layers, and learn control, and you'll be able to make use of the elements from the layers outside your own.

Hopefully that analogy was somewhat simpler for the man to grasp. Visual analogies to things one would have seen before were usually the best anyway.

Ryugi grinned.

That, Damion, is the hard part. But just because something is hard, doesn't mean that its impossible. Otherwise, I couldn't do this...

Ryugi held out a hand between him and Damion, and with hardly a change in his facial features, a small ball of flames flowed into being. It almost looked like a tiny sun, with different features from the hotter and cooler parts of the flame, and even tiny little wisps of flame coming off from it.

If you can find a way to bridge the gaps between the planes, then things like this are possible. I can feel the energy flowing from my center, down my arm, and into my palm, where this ball manifests itself. I can will it and feel it trying to change shape in my hand due to its natural chaotic nature, but using control, I'm able to get it to remain in this shape.

Now, its going to be hot, but I'm going to try and hand it over to you. Be willing to accept the control over this energy. Allow yourself to feel it as you would an emotion, and focus on allowing it to remain in its shape. If you can accept the energy with your body and mind, it will accept you, and you will feel not pain, but soft warmth as you imagine the ball between your hands.

As he finished, Ryugi moved his hand up to where Damion would hopefully be holding his hands out. Once there, he'd slowly release the ball of flame to Damion's control, and see what happened.

Excellent...

Ryugi wouldn't touch Damion, as that might throw him off, but he did offer a few words for him.

You see, anyone can do it with enough practice, patience, and willpower once they have the energy. But its getting the energy in the first place thats the hard part. Once you've done that, all it takes is practice and training.

Ryugi hoped that his little lesson would help Damion understand everything better. The young man had alot of potential for a human being. He could grow in so many ways that Ryugi himself could not, but the question was... Did Damion see it in himself?

Ryugi was impressed. Damion showed a great amount of promise. If he trained hard, he could likely come up with a style all his own.

Very nice Damion! I'm impressed.

Ryugi grinned and patted the man on the back.

Victor grew tired of his teammates. Iblis was horrible with people, not dependable at all in social situations. Save was too sick to be any good representative of the Heavy Metal Kings. It was left up to the team captain of the Heavy Metal Kings to pick up the slack.

He could see three people, standing over seventy feet away from his team. Victor would simply walk away from Iblis and walk across the Manor towards the trio of people. He could assume that they were Team Pheonix, but he didn't want to jump onto an assumption. If the FIGHTER had given him false directions or if he simply went to the wrong place, he didn't want to embarrass himself by calling a rival team by the wrong name.

Victor steadily made it to the fifty feet range, where his opponents would see an image of this:

Quote: A young man that looks around his early twenties. He was shirtless, tanned, slim, but had a powerful muscle-toned build. This would include a six pack abs and hairless upper torso, allowing for his opponent to see the full details of his athletic, and surprisingly powerful build.

He had long black hair running down his back, stopping just past the shoulder blades. The sides of his hair would be shoulder length, while his hair was cut short in the front. There would be scarlet streaks entangled throughout the black hair, making his hair a certain attention grabber. His eyes were dark brown, but were fairly intense looking eyes that had shown the experience from a few street fights. His facial features expressed a strong, masculine jawline and high cheek bones.

Across his chest, he wore a black sash that held the x-shaped weapon in place. The weapon on his back resembled two metallic bowstaffs fused together at the center. Judging by the length of the weapon, each bowstaff was approximately six feet in length. There was a black sheathe that covered the weapon on his back, latched onto the back of the sash.

Ironically enough, he wore a bizarre looking pair of metallic jeans; looking more like a sturdy armor that could brace himself from leg blows. Only his black boots looked like casual wear.

If his opponents had keen eyesight or if they just waited for him to walk over, they would notice the one vertical line of black make-up on his face. It would span from slightly above his eyebrow and run down to the middle of his cheek, thinning into small points at the end of the lines.

Victor continued to watch his opponents from a distance, before he saw one of the men produce a fireball from his hands. He handed it off to his teammate, which was a bit of a surprise. Victor would think to himself, "Fire? Well now, these people seem eager to show off their talents."

Victor just watched the man with the fireball, slowly manipulate and stretch out the flames before they fizzled out. It was an entertaining show to witness during his boring walk over to them.

"Yo!"

Standing about twenty feet from the two men that seemed deep in their conversation, Victor would smile at both of them.

"My name is Victor Kalliandrio, captain of the Heavy Metal Kings. Who are you guys?"

(Edit: Details to sash.)

Damion looked up at Vincent and raised a hand, as if in greeting," Howdy mate." He said, standing up properly and cracking his neck.

I had planned on going first, unless you have another option for us to consider.

Ryugi would lean back against the small wall of the Keep as he spoke, showing his relaxed nature.

Very well then.

Ryugi would stand up straight and brush himself off. He wasn't gigantic, but he was an even 6 feet in height. His spiky hair didn't help to his tall appearance though. he hefted Ragnarok to his shoulder and walked off a bit from the wall.

I guess its team captain vs team captain.

Ryugi would grin as he looked back at the Heavy Metal Captain. he was ready to go as soon as the both of them got into the middle of the ring, which saw essentially a big 80x80 foot square.

Well, as soon as we get to the center, we can start our fight then. Good luck to you.

Ryugi would then walk towards the center of the ring, giving his future opponent enough room to be comfortable and make a firm starting point away from both of their neutral team members. Initially, Ryugi would try to stand towards the North end of the Keep, where Victor would stand towards the south, the two teams' netural members would be to the East and West. East for Phoenix, and West for HMK. That way, at least for the start, any attacks would be out of the way of the extra members.

Once Ryugi arrived, he'd turn to face the area where he'd hoped his opponent would stand. He'd take a deep breath, and then grip the handle of Ragnarok, waiting.

Mr. Kalliandrio, the first move is yours.

Ryugi would say with a grin. he could tell this fight was going to be better than the last one he'd had. Much better.

Playful sarcasm was always fun in a fight. Ryugi smirked and replied.

Don't worry, you won't.

Ryugi watched his opponent hop about in his boxing stance. Ryugi was never the type of fighter to make assumptions about his opponent simply based on how they looked. People were far too varied for any one body type to follow the same rules, thus, Ryugi always kept an open mind, and tried never to assume his opponent was one thing over another. A left handed boxing stance simply meant that that was the stance that his opponent had chosen. It didn't tell Ryugi that the man he was about to fight was left handed.

What it DID tell him was that Victor was more highly specialized in close range combat, and likely wouldn't do anything extremely powerful from long range when it came to powers and the like. At least, unless Ryugi were to unleash something that might prompt him to do something of that nature. One assumption Ryugi always allowed himself was the possibility that his opponent had some type of power-based ability. If they did not, it worked to his advantage. If they did, he would be wary of it before they made it shown.

Victor would gleam very little from Ryugi's body, except that he was tall, and appeared to have a fit build. The only weapon he would seem to have would be his large sword, Ragnarok. And other than the knee and shin guards, and his gauntlets, Ryugi wouldn't appear to have any other armor on his person. Victor would know that Ryugi possessed at least SOME flame abilities as he'd passed off a fireball to Damion earlier, but other than that, Victor wouldn't get much more from Ryugi.

That included movement. Even as Victor closed in on Ryugi's position, Ryugi didn't appear to make any hostile action, or appear to make any preparation. Other than Ryugi's right hand resting on the handle of his sword, which sat across his shoulders, Ryugi didn't even appear to be in a fighting stance at all. He seemed relaxed, and at ease. Which was very strange for someone who was about to have a fight with another fighter. Why was he so calm?

Victor would just have to find out on his own, because Ryugi wasn't telling.

[1]

Ryugi didn't need to see to be able to know where his opponent was. His metal pants were enough noise as it was, and to Ryugi, that alone made him stand out like a sore thumb. Not to mention Ryugi's energy sense spiked as Victor charged electricity. Of course, Victor couldn't have known that...

Victor stepped in, and suddenly, Ryugi moved.

He jumped to his right in a quick movement, and at the same time, he spun to his left. Victor's movement towards Ryugi would cause him to continue forward as Ryugi moved around him, due to his body's momentum that he'd gained by moving side to side towards Ryugi. In a swift motion, Ryugi would pull on the handle of Ragnarok with his right hand, bringing the 4.5 foot long blade heading straight for the back/left side of Victor. The weapon's reach, combined with Ryugi's arm length would be more than enough to overcome the five foot distance between the both of them.

If the blade was to hit against Victor's torso, it would do some nasty cutting damage to the shirtless man...

Ryugi's body would continue its motion along with the momentum of his sword as his left hand moved to help guide the blade along its trajectory, whether the attack struck its target or not...

[2]

Quote: Boots - The soles of the boots are thick rubber with a metal plate running under the padding for the foot. This protects his feet from sharp puncturing objects, and tiny spikes protruding to the ground protects from light electrical attacks as well, allowing most of the charge to flow out from his body with little harm. More powerful attacks still do damage, and practically null this defense.

-BZZZZT-

And Ryugi winced and kept moving, feeling uncomfortably tingly and had a burning sensation running along his body. That was gonna sting for a bit... He knew he felt electricity in the area, but now he knew at least ONE thing his opponent could do in the way of powers. Of course, the physics of the situation would be a bit different that what Victor might have imagined.

Since Victor had jumped, he was airborne, and, for the most part, had nothing to stabilize himself. This meant that the force and momentum added to his legs from the powerful strike would send him spinning like a pinwheel to his left in midair.

In addition, Ragnarok would continue along its path due to its own momentum and the force of the swing. This easily allowed Ryugi's body to continue pivoting around in a spin before his right foot chambered and kicked outward almost in a stomp towards Victor's airborne, spinning body. The kick would likely send the young man back about 10 feet, and do some heavy damage to his ribcage, assuming he was human. The tiny spikes on the bottom of Ryugi's boots would also impact his bare skin, possibly scratching and drawing blood as they made contact.

How would Victor react to his situation? Only time would tell...

[3]

Of course, landing on your back when you essentially have a giant tire iron on your back means that you're in one very nasty predicament unless you can somehow create enough leverage to get back up. But with Victor's weapons being taller than he was, and spread out in an "X" formation, that would be very, VERY difficult. It was unfortunate, but at least for the moment, it looked like Victor had more or less pinned himself to the ground with his own weapon.

And, it was also unfortunate that Ryugi would have to act on this. His team had already lost one match. They couldn't afford to lose another one. And so, Ryugi acted.

As his kick connected and sent the young man flying through the air, his body was still spinning around with Ragnarok beginning to move around his back as the kick came back. With a quick spin of his head to keep his eyes on everything, Ryugi would pull Ragnarok around and slam the weapon into the dirt, before burst of energy would shoot from the blade, speeding across the ground to attempt and hit Victor just after he'd landed in his predicament.

Quote: Energy Lance –

Ragnarok fires a burst of energy that streaks across the ground towards an opponent for damage. Adding an equivalent amount of energy into the strike can increase the number of these lances, but at a greater cost of Ryugi's stamina.

Ryugi used a very basic form of his attack, as he didn't want to expel all of his stamina into this single attack. The lance would speed across the ground to slam into and wash over Victor's grounded form as he landed in his predicament. The blast would burn hot, likely causing some burns to Victor's skin, and the cutting forces of the attack would possibly make some small slashes across his form as well. At least over his bare torso. They weren't horrifyingly deep as it was a basic attack, but as Victor wasn't wearing a s**t, they would likely drain him from the pain and the eventual blood loss.

After the attack, Ryugi would lift up on the handle of Ragnarok, pulling the majority of the blade out of the Keep's rocky surface, and to make for easier retrieval...

[4]

Ryugi, having just pulled his sword out of the ground as his opponent sailed into the sky, was somewhat at a loss of what to do. He couldn't really jump up that high, and even if he did, he wouldn't really have an adequate attack. So, Ryugi finished pulling Ragnarok out of the ground, and moved it once more into a ready stance, blade held out from his person, right hand leading the blade, left hand on the end of the handle.

What came up, had to come down, and when Victor came down, Ryugi would be ready and waiting with another attack...

[5]

Rae had at some point climbed back up on top of the ramparts while Ryugi and Damion were talking about the mechanics of fire starting, he was better at explaining than she was, because it was all very natural for Rae... and normally one did not think about things that were as easy as breathing

Rae slowly cartwheeled away along the crumbling ledge, so she missed the introductions, but she was in a great spot to watch the beginning of the fight!

"Go Ryugi! WhoooHooo!!!!" Rae made quite a show of cheering and jumping up and down, her skirt flashing a very short pair of black shorts underneath, like she was some cheerleader in disguise as a fighter today the only thing missing was pom poms... this was an entirely different woman from the first fight, perhaps she just was not much of a morning person?

"WHAT THE ******** DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING! IF YOU GET BEAT BY THESE LOSERS WHO COULDN'T EVEN PASS THE FIRST ROUND I'LL HUNT DOWN YOU AND EVERYONE YOU'VE EVER KNOWN!"

Iblis had meandered a little closer to the fight, a little closer to Ryugi incase she needed to make a sudden striker. If Victor had been on the ball they wouldn't be in this situation, he had made some stupid decision and padded them over with even dumber decisions and now he was hovering god knows where trying to snipe an enemy from the air. As if Ryugi wouldn't dodge from that distance...

"You can do this a*****e, I know you can..."

It was slightly lower, between grit teeth she glared sky high at the team captain. Her right hand curled around a loose brick beneath a gargoyle, gloves almost shredding against the stone they were gripped so tight. That girl over there, the stripper as she had been labeled in Iblis' mind after she had watched her get carried off for god knows what sexual deviance Darious had planned out. Iblis would never do that, leap around making a moron of herself, but she could certainly shut up her by smashing her jaw into dust.

But they didn't need any cards, not with Save coughing a lung up. Instead Iblis decided to get some help from the crowd...

"Hey all you douche bags out there." Iblis cupped a hand around her mouth, screaming out at the crowd that had gathered around the keep, down to the ones still inside the keep, anyone who could hear really. "Who says this b***h should get back in the kitchen!!!"

The crowd roared to life, the degenerate sheeple having no problem with following orders. They thrust their collective arms into the air screaming at the top of their lungs.

"GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN SLUT!"

The chant continued for several minutes, drowning out anything the girl had to say even from the top of the keep. The people united as one, even slightly outnumbered with a single push their voice was powerful. Pandering to the crowd was useful sometimes. Iblis leaned back with a smirk on her face, elbows fanning out against the uprising of the keep just behind her, one leg folding itself over the other. Victor would do just fine...

Victor eyes opened in shock, witnessing Ryugi avoid his lightning bolt. He couldn't figure out how he had managed to avoid it, considering the speeds it was being unleashed at. But despite the apparent failed attack, it had served it's purpose well. He was now closer to the interior of the fighting circle, keeping himself from getting ringed-out. And he maintained his position in the air, giving him time to analyze Ryugi's tactics.

If his eyes weren't mistaken, he could see a runic circle emerge from the floor below Ryugi's position. Victor pondered to himself, "What is Ryugi trying to pull?"

During this period of time, Victor set himself up with another lightning charge. His body was just starting to fall back to the floor, but he wasn't going to be used just yet.

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Victor wasn't able to figure out what the runic circle was capable of until...

Wooosh!

Victor started sailing into the sky! Like a leaf caught in a strong breeze, he could only scream in panic as this was clearly the last thing he could've ever expected!

"AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

He continued to sail up into the sky, until he was over fifty feet off the ground. He was clearly floating high enough to witness some of the other battles occurring in the other sections of the Von Helson estate. He couldn't recognize the people, given how fast he was launched, but he knew from the crowds that they were the rival teams.

It was a beautiful view... Until he remembered that he had to come down. When he looked down, he couldn't help but be a bit freaked out now.

Victor was still charging up the lightning, now for a second charge from the Kali-Yuga. He didn't want to unleash another lightning boost from the Kali-Yuga, since he was clearly high enough in the sky.

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Luckily, Victor would soon know exactly what the rune was capable of. The updraft had sent him into the air, and rune below him faded as Ryugi looked up into the air. But, as he was admiring the view and looking BELOW, something terribly powerful would hit him from ABOVE, and send him speeding towards the roof of the keep at a terrible speed.

Wait, WHAT!?!

Ryugi wasn't worried that his attack had gone off wrong afterall... He was worried that the attack might collapse the roof. Luckily, it would not...

Ryugi Kazamaru Wrote:

Ryugi skidded back from his jump as a runic circle appeared under his feet...

Ryugi Kazamaru Wrote:

...streamers of light energy shot up into the sky from a rune that appeared under Victor's airborne form. The damage from the rising streams of energy would be minimal, but they would carry with them a powerful updraft that would sweep Victor higher into the sky, roughly 30 more feet onto the height he already had...

Quote: Adamant Rain - Large runic circle appears under Ryugi's feet as Ryugi pulls in energy for the attack. Then, burning pillars of light energy erupt into the sky for heavy damage, from a second rune that appears under the opponent moments before the attack is released. Then, the energy falls to the earth in a powerful beam of light energy for even more damage, as well as slamming an opponent to the ground.

With a thunderous blast of energy, the streamers had collected and dropped like a hammer from the heavens towards the unsuspecting, downward-looking, and completely unaware and unprepared Victor. The pillar of light energy would be almost like a blow from a giant fist falling from the sky, literally punching and slamming Victor's airborne form into the roof of the Keep with terrible power.

And what was better?

It was totally localized around the CENTER of the ring, where Victor had moved himself. This meant that no fighter from either team that wasn't in the fight would be struck by the energy attack. Even if Ryugi was STRIKER'd at this very moment, it wouldn't matter, as the attack was already set and ready to go once the streamers had been released. Anything Ryugi said, or did was now completely for show.

-ADAMANT RAIN!!-

And show he did...as he brought his arm down in unison with the attack, making it seem as if he'd called down the fist from the heavens himself, which, he more or less had, but not directly. Since the attack was more or less already unleashed, it left Ryugi open to look out for any party crashers, and also to be ready in case the attack's intended target somehow managed to get back up after the attack caught him by surprise.

The power from the attack would be searing hot, causing painful burns to unprotected skin, but not lighting clothes on fire. Victor would be slammed hard into the roof of the Keep by the attack, the force from the collision of the pillar and Victor's body would crater the worn ceiling of the Keep. Any more power, and Ryugi's attack would have possibly driven the Captain straight through the ceiling and the floor below. But, the impact alone would be enough to crack and shatter bones, as well as do massive shock trauma to Victor as he hit. it wouldn't kill him, but he likely wouldn't be getting back up.

The speed of the attack would make it nearly impossible for Victor to react before he hit the top of the Keep, meaning his energy charges would likely be all for naught due to the element of surprise the attack had.

What would happen next in this powerful clash!?

[8]

((EDIT: Lulz Typos. Early morning and what not. ))

The fans would boo, the fans would jeer, but most of all the fans would throw some really sticky stuff at the Keep. Though no one had a strong enough arm to land one on the roof but the cameras would catch trash pelting the upper levels of the keep in response to Ravens little dance. Ryugi had fans alright, the key being Ryugi and not Team Phoenix. The newcomers who surrounded him only had the virtue of being on a runner-ups team to get them in with the fans, and that had dissolved as soon as they had been laid out like a deer in the headlights against Team Nightmare.

"People came here to watch a fight, not watch cheerleaders…”

Iblis let out a contented huff, she would have her chance to do some damage to the girl later. She would have a chance to do some damage to all of them and if things went well... Ryugi too. But for now Iblis just watched, watched as the light shot up and carried Victor thirty feet into the air. He seemed to be out of harms way, but Iblis doubted Ryugi wanted to shoot Victor higher into the sky. She had been around the block enough times to know when some bad s**t was going down, literally.

It was about time she started hurting Ryugi...

Iblis would seem rather relaxed for someone flipping the Striker switch on their FIGHTER, sliding away from the Keeps railing and lazily swipping a hand through the air to the side. Victor would be notified of the striker on his fighter. His eyes would inevitably be drawn to his ally while she stretched her limbs out. Or what would equivilate to “GTFO DA WAY”.

A second in Iblis would slide into position like a baseball pitcher, feet spread out with a wide space in-between them, body hunched over to glare at Ryugi’s still turned back. She had made no noise and though he could sense magic, what was happening now wasn’t magic. It was telekinesis. Loose bricks and stones swung into the air all around her, perhaps five in all. Iblis had not flexed her mental muscles too much against the boys from Rising Storm, but this was just getting absurd. Victor was fighting Vegeta right now and all he had was a metal 'x' that could shoot laser beams. But if the enemy team wanted to play the power game, then Iblis was going to play the power game.

As Ryugi's arms would swing down, hopefully Victor would be out of the lights path. Iblis would spend the next ten seconds ripping stones away from the Keeps structure with her mind and hurling them like a baseball player at Ryugi's body. The first pitch was aimed right at Ryugi’s head, hoping to get off a snipe shot by virtue of the fact that he simply wasn’t paying attention to her. But the next ones would fly for all different parts of his body. Some would try to hit his knees, others would go for his shoulders, some would probably go for his head anyways. She didn’t expect to brutalize him like she had with Rain, she expected to keep him off guard for ten seconds so her idiot captain could make this fight work…

So, one second, Victor was clearly looking down at Ryugi, was focussing his attention down towards him, and not up, and then suddenlky he was somehow looking up and on his back? Was there a TIME PARADOX here? It sure seemed like it, but whatever the reason, Ryugi was busy with some other things as his opponent had somehow managed to avoid his attack, and he heard the cracking sound of bricks being lifted and torn from the Keep.

Damn Party Crashers...

Ryugi spun around as the first brick hit him in the a** as he moved into position. Ragnarok was quickly moved down onto the ground, Ryugi going into a crouch, the flat of the blade facing the onslaught between Ryugi's arms and legs as Ryugi ducked behind it. Bricks slammed against his armored forearm guards and gauntlets as they protected his exposed hands from the torrent of solid objects. His torso was protected by the flat of Ragnarok's blade, and his thighs were bent and protected out of harm's way while his knee-and-shinguards took the rest of the blows. Ryugi's head had ducked low behind the handle of Ragnarok, and was protected by his hands as the bricks smashed across his self-made wall of metallic protection.

Of course, Ryugi wasn't going to take his eyes off of his opponent either. So, as Victor flew down from the sky, Ryugi watched him closely out of the corner of his eye until he could discern where the flying lightning rod had landed. The crackle of electricity gave his position away, as well as Ryugi's energy sense allowing him to find him. How convenient, he was hiding right near his teammate who was chucking the bricks with what Ryugi assumed was some sort of psychic power. That meant Ryugi's attack options were limited unless he wanted to hit the brick chucking psychic along with him.

Finally, the bricks subsided at the ten second limit, and Ryugi would grip the handle of Ragnarok, pulling himself out from behind his weapon. Ragnarok's true abilities had been suspended for the tournament, but he was still pleased that his old friend was still with him. it would seem that power attacks weren't going to work on this man unless Ryugi FORCED it on him. Thus, Ryugi's battle tactics would change as his body and Ragnarok begin to glow brightly...

Quote: Ragnarok Unleashed:

Recent events have birthed the spirit of Ryugi's sword into its true, sentient form.

Shining Sword

This ability gets its name from Ragnarok's glowing status while undergoing it. When in this form, Ryugi can get a slight boost in his stats as long as Ragnarok is within his grip, as Ragnarok uses its own energy to assist Ryugi in battle. The boost is roughly a 50% increase to Ryugi's stats.

[9]

Apparently in Ryugi's world, it wasn't possible to glance back to see an obvious special effect in the sky. Ryugi did nothing to hide the sounds and flashing lights. And it would've been easiy noticable from the corner of Victor's own sight, despite the claimed "Time Paradox."

Victor had landed onto the ground while Iblis was still within the ten seconds of her offensive striker. Ryugi wouldn't be able to act on an attack with Iblis keeping him busy. And while Ryugi was trying to block the rocks that Iblis was chucking at him, it gave Victor room to accomplish his next plan of action.

Ryugi Kazamaru Wrote:

Bricks slammed against his armored forearm guards and gauntlets as they protected his exposed hands from the torrent of solid objects. His torso was protected by the flat of Ragnarok's blade, and his thighs were bent and protected out of harm's way while his knee-and-shinguards took the rest of the blows. Ryugi's head had ducked low behind the handle of Ragnarok, and was protected by his hands as the bricks smashed across his self-made wall of metallic protection.

Victor immediately unleashed the lightning charge that he was saving up with the Kali-Yuga at Ryugi, which was much stronger than the previous bolt that he encountered earlier. Considering that he was the approximately the distance as Iblis, who was in the middle of throwing hir last few bricks at Ryugi, it would be hard to miss this strike. Ryugi would find there was rock with in the next few incoming snowballs.

The biggest difference between this lightning strike and earlier attempts, would be the continual streak of lightning that was being emitted. It was unknown to Ryugi, unless he could simply to dodge a continual burst of lightning from twenty feet away, but Victor would keep the Kali-Yuga momentarily locked on Ryugi's position. And unlike similar situations before, the Kali-Yuga would be continuously emitting electricity out from it's core, running through his metallic pants and other areas of his body.

Victor would start moving his right arm during the continual lightning strike, since he was ready for the next plan to be set in motion.

[10/17]

The lightning blast played a decent distraction to keep Ryugi off of him. It hadn't played out the way that he intended for it to. But shocking him with a lightning bolt wasn't his main goal. Using the lightning that he was still emitting to enhance his speed, Victor would throw his plan into motion.

During this period of time, he would reach around to unsheathe the Kali-Yuga. He would rest his hand on the center of the sheathe, and after pressing his hand inside the center of the holder, he would hear a simple click noise. Victor would loosen the holder from the sash, but it was still partially attached. The Kali-Yuga would slip out of the sheathe and into Victor's hands. Victor would catch the top right part of the "X" shaped weapon with his right hand, and swing it to his front side.

He would grab the next closest staff with his left hand. Holding it out in front of his body in an horizontal "X," this would play as a security measure in case Ryugi tried to knock the weapon out of his hands. And it would also play as a measuring stick to Ryugi's sword.

Victor had a newfound speed that he was reaching with the Kali-Yuga's electrical charges. The kinetic force was becoming greater and greater. Keeping his weapon in front to shield him from Ryugi's sword, the electricity would continue to build up his speed.

He would start to rush towards Ryugi, not taking full advantage of his full speed yet, but that could easily change.

[11/17]

Originally, there was only twenty feet between the two of them. The rush between the two of them would have cut the space off to a much closer range. The electricity that was building around Victor's body was only spreading further, becoming more and more visibly evident. If Ryugi stepped with in the eight foot range of Victor, he would likely get shocked. Like an electric eel, Victor would be best not to be touched.

Both of them were rushing forward, but part of this was a simple deceptive tool to lure Ryugi out. As Ryugi would approach, Victor wouldn't stay on his current rush into Ryugi. Before either of them could even step into range where they could wield their weapons, he would make an immediately turn his body to the left with the help of the electrical boost.

It wasn't apparent before, but he loosened his metallic sheathe on his sash for a reason. And it was taking Victor's place in the current path at Ryugi.

When Ryugi was rushing into Victor's range, the kinetic force from the lightning would cause the loose metallic sheathe to launch off. Turning to his left side, it left little room for Ryugi to avoid the sheathe.

The Kali-Yuga's sheathe would fly off from the sash and fly towards Ryugi's torso at full force. Like a large bullet being shot at close range, the sheathe was the same size as the Kali-Yuga. It wasn't as thick as the Kali-Yuga, but the speeds that it was being launched off at would keep Ryugi in trouble.

If it didn't surprise Ryugi, it would definitely keep him on guard for the next step in Victor's attack. The Kali-Yuga would be kept close to his body, in case Ryugi rushed through the projectile. And during the current stop and turn, the electricity for his boosting speed was only going to get faster and faster.

[12/17]

Apparently his opponent had never understood the purpose of his lightning charges. The force of the electricity, a.k.a. lightning, had flowed throughout his body. This would be the electrical lightning input stored into the sheathe when he had first started taking out the Kali-Yuga. It was a built up charge, until it was launched off towards Ryugi.

To make it easier to understand, the same kinetic force that he used to kick off the ground would be used for the sheathe. Except he waited until he had turned his body to unleash the charge.

Unfortunately, Victor hadn't started running into a circle. At all. He stopped and turned his body to the left, which gave him the time to launch off the sheathe. He was still standing there with the Kali-Yuga close to his body, not even needing to run as Ryugi caught the sheathe. And if Ryugi had powered through and rushed him, Victor would have plenty of time to react. The electrical lightning boost would continue to build up, as Ryugi was letting him do it.

Considering that Ryugi killed the momentum when he caught the sheathe, he would need to pull his arm back to launch the sheathe back at Victor. At least to make a relatively similar momentum to come back at him.

Regardless, Ryugi hadn't aimed for any specific part of the body, so Victor would easily step out of the way of the incoming sheathe. Even with the lightning's output, the kinetic force behind each step would make it easier for him to move out of the way. The electrical lightning output was only going to expand more and more. And with the sheathe flying past him, he smirked in Ryugi's direction.

He would quickly jump back and turn his body towards Ryugi diagonal-left side (assuming he hadn't changed directions.) If he had persisted his rush, Victor would use momentum from the lightning to boost his speed towards Ryugi's side. If Ryugi would try to slash Victor with his sword, he would have to deal with the distance of the Kali-Yuga catching the sword, not to mention the lightning that surrounded him. And with Victor facing Ryugi' at his side, he had a clear view of what he could do.

Keeping the Kali-Yuga as the same measuring stick he had previously used before, it would provide an offensive, horizontal slam and a defensive position away from Ryugi sword and potential strikes. The electrical lightning output would continue to build up.

[13/17]

Victor was currently slamming the Kali-Yuga with the momentum of an electrical boost and his own weight into this strike... And Ryugi would use one hand to try to grab onto it? Ryugi would be lucky not to lose his entire arm if that was his only counter in stopping the Kali-Yuga.

Fortunately, Victor had an easy counter for this situation. Victor had aimed for Ryugi's side, more accurately he wanted to smash Ryugi in the lower ribs. Considering the distance between the first and second staff, Victor would simply make a quick adjustment to his current position and interrupt Ryugi before he made his silly counter.

Considering that each of Victor's hands were gripped onto the opposite ends of the Kali-Yuga, Victor had a clear strength advantage in this situation. Victor would counter Ryugi's grab by pulling the left hand back/up with one staff of the Kali-Yuga and pulling back on the right hand. Twirling the Kali-Yuga just as Ryugi would try to get a solid vice grip on it, Victor would use the added force behind the Kali-Yuga to jam the opposite end into the inside of Ryugi's armpit. Continuing with the momentum and electrical boost, he would slam the Kali-Yuga inside to dislocate his shoulder.

Since Ryugi wanted to sheathe his sword during this, he wouldn't have another hand available to stop Victor. And with the added electrical boost, he felt good about this.

[14/17]

Time continued in the present. The actions were ones that Ryugi intended, but they were still in the midsts of happening. They hadn't happened yet.

It was incredible that the shot hadn't worked on him, but Ryugi screwed up his own plan in the process.

Victor would witness Ryugi clamp his armpit down on one of the poles of the Kali-Yuga and hold it there. By doing this, Ryugi killed the momentum necessary to use Victor's own force against him. As Ryugi would lean back to try to throw Victor, Victor would obviously resist and pull in the other direction.

Ryugi wouldn't get the desired effect of lifting Victor into the air. Victor would set his weight down for added effect. And by using his own weight, he was about 165 lbs. Counting the weight from his metallic pants (185) and his own physical strength resisting, he wasn't some child that Ryugi could toss around. And with the added electricity covering Ryugi's position, it was amazing that Ryugi hadn't been shocked unconscious. Victor had to keep the pressure up, even if it didn't seem to have a great amount of effect.

Ryugi did slightly outweigh Victor, therefore, Ryugi would be tugging him around by his own weapon, likely dragging him across the floor.

As Ryugi would drag Victor across the floor, Victor would start to work on a lightning charge, despite the cloud of electricity that seemed to surround them.

[15/17]

LoL wut indeed.

Someone had watched one too many DBZ re-runs with his bowl of wheaties on Saturday Mornings. Iblis hadn't predicted this course though. Ryugi had stepped up his game when Victor had dodged death from above Adamant Rain. Apparently this meant pumping so much magical energy through his body that he was capable of overpowering a guy of the same height and weight class with a single arm. Because you know its impossible to think that Victor would ever have as much magical energy as Ryugi and there was simply a limit to what human muscles could do.

Iblis had already left Ryugi's line of sight, stalking over to join Team Phoenix on the side-lines when Victor had decided to land right next to her. But Ryugi could probably see her from that third eye in the back of his head, after all he was super man and everything. But lets just assume for a second Iblis doesnt know that Ryugi is watching her every action while throwing Victor around like a rag doll.

Her cane would clatter to the floor and she would start striding into the immediate combat zone. Victor and Ryugi would be stuck in their little tug-of-war while Iblis would advance. When she reached the ten foot mark she would flip the switch, Victor would be just leaving the air by the time she activated the FIGHTER. Somewhere in his dull mind he would probably register the vibrating arm band that told him it was time for a striker.

SHOOM

A stone would fly from the keep towards the back of Ryugi's head, the angle was slightly to the left. Knowing Ryugi he would probably see it coming and duck, dodge, or otherwise smash it to dust. But it was a start. He would hopefully be angled to the left while Kanti came in from the right.

She was half-sprinting, though Ryugi had no idea how fast the genderless wonder could run so for all he knew she was breaking her legs to reach him. Her right arm was cocked back for a haymaker, swinging in to the inevitable block. But wait! Iblis would jerk her right arm back at the last moment before it could be grabbed or otherwise crush Ryugi's jaw. Right leg swinging up in a simple yet effective arch right towards the dragon jewels inbetween his legs. Yea' human form sucked.

He could wear a cup, most men did, what they didn't realize is that would probably make things worse for them in the long run. Iblis may not have been able to chuck men around with a single arm but she was still as magically powerful as the next person. A well placed kick to a cup would shatter it sending the shards into his sack along with a foot. Yea'... Ryugi had probably forgotten his this morning anyways.

Iblis hoped Ryugi's balls weren't made of steal like the rest of his body, Iblis hoped Ryugi would be too stunned by the attack to react. Iblis would resume her earlier attack in the blink of an eye, arm thrust down for his throat this time. She would snap her first open, aiming to clamp her fingers around Ryugi's throat and driving her palm against his adams apple, squeezing the life out of the little ********.

She would take only a second to spit in his face before trying to carry his stunned body into the air, just to thrust him right back to the ground in a choke slam. But she wouldn't let go as he hit the ground, her hand would remain around his throat until he pried her fingers off, if he could.

What if Ryugi didn't have eyes in the back of his head? What if he took a brick to the skull and just stood there dumb founded, would Iblis be a little nicer. Well he hadn't been a little nicer to her captain so that answer would be a no. Her leg would snap up with even less chance of resistance this time, aiming to plant her foot in the same sweet little spot. Then she would just lift him up from behind. It really didn't matter if he faced or not. Beat downs were fun like that.

And if Ryugi countered it all. Well hell this post is already too long as it is and when you were a super saiyan there were hundreds of options open to you. Iblis would just wait and see how he decided to counter her before forming a new plan. She just hoped he remembered not to hit strikers.

(( OOC Note: Victor is not letting Ryugi spin around like he desires. Effect would have Ryugi's back facing, let say North, Victors back facing South. Ryugi is unable to overpower Victor and instead drags him roughly half-circle, their roles are now reversed.

Iblis is coming in from the East and Ryugi never specified which direction he turned in, so lets assume he spun so he would be facing west. Iblis would be coming in at an angle towards his back, not completely behind him but facing his back. At least thats how we figured it'd go. You know unless Ryugi is allowed to force Victor to accept what he does.

Keep on judgin' judges. ))

"HEY!!!" Rae got all excited and pissed off as she watched Iblis lob bricks at Ryugi, jumping up and down and trying to think of an insult to hurl at the crazy lady. But forgot what she was planning on yelling next as her precarious perch on top of the ramparts gave way from a sudden lack of bricks a few paces away ... her yell turned into a high pitched scream as she wildly windmilled her arms to keep from falling backwards and off the keep before she slid down in a pile of loose bricks with a very pissed off expression as she missed another chance to help in any way at all

" You've got to let her go Ryu! We don't need another card!" Damion yelled, hoping to get Ryugi's attention and maybe calm him down alittle. He wanted his chance to fight Iblis without her being preinjured in some fashion.

Losing the momentum from his strike and using up a failed electrical boost, Victor's electrical field was already starting to shrink. And considering that Victor wasn't able to brace himself for damage with the metallic jeans, he wouldn't have the mental concentration to maintain any electrical charge with the current pain.

He would be dragged across the floor immediately after losing the momentum. Since he wouldn't be able to keep concentration on an electrical charge if his opponent was getting him all bloodied up, this would further disrupt the electrical cloud that he once produced. The lightning would likely disperse and return to the Kali-Yuga, since it consisted of two long, metallic "X" shaped bow staffs that conducted the electricity. He would think to himself,

Unlike Ryugi, Victor wasn't a juggernaut. Victor had the metallic pants to keep him safe and use them effectively to defend himself. Without them defending him and being dragged (likely across concrete), he would feel horrible "rug burns" across the right side of his torso and right arm.

Before Victor could take any further damage, something seemed to disrupt Ryugi's current pull. From the corner of Victor's vision, he could see Iblis right behind Ryugi's position. Ryugi had already fallen prey to some sort of hit that made him tear him.

By the time Iblis would be arriving to do the OFFENSIVE STRIKER, the electrical cloud was already sizzling out. Ryugi had successfully disrupted the electrical charge, but might still be shocked by the remnants of the charged electricity that might have flowed through the Kali-Yuga. Ryugi was holding it, after all. This would be out of range from Iblis's current position.

As Ryugi was wincing from the shot that Iblis hit him with, it was time for Victor to collect himself. Taking a moment to recover, he was also recollecting some of his recent memories. They would appear as picture visuals from his perspective:

He couldn't forget the overpowered tricks that Ryugi had done. He tried to do a kill-move on Victor when he unleashed the force of the light from the sky. Considering that he was forty feet in the air, it would've likely killed him if he hadn't gotten out of the way. But hey, I guess you have to do what you can to defeat your opponent, right?

Ryugi was able to block anything with the gloves on hands. Electricity being conducted into his body and made no visible effect throughout all of this, despite the fact that he clearly had plenty of objects that conducted electricity on his body. It could only be assumed at this point, that Ryugi was immune to the lightning like he was.

Trying to launch off the sheathe as a projectile failed to work. And Ryugi only needed to put out one hand up to block a full force swing with the Kali-Yuga. It became obvious to Victor that Ryugi could block anything with his hands.

The collection of images all came to him within milliseconds after each other. The adrenaline rush was pumping through his body. Victor would start to get up to his feet as Iblis tried to place a choke hold on Ryugi. Ryugi let go of the Kali-Yuga, as it fell back into Victor's grasp. Perfect.

Iblis was now keeping Ryugi's attention. Considering that Ryugi turned to face Iblis, Victor would take a position from behind. He would take a horizontal swing with the Kali-Yuga and slam it into the side of Ryugi's left knee. It would likely test the strength of the rest of his body, since his hands were god-like. At the very least, Victor hoped it would knock Ryugi off balance for a moment.

[16/17]

(Edit: Typos. Added one sentence and one word.)

Iblis had placed faith in her captain, faith that he wasn't an idiot who would hurt himself. After all no one was allowed to be immune to their element and as far as Iblis knew it was Kali-Yuga that generated the lightning anyways not Victor. He had never specified though and Iblis had never bothered to ask, carrying a giant metal-x around didn't seem all that practical, Ryugi had a really big sword, so what if he had the balance of a one legged boozer while swinging it, at least it made sense in a basic kind of way. Luckily Iblis would never have to find out whether the light show was all bark and no bite, the street wise captain would lose his concentration well before she had reached the enemy dragon-man. The residual effects of static in the air left her hair standing on end though, so thats how Ryugi got his hair like that?

Iblis was tough, magically tough, the best kind. It allowed her to lift a dragon-man with armor and ******** into the air. But as soon as Ryugi began shifting his weight around he would find she set him right back on his feet rather then risk toppling over. Apparently Iblis wasn't that tough. Maybe she should start tipping her boots with kryptonite, that'd be sure to keep those darn Supermen stunned long enough for an awesome yet impractical striker.

So Ryugi grabbed her arms, there was her excuse for not leaving the fighting zone in ten seconds. After all with all the strength he had shown against Victor he could probably have been trying to snap her wrist in two, with both hands, poor Iblis was stuck there pressing her thumb into his tensed up adams apple in hopes that the lack of oxygen would make him let go. Oh and Iblis had her left hand at the side of Ryugi's head trying to drive a thumb into his eye to make him let go too, that was the reason...

CRASH

Somewhere in the background a flying judge had just left his outline in the keeps roof. As if it hadn't taken enough damage when Ryugi had literally concaved the entire mid-section with his death beams. "s**t another card."

The roof gave an unsteady rumble, Victor slammed Kali-Yuga back into of Ryugi's knees, all this lead to one inevitable factor. Superman was falling down. Iblis wasn't planning to be on top when he hit the floor either. She'd lift onto the balls of her feet and snap up into a hop, the hand on Ryugi's neck and the other on his head tugging him forward as much as she could in the final moments of her life on solid ground.

Iblis would curl her legs into her chest, unclamping her hands from Ryugi's body as he continued his fall backwards, each thrusting themselves out to meet his chest. If all went well they would meet him heel first, probably sending him flat onto his back a little quicker. And the already falling Ryugi wouldn't be fast enough to kick Iblis first, not accuratley at least. But that didn't really matter, he'd get what he wanted anyways. The force of the hit would send her body flying back, well may be flying was a bit of an exaggeration. But with the clearly dented floor her body sailed an extra few inches before hitting the ground, the sting from stone hitting unarmored back would be a little sharper.

Iblis would roll down the floor, escaping the fight zone just within' the ten second time limit. She would come to a stop at the epicenter that marked where Ryugi had been standing. Body sprawled out only a few inches away from the judge, hat lying somewhere in the middle of the battle zone just waiting to be crushed, and monocle shattered on the floor.

"..."

"You know that armor is pretty sexy."

-CLUNK-

That was the sound that Ryugi's noggin made when the Kali-Yuga hit it. Ryugi had all kinds of senses, but given his current situation...

Nut shot.

Choking.

ATTEMPTED eye-gouging.

Heavy power use.

He was really feeling his exhaustion. He heard the weapon whooshing through the air, but couldn't react fast enough to stop it. Thus, just after he got hit, he would kick himself upright, flipping onto his feet. His reaction time had been hampered due to the compounding injuries and exhaustive move combinations. he was feeling drained and tired, but he was still on his feet, for the moment anyway. Ryugi half expected another STRIKER from the team to finish him off by kicking him off the edge or something, but it wouldn't come. Panting, he would stare across the ring at the retreating Victor, as a bit of blood finally found its way through his spiky silver hair and dripped down his face from the brick and the head shot with the Kali-Yuga.

Almost... But not quite enough...

The match was finally over...

[17]

Iblis immediatley stuck her finger inside her mouth, effectively sucking off all the juices from her finger and just a little coppery dragon blood. Muffling 'nah uh' in a childish attempt to sway the judges decision, but sadly it was final. The red card was there to stay.

Iblis would snap up to her feet with a demure roll of her shoulders, strolling roughly five feet away, giving Ryugi and Victor a twenty foot radius while they glared at eachother for the final time. Then the match was over... and Iblis walked right back to the center.

"One of my team mates has a cold, so I'll be fighting the next two matches by myself."

Iblis would arch her back, right arm stretching craning overhead to stretch out and then the left one followed.

"Oh also... we're called the Heavy Metal Kings for a reason."

Iblis may have been genderless, but by personnal decision he was most definantly male. Offering one last wink to the downed judge Iblis would spin around on the heel of his left foot. Dropping into a haunched stance, right leg sliding itself forward, left leg angling back. His right arm was up hanging a few inches away from his face for attacking, the left tucked close to the body for and sudden defensive moves. Essentially mimicing everything he had seen Victor do for the past two rounds. It really didn't matter which member of Team Phoenix would face off against is. They would both be fighting her regardless. Unless of course they were scared...

((Edited: Her/She-He/Him))

(( <_< Do you want me to admit I stayed in longer then the time limit? Ryugi said I was getting close to ten seconds when he started falling back so I probably was. You're the judge. I cant give myself a red card. ))

(( Well at least Ryugi wont have to be a fruit cake and try and DQ us by refusing to let me fight twice in a row. ))

-HoH- Judge Wrote:

(( Team Captains must agree on match conditions, otherwise the default format is 1 vs. 1.

There is no rule against a victorious or defeated fighter fighting multiple times in the same match, but a disqualified fighter is barred from doing so. ))

(( Dark Samurai XGP (1:21:18 AM): Not unless both he and I agree to it. =D

Dark Samurai XGP (1:21:22 AM): And I won't agree to it. =D

Not according to Ryugi. But he wont have to worry about that. If he's scared to let me fight I doubt he'll pass the third round anyways. :3 So long Judges, until next time. ))

The Judge put something into an envelope and began writing an address on it.

It would be sent to Ilblis' room at the Crimson Hawk after the round had ended.

It contained a Yellow Card for excessive taunting, which would be credited towards Ilblis in Heavy Metal Kings' next round.

By this point the cameras were off of Ilblis.

No one wanted to see him her that.

((Ignores the fruit cake))

Rae had watched all the fun from the pile of bricks she had slid down on, wondering what the hell kind drugs the other team was on as she picked herself off and tried not to limp from all the scratches she had managed to pick up in her fall.

She tugged at Damions sleeve and hauled him off to Ryugi. The match was over, it was time to go back to the hotel and camp out in the sauna for a few more days

Since the match was officially over there was no restriction about her using her other abilities and she healed Ryugi's boo boos with a touch and bounced them away from the scene so that she didn't have to walk past people she was trying to pretend she didn't know