(OH TEH NOES!)
Blazen bounced off the monster's finger and went to the side of it's head. He placed two hands out and readied a large orb of fire. It spewed out it's fire into Donovan's ear. Maybe that'd help, then again maybe not.


(OH TEH NOES!)
Blazen bounced off the monster's finger and went to the side of it's head. He placed two hands out and readied a large orb of fire. It spewed out it's fire into Donovan's ear. Maybe that'd help, then again maybe not.

OOC: Yeah, uh...do the vulnerability thing more often and we wouldn't have this problem. I'll edit it, but seriously, I dislike having to go to such extremes every time I fight these stupid people.
EDIT: Changed.
Edited by The Helldragon on December 8, 2006 at 21:11:22.
(OOC: He out-ranks Draco by like 5 ranks! You think he's gonna be easy at all?! )
Donovan merely turned his head, thus redirection the beams of shadow-energy at Blazen's attack. The shadow-energy beams would surely win with ease, but Donovan wasn't about to get cocky with one such as Blazen.
~With Bruno~
"You'll find that things aren't always as they appear." Said Bruno, who now stood behind R.D. The being R.D. was talking to was a body double--another trick he learned from Gouki. Bruno took advantage of the Gouka raining down by absorbing it, and regaining a portion of his energy. Though he was a fair deal weaker from leaving time, he still had enough power to give the group more than a challenge. He quickly made 2 katanas out of Gouka, and then attempted to deliver a small barrage of slashes at R.D.'s back.
OOC: You should let R.D. edit his post first. <_<
And I don't expect easy, I expect doable.
Blazen's fire clashed with Donovan's shadow beams. He was far too caught off guard to hold it long. Though Blazen was able to push himself downward enough to avoid Donovan's attack. He sighed in relief. "I knew this wouldn't be easy...nor do I think possibe. So to honestly answer your question earlier, beast of the seven...I am ready to die...but I won't go quietly." He said to the beast.
Blazen then landed on a rooftop nearby. He quickly turned to Blue Fire. He then spred his hands out wide as two large orbs of fire formed in his palms. He put them together forming one orb. It ripped open shooting a massive beam of blue fire. It showed he's gotten stronger, certainly.

(OOC: Well, you expect too much XP Just kidding)
Donovan shot another beam of shadow-energy at Blazen, but this time it came from his finger tip. The beam didn't surpass Blazen's attack, but match it. Hm. I underestimated him a bit. He thought to himself. "Hmph." he let out as he doubled the power of the beam.
Blazen pushed himself as he tried to match Donovan. He was barely able to keep the beam from pushing his. Though slowly Blazen's fire was being pushed back. He has to push more, further.
Blazen let out a yell as his fire began to back to the middle then push a bit. He began to grunt from the pressure as it continued to go. His knees were begining to weaken, almost ready to collapse.

(OOC: I don't need to edit my post at all. R.D. simply moved at the speed of light, as he's done that before [see Draco] and Bruno wasn't aiming for R.D., which left him open for that.)
R.D.'s charged Phase Lance fell to the ground, which was caught deftly out of the air by Alasea. As it fell, R.D. immediately spun around on the body double's head and grabbed both Gouka katanas with the enhanced strength granted by the Second Cipher and the Godhand attack. His arms rocked from the force of the blows, but nevertheless he held on and glared coldly at Bruno.
R.D. started leaning forward slightly with effort, and then, with a mighty yell, he ripped the manifested weapons out of Bruno's hands and lashed out with a vicious powered kick at Bruno's face as he used the momentum of the disarmament to propel himself forward.
OOC: And why the fuck can't I do that again?
(OOC: Cuz you... didn't... move at the speed of light, you just sped time up... or something... try moving at the speed of light!)
OOC: ...edit your post, R.D.
(OOC: Okay, now I'm confused)
Bruno was unharmed by the attacks, as R.D. had attacked his body double. He was now where his body double once was. He rose up, made 2 more Gouka Blades, and went to slash R.D. from behind again. However, after his attack, he flew high into the air to avoid a counter attack, and threw his swords down at Alasea like spears.
(OOC: If I do... then Juno would have to... so just live with it for now and hit him with something nasty lately. We'll kick his rear anyway. @Juno: Join the club.)
R.D. leapt off the body double and escaped the attack; however his hands felt burned and befouled from catching the Gouka. Alasea used the Phase Lance with the Reverser Strike and now, with her abilities back to full strength, she destroyed both Gouka katanas by turning them into normal water. She then tossed the weapon back to R.D., who readied himself for the next assault.
OOC: So I can't move as fast as light and R.D. can. Real fucking logical.
"Let's try this AGAIN!" Matt held out his hand, and The World appeared behind him. "The World!"
The cold wind came once more, and time began to slow yet again. But this time, Matt had a much better idea on how to attack this irritant.
*DragonFire's Thoughts: Who is it you are dealing with? I'll lend you my strength if I must, just tell me who this so-called powerful being is...*
Kouken moved his head side to side, cracking his neck while he started cracking his knuckles on his left hand, and then his right. "Okay, if you wanna fight, bring it on!" Kouken exclaimed, and got into a fighting stance.
Somehow Reckoning and Dokuro came back to Earth Realm. Juno replied to DragonFire.
Dokuro and Reckoning braced for battle. Reckoning flared up with green fire, and Dokuro started to glow green with nercomancer energy. Derek readied his sword, bracing for combat.
"Hold on!" Juno yelled.
Reckoning raised a brow at the sound of Juno calling out to bring the fight to a halt.
"Do you have any idea what is going on here?!" Juno asked Reckoning & Dokuro.
~With Bruno~
The Gouka Blades were turned into Fuzen-Mizu instead of regular water. It seemed that Alasea didn't quite get how her Reverse Strike worked when it came to evil elements. Though her Reverse Strike usually turned fire to water, but if such an ability is used on an evil element such as Gouka it is turned into Fuzen-Mizu, the evil form of water.
When Bruno saw Matthew coming his way again, and was using the core to slow time again, he knew had a choice to make. He could try to leave time once more, or try to survive the attack. "Brother...if only you were here..." He muttered, and then made a barrier of Gouka all around him. Sense time was slowing down, there wasn't much else he could do.
"Your little barrier won't save you now!" Matt laughed, as color drained to a negative world of black and white, and time froze.
His eyes narrowed. "I'm going to enjoy this."
Both Matt and The World crossed their arms, and then brought them apart, now wielding knives made of AngelWater between their fingers. With a cry of "MUDAAA!", they flung the knives at Bruno. Unlike the others, the knives had free reign within The World, and slammed into Bruno.
But Matt wasn't done yet. He launched himself into the discolored air...
...and came right back down, standing on a tremendous steamroller made entirely of AngelWater, smashing the thing into Bruno's barrier with great force.
It hadn't cracked yet, that barrier, but it would. Matt raised his fists, and hammered on the steam roller, each blow pushing it into the barrier, with a frenzied "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA~!" accompanying his blows.
OOC: Wikipedia is your friend.
"Hey." Brandon said to his brother shaking his shoulder. "Wake up." He commanded. Bryant mumbled as he looked over.
"Yeah?" Bryant inquired lazily.
"Breakfast." Brandon pointed to two bowels of food next to the dungeon door. Bryant and Brandon have been put here until further notice for days. Brandon waited for Bryant to stand up. They grabbed a bowel each and sat on Bryant's bed, eating. It was some peices of chicken and fruit. They bother were stripped of thier weapons, but were promised them back when the time came.
Veronica was in the same perdicament, but it was much colder. She was forced to eat things that didn't need cooking, most of them were nearly frozen.
"Bryant...." Veronica whispered as she took a bite of her nearly frozen grape fruit. Her cell was of mostly ice as was her bed besides some matresses and sheets.

Bruno closed his eyes. He wasn't afraid, it was the unknown that people feared. He knew what was going to happen. He had everything planned out. He had perdicted every single attack the group had used, was using, and would use. He knew what to expect, and he knew how to defeat it. It wouldn't be long before he won. He had the group right where he wanted them...cocky.
~With Cora~
Cora and her unit had returned, all but Major General Bruno, of course. Cora stood before Gouki as he sat upon his throne, and informed him of what Bruno was doing. Gouki didn't seem to mind much. Sure, he knew Bruno could probably end up killing R.D., but he didn't care. He had a feeling the bet was going to void pretty soon.
"What should we do, my King?" Cora asked.
"Nothing." Gouki replied. "Bruno will be fine. He takes after his brother." He added.
"Very well." Cora said as she bowed slightly. "Sire, may I ask you something?"
"You may." Gouki answered.
"People say that Bruno's brother was one of the most powerful fire demons in Hell, is that true?" Cora questioned.
"Have you ever heard of a fire demon by the name of Houka?" Asked Gouki.
"I have. Houka was legendary."
"Indeed. Well, Houka was Bruno's older brother."
Cora's eyes widened in shock. The legendary Houka, granted great power from Kuro himself, was the older brother of her second in command.
~Xastra's castle~
Xastra watched closely as one of Morphman's crystals shined. He had an idea as to what those crystals were, but he hoped he was wrong. "Muro..." He muttered as he stared at the crystals.
OOC: He doesn't need to predict, he's been doing that for the whole battle already.
"MUDAAAAAAAAAA~!"
With one final punch the steamroller smashed through the barrier at Bruno, and as the last blow sank in, Matt raised his hands. More AngelWater flowed to him, forming into a large, shimmering blade.
Matt leapt up and slashed down, seeking to cleave through Bruno's entire body. "DIE!"
"Show them true power, Bruno!" A voice inside Bruno's mind commanded. Bruno's eyes shot open, his legs spead a part, and he lifted his right hand. He was moving at normal speed, though it was not he who had sped up time for him. He didn't know who, but someone liked him, and was helping him out. A massive sphere of Gouka appeared in his right palm that was the size of a Spirit Bomb. "Demi Bomb!" He exclaimed as he throw the attack at Matthew.
OOC: Okay, I'll let you have that...it's time I introduced a new power for Matt anyway.
"What the-"
Time unfroze right as the Demi Ball smashed right into Matt with a great explosion.
Edited by The Helldragon on December 9, 2006 at 21:19:13.
Before the attack could reach Matt, R.D. was there, his gloved hands blazing with the Godhand attack. He caught the Demi Bomb squarely, but the force was easily pushing him back, with the ground buckling underneath him.
I... can't let this... go ON! he thought with a cry as he gathered up his strength and vaulted the attack over him. The bomb flew out over a hill and exploded.
R.D. fell to his knees, panting. He had vastly underestimated that attack and used up a bit too much energy. His clothes felt singed, and his hands felt burned despite the energy that protected his hands. He gripped the Phase Lance tightly as he looked up at Bruno.
"Okay, that was new," he muttered as he stood and readied himself for the next attack.
Despite R.D.'s defense, the last Demi Ball seemed too much for Matt-he descended into the earth with a tremendous smash, sending huge chunks of earth everywhere.
"MATT!" Hugo shouted, running toward the scene. "I'M COMIN'!"
Hsien-Ko's eyes widened. If Matt and R.D. couldn't defeat this demon...who could?
"Despite the odds...we must continue to fight."
Her sister had said those words before...and now they were all the more important.
Pressing her lips together, Hsien-Ko beared her claws, and ran back into the fray.
Bruno summoned two spheres of blue fire, and threw them right at Hsien-Ko. 2 more spheres of blue fire formed in his hands, and he threw them at Hugo. "Now, for some real heat." He said, his eyes narrowing. His hands became covered with white fire. He then thrust his arms down toward the group, his palms facing them, his wrists touching one another, and then a huge untamed inferno of white fire flew toward the group.
R.D. looked up at the approaching inferno, glaring angrily. He had to find a way out of this, he had to win!
A gale blew across the valley they battled in, and the gale grew into a squall. And continued to grow into intensity, blowing harder and harder.
The barrier around R.D. kept the wind from pushing him back, which was quickly scouring away the clouds, pushing them back and eliminating the Gouka rain. Even the temperature was falling. The inferno neared, and then hit a wall of wind, seeming to stop it in place.
The energized Phase Lance spun in his hands, and R.D. flew forward at the inferno. With a powerful slash combined with a second summoned barrier, he opened a hole in the infero and shot through, just barely escaping it from it closing again, but it still couldn't advance towards the group.
The amnesiac teen roared as he blasted forward at Bruno.
"YRRAAAGGHHH!"
R.D. made a single, powerful slash as he neared Bruno, blasting by him in an aura of power. He landed a few yards from the demon, ending in a crouch while holding the double-ended sword with both hands. He turned and glared at the demon.