Ryota vs Miles

[pierce]

Miles shrugged, "Eh, being naturally powerful has the disadvantage of not having the experience that comes with getting powerful through effort." he said wisely, he was rather caught off guard when Ryota said he was one hundred and fifty seven years old. As far as he knew, Miles would be old and near-death by the time he was two thirds Ryota's age. "How long we live? Well, I'm twenty-three, Most Humans tend to live to be about eighty, if you live to be a hundred they're pretty much considered ancient. Far beyond old." he said, chuckling a bit. "Then again, I'm not most humans, for all I know since I'm in superhuman shape and know how to manipulate Ki I could live to be several hundred years old?" he wondered.

"Seven hundred!? Jeez, that's. . .Then again I've got no idea how old you Demon's can get." he commented, listening in on how exactly he was able to breathe inside the Demon Galleon. A mix of some sort of invisible field that keeps in oxygen and demonic magic to replenish and fortify it? It sounded plausible, even though the average person would find it insane, Miles has seen a lot of things recently that would normally be considered impossible.

"Yeah, depending on how much of an upgrade you want to your ship, I'd say a ship like this would cost a minimum of 10,000 in our currency, which is Zenni." he said, trying to provide some sort of average to go by. "Well, you could always plunder Metropolis Island, there's not many if any people on the planet as of now that could stop you except the select few unbelievably powerful. . .But, if you want to go the normal route you could just get a job and get money there." he began to glance over at the crew. "If you're crew looked like us, I'm sure you could raise the money easily but uh. . .As a single person it'll be incredibly difficult; unless you have any other Demons that look like we do." he said.

Miles pointed at himself "I for one am an Agent, I tackle all types of jobs that normal people are incapable of doing, I was in fact just going to go on one but I decided to stay back for a moment and help you out." he said, trying to hide the fact that he had actually come across Ryota by complete accident; hopefully a demonic ability isn't the power to sense lies or he would be in some pretty serious trouble right about now.

"Whatever the case, about joining your crew. As fantastic of an opportunity that is, I'm afraid I have to decline as I am currently unable to make such a commitment." he said, seemingly zoning out for a moment, images of his family and very close friends entering his mind for a moment before he once again became aware of his surroundings. "I've got people that I need to protect here on my planet, and I don't know what I would do to myself or those around me if harm came to them." he declared, his voice becoming very serious for a moment.

"Whatever the case, it would be nice if we could stay in contact somehow though. However, if you intend on returning to the Realm of Demons as quickly as possible I'm at a loss of ideas as to how we would be able to maintain contact. Its kind of difficult to make a radio or something that can send signals through dimensional boundaries after all." he said, scratching the back of his head again. "But hey, I didn't even believe in Demons, different dimensions, or any of this stuff until I met you, no offense. So I'm sure we can figure out something they will work well." he said, shrugging.

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Ryota was more than a little surprised to hear how short the human lifespan was, many of his plans involves long stretches of time simply fighting and pillaging various parts of the Demon Realm for a good hundred years so that he and his crew could grow stronger, to think that in the time it could take to begin conquering the mortal plane an entire generation of humans would be gone. Perhaps even Miles would be too old to be of use unless he really could survive longer due to being 'different'. "It's quite unfortunate that your race lives such short lives, though I've met few species of demons that with comparable lifetimes could achieved what your species has managed so I suppose your race is a bit lucky in that aspect."

Ryota frowned a bit as Miles mentioned the minimum he would need to get the ship up and running, if that was at all similar to the currency scale in the Demon Realm then he really did have his work cut out for him especially considering that from how Miles spoke that was no small sum. He grinned a bit as Miles mentioned that it really would be easy for them to simply take what they needed due to a lack of strong defenses.

It was truly unfortunate that Miles was unable to join the crew but then again who knows what the future might hold, while it would be unfortunate for Miles perhaps something might happen to his family or perhaps he really would have a lifespan comparable to a demon, then Ryota would simply need to wait out the lifespans of his family.

"While it would have been good to have you as apart of the crew I understand your need to protect your people, I'm the same way with my crew. Know though that the offer will remain standing. Now onto the matter of the 'job' you mentioned that you tackle jobs that a normal human cannot do. Would you know if those who hire you might have need of my abilities? While I dislike the idea of spending my time working if I must to get the Galleon repaired I suppose I have no other choice. I don't wish to draw too much attention to myself and my crew on the mortal plane just yet. Perhaps once I get a better idea of the power of those who would stand against me then I may resort to simply taking what I need" Ryota said with a laugh.

Ryota nodded as Miles talked about them finding some way of keeping in contact, he couldn't quite tell why but he liked this mortal, the fact that he accepted everything he was seeing without showing any fear was a major plus in Ryota's book. As well the mortal had a lot of power especially considering Miles was evidently comparable to Ryota when it came to there respective lifespans.

"Belphegor, I have a question. Would you like to have a friendly fight? Apart of why I wanted you to join my crew was your power, your almost as strong as I am and while I'm not the most powerful demon I'm fairly powerful in my own right. Apart of joining the crew is a initiation fight and I'd planned to be the one you would fight but as you wont be joining the crew I've lost that particular opportunity. However I'd still like to see if what you can do with all of your power."

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Miles just shrugged, he didn't really mind that Humans lived such short lives. "The fact we Humans live such short lives. . .It inspires us to evolve and make use of the little time we have. If one were immortal, they would only watch as everyone around them died and they stayed alive." he said, staring at the ground. He glanced up, listening to Ryota, it seems he was really intent on having him in the crew. Especially so when he realized that the offer would remain standing "Well yes, the organization would have a great need for someone of your abilities, that ability to make rifts of your is especially useful. The only problem is that they have rules and uh-. . .Oh screw it, I never follow those anyway and I do fine, I'm sure you'll fit in perfectly if you manage to not run around calling everyone mortal. . .Most of the Human population isn't as open-minded as I am."

"You could take what you need, but just because Humans aren't all that powerful doesn't mean there isn't anything that can stand in your way. For some reason Earth is like the damn main tourist attraction of the universe, I've seen all types of Alien species around." he stated, he was a bit annoyed when he found out about it but he got used to it. "A friendly fight? I suppose that could work, I'm sure my crew can wait a little longer. Nice to know I'm comparable to a Demons in power, though. Here I was thinking they were these invincible evil beings or something. Or is that what the higher-ups of the Demon Realm are like and not the average one?" he asked, starting to allow his power to leak out to prepare, no aura was emerging, but at this point maybe even some of the crew nearby would be able to notice it if they were capable of sensing energies just as Ryota could.

"So should we take this elsewhere? Friendly or not friendly, a fight is still a fight and we don't want to be going and adding to your repair bill." he said, chuckling. "Whatever the case, lead the way if you believe we should fight elsewhere."

It's funny, Miles could sense something was off about Ryota when he first saw him but he didn't expect him to be a Demon, that was one hell-of-a surprise, literally. He always thought Demons were either non-existent beings that were only real in the minds of psychos, or even if they were he would never meet one in person much less end up befriending one. "I'm still at a loss of how you're so interested in fighting me just because of my level of power, though, aren't there plenty of Demons in your crew as powerful as I am? Or is my level of power a rare occurrence even in the Demon Realm?" he asked, eager to know just where he stood in comparison to those in completely different dimensional planes. Who knows? This information could prove useful in case Miles fell through a wormhole, even though the chances of that happening are close to none anyways.

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Ryota let out a loud laugh as Miles tried to explain that his organization had rules but evidently they weren't particularly relevant as even miles chose not to listen to them. Most likely if he decided to join this organization Ryota would simply learn the rules and obey them until they became too much of a hassle. "I suppose it will take a bit to get used to but at the very least I believe I'll remember to call them 'human' rather than mortal. Once I learn the names of those who I will normally speak with it won't really even be an issue." Ryota said with a grin.

His grin widened as Miles agreed to the fight he hadn't quite expected him to decline as there was definitely a reason Miles has such power and more often than not in those who were not naturally born powerful it was due to fighting and training and those who depended on hard work bringing them there power usually would accept a a good fight. "I believe we can still fight here, all that will be needed is for another of the barriers to be put up manually. While the barrier was unable to protect the ship from the trip through dimensions it's always been able to hold up during all of the fight's that have broken out aboard the ship. Plus my crew would hate to miss out on a chance to see me fighting someone new."

"Your level of power is apart of the reason but not the whole reason, in addition to your power you are also a strong example of your species a species I've never fought before and have no idea on how you will fight. I can safely say I've fought every member of my crew more than once through either training or an occasional challenge for my place as captain. While I enjoy the fights... they have gotten a bit stale and predictable. Fighting you would be an entirely new experience." Ryota said as he began leading Miles up to the deck once again.

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Miles had understood Ryota's point of view when it came to battles becoming rather stale, being a hunter he would grow bored of battling the same animals over and over as they became predictable. It seemed he was just intent on putting some more experience under his belt and trying something new. The fact that Miles would be an excellent example of how people fight is a bit off, however "Well, Humans have the tendency to create several different battle styles to fit the situation, hundreds of fighting styles exist on the planet. I for one used to be a hunter in the Paozu mountain range but my job required I expand my horizons." he commented, following Ryota up towards what he assumed would be the main deck where they would commence battle.

He was rather surprised when he heard that part, if not his entire crew would be observing the fight. Miles wasn't used to having a crowd in his battles, in fact he disliked them, he felt like some sort of public martial arts superstar now. "Oh, your crews going to observe our fight? Fair enough, this is going to take place on their ship after all." he said, his scarlet aura now being seen, albeit it was very transparent and only wrapped around a centimeter from his skin, slowly becoming more visible and wild as Miles gathered his energy.

Once they would arrive at where their battle would commence, Miles decided it would be best to take note of his surroundings. Ryota had the field advantage with his abilities to open rifts across his ship, plus he had supposedly been fighting on the ship for at least one hundred years and had tremendous experience for the battleground. Miles really had his work cut out for him, as such he didn't expect to win, standing a chance would in fact be a miracle "I suppose you can take the first strike once everything is prepared, and set the rules, although I'm not one to use them and I'm sure neither are you." Miles tone was respectful, it wasn't implying that Ryota didn't have any honor or pride, it was more of a statement that he didn't seem like one who enjoyed any restrictions.

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"Hrm interesting, there are a fair amount of different styles created by demons though it's very common for demon's to share a sort of 'family style' even those who leave there family commonly still practice it. I've not used my family's style in a long time my style is one born from my time aboard the Galleon." Ryota said as they arrived on the deck once again drawing a few looks from the crew.

"Alright everyone feel free to take a break from the repairs! Mr Belphegor and I shall be borrowing the deck and perhaps a bit more of the ship for a little fight. Keyra set up the shields!" Ryota shouted as he took up a place across from Miles, he grinned as he watched Miles' scarlet aura flare up and responded by drawing on his own energy causing tendrils of silver and gold ki to begin whipping up around him.

After Ryota's announcement the crew more or less dropped what they were doing to find decent and safe spots for themselves to watch the fight a few continued on with what they were doing due to either disinterest in the fight or simply because whatever they were doing was to important to stop at the moment. Keyra popped up from another section of the ship obviously having heard Ryota's order. "How much should I put into it Ryo?" She asked giving Miles a quick appraising look. "As much as you can Keyra, I don't believe we will have much reason to hold back on one another too much." Ryota said giving Miles a grin.

Keyra looked a bit surprised at that but simply shrugged and placed her hands on the deck of the ship causing a bright flash of green which spread across the entirety of the ship for a moment before fading away. "There ya go." She said giving her captain a grin before back flipping away from Miles and Ryota taking a seat right on the ships railing.

"Alright then." Ryota said as he drew his blade from it's sheath he tossed it up in the air once letting it to a complete flip before catching it again. "No real rules will be necessary, just a request for you and a order for my crew. Don't attack my crew, and no interference." Ryota said before he tossed his blade off to his side while rushing forward right at Miles.

Once the blade would strike the ground rather than stabbing into the deck it would instead sink through a self made rift and continue to fly through that and out of a new rift, one created off to the side of Miles. Most of the crew saw this opening coming as it was a common sort of 'skill test' that Ryota used as it required the one who it was used on to know to pay attention to both Ryota and his sword as if they paid attention to only one of them then the other would hit as Ryota also usually followed up the sword's attack with a few quick strike of his own.

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Miles was more on his guard when he was told that Ryota was likely going to use a battle style developed on his time on the Galleon, this meant that the battle style he would be using was made explicitly to exploit the ship's landscape and his own personal abilities. Miles would have to keep an eye on every single detail, and use every last bit of his focus and skill in order to stand a shot on doing anything. "So, you've broke off from your own family style and developed your own? That's interesting." he commented, his voice seemed unfocused, he was too busy increasing his awareness of Ryota and his surroundings to worry about just side talk.

As Keyra appeared and gave Miles an appraising glance, Miles did the same back to her for only a moment before reestablishing his focus on his opponent, Ryota. Now there were silver and gold tendrils of what seemed to be Ryota's Ki whipping around him, he could already tell this would prove to be more difficult of a battle than Miles originally expected. He disregarded the bright of flash green that emerged from the barrier being raised for their battle, about now he had complete focus, Miles' aura suddenly expanding outward and releasing a powerful gust of wind. It wasn't powerful enough to damage anything, but it was a sign of what would come if Miles actually managed to land a physical hit on anything.

Miles shrugged at the simple rule and order not to attack his crew and in return they would not intervene, he wasn't expecting to drag them into it anyway. "Of course, I won't try anything if they don't." he said, establishing to Ryota that he wouldn't try anything against his crew, and if something did emerge it was by complete accident. He saw Ryota toss away his blade and proceed to commence a straightforward dash toward Miles, he seemed to widen his eyes for a moment, almost like Miles had caught on to something, he thought that it was odd for Ryota to completely throw away his blade, which would prove an incredible advantage. Miles would eventually learn why, as a rift opened up at his side and immediately caught his attention.

Miles stepped forward, toward the charging Ryota, as far as he knew it wasn't like the blade was going to change trajectory mid-throw and stab him in the back; at least, it hasn't displayed such an ability as of yet. Miles would immediately start off with a relentless display of his sheer speed, strength, and skill with unarmed combat, releasing a myriad of punches, kicks, elbows, and knee strikes, Miles made sure to use every imaginable strike so that his battle style was less predictable. If Ryota was using the element of experience, Miles would have to use the element of surprise to catch him off guard. He could only hope that it worked successfully.

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Ryota was glad to see the look of comprehension flash across Miles' face when he was rushing forward he hadn't been quite sure if Miles knew exactly what he had done but at the very least Miles knew he was up to something which was always a good thing to know considering more often than not Ryota was planning some off the wall way of attacking his opponent so that he could throw them off.

Ryota was a bit glad to see that his sword had missed Miles, usually those who were hit often lost very quickly save for one exception. Ryota quickly began blocking and dodging Miles' attacks as best he could. Miles was definitely not someone to take lightly if the speed he was packing now and the strength he was putting behind the attacks that Ryota had managed to block was any indication. As the exchange of blow dragged on Ryota began to realize that at least for the moment he'd need to back down due to Miles' speed.

Ryota brought his arms up to block one of Miles' knee strikes and once he blocked the attack also rolled himself backward disengaging from Miles for the moment with a grin Ryota darted forward not at Miles but rather past him snatching up his sword. In the process of lifting himself up from the ground Ryota made a quick cut in the air opening a small rift one that would lead just above Miles. Using himself to hopefully block Miles' view of the relatively small rift Ryota shot a blast of energy into the rift and thus down upon Miles.

While being on the Galleon definitely gave Ryota the home field advantage he knew he'd put also managed to put himself at a slight disadvantage as he also removed his ability to easily use onf of his favorite forms of attack, having the Gallleon itself fire upon his enemy. He disliked not having that capability at hand but there were always ways to work around it. He HAD used the Galleon to attack an enemy aboard the Galleon before, he'd just need a bit of careful planning and some luck.

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Miles watched as Ryota dashed straight past him, Miles allowed him to do so as he gathered some of his Ki for his next assault. He already knew where he was heading, chances were that he was heading straight for his sword to attempt that rift technique again, it seemed that his battle style was either centered around using his blade to some extent or he's just trying to catch Miles off guard in the future. However, as the rift opened above him, Miles had a theory; if the rift worked one way, could it hypothetically work in reverse?

Miles didn't bother moving, in fact, he put his palm flat an inch or two away from the opening rift above him, focusing all of his gathered chi into his palm. Ryota seemed to already be aware of Miles exceptional reflexes and that's why he was attempting to keep the battle based on distance, as his sword allowing for long-range physical strikes, an advantage Miles didn't have. "Bang." he said calmly, releasing a large ball of gathered Ki into the rift. If the rifts work as he predicted and were connected, then his larger blast of energy would break through Ryota's own, effectively turning his own strategy against him.

Miles wasn't sure if this would work, but he needed to try, if it was possible then it would prove to be a great advantage in the current and future battles. "Heh, so I wonder if those rifts of yours work in reverse?" he asked directly, smoke from the heat of his blast circling inches away from his skin, Miles didn't move an inch from his position, keeping his focus on Ryota.

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Ryota turned his head to see how his attack was fairing only to see that Miles seemed to be preparing to block it as energy leaked out of his palms and connected with his own attack however it was rather obviouse due to the amount of energy that Miles was putting out that he wasn't just doing that to block and that was when Ryota was hit with a realization of just how quick of a thinker Miles was. He only had a moment to make a 'ohshit' face before he twisted away from the rift as Miles' attack ripped his own apart and blasted on through the rift.

Even as he twisted away Ryota felt the blast rip across his side causing him a few painful burns, thankfully though he'd avoided the brunt of the blast. Now though he knew he'd have to be a bit more careful with how he did things. "You catch on quick Belphagor, few realize that my rifts work both ways and your most definitely the first to put that information into action so quickly. I knew this fight was a good idea." Ryota said as a wide grin spread across his face before he charged at Miles.

Once Ryota closed the distance he would begin his own fast paced physical assault mixing in a few kicks punches and a whole lot of swings with his blade, he intended to make full use of the fact that the blade needed to be dodged rather than blocked. If possible Ryot would begin trying to force Miles backward hoping to push him towards the ships railing as if Miles could no fly then he would not be in a good position and if he could then that was simply open more thing Ryota knew about his opponent and also it meant that perhaps they could bring the battle into the skies openin g up a few new venues for Ryota to attack.

"Tell me Belphagor, is this your full power? I do hope you aren't holding out on me." Ryota said with a grin during his assault. He knew most demons had the 'aura' which they could call upon to enhance themselves in battle but what of the humans, Miles mentioned them not being particularly powerful but that didn't quite mean they lacked something similar. And even then there were always techniques that acted in similar ways such as his own the Makaioken, the last technique he'd learned from the captain and something he intended to advance himself.

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Miles smirked, he could feel the slight lapse in Ryota's Ki when he came to realization that Miles was attempting to perform an offensive attack through the rift rather than block the incoming blast. Humans may not be very powerful, but they have the advantage of being one of the most strategic and intelligent races in the mortal realm as far as he had seen. "Heh, thanks. It was rather easy to figure out that your rift worked both ways, I just needed a way to implement it to my advantage." he said, his Ki steadily rising back to maximum to make up for the large sphere of Ki he just shot through the rift.

Miles decided to play along and block his physical strikes while dodging his blade strikes, Ryota seemed to be attempting to throw off his battle style by keeping him on the defensive utilizing both sword and physical strikes. However, Miles had to keep his eyes open, for all he knew Ryota could very well open a rift in the trajectory of his strike and attack from a completely different angle than originally predicted. "Oh? Why would I hold out on you, Captain Ryota?" he said sarcastically, keeping his calm in order to keep his fight-or-flight response from activating and releasing the surge of adrenaline that would drastically increase his power.

It may seem like an advantage to use that sheer power, but the adrenaline would burn him out quickly, once that happened he would have to end it as quickly as possible, and Miles preferred he figured out all of Ryota's little tricks before showing him just how far the human body can be pushed. As Ryota lunged in for one of his sword strikes in his combination, Miles raised his forearms, seemingly intent on blocking it. To observers and Ryota himself, it seemed suicide, at that range he would lose his arms, but Miles had a trick up his sleeve. Sparks flew as the blade seemed to struggle piercing through Miles skin, an advantage granted to him by a barely visible, thin scarlet layer of Ki, a barrier around his skin.

There was no better opening than at that moment, Miles wrapped the barrier around his entire body over the span of what seemed to be a split second and lunged forward, releasing another barrage of armored punches, kicks, elbows, and knees. He needed to use the advantage of his barrier being active while it was still strong enough to withstand Ryota's sword strikes. After all, once the barrier is unable to block his blade than the full advantage Ryota has over him would return and Miles would have to jump back to the defensive. "Of course, you didn't say anything about hiding a few skills." he said, smirking.

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Ryota couldent help but grin over Miles' response the sarcasm in the other warriors voice made it quite obvious that he really was holding some of his power back and considering he was still clocking in at around the same power that Ryota had sensed earlier he was certain that there was a lot more to Miles than it appeared and that this fight might even be one that could push Ryota to his limits.

Ryota scowled a bit as Miles activated his barrier, he had most definitely not wanted to sever his opponents arms this early int he fight but a barrier technique such as this made things difficult, especially if Miles could use it frequently it seemed to be a complete protection so even a bit of deception with the rifts wouldn't work out properly... Perhaps now was a good enough time as any to try pushing Miles to use the power he was hiding.

"Just as you have a few tricks that you've hidden so do I. And now I believe might be as good a time as any to reveal one such ability if only to get rid of that pesky barrier." Ryota said as he leapt backward to disengage from Miles' initial assault. Taking a quick breath Ryota let out a growl as his energy surged around him his hair shot up and the silver tentils of energy turned black. "MAKAIOKEN!" Ryota shouted before launching himself at Miles swinging a hard punch at the mortal warrior.

The Makaioken was one of Ryota's favorite techniques, almost more so than the Aura as the initial rush he got from the Makaioken was greater than the Aura and the memories associated with learning it and advancing it were some of his favorite. With any luck the strength provided by the Makaioken would be enough to shatter the barrier. If it did Ryota would revert back to his normal state otherwise though the Makaioken would remain active.

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Miles stared at Ryota as he spoke, the barrier would help defend against his sword which mostly nullified his advantage, so Ryota's only way to break it would be to completely overpower it. However, what Ryota revealed would shock Miles. The word Makaioken would echo through Miles mind, a memory from his past re-emerging. That's when he remembered, a vision from his Miles with Maxxie. His opponent was in a bind and used a technique called 'Kaioken' to easily overpower his offense, could this be a variation? Miles only had a couple moments to display an expression of complete shock as he pushed his body to move out of the way, but without releasing adrenaline it was too slow to completely avoid the blow.

Miles pushed his arms outward and prepared to take some of Ryota's punch with his own, combined with the barrier he figured it would be enough to nullify most of the damage. Miles was sent hurling backward, the shield all the way up to his shoulder blade completely shattering, with a spiderweb of cracks emerging out from the shields new edge. Even though a majority of the shield managed to remain in tact Miles arm which took most of the blows force seemed thoroughly damaged, Miles wasn't anywhere near finished yet, however.

"That technique, it doesn't happen to be similar to something called 'Kaioken' does it?. . .I fought someone who knows that technique, its why I knew to redirect the blow and save most of my body from the damage." he said, shooting forward toward Ryota. "I've got more tricks up my sleeve than you know." suddenly, it's like Miles simply stopped moving, energy would surge behind Ryota, then to his side, it's like Miles was everywhere. In a moment, it seemed like Ryota was surrounded by what seemed to be Miles, but in reality were simply afterimages created by a surge of his speed. "Zanzoken." he uttered, all of the images suddenly crouching down and dashing toward Ryota, seemingly intent on attacking him simultaneously. However, only one of them was real, the question was which one?

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Ryota was more than a little surprised when Miles managed to resist the great amount of his Makaioken enhanced punch he'd expected to more or less completely overtake Miles with the use of the Makaioken simply because it was a rather rare technique even in the Demon Realm and even knowing what it did was a bit of a rarity in of itself. Miles had learned the technique from his captain who had in turn learned it from the captain before him. From what he'd managed to get out of the captain the Maioken was technique created by several powerful demons in order to counter the Kai's newest creation the 'Kaioken', it's name quite obviously a corruption of the Kaioken's name chosen to mock the Kai's.

Ryota was just about to ask Miles how he'd known how to defend himself against the attack when Miles explained it with his own question. Evidently someone with the Kaioken was running around on Earth. He'd have to make an effort to find that warrior and test the Makaioken against it. However Ryota knew better than to just outright provide Miles with information during a fight. "The Kaioken? That technique is nothing but trash compared to the Makaioken. The Makaioken was the original and to this day still the superior technique. I suppose you could say they were similar provided you knocked off the defects of the Kaioken and then added a bit." Ryota said with a bit of a smirk hoping to throw Miles off a bit with his lie, he'd likely inform Miles of the truth after the fight but for now it was probably better to have Miles believe that his technique had no downsides, assuming Miles even knew the downsides of the Kaioken. Those who use the Makaioken and Kaioken generally keep it's weaknesses to themselves.

The only reason Ryota didn't truly mind giving out the weaknesses of the Maikaioken to a few choice individuals was that he had the Aura to fall back on and unlike the Kaioken the Aura had no true defects, aside of course from perhaps making a fight go too quickly.
"Then let's see 'em" Ryota said as he prepared to reactivate the Makaioken just in case Miles had something really tricky up his sleeves.

Just as Ryota had that thought Miles began to multiply and surround him, Ryota tried to keep up with Miles' power signature but it all became a blur way to quickly and then he was completely surrounded by Miles. He wasn't entirely sure if these copies were real or not though he was almost certain he'd seen one of them waver slightly as if it were some sort of illusion. However all that really meant was that he was a lot more likely to hit a false Miles than anything else unless there were a few solid fakes thrown in there to make things more difficult. Grunting in frustration as the images surged forward at him. "Makaioken!" Ryota shouted as the miles' closed in on him, Ryota's aura erupted outward, Ryota launched a wave of energy out at as many of the copies of miles that he could hoping that one of them was the real Miles if these were illusions or as well hoping that if they were real that the Makaioken enhanced blast would be enough to destroy them.

If Ryota were to reveal the real Miles he would immediately defend himself against the mortal warriors attack likely taking far less damage than if he'd been caught unaware, once he spotted an opening Ryota would go in for another hard punch directed at Miles' chest hoping to finally shatter the barrier. Otherwise he'd just have to take the full brunt of Miles' attack and just roll with the hit using the rush of energy from the Makaioken to ignore some of the pain.

((I'll leave it up to you if Ryota managed to defend or not as I feel it would be a bit god modish to say that Ryota successfully defended at least in this situation.))

[Gray Callahan]

(at present I'd probably rewarded around 2200 each)