ROUND 1; Ryota versus Dao

[Gray Callahan]

The chosen environment; a water arena, but breathable. Takes place amidst a wide variety of coral-algae reefs of many exotic colours.

Ryota and Dao appear in the massive reef, floating off of the 'sea floor'.

Have at it, children.

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[midnightdao]

Midnight appeared and looked at ryota yet again. "You of all people...well lets get this started, i have no joy fighting you anyway...." He then gathered his energy and metallic armor appeared apon dao midnight, he summoned his sword and took a defensive stance against his opponent, wondering what move or tactic he was going to use.

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Ryota was a bit surprised when they rather suddenly were no longer in the hallway but rather deep underwater in what appeared to be a completely different place. He had to assume however that this place was apart of the building that they had been in before as if they had the means to teleport people why had they not simply done so beforehand rather than using those strange devices. Ryota shrugged to himself as he used his ki to push himself down so that he was firmly planted upon the floor of the arena only then realizing that he was still breathing, that however was not quite as important right now as he was about to actually fight.

Ryota then noticed his opponent and his face fell ever so slightly, floating off a bit was none other than Dao, the demon he'd fought after meeting Zach. A quick look at the demon told Ryota all he needed to know even as the man spoke. He hadn't grown in strength at all since they'd last met, a pity as Ryota had hoped for an interesting first match. "That's a pity, I suppose though then if you do not wish to face me. Then It may be best for me to end things quickly so that we can move on with our lives. I do have to admit though, I'd sort of hoped that after are last encounter that we would fight again for no reason other than I expected you to be... more.. I'd expected with what I'd seen of you and your personality that you'd run around picking all sorts of fights and become stronger and stronger. It's unfortunate just how wrong I was as it means that you don't even come close to standing a chance." Ryota said with a shake of his head before he began to unleash his full power.

The ground around Ryota shook and cracked as his aura flared around him his silver of his aura quickly darkened to a pitch black as golden tendrils continued. to flare around him. With the darkening of his aura came the sparks of ki-based electricity which thankfully for all involved didn't cause any problems as it wasn't actual electricity but rather a manifestation of Ryota's energy. Once his transformation was complete Ryota drew the flash blade from it's sheath as a wide grin spread across his face. "I didn't get a chance to show you my full power last time we met... did I Dao? Likely because you chose to run rather than continue are fight. I normally don't like to so completely overpower an opponent but this is a tournament and thus I feel a bit inclined to bend my personal rules a bit. I will however do one thing for you Dao. I'll give you a chance to surrender now rather than face the unholy beating I'm about to unleash upon you." Ryota said giving Dao a cruel mocking smirk as he pointed his sword at him as he quickly infused the blade with his energy.

Ryota would give Dao a few moments to think it over, however the second Dao made even the slightest move other than to pronounce his surrender Ryota would unleash the pent up energy in the form of his newest technique, the Arc Slice. Luckily for Dao however the slice would be created in it's 'dull' form as Ryota had no intention of breaking the rules of the tournament by slicing his opponent clean in half as more than likely that would be death. Even so the dulled version of the technique was nothing to sneeze at as it packed all of the power of the sharpened form but simply used it to create blund force rather than to slice.

[midnightdao]

Dao Midnight realized that this woulden't be easy... but as he saw the sword slice comming, he then slapped it with his armored arm. As it hit however, it caused a unique vibration that made him shake throughout his entire body. So much so that his shreader jutsu armor of his was shattering and falling completely off him. "Not bad..." He then began to glow with a demonic aura, black lighting coming off his physical being. He then used his attack called maka fang fuu to launch short side kicks to the ankles of ryota in an attempt to slow him down, while watching him with his eyes.

[Gray Callahan]

(1. You ignored Ryota's Arc Slice

2. Millions of beams? You realise how impossible that is in the given time period? With the 'seal' and time period given you could shoot maybe 2/3, tops. Pull it together.

3. You do not own a variation of the attack where it 'track down ryota and explode when they got close'. You simply have a basic attack like a normal Kamehameha.)

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Ryota raised an eyebrow as Dao charged at him with wreckless abandon, he watched as the other demon managed to knock the quickly created Arc Slice off of it's intended target(Dao's Entire self) and rather allowed it to just effect one arm however much to Ryota's amusement Dao's armor seemed to shatter under the force of the Arc Slice being hit against Dao's arm. It seemed however that that was when Dao realized he needed a bit more power as the other demon powered up to his full strength.

Ryota shook his head as he watched Dao, he'd mildly hoped that the other demon would accept surrender for no other reason than the fact that Ryota wanted to get this over with so he could watch the other matches in order to get an idea of what he would be up against. Ryota sunk into a defensive position as Dao got right up with him and began throwing out ki enhanced kicks to Ryota's legs.

Ryota did his best to block the attacks and for the most part managed to block them due in part to the enhanced reaction time provided by his full strength, and the fact that he was rather well versed with underwater combat due to his former captain having forced him to learn how to do so before teaching him how to fly properly. The lessons had been tedious and difficult but finally they were paying off. However a few of Dao's striks managed to slip through nailing Ryota's ankles, thankfully Ryota had been a bit prepared for a slip up and managed to keep himself steady as pain shot through his legs.

Ryota smirked as he blocked another strike from Dao and as he did so chose that moment to make a counter attack, Ryota would take a quick swing at Dao's chest with his blade however this would only be a feint as he completely expected Dao to be able to block the initial attack, the strike however was however intended to cut open a rift rather than cause any damage, one that would lead off to Dao's dominant side(the side he wields his sword on) after the slice Ryota would then launch a blase of energy with his free hand through the rift causing the blast to shoot fly through one end of the rift and come out fired at Dao's dominant side. If however Dao did not manage to block the slice the rift would still be created and Ryota would follow through with the attack regardless hoping to further catch the other demon off his guard.

[midnightdao]

Dao Midnight thought to himself, (This won't end easy, i actually got hits on him...but he's blocking out the pain, this is the pride and honor of the makaioshin race...i must wait for him to attack again....) When he launched one of his final short kicks, he noticed a sword comming towards him in a slicing fashion since he was watching his upper body. He then swung his sword causing it to glow with a demonic aura as he turned his body with his dominate sword hand to face the sword comming but instead of clashing with the sword, he cut upwards on a diagonal. Using his maka fang fuu to launch a fake counter attack and discharge energy out of his demonic sword as he did a diagonal upward slice towards ryota. The energy discharged from the sword pushed midnight back a bit, getting some room from his opponent.

(He's stronger, my own race and a captain...i was a knight...i'll show him what a knight can do.) He thought to himself, keeping his eyes on ryota.

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Ryota frowned slightly as Dao brought his sword up in what seemed like an attempt to cross sword with him but instead of doing so Dao made a few quick moves and then his sword let out a burst of energy that caused Ryota to cringe slightly as the blast washed over him however he managed to stand firm using his own energy to keep himself in place rather than flying away as Dao had done though it seemed that that was what Dao was planning to do as he didn't actually seemed confused or distraught over having been blown away by his own attack.

Smirking to himself as he chose to not follow through with his rift plan Ryota instead charged energy into his sword once again causing the familiar silver and gold aura to flow into his blade causing it to begin to glow brightly. Ryota then took a wide swing with his blade sending forth for the second time in the battle Ryota's newest technique, the Arc Slice.

Ryota was already quite enjoying the new technique, even if it hadn't quite yet done much as the first time he'd used it it had only knocked off Dao's armor which in all likely hood the other demon had been planning to shed in favor of his Aura any way but still the technique was quite fun to use and he couldn't wait to think up a few new ways to use it alongside his current techniques.

[midnightdao]

Dao Midnight put his sword as he continued flying back, noticing that the hit landed but he was still standing. (Fell into my trap...) He then put both of his hands to his right hip and gathered energy for a super makaimehameha, something he'd use in his shreader form but since he's in demonic energy form, he could summon the energy up faster. -see bio- Suddenly a big purple ball was overflowing in his hands, his eyes watching ryota as he swung while doing it, but he was still flying. He then yelled. "HA!!!"

The big purple beam was headed directly towards the arc slice, midnight landed on a rock that was 7 by 7 and the beam impeded closer to the attack.

He then started to sweat a little. "Wow, i take my words back, i want to fight you...i want the battle to never end...so lets not overpower each other...lets use our lesser forms...unless you think your training won't hold weight against me, i think it might put me on even footing on you...or are you just going to play powerhouse." He stood hard sweating from his forehead awaiting an answer.

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Ryota gave Midnight little more that a bored look as his arc slice rammed into the Makaihameha and then proceeded to tear through it and cut a small fissure into where Dao had just been standing. It was good for the other demon that he'd chosen to move after making his attack. Ryota chuckled as the other demon spoke before rolling his shoulders.

"For you to properly stand a chance I would need to likely restrict myself to my base form and to be completely honest. I have no intention of letting this fight last longer than I need it too, I know of at least one warrior who I DO want to fight who is competing and if I saw correctly one or two others that may prove to provide interesting fights. This fight however... this is boring. I despise having to face off against opponents far below myself unless they are particularly interesting and you Midnight... you are simply dull. So restrict yourself if you wish, but I will not." Ryota said as he channeled energy through his arm and into his sword once again.

As he finished speaking Ryota made a quick swing of his sword aimed at Dao and fired off a dulled Arc Slice without even really waiting for a response from Dao or even to see if the other demon really would revert down to his lower form. Ryota wanted this fight over soon as he wished to see if Carmine had won his match yet and as well to see if Zach was competing and to see if the creature he believed to be a Majin was an actual competitor and if so how it's match was progressing.

[midnightdao]

Midnight put up his sword and channeled energy through it, his sword glowing with his demonic aura, he sweated bullets pushing all of his ki into it. (He's right, i'm not feeling this...) The sword then clashed with the wave of the arch slice. It held until the blade began to crack, soon the blade exploded with ki, infront of him breaking the attack or weakening it a bit.,the wind pressure of the blast pushed him back hard. Dao Midnight was having trouble breaking free and he hit the wall, bounced off it, and hit the ground on a rift in the ring. He then fell on his back as the attack went over him, breaking the wall cutting right through it.

(Looks like...it's over.) he thought to himself. He then yelled, "I will not seek revenge...i surrender, i don't have the strenght to continue and i'm not in this...it's like i dont care...i will fight you again one day once i take care of my problems..." And with that, he passed out.

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Ryota watched as the arc slice clashed with Dao's blade, from what he could sense it seemed that Dao was pumping all of his energy into the blade in order to likely fend off the attack. Decideing to simply continue watching with interest Ryota was surprised when an explosion erupted from where Dao was clashing with the arc slice. He watched as Dao flew far off and slammed into a wall. Ryota watched as amazingly enough Dao managed to fall just in time to avoid the Arc Slice as even after the explosion it has kept going.

Ryota raised an eyebrow as Dao seemingly didn't make a move to get up but instead simply began speaking from where he had landed, evidently the attack had perhaps been a bit too much as Dao was now choosing to surrender the match. Ryota nodded to the now passed out Dao and without a word waited for the match to be officially ended as he was unsure of the protocol for such a thing. Perhaps a doorway of some sort would open up for him or he'd simply be teleported once again. Regardless Ryota was planning to head off to catch the rest of the fights as hopefully his fight would not be the last to end.

[Gray Callahan]

1200 rewarded to Dao, 1900 rewarded to Ryota.

Yes, that's right; saga battles have bigger boosts.