Sand. Its gets everywhere. (Open)

[Blaze]

The ground beneath Blaze's foot spidercracked from the impact just as Ethar rolled out of the way. Blaze smiled, this guy was capable of matching his speed even at a lower power output. Blaze had a feeling however, that Ethar couldn't take a hit quite like Blaze could.

Then Ethar backed off, charging up a mass of Ki energy. He shouted "Dragon Flash Wave!" out loud, making Blaze tilt his head a little. It released, then changed into a dragons head. That was new to Blaze, who went wide eyed and threw his hands out.

He slammed his hands against its open snout and lower jaw with separate hands, being pushed backwards by it at the same time. But the energy built up and he was pulled into the mouth witch closed, then collided with a mountain in the distance with an explosion.

The dust cleared, and Blaze floated in a defensive stance. in a fissure created by the beam. His new armor had been scratched up and the left hip and shoulder guards were gone. He growled. "This was brand new armor, damnit!" He shouted, and threw his right hand down to the side. A long, five foot Ki blade shot out as he blasted towards Ethar.

He held his wrist with his other hand, planning to move in and cut a decent gash in that Saiyan armor of his.

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Ethar was more then surprised that every one of his attacks had hits its marker now, as he saw the damage he had done to the icerian. He started to think he might win this one now, but then he saw that he had his own sword, as he grabbed the handle of his and brought it to its ready position.

If Blaze were to charge at Ethar, The Noran/saiyan would tilt his blade ever so gently, until the light from the Namekian sun bounced off of his blade, right into Blazes eyes, hoping to temporarily blind him, as Ethar would then, if successful, leap her the charging foe, while he fired several Ki shots into his back. "Atleast I won my Armour!" He said, surprised at how flexable his saiyan armour was.

[Blaze]

That rat bastard. He might as well have just thrown sand in his eyes. The glare from the sun blinded Blaze as Ethar moved. At first, Blaze didn't know where, but he thought fast activating Metazone, his advanced sensory technique.

This move robed Blaze of his sight anyway, but increased all other senses dramatically, including his Ki sense. He sensed where Ethar moved, and the attack charge up. Blaze spun around and fired a continuous set of white beams from his eyes, knocking the blasts that would have struck him clean out of the air.

This was also the only way his eye beams would appear white, as his pupils had changed due to the Metazone. But they'd soon change back. "Won yours? Big deal, I designed and built mine!" he yelled, turning sideways.

Blaze held his hand upright at chest level, and a strange white Ki formed in his hand. Blaze charged it a special way... it spun faster and faster, growing bigger from its power increase.

The Thunder Cannon. Ethar was in for a surprise here, once it fired, it was very difficult to dodge, and the impact would knock the sword from his hands if he tried to slash it. If it hit dead on, Ethar would get it slammed into his abdomen and helplessly dragged off into a cliifside before a blinding and verry loud explosion.

Blaze Smiled.

Charge 1 of max 3

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Ethar landed on his feet, a bit disappointed that the Icerian was now taking the fight more seriously, as he saw his Ki blasts were blocked by a sort of laser. He did noticed the slight change in his opponent, as he said that he had designed and built his own armour. "Oh big whoop. You want a medal or something?" He said with a smile. He seemed to love taunting his opponent.

But when he saw him starting to charge up an attack, he knew he had to act fast, as he drew his arm back, and started to focus his energy into it. "You think your so tough. Coming in here, and demanding my orb! Im on a mission, and I dont plan to fail it because of someone like you!"

(Charge 1 of 3)

[Blaze]

Determination. This guy had lots of it, and Blaze liked that. Judging by his personality, maybe he was one of Carnel's gatherers as well. If not, he probly could have been persuaded through words to hand it over.

Oh well, this was much more fun! The cannon swelled into its full size and was nearly prepared to fire. The boy seemed to be charging something himself. Blaze had no idea what it was, but it didn't matter. It wasn't going to stop him.

Charge 2 of max 3

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Ethar watched as the Icerians attack started to grow in size, but Ethars own attack was also gaining power. Ethars right arm started to glow, as the aura burst into green flame that surrounded his entire arm.

He held up his arm, as a firey ball of energy started to form in the palm of his hand. This was Ethars first time using his ultimate technique outside of the afterlife, and didnt know its effects if it hit another massive attack dead on.

(Charge 2 of 3)

[Blaze]

The last thing blaze needed was to splatter the guy all over the sand. So, he decided not to fully charge the blast to its full size. He threw his hand out at the man.

"Thunder Cannon!" he roared, the blast rifling from his arm at an incredible speed. The boy may not even get the chance to fully charge his own attack, or even fire it unless he did it right after Blaze yelled.

He wanted to see it slam into the boy and send him plying into a cliff. It would make taking that orange Ball quite easy.

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Ethar saw Blaze making his move, and decided that his technique was charged enough, as he quickly threw the rapid traveling ball at his attack "Spirit Missile!" He said, as his small ball of firey energy few ,and slammed into the Icerian's Thunder cannon attack.

The two colliding attacks cause a large explosion that was close to Ethar, as the force of it caused him to fly back into a large boulder with a loud crash. "Ugh!" He grunted, as his back slammed into it, causing it to crack. his bones were in pain, but his Noran ability to heal would take care of that problem, if he lived long enough.

But after his technique, he felt drained, as he collapsed to his knees. "Damn it... Theres gotta be a way to..." He said, as he remembered something. He had something called a Senzu bean that he had gotten earlier, as he quickly reached into his pocket, took the funny bean and started to chew on it.

(-1 Senzu bean)

[Blaze]

The Spirit Missile came flying at Blaze with a ton of Ethar's energy to back it up. Thankfully, the Thunder Cannon collided with the green mass, tearing into it and making it mold around it part way before it glowed a bright white and exploded.

The ground tore apart, sending debris at Blaze. He shielded his face as stones bounced off him and the gust of wind eventually died down. Blaze smiled, and charged up his HV Energy blast, a weaker but quicker version of the last attack he used. These were basically his usual Ki blast.

But he didn't fire. Instead he seen Ethar chewing on something. "You... didn't really stop for a snack, did you?." he asked. Saiyans. Damn things could eat a planet to death before they destroyed it. "And you didn't even offer me any. How rude."

He lowered his hand to blast him again with the high speed energy. Weaker this time, but it should be effective. Little did Blaze realize what Ethar ate.

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Ethar suddenly felt all of his energy return to him and more. It was as if he had just eaten a big meal, and slept it off. He sat the Icerian target him, saying a few words about snacking as he couldnt help but grin. When the attack was launched, Ethar suddenly rushed at him with new speed, throwing up his Energy shield technique, as the weaker blast hit it, and dissolved.

Once he was close enough, and the Icerian was stunned with surprise, if he was, Ethar would attempt to slam his elbow into his face. If he was successful, he would follow up with the rest of his Meteor Combination technique with multiple kicks to his chest, and head, followed by a crippling punch to his stomach.

[Blaze]

He fired the blast, but it collided with Ethar's quickly activated shield. Blaze jumped back a step. "What!?" he shouted. He should be debilitated after that explosion! But now he was as if he never took a hit all day!

"That's bullsh-" SLAM! Blaze took an elbow to the face as Ethar used his momentum to flip around and start nailing Blaze with a bunch of kicks. Blaze took a few, knocking a couple off target when he could. He lashed out to grab one of Ethars legs, but missed when he moved.

Ethar backflipped and shot out with a strong punch to Blaze's gut. His abdominal plate shattered, shoving some of the plating into Blaze's gut. He keeled over. "Gahh! You... son of a..." he started, holding both his stomach and part of the armor from falling off.

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After slamming his fist into Blaze's, When he reeled over and tried to hold his armour on, Ethar grinned. "Your done here!" He said, as he charged up energy into the palms of his hands. Then he leapt up as high as he could into the air, "Dragon Flash Wave!" He then shouted, as he thrusted his palms down towards Blaze.

The energy he had quickly collected burst into a familiar beam that roared at the Icerian, and would slam into him with a renewed force that Ethar put behind the attack. He hoped that this attack would atleast knock his opponent out, and allow him to escape.

[Blaze]

Blaze coughed as Ethar bounded into the air. This fucking guy is really starting to piss me off. he thought. Then he looked up, hearing the words "You're finished here! Dragon Flash Wave!

Blaze went wide eyed and growled. "This shit again!? Come on!" he yelled, as the boy unleashed the Cyan colored Dragon once again. Blaze hadn't thought of how to effectively deal with it yet. But Ethar was up there quite a way.

Blaze had the time he needed. Once Ethar fired, Blaze surrounded himself in a white energy. He slid backward using a burst of Ki so quickly that it almost would appear as if he teleported. This was his Blazing Dash, and allowed him to move quick in short bursts.

But Short was the key word. He moved, but still had to put his arms up to protect against the blast radius of the Wave hitting the ground. Blaze stumbled and fell on his back. He groaned. Then he made a decision...

He rolled over on his stomach and pushed himself up onto all fours. Man... I hate this part. he thought. Then... he began to power up again. His body began to change in ways that weren't normal, even for an Icer as this form was a little different looking than most other Icer's third forms.

Blaze's arms, legs, and tail stretched out. His hands molded into three fingered claws to mach the back ones, loosing his thumbs and his elbows sprouted spikes. His rear legs reverse-jointed, looking more catlike in shape and shot spikes out the joints as well. His abdomen thinned out a little and stretched, his shoulders moved back... or up in this situation, where he was now on all fours. His face changed to a more lizard like appearance and the back of his head stretched out further.

Then a second, smaller set of horns poked up in front of the now larger set on his head, still retaining the curved back and up shape. Finally, four more spikes, a large and small set shot out of his back through sections of his armor that were supposed to have opened for this transformation, but didn't.

He smiled a fanged grin, and stuck out a lizard like tongue. "Soooo, how do you like my third form?" he asked in a more hisslike voice than before. He lunged up from the ground at Ethar to collide with him and bring him slamming into the ground, unless he avoided it somehow. Though Blaze was almost double the Vamp's power now! And this wasn't bad enough... Ethar had no idea that this transformation thing still wasn't getting old!

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Ethar remained in flight as he watched the Icerian dodge his finishing move. He was about to rain hell down upon him, when Ethar saw the Icerian begin to change to a more animalistic form. He even felt his powerlevel increase even more. "What the hell is this monster?" He asked himself, as the Icerian finished transforming, and asked him how he liked it.

But Ethar didnt didnt asnwer, and just floated int he air, shocked that this fight was getting one sided now, but he had to try to defend the orb that he held for Carnel. "Just die already!" He said, as he took his sword out. IT started to hum with energy, as He swung his sword several times, each creating a beam of energy that soared at Blaze.

[Blaze]

Ethar was shocked at what Blaze became. He didn't blame him. He unleashed crescents of blade like energy towards him as Blaze lunged, cusing him to have to zip and move around them at a much higher speed.

He laughed. "Oh my, what a trick!" he said, before the tip of his tail spouted a white Ki blade. "I can do that too!" He began rattling off a bunch of energy blades at Ethar's, clashing and exploding in the air as he fell back to the ground. Blaze flew no faster than second form in this one, but could run faster than he could fly So he would remain grounded.

This would likely start a blast struggle for a little while, but Blaze was confident in his greater power. He was hoping to knock the boy down and then possibly take that damned sword from him. He wondered how he would cope with it being thrown into the nearby Blood Raider camp.. They'd hide it or run off with it likely.

If Blaze became impatient, he'd cheat by firing a wave from his mouth strong enough to unexpectedly bring Ethar down without killing him.