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{ the match begins}

Kyo: { he punches the man carrying the big sword as the man doesnt seem to have any trouble keeping up with him} not bad but your 1000 years too early to keep up with me { he grabs the mans face and he slams him into the ground as both of them get off and start clashing}

Zakk looks around the arena "Looks like they didn't have anyone else, or he ran off scared, whatever I'm done already I guess." Zakk walks back out of the arena and disappears through a waiting gate "Such a disappointing tournament, sad really." Seth goes back to sleeping, drooling, and rambling about strange things

Tasha remained crouched for a moment. "Well?" "Well, what?" "Aren't you going to attack or something?" "Wouldn't you rather go shopping or something?" "Are you seriously hitting on me?" "No no, I meant wouldn't you rather be doing that than staying here and fighting? I don't want to hurt a girl." "Are you saying I'm not cute, bastard?" "No no that's not what I was trying to say either. You keep misunderstanding me, miss." "Looking down on me because of my looks, I'll have you know I've lived for much longer than you ever will so just roll over and die!" Tasha jumped at him and slashed with both daggers he barely had time to parry them with his swords before she was launching another attack.

The small witch was chanting very quickly. "Oh no you don't. You're not going to have time to finish a single incantation." Kale sprinted for her and as he got close she stopped talking and smiled as a large explosion engulfed Kale. "Senile old man, like I wouldn't have figured out a way to protect myself from attacks." "Senile? Me? I'll have you know my memory's in top form." As the smoke cleared Kale stood, completely unharmed. "I-i-impossible!" She shouted falling backwards a step. "You didn't seriously think that would slow down the king of dragons, did you? I mean I'm impressed you hid the circle with that explosion so well, but trying to use an 8th level sealing spell just won't cut it. I'll give you enough time to try one of your actually powerful spells." He said, yawning, and then he began scratching the surface of the arena while he waited for her to work her magic. "Let's see how you like my Ultima." "Ooh, stealing a name from a game. Well then I won't feel sorry about doing this then. Ifrit, come." As the magic leaped from the top of her staff the hellhound leaped up from the earth within the circle Kale had sketched out and intercepted the attack using one of it's big clawed paws. "No no no no NO! Fine, you want to have a battle of the summons I'll summon the most powerful creature there is. Bahamut, the king of dragons." Kale and the entire dragon section of the stands burst into paralyzing laughter as she worked her magics. "Now, COME TO ME! Bahamut!" Light erupted from the summoning circle and Kale disappeared from sight, only to reappear in the center of the circle. The girl's dumbfounded expression was unbelievable. "Look, girl, I told you already. I am the king of dragons. You can't beat me. I don't even have to expend any more energy to win." Kale turned around and started walking away. "Ifrit. Play." The big fiery dog began licking the girl as Kale sat down on the edge of the platform.

Kyo: well it looks like their finishing up down there { he avoids and attack} VAMPIRE BITE!!!!! { he grabs the broadsword weilding man as they collide into the ground causing massive damage as kyo stands up his eyes glowing yellow as he licks some blood off of his hand} its been awhile but Im not that old yet kid

man: { unconsious}

"Stop messing around!" "Eh? But I really don't want to fight." "Then just give up!" "I'm afraid I can't do that. Sigh, I guess I don't have a choice since you're just going to keep coming." He kicks Tasha in the gut and sends her crashing into the stands headfirst. "You alright? ... Oh, maybe I kicked a little too hard." He looks over at the girl getting licked by Ifrit sighs, swings his sword in the dogs general direction, cutting it in half as well as the stands behind it. The dog broke into white sparks and disappeared. "Girl, get out of here. This fight is out of your league." The sopping wet girl gives him a look that would have been a lot more threatening if not for her foppish appearance at the moment and then she stomped off to the stands.

"Looks like it's down to the three of us. I suppose I should introduce myself, I am Lord Saren Ashenblade. Well, now it's just Saren Ashenblade thanks to you." He nods in Kale's direction. "Me? What did I do to you?" "Not you directly, but some of your people destroyed my land and the people on it." "My people?" "Dragons." "Come now, you can't blame me for the actions of a few people." "You are the king, the blame falls on your shoulders. I suggest you not hold back too much if you don't want to be cut in half." "I'm going to come right out and tell you that cutting me in half would be completely pointless. I make regenerators look easy to kill." "Hmmph, I looked for a long time to find these two blades. This one in my right hand is enchanted to slay dragons and the one in my left vampires. Don't take me lightly." "Oh, well in that case-" The reverberations could be heard for miles as Kale's blade slammed into Saren's. "You're no normal human." "Whoever said I was human?" Grey fur appears all over Saren's body and his features become more feral. A cross appears on Kale's chest and his sword and cane have been cut in half. "Wolf cross claw!" Blast, I've gotten overconfident of late. The cut across Kale's chest heals very slowly for him while the vertical one is gone in an instant. "Fine, you wanted me to stop holding back. You've got it." Kale's eyes turn gold and the rest of his body becomes red. "I thought you weren't going to be holding back. What is this parlor trick?" A shotgun appears in Kale's left hand and a sword in his right. Kale fires several times and then appears behind the werewolf and slashes down. The shots were all either blocked or dodged and the blade gets deflected. "If this is the best the dragon king can do then I'm amazed they follow you at all. Hey Kyo, why don't you give your old pal a hand and attack me too." Kale hops backwards several times. "You keep up with me when I step up once, don't assume that you'll be able to keep up with the next step." "Hurry up and show me then." Kale drops the shotgun, the color of his eyes and skin return to normal and he raises up his sleeve to reveal his crimson dragon tattoo which then disappears. "What did you just do?" "Red dragon mode, mark 2." Kale puts the tip of his sword in the ground and blue flames appear all over Saren. The werewolf falls to the ground instantly and Kale sent away both of his sword and shotgun. He picks up the two swords before he turned and walked back to his seat. "Don't worry kid, he'll live." He said as he passed the small witch. She summoned a golden floating disk that lifted Saren up and followed after her as she left.

Revy turned to the other council members. "What did Kale just do? I couldn't follow." "That's because he didn't move." Came Ladd's response. "When he fired the shotgun he wasn't trying to hit Saren to do damage right away and all Saren saw were the bits of shrapnel. Kale masked a powerful incendiary within each shot that only reacts to werewolves and only when Kale willed it." "How do you know?" "I was looking for it and I'd used a similar tactic before." "What about his red dragon mode, mk. II?" "I can't say for sure. As far as I could tell all he did was let go of red dragon mode, although he's improved upon it some. Blood doesn't boil off him anymore." When Kale arrived he sat with his head in his hands, he expended too much energy during that fight and he was feeling it. It wouldn't have been much normally, but the sickness was starting to take it's toll.

Kale threw a small piece of the stadium at Zakk. "Shut the Hell up Zakk." He looked over at Tasha. "Luck, would you please go check on her for me?" "But ov course." Luck picked Tasha up by the arm and slapped her once. "Vake up, miss." Her eyes flashed open and she stabbed Luck. He sighed removed the blade from his side then frowned as he looked at the wound. It was healing, but slower than usual. There was something odd about that black dagger. He shrugged and released Tasha as she started to squirm around he hadn't been listening to what she was saying and didn't care to. He simply walked back to his seat.

When she came to Tasha didn't realize the person in front of her wasn't the guy she had been fighting and stabbed him. After a moment she began apologizing, but the man just seemed to be in his own little world so she decided to try and get him to let her go. After he finally released her she frowned and walked over to Zakk. "So what have I missed? And how long have I been out?"

Zakk dodged the piece of stadium "Okay, just thought you could use a little encouragement, I'll do it quieter than." Zakk gave his teammates a thumbs-up

Kyo: allright then looks like were done then ha Tasha lost ahahahah!!!! { he dodges an attack from kale} AHHHH!!! relax it was a joke! I took a beating too you see { he points at his really damaged arm as he walks away} lets go check on the kids


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Kazuki: Im going for a walk { he walks out of the room and down the hall}

Kale's started to follow Kyo, but Revy grabbed his arm and teleported him elsewhere she then began bringing the others. "Hey, Kyo we're going to be borrowing Kale for a bit. We'll bring him back, more or less intact in a bit. If you want, Luck can tend to your arm when we get back." Revy appeared next to Garage and whisked him away before Kyo could respond.

He found himself in the field where Lua was training Beaux, but something was strange. He couldn't quite place what it was though. Something about the witch's study bothered him. He was about to call out for the two of them, but a loud roar drew his attention. What looked like a Balrog was standing in front of Beaux, had the boy's white hair grown longer? Or was Kale's memory finally starting to go? He wasn't sure and didn't get the chance to ask before Beaux engaged the demon. Lua greeted Kale and brought him to a table to sit while they waited for the others and for Beaux to finish. They sat in silence. Despite being in the privacy of her own sanctum it seemed the woman still would not remove her large cloak, maybe she knew the others were coming and simply did not care for them to see her. Who knows? Once Beaux finished the ceremony would begin.

Tasha could tell that something was bothering Kale, but she didn't get the chance to ask what before he and the rest of the council disappeared. She walked doubly fast to catch up with Kyo. "So what's the old wyrm upset about? Is his body starting to weaken or something?"

Beaux took a deep breath, he felt like he had been fighting these things for days. Every time he took one down another appeared from the ashes. He had tried just about every spell and attack in his arsenal at this point. Freezing didn't work. Neither did frying them with lightning. Dannern had been taken from him when he started as well so he was otherwise weaponless asides from magic. Wait, I haven't used that yet. "I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body and fire is my blood." He blocked the fiery sword with his arm. The electric barrier surrounding him was actually starting to fail, and he had just gotten it to a near perfect defense. "I have created over a thousand blades." He grabbed hold of the flame whip with his free hand and ripped it out of the balrog's grasp. "Unkown to death, nor known to life." He got kicked in the chest and he knew he felt several bones shatter, yet he remained standing. "Have with...stood pain to create...many weapons. Yet those hands...will never hold...anything." He dropped to his knees and the balrog raised it's blade for the finishing blow. "So as I pray. Unlimited Blade Works." Nobody else saw what happened except that one moment the balrog was standing and the next Beaux was standing over it with a pair of short swords. One black and one white, with yin and yang on the hilts. The balrog did not get back up this time. The crowd that had gathered while he was fighting was clapping quietly around a table. Lua stood and began walking off. "This way everyone, we need to get started right away." Beaux dropped the weapons and hobbled after them. When he finally caught up with them Kale healed him before they began.

Kyo: not sure but its probably some dragons only thing I'd like to know but im not allowed too but I think I can bend few rules to find out but then theres noone really here so its tough to say what the old man dragon is doing thought to be honest that could be the case that hos bodies begining to weaken well anyway we should get going


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{ outside of the hotel a good 20 yards away}

kazuki: { bleeding heavily} * breathing heavy*

Rin: come on get up that cant be all you had some king you are

Kazuki: { he struggles to get up as his eyes start glowing blood red} fine I'll show you what I got I was supposed to save this for my match with phantom but your really pissing me off { he spins his blade around and he stabs it into the ground with it still in is sheath} O ragnarok kokuyokus sword leveler of ancient lands { black wing sprout from the hilt of the sword as energy flows into kazukis right arm} and as this acursed fate is spent as one who houses the blood of the sohma family I command you kokuyoku grant me your power destiry everything in your path and make sure you get your fill { kazukis fangs grow as he throws his arm back} FEED! { he dashes at rin with massive speed} FILL YOUR FANGS OF BLOOD!!!!!! { he stops a inch away from rin} VAMPIRE BITE!!!!! { black wings sprout from his back and from his arm as he strikes rin with his hand that has changed into a claw} RAAAH!!!! { thers a huge explosion as black energy and he stops to see rin heavily damaged but she avoided it}

Rin: wow that was p-...........pretty impressive the.........master will be pleased { she dissapears as kazuki reverts to normal}

Kazuki: heh how do you like that { he falls over}

Tasha rubbed the back of her head. Kyo's answer hadn't been quite what she had been hoping for, but she realized that was probably all he knew. Though she wondered how he intended to find out. "My head's still throbbing. How about you your arm still hurt, vegetarian?"
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Alice stepped into Kazuki's blood. "How pitiful, if you're anything to judge by Sei really won't have any problems with your friend." She got a little of his blood on her finger tips and tasted it. "Hm, such power. It would be boring if you died here so I'm sure you won't. See ya round." Alice walked off and disappeared into the shadows. A strange blue eye on the wall seemed to look on at Kazuki for a moment before it closed after Alice.

As the ceremony to remove the king's kingship came to a close a large blue eye opened up on the ground many runes popped up to cover it. Dozens of the eyes popped up all over Lua's sanctuary. "Hmmph, somebody really wants to get into my study. Luck heal Beaux, he needs to practice." Lua snapped her fingers as it was done and only the original eye remained. The trio appeared out of it and Sei seemed extremely giddy and then Lua snapped her finger again and the eye on the ground became blocked. "You could have just knocked. Were you hoping to catch us off guard and in a weakened state? There's three of you and almost a dozen of us, and this is my territory, don't try to screw with me here." "Shut up you sow, I'm not here for you. I'm here for whitey." Sei pointed at Beaux and the two stared each other down.

Kale and the council walked back to the table where they had been having tea. Alice and Artemis seemed confused for a moment and then Revy grabbed them and brought them over. "So, young misses. Why are you here? And what is the deal with your rude friend?

Kazuki: { he looks around the area after alice leaves} * breathing heavily* who the hell was that by friend whod she mean....beaux ........yeah right { he grabs ragnarok} hey Tsubaki you okay


Tsubaki: yeah im fine but i cant use my powers until tommorow

Kazuki: yeah me 2 its still not completed I cant keep the attack stable all that energy is realized dad says that all that power is supposed to litterally make my arm into a weapon in its own right sharper then a sword more sturdy then the hardest steel the kokuyokus claw whatever I'lll figure it out

Tsubaki: also what was up with that weird girl she tasted your blood

Kazuki:....... I know weird

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Kyo:...vegetarian really well atleast i didnt get my ass kicked well whatever we'll give them a little awhile if their not back in a half hour we can go find them { he sits down in the bleachers with his feet up} anyways you guys we should get going to the hotel everyones waiting.... { he stands up and streches}

Sei holds up the eye on his hand towards Beaux who raises an eyebrow. "Is this supposed to be some kind of illusion, or are you just trying to catch me off-guard?" "Neither, actually. I'm building up power." "Interesting, then would you mind explaining to me why you've run arond behind me and are attempting to stab me in the back?" Beaux fires off a bolt of lightning behind himself which Sei catches with his blade. "Well, I'll admit it. You're no average enemy. "I thought that since your friend Kazuki went down so easily that you'd be easier. I'm happy you surprised me. Now the real fight begins. Where's your sword?"

Beaux holds out his hand. "Dannern." The azure blade appears just in time for Beaux to deflect an attack. After a few minutes of the two trading swings, neither actually lands a blow and in fact their blades never even touch again. "You mentioned Kazuki before, what did you mean?" "Hmph, wouldn't you like to know?" Sei's cheek gets cut and Beaux's standing behind him. "Ooh, getting angry? Well two can play at that game." The process returns to the same process of swings and misses, except much faster this time.

The two skid backwards after their blades clash once. "Over SOUL! Seiryuu!" The pair of water dragons clash and then repeat the process that their two wielders had. Sei's then suddenly turns into white lightning and slams into Beaux's, decimating it, and then moves on to Beaux. Sei slashes Beaux from behind, but the blade is deflected by Beaux's lightning barrier. "Nice toy, can it stop Seiryuu though?" The lightning dragon charged through Beaux from behind, causing him to fall to the ground. "Heh, you really are a two bit copycat." Sei gets trapped in a block of ice. "Funny thing, people let their guards down when they think they've got the upper hand." There's a bolt of lightning from the sky, but Beaux's sword had already found it's way into Sei's gut. "Yes, they do." Said Sei with his blade stuck in Beaux's gut as well.

The onlookers looked on, for the most part wondering what was going on. Sei and Beaux seemed to simply be staring at each other, occasionally exchanging a few words. Alice finally broke the silence. "So, are they having a staring contest or what?" Artemis shrugged and Garage answered her question. "They're feeling each other out...and competing for control of the illusion. I never realized Beaux knew anything about illusions." "Every ranger knows at least a little, it helps us to hide better." Responded Firo. Alice spun around in her chair. "He's a ranger!?" "Does that frighten you?" "N-n-n-no! I just never realized they let such weaklings into their group." Ladd laughs, "Weakling? Oh no, he's one of the most powerful members of this council, as of today." "What's so special about today?" "You just might find out." "Looks like it's finally starting. One million on 30." Came Lua's smug voice. "Two on 40." "Three on the eye boy, for 60." Everyone at the table placed a wager, except for Alice and Artemis who looked at them all quizically. "What?" "How long and who do you think will win? Also, how many millions are you going to wager?" "Millions? Millions of what?" "Dollars." The pair looked at one another and then pulled out their wallets and counted. "Uh, we don't have that much. Ehehehheh." The council had begun concentrating on the fight that mirrored the battle of illusions they had before with one minor difference..."Unlimited Blade Works."

Kazuki: { he looks off} what the hell whats that smell

Kokuyoku: its draconian blood

Kazuki:......what?

Kokuyoku: 2 dragons are duking it out as week speak somewhere........

Kazuki: weird I dont really understand it but beaux knows if anyones gonna kill him its me so im sure hes fine

Kokuyoku: ahh whats the matter concerned for tiamats vessel

Kazuki: yeah right dont you think we have other problems to deal with { he looks around to se angry fans from the tournament rounds} great groupies

angry vampire: your the kazuki kid you litte bastard i lost 12 mil on that first match

Kazuki: { he just grins at him} not my problem

{the angry fans close in on him}

Kazuki: { his gunblade appears in his hand} allright then come on

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haruharu: { he streches as he rolls over in his bed} ahhhhh this is nice ZZZZZZZZZZ

Saya: he's so useless { she sees seth } your even worse!

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Kyo: allrighty then { he stumbles upon kazuki and he tells tasha to hold on a sec and not to help} dont worry hes fine

When the reality marble cracked, spilling the two warriors back onto the ground both were still alive although each was severely injured. "I'll admit, you're talented. But that's not why I'm here. You have a false blade, and I will destroy it." "Dannern is not a false anything." Azure energy came rolling off Sei's blade as he charged Beaux again when the blades clashed Beaux was certain Dannern was about to shatter and indeed he saw parts of his blade falling around him there was something else. Dannern had not disappeared, but was now stark white. All of Sei's eyes went wide, he jumped backwards several times just in time to evade a wave that froze everything it touched. "Dannern?" The blade didn't respond. Beaux closed his eyes momentarily, he could no longer sense his long time friend and that pissed him off. "Rising Phoenix OMEGA!" Only Kale and Beaux managed to keep track of his body's movements in that instant, but at the end of it Sei's blade lie in half a dozen shattered pieces. With two blows Beaux had shattered the azure blade like glass.

Alice ran over to Sei, he had fallen to his knees and was trying to pry the frozen hilt from his hands. The council members began handing rolls of bills to Kale, Garage had been the second closest to guessing how long the fight would take. Artemis was struck with fear. They had the legendary blades of Tiamat. Forged from fangs from each of her five glorious and terrible heads. This boy had shattered one, no, two now with a single blow. It was clear enough now that he had the white fang, but the white should have been the weakest and the blue blade was to be the second strongest, second only to Alice's crimson.

Beaux took hold of the hilt and removed it with little effort from Sei. "I believe this is mine." He placed the hilt atop his own blade and it seemed to spread over the entire weapon. "Dannern, you back?" 'Yes, somehow. I was sure I had died again there.' "It's fine now. Lua, we done here?" The magi nodded her head. "You have learned enough of the art that you may now bear the title mage, O Lightning Emperor." Beaux was about to use an exit spell when Artemis stood. "Wait! How is it that you are both lightning and ice?" Beaux looks at her, bored. "Ask my old man, he was the first double in recent history. It's a Wieland thing. I'll fight you later if you want revenge, but for now I'm going to the ranger enclave, it's been too long since I last payed my respects, and then I'm going to bed." With that Beaux disappeared, at some point during the night he reappeared in his bed at the hotel. With his wounds healed.

Tasha had learned not to question Kyo, at least not when Kazuki was involved. She just hoped the boy didn't go a little overboard. Kale and Revy appeared behind Kyo and Tasha a few moments later. "So what have I missed?" There was a noticeable shrinkage in the weight of his presence from before he didn't necessarily seem weaker, but somehow he seemed shorter. Tasha noticed this but wouldn't look at Kale, she wasn't sure what to say in this scenario. She knew he wasn't the dragon king anymore but she really wasn't sure what that meant for him. Was he happy? Sad? It was hard to read him for her. For Kyo he could tell that Kale felt like a great burden had been lifted off his shoulders. "Oh, by the way. Would you call me Eugene from here on? I don't care what's put on the stone, but I don't need the Kale visage any longer."

(sorry I havnt been posting, I've been on vacation)

Seth opens one eye "Indeed miss, I am the worst, the very worst, in fact I am so bad that I'm acctualy good." Seth pulls a blanket over his head and starts snoring again.

Kyo: ohhh good timming you 2 your gonna see one of kazukis many abilities......the ability to turn a fight into a brawl you wont belive the amount of times me and sakura had to go visit the school because of kazuki


Kazuki: { as the people get closer}...... allright then { he appears infront of one of the fans and he punches the fan straight in the face knocking him flying into a tree}

Kyo: if kazuki is cornered like a rat his fighting ability tends to sky rocket

Kazuki: { his eyes glow red as he fires his gun blade and he actually hits dead on what he was targeting} allright yeah a hit { he stabs ragnarok into the ground as he grabs the hilt and he kicks off a angry fan as he spins around shooting them and hitting every target until theres one less and he fires a bullet past him} got it now make sure you place all bets on our team allright!

{ the fans run off}

Kazuki; { his eyes turn to normal as his blades dissapear and he walks off back towards the hotel}

Eugene smiles. "Similar to the cornered rat effect as it is sometimes called. People often fight their hardest when their back is to a wall or if they feel they have no chance of victory, but still have hope." Tasha finally looked at Eugene and punched him. "You know that's not it." "I was just saying it was similar. He's a clutch player. It's something he inherited from his parents, that's not a technique you can learn and it's very dangerous for anyone he faces who takes him lightly."

Kyo: okay you 2 can quarrel later okay i need a nap so lets head back to the hotel by the way hows beaux's training coming and is kale coming back anytime soon