| For Akane, It's more or less a slaughter-fest for the Shichibukai to enjoy herself in combat. For Shiro, "The Faker", it's a valuable opportunity to acquire additional combat experience. They stand before each other in the Colosseum, about 10 meters apart. |
| 「一人殺せば犯罪者だけど、千人殺せば英雄になれる。百万人殺せば征服者だし、絶滅させれば神よ」 |
Now entering the Arena - Shirayuki Akane The moment Akane was challenged the arena erupted. She waltzed in flourishing her scythe before reaching her challenger and giving him a quizzical inspection. The crowd was a living body of noise and testosterone with touches of blood and guts and death. Akane was more interested in the crowd than her challenger. "One moment please." she asked before leaping from a standstill to the stands of the arena. "Duck!" she shouted as she swung her scythe at head height through the audience. All the men with scars were on the ground before the scythe was near, one more normal in appearance was still shouting something when his head was cleaved off his shoulders in a bloody fountain. Akane landed on the railing and cheers went up all around the stadium. She picked the severed head up with another swipe of her scythe and brought it within arm's reach, taking hold of it by the hair. "Catch!" she challenged Shiro as she dropped the head and kicked it like a bullet back down at him in the center of the Colosseum. |
Shadow543Jul 18, 2013 8:08 AM
| "If you can't accept the worst - what else will you accept?" "People like to tell me darkness is the absence of light, so i tell them - darkness can only be found in the presence of light" - Amane Chiyo |
| The flinging head approached Shiro in quick speed. Blood began to leak from the head, dirtying the Colosseum. What an awful turn of events. Did the arena just get needlessly contaminated for a game of catch? "There isn't much point in saving these filthy humans. I guess this'll be the price I'm paying to fight a Shichibukai head-on." As fun as it would be to behead a few from the audience and send a love-letter back to Ayane, Shiro was not the sort of person to indulge in such an activity. He's more or less a selfish brat that only came here for the battle experience. After all, people as disgusting as the audience members of the arena would naturally meet their fate without interference from an executioner. By tilting his body diagonally, Shiro managed to avoid physical contact with the head. "Sorry Akane - I'm not what you could call an 'exciting' or 'thrilling' opponent to fight against." Shiro took the luxury of slowly closing the distance between himself and the dreadful Shichibukai, while also seeing what jokes she has in store before the actual combat begins. |
BeyondJul 18, 2013 7:06 AM
| 「一人殺せば犯罪者だけど、千人殺せば英雄になれる。百万人殺せば征服者だし、絶滅させれば神よ」 |
| The severed head landed in a cloud of dust and shattered skull and brains. Akane yawned involuntarily. The crowd, having been attacked, invoked the unspoken rules of the arena and attacked Akane back. But not within melee range. Projectiles flew from all around the area, bullets, weapons, furniture, and small or drunk people. Whatever people could throw, they threw. Due to the nature of her devil fruit, this did not inconvenience her, it made things more interesting. Anything that hit her stopped cold and dropped to earth motionless. "Don't get conceited" There was a flicker as Akane vanished, reappearing down in the arena in front of Shiro. She leaned in at the hips where she rested her hands while her legs were locked together in a ballerina's posture. Her scythe was nowhere to be seen. "or the crowd will cut you down to size." The ranged bombardment of Akane resumed after they established the change in her position, now mostly sharp shooters trying for a lucky shot. Her scythe appeared as a glint in the sky as it came rushing down to impale Shiro and drive his heart into the floor. |
| "If you can't accept the worst - what else will you accept?" "People like to tell me darkness is the absence of light, so i tell them - darkness can only be found in the presence of light" - Amane Chiyo |
| Of course, a bunch of projectiles had been conveniently hurdled at Shiro due to the random aiming of the crowd. As the objects were recklessly thrown, Shiro took varying steps around the arena, almost as if he was encircling the items. The combination of battle experience and observational haki proved to be an asset to avoid all the objects. "Conceited?" Immediately after the bombard of objects, Shiro had noticed that a scythe came swinging towards from the sky. There was absolutely no chance that he could parry the scythe, even with his black keys. The difference in strength was classes away. "Trace ... on." Eight Black Keys were immediately projected by Shiro. Due to their low grade in quality, the keys could be projected without much difficulty. Shiro threw four of the keys upwards, at Akane's scythe. The Keys immediately shattered, but managed to slightly alter the course of the scythe. By simultaneously rolling while using the remaining four keys to modify the course of the scythe, Shiro manages to escape Akane's assault with a minor cut on his face. The tip of a small sized sword was immediately generated by his body's atypical structure, having eaten the Ken Ken no Mi, and struck out of the cut he got from Akane. Disregarding the pain, Shiro goes for a higher ended projection while closing his eyes. "Trace ... on!" A standard-sized, gray colored rapier with a number of 'colored sides' on its chamber is projected by Shiro. Shiro turns the chamber side until yellow has been selected. Mode: Gelb! Bursting in enhanced speed, Shiro immediately scaled past Akane's body and arrived before her back. He changes the selected side again by spinning the chamber. Mode: Rot! He slashes Akane's back with a power-enhanced slash. |
| 「一人殺せば犯罪者だけど、千人殺せば英雄になれる。百万人殺せば征服者だし、絶滅させれば神よ」 |
| Akane returned to standing straight when Shiro brought out the rapier, but still kept her posture, as if balancing on a blade's edge. When he activated the yellow chamber Akane was waving at the crowd and moving her head with her hand to make her ponytail bounce for their amusement. Knowing that watching this challenge would be boring most of them. The slash struck her unprotected back, without even a hint of defense. But the rapier did not slice, the tip was frozen the moment it touched her hair, which washed over the blade. As soon as Shiro thought about moving, the strength was drained from his body. He was trapped. Someone in the crowd threw a clay mug, still half full of alcohol, that hit Shiro on the crown of his head, shattering and spilling the drink over his body. Akane turned around to face him, her hair going with her and releasing Shiro and his sword. "Interesting power. Does it do anything else?" |
| "If you can't accept the worst - what else will you accept?" "People like to tell me darkness is the absence of light, so i tell them - darkness can only be found in the presence of light" - Amane Chiyo |
| Of course, something as predicable as a power-enhanced slash aimed at the back of the opponent would be nullified - This was the difference between a Shichibukai and an ordinary pirate. However, things did not go as Akane planned. Shiro had not thought of the possibility of being immobilized by Akane, but that never mattered from the start. Vzzzzzzt ... It was alive. Multiple miniscule sized blades pierced through Shiro's palms that held onto the rapier. His body immediately forced off his hold of the rapier when it felt the rapid decline in energy. His Devil Fruit was alive. Not being able to control it, the monster inside him decided to dictate actions for him. In a rather messy way. He was still hit by the mug while recovering ever so slightly. It felt rather painful, but also, soothing to have your cuts covered by alcohol. After taking a few steps back, Shiro was about 5 meters from Akane. The distance would be possible to cover in a matter of seconds. Analyzing the situation, Shiro realizes the need to bypass her abilities in order to harm her. "You've startled him. This is pretty troublesome," he chuckles. Not carrying about the rapier that would disappear in a matter of seconds, Shiro placed his left hand onto the ground. Reinforcement! The concrete and stone that made up the arena began to cover and shape itself around Shiro's arm. After molding around his arm, Akane could see that a stone-like sword with sharp edges extended from the palm of his left hand, which along with his arm, was covered in the same material used to make this arena. On the other hand, parts of the arena had seemingly "disappeared." It was clear what he did. "Let's go." Shiro dashes towards Akane in a diagonal like manner. He embeds his left arm with as much Armanent Haki as he can currently use. Closing in the distance, he yells: Tsubame Mai! |
BeyondJul 24, 2013 3:33 PM
| 「一人殺せば犯罪者だけど、千人殺せば英雄になれる。百万人殺せば征服者だし、絶滅させれば神よ」 |
| Shiro: "You've startled him. This is pretty troublesome." Akane rolled her eyes at the statement. Trouble was not on the list of words she would use to describe this situation. If you say so... After the revelation of the 'Reinforcement' ability Akane looked less bored. Shiro: "Let's go." There was no immediate reaction to Shiro closing the gap, only at the last moment. Akane tumbled back with a hand spring to land on the tip of her scythe, still stuck in the ground. For a moment her weight seemed to explode, the scythe was ripped from the ground and sprung like a mouse trap, the back of the bladed end arcing down to intercept Shiro. Which would have been much less threatening if not for the large spike jutting out from the pole. The tip of the scythe scratched Shiro's scalp, but stopped just short of spiking his brain. Akane had caught the scythe, outstretched, she held it steady with her left arm wrapping around the shaft, up to the elbow. She stood facing him with her left side, feet spread like an archer. Shiro once again felt the feeling of being trapped, motionless. "Speak softly and carry a big scythe." Akane told him. Akane made sure to give him a chance to defend. She removed her scythe and, blade trailing the ground, swung it back behind her while her body moved on the right with the momentum to bring a basic palm thrust hammering towards his chest. |
| "If you can't accept the worst - what else will you accept?" "People like to tell me darkness is the absence of light, so i tell them - darkness can only be found in the presence of light" - Amane Chiyo |
| With Akane’s attack, Tsubame Mai had been triggered. Shiro had only yelled it while assuming an attacking stance while dashing towards Akane. Despite this, Shiro had been retaliated with an attack – the exact action that he was looking for. From the viewpoint of the audience, it appeared as though Shiro had been grazed by Shiro’s scalp, but that had not been the case. During the swing, Shiro’s afterimage was being cut by Akane. This brief moment where Akane’s focus shifted on attacking Shiro combined with her body in motion was the beginning of his counterattack. Yes. Shiro had performed a few split second, rapid-paced movements that completely offset his initial, consistent rhythm and pace at which he initially ran towards Akane. Luring Akane into a state where she cannot defend by physical means, Shiro performs multiple high-speed dashes towards her. He cuts her left thigh with his first dash and immediately kicks off the ground to perform a second dash. He does this for a total of 6 times where every single instance had been embodied with Haki. Her left thigh had been cut 6 times. Even with her Devil Fruit power, a substantial number of Haki embodied cuts would result in injury. And that it did. Shiro’s reinforced arm, before cracking and shattering into pieces of concrete, was covered with a bit of blood. Of course, his Haki had only been at the level where he could cut Akane. To injure her heavily at his current level would be unimaginable – In fact, he would have died many times over had she been truly serious. He can only do this – He can only perform these “so-called dirty methods” if he even wants to stand a remote chance against the Shichibukai in front of him. His body felt heavy. His technique put particular emphasis on movements that were physically straining to perform. The swords that ripped through the skin of his palm earlier continued to pierce through his skin. Seeing this, Shiro uses his hand to pull out the few, minor sized blades. “Haa … Haa …” While panting, Shiro assumes another bizarre stance with eight black keys that he immediately traces to prepare for Akane’s counterattack. He cannot take much more before going down . . . |
| 「一人殺せば犯罪者だけど、千人殺せば英雄になれる。百万人殺せば征服者だし、絶滅させれば神よ」 |
| Why won't he fight like a man.... or with his head Akane was disappointed he hadn't taken her offer to back away without serious injury. If he had stopped his attack and switched to the defensive he wouldn't be in so much trouble now. She flipped her scythe in her hand to face the back blade, so that a blow would not be lethal and waited. Shiro's attacks all landed, there wasn't any point in stopping or dodging them, the blade rebounding each time as if it was striking stone. The boy may have Haki, weak haki, but that was irrelevant if he wasted it on physical attacks. Still, it would be a shame to see him die here. There was promise in him, but he wasn't very promising. The moment his last attack hit Akane's scythe moved with blinding speed, it blinked from behind her to impale Shiro's right side, slotting in between his ribs. Shiro's body became paralyzed as soon as the scythe hit and he felt an invisible force build inside him. "Hubris is unbecoming of you." she said, and Shiro's body was purged from the scythe, a clean extraction. There was an explosive burst of energy and his body was thrown like a rag doll to the other side of the arena. Akane shouldered her scythe and returned to her seat, a throne made of human skulls and bones. She did not have to ask for medical assistance, they were already down attending to Shiro. He would survive with little more than a scar and probable trauma. The doctors that followed Akane were some of the best in the world, they couldn't afford to be anything else. |
| "If you can't accept the worst - what else will you accept?" "People like to tell me darkness is the absence of light, so i tell them - darkness can only be found in the presence of light" - Amane Chiyo |
| Before seeing Shiro's body being blasted to the other side of the arena, Akane felt that a strange, metallic-like parry occurred instead of a clean cut. Energy from his body did not leak out for some peculiar reason ... "That was quite the splendid attack. I thank you for this battle." The doctors began to frantically shriek, having gathered around Shiro. The right side between his ribs had been pierced by multiple swords, from the inside out. It was his body's natural defense mechanism, having already lost energy from an earlier strike. The damage done was reduced immensely as it pierced through his body to parry Akane's scythe - It could almost be called a cheap way of eluding the Reaper of Death. What's more is that the very quality and strength of the swords that pierced his body are classes ahead of the swords he projected in battle. Without much thought, Shiro gets up. He stares at his right side and pulls out the blades that have protected him. There's no intentions of continuing to attack Akane since he acknowledges his own loss. A few images flash before him. So that's what he meant. My body ... is made of swords. He released a rather ominous amount of pressure. It was clear that he had hid his true strength during the battle, wanting to conceal it for some unknown reason. In the end, Shiro had taken the battle as carefree as Akane did. The experience from battling a Shichibukai was still certainly worthwhile, however. "Until we meet again." He nonchalantly leaves the arena, bidding Akane adieu. (OOC: Thanks for the battle Shadow-chan! c:) |
| 「一人殺せば犯罪者だけど、千人殺せば英雄になれる。百万人殺せば征服者だし、絶滅させれば神よ」 |
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