Round One: Elias VS Cham

[A Dragonian]

Legends of Dragonia: Tournament 2006--
Esperanza Edition:
Round One: Viva la Dragonia!

Match: Elias VS Cham
Final Score: 3 - 2 (Elias Won By Knock-Out)
Location: Western Parmecia
Judge: Jimmy

Reminder - Be sure to be well informed of the Rules and Format of each match. Be sure to include your surrounding area; remember, YOU ARE NOT FIGHTING ON THE TOURNAMENT GROUNDS! The first person to post can set any additional conditions, such as the weather or the exact location of where the two are fighting, to further the enviornment. Also, be creative with what you do, and be sure to have fun!

[jak]

((OOC: This is the first time I have introduced a fight so I hope it's ok, good luck mate, let's make this a good fight.))

There was a roar from the crowd surrounding the Grand Esperanza Stadium as the main gates began to open. Those who had been queuing for weeks finally got their chance to experience the amazing spectacle of powerful warriors engaged in gruelling combat. Elias had been relaxing nearby the stadium for the past few days, just waiting until they announced where his fight was and his opponent. Once the initial uproar died down, Elias walked out of the bar he had been lounging in, and walked purposefully over to the stadium. A few people pointed at him as he approached the tournament boards, a few people recognising the Terminode. As he looked up he saw the fixtures for the tournament, and scanning down the list he saw his name.
Elias VS Chameleon, Western-Parmecia
As he turned Elias winked to a teenage girl nearby, who nearly fainted and would have fell to the floor had her friend not caught her. Elias laughed as he blasted off the ground, and soared into the sky, heading towards his destination.

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Elias flew along at high speeds over the lands of Western-Parmecia, gliding a few feet above the earth towards his designated tournament location. Elias was unsure why he had entered the tournament really. It wasn’t part of his assignment with the Terminode Special Forces, but he didn’t care. Those guys had scattered the remainders of his regiment all over the galaxy, and with peace spread across the area he wasn’t going to be called away to aid his fellow TSF soldiers. What the hell. It was about time he got to do something for himself. Being stranded on a planet where he knows no one. Constantly under the rule of the supposed ‘disbanded’ Terminode Special Forces’ regiment. Elias didn’t care anymore. Fighting was all he was interested in for the moment, just some friendly competition, a break away from his placement on Dragonia; a chance to make himself known.

There was an incline in the ground level as Elias began to ascend, gaining altitude as he ploughed up the side of a mountain, nearing his battleground. The weather was brilliant. The incredibly bright light of the sun illuminated the mountainous area, and blasted through the occasional cloud which drifted across the sky. Elias was a good few thousand feet above ground now, and he came to an abrupt stop in the air. Elias knew it was somewhere near here he was going to fight, but he couldn’t be sure where. Touching down on the mountain side, his fingers brushed lightly against the tattoo on his arm which still stung a little. Luckily after only a few minutes there was a flash of light as Elias was teleported to the exact location of his fight.

He stood up and surveyed the area. He was quite high up, on the peak of a low level mountain. The air was quite cold up here, despite the blistering sunlight. The area was very rocky, a flat clearing about one-hundred metres square on the mountainside. Surrounding the clearing was a sheer drop of fifty feet to tall forest trees, each of them competing for the bright sunlight. Elias thought of the limitations and uses of this area. The only feature apart from the bare rock of the clearing was the small river running through the middle of it, which turned into a waterfall on the far side of the area. Walking over to the edge of the mountainside Elias watched the water plummet down fifty feet, rejoining the river in the forest below.

Walking back into the middle of the clearing Elias sat down and lay on his back, conserving his energy for the upcoming match. He thought about his opponent Chameleon, having never met the person he did not know any of his strengths or weaknesses. Elias would just have to wait and play out the battle that was inevitably coming, using the area to the best of his advantage.

[chameleon]

After his partial completion of his training from Kihaku, Cham sat in the lounge nervously awaiting the tournament. He wore all his gear, his normal clothes and a short sword, about two and a half feet long. It was gleaming silver steel with emerald green wrapped hilt and sheath. Kihaku had gotten it for him in preparation for the tournament. He didnt want to send Cham into the tournament defenceless.

Cham wanted to enter the tournament for the prize money, he could really use it, not that that mattered, Kihaku was going to make him enter regardless. Cham needed to get strong, what better way then to put his life at risk in the ring with an unknown competetor. He had read the list and knew he was fighting a man by the name of Elias, although this man was a mystery to him, he hoped it would be a fight and that they both would make it out okay. If need be, if he hurt the man, Cham would use his Channeled Force to repair the wounds he caused. He really didnt want to hurt anyone too much, but he wanted to win too, so come what may.

Then, he felt the pull in his stomach as he was teleported the the match in Western Permecia, the place where he crash landed. Cham felt disoriented a moment, catching his balance and looked around. The scenery was nice, almost like the time when he landed a while back. He nervously touched his sword to check and see if it was still there.

Then, he saw him, the man he figured was Elias. Cham straighted and gave the man a nod as he walked over and held out a hand for him. "Hello, I'm Chameleon Roughnight, pleasure to meet you." He said nervously. "I hope to have a good fight."

[jak]

Elias heard a crash nearby him, and still laying on his back with his eyes closed, he watched the figure approach, the nearby sounds reverberating off of the man as he approached allowing him to build up a mental image. Pushing off the floor with his hands Elias sprang himself to his feet, and took Chameleon's outstetched hand. "Hello, I'm Chameleon Roughnight, pleasure to meet you."
Elias nodded, seemingly uninterested.
"I hope to have a good fight."
"Good luck to you there. I warn you, I'm not going to hold back, so if you're worried you're gonna get hurt, then leave now."
Elias knew he wouldn't back down. Only the strongest fighters entered the tournament, so he wasn't going to underestimate his opponent, neither though, was he going to give him an easy ride. Of course, he wasn't going to try and obliterate him straight away. He did not know of the man's strength or power. He seemed fairly strong, a sword at his side, he did however, look very young. This would be an interesting fight.

Elias smiled briefly, before turning his back and walking about ten metres away. Crouching down he took a handfull of the earth and rubbed it in his hands. Standing up straight again, he closed his eyes, his back still to his opponent. "Whenever you are ready my friend," Elias smiled to himself, "Don't hold back."

Silence filled the air, and the only thing that could be heard was the sound of Elias' gloves rubbing, his fists clenching tightly waiting for the impending attack.

[chameleon]

Cham nodded, and turned to walk a couple meters away as well. He was nervous as hell, although it didnt show entirely in him. This would be his first real fight with anyone but Kihaku. He really hoped he learned enough, Kihaku seemed to think he at least stood a fighting chance. That gave Cham the will he needed to reach to his side and pull the sword out. The silver blade gleamed in the sunlight as he held it in front of him in a battle ready position.

"I will not hold back either," Cham said trying to match what he took from his opponant as cockiness. Elias seemed to be watching Cham to analyze him, trying to make sure if Cham was a big threat or a small one.

"Kihaku, stay safe and good luck." Cham whispered under his breath.

[jak]

After waiting for what seemed an age, no attack came. The man just drew his sword and stood ready. Fine, if he doesn't want to get this going, then may the battle commence.
Still standing there with his eyes closed, Elias waited a few seconds more. With a blink of an eye Elias twisted and blasted three balls of ki towards Chameleon. Running forward Elias jumped and rotated his body, going for a flying side kick to the Elicoorian's gut, followed up by a leg sweep to try and knock him to the floor. Doubling back Elias flew up into the air about ten feet, where a ki ball errupted from his hands, blasting towards towards Cham. As soon as the ki ball left his hands Elias teleported behind Cham, an after image where the ki ball had come from, and he went for a palm strike into the small of the Elicoorian's back. Teleporting agin Elias appeared back in his original position, but this time facing Cham, stood a fighting stance, panting slightly.
"Come warrior, show me what you're made of!"
With a menacing smile Elias beckoned his opponent with his forward hand, his senses completely alert.

[chameleon]

Chameleon, using his own ki balls, even though a weaker version, was able to throw the first two off track, sending them flying past him, just bearly missing him, but being so side-tracked with this, he missed seeing Elias coming and took a heavy kick to the gut and a sweep from off his feet. Cham fell to his back but landed well enough that he was able to kick off quickly from the ground, while still trying to regain the air that Elias knocked out of him.

Cham saw Elias jump high into the air and thow down a ki ball, but he didnt want to be distracted twice in a row, so he moved as quickly as he could, the hit at the small of his back just bearly missing him, but the blast from the ki ball towards the ground knocked him off balance. Elias was now standing a bit in front of Cham.

Cham jumped a few paces back panting a little from the excitement, this was actually fun. Cham wanted to keep doing this for a little so he decided against what Kihaku would ever advise him doing. "Channeled Force!" Cham said extending a hand out towards Elias, in that instant, Elias' energy would return to complete normal, as if he had yet to make a single exertion.

"That was fun, now it's my turn!" Cham launched himself forward sending out a small blast of ki at Elias. Cham gave a sweep with his sword towards Elias as well as a sweeping kick at his shins. Cham then, jumped into the air and shot a couple more ki balls towards Elias.

[jak]

Elias felt a certain bit of satisfaction when his first kick connected, followed by the leg sweep, but it was obvious the Licoorian wasn't going to make the same mistake twice, the second distraction technique didn't go through, Elias' palm strike missing Chameleon's back.
Elias felt a strange sensation after his initial attack as his opponent shouted, "Channeled Force!". Elias' body tingled as the energy he had just used up was instantly replenished.
"Cheers kid."
Well, at least he has some manners...
It wasn't long however, until Chameleon was on the counter-attack, coming at Elias with a sweep from his sword, which Elias quickly jumped back to avoid, the sweeping kick at his shins blocked by bringing his own leg up. Looking upwards Elias saw some ki balls blasting towards him, and bringing up his hands he managed to absorb the first two with his Terminode Ki Converter, but the third hit him in the shoulder, knocking him off his feet.
"Good work there friend. Maybe it's time to step this up a little." Elias called out as he picked himself up, nanobots flying around his slightly wounded shoulder repairing the damage.
Elias formed a ball of confusion ki in his hands, before suddenly teleporting repeatedly around Chameleon, leaving after-images surroudning him in a dome shape, all appearing to have a ki ball, power level and life signs. The real Elias was right above Chameleon's head, and he fired off the ball of confusion ki, aiming for the top of his skull. Once the after images disappeared Elias flew up next to Chameleon and went for a punch to the chest, followed by a elbow strike to the jaw.
Retreating again, Elias pulled back a few metres, observing the Elicoorian. This kid's pretty tough, he's got a good spirit... let's try and wind him up a bit. Elias bent down and grabbed a handful off pebbles, and started throwing them at Chemeleon, trying to hit him on the head.

[chameleon]

Cham smiled as he jumped into the air as Elias surrounded him. It was quite a feat that Cham had never seen. Elias had seemed to split into mulitple people, but he had a feeling not everything as at it seemed. He felt a buzz in his ear as a confusion ki ball was launched at him and he bearly got away from it as it grazed him, sending his thoughts realing for a moment. For a half a second, he thought he was at a dinner party.

Cham then, felt a punch to his cheast connect and a elbow to the jaw really hard. He plummeted back to the ground landing hard, the wind almost being knocked from his body. He stood up as Elias started throwing pebbles at him. "Are you kidding me? Is he actually throwing rocks at me!?" Cham said getting hit a few times but being able to use his telekinesis to send a few off course.

"This will be even tougher than I thought," Cham thought to himself. This man can recover himself, I cant, I have to be more careful. Cham bolted towards Elias once more striking with his sword, then following it up with 3 jabs and kicks. He was just about to jump into the air again and launch some ki balls but remember how Elias had absorbed them. Since he wasnt sure that he would be re-energiezed from those absorbtions, Cham decided against them.

Cham took a leap back and drove his sword into the ground, lauching ki energy into it, the ground broke about 2 feet deep with sharp blasts of Ki beneath shooting up shards of earth as it pelted it's way at Elias.

"Geez, I was right, you are difficult!" Cham said with a small smile. It wasnt a challenging smirk or smile, it was one of admiration. Cham dreamed of being strong, but knew already that Elias was much stronger than him. Kihaku and Cham hadnt had a lot of time to train him properly, it would all come with time, all Cham could do now was give Elias a run for his money and hopefully make him stronger so he can proceed to the next rounds without getting too hurt.

He wasnt sure, however, Elias would be a match for Kihaku. Elias was strong, but he seemed to not be able to handle a few of Cham's attacks. Well, for Elias' sake, Cham would wish him the best of luck after the battle, but right now, it was time to fight.

[jak]

Elias watched how his tactic nearly worked, but Chemeleon was too smart, detecting the confusion ki and getting away just grazed. He was good, very aware of his surroundings, despite if there is one overwhelming feature. He must of had a good teacher. Elias' follow up attacks connected with a certain amount of pleasure from Elias. He didn't enjoy hurting people, but it felt good to know that at least some of his attacks were working.
Chameleon caught Elias slightly off guard when he suddenly surged forward at Elias with his sword. As the strike came in, Elias quickly reached for his Terminode Sword, grabbing the hilt and bringing it up to block the strike. The blades clashed with a crack, but Elias hadn't been quick enough and Chameleon's blade slid off the tip of Elias' sword and grazed the side of Elias' left arm. Reeling back a bit, clutching his arm, Elias saw Chemeleon drive his sword into the ground, and then with the ki that he fired into it, shards of earth flew at him. Using his slightly injured arm to channel his telekenetic powers he diverted the shards around him, and using the momentum in a slingshot motion he flung them back at Chemeleon.
Elias had decided to not give Chameleon the advantage of having his sword now, and instead of sheathing his in his scabbard, he brought it up high in a powerful fighting stance, courtesy of training in the Terminode Special Forces. Running as fast as he could at Chameleon, he went for a slice downwards towards Chameleon's neck, followed up by a horizontal slice to his gut. Retreating back a bit, Elias turned and jumped as hard as he could, powering through the air, going for a slice across Chameleon's chest. However, when Elias was but a foot away, Elias teleported behind Chameleon, the momentum carrying through. The sword, glowing with freeze ki, was less that three inches away from slicing down Chameleon's back. As soon as the attack was finished, Elias picked himself up and launched a rapid sucession of ki beams towards the hopefully immobilised Chameleon, aiming mainly for the chest.
Elias was slightly troubled by Chemeleon. He didn't seem to have that many powers, or a large arsenal of attacls behind him, yet he seemed to radiate some sort of confidence which although it cannot be used as an attack, still had the ability of scaring people. Elias himself wasn't afraid of him, he was getting an idea of the Elicoorian's strength, but he was happy to see that Chameleon, although maybe not the most well-equipped of fighters, still had a great capacity to become a good fighter.

[chameleon]

Cham's sword connected with a blast against Elias' blade, but Elias had been too late and Cham had gotten a bit of his arm, even just a slice. Cham wasnt aiming to kill or maim, and he figgured he knew this man's fighting style enough to know that he wouldnt be taken down by his blade so quickly.

The ground blast of ki that Cham shot at Elias with his sword backfired and Cham was pelted by his own shards of earth. Cuts appeared over his arms and across his face. Nothing large or bleeding, they just stung quite a bit. Cham recovered just in time to ward off a deadly slice at his throat but just bearly got this attack at his cheast away, for a long slice went across, bleeding a little bit. Cham grabbed his cheast shocked that he let the attack go through, Kihaku would kill him for this.

This man was had been training with a sword longer than Cham had apparently. He saw Elias going for a long jumped downward towards him. Cham had seem him do this constantly. When he was a long distance away, he teleported about a foot in front of him to behind him or to the sides Cham would figure. Cham didnt wait for the rear attack to come and he jumped forwards towards Elias just as he was teleporting, but he wasnt quick enough.

Cham felt a hard slash across his back, and knew that it wasnt life threatening, but it would hurt. Oddly, it didnt, his back kinda felt numb. Then as if a snake was slithering down his spine, one of his legs went numb, then an arm, his sword dropping to the ground. It seemed to stop there as he tried to evade an onslaught of ki balls hurled at him. One finally connected sending Cham reeling towards the ground onto his back.

Cham looked battered and beated as he tried very hard to get up. The ki ball seemed to have made it very difficult to move. Cham couldnt stop now though. This was a time when he really wished he could use his Channeled Force on himself. Cham finally got to his feet but his leg and arm still felt numb, what worse, it was his sword arm. Cham looked back at Elias. "Damn, I didnt think i'd he's be this strong. I'm not down and out yet. I'm not giving up." Cham said with a grunt.

"Elias, you are a great fighter. I hope you do well in the coming rounds. But beware going up against the man named Kihaku, I dont feel you stand a chance against him." Cham said massaging his arm trying to get feeling back in it. He decided that he would hover a couple inches above ground, figuring his leg would just give out under him anyways.

"But dont think about that now, your fighting me." Cham said his eyes glowing a little brighter as he gave a grunt, a green power aura blasting up around him. He charged Elias again, this time a little faster since he was flying. He attacked reapeadely with punches and kicks from one arms and leg. The adrenaline he felt pumping through his body was starting to bring feeling back to his leg and arm, but it wasnt there yet.

He made a knee to the gut and an uppercut to his chin trying to put as much power into it as he could. He needed to buy time until his leg and arm were fully functional.

[jak]

Elias seemed to be fairing well in this fight. Lots of his attacks were connecting, Chameleon seemed to be weakened by his freeze ki attack. Elias was not unscathed though, he had taken some hits mainly to his arms, but his nanobots seemed to cope with the damage.
"Elias, you are a great fighter. I hope you do well in the coming rounds. But beware going up against the man named Kihaku, I dont feel you stand a chance against him."
"I'll remember that kid." Elias said in a sarcatic tone, chuckling slightly. Although he put on the sarcastic front, Elias took Chameleon's advice. He knew he was not the sort of person who would make idle comments, if Chameleon said something like that, he obviously meant it. He must know this Kihaku well, well enough to know his strength.
Despite his injuries, Chemeleon seemed to carry on strong, his barrage of assaults suprising Elias. The attacks were easily defended however, the use of only Chameleon's one arm limited the time between the attacks making them easier to block. He knew Chameleon was delaying, trying to get the freeze ki's effects to wear off.
Well, Elias knew he had an advantage and would be a fool not to use it. Flying high into the air Elias formed a ball a ball of Inferno Ki, which he launched straight towards Chameleon. Knowing he had already tried the distraction attack technique a few times, Chameleon might expect it again, so Elias teleported, but activated his stealth device simultaneously, rendering him invisible. Instead of teleporting behind Chameleon, he teleported just forward of his original position, and as soon as he pinpointed Chameleon's location with his sonar hearing, he launched himself at Chameleon and great speed, aiming for a powerful palm strike to the middle of his chest, followed by a roundhouse kick to the jaw. Not wanting to waste his energy Elias retreated and deactivated his stealth generator, and finished his attacks with an onslought of rapid fire confusion ki balls followed by a beam of inferno ki. Pulling back after his final assault, Elias retreated fifty metres and stood by the edge of the mountainside, only a few feet away from a giant fall. He wanted to lure Chameleon over here, hoping to use the terrain to his advantage. He beckoned Chemeleon forward once more, hoping the Elicoorian would follow.

[chameleon]

Cham was just about to try and dodge the inferno blast but a large pang of pain erupted in his forehead. Cham nearly doubled over, his legs not wanting to move. He managed to make a wall of Ki mixed with telekinesis above him to ward off some of the inferno ki, but not well enough, the ki whipped around his body damaging him quite a bit.

The next thing Cham knew he took a palm strike to the cheast square on and a round house to his jaw. He felt as if his jaw had come unhinged for a moment, popping painfully back into place. Cham landed hard onto the ground.

Most of the rapid fire confusion Ki balls had hit him as he attempted to ward them off. The beam of inferno ki he managed to just make go off course to just a couple inches from his hip. The confusion Ki's took into gear very quickly making his brain reel, unsure about where he was and what as happening. He felt like so much of his body was broken, he couldnt get up.

Cham laid there as Elias jumped up towards the waterfall. Cham couldnt move, he was bearly holding onto his conscienceness as the confusion started to wear off. He knew it, his time in this fight was completely over. "d----damn..." Cham said as the whole world went black as he zonked out.

[jak]

Shortly after Elias beckoned Chameleon forward, he stopped moving, lying in a heap on the ground. Elias thought it might be a trap, so he carefully made his way forward, a ki ball ready behind his back. He knew most of his attacks connected, and the confusion ki may have temporarily disabled him, but he was still cautious. Walking over he approached the Elicoorian with great suspicion, but as soon as he got close it was clear he was knocked out. Elias absorbed the ki ball back into his body, and knelt down beside Chameleon. He wasn't moving, but he was breathing. Elias had thankfully not killed the Elicoorian. He was a good clean fighter, and Elias would have been devastated if he had not been able to proceed further in the tournament.
Reaching down to his belt Elias activated his nonobots which swarmed Chameleon's body, attempting to repair the damage. They wouldn't do much for the effects of the confusion ki, but they would hopefully heal his wounds.
Knowing the fight was over Elias expected some help to arrive soon for Chameleon, but he didn't want to leave him here. There was a flash as some doctors appeared, as well as some people with cameras. They dragged Elias away from Chameleon, and quickly set up the camera. "So Elias, how does it feel to win your first fight of the tournament?"
"Fine I guess, but I'll feel better once Chameleon is ok."
"It was a good fight you two had there, what are your thoughts on it?"
"Look I'm not going into detail, you all saw the fight. All I'm going to say is Chameleon is a great fighter, very strong, and you want to make sure you watch him in the tournament."
As Elias finished his sentence he turned and walked back towards Chameleon.
"But Elias! What about your fans!?"
There was a smash as the camera lens exploded as Elias fist connected with it.
"I'm a soldier, I don't have fans. Now either help out or get out of here." Elias walked back over to Chameleon and knelt, hoping he was going to wake up unscathed.

[Jimmy Claymore]

There was a kind of pause at the Tournement grounds as the officials ran through various regulations and finally came out with
"Erm... Elias Wins" There was a small uproar from the fans, mostly cheering for Elias victory but one very loud voice said
"We paid good money for this! What the Hell!?" Chameleon was still a fan favourite as was Elias, it was also possibly the only match so far where there could be no controversy, well except for the match where no-one turned up. The victory was decided, the match was over

((blarg, crappy short thing but we already know who won))