Round Two: Jimmy VS Mysterious Warrior

[A Dragonian]

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

Match: Jimmy VS Mysterious Warrior
Final Score: 3 - 2
Location: Eastern Parmecia
Starting Date: Monday, September 4^th, 2006
Ending Date: Saturday, September 15^th, 2006
Judge: Ryan

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 environment. Also, be creative with what you do, and be sure to have fun!

[Gareeku]

The area was very flat, save for the rise in the altitude in te distance, signifying the presence of the Eastern Parmecian shores. It was also very quiet to boot. Not a sound could be heard in the surrounding landscape, save for the slight whistling of the wind the trickling of water coming from the nearby river. Flora of various types also dotted the land, the leaves rustling slightly as the breeze blew through them. There was one feature of the landscape, however, that seemed somewhat out of place.

A figure sat on the ground, covered by a tattered brown cloak which covered the figure's head in shadow and most of the body, the garment blowing slightly in the wind and revealing the deep blue gi and sandals underneath, as well as the tattoo on his chest and the silvery white 'gauntlet's that were worn on the figures hands and forearms. The figure did not make a sound, merely waiting for something, or someone to arrive...

[Jimmy Claymore]

Jimmy Claymore was up for his second match in the Tournement soon it would be starting. If the guards could catch him. He was running around the whole of Esperanza being followed by various Tournement officials all shouting at him to go to the match in Eastern Parmecia
"I'm not going to fight! Go away!"
"Goddamnit Claymore! You won the last one by the highest ratio yet, you and Beowulve are tied for first!"
"I don't care! Leave me alone!" This is best seen from an aerial view. The complete city of Esperanza here. That huge red oval shape? Jimmy's path he took through the city. The large blue oval shape right behind? The officials. Jimmy finally got a lead and looked around frantically for somewhere to hide, he grinned broadly as he found somewhere and leapt into the small blue box. The officials all ran past him shouting for Claymore to get back here. From inside the porta-potty Jimmy chuckled at his victory. Unfortunately for him it was at this point that a certain Dragon was passing by and he heard this.
"Oh like HELL Claymore" In a burst of flames he transformed and floated up. Jimmy was sitting with his legs up on the seat and grinning when he heard something heavy land on the top. His eyes widened in horror and fear
"Uh-oh..." The entire blue box was hoisted off the ground by the huge red dragon form that was Rizuk's basic upgrade. Jimmy screamed and flailed around as he used TK to desperately hold back a really unpleasent surge of liquid.

The warrior sitting on the ground would probably see the huge Red Dragon flapping his wings around the area, he had a big white flag stuck on his back, he swung around and floated in mid-air a few miles in shore. He dropped the Blue coffin he was carrying and it plummetted to earth where it shattered and opened up. Very quickly, Jimmy burst out with no damage on him because of his Telekinetic shield
"Ah! AH! AAAHHHH!!!" He shook around and patted himself down making sure he hadn't got covered in the unpleasent solution stuck in the toilet. He dusted off and looked up at his serious opponents
"Oh crap... I don't suppose there's any chance you're actually a cute furry little guy in a cloak?" Jimmy wasn't prepped for an attack, he just waited. Most enemies were polite enough to allow a few minutes trash talk and he needed to calm down after that whole Porta Potty incident. Ah well. He rolled his shoulders and made sure he was calm and focused, this was a real fight he could get seriously hurt if he didn't fight hard enough.

[Gareeku]

As the figure watched the dragon drop its "cargo", he rose to his feet, his piercing blue eyes visible from underneath the garment which hid most of the man's identity. Hearing the young fighter before him speak, the figure stood perfectly, seemingly not giving a reaction until he opened his mouth to speak.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but no..." the figure said in a calm, slighty husky voice. It was then that the figure white aura suddenly burst into life around him, the whisps of energy dancing around and licking at his frame, growing in intensity until the cloak flew off of the man's frame, revealing the man's dark blue gi, his spiky black hair and, most noticable, his blue furred monkey-like tail.
"Come...now we fight..." the warrior said calmly, before suddenly making his move. Rushing forward, the blue tailed man most with incredible speed, his blue eyes locked onto his target as his aura continued to grow in intensity.

When the warrior reached within striking distance of his opponent, he suddenly moved to his opponent's lefthand side, a feat which would throw many off guard, although his opponent's reaction was to be seen. As he moved, the man shot out his left leg, swinging it round in the form of a sweeping kick to his opponent's ankle, before lifting it up and back across Jimmy in the form of a fierce kick aimed at the boy's ribs. Not stopping there, the man then executed a thundering punch, glowing with ki energy, with his right fist at Jimmy's jaw, followed by a punch aimed at the boy's gut with the man's left hand and then a thundering uppercut with his right fist, disappeared immediately after the blue tailed man had executed the move.

Reappearing in a defensive stance a few metres away, the man's eyes were firmly fixed on his opponent, his spiky hair blowing softly in the breeze as the man did not make a single move other than speaking.
"They have dubbed me the 'mysterious fighter' in this tournament, but you may refer to me as Gareeku Manoko."

[Jimmy Claymore]

Jimmy was almost unable to move as he saw the leg sweep come in, he flipped up and felt the air move as a punch narrowly missed his spinning upper torso and knocked his jacket forward. Seeing a glow from the man Jimmy instinctively drew his sword and felt his arms jar vioently as the blow impacted against his sword. He was hit by the second punch and nearly winded if he hadn't swerved a little bit. He growled at the upper-cut and weaved to the side dragging his sword down so he could leave a cut down his right arm in recompense for the pain in his stomach if he was lucky enough for the blow to connect. His mind was clouded so he wasn't sure where the blade had gone. He saw the man re-appear as he rubbed his stomach, only a glancing blow but it had still hurt like heck. He frowned and held his sword loosely, the mna introduced himself and as soon asthe last syllable of his name was said Jimmy teleported behind him and struck down with his sword aiming for the shoulder. He teleported again and threw a kick at his opponents left side before going to his far right and firing a blast of Telekinesis at his opponent. He panted as he had extered himself from the teleporting so soon after the stomach shot and winced, he felt it rapidly healing and marvelled at his newly found demonic abilities. He focused again though and the grass around him fluttered in the artificial breeze swirling around him, Jimmy's jacket fluttered and a faint crimson glow began to surround him, his only real power up and although he was loathe to use it he may have to activate Dark Charge soon. He looked at Gareeku with dark red eyes, not yet changed by his energy
"My name's Jimmy Claymore, I really don't want to be in this tournement, I'm not a fighter at all. But anyone who'll attack an unready opponent who clearly shouldn't be here... , I know we're in a Tournement but is mercy dead in the Martial Arts world? Well, I can fight, Gareeku Manoko, and I hope I make a worthy opponent" Jimmy's aura was now red and raging, he hadn't transformed but his Dark Energy was definitely increasing. He felt a small green orb forming in his palm as he locked eyes with his opponent. Red and White stark against the sky of Parmecia as the battle was rushing into its first real clash.

((Whoops forgot to say, Good Luck Gary, I intend to make this as hard as I can for your first fight back!))

[Gareeku]

Wincing as Jimmy's sword grazed his arm when his opponent blocked one of his attacks with the weapon, Gareeku's eyes narrowed as he saw his opponent dodge his uppercute and prepare to strike with his sword, disappearing before the young warrior could connect with his counter attack.

When he finished speaking, Gareeku listened as the young warrior introduced himself, before going on to give him a lecture about giving him a chance, the Krazoa-Saiyan's facial expression not changing as he replied.
"In battle, one should always be prepared..." Gareeku stated calmly, before reaching to his side and grabbing the hilt of his katana, unsheathing the blade and holding it at his side, the metal glowing a bright blue as it surged with energy. With his eyes locked on his opponent, Gareeku spoke once more.
"If you do not want to be in this tournament, then you should quit. Otherwise, prepare yourself for battle, Jimmy Claymore." the warrior stated in his husky voice.

As soon as the man had finished speaking, the swirling aura around his frame suddenly erupted into a deep red, signifying that the blue-tailed saiyan had called upon the kaio-ken technique, amplifying his ki level by 2. A few second later, he suddenly disappeared, his power level disappearing with him as the warrior hid his ki prescence. Reappearing to the left of his opponent swung his sword for a precise strike to the boy's neck. However, as the man appeared to swing his blade, it would become apparent that the man standing to Jimmy's left hand side was in fact an after image, while the real Gareeku, still hiding his power level, reappearing to the right of the young fighter, continuing with the swrod strike to Jimmy's neck. Immediately after he had executed this attack, Gareeku moved once again, dashing across the front of his opponent as his blade was aimed at the boy's midsection, before flipping away again.

As he did so, however, the warrior sheathed his sword, firing off a ki beam at his young opponent, before immediately unsheathing his blade once more. While his attacks were designed to potentially inflict damage upon his opponent, their other purpose was to test the young fighter, and to see what Jimmy could do...

[Jimmy Claymore]

Jimmy ducked at the sword swipe and it slashed harmlessly over his head, the blade coming for his mid-section he flipped over and kicked at his opponents head but he flipped out of the way because of his mis-timing the attack. Jimmy landed neatly on his feet and teleported as the beam came in, he appeard behind Gareeku as he drew his sword again. He thrust his glowing green palm forward so it would hit his enemies Kidneys and shouted
"Oniko!" he thrust the explosive orb of energy forward before teleporting again this time to above his opponent where he he kicked downwards and then like lightning drew his own blade. He disappeared and re-appeared several feet away from his enemy with one palm on the ground and the other holding his sword away from him. Energy was pulsing around his hand in a faint blue light, his eyes were glowing the crimson glow he had whenever he was beginning to tap into the demonic energy coursing through him. He looked up as the whitish blue aura wrapped around him a fiery cloak
"You don't fool me... in battle one should always be prepared... how many times have you beaten opponents without giving them a chance... I could quit but my Mum... My Mum always said you should never give up, fight if you have to but never give up... My... Mum... Ah, Why am I telling you this!" Jimmy focused his power and shouted at Gareeku, his emotions soaring out of control, the demonic essense he'd held back in his fight against Ravious was pulsing and scorching around inside of them, throwing his inner balance out of allignment. All his old memories happy, sad, angry, grief, we're all being uprooted and brought into a light by the stoic warrior like attitude of Gareeku. His energy focused and he practically screamed the technique name as it kicked in [glow=blue,29,300]"RYUUGAHARA!!!"[/glow]From the ground burst 7 blue and white Ki dragons which rolled and bathed in the sunlight around Jimmy spinning and twirling before focusing their attentions on Gareeku. As with Ravious, 3 of them wrapped around Jimmy in a writhing caccoon to prevent external attacks and 4 lunged in to strike. Two struck towards Gareeku dead ahead and the other two attacked from beneath him by plunging basck into the ground. All of them snapping with their fangs expecting to be dealt with by Gareeku's sword, the Dragons weren't sentient... not really, but Jimmy always felt guilt for their willingness to sacrifice themselves to keep him safe. He ignored his feelings for the dragons and focused on the attack.

[Gareeku]

Impressive... Gareeku thought to himself as he observed how Jimmy defended himself. As he felt Jimmy's energy signature behind him, Gareeku was no fool, and so knew that nothing good would come of Jimmy position, and so immediately disappeared, the Oniko energy ball slamming into the ground where a large explosion occured, leaving a large crater in the once peaceful landscape. Suddenly sensing Jimmy's presence above him, Gareeku eyes widened slightly as he saw his opponent crash down with a fierce. With his mind processing a defence almost instictively, Gareeku immediately threw up a fist as he focussed energy into his arm, his punch thundering against Jimmy's foot and causing a small shockwave. Though the defence had been a success, it had left the warrior's hand and arm feeling rather numb.

Wary of Jimmy, Gareeku kept his eyes locked on his opponent as he heard the young fighter talk. It was then that, regardless whether he intended to or not, Jimmy's words suddenly touched a nerve. With his facial expression suddenly changing to that of pure fury, Gareeku suddenly screamed out in rage, his crimson aura violently exploding into a shimmering gold, illuminating the surrounding area and changing his hair to the same colour. Gareeku's rage had ascended his power to that of a Krazoa Super Saiyan.

With his now-emerald green eyes now locked on to the impressive-looking ki dragons which were now thundering towards him, Gareeku focussed as put an index and middle finger to his forehead, before suddenly disappearing when it looked as if the dragons would find their target. Jimmy would now find the blade of a katana menacingly close, less than an inch in fact, to his neck, while a hand with a ki ball hovering within it was behind the boy's head.
"Don't you dare talk to me about giving chances; about mercy... where was the mercy when my family, my entire race was slaughtered before my eyes? Where was the mercy when the saiyan forces murdered and tortured the people of this planet? I have given more than my fair share of mercy in the past. You know nothing!" Gareeku growled in fury, rage cursing through his blood as his eyes burned into the back of Jimmy's head. "Now...call off your little dragons, or I will be forced to take action..."

[Jimmy Claymore]

Jimmy felt his own anger build at what Gareeku said, the dragons still swirled around him in their caccoon but Jimmy allowed them to fade as he stood up. Jimmy's telekinesis was gently seeping into the air and wrapped around the blade of Gareeku's sword in an invisible sheath, no-one, not even Gareeku, could tell it was there, he could still move the blade but it couldn't pierce Jimmy any more. A second field appeared around Jimmy in a thin layer as he turned to look at Gareeku, his crimson eyes blazing as he stared at the Krazoa Super Saiyan, tars almost forming in them as he blinked rapidly, he opened his mouth and his voice quaked with emotion
"I know Nothing? You think you've had it rough? You think you've suffered? Everyone and EVERYTHING I care about has been ripped away from me, my father and brother murdered before I was born, my mother was killed by her shadow as I raced to save her and my best friends died because of my evil side that comes out as a horrific demon. I have no-one close to me, No-one! But I still try and help people, I have mercy even when faced with people who would kill me as soon as look at me, despite all the evil I have in me I try and do good..." There was a sharp shimmer of air around him and his aura ignited into a raging maelstrom of red, wrapping around him and howling through the air like the fires of Hell, he was getting dangerously close to his transformation now, he looked at Gareeku and the whites of his eyes looked almost black, it was going to happen soon, demonic power coursed through him and deep within his soul the chained beast that was Jimmy's dark side stirred and pulled at his chains. In the real world Jimmy looked sadly contemplative
"Maybe I should forget it... Maybe mercy does have a fair share you should give... but I don't believe that. Gareeku Manoko! This is a deciding fight! I'm going to win this fight and prove that Mercy is the right thing to do, no matter what you suffer!" Jimmy thrust forward with even greater speed then before aiming a punch at Gareeku's head whilst from behind with his telekinesis he threw a blast of it after he punched at him. He teleported before any counter-attack could come and appeared below him and to the side with his sword drawn, his whole body bathed in red light as he roared ferally
"RRRRARRHH!" He slashed upwards with the glowing blue blade of the Sealed Sword and cut through the ground like a hot knife through butter as he trailed it upwards, adding more Telekinesis to try and hold Gareeku's sword in place. He finished by flipping around in mid-air and trying to force a large amount of Telekinesis on Gareeku's shoulders and head to knock him down. Even as he attacked him Jimmy thought about his opponent he sympathised with Gareeku he'd felt the urge to drop mercy but had always held it. In truth, he related with him strongly, the only reason their views seemed so different was the fight they were engaged in and the Demonic Energy rushing through him made him feel extremely emotional. He landed on his feet and felt a throb from the kick that Gareeku had blocked, it was healing rapidly as he was using more Demonic Power than before but it would still take a few minutes to fully heal.

[Gareeku]

((OOC: hey, sorry i haven't posted, i've been real busy at the moment. if you could be patient while i get to posting asap, it would be much appreciated.))

[Jimmy Claymore]

((Its alright man, take ye time))

[Archer]

"And the winner is...

Jimmy Claymore!!!"

(Heh, shame this couldn't continue longer, it was turning into a battle of the disturbed childhoods This was pretty easy to judge, it would've been much harder if Gary hadn't been to busy to post for the end of it, so the scoring is Jimmy- 3 Gary-2. Good luck in Round 3)