Round Three: Musashi VS Shizuka

[Archer]

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

Match: Musashi VS Shizuka
Final Score: ? - ?
Location: Metapha
Starting Date: Wednesday, September 27^th, 2006
Ending Date: Monday, October 9^th, 2006
Judge: Kilix

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!

[shizuka]

As she was walking off from the lodge she looked left and right out of habit when getting close to a road when she was teleported once again to a new field without any warning.

"Will they stop doing that!"

Shizuka screamed out when she was there. She had fallen on her butt from the shock of being thrown from one place to another. Sighing she stood up and wiped off the dirt off her butt. Looking around she was wondering who she was going to fight this time. I doubt there would be anyone as 'powerful' as the all-mighty Hakuto, or as good as chameleon. Sighing again she shook her head.

"everyone here is just to powerful. Its no fun when all they think about is 'winning' 'winning' 'winning'" She growled and started to walk around thinking of how she was going to fight this next person. When not knowing your opponent makes it harder to attack. Prime Example: Hakuto.

[musashi]

(OOC- I've been out of town. Thank you for your patience. Good luck!)

The wind blew gustily over the plain, rustling grass. In the dying sunlight, the great expanse of the field was lit with gold, a tapestry of the finest cloth out before the fighters as their own personal carpet. The saiyan warrior breathed deeply again of the fresh air. "Such beauty in this place," he thought to himself, "To think a year ago, I could call this place home."

In the present, however, Musashi called a different world his own. "I'll get back," he thought. The pang of fear shot through his gut, "Are my friends on Eden alive? Did they win the final showdown? "

Seeing his opponent fallen by the side of the rode, Musashi banished such thoughts from his mind. They didn't aid in the battle to come, and he couldn't afford to be distracted. He needed to win to perform up to standards in this tournament to draw notice, to gain contacts and attention that might help him get back home. He frowned at his opponent's seeming clumsiness. "I would not judge so harshly, were this not supposed to be a battle," he thought, "A warrior must be aware of their surroundings at all times if they are to have to successfully win the field."

The saiyan was dressed in his typical gi and black belt, and he walked toward his opponent and spoke, [glow=green,2,500]"My name is Musashi,"[/glow], he started, and then bowed deeply. [glow=green,2,500]"I am honored to make your acquaintance, and to have the honor of facing you in the tournament."[/glow]

He studied his opponent carefully as she responded. The woman was shorter than he, and altogether he found her to be fairly attractive, blessed as she seemed to be with youthful innocence. Still, this meant little to the saiyan, and would certainly not affect his competence in battle. Some men might have been vulnerable to such attributes, but Musashi was ever the pure warrior, and would not underestimate the fighting spirit that could lurk beneath the superficial beauty. Similarly, as he scanned her, and the surroundings with his eyes, Musashi's life sense reached out, absorbing all the life around him, and giving him a deeper glimpse into his surroundings. In particular he noted her life energy.

Sensing her purity, he realized this could be an interesting bout, and perhaps for once an honorable one. He awaited her response patiently, but kept his guard ready, in case she chose to strike immediately.

[shizuka]

AS she was dusting herself off she felt the presence of the warrior behind her. She turned around and saw the Saiyan-jin came toward her. She tilted her head as he introduced himself.

"Hello! I'm Shizuka Makino. I'm so happy to meet you too! Are you like Hakuto?" You could hear the tone of happiness to hate quickly. But then she became happy again this wasn't the time that she hated him. "Good luck in your part of the match." She bowed to him also and smiled.

She felt bad for looking into Chameleons memories to attack, but she wasn't good with attacking in melee. Her best defense would be maybe to stay in defensive and hopes he gets tired and she could do the last hit. She didn't know, she just wanted to have fun and all these guys are so serious its hards to do anything around here specially as a newb like herself.

She had let out a sigh and shook her head. She wanted a match with this guy and have fun! She had already thought he was cool and would give her a challenge, not a god smack to the face and said "Bizatch!" She wanted to bow to him again for good luck and jumped back away from him, bringing her fists up looking like she was ready to attack.

"Alright Sir, I'm ready for the fight. Good luck and i hope i am able to give you a challenge." She threw her hands up and a bunch of golems appeared around her. The good thing about islands is there is sand and water around the island. Or at least some type of sand. She wanted to bring her defense up as much as possible. There were four golems in front of her and two on each side of him. That little spell made her take a deep breath in for the energy she used. She really needed to work out her Ki and energy conserving in a spell. The golem put their arms in front of themselves in a defensive manner so they can keep themselves around her.

She then summoned Shikigami to fly away and looks for something important for her that could help her on this island. She smiled again and waited to see what he would do. She needed to understand him better and by moment would give an example.

[musashi]

Musashi listed to his opponent's responses. Her emotions seemed to quickly transition from happiness to anger, and back again without much hesitation. "Volatile, he thought, perhaps even unstable"

His opponent immediately took the initiative, using her energy to form some kind of spell and creating a defensive network of Golems. The Saiyan warrior floated back before she had done so, and now studied his opponent's actions as his own golden aura flowed around him like a tight sheath. He'd never put much stock in techniques such as these. Rarely did he find himself in a situation where such distractions were worth the often high energy cost.

His opponent then darted back, flittering away. "She's energetic," he thought, "But perhaps she doesn't have the raw power to back it up. I'll need to trap her and overwhelm her." He could feel his opponent spending more energy, and saw a shadow flicker on the ground.

"Is she that powerful?" he wondered, "Or is she just wasting this much energy early on? " The saiyan unconsciously sank down into an easy, defensive stance. His opponent could really be as naive as she purported, or , more likely, she was putting on an act for him. Musashi was not going to be unaware.

"Still, better not let her get her plan developed," he thought. Musashi nodded in response to her words and deeds, preparing himself mentally for the bout. Shizuka might have been looking for play here, but Musashi was not one would was able to play in combat. He saved his playing for less serious pursuits.

The saiyan went from standing still to full speed attack in an instant, lunging forward faster than the eye could track, leaving only the swirling of air and power behind him. He extended his left hand and mentally send a wave of telekinetic energy in front of him. If all went well, the front two golems would be thrown back into their creator, forcing her to move to avoid them, and opening her to follow up attack.

Musashi took a leap to clear any remaining obstacles and struck from above, a powerful flying sidekick that if his opponent did not block, could quite possibly end the match in a knockout.

[Garoten Reklor]

Sorry for the lack of creative announcing, folks. Not a lot of time right now. I'm going to call this one for Musashi with a score of 3-2. The last post helped him, and I felt his posts were a little more creative. I wish you both well in round 4!