After resting for a while Ryuuji stood back on his feet, full charged and ready to fight.

He put up Third Eye, and readied Sharpshoot, after using an Incarus Wing he engaged Arim for a 2nd time.

Ryuuji first uses Barrage, taking out whats left of Arims shadows, then he rushes at him. Acting calmly Arim runs towards Ryuuji, as he slashes at him Arim leaps onto his blade and into the air and does a somersault, dodging Ryuuji's attack.
But Ryuuji gets a quick cut in at Arims feet...
Being knocked further into the air Arim beings to fall to the ground, shooting off rounds at Ryuuji as he drops.
Ryuuji brings his blade to the ground and beings to spin. . .
He jumps into the air and cuts Arim again, Tachi: Gekko!

Arim is now at close to 0 HP, while Ryuuji is almost full. . .

When Arim hits the ground hes greeted by the edge of Ryu's katana.
"Game Over." He whispers.
"Not yet..." said Arim.
His body disapears, A Shadow!!

Now on the look out Ryuuji takes a shot to the back. . .
He turns and seem Arim readying up another shot. Ryuuji uses Meditate.
He runs towards Arim taking many blows from the Annihilator. . .
When he gets close enough to Arim he hears a strange noise that sends shivers down his spine . . . The gun. . . is glowing . . .
Before he can even raise his blade Arim shouts this word . . . "Coronach"

In an instant the battlefield is engulfed in a bright light then an explosion . . .

As the contestants and auddience look on they can only imagined what has happened to Ryuuji . . .

Arim grins giving a cheer to the auddience. . .

But out from the crater, walks Ryuuji, on the brink of death . . .

He lost his blade in the explosion, but even so he fights on. Arim lifts his gun but Ryuuji runs forwards! He grabs it and pulls Arim close to him, with all his might he takes a swing at Arim . . .

Arim feels nothing... Ryu missed; this is the end.

The auddience waits for Arim to shoot him but no . . .

Zanshin kicks in, Arim takes a blow to the head . . . Critical Hit!

He falls to the ground . . . Ryuuji is victorious . . .

He walks to crater and picks up his blade . . . It seems to survive, A samurai must be able to rely on his blade, and this one passed the test . . .

The battle scarred samurai has taken axes, lances and bullets and is still alive, he seems to be quite the contender. . .

Watching Ryuuji just walking away from Kados. The dragoon thinks to himself, "Is he toying with me, or is he pitying me?" Not questioning the notion. Kados summons Wirbelwind.

Looking up into the vaulted ceiling. Wirbelwind comes soaring down towards the ground. Like a lightning flash. He instantly rose from the dive to stand beside his master.

Looking around for an admiral opponent. Kados spots Talisan, the bard. Hearing much legendary rumors of his talents. He ponders to himself that this could make for an interesting fight.

Finding a wooden staff on the ground, Kados holsters his polearm and begins to approach Talisin. Talisin buffing himself with his wonderous defensive songs. Approaching him from behind, the dragoon whacks him one across the back. Giving the condition he was unaware, kados gets in another whack, then after the wyvern starts pursuing the bard.

Talisin making quick haste. He begins to play Lullaby upon the wyvern. Seeing that he sustain damage he casts cure II and regen upon himself. Noticing he's taking a beating quite well, he sings elergy upon Kados, causing him to slow his attacks down. Followed by Foe Requiem V. After that, Talisan then knows the battle has begun, and draws his earth staff.

Kados doing dmg at a slower rate now has built up enough tp. Having become fluent with using the staff. He performs the weapon skill Spirit Taker. Feeling his magic points rejuvenated, he throws the staff aside and unholsters his polearm again.

Talisin seeing what just happened he cast upon Kados paralyze, blind, and silence.

"OMG!" Kados thinks to himself. "He stuck all 3 and i can't heal myself." Feeling the pain of Talisan preforming spirit taker himself, and noticing himself not doing much damage to Talisin cause of all his defensive gear. This doesnt look good.

Talisin grinning with his sinister smile towards Kados, begins to cast haste upon himself. The flare in his eye's tells Kados he will rule us all.

Beginning to spit blood from his mouth Kados, knows this can't end like this, but his health is diminishing slowly but surely. Finally getting a 100 tp, he decides to hold on to. Feeling that in his best interest would be to wait. Going in for another striking hit, he felt himself paralyzed. Watching the bard cast cure 3 upon himself. Kados knows he might of had made a mistake by attacking the bard.

Feeling weaker and weaker by the moment. Wirbelwind awakens and once again starts attacking the bard. Watching Talisin preparing to put the wyvern to sleep again. Kados finds it in his best interest to Penta Thrust now. Putting a dent into Talison's life was a huge impact. Being astounished by his incredible defense. The wyvern preforms his status removal art. Kados freed from Talisin's tortures, he follows up with dia II. Wirbelwind curing the dragoon for 400 health. Kados feels he has hope still.

Talisin not being pleased by the situation he goes finishes off sleeping the wyvern once again. Seeing the dragoon able to cure himself once again and sustaining life. The bard begins to cast silence. "Grrrrrrrrrr." Talisin spits blood from his mouth. "I'll kill you!" The dragoon had used jump upon the bard to interupt his spell casting. Feeling threaten, the bard reaches into his pouch and pulls out a golden flute. Playing a demonic melody. Talisin preformed Soul Voice. Following this up with back to back Paeon songs. The bard is steadily regaining health in a rapid rate. "I'll show you, you son of a bitch!" Spitting a bloody pool of spit upon Kados.

Feeling tiresome of this battle. Kados devises a plan. Thrusting blow after blow into the bard. Feeling himself being slowed once again. The dragoon never gives up hope. Watching himself being placed upon foe requiem. He feels every blunt strike from the bards staff.

Talisin having his health back to a considerable amount he plays back to back ballad songs. Casting cure II upon himself. He readies himself Retribution. Taking a decent amount of health from Kados, the bard continues to feed the dragoon tp more and more.

Feeling that its almost time to end this. The wyvern is awaken again and starts back to what he started. "Aggggg!" Being blinded by this strange bright intense light Kados takes advantage and cast Dia II. Wirbelwind cures him for another 400 health. Followed up by a divine seal cure III. Wirbelwind going into slumber from lullaby, Kados circles around the bard. Trying to distract him, confuse him, just something to help his case. "Pffffugggttt!" feeling the intensity of another Retribution strike. Kados notices that the bard doesnt cure himself til half his life points are gone. Taking advantage of this he saves up his TP til the wyvern awakens. 200tp.......252tp.......299tp.... The wyvern awakes now....300tp. Kados cast cure upon himself. Wirbelwind does the art of healing again. "Go to hell, you bastard!" The dragoon enfuriated by the torment of this haunt unleashes a devasting penta thrust. Shocked! It doesnt finish him off. The bards defense is too great. Seeing him cast divine seal. Kados high jumps upon him a little slower then expected and he gets off, but bringing him down to near death. Slashing a melee attack across Talisans face leaving him a deep gush. He senses him trying to cure himself. Jump. Leaving a sliver of life left. Kados stands there as Talisin grins.

"I'll be waiting a rematch once you get here. Muahahahaha" the bard replies. Coming from behind Wirbelwind delivers the finishing blow.

Kados collapses to his knees from the exhaustion. Who's next.

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ooo very nice ryuuji , ryuuji is too good for me to die yet haha, this story is gonna get way interesting
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Ryuuji walking away feeling grief for defeating such a great advesary(sp), stops and smiles listening to the rustling of cloth and the scrape of metal.

"So i see you are more skilled in the ninja job than i had thought" said ryuuji
Ryuuji turns to see Arim rising slowly and shaking as he struggles to get up. "He must know Utsusemi: ni to be able to cast shadows that fast, he most likely casted whiel the debris fell from Coronach" he thought to himself.
"To decieve the eyes of a samurai, impressive."
Ryuuji lifts his katana over his shoulder and points to arim
"join me in an alliance, or i'll have to finish you here"

Arim, finally upright and standing stared at Ryuuji as the remaining shadow faded away in the air. "heh....not much of a choice huh, as if i can deny that you too are great, the ability to react so fast to my bullets is indeed amazing. something i cannot even do, i suppose i'll join you. but in the final round don't expect mercy heh" arim says

"I would expect nothing less, it would be wise for us both to retreat and heal up before entering another fight, as we both and most deffinitly you are almost unable to stand" replys ryuuji

Ryuuji walks over to arim and puts arims arm around his shoulder to help him walk.
"I noticed you used Barrage, so you must be able to use.....nevermind your already ahead of me on that..." says arim

The crowd boo's and screams as the two fighters dissapear out of sight

Arim and Ryuuji stop and rest to watch Kados and Talisin fight.