Side Story For Glory!
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"This will be a fight to the death," The man unsheathed a sword as tall as himself as the world around them started to change from the clinical white to blood red and structures started to emerge from the ground. "I hope you won't be disappointing."
The man readied his sword and charged.
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While Akihiko was the more eager of the group to fight, Yurick wasn't as eager to. That didn't stop him from taking his dagger out and stand in a defensive stance, his free hand lighting up in flame and ready to send the Flare spell at their foe when given an opening.
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"Tch!"
Again, Akihiko manifested his Persona, the knightly spirit floating in the air beside the young man. Like before, and the time before that, the phenomena came to him naturally, not even needing his still holstered Evoker to summon it. Deftly side-stepping the silver-haired man's charge, years of practice honing his footwork as a boxer put to good use, the pugilist kept his gaze fixed on the man before deciding his own move, all the while keeping his distance.
"No one dies, not on my watch. If you're hungry for the fight to the death, I'm afraid you'll be left starving," Akihiko said resolutely.
Fighting from afar wasn't Akihiko's specialty, that much was obvious, but whoever this guy is, he seemed especially dangerous to take on up close, at least without knowing what his potential weaknesses were. So with that said, as though sizing the man up, his head already in the game like he could hear bells ringing, Akihiko made his move.
Zionga!
With a thought, his Persona raised its arm up, and like evoking the power of a god, summoned a bolt of electricity from above right at their enemy!
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Kirby’s sucking would only be met by slashes in the air that were strong enough to form powerful sharp shockwaves that were aimed right at poor Kirby. Mika tried to use the opportunity to deliver a flying dropkick to his face but with a swipe of his the sword he causes a shockwave powerful enough to send her flying towards a nearby pillar that had just formed cracking it in the process.
“Bold of you to dictate the outcome of this battle so early,” The man replied to Akihiko as the bolt of lightning descended down on him. As the dust settled they’d find the man standing in front of them no worse for wear while the lighting still crackled around him. “It would appear that this won’t be a worthless battle.” A pillar erupted from bellow the man sending him upwards.
He seemed to beckon the group to follow him.
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“Bold of you to dictate the outcome of this battle so early,” The man replied to Akihiko as the bolt of lightning descended down on him. As the dust settled they’d find the man standing in front of them no worse for wear while the lighting still crackled around him. “It would appear that this won’t be a worthless battle.” A pillar erupted from bellow the man sending him upwards.
He seemed to beckon the group to follow him.
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Goroh at this point had absolutely no idea what was going on. But hey, if prettyboy over here wanted an asskicking, he was gonna get one! The bounty hunter charged in his direction, only instead of climbing, he slammed his full body weight right into the new pillar, hoping to knock this guy down and give their group an opening!
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"He's fast...!"
And insanely strong, from the looks of it, able to tank his lightning blast all the while maneuvering around the others who charged at him. Whoever this guy was, he was aching for a fight like this for a while. More than that, it definitely looked like he had the home advantage, able to warp the space in here. This wouldn't be easy, but nothing worth having in life came easy anyway.
Resolving to not falter at the staggering strength of the man, Akihiko decided on his next move. While Goroh slammed into the pillar, Akihiko -- lacking such agility to scale up the pillar even with his athletic body -- gestured for his Persona to swoop upward toward the man, and upon reaching his position, commanded Caesar to swing its sword right toward the opponent furiously, if only to knock him off his literal high horse and drag him back down to the playing field!
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"He's fast...!"
And insanely strong, from the looks of it, able to tank his lightning blast all the while maneuvering around the others who charged at him. Whoever this guy was, he was aching for a fight like this for a while. More than that, it definitely looked like he had the home advantage, able to warp the space in here. This wouldn't be easy, but nothing worth having in life came easy anyway.
Resolving to not falter at the staggering strength of the man, Akihiko decided on his next move. While Goroh slammed into the pillar, Akihiko -- lacking such agility to scale up the pillar even with his athletic body -- gestured for his Persona to swoop upward toward the man, and upon reaching his position, commanded Caesar to swing its sword right toward the opponent furiously, if only to knock him off his literal high horse and drag him back down to the playing field!
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Hopefully, there would be an opening in the next minute or so...
If both Akihiko and Goroh's attacks worked, Yurick would cast Prominence, a bigger and more powerful Flare spell, at the enemy swordsman as he fell!
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The combination attack seemed to do the trick as Goroh slammed the pillar allowing Akihiko and his Persona a chance to attack. While the man managed to block the strike he was sent crashing down to the ground to the waiting hands of Yurick's spell that hit him point-blank and caused the man to be pushed back.
"Oh no you don't!" With a leap, Mika clutched unto his legs mid-flight and started to spin him around before sending him careening towards a nearby wall that had been formed during the battle causing it to crack from the impact. Though as the dust settled the man got up again though this time with not as much confidence as before.
"Impressive. Here I thought this was going to be an easy battle." A single black wing emerged from his back as the man raised his arm into the air.
"Perhaps I have grown soft in my self imposed exile?" The red sky above them was now filled with dark rocks that started to swarm and crash into the grown bellow.
"Seriously?!" Mika exclaimed in shock. "Is this guy throwing meteors at us?!"
@Ver @Takumi @Lucky @Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @Everybody"Oh no you don't!" With a leap, Mika clutched unto his legs mid-flight and started to spin him around before sending him careening towards a nearby wall that had been formed during the battle causing it to crack from the impact. Though as the dust settled the man got up again though this time with not as much confidence as before.
"Impressive. Here I thought this was going to be an easy battle." A single black wing emerged from his back as the man raised his arm into the air.
"Perhaps I have grown soft in my self imposed exile?" The red sky above them was now filled with dark rocks that started to swarm and crash into the grown bellow.
"Seriously?!" Mika exclaimed in shock. "Is this guy throwing meteors at us?!"
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The combination attack seemed to do the trick as Goroh slammed the pillar allowing Akihiko and his Persona a chance to attack. While the man managed to block the strike he was sent crashing down to the ground to the waiting hands of Yurick's spell that hit him point-blank and caused the man to be pushed back.@Ver @Takumi @Lucky @Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @Everybody
"Oh no you don't!" With a leap, Mika clutched unto his legs mid-flight and started to spin him around before sending him careening towards a nearby wall that had been formed during the battle causing it to crack from the impact. Though as the dust settled the man got up again though this time with not as much confidence as before.
"Impressive. Here I thought this was going to be an easy battle." A single black wing emerged from his back as the man raised his arm into the air.
"Perhaps I have grown soft in my self imposed exile?" The red sky above them was now filled with dark rocks that started to swarm and crash into the grown bellow.
"Seriously?!" Mika exclaimed in shock. "Is this guy throwing meteors at us?!"
"So he also knows Meteor magic?" Yurick spoke with a click of his tongue.
"Then I suppose we'll have to return the favor." Removing his eyepatch for the time being, Yurick blinked as his right eye adjusted, the sclera black and his iris orange in color, with markings under his eye a result of fusing it with a stone, something he didn't regret really. He channeled as much magic as he could into his hand, tapping into the stones power.
He'd wait for any kind of opening to counter the winged man's attack with his own casting of Meteor, sending large flaming rocks to from above to either corner or to further weaken their opponent!
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"Believe it or not, I've had worse!" Akihiko responded to Mika and the others at the prospect of having meteors thrown at them. Not that he entirely relished the idea of fighting someone as powerful as Nyx ever again, but if nothing else, he didn't have to be shell-shocked at the man's staggering power here. He'd have plenty of time to question it later.
With Kirby moving to swallow the meteors as best as he could and Yurick countering with his own meteor spell, Akihiko made his own move to get up close and personal once again. Through the mist of the meteor explosions, regardless of whether they hit their targets or not, the young man put up his dukes, dashing forward and pivoting back and forth like Jack Dempsey on steroids, narrowly swerving past each meteor, and once he got close enough...
Fwoosh!
He burst out of the smoke right in front of Sephiroth, throwing a powerful punch right toward the man's chest, strength bolstered by his Persona!
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“What kind of hell do you guys deal with?!” Mika replied with an exasperated sigh. The only thing she had dealt with was a guy that eats people…which okay is pretty weird too.
Yurick’s and Kirby’s defensive was effective as they allowed Akihiko the opportunity to get close enough to the white-haired man. He still had that serene calm smile on his face as Akihiko’s fist connected to his chest bolstered by his Persona’s power the ensuing hit caused the man to fly down to the grown creating a crater in his wake. However, as the dust settled he was standing in the middle of the crater his sword drawn. “Perhaps it’s time we end this?”
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Yurick’s and Kirby’s defensive was effective as they allowed Akihiko the opportunity to get close enough to the white-haired man. He still had that serene calm smile on his face as Akihiko’s fist connected to his chest bolstered by his Persona’s power the ensuing hit caused the man to fly down to the grown creating a crater in his wake. However, as the dust settled he was standing in the middle of the crater his sword drawn. “Perhaps it’s time we end this?”
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Takumi
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"When dealing with large monsters, it helps to have a few powerful spells on hand." Yurick answered her question with a grin, continuing his defensive assault for the mean time.
Once Akihiko went in for closer attack, Yurick let up on his Meteor spell so as to not potentially injure the other.
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"A lot," Akihiko curtly responded to Mika between his maneuvers. He could tell them all about it if they felt so inclined later on, when they weren't in the middle of battle, but hey, maybe it was also a bit on him for getting so invested in this. All this talk of resting at the inn and here he was, happily putting his dukes up.
One would think as an athlete, he'd be better at precisely knowing when to rest, but why waste youth? Especially when it was fleeting for him after he graduated from high school.
When it seemed time for the fight to come to an end, the opponent seemingly ready to give his all in a gamble, the young pugilist nodded. "Fine, then. Don't hold back, or you'll regret it!" He exclaimed, daring the man to give his all here. For just the briefest of moments, Akihiko closed his eyes, as though concentrating on the power within, the full potential of his Persona, and drawing it out for the man to see for himself. After all, this was how two warriors expressed themselves to each other.
Ziodyne!
With but a mere thought, a powerful surge of lightning appeared, concentrated around his fists, crackling entire meters from his body as though its sheer volume was barely able to be contained by his form. But he didn't move just yet.
The young man waited, his gaze moving upward to carefully inspect Yurick's Meteor Spell, timing his movements in sync with the projectiles, and once he was sure how to proceed, the boxer dashed forward, once again depending on the smokescreens generated from the meteors to mask his movements, before bursting out once he got close enough to the enemy and thrusting his arm forward!
Fwoosh!
It wasn't his physical arm that reached the white-haired man, but rather, the Persona's, its body extending his reach as the entity -- floating a meter or so in front of him -- and rapidly slashed at the man with its sword, each slash corresponding with Akihiko jabbing at the air, evoking the feeling of shaking the very wind through his air-punches!
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"A lot," Akihiko curtly responded to Mika between his maneuvers. He could tell them all about it if they felt so inclined later on, when they weren't in the middle of battle, but hey, maybe it was also a bit on him for getting so invested in this. All this talk of resting at the inn and here he was, happily putting his dukes up.
One would think as an athlete, he'd be better at precisely knowing when to rest, but why waste youth? Especially when it was fleeting for him after he graduated from high school.
When it seemed time for the fight to come to an end, the opponent seemingly ready to give his all in a gamble, the young pugilist nodded. "Fine, then. Don't hold back, or you'll regret it!" He exclaimed, daring the man to give his all here. For just the briefest of moments, Akihiko closed his eyes, as though concentrating on the power within, the full potential of his Persona, and drawing it out for the man to see for himself. After all, this was how two warriors expressed themselves to each other.
Ziodyne!
With but a mere thought, a powerful surge of lightning appeared, concentrated around his fists, crackling entire meters from his body as though its sheer volume was barely able to be contained by his form. But he didn't move just yet.
The young man waited, his gaze moving upward to carefully inspect Yurick's Meteor Spell, timing his movements in sync with the projectiles, and once he was sure how to proceed, the boxer dashed forward, once again depending on the smokescreens generated from the meteors to mask his movements, before bursting out once he got close enough to the enemy and thrusting his arm forward!
Fwoosh!
It wasn't his physical arm that reached the white-haired man, but rather, the Persona's, its body extending his reach as the entity -- floating a meter or so in front of him -- and rapidly slashed at the man with its sword, each slash corresponding with Akihiko jabbing at the air, evoking the feeling of shaking the very wind through his air-punches!
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The power of teamwork helped the group pull through the battle as Akihiko and the groups combined might finally seemed to fell the white-haired man as he stumbled back, stabbing his floor to the ground so that he wouldn’t fall over. “Is this what I have been missing?” He mumbled audibly for the others to hear as the space around them calmed down and returned to the white open void it had been when they first entered the place.
“Thank you for this, it seems like it’s finally time for me to leave this place. Perhaps…” He started to fade away in front of the groups' eyes. “I can still leave a mark before I’m ready to return?” As he vanished, the space around them started to shake violently as a white light enveloped them. Once they regained their senses, the group found themselves inside a cramped space not much different from when they had arrived inside that storage area inside Plague Knights' secret lair.
“Are we? Yes!” Mika exclaimed in excitement realizing they all hustled inside what had been the bathroom she had originally searched for. Suddenly the others would be unceremoniously shoved out into the bar area again as the door locked behind them.
“Oh you’re back already?” Bob replied from his bar desk. “What were you guys up to in there?”
From his place on the floor, Akihiko spotted something that he had not seen before this. A single black feather laid in front of him. Despite only being a feather, it seemed to expel a rather sinister aura around it, but it was probably harmless to pick up, right?
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“Thank you for this, it seems like it’s finally time for me to leave this place. Perhaps…” He started to fade away in front of the groups' eyes. “I can still leave a mark before I’m ready to return?” As he vanished, the space around them started to shake violently as a white light enveloped them. Once they regained their senses, the group found themselves inside a cramped space not much different from when they had arrived inside that storage area inside Plague Knights' secret lair.
“Are we? Yes!” Mika exclaimed in excitement realizing they all hustled inside what had been the bathroom she had originally searched for. Suddenly the others would be unceremoniously shoved out into the bar area again as the door locked behind them.
“Oh you’re back already?” Bob replied from his bar desk. “What were you guys up to in there?”
From his place on the floor, Akihiko spotted something that he had not seen before this. A single black feather laid in front of him. Despite only being a feather, it seemed to expel a rather sinister aura around it, but it was probably harmless to pick up, right?
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"Fun and games," Akihiko briskly responded to Bob with a lightly exasperated sigh as the fight ended and the group found themselves back in the inn, wiping his forehead of sweat nonchalantly. If not for his own past experiences with such strange, dreamlike treks, Akihiko almost would have needed to do a double take after what had just happened. But thankfully, the young man managed to keep his bearings in order, confident that he didn't just hallucinate everything.
It all felt too real. And he knew the real thing when he saw it, the thrill of two warriors communicating with their fists, their power.
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"...?"
Averting his gaze from Bob, the young man's eye was instead drawn to a strangely distinctive black feather before him. He paused for a moment, feeling that sinister aura. Akihiko found it familiar, not just because he still had that silver-haired man fresh in his mind, as well as the memory of his wing, but also reminded him of the evil he fought before, the manifestation of despair in all hearts.
Linked from the same place, so to say.
Apprehensively, without a word, he walked over to pick it up, as if to examine it further.
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It all felt too real. And he knew the real thing when he saw it, the thrill of two warriors communicating with their fists, their power.
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"...?"
Averting his gaze from Bob, the young man's eye was instead drawn to a strangely distinctive black feather before him. He paused for a moment, feeling that sinister aura. Akihiko found it familiar, not just because he still had that silver-haired man fresh in his mind, as well as the memory of his wing, but also reminded him of the evil he fought before, the manifestation of despair in all hearts.
Linked from the same place, so to say.
Apprehensively, without a word, he walked over to pick it up, as if to examine it further.
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Takumi
Member of the Yato Club
In a much better mood after that fight, even if it seemed like it wasn't real he at least got to use some of his stronger skills.
Yurick stood and brushed himself off, returning his eyepatch to it's proper place, and letting his left eye adjust slightly, before noticing Akihiko pick something up. He rose a brow.
"Find something, there?" He asked then, as he crossed his arms. He, in all honesty, considered getting another drink. Ultimately, he decided it wouldn't do to risk getting hammered when they had a mission to do. Besides, he wasn't going to get shitfaced like Syrenne would in any situation where she found herself in a tavern and made a fool of herself.
He missed the rest of the mercenaries, but wouldn't tell them that if he ever met back up with them. Good gods no, that'd stay with him to save him from their excessive teasing.
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As Akihiko picked up the feather the evil intent seemed to just vanish, but the boxer could feel that he gained something from it, some form of strength? It was hard to put into words exactly. As he pondered it further he’d be distracted by the flushing of a toilet and Mika exiting the restroom a few seconds later.
“…You guys are still standing here?” She narrowed her eyes, silently judging them. “You weren’t listening were you?”
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Takumi
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Really, of all the things to be asked, she asked that? Yurick blinked, then gave Mika a blank stare for a moment.
"We weren't paying your business any mind. In fact, I forgot you were even there." Yurick responded in a deadpan, resisting rolling his eye at her and her question. Who just listened to someone in the bathroom? That'd be like listening to someone in the baths--just plain odd.
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