Selena VS Vanitas

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And with yet another explosive round of battles having concluded, the tournament hosted by everyone’s favorite Lord of the Dead, Hades, was ready to continue! The fights that had occurred prior had taken quite some time, one being robbed of their sight often proving to make things troublesome for any fighter who relied on that sense. Whatever the case, with the arena repaired almost immediately after and the warriors sent back to heal their injures, the Lord of the Dead was ready to start the next round.

”Well now that was one hell of a set of matches last round wasn’t it folks?” the deity announced, a roar bellowing from the stands in response, ”That’s good to hear and with that said let’s keep it going! This time around instead of robbing the contestants of their sight I will be robbing them of all their abilities! If either of you chumps breaks the rules somehow, a trip to the underworld is what awaits you so let’s forget about all your pesky abilities and get physical!” he would add and raise his right hand high into the air. Glancing over to both fighters for but a moment, Hades would then swing his arm down signaling the start of the fight as well as sealing any abilities the fighters may use.

”Now let me see some teeth flying!” he would add unnecessarily although it would seem the audience shared the sentiment still cheering loudly for the two combatants.

OOC: A PM has been sent to all those concerned and the fights will now be transferred over to V4. At any rate as the above states, all abilities are locked down and thus physical combat is the only means in which you have to fight! First post goes to Selena you have 72 hours to post and if a winner hasn't been decided within 2 weeks the thread will be judged by the staff.

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After her opponent's disqualification, 'Artemis' had angrily gone back to the lounge to rest up for the next match while the other rounds went on. The dark keybearer's opponent had never even shown up and that frustrated her. It wouldn't be fair for her to win the tournament by default due to her opponents' seemingly lack of attendance. The thought left a bad aftertaste in her mouth. She wanted to win as fair as possible. The keybearer closed her eyes only to wake up barely fifteen minutes later. Despite the rest, she still felt tired. Must've been the preliminary round.[/color] noted 'Artemis' as she stood up and stretched before walking toward the arena. I certainly hope my opponent shows up this round. Winning by default is starting to get boring.[/color]

Her eyes squinted in the bright sunlight and raised a hand to cover her eyes. Although just as Hades asked the crowd if they had enjoyed the previous rounds, 'Artemis' yawned into her left hand to counteract the loud cheers. A few of her fans in the crowd saw this gesture and laughed. She smirked slightly.The smirk was short-lived and turned into a frown. Take away all of our abilities? wondered the dark keybearer as she suddenly felt lighter as if a load had been taken off of her.

'Artemis' slowly glanced over her shoulder and was surprised to be able to see. Her wings weren't in the way anymore. They were gone as if they were never there "....I'll get them back after the round right?" asked the now-wingless angel, glancing at the God before at her opponent. No powers at all huh...Do I still have my keyblade?[/i] Wondered the keybearer raises her hand up and fortunately the Heartsickness did come to hand. She sighed in relief and kept her eyes on her opponent. Let him have the first move...Without my wings, I won't have to worry about them slowing me down while I run... 'Artemis' smirked at the prospect of the new challenge. "Good luck kid."

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[atrb=style,border: 2px solid #000000; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 20px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 20px;][atrb=background, i52.tinypic.com/2zghpbb.jpg][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,442,true][atrb=height,450,true][atrb=vAlign,top][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,3,true] Evil tastes the tears of fear! tearing down your helpless fate Theme: Scars of Life Tagged: Vani, Selena Comments:Begin. The last round had been different. Vanitas might have been born of darkness, but even the darkness of the arena for that round had been offputting to him and the card bearing opponent Hayden. A weakling, as he’d predicted, and it caused him to lose himself. Chaos was fun, but he had to keep up appearances for this round. For the entire tournament, in fact. He had watched the prospects closely, and had hoped to hear Sora’s advancement, but the fact he was defeated put a sour note in his mouth. He wouldn’t see or fight his face claim, but he’d fight others and prove himself superior. If they proved anything like the rest, then maybe he’d get to leave them disabled as well. Permenantly. When he’d been called up again, he had seen the portly satyr, once more ready to give advice, and like others who encountered the boy being put off by him. It was odd how the heart of another could instantly detect the odd and unnatural heart that beat within the boy’s chest. Half of a heart split in twain, the dark parts to a whole heart. Vanitas was clearly superior, and yet still existed outside the body of Ventus, unable to become whole. He needed to remedy this, and becoming champion might yet draw out Ventus from hiding. Or maybe one of the Loser’s pals. Stepping onto the field, there seemed to be some cheers. Despite the unnatural state of Vanitas’ heart, it seemed that He had gained some fans as a sort of unknown. Who was he? What was his past? Where did he come from? It was a mystery. It was half interesting that he hadn’t thought to just be refered to as “The Masked Boy” or something in the torunamnet during introductions. Even as his newfound fans cheered, he did not wave or egg them on. The fans seemed to do enough of that by competing with one another to rpove who cheered the loudest. Pathetic. Vanitas still kept up his mask, staring out to the woman across the field. She had wings, but as soon as Hades had brought forth the restrictions, it seemed that they disappeared. No Powers, huh? Vanitas thought, feeling his connections to the realm of darkness and it’s unique abilities draw away from him. He could feel enough of it to live and survive, something he needed, as well as his connection to his key blade, but everything else was gone. Well this is different. he thought, then hearing the distinct sound of a summoned key blade across from him. He glanced to the woman before him, Artemis as she seemed to call herself, and noticed her own key blade. “Figures.” he said, bringing his own key blade up that formed out of a cloud of darkness and lightning, holding the Void Gear above his head and smirking beneath his mask. He was amused by her good luck, and scoffed at it. “Whatever.” he said, returning to the training Master Xehanort had given him. No powers meant using pure battle prowess and the field to his advantage. No walls or floating platforms meant no jumping or fancy movements, but there was still one’s own capabilities. Even if he couldn’t amplify his strength with the Darkness, he could still attack with flair and quickly. He moved, slow and purposeful, Right foot first stepping in front of his left, then moving his left back to mimic his stance. It was a repeated movement, to slow to get a feel for Artemis. If he had to actually use only combat prowess, he’d need to strategize. It was something he did so little. Usually he used his little friends to distract, but they couldn’t help. He’d normally open with an after-image, but that was out. No, this was different. Upon reaching the center, he stopped and waited for ‘Artemis’ Move. He might be brash, but this was a different fight, for sure.

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'Artemis' knew that she couldn't use any of her own dark abilities and her own Heart's Blood ability. The dark keybearer was already disappointed that she couldn't transform into her dark form and summon her Wolf's Fang. What made it worse was that although 'Artemis' was able to warm up in the preliminary round, she didn't a chance to fight in the previous two rounds. Oh well, this might as well be my warm up. muses the dark keyebearer until a thought crossed her mind, No powers means that the poison is canceled...Also need to account for increased speed and agility for this one because of lack of wings...I don't think I can ever get used to this lightness even though I've only had them for about a decade. It just...Feels strange. [/i]

'Artemis' had noted that Vanitas had moved, though slowly, before stopping at the center of the arena. It was then that she realized that he also wielded a keyblade. She rose a brow at his choice of weapon.I wonder if it has an ability that I should worry about...Wait, no powers. I need to remember that. If his key does have an ability, it most likely got canceled just like my own keyblade's poison ability.[/i]

The dark keybearer noticed that he appeared to be waiting for her to make the first move and that caused her mind to scream that it was a trap despite the restriction that had turned the round into a physical fight. Perhaps a fight of wills as well. Hm.[/i] Despite this, 'Artemis' charged and even though she expected this, her new faster speed because of her lack of wings still caught her by surprise.

"I certainly hope you can keep up kid... muttered the woman under her breath before charging at Vanitas. Selena bolted toward the boy and feinted right in an attempt to confuse him. Then she aimed a five hack and slash combination with the Heartsickness keyblade then leaped backward just in case he retailiated.

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Vanitas had been correct on his assumption. Although her wings' origins are unnatural, they had become a huge part of her that Selena couldn't imagine, much less predict, the possibility of losing them. In the decade that the keybearer of darkness had them, she had forgotten what it was like without the extra weight on her back that had made her slow on the ground yet so light in the air.

'Artemis' saw that two of her blows from her combination had made a hit, and again wondered if her keyblade’s ability to poison the Heart would have effect on this young man. No, no. It shouldn't. No powers. Hades sealed it off.[/i] The dark keybearer corrected herself as sparks from the collision of their keyblades lit up her face.

The dark keybearer didn't have time to think through a counter for his assault. The three-strike combo had barely registered inside her head when she twirled to the right to avoid the left strike and the thrust. However, nothing prepared 'Artemis' for the downward-up swing as her legs immediately got caught by Vanitas' keyblade, and she tripped backwards.

Immediately, 'Artemis' grimaced as her wingless back met the hard coliseum floor and her keyblade fell out of her hand several feet behind her. It had definitely been long enough to forget how falling on her back felt. Ow...OH Sh**![/i] The dark keybearer quickly rolled to the right to avoid being impaled by Vanitas' keyblade and quickly jumped back up onto her feet. Dirty trick...[/i] She quickly resummoned the Heartsickness back to her hand and tightened her grip on it.

The Nightmare quickly charged at Vanitas again. This time she was going to fight the fellow keybearer straight-on with a six-slash combination. She aims a left strike at his right side then at his right shoulder. Selena stepped backward and quickly attempts to stab him in the stomach before aiming a thwack at his head. Her heels slide against the coliseum floor as she attempted to get behind Vanitas so she could aim the two remaining strikes at his back. She quickly jumped back and mentally prepared herself.

After all, it only takes two to tango in this battle.

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[/color] he thought, seeing her rather elegant if silly key blade fling from her hand and skid across the stone flooring. Vanitas smirking and moving to impale her on the ground. His next task would have been to try and pin her key blade, but the girl was smarter than that, Vanitas noticing from behind his mask as she resummoned it to her hand.

Tilting his head slightly at the woman, Vanitas had a stance of looking unprepared, so when she came at him, it might have been a shock as his feet sprung and he dodged her attack by moving to his left, skidding slightly and then bringing his key blade before him in preperation for any connections she might make, but hadn’t anticipated a stomach jab like her had done. ”Monkey see, monkey do,[/I] he thought as he grunted when the key blade hit his stomach and then came against his head. He was pushed back barely a few inches and shook to regain composure, swinging his key over his head and holding it behind him as he leaned forward to block and dodge her strikes.

Bending his knees in the slightest motion, Vanitas sprung again. He kept his back to the woman, angling to his head was pointing more towards her as he pulled his key blade close and then, suddenly, spun in a 580* circle, key blade aimed widly outward in a windmill fashion to try and strike her. A risky maneuver, and it might hit her twice if it did hit her, but failing that, he followed up with yet another of the Masked Boy’s dirty tricks. Once his feet touched the ground, he would aim a kick square at her stomach and gut, Pressing on the assulat by spinning like a pivot point on the foot planted on his ground to swing his key blade up again in an upward slice, more or less cart wheeling right at the woman and holding to catch her. It was a little awkward, showing in experience, but it was something he had wanted to try. It was so fanciful that it might just work after all.[/div][/td][/tr][/table]

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Despite how fast the battle was developing, 'Artemis' was quickly adapting to her new agility and speed thanks to the absence of her wings. Of course, the dark keybearer knew that she needed to learn to adapt fast due to the escalating violence this fight was beginning to inhibit and it was without any powers or abilities. If Selena hadn't known any better, she would've suspected that Vanitas was trying to kill her!

Apparently her basic knowledge of the keyblade had seemingly caught the boy off guard. To be specific the knowledge that no matter how far the Heartsickness flew, she'll always be able to summon it back. He must be new at this...If he was good with a sword and perhaps experienced on the battlefield before he began to wield a keyblade...Quite sad though...He seems so young. [/i] mused 'Artemis' as Vanitas had moved to dodge her strikes, but was glad that he had at least gotten a taste of his own medicine. However, the dark keybearer had not anticipated the 580 degree circle. Although she had quickly moved her keyblade up to block the windmill-style swings, it had hit her the first time and pushed her back a few inches and caused her knees to bend from the strike.

However her quick eyes spotted the foot aimed for her, Selena instinctively leaped backward to avoid getting the air knocked out of her but as she dodged, Vanitas’ keyblade connected with her keyblade shoulder and caused her to once again drop her keyblade. She growled and quickly retaliates by aiming a strong kick toward his crotch before resummoning her keyblade back to her left hand. Just one of many weaknesses in the male anatomy... If that does happen to land, Vanitas would not only be in another world of hurt, but also give her a large enough opening to attack. He wasn't the only one who is not afraid to play dirty.

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Vanitas' keyblade had actually popped her shoulder out of place and as much as it hurt right now, getting it back into place without hurting herself even more would most likely hurt like hell. The only solution that ‘Artemis’ could think of was smashing her shoulder into one of the walls. However, the dark keybearer knew that she couldn't do it right this moment because of the battle because of lack of time and Vanitas. One look away and he could take advantage of her moment of weakness.

Although her kick's aim did miss, it didn't miss completely and 'Artemis' felt more than satisfied that he had gotten hurt. She smirked knowing that he shouldn't be able move very well because of his twisted leg. He shouldn’t be able to dodge every attack well…mused the dark keybearer.

Her eyes widened at his oncoming slash. Quickly raising her Heartsickness keyblade up with her left hand, 'Artemis' manages to block the strike and keep his blade as far away from her face as it could. The force of the blow had made the heels of her feet slide back several centimeters. She flexes her grip of the keyblade and its weight felt off. ‘Artemis’ had never wielded her Heartsickness left-handed before and fighting left-handed did feel odd to the dark keybearer to say the least. However, she knew that she needed to learn how to adapt to fighting left-handed fast or else Vanitas would have the upper-hand on her. Good thing that I’m good at picking things up on the go in a fight…Seems like adapting fast to a situation is all I’m good at these days.

The dark keybearer smirked as Vanitas seemed to finally notice that she wasn't afraid to play dirty in a fight. She had already noted his tone of voice and his battle posture. "You'll learn to hate me in a moment." answered 'Artemis' as she charged at him. The dark keybearer aimed a single if not a bit awkward slash at his left side.

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[/I]] the masked boy thought after making his wide swing before the girl. She had managed to block it, probably because the numbing pain of his leg was still there, but he was used to pain. Sure, this hurt greatly, but he’d been physically, mentally, and spiritually harmed far worse than this before and kept going. This was just something to compensate for, and compensate he would. With his stance returned and appearing unharmed outwardly, but wincing behind his mask silently, Vanitas rolled his head to stretch a bit, then tilted it slightly to the right and lowered a little. Her response was, well, right up his alley yet again. This was a keybearer he might be able to respect in some regards. Her disposition, lack of regard for most things, and her ability to fight and play dirty, was just what he could like. Too bad he’d have to kill her like all others.

She charged, aiming an attack from her left hand to his left side. Vanitas stepped carefully, left foot stepping across his right and spinning in as the attack went, letting his key blade block the attack, if barely. The unique design of her blade though caught him off guard, a few of the thorns and spikes on it cutting into his back and once more making him wince, though it went unheard and unseen behind his opaque mask. He kicked off it on his left leg, the leg that had not been hit, and moved further from the woman. The attack had been awkward and easily block able for the most part, but the pain in Vanitas’ leg had allowed the spikes tohit, instead of being caught in the gears of his own key blade. He spun back around to face the woman and moved, continuing to use for the majority his left leg, though still utilizing his right as he moved and keeping his winces of pain silent and unseen.He moved with a two strike combo, the first going for her legs, while the second would have it be swung up and around to strike her over the head. If lucky, it might disorient her for the final blow. If lucky.[/div][/td][/tr][/table]

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THE MATCH IS OVER JUDGING WILL NOW COMMENCE!

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THE WINNER IS VANITAS! SELENA WILL BE AWARDED 50 MUNNY FOR GETTING TO THE SEMI-FINALS IN THE TOURNAMENT! THAT IS ALL!

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