Cerberus Cup First Round: Sora vs. Namine

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Cerberus Cup
First Round

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The crowd roared with anticipation as the elder satyr approached the middle of the arena.

Alright, this here's the Cerberus Cup!"

[/b] The crowd roared in anticipation as soon as the tournament name escaped his mouth. "Rules are simple: Two losses and your out, each round is decided at random by the fates themselves, and the last man standing is the Cerberus Cup Champion and will be deemed a true Hero by the gods!"[/b]

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This round ends on March 1st, and there is a 72 hour (3 day) post time limit.

Posting Order[/b] - Namine, Sora[/blockquote]

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Naminé decided to enter another tournament. She was learning a lot about people and the way they were and thought with these competitions. It was also a place to get to know darker people in a controlled environment where they weren’t allowed to kill you. That was definitely a plus.

The little goat man came to tell the young female Nobody that she was up and to see if she wanted to check the chart to see who her opponent was. Normally Naminé didn’t check because it wasn’t like she knew people right off the bat as it was....well at least all the time..... and she liked it to be a surprise, but this time she thought it would be best.

Naminé smiled gentle as she saw Sora’s name next to hers. It was funny how they kept managing to bump into each other. Two tournament ago they were against each other, then last tournament they chose to be on the same team. The memory witch felt a little guilty about that day. She had let her team down by not winning. She talked Yazoo in to continuing the match after he was about to forfeit, but she didn’t want to win like that and did what she had to do. She hoped that Sora and Snow understood but was never really sure.

Her name was called and the little girl dressed in white made her way to the arena. She passed Sora on her way out and smiled at him. “Good Luck. Of course I am sure a hero like you would do just fine with or without luck.”

As she stepped foot on the battle field Phil joked with her as she passed him. “You and Sora try not to destroy the place this time.” He chuckled recalling all the platforms that ended crumbling down.

Naminé giggled and nodded her head. “I make no promises.” She winked.

The memory witch summoned Destiny’s Embrace and took a deep breath as she got into her on arms battle pose. Her blade was stretched out in front of her horizontally, pointing in the direction where soon a spiky hair boy would emerge to face her yet again. “Keep it simple Naminé.” She thought to herself. “You may have a Keyblade but you are no Keyblader.”


The disadvantage of going first was all she could do now was wait. She had no spells or techniques to set up that would activate the moment the match started, or that would give her a power boost. But even so she had a feeling that this was going to be a very interesting fighting. It is always said that people fear the darkness because of what might be lurking in it, but lurking in the darkness…is the light.

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OOC: Good Luck again Sora

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,480px,true][atrb=cellpadding,3px,true][atrb=cellspacing,3px,true][bg=939d8f] In this farewell, there's no blood, there's no alibi 'Cause I've drawn regret from the truth of a thousand lies Here he was again, in another Tournament, and Sora wondered why this place kept drawing him back here. He did feel bad he had lost his last tournament match against Kadaj; he had let his teammates down, and even worse it looked like the avatar of Sephiroth had grown considerably in power. Good thing it was a tournament match, if it had been a battle to decide the fate of the worlds, all would have been lost had the bad guys won. Sora needed to stay on top of his game, and maybe that was why he was here, but he hadn't forgotten the goal of his journey. He walked through the gates of the lobby out into the tournament field, not having checked to see who he was up against in his first round, as he never really knew most of the people he was up against anyway. He looked around, and Phil was not here to tell him either. No Hercules, Meg, Pegasus, not even a sly Hades. He was alone, truly alone, and he felt that in that moment. Even as the crowd cheered him on, confetti and steamers in the wild, even young kids watching and waving their arms frantically in the bleachers. But to Sora, the roar of the crowd fell of deaf ears, the sound muffled against his attention as no smile appeared upon his dipped head. Well, at least Snow and Naminé were good friends to understand even if he had lost the last match, and even if he was to lose this one. Speaking of which, he was surprised to see who his opponent was. The depressed expression left his features, replaced by one of utter surprise at the girl in white. Technically one of the Nobodies that came from him, Naminé, here again as his opponent. He had faced her before in a tournament before the last, and the last one she was in his team, so should he really be surprised she was here again? A strange amused smile crept onto his lips, at the sight of seeing a friend, and suddenly he was not so alone anymore. "Naminé." he said in a content voice, thinking for a moment, looking from the ground before back up into her blue eyes. "Did I ever tell you... you have every right to be who you are, as much as I do?" He smiled more, she had come such a long way from the meek little girl he had met in Castle Oblivion... wait, did he? There was a flutter of a memory, and as soon as it had come, it was shrouded in a fog at the back of his memories from whence it came. He shook his head, as if to shake off the fog, and in a brillant flash of light he summoned his Kingdom Key. "I'm so proud of how much you've grown as a fighter. Now, let's see how strong you really have become, to fight the bad guys!" There was a grand cheer from the crowd as Sora suddenly ran forward, the battle offically beginning. Might as well get to it to get it over with, right? Before he closed in on Namine, he pulled a feint, stopping in his tracks and quickly pointing skywards. Seconds later several thunderbolts zapped down from the sky, Sora having gotten in range to get Naminé in the middle of the area-effect spell, casting Thundaga to take advantage of Naminé's pose having pointed the keyblade out at him like a conductive lightning rod. This was also to use range to get the advantage of a first strike, but Sora was off running again after that straight at Naminé, to get within close range. To ensure this, Sora slid across the floor like he was on ice skates, keyblade outstreched and pointed forwards like Naminé's, then slashed at her in a diagonal slash using Slide Dash. To either strike her side, hit air or strike her keyblade with a metallic clash. Whether the attack hit or not, he took one hand away from the two-handed grip he had on his keyblade, and attempted to grab Namine's keyblade at the hilt where presumably one of her hands had been holding it. With the hand holding his keyblade in his other hand, he used the bottom of the golden hilt of the keyblade to come bluntly down on Naminé's lithe arm karate-chop style. This continued combo hit was a attempt to get Naminé to let go of her keyblade, so that his grip with the other hand could pull it away. If this part was successful, he would change his stance momentarily so his footing had him swinging his step, so his back was temporarily facing Naminé. While this was happening and his Kingdom Key was held out in a guarded hold of his hand, in a attempt to prevent her reclaiming her keyblade or attacking, he elbowed backwards to try to knock Naminé in the head. Then he swung his stance of the giant-shoes of his feet around back to his original position again, all in one fluid motion to finish the melee combo, facing her again and then coming down in a vertical swing with a final slash attack of her own keyblade. He figured this was a great attack not only because it was unlike his usual style as he battled on-the-fly with the moves he came up with, but also to test Naminé, like in his battle with Roxas when he had knocked his keyblade away. Hopefully Naminé would realize she could summon her keyblade back if Sora had been successful taking it, if he had or if not regardless he would resume his usual position of his two-handed combat style on his silver, blue and gold keyblade, and begin a light jog slowly in a strafe off to Naminé's right-hand side. Let the battle begin! --- OOC: Naminé... I wish you the BEST of luck~! Let's have fun with this! Action one: Sora used Thundaga to use Naminé's keyblade like a lightning rod. Thundaga: A indirect electric-elemental spell he uses when there are several enemies advancing towards him, he points his keyblade to the skies, and bolts of lightning shower down randomly and electrocute his opponents. Three post cooldown. Action two: Sora closed the distance quickly and melee attacked Naminé using Slide Dash. Slide Dash: A offensive version of his Quick Run, he slides towards enemies to pull himself closer and slices at them with his keyblade. Cooldown: One post. Action three: Sora did a non-power melee attack combo, which starts by grabbing her keyblade with his non-keyblade hand. Next he karate-chopped her with the gold hilt of the bottom of the Kingdom Key, in order to wrestle her keyblade from her. Next he pivoted on his feet to flip his stance around, back to Naminé, and attempted to elbow her in the head. Then he quickly resumed his original position like a swinging hinge, attempting to strike Naminé in a vertical downwards slash if he was successful. TAG Naminé SONG LYRICS What I've Done by Linkin Park

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Naminé couldn’t help but notice the look on Sora’s face as he came out and on to the arena. She lowered her weapon slight confused on why the Keyblader looked so down. She thought he enjoyed these fights and all that it had to offer him. She was half expecting him to come joyously on to the arena and be pumped up by the crowd’s cheers, but, he didn’t. It was like he couldn’t even hear the crowd call out his name. The roar was deafening but the boy walked as if he just lost his best friend.

A frown played of the gentle features of the memory witch. What had happened to him? Just then he looked up and met eyes with Naminé. Something in him seemed to click and he was almost back to his normal self. He nodded to her and she nodded back to him with that gentle, almost heart-warming smile that she tends to give off.

What Sora said next through Naminé off guard for a moment. She didn’t know why because it was the type of thing Sora would say to anyone. But somehow this was different. He was talking as if he knew something that she didn’t…which was odd given their unique relationship. She tilted her head at this as he shock his, was her work coming undone on him. It has been so long since she unlocked they boy’s memories she was curious to what the fortress of his mind held now….even more so now that it seemed to have something to do with her.

Naminé nodded slowly as Sora finished what he had to say. She got back in her stance as the Keyblading boy summoned his weapon. Sora came running and Naminé held her ground. She watched his movements. He stopped. “There!” Naminé thought as recognized that he was about to cast a spell and she snapped her fingers. 3 Creepers appeared and one became a shield before Naminé. The memory witch grabbed the shield and held it slightly above her head and ducked under it. Either an ice attack was coming or Thunder. At least the is what she was hoping for. It was possible that it might be a new attack completely but by the Keyblade going up in the air she as figuring it was a spell that would shower her with an element.

Sure enough lightning came down on her. It was more powerful then the last time Sora used it which means it was a different level. She could feel a bit of the sting from lightning as the creeper began to fade but at least it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. The Attack passed her Creeper shield vanished since it was dealt heavy damage.

Sora came at Naminé once again. “Shield!” She called out and a second Creeper responded and flew to the girl. She took a hold of this one and tossed it like a Frisbee at the oncoming Sora, aiming for his torso so this way it would be harder to duck and harder to jump over.
Not waiting to see if her attack hit or not Naminé called for the Third Creeper. “Sword!” She got once again in her battle stance again with her blade held out in front of her and her other hand behind her back so the boy would have less to attack. The Creeper answered its master’s call in a flash and placed itself in Naminé’s left hand.

Sora’s blade met with Naminé’s. He grabbed her blade. She stayed put as calm as every as he took her blade from her hand. She let it slip from her fingers as Sora spun. Knowing that Sora’s blade was in the hand that was now coming towards her, she automatically to duck under what, in her eyes, was going to be his blade coming around. This reaction spared her from the elbow trust and Sora’s blade. As she came up she brought her left arm from behind her back where the Creeper Sword was waiting, blocking the Keyblade’s slash. The Creeper met with the middle part of the Key and the blade didn’t advance any further.

“I’ll have my weapon back now.” She said sweetly holding out her hand as Sora moved away from her. Destiny’s Embrace left Sora in a flash of light and returned to Naminé’s right hand. The memory witch stood there in the same spot she was when the fight started, Keyblade in one hand and Creeper Sword in the other. Her eyes were on Sora.

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Creeper Nobodies: Up to 3 Creepers come to my aid per battle.
Attack: Hitting enemies by turning themselves into weapons.
Defense: taking the hit for Namine so no bodily damage is inflicted on her. (Creepers will die the moment after they are hit.)
[Duration: until enemy eliminates all 3 Creepers. Cooldown: Two posts after all have been defeated.]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,480px,true][atrb=cellpadding,3px,true][atrb=cellspacing,3px,true][bg=939d8f] So let mercy come And wash away, what I've done To his understanding, Naminé had summoned a Creeper Nobody and used one as a shield to block most of Sora's Thundaga, although she was shocked slightly. That was the only damage he saw she took, for the next thing the Key That Connected to Everyone knew a shield was thrown like a frizbee at him while he was using his Slide Dash, effectively hitting him in the torso as he was too busy executing the move to avoid it. Taking damage, next his Slide Dash was blocked by Naminé's keyblade, and as he turned she ducked under his elbow. Repositioning himself, he then noticed one of the Creepers transforming into a sword and blocking the keyblade he slashed with, summoning her keyblade back to her so now she was the one dual wielding two blades. The crowd roared and cheered as this all happened, egging both keyblade wielders on to fight one another, arms and colorful banners waving up and down in the air in a frenzied wave of exhileration. Sora waited for it as he paced quickly around Naminé, but there was no retaliation, not apart from the Creeper Nobody shield she had thrown at him. What was her deal? Unless... Naminé had battled Sora before, and knew his fighting style. Was she letting on more than she knew? Because Sora had seen this before... it was his style of battling. Had Naminé adopted it to defeat him this time, using his own strategy against him? Well, there was only one way to find out, and as usual Sora had to change his tactics up on the fly. Still a distance from the Nobody girl, he started out with Blizzaga, shooting an icy orbs out towards the Nobody in a fan-like spray. "Freeze!" Sora commanded the magic, but then quickly zipped up to Naminé quite unexpectantly straight after the icy distraction. Whether the ice attack hit or not, Sora used his Kingdom Key in the grip of his own hands, sliding the length of his blade horizontally under the two dual blades Naminé was dual-wielding in front of her. There was a sudden metallic clag as the metals grinded against one another, before Sora pushed with his hands in a counter-clockwise motion, catching the blades against the golden hilt and forcing the blades to point over to Naminé's left hand side. With the blades hopefully pushed away as he attempted to stagger the girl in white, he pulled out his keyblade and made a quick slash to her right side to finish the technical combo, if all things had gone well. Regardless of this succeeding or not, and by now it was likely Naminé had recovered from his last ground combo, he followed up with a powerful Upper Slash. This uppercut started from the ground-up, but Sora ensured to aim not this time for Naminé, but for the Creeper Nobody that had transformed into a sword. If he got lucky, Naminé would also be launched upwards into the air as that was the effect of this ability, but if it did she could always smartly use it to her advantage. The spiky brown-haired male next leapt up into the air, even if he was not successful, keeping the keeper of his memories on her toes by next launching into a aerial assault. --- Action one: Blizzaga: was used as a ranged advantage and fanned out to blast Naminé with ice magic. Blizzaga: A quick shoot-off-the-hip ice elemental spell, he points his keyblade at a target(s) and orbs of frosty ice fan out from the tip, damaging them with the ice's sharpness and frostburn. Three post cooldown. Action two: Sora attempted to remove Naminé's blades out of harm's way and stagger her by catching them on the length of his blades, pushing them out of the way in a anti-clockwise motion, then following up on a hopeful opening with a quick diagonal strike to her torso to finish a normal but creative combo. Action three: Used Upper Slash to not only attempt to launch Naminé in the air, but apply pressure to her Creeper Nobody sword and her battle tactics. Upper Slash: From the ground, during a ground combo Sora can make a powerful uppercut strike with his keyblade to send them into the air. Cooldown: One post. Active cooldowns: Thundaga: Two turns left until cooldown is finished. Slide Dash: Finished one-turn cooldown. TAG Naminé SONG LYRICS What I've Done by Linkin Park

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Naminé kept her eyes on Sora. If he switched direction then so would she. She would match him step by step. On think she learned about a Keyblade and it’s wield is that sometimes the movement betrayed its next attack. This was especially true for if one had a signature move or a certain way they had to perform something. “Use their force against them. It is how I do it.” Felix’s words rang thought out her head. She was still pretty mad at the freelancer for what he pulled back in Port Royal but she couldn’t deny good advice.

Naminé saw the ice balls come at her. She raised her Keyblade up high and yelled. “Thunder!” She cried out the spell she had learned in the last battle against Sora. Bolt of lightning dances around her and attempted to smack the Ice by striking it. If all went her way she would minimize the damage done to her by turning the ice in to smaller ice fragments. Also the fragments were more likely to scatter when it with the bolts which if Sora was behind the ice he might get hit with the fragments as well and/or possibly the Thunder attack if he was to close.

Sora’s hilt had caught her blades and rotated them to the left. Naminé kept her Keyblade right where it was caught in Sora’s hilt. As he turned his hilt she pulled her left arm, the one holding the Creeper Sword, back to her side so it would no longer be twisted up in things. She placed her sword so it would be under her right arm and with a twist of her wrist the sword laid diagonally against the lower part of her torso. As Sora brought his blade to slash her right side she placed her left arm up so it was supporting her right arm and forming and “X” in front of her. Her Keyblade still pushed to the left in her right hand and her Creeper now to the right in her left hand. As Sora went to slash at her right side, instead of jumping back or further to the one side she leaned forward, placing her left foot behind his right and tried sweep his foot from out from under him. At the same time she uncrossed her arms with a slashing movement at Sora’s torso in return. She felt his Keyblade scratch at her arm as her Keyblade and arm got in the way of his attack while she proceeded with hers. Weather he was hit and or fell back was unknown to her since she was about to be launched into the air by his next attack.

Naminé was heaved upwards as Sora used his Uppers Slash on her Creeper Sword. The Sword vanished as it was directly attacked by the Keyblade. The memory witch smiled at Sora as she flew up. Once she reached the highest point she could get she spoke. “Shield.” She said with her smile. The Creeper Shield she had attacked Sora with first was still spinning on its own on the arena. It zoomed past Sora weather he was in the air or on the ground as it made an attempt to him yet again before returning to its master. Naminé reached out for it as she began to fall and spun in the air tossing it as Sora yet again. This time it would transform back to normal and wrap its arms around the boy trying to take him to the arena floor and pin him there underneath Naminé. Naminé, who was now in free fall, would down on the male Keyblader as she attempted a tag team combo with her last Creeper.

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Thunder-
Naminé raises her Keyblade, strange light surrounds the tip of the blade, and several bolts of lightning rain down from the sky all over field. Anyone in the way will get electrocuted dealing minor damage.

After being in several battles Thunder type spells were used more often against the young Nobody. She experienced this over and over again and now has learned how to do it herself. She finally fully can cast the spell with her Keyblade after seeing how to do it when Sora use it against her in the tournament.

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Creeper Nobodies: Up to 3 Creepers come to my aid per battle.
Attack: Hitting enemies by turning themselves into weapons.
Defense: taking the hit for Namine so no bodily damage is inflicted on her. (Creepers will die the moment after they are hit.)
[Duration: until enemy eliminates all 3 Creepers. Cooldown: Two posts after all have been defeated.]


Cooldown- 1 post




Cooldowns:
Thunder-o/1
1 Creeper left

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,480px,true][atrb=cellpadding,3px,true][atrb=cellspacing,3px,true][bg=939d8f] I'll face myself To cross out what I've become It looked like Naminé had learned a thunder spell, and he would have been proud of her experience, had Sora not been heading towards it. There was a thunderous roar from the crowd as Sora was struck with the exploding ice shards, that had hit the forest of Thunder bolts showering down around him, and he did not have time to properly protect himself. All he could do was hold up the hand his Kingdom Key was holding to use the big golden hilt to defend himself as he ran, and even then the ice shards clung onto his arm and gave him minor frostburn. At the time he was speeding up and getting ready for his next combo attack on Naminé, and so was also struck by a thunderbolt or two as he sped in towards her. The Thunder spell ended, and Sora winmilled Naminé's dual blades to the left to allow for an opening. Next came the Nobody's unique counter to his combo, using crossing her arms and using the Creeper to try and deflect the blow, while using her left foot to hook around him and trip him up. The girl moved rather quickly for one who didn't know what he was going to do next, but he quickly supposed she was reacting to defend her weak spot. Since he had to move fast to side-step and then attack the newly-exposed Achille's heal he had created where her blades had been guarding her, the unexpected trip did make him lose balance, but at the same time with her own foot in the air her own balance was compromised in the procress. In that same split-second, knee-jerk reaction Naminé had used to cross her arms to defend herself, Sora instinctively raised his own Kingdom Key and grabbed the blade with his left fingerless-gloved hand, his back on the ground where he had fallen as he pushsed it up like a dumbell to block the dual blades. Again the crowd roared in a mix of outrage and astonishment as Sora blocked the uncrossing blow, metal scratching and sparking against each other as he lifted his non-tripped foot up and placed his giant-toed shoe square on Naminé's stomach, kicking her weight off him as he somersaulted backwards onto his feet to prepare Upper Slash. The keyblade uppercut launched the girl into the air, and Sora jumped up to follow her, attempting to finally start a combo. It looked like however the Creeper shield that was frisbeed at him didn't perish, as it came back to Naminé like Yuffie's shuriken, hitting him in the back and along his side to do damage in the process. The momentum started Sora spinning, which he would have used to launch into another aerial attack, until the young woman threw the frisbee Nobody back at him and wrapped it's arms around him. Things were looking bad for the Key That Connected to everyone as he struggled to pry himself from the lesser Nobody in mid-air, as the crowd around them began to either cheer for or against Sora during his ordeal. Looking bad that was until Sora headbutted the Creeper to loosen it's grip around him, pulled his free arm out of the embrace, then pointed to the ground with his keyblade as it was re-summoned into that hand. Magic shot from the tip of the keyblade, cast down and formed the attracting orb of magic that was Magnega. As a lesser Nobody, the Creeper was pulled towards it, flipping beneath Sora as they both hit the gravity-defying orb to cushion his fall. As it's arms pried completely off Sora to free him and was pulled into the magic void, Sora kept their aerial tumble constant so he would flip the Creeper above him, just as Naminé came down to attack him so he could use her own Nobody as a shield against her. As she hit it, he let go of the Creeper to let the damage from Magnega do it's work, landing on his feet now they were both on the ground again. Seeing an opportunity to attack her while she was recovering from an aerial fall, he quickly raced forward and continued his aerial combo, using Slapshot as he sailed through the air to slash at his friend and opponent in white. --- Action one: Blocked Naminé's counter after tripping Sora up with a normal block. Action two: Cast Magnera to both get the Creeper Nobody's grip off him and while doing so, use the Creeper Nobody as a shield against Naminé's downward attack. Action three: Used Slapshot to not only attempt to launch Naminé in the air, but apply pressure to her Creeper Nobody sword and her battle tactics. Slapshot (aerial): Sora cuts diagonally in a quick motion at the foe, but must be in close range to use it. Cooldown: One post. Active cooldowns: Thundaga: One turn left until cooldown is finished. TAG Naminé SONG LYRICS What I've Done by Linkin Park

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Naminé’s blade came down and Sora’s spell was cast on her Creeper. He used the Nobody to take the hit for him as the shield. Through the combined effort of the Magnera and her blade making direct it on her summon, the creature vanished. The hit on the shield caused her to fly back a few steps due to the power behind the hit on a solid object and that fact that she had still been in the air when she made the hit.

Once on the ground Naminé’s knees buckled from gravity and she grasped her stomach. It still was feeling the effects of when Sora kicked her then when she blocked his Combo with a counter Combo. She gasped for air as the pain shot up through her. Due to her lack of Keyblade magic she had to be more physical in these fights.

Naminé knew she couldn’t stay down forever so she gritted her teeth and pushed passed the pain. Naminé heard Sora move and looked up. He was in the air again coming at her with his Keyblade. He was too close to her for her raise her arm to use Destiny’s Embrace to block the attack. So she did a reaction she could do quicker. She snapped as the Keyblade came down on her diagonally. A Corridor of Darkness appeared in close range between her and her opponent matching Naminé’s body tilt so the boy would fall in. Naminé would stand to full height now that she had a void between her and her attacker. Since Sora was in the air it would be hard to avoid but not impossible. The Corridor would either close around him, reopen letting the boy out behind Naminé so the two Bladers where back to back, the corridor would be dismissed. In which case when Naminé hear the close of the using that as her cue to do a back kick aiming for the small of Sora’s back. She would turn her body towards Sora as her foot would natural swing around to land; she would slash at him horizontally all in the same movement and land back into a fighting stance. Or, if he managed to avoid the Portal all together, the portal would still close and still reopen behind her since that is what she set it to do. But see that Sora avoided the attack she would attempted to round kick him. If he caught her that was doing the kick then she had it set up in her mind that she would use the momentum of the catch and twist her body so that her other foot that was on the ground would come up and round kick Sora in the head. Either way Sora would be kicked at. How he would be would have depended on him.



Cooldowns:
Thunder-1/1
Creepers 0/2

(Note: Sora may pick if he falls into the Corridor or not. There are two…I guess three different scenarios here. She isn’t doing both. If Sora ends up behind then she will use the back kick and Slash. If he is on either side of her or in front she will use the round kick. If he catches her foot or blocks with her blade she will use the seconded round kick to his head…which I think it called the Round house kick. You can blame me watching Rush Hour with Jackie Chan while doing the post XD )

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,480px,true][atrb=cellpadding,3px,true][atrb=cellspacing,3px,true][bg=939d8f] Erase myself And let go of What I've Done There was a almighty roar from the crowd as Sora raced towards Naminé, keyblade outstretched and closing in, and then... darkness. "Ahhh!" Sora yelped out in surprise, as the darkness quickly gave way to light, and he was back in the arena again. Realizing Naminé was no longer in front of him and he passed through a Corridor To Darkness, it was too late for him to react as a kick was planted into his back, her foot naturally landing in the small of his back. Followed swiftly by a horizontal slash, which made him stagger, stumbling forward and bracing himself by spacing his feet apart. Honestly he would have thought Naminé would use her corridor to teleport him somewhere else on the battlefield, much like their last battle, but the way it had been used was too quick to react to do anything in time to avoid it. Before she could do anything though, in reaction to attacking him while he was performing his aerial attack in mid-air, Sora countered just as quickly and snapped back around to slash at Naminé in the same horizontal manner with his keyblade. With Retaliating Slash, he could recompose himself quickly and snap back at his attacker with his keyblade, before landing on the ground and dust settling in. Instantly though while Naminé was still in close range, he used his last of his elemental magics, Firaga. The magic snapped and crackled as it formed a large defensive ring around the spiky-headed boy, lashing out in large flames at Naminé who should have not had enough of a reaction time as he did with her corridor, to hopefully evade the fire elemental damage. While Naminé was pre-occupied with this, it was time to turn up the heat to intensify the pressure of this battle. Out of the frying pan and into the fire as they say, and Sora had something crafty up his sleeve. His Kingdom Key came to bear as he swung forward, the light shining off it from the sun between the clouds above before there was a metalling CLANG, a magnificent uproar from the crowd as the two keybladers clashed. Not knowing how closely related they were, the audience watched as Sora pushed down Naminé's keyblade with his own from blocking herself with it, attempting to bury the flowers of the teeth of her keyblade into the soil underfoot with his boot. Then he quickly made a horizonal slash at her across her mid-section, before kicking up with his other foot into her stomach this time, still in a sportsman-like manner since she had pretty much done the same to him but in the back. Whether this seperated her from her weapon or not momentarily was a mystery, but Sora stepped off Destiny's Embrace anyway, smiling and laughing as he rubbed his back. "I'm having a lot of fun fighting you, Naminé. You've made me proud." --- Action one: Retaliated while in mid-air to Naminé's attack, letting it land so he could perform Retaliating Slash. Retaliating Slash: If knocked into the air, Sora can quickly compose himself and cut the air around him quickly with his keyblade to retaliate. Cooldown: One post. Action two: Cast Firaga while she was nearby to get Naminé caught in the radius. Firaga: A defensive fire-elemental spell that casts fiery rings of flames around Sora, a spell he uses rarely when he is surrounded in a quick pinch. Three post cooldown. Action three: Used a normal combo by attempting to get past her defenses and knock her keyblade away with his own, bury the tip of the keyblade underfoot to immobilize/pin it down, then attack with a horizontal slash followed by a kick for a combo finisher. Active cooldowns: Thundaga: Finished cooldown. TAG Naminé SONG LYRICS What I've Done by Linkin Park

THIS TEMPLATE WAS MADE BY COMATOSE OF ON THE EDGE!

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Time is up! This battle is now under review.

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Namine wins this battle by decision! Sora's first loss has been recorded.