Raid#53 [Plot]

Life... No Light, had been a very beautiful thing, especially in nature. No matter where you turn, you could always spot some form of nature, even if it is in a modern city. Many worlds have had some abundant source of life to make that world beautiful... However, life wasn't the only beautiful thing. Death, or rather, darkness, was beautiful to those few that sought it.

In the middle of a mildly open field of grass in the tropical jungle, a large egg-like portal opened up, spewing darkness out onto the plants that were near by. A large person stepped forward from it, dressed in black clothing. He was silently singing a tune he had heard on a world not too long ago, with his eyes closed as he took a few steps out of the portal.

"Oh Death.... Oh Death! Oh death.... Oh death. Won't you spare me over another year?"

He opened his death, continuing to sing the two words 'oh death' over and over a few times as he examined the area. He drew his sword to prepare himself for any attacks. He stopped singing, so that he could remember what he decided to do.

"Lets see here.... Ah! That's what I decided to do! The next world I chose to come to, I would make it into a world for the darkness," he thought to himself, smirking softly, but darkly. This would help him go forward in finding out the key to immortality, as it would bring out the darkness of this world and make it so that he could find this very thing as soon as possible.

Yukimura continued to singing the short song, skipping over a few lines that he couldn't remember, "But was is this that I can't see, with icy cold fingers taking hold on me? Oh Death..... Oh Death! I am death, none can excel! I'll open the gate to... Heaven or Hell!"

Birds flew off and away from the area he was in, as if something was coming to his location. He stopped singing entirely and sat down, placing his sword on his lap. If someone came, to try and defend this world, then Yukimura would be ready for him or her. He moved his hands near each other, with every finger on both hands lightly touching the ends of the same type on the opposite side. He closed his eyes and focused on listening for anything to come near him.

Yukimura slowly opened his eyes, while letting out a bored, sigh. He spoke with boredom, "Enough of this waiting. To conquer a piece of territory, one must strike swiftly when the enemy is away, to get them disoriented and gain the upper hand."

He brought his hands away and grabbed the handle of his sword. He stabbed it into the ground in front him, to help him up. He rose to his feet and brushed his jacket a bit, figuring there were some leaves or grass stuck to the jacket. Yukimura began to walk into the jungle, sword ready to strike anything in his way, whether it was plant or animal.

"Heh heh heh.... Come one, come all! The bliss of death and darkness is coming! Don't deny your fates," Yukimura shouted, as he slashed at branches and animals near by or in his way. Crimson liquid began to puddle on the plant-filled floor. The magic swordsman began to grin widely, with eyes of death gazing at the animals running a muck.

He spotted a silver back gorilla near by that was running off somewhere and began to chase it. He shouted at it with glee, saying "Hey, hey! The fun's just starting! Lets have some fun!"

Yukimura made a lunging stab at its leg, to prevent it from moving around so much. The blade dug into the fur and more liquid began poor out. It roared in pain, but kept moving. Yukimura laughed a little bit more at the fun. This thing wanted to survive, even if it was wound. It was fun to watch something like that to someone like Yukimura.

"Hah hah hah! Lets see how far this thing gets before it collapses from blood loss! It's better to have fun while trying to conquer a world like this! After all, it is the wild," Yukimura stated out loud, as he let the gorilla get some distance ahead of him. The fun was only beginning for Yukimura.

The gorilla turned to the right and began to head towards another clearing. Yukimura continued his pursuit until he heard something in the trees above him. He looked up and saw a kid with a strange weapon coming towards him. Yukimura stopped immediately, to block the attack on him. The blades collided heavily, due to both of their weights being pushed towards one another. Yukimura's grin went away quickly as he began to speak. His tone sounded a little worried.

"Woah, kid! You got to be careful with these things! You never know..." Yukimura paused, to push the kid back. His tone changed again, to a deeper version of his psychotic manner from before.

"You never know what may happen in the middle of this wild jungle!"

He shoved with as much strength it was necessary to send him flying back. Since the boy was in the air, it would be difficult for someone to control their momentum. At this point, Yukimura the advantage. He began to focus magic into his feet, preparing to use [yellow]Thunder Burst[/color]. Yukimura didn't give a damn who this kid was. All he did was present him with a new way to have fun.

"Try to keep up with this, if you can," Yukimura quietly said to the boy. He took a step forward and went flying forward towards a tree. He planned to ram his fist into the kid's back from behind, after taking 2 steps of the 3 he had available. After that, he planned to use the final step to close in the distance between him and the boy, if the boy went flying, that is.

"One..."

He jumped into the tree trunk, both feet landing on it. Yukimura looked at the boy's back, to see if he was staying in place. At the moment, it seemed like he was.

"Two...!"

Yukimura pushed off the trunk and sent himself flying towards the boy. It would be difficult for him to avoid it, but he would probably be able to avoid it, if he was nimble. In that case, Yukimura would just keep with using the third step to decrease the distance between them like he planned before. All that depended was if this boy moved or not.

(Your move, Ventus.)

Yukimura missed with his strike. He ended up flying by the kid, who had donned some strange armor in a split second. This would make wounding him much harder to accomplish.

"My, my... So you do have some speed. I'll have to make sure I break your legs, then," Yukimura shouted, keeping his crazed look. He placed his feet onto another tree's trunk. He heard the boy say to not underestimate him and, in the next moment, dazzling beams of light started to fly towards him like snakes.

Not wanting to be hit, Yukimura decided to use his last step in the Thunder Burst to move out of the way. He moved upwards, towards higher branches. Upon using the last step, he felt the magic he charged fade away from his feet. He grabbed onto a branch with his free hand and swung around the branch to jump to another, lower one. He landed on the branch in a crouching style.

Yukimura looked across to the now armored kid and stated, "Underestimating a person forces the opponent to show their best, especially early in the battle. Now, based on how you're reacting in this battle, I'd have to say that you're going to pull out your best quickly... A fighter doesn't reveal his full ability until examining his opponent and his or her fighting style. By showing me this, you have revealed that you are impatient and that you are not focused on this battle!"

Yukimura began to focus magic into his sword, preparing to use his ability, Blessed Flames of Darkness. This spell would require much time, evading all attacks that came at him. At the moment, the sword looked normal. However, in a few moments, his sword would begin to radiate with magic. If the boy came in for a close range attack when he finished charging, this battle would be over. However, there was a chance that he could lose focus.

(Number of posts left to activate the spell=4 posts)

Yukimura sighed, taking into account that this boy was going to continue this fight. The swordsman changed his mind on using his newest attack. Using it on the boy here, in a one versus one match, would make things too difficult for him, if the spell missed.

"Using those flames would just make me as much of a target as this kid is making himself be. I'll just use the other one instead, when I break some bones to restrict some of his movements," Yukimura thought, as he came to that realization. He watched the boy dash across the ground quickly, moving well above a normal person's level of speed. The boy was using the terrain to try and confuse the Yukimura. Being of old age, though not looking it, did come in use when wisdom was required.

Yukimura began to lose track of where this boy was. Experience told him that, if a person were to strike, they would attack where they were most vulnerable. In this case, that would be Yukimura's backside. That would be tough to accomplish, for any fighter with some experience in battle would know to use the senses they have available to them. Hearing, taste, touch, smell, and vision are used to create strategies in all scenarios of life. Battle made use of all the senses, though only 4 of the 5 common senses were used most often.

Because of the boy being in armor, the pieces of metal would create sound with every single bit of movement made. Finding out his location would very easy for Yukimura, even if his eyes lost track. The sound of branches and metal resonated from his back side, like Yukimura predicted. He whirled around, to block another dangerous blow. The blades collided again, but due to the fact that there wasn't much footing on the branch Yukimura was on, he was pushed off into the ground. He bounced once before going into a small, but painful roll. He stopped after rolling 5 or 6 times on the ground. While he was rolling, he lost grip of his sword and it was flung out of his hand.

"Damn... Looks like I misjudged the kid... I'll have to train after I win this battle, to improve myself," Yukimura thought in his mind. He brought himself to his feet and looked for Dragon"s Fang. It was located several yards from where he stopped rolling. Yukimura ignored it for now and looked up at the boy, to see what he was up to. It appeared that he was observing what he would do next.

Yukimura's grin went away as he began to speak once more. He sounded a little angry, though the anger was directed at himself.

"Well, isn't this a wonderful sight to behold?! I wonder what's going to happen next!"

Immediately after saying the statement, Yukimura brought both of his hands in front of his chest and began to charge magic in between. The air began to condense in between in his hand slowly as the magic mixed with the moisture it had. Since this was a humid place, there was much moisture in the air already. All he had to do was just condense it into hail and then this battle would be done with.

(Blessed Flames of Darkness canceled. Hail Blast beginning to charge [2 posts left].)

The young boy came out of the tree at incredible speed again, zig zagging to prevent Yukimura from keeping his eyes on him. However, Yukimura actually wasn't focusing with the boy's location... entirely. He was listening to the beat of the foots steps the boy made in his armor, trying to predict which was he was to strike and how Yukimura would dodge. Of course, he had his eyes open, peering outward to see where the person would strike.

"Such incredible speed for such a long period of time... This boy is indeed intriguing. He wasn't even stunned by the crash of thunder before, though it is only supposed to freak any people near by out of their focus on battling. This may prove to increase my own speed, if I defeat this child," Yukimura thought, as he tried to keep track of the boy.

The boy came straight in front of him and held the weapon towards Yukimura as he charged some sort of attack. Balls of flame erupted and sped towards Yukimura. They weren't incredibly fast, but still mustered a good amount speed. Yukimura dashed to the side to avoid the blast so that he could maintain his focus on the spell he was making. The fireballs flew into several trees, exploding upon impact. He kept his gaze face forward, searching for a spot to hide in until his own spell could be used.

The magic swordsman found himself entering the area that little gorilla entered moments before. He looked into the forest to see if the boy was coming after him. He spoke to himself out loud in a whisper, "That boy sure does know some deadly spells, doesn't he? Well, have I got something to show him.... Heh heh heh."

The moisture in the air began to condense more, showing the water that was in the air. It became colder and colder over time, becoming more solidified. It wasn't at the point of use yet, but it was approaching it.

"Just a little more time and I'll be able to tear this kid up with this spell."

(1 post left before spell is activated.)

Yukimura observed the destruction that the kid had done to the forest, smiling happily at its destruction. However, the boy seemed to have been upset at the destruction of the trees he caused, as he began slashing up dirt in the forest. The swordsman sighed.

"Hmph... The brat shouldn't be so preoccupied with the fires. I'll have to teach him the error in this choice," Yukimura thought in his mind. The spell had almost reached its peak, so the swordsman would wait, to unleash the spell when the boy was open for attacks.

The armored boy came charging at him, shouting out a spell of some kind. Not wanting to be hit, Yukimura moved to the side quickly, not knowing where and how the spell was going to strike. The swordsman heard something odd behind him. He looked behind himself, to notice a black dome of some kind compress and vanish in a matter of seconds. Dirt began to rise up from the ground by the means of some odd force.

Yukimura brought his attention to the boy again, who was about to slice him with the odd weapon he had. This was the moment that the swordsman was looking for! He stopped and ducked under the slash. As soon as the blade went past him, Yukimura rose back up. The spell had finally been ready! The kid wouldn't be able to avoid this attack at point blank, even if he was quite fast.

"It's over now, kid! Hail Blast!"

The super condensed ice in between his hands shattered and exploded outward with great speed. There was a good chance that this attack would hit the boy. However, if the boy knew a way to avoid the attack quickly, then Yukimura would be in danger. Due to the spell's large amount of magic needed to cast, Yukimura would be weakened quite a bit.