Match #14: Selena VS Snow V.

[Larxene]

Alright folks the tournament has finally been judged and thus the next round of matches can begin. This match will be between Selena and Snow V! The first one to post will be Selena who has three days to get out her post.

You may begin!

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Victory yet again... mused the dark angel in her human form with a smirk as she walked off the arena with a slight limp from her left leg and without her keyblade. Her opponent (Selena did wish that she knew his name.) had been interesting and kept her on her toes throughout the match, but in the end, he had been no match for her. "At least he taught me a few things." noted 'Artemis' as her mind flashed back to the previous match where her nameless opponent had caught her off guard when he had pulled out one gun seemingly out of nowhere. She had assumed that he was a hand-to-hand combat artist and in her own opinion, nearly cost her the match especially when he had drawn the second gun out. He had retaught her the lessons of to expect the unexpected and not to judge books by their cover.

The Black Angel sat on a bench in the lobby and bent down to check the condition of her left shin. Briefly pulling the pant leg of her jeans up so she could fully assess the wound, 'Artemis' briefly remembered the pain when one of her opponent's bullets had grazed it and forced her to kneel on that knee. "Doesn't look too bad..." muttered Selena as she pulled the pant leg back down after deciding that the injury was minor and that it was something she could deal with, "Nothing more than a scrape." The dark angel looks up at the board to see that there were two more matches left. And hopefully, I will be against the Champion soon.[/i] mused Selena with the smirk returning to her angelic face as she looked forward to fighting Genesis Rhapsodos again, but her cold words and actions during the fight flashed back into her mind, It will be certainly worth it.

"Hey Artemis! You ready for the next match?"

'Artemis' glanced down at the satyr and briefly nodded as she stood back up again. She ignored the pain that shot up her leg with her seemingly trademark smirk. The Black Angel could deal with the pain for a while. However, Phil stood in front of her and half-suspecting that he was going to give her some advice, she looked down at him with open ears. The winged warrior had assumed that it was important for the upcoming battle since she was in the semi-finals and that this fight would be tougher than the previous two rounds.

"I got three words for ya, 'DON'T. LOSE. YOUR. FOCUS." said Phil in a matter of fact tone, and the winged woman chuckled. She knew that he had said four words, but the advice was good nonetheless. "Thanks." stated 'Artemis' as she walked over to the arena. Amidst the crowd in the lobby, the dark keybearer thought she saw a certain Crimson Champion in the corner of her eye. She shrugged it off as Phil made the announcement of her arrival.

"FIRST UP IS A FALLEN ANGEL WHO IS RISING UP AGAINST THE RANKS TO BECOME CHAMPION! GIVE IT UP FOR 'ARTEMIS'!

'Artemis' still had that smirk planted on her face when she stepped onto the arena and stretched her ebony wings, mostly to show them off to the cheering fans. No one knew that they were her physical scars from the Darkness and from time to time, she now considered them her 'gift from darkness'. Too bad I haven't had a chance to use them yet...Maybe this round if I should get the opportunity.[/color] mused the winged warrior as she summoned the Heartsickness back to her hand.

The darkness that had influenced her in her previous two matches had made her confident, but she wasn't cocky. After losing to Genesis in the first round of the previous tournament, Selena needed that confidence boost that the previous two rounds had given her. 'Artemis' felt strong again and hasn't felt that helplessness that she had associated with her nine-year old self since she won against Shuyin in the first round despite the fact that she had felt guilty afterward. It proved to herself that the Black Angel could still hold her own in a fight. The dark keybearer intends to use that Dark Form again in this fight, but possibly later while she still had the element of surprise.

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OOC: Good luck and have fun Snow! ^^

[Snow Villiers]

OCC:((Thanks, Selena!! Good luck to you as well!!! ))

<sub>Snow advanced to the next round of the tournament. He had defeated Seifer Almasy with a magic combo attack. Snow was never one for magic, however. His friends Lightning, Hope, Vanille, and Sazh were the magic casters while he and Fang were the brawlers. At least, that's how he thought the team was. Snow found himself using a lot of magic, which was something that he found a little annoying. Snow loved nothing better than a straight fight; no flash or frills. However, if it wasn't for magic...Snow wouldn't be wondering why he used so much magic at all in the first place. It was magic that summoned the Shiva Sisters, it was magic that protected him for the most part when he and his friends went on that journey to save Cocoon. Snow sighed, lazily leaning against the wall of the coliseum lobby. Snow still couldn't find any of his friends, not one at all...

Snow was not going to lose hope however; he refused to do so. The fact that he found Serah gives him more than enough faith and more than enough strength to move on and try to find his friends in another world. Even though, the whole point of Snow joining this tournament was to find his friends and find a way back home, Snow couldn't just bring himself to back out. After all, Serah wished him good luck with the tournament...if he just came back and told her that he left simply because he couldn't find Lightning and the others and pulled out of the tournament when he was so close to winning the gold, Serah might be disappointed. Besides, who said a hero couldn't be a champion?! He decided to stay and make Serah proud, once he took back the trophy, he could even show Lightning whenever he found her. He couldn't wait to see the look on her face. After a while, he then heard his next fight being announced along with some of the those that were overseeing the competition coming to tell Snow that his match was up next. Snow pounded his fists together and smiled happily.

"It's Showtime...", Snow said to himself as he made his way over to the platform that he was to face his opponent upon.

Snow made his way through the tunnel and out to the platform when Phil had announced his name. As soon as Snow came out from the darkness of the tunnel, he felt the crowd come alive at the sight of the burly blond. Snow was happy to hear and see that he had finally earned this crowd's respect and love. Snow smiled to the spectators and Snow thrust his fist into the air and he ran toward the platform where he was going to fight his opponent. He didn't bother taking the steps; he jumped and landed onto the platform. Snow then looked to the unique individual before him...it was a woman...Snow was gonna fight a woman. Snow smiled faded a little bit. Snow scratched his head a little and readjusted his black bandanna. Was this...really necessary? Were men allowed to fight women in this tournament?! Snow was getting worried, wondering if he should just go ahead with it or if he should try and stop everything to see if it was all clear. Snow wasn't underestimating his opponent. She looked ready to fight...and win in Snow's eyes. Snow figured that, since he was already here, he might as well fight. He was going to go for the gold, he was going to go for it all, and he couldn't let anything stand in his way.

Snow looked into the eyes of the young woman that she was going to face, who was known as Artemis. Snow felt that the look on her face felt all too familiar; for at times, Lightning would look at Snow the same way that Artemis was looking at Snow at that point and time. Snow smirked and clenched his fists. His jacket began to glow gold and the strength boosting emblem patches of the Wild Bear began to appear on the back of his coat. Snow then pounded his fists together and then he got into his battle stance. Snow then stared down the weapon that she had in her hand. It was a weird looking thing, but Snow knew a sword when he saw one. He had already faced Sephiroth and Seifer; two whom had interesting looking swords of their own. Snow almost found himself wondering why people can't have regular weapons anymore. However, this particular weapon that Artemis was wielding seemed to be a bit short just as well as Seifer's was. Snow was not going to go into this battle with a plan, this time around he would just adjust himself as he fought. Snow brought his eyes to meet Artemis's own eyes and smiled.

"Well, nice to meet you, Artemis, let's get down to business!", Snow said and he solidified his battle stance and started to slowly approach Artemis while maintaining his battle stance...</sub>

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Snow...What an odd name.[/i] mused the dark keybearer as she heard the announcer reveal the identity of her opponent. 'Artemis' tilted her head to the side and raised an eyebrow as her cold eyes observed Snow's form. He appeared to be like her last opponent, a weaponless fighter, but she wasn't going to let her eyes fool her again. He could have a weapon that I am unaware of...[/i] mused the dark angel quietly.

Then 'Artemis' noted that his grin had faltered a bit and had readjusted his bandanna when he had set his eyes on her and it puzzled her. The Bark Angel furrowed her brows and frowns a bit as she tried to figure out what the problem was. Does Snow think he can't fight me without a weapon? wondered the winged keybearer as she doesn't realize that his problem was gender-based since she had never encountered this particular problem before, I'll just ask or figure it out later.

The Black Angel tightens her grip on her Heartsickness keyblade as her silver eyes locked against his and didn't faze at the sight of Snow's jacket turning glowing gold when he pounded his fists together. For some reason, the memories of Kingdom Hearts, fighting Stroud, and a certain red-headed freelancer flashed through her mind and she blinked before chuckling. Selena definitely did see the resemblance between Snow and Felix. Keep your guard up... mentally reminded Selena, to herself, as she slashed downward toward the ground, summoning the infamous silver-flamed 'wolf' to the arena.

The crowed immediately recognized the 'wolf' from her technique, Wolf's Fang, from her previous matches and began to cheer. "Nice to meet you too, Snow." answered the Black Angel as the warrior charges at him head-on for a five-slash combo (Left to right horizontal, lower-right to upper left diagonal, upper left to upper right horizontal, upper right to lower left diagonal, then lower left to upper left vertical) with the Heartsickness keyblade, "I agree whole-heartedly!". If he should get hit, her keyblade has a poison ability that most of her past opponents have figured out right away. Her wolf merely stalked by to wait for an opening after its 'master' finish her combination.

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Keyblade Ability: What is special about this keyblade is that it turns the Heart's Blood into a poison that attacks the Heart. It's most effective on Heartless, ironically, but it has no effect on Nobodies. Selena is usually never uses this keyblade to attack people though Black Angel might. The poison will only deplete health until it’s low. No worries.

[Cool Down: None.] [Duration: 3 Posts or until healed with a curative spell.]

Wolf's Fang[/color]: a silver/blood-red wolf out of Heart's Blood comes out of her keyblade and attacks the opponent. It may team up with Selena during the two post duration.
[Cool Down: 3 Posts] [Duration: 2 Posts]

[Snow Villiers]

<sub>This woman that seemed to be about Snow's age seemed to be indifferent to the moment that she was in. Snow was high-octane, he was a man with a bold and exciting and bursting personality. Snow was able to tell the intentions of his past opponents, or at least what they were thinking. However, things were different when it came to this young woman. Snow was not able to read this person or her intentions or her feelings at all. Did she even care about the match, did she even care about the tournament at all? Was she just here for a fight or to win the gold? Snow just couldn't tell. However, Snow didn't think that he should be judging her. After all, Snow originally signed up to find his friends, thinking that Lightning or Fang might be here to brush up on their skills or to simply look for a couple of good fights to pass the time. The fact that she was here showed that this tournament meant something to her, and frankly that was enough for Snow at this point.

Snow smiled when Artemis said that she was pleased to me. He watched as his opponent slashed the ground. Snow was not sure what was going on but he kept his guard up. A few seconds later, a strange wolf appeared. Snow thought this technique to be some sort of summon technique. Snow was a good analyzer; he knew that he would have to watch not only Artemis, but the wolf just as well. This was just fine with Snow because much of his fighting game was defense and counter-attacking. He was also glad to know that he could summon his friends, The Shiva Sisters, into battle. However, Snow couldn't let himself do that, not until he feels that he really has to. No one has really pushed him to that point yet, and summoning Stiria and Nix was one of his trump cards. He was not about to waste it.

Snow stopped his slow advance when Artemis came charging in, right after she agreed with Snow on getting this fight started. This woman was a little bit quicker than Seifer but she seemed a bit slower than Sephiroth, at least that was what Snow thought. Snow crouched a little and leaped a good distance to the left before Artemis got close. While in midair, Snow's white L'Cie brand began to glow light blue. He then put his hands forward and he cast a Waterga attack. A gigantic geyser of water shut up from the ground under Artemis. It was an attack that covered a large area, so Snow was not sure if it affected the wolf or not, but he didn't care, just as along as that attacked affected Artemis in some way or form. After that, Snow, at this point, landed on his feet. Snow then decided to press the attack and he opened up his two palms and energy began to gather in his two palms. Snow decided to use the attack Ruin, which was an energy ball attack which also exploded upon contact with any surface. He then threw both orbs toward Artemis to keep her on her toes just in case she happened to dodge the strong water magic that Snow casted.</sub>

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Powers Used:
Waterga: Snow can cast a strong water magic attack. It can inflict damage on multiple targets if many are present. (3 post cooldown)
Ruin: This is a non-elemental attack. Snow simply conjures up a medium sized ball of energy and he throws it at his opponent. Snow can throw two at a time. (1 post cooldown)

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The younger woman had trained herself over the past decade to be an icy mask. It was her armor, or as one could say, her 'poker face', that allowed surprise to be on her side in these fights where she did not wish her emotions to get in the way. The dark keybearer did care about winning the round and didn't just come here to fight. She wished to beat the Crimson Champion, Genesis Rhapsodos. However, 'Artemis' didn't care if anyone, much less her opponent knew it or not.

The dark keybearer gasped as she was hit from below her by the geyser of water from Snow's Waterga attack into the air. The winged woman immediately spreads her wings out and with a few might flaps; she flies higher to prevent a nasty fall to the hard ground of the arena (or worst case scenario, on Snow). When Waterga blasted 'Artemis' into the air, the wolf took its chance at what it seemed to be an opening and charged for an attack at Snow. However, the silver fiery wolf barely saw Snow conjure up the two energy orbs in time and manages to dodge one only to get hit by the second orb that exploded upon contact.

From her position in the air, 'Artemis' heard the loud yelp and could only watch as the wolf was flung into the barrier and once again, scaring the audience. She sighed. I'll have to use the Darkness again... despaired Selena as dark tendrils began to surround her body and completely covered her before revealing her Dark Form, I will just have to make this match quicker.

Selena quickly dove down at Snow to perform a four-slash (up-down vertical, down to upper-right diagonal, upper-right to upper-left horizontal and upper-left to lower-right diagonal) combination with the Heartsickness keyblade in the hopes of at least one slash would make contact with her opponent. She flew backward just in case to avoid a similar attack and gently lands on the ground.

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Keyblade Ability: What is special about this keyblade is that it turns the Heart's Blood into a poison that attacks the Heart. It's most effective on Heartless, ironically, but it has no effect on Nobodies. Selena is usually never uses this keyblade to attack people though Black Angel might. The poison will only deplete health until it’s low. No worries.

[Cool Down: None.] [Duration: 3 Posts or until healed with a curative spell.]

Wolf's Fang: a silver/blood-red wolf out of Heart's Blood comes out of her keyblade and attacks the opponent. It may team up with Selena during the two post duration.
[Duration: 1 Post]

Dark Form: Appearance

With the darkness of her heart, Selena takes on the form of a dragon-like demon of the night. During battle, the most notable difference between this form and her normal form is the increase in speed and strength but a considerable decrease in defense.
[Duration: 5 Posts]

[Snow Villiers]

Snow was happy to see that his attack connected to both Artemis and the beast that she summoned. However, she seemed to have recovered quickly from the attack and she began to float in place by putting her wings to use. Snow’s smirk got a little wider but he knew that he was far from the end. He had to keep focus or he would lose control over this fight. Snow then watched as she began to transform. Snow wished that he didn’t have to, however. At this point, he wished that he could fly just as well. Snow watched in his battle stance as she seemed to transform into what Snow perceived as a stronger form of herself. Snow didn’t quite know what she was capable of, that is until she came in for an attack.

Snow had noticed that her speed had increased considerably. Snow’s eyes widened even more, in awe at her quickness. He wanted to try and see if he could use his defensive move Steelguard…but it didn’t protect him from all of Artemis’s attack. Snow took the first two strikes before his skin began to glow gold to protect him from the last two strikes. Snow gritted his teeth as he felt the blade cut the skin of his forearms. He didn’t feel the last two attacks because the Steelguard ability allows him to be protected from any and all physical and magical attacks unless his opponent comes up with a stronger attack to break it. Snow released his Steelguard and leaped back but then Snow started to feel…a little weird. Snow was starting to get a little sick…he knew it couldn’t be him or whatever it was that he ate, because he didn’t start getting sick until he had been hit by Artemis’s blade. Was it…poisonous? Snow knew then that if that blade could infect his wellbeing, then he was going to be in trouble…which meant that, much to Snow’s dismay, he would have to call in some help… Snow didn’t want to do this, for he always felt that it was cheating to call “them”, but at this point, since he was not good at curative magic, he would have to call “them” in…

“I didn’t want to have to do this…I feel like I’m cheating whenever I do this…but…I’ve got no choice…”, Snow called out to Artemis.

With that being said, Snow's white L'Cie brand that had reappeared on his left arm upon being throwing into this universe then began to glow blue. It was then that a blue-white crystal began to emerge from his L'Cie brand, from his skin, that was in the shape of a heart. Snow grabbed the crystal and used his almighty force to crush it in his bare hand into dust. He then threw the dust into the air and a huge watery sphere began to materialize. Inside this sphere grew two entities and the watery sphere began to freeze as the two entities began to grow bigger and bigger. It was at this point that the huge watery sphere turn into ice and then the huge icy orb shattered. From the shattered pieces of ice, two beings emerged. One was dark with a white patch over her eye and the other was light-skinned with a visor over her two eyes and had a wheel floating in her hand. Snow smirked as they appeared before him and smiled upon seeing Snow. Snow then walked toward them to stand in the middle of Stiria and Nix and to face Artemis. The Shiva Sisters had appeared. He got back into his fighting stance and smiled.

“Alright, Stiria and Nix!! Let’s show her how it’s done!”

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Powers Used:
Steelguard: Snow can use his raw power for defense as well as offense. Snow will spread his feet and put his arms in front of him in a defensive stance. Using his weapon of AMP technology, his power as a Pulse L'Cie, and his own natural strength, this move is one of Snow's best abilities as it enables him to withstand most attacks, both physical and magical, with little to no problem. However, Snow cannot counterattack while he is using this technique and the only way this move can be broken is if Snow stops using it by it reaching its limit of three turns or if a blatant move of obviously higher strength comes into contact with it and breaks it.(i.e. Cloud's Omnislash, Tifa's Final Heaven, Squall's Renzokuken, Lighting's Army of One, etc.) (3 post cooldown; canceled by Snow himself)

Shiva Sisters Summoning: The Shiva Sisters are known as Stiria and Nix. Stiria is known to be the elder sister. She is dark-skinned and she has a light patch around her right eye. While, Nix is the younger sister. She is light-skinned with somewhat of a visor over her eyes. The Shiva Sisters can help Snow for five full turns then they will have to take their leave for five turns after they have been active for five turns. The Shiva Sisters take two different roles, one for the each of them. Stiria protects Snow by casting healing magic and protective magic, while casting ice magic to protect Snow from his enemies, while Nix takes a more hands-on approach; Nix goes to physically attack Snow's enemies instead. (5 post cooldown; 5 post duration)

Waterga: (2 posts left)

Ruin: (Ready to use)

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As the Demon lands gracefully on the ground, her eyes glinted with glee and grinned as she saw the results of her poisonous keyblade finally connecting with Snow's body despite the use of his Steelguard ability. Selena knew that the poison will take effect immediately because of the mere existence of his Heart. It won't be long until you fall... 'Artemis' smirked only to visibly grimace as a shot of pain shot up her previously injured left shin. She shifted her weight off that leg to her right one.

The silver wolf easily recovered from getting smashed against the barrier once again. The crowd cheered it on as it stood up, threw its head up to the sky and howled before it laid its eyes on Snow Villiers just as his L'Cie mark began to glow. It ran to sneak behind its master's opponent and after catching a cold look from Selena's face, waited.

Both wolf and 'Artemis' watched the crystal form from the L'Cie mark, Snow shattering the said crystal, and watched the magic dust transform into the Shiva Sisters. "Of course the player would have his pretty dolls to back you up." snickered the Demon mockingly, and the wolf took it as her cue to attack, and from behind, leaped for Snow's throat. However, it's time was up and as soon as it grew close, the silver flames that had made up its existence disappeared. The Wolf's Fang was no more.

The Demon's expression remained cold as her wolf faded from existence. "Tch." 'Artemis' had seen that neither of the Sisters had made their move so she decided to quickly to take advantage of that by charging at their master and her true opponent, Snow Villiers, with a four-slash combination [up-down vertical, down to upper right, upper right to lower left diagonal then lower left to lower right horizontal] before leaping back just in case he or either of the Sister attempt to attack.

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Keyblade Ability: What is special about this keyblade is that it turns the Heart's Blood into a poison that attacks the Heart. It's most effective on Heartless, ironically, but it has no effect on Nobodies. Selena is usually never uses this keyblade to attack people though Black Angel might. The poison will only deplete health until it’s low. No worries.

[Cool Down: None.] [Duration: 3 Posts or until healed with a curative spell.]

Wolf's Fang: a silver/blood-red wolf out of Heart's Blood comes out of her keyblade and attacks the opponent. It may team up with Selena during the two post duration.
[Cool Down: 3 Posts]

Dark Form: Appearance

With the darkness of her heart, Selena takes on the form of a dragon-like demon of the night. During battle, the most notable difference between this form and her normal form is the increase in speed and strength but a considerable decrease in defense.
[Duration: 4 Posts left]

[Snow Villiers]

<sub>Snow was not somebody to call on mystical help but in this case he had no choice. Snow loved Stiria and Nix; he knew no matter what he did, the Shiva Sisters would always have his back. Stiria and Nix have gotten him out of so many binds and close calls; The Sisters would save Snow, and they would ask for nothing in return. Snow had a great relationship with Stiria and Nix, he wasn't sure about the relationship that his family had with their eidolons but his relationship with Stiria and Nix was stronger than the hardest metal, and his love for Serah and his friends were stronger than that even. Snow was prepared to win and he knew that with Stiria and Nix, he couldn't lose. Snow knew that he very much wanted to win on his own, however, sometimes, you can't do it alone. Sometimes you need a little help.

On the flip side, Snow was really feeling the effects of Artemis' poison, Snow let down his stance a little, he didn't even see the silver monster go behind him. Stiria looked to Snow with a worried face and cast Curaga, knowing that it wouldn't get rid of the poison but at least Snow will feel better and the poison's edge would be off for a little while. Nix, however, kept her eyes on the wolf, turned to see the wolf position itself behind Snow, it tried to attack but the wold disappeared so Nix giggled and simply turned back around to face Artemis. Snow was feeling a little better from Stiria's curative magic, but he still felt the poison lingering inside of him. However, out of all of this, besides summoning the Shiva Sisters, Snow found something that seemed to make things brighter in this match...Artemis was hurt...

If anything, Snow was quite observant in battle, he wasn't a complete battle analyzer like Lightning, but like Fang, he was a shark in battle... and he smelt blood when Artemis began favoring her left leg. Snow's eyes widened, and looked to Nix; and Snow knew that Nix saw what he saw because of the smirk that Nix had on her face. Snow had enough energy to run and since he got an energy boost from the Curaga that Stiria gave Snow, Snow and Nix were ready to attack, however, Artemis was already on the attack. Snow tried to jump backward but it wasn't far enough...it was then that Stiria took the hit and fell backward. Snow gasped as Stiria was sent back, however, it was then that, when Artemis was retreating that Nix went on the offensive for her older sister. Nix, as Artemis retreated backward, grasped her attack wheel from levitation and used her Wheel Grind attack. Nix covered the wheel in hard ice, she spun the wheel with one hand with incredible speed and threw it at blinding speed, not only toward Artemis, but toward her left leg. If effective, it will grind and tear the leg of Artemis...</sub>

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Powers Used:
Steelguard: Snow can use his raw power for defense as well as offense. Snow will spread his feet and put his arms in front of him in a defensive stance. Using his weapon of AMP technology, his power as a Pulse L'Cie, and his own natural strength, this move is one of Snow's best abilities as it enables him to withstand most attacks, both physical and magical, with little to no problem. However, Snow cannot counterattack while he is using this technique and the only way this move can be broken is if Snow stops using it by it reaching its limit of three turns or if a blatant move of obviously higher strength comes into contact with it and breaks it.(i.e. Cloud's Omnislash, Tifa's Final Heaven, Squall's Renzokuken, Lighting's Army of One, etc.) (2 posts left)

Shiva Sisters Summoning: The Shiva Sisters are known as Stiria and Nix. Stiria is known to be the elder sister. She is dark-skinned and she has a light patch around her right eye. While, Nix is the younger sister. She is light-skinned with somewhat of a visor over her eyes. The Shiva Sisters can help Snow for five full turns then they will have to take their leave for five turns after they have been active for five turns. The Shiva Sisters take two different roles, one for the each of them. Stiria protects Snow by casting healing magic and protective magic, while casting ice magic to protect Snow from his enemies, while Nix takes a more hands-on approach; Nix goes to physically attack Snow's enemies instead. (5 post cooldown; 4 posts left)

Waterga: (1 post left)

Curaga: Used by Stiria; Heals Snow's injuries (3 post cooldown)

Wheel Grind: Used by Nix; Nix throws her wheel and as soon as that wheel makes contact with her enemy, it begins to spin, causing a combo of ice damage onto one opponent. (2 post cooldown.)

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Not having learned any type of healing magic during her 10-year search for her home-world, 'Artemis had learned to adapt to keep herself from being hurt and becoming completely dependent on potions. As one of his summons, the dark-skinned one, casted a curative spell on her master, the Black Angel immediately became irked. "Hn...Can your summons only heal I wonder?" sneered the dark keybearer, not realizing yet that she was becoming like her tormentors from Hope Village in that respect.

When the dark angel had shifted her weight away from her injured left leg to her right one, 'Artemis' had no idea that she had given Snow her weak spot. She had no idea that her opponent was the type to sniff blood and take advantage of it. As the demon quickly backed away from Snow after her slash combination, her golden eyes widen as the seemingly younger summon threw what seemed to be a wheel at her. After letting go of her keyblade, Selena quickly dove to the right to avoid an amputation to her already-injured leg and let the keyblade take the hit instead.

The demon tumbled to the ground of the arena. Whilst grimacing from her shin that she had been attempting to ignore until now, 'Artemis' was out of breath as she stood back up and stared at where she previously stood before glaring at Snow. That was too close...[/i] mused Selena with the realization that she could have lost the use of her leg there and then growled, "What kind of trick are you pulling?! This isn't a death match!" As her tail twitched to the right, the demon was truly irritated at the fact that his summon had literally tried to cut her leg off with an ice wheel.

'Artemis' resummoned her Heartsickness keyblade to her hand and decided to wait for Snow to start the next move. The glow in her golden eyes state that she was determined to win and that this match wasn't over yet.

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Wolf's Fang: a silver/blood-red wolf out of Heart's Blood comes out of her keyblade and attacks the opponent. It may team up with Selena during the two post duration.
[Cool Down: 2 Posts]

Dark Form: Appearance

With the darkness of her heart, Selena takes on the form of a dragon-like demon of the night. During battle, the most notable difference between this form and her normal form is the increase in speed and strength but a considerable decrease in defense.
[Duration: 3 Posts left]

[OOC: Thanks for the match Snow! It was fun while it lasted. =') ]

[Snow Villiers]

OOC:((I went for a "the fight faded to white" post, I hope that's ok, it was nice fighting you too, thank you for the match ))

<sub>Snow smiled at the teasing that Artemis gave his Shiva Sisters. Snow couldn't help but see Fang in his opponent. Fang was one to taunt whenever she fought. Fang would let her opponent know that her opponent was not worth her time. Of course, Artemis seemed to be less animalistic and primal than Fang. Snow soon began to feel the effects of poison to disappear bit by bit. Snow began to feel like himself as the minutes went by. Snow, although, couldn't believe what Nix did however. Snow widened his eyes at Nix's attack, knowing full well that Nix intended to take out Artemis's leg for good. Snow did feel responsible; his eidolons were the physical manifestations of his personality and his strength and power. Snow and Nix did have an understanding that when Artemis winced at her left leg, they knew that it was a target. However, the fact that Stiria took the attack for Snow might have been the thing to set Stiria's younger sister off. Stiria had not been affected by the poison, given the fact that she was an eidolon, but Snow guessed that it was that sisterly love that set Nix off. Even so, Snow knew that this was a tournament and that they were not summoned to kill but summoned to show off their skills. Snow looked behind him to see Stiria get up to levitate, Snow sighed with relief but then his facial expression changed from one of relief to one of slight disdain.

"Nix!! It's only a competition. Control yourself!!", Snow yelled to Nix.

Nix only giggled, using her magic power to retrieve the wheel that she used to attack Artemis. Snow scratched the back of his head and got back into his battle stance. Snow had hoped that Artemis would forgive him for Nix's attack, but he wasn't sure that she would, given the way that she had been acting through the battle so far. So far, Artemis had been all about business. She seemed to be all about winning this match that they were in at this point. Snow gave a light smile while Stiria gathered herself on Snow's left side and Nix setting herself on Snow's right. Snow pounded his knuckles together and spoke.

"Hey sorry about that, Nix can be... a little aggressive at times. Now, let's finish this, huh?", Snow said as Snow, Stiria, and Nix made a final charge toward Artemis.

Snow was determined to go to the next round, he was determined to go all the way and make Serah proud. Artemis looked like she was ready; Snow was not about to attack if she was not ready to receive the attack, Snow didn't play that way and he frowned upon it whenever he saw someone doing so. Snow was ready to win...he was ready to go all the way.</sub>

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Powers Used:
Steelguard: Snow can use his raw power for defense as well as offense. Snow will spread his feet and put his arms in front of him in a defensive stance. Using his weapon of AMP technology, his power as a Pulse L'Cie, and his own natural strength, this move is one of Snow's best abilities as it enables him to withstand most attacks, both physical and magical, with little to no problem. However, Snow cannot counterattack while he is using this technique and the only way this move can be broken is if Snow stops using it by it reaching its limit of three turns or if a blatant move of obviously higher strength comes into contact with it and breaks it.(i.e. Cloud's Omnislash, Tifa's Final Heaven, Squall's Renzokuken, Lighting's Army of One, etc.) (1 post cooldown left)

Shiva Sisters Summoning: The Shiva Sisters are known as Stiria and Nix. Stiria is known to be the elder sister. She is dark-skinned and she has a light patch around her right eye. While, Nix is the younger sister. She is light-skinned with somewhat of a visor over her eyes. The Shiva Sisters can help Snow for five full turns then they will have to take their leave for five turns after they have been active for five turns. The Shiva Sisters take two different roles, one for the each of them. Stiria protects Snow by casting healing magic and protective magic, while casting ice magic to protect Snow from his enemies, while Nix takes a more hands-on approach; Nix goes to physically attack Snow's enemies instead. (5 post cooldown; 3 posts left of duration)

Waterga: (Ready to use!)

Curaga: Used by Stiria; Heals Snow's injuries (2 post cooldowns left)

Wheel Grind: Used by Nix; Nix throws her wheel and as soon as that wheel makes contact with her enemy, it begins to spin, causing a combo of ice damage onto one opponent. (1 post cooldown left.)

[Larxene]

Selena will progress to the next round.