Terra VS G Slayer: Battle #1

[Felix]

Well ladies and gentlemen, the tournament has finally come and according to my list this thread belongs to the fight between…

Terra VS G Slayer

The first to post will be Terra and if you need a refresher on the rules they can be found here. I hope you two have a good time knocking each other’s brains out ^_^! And without further ado...

Let The New Years Tournament Begin!

[Terra]

If this stadium were full, the crowd would most likely be out of control. The opening round of an eight man tournament had begun, and Phil and Hercules had the exclusive peek at the first round with an exclusive fight betwen the former champ of the Games, Terra, and the unknown G Slayer. The satyr and the son of Zeus stood near the entrance way as Terra stood in the center of the ring, awaiting his opponent.

He decided to stop in and see his friends, with some fresh downtime, and there Phil entered him without even giving him a chance to answer his request. From what Terra observed, it was very common for Phil to ignore the requests of others when it came to the physical compitition of the Games. Of course, he couldn't help but to have two words for the champion over the Unversed, "Attack!"

Both his his friends clapped heavily as he entered the arena, but the one thing he didn't notice was Zack's appearance. When he'd last left Olympus, Zack was training under Phil, or at least it appeared that way. Somehow, he wasn't with the two heroes of Athens. Part of him wondered if Hades hadn't somehow regained control over the hero-in-training.

Of course, in ten years anything could happen. The darkness seemed to be much more prominant now, as opposed to the time he spent fighting the Unversed. Those creatures were only born from the darkness in one heart, and now creatures had appeared spawned from the darkness in everyone's heart. They would ultimately prove to be a much greater threat if left unchecked, and there was Terra's mission. He was out to find these four Heartless Horsemen, and put an end to their power over the darkness.

"Phil, can we start this, I have to find the Horsemen."[/b]

"Yeah, kid, he'll be here any minute, just remember the sixth rule, never underestimate your opponent."[/b]

"I know, Phil."[/b]

[gslayer]

While Phil explained to Terra, he was still rather unsure how the G Slayer got allowed back into the Games again. The last time the Copy had been there, he had been thrown out literally. Hercules expected perhaps a scheme from Hades again, so they awaited to see what would happen. Making sure nothing went out of hand, there was nothing that explained the reason that the strange person had been allowed to enter again.

At least this time they had a name: 'G Slayer'. Phil had been allowing the G Slayer to fight before, but never the Copy had given his name, nor did he had been registered under a name. Being a simple nameless fighter much like the Heartless that had been fighting in the arena, but they had a name for their teams, which had been all coming from Hades. Well, that was what Phil and Herc assumed, nothing really told where they really came from or how they ended up on the lists.

Then a scraping sound came from the hallway as the G Slayer was moving towards the ring. After a few moments the Copy's head appeared from the darkness. Dragging with him was his usual large gunblade, then he suddenly lifted the massive thing partly as he walked up onto the ring. Without much sight for his surroundings, he walked into position, it was nearly like he was controlled. Set to head there and stand there.

Then, when the G Slayer was fully in position, his eyes changed as he looked blank around for a moment. This was like any sort of mind control was released, before his face changed grim as he stared at Terra and dropped his large gunblade down while keeping it in one hand, it crushing into the arena floor. His free hand moved forward to Terra, releasing two fire projectiles at Terra as the G Slayer used Fira. The battle had begun.

Cooldowns
Fira: Two posts.

[Terra]

Could that guy look any more mindless? Terra was almost appalled that he was forced to fight a guy who looked as if he couldn't even think for himself. The silver haired clone of Genesis made his way through the entryway of the empty Coliseum, carrying a massive blade in one hand, dragging it on the ground. If what his senses said were correct, then he was filled with the same darkness he was trying to fight. Sure, he used the temptation himself, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t fight the entity as well.

From the look upon Phil’s face, he’d seen the creature before. Terra couldn’t tell if that was a good thing or if he was just that good of a fighter. Clearly, you don’t forget a face that…that empty. Terra looked towards the trainer of heroes and the son of Zeus. Clearly they hadn’t forgotten the face, and the bronze keyblader needed to know what he was up against.

”Phil, you know this guy?”[/b]

”Yeah, he came in here awhile ago and really roughed this place up. Do me a favor, and give him the ol’ one-two. I practically had to hire help from here clear to Olympus to get the Coliseum ready for the games!”

Terra simply nodded and turned his focus back to his competition, and in perfect timing. G Slayer opened the battle by releasing two spheres of flame that were about the size of a basketball, whatever that was. The spheres homed in on the Keyblade Apprentice’s exact location. He didn’t have time to dodge both of the burning bombs, so he summoned Ends of the Earth and managed to use it as a shield to protect himself from harm from one of the blasts. The second, however, managed to crash into his left shoulder. When the smoke cleared, the fabric beneath the small section of black and bronze armor was torn and seared, still slightly smoldering from encountering the spell of ignition.

It didn’t take long, maybe only a second or two, for Terra to decide what he wanted to counter with. He knew he had to keep this battle at a range. The clone didn’t look as if it could move fast holding the large hunk of steel firmly in his grasp. That meant a Shotlock, but which one. Well, Sonic Impact was out, because he didn’t want to bring himself in range of that blade without a distraction. Ultima Cannon would prove tough, but this guy might have supernatural, Japanese-based, video game speed, which was really fast.

Terra raised his keyblade over his head and instantly, as he was rotating the blade clockwise over his head, bullets of darkness fired one at a time towards the G Slayer. Each one had the special ability to home in on his exact location, even if he moved. After about two full rotations, twenty bullets had been released and the earthen keyblader lowered his key and immediately a barrier appeared around him, formed from his concentrated heart energy. Two by two, this time, they fired from the shield itself until the total shot count came to fifty. Such was the power of Terra’s Black Volley.

Now was the time for him to close the distance. He quickly lowered the barrier and dashed right behind the final bullet of the attack. Just before he came within striking range, Terra jumped high into the air and focused the power of the earth itself into his keyblade. He came down with a vertical slash, but alas he missed his mark. No matter, this is where the real power of his command came into play. Instantly, peaks of dagger-like rocks crashed upwards ten feet out from his keyblade. It would take an intense amount of speed to dodge this attack, especially when he was right behind the last bullet of his Shotlock. In Terra’s mind, he had the distinct advantage, and it seemed Phil and Hercules had the same opinion, even though they couldn’t see the result of the attack.

”Way to go, kid! Hit that kid so hard that even Hades would want to look at him!”

”Keep it up, Terra!”

[gslayer]

All words he heard from the people there talking was ignored. The G Slayer perhaps understood them, but he never truly listened. Sometimes some words he picked up were kept in mind, but none of these were related to his mission. They were just in his way. In his path towards his mission. Memories were things that did not stick when they were not useful, so his meetings with Phil and Hercules were already forgotten.

His fira had not done much effect, so the Copy started to move... or so he tried. The one he had attacked reacted with an attack of his own. The Copy, however, did not react to the bullets, not trying to shield himself as the bullets hit into his body. His try at moving was halted and instead he was forced a bit back, but he had been hit with more force and his gunblade hung in front of him in his hand, keeping him fully standing as the first twenty bullets hit into his body.

Now battered, he moved forward and moved his blade now before him as more bullets started to strike, blocking some, but still hitting him. Weakened greatly now he started to move his arm and begun to glow. He activated his Wall spell, however, it was rather late. The last bits of attacks and the slash Terra brought down upon him was weakened by the Wall. The Copy moved slowly and sluggish forward after all the hits that had hit him. Then he moved his free hand upwards.

Above the arena a seal started to appear. Runes were written in the air magically before lightning bolts came down at Terra, his Apocalypse attack striked down. A signature spell of Genesis he had learned. While he let the bolts strike down, he tried to regain some strength from the hits that had shot into his body. Battered and weakened, the G Slayer still would fight until all he could no longer move a single limb.

Status Effect
Wall: Two posts.

Cooldowns
Fira: One post.
Apocalypse: Four posts.

[Terra]

Whatever it was that Terra was expecting, this definitely wasn't it. The copy merely took the full force of the Black Volley. Was he toying with Terra, or was he simply that dense? Whatever the case, he was smart enough to put up some sort of barrier to protect him from the impending Geo Impact. So, he definitely had some sense about him, just not that much. Even Phil and Herc were simply baffled by the lack of movement from the clone. This was just...unheard of.

Then, as if the creature had finally snapped into some sort of mental epiphany, he opened his arsenal to attack the Keyblade Apprentice. A large runic crest appeared below Terra, and he knew it wasn't good. Bad thing was, he didn't really have time to do much. When the first lightning bolt hit, it took everything he had to stop the rest from striking in a similar manner. He held his large key up over his head with his left arm to act as a large waypoint for the electricity to pass into.

He still felt the effects of the attack, however, but the entire combination was centralized into his left hand. Everything from his wrist to the end of each digital appendage was numb. With his wealth in experience, and a little luck, he managed to catch the keyblade with his right hand, his usual side for performing various tasks.

Terra knew the empty figure was awake now, whatever that meant. The creature still looked rather plain and brain-dead to the keybearer. Nevertheless, he knew he had to act quickly, or the clone would be able to find the time necessary to come up with another attack to add to the already weakening Terra.

The power of the earth itself began to radiate throughout Terra's body. It seemed he was right in assuming the empty man was extremely slow, in fact he decided to risk it by using one of his most powerful Command Styles, Rockbreaker. He felt his muscles expand and power flow through them. He knew his strikes would be far more devastating now, even if he did have to sacrifice a little speed himself.

"I've seen this one, and even Ares would be jealous of the power this kid puts out on this one, Herc!"

"Great! C'mon Terra!"

The words of his friends gave him that little extra incentive needed to start his onslaught. He dashed forward and, when he came into range, preceeded to begin a five slash combo. Each slash was deliberately aimed for a different part of the body. Two were upward slashes aimed at disarming both his shoulders. One was a horizontal slash aimed at his right knee. Another stabbing motion was directed at the left knee, and, finally, the final attack came in the form of a powerful diagonal slash aimed at the torso of the silver haired man.

If the clone thought his Command Style ended with that combo, he'd made yet another mistake. Three massive earthen pillars surrounded Terra, still in point blank range, and they began to spin. If the creature was still within striking range, then he'd be subject to a pounding by each boulder before they all launched at different, equidistant angles.

Whether or not his attack had hit its mark, he knew he had to keep it up. He couldn't let another one of this lightning attacks hit. The burns on both his shoulder and back were beginning to mount up on the earthen keyblader, and his numb, left hand didn't help matters either. The creature could dish it out, but could he take much more?

Cooldown

Black Volley - 1 post

Geo Impact[/b] - 1 post

Rockbreaker - 2 posts

[gslayer]

The G Slayer prepared for his next attacks when the man came his way once more. This time he launched a combo of attacks, but the Copy moved swiftly his gunblade forward to block some of the attacks. The ones that did hit were weakened by the Wall that remained active upon his body.

His shoulders were not touched, but his right knee got hit, which didn't bother the Copy at all. The attack upon his other knee he deflected, but the next slash came too quick for the Copy to react, feeling his torso. Though, due to the large size of his gunblade and the Wall effect, the damage was made as small as possible. He was able to feel the strength behind the moves. It going through his arms with the strikes he blocked as well.

When the combo seemingly ended and Terra brought up the pillars, th G Slayer made his move immediately. He brought the large gunblade in the ground and pulled his entire body up on the handle, then with both hands he tossed himself into the air to evade the spinning stone pillars entirely before it could hit him, all done in a rapid movement that Terra would not expect from the Copy.

Now loose from his gunblade and up into the air, he came down with an attempted dropkick at Terra's head. Putting in his strength which normally carried the large gunblade. His body was strong due to having carried the oversize thing for so long. His fists was meanwhile also gripped together, so even if he missed the dropkick, he would immediately move up with ramming both fists into Terra's body. This with his strength, he hoped to bring the man flying backwards, maybe out of the ring and into the tribune, but as long as the man was hit away.

The Copy was not used to hand-to-hand combat, so immediately after launching the dropkick and punch combo, he jumped back to his gunblade, albeit a bit drunkenly due to missing the gunblade to keep up his balance. Grabbing the handle and pulling it up from the ground in a single movement, launching it up in such a way that the barrel was aimed at Terra, from it came a shot at Terra to blast him even further if need to.

Status Effect
Wall: One post.

Cooldowns
Fira: Opened up.
Apocalypse: Three posts.

[Terra]

His powerful Command Style had been mostly unsuccessful. Terra definitely hadn't predicted that the copy, who hadn't moved much to this point in the match, would have a speed that adept. He used his massive blade to block all but two strikes, and his Wall technique had muffled those. The battle was starting to shift, and Terra didn't like it. The empty clone was beginning to hold his own, and, after he dealt with the swinging combo, he launched himself into the air to dodge the three obelisks of earth.

Terra didn't have long to act, and he only really had one weapon left that would do the trick. He hated using this power, because its temptation was a pure addiction. It was an addiction that, at one point, lead to the keyblader being possessed by Master Xehanort. He couldn't fall into the darkness anymore, and, if he was to use the power, he must use it sparingly. Now was one of those times when he was all but forced into opening the vault of darkness.

A black aura erupted in a pillar, not unlike a volcanic eruption. Clear to the skies a swirl of blacks, blues, and purples painted the once crystalline skies. The real worry rested at the base of the darkness. Terra's strength, speed, and agility increased two-fold, and his sights were dead set on the blank copy who was now descending into a drop kick. The body who onced housed Master Xehanort's heart was now a lethal weapon with a lock on its target.

"Whoa..."

"What is that..."

Without a second of hesitation, Terra leaped in the air, just above where his blank-minded enemy was descending. His keyblade, now cloaked in the same darkness that plagued its master, began a series of quick and precise slashes. Each one at a different angle of wide slashes towards the torso. He managed seven slashes before the two had seperated. G Slayer hit the ground, missing both his physical attacks, as Terra landed behind him.

The clone thought to try a shot from the barrel of his blade, but that too would hit nothing belonging to the bronze keyblader. The second Terra landed, he became one with the shadow below him and fell through like he would have had he been standing on thin ice. He instantly moved between his own shadow and the Genesis clone's. Now the attack was ready. The final stage of his Dark Impulse was ready.

Terra burst from below with his arm replaced by a giant red and blue claw of darkness. He immediately landed a powerful uppercut fueled by the addicting power. The attack didn't end there, the two soared through the air with G Slayer being forced off the ground by the sheer force of impact. Terra became a rocket of darkness and curved his path in midair. Their target was the same entryway the two had come through. The blank minded warrior was to become to buffer between Terra and the sand-colored wall. In mere moments the two would crash into, and destroy, a piece of the Olympus Colliseum.

Cooldowns[/u]

Black Volley[/color] - Now usable

Geo Impact[/color] - Now usable

Rockbreaker[/color] - 1 post

Dark Impulse[/color] - 2 posts

[gslayer]

After the pillars had gone away and he had come down, many things happened in that single moment of going down. The man erupted in swirls of darkness, it appeared, but the G Slayer didn't have the eyes to follow so much in less than a second worth of time as the man came at him and started to strike seven times at his body. It mainly got muffled by his Wall status, but he could feel the attacks before he came down.

Once down the man had gotten himself distance immediately, but the G Slayer still attempted to shoot him from his gunblade as he jumped to it and pulled it from the ground. In that movement he had released a shot at nothingness as the man had vanished yet again, but this time nowhere in sight. This would perhaps have made the G Slayer believe the man had become so fast he could not even see him anymore, but the G Slayer didn't care and started to turn his attention on the two others nearby.

It was then that the man reappeared from below. The two then ended up in the sky and they apparently were headed downward. The man he was fighting so far was still covered in darkness, but he couldn't really care much about it. Instead, he pulled his gunblade a bit to get his feet on it while still airborn, going over from his usual slow status as a powerhouse again, he jumped off the gunblade down and shot upward two fire projectiles at Terra, a Fira. This going past his gunblade.

Now the G Slayer went faster downward then the other two and crashed his feet into the ground while bending both legs. There he swung his arm at his gunblade and pulled one leg out of the ground. The gunblade he grabbed out of the air, but due to the force, he got pulled away immediately as he had attempted to slash at Terra once more. This, however, failed as the falling force of the gunblade was too strong and the gunblade went crashing into the ground while the G Slayer's arm got pulled with it, swinging his body down and his feet up. He still attempted to kick both feet in Terra if he came exactly at him. His wall status, however, he could feel fading, meaning it had ended.

Status
Wall: Ended.

Cooldowns
Fira: Two posts.
Apocalypse: Two posts.

[Felix]

G Slayer has won this battle and will advance to the next round