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Abby and Shiki smiled."well be watching",Yukina siad happily.
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Xing smiled a bit at his two new friends. Just then the proctor for that match showed up. Just as in centuries past, he was of the Patch indian tribe, from the US. "It appears that you are both ready." He said.
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Abby looked at the Proctor then to Xing."Go get him
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Xing nodded to both Abby and the proctor. Faust merely smiled, which creeped Xing out even more than the makup and body bag.
"Very well. Take your positions, and the battle will begin on my signal." The proctor said. Xing and Faust moved to face each other in the center of the graveyard, with about ten feet between them. "3....2...1....BEGIN!" Xing raised his hand. "Bason, into the--" He was cut off by a hard punch to his stomach. He was sent flying into a large gravestone, which was in the shape of a Celtic cross. He slumped to the ground in a daze. "Master Xing! Are you unhurt?" Bason asked. Xing nodded weakly, his head throbbing and his back aching from the impact. "My, you'll have to do better than that." Faust called in a singsong voice. He giggled. "I thought that you would strike faster, being one of the infamous Tao family." |
Abby gahsped."Xing!",she called out worried and looked to Faust. 'hes fast',she thought with worry.
Shiki watched worried and looked around,he felt eyes apon them,so desided to stay on high alert. |
"I'm fine," Xing replied, getting up shakily. He stabbed the end of his halberd into the ground to help himself up. "Bason, into the halberd!" He shouted once he was back on his feet.
The long halberd changed, ancient Chinese armor appearing on his arms and at the base of the blade once Bason had integrated. "HYAAHHHH!!!" Xing charged in a counterattack, only to be blocked and flung aside into a tree. At the last minute he managed to position himself so that he could push off the tree's trunk with his feet, to avoid getting slammed into it headfirst. He landed on the ground, stumbled, and landed flat on his face in the mud. "crap..." *** Elliot was sitting on a rooftop, watching the match. She was sipping at a hot cup of coffee that she'd gotten at the McDonald's just before the match. He's going up against Faust XIX. She thought. Judging by that first attack Faust threw at him, he's in for a fight. I just hope that he doesn't get killed. Even I know what happens to Faust's opponents. She focused on the young man on the sidelines. And it looks like he's friends with Shiki, the young man I'm going up against tomorrow afternoon. She looked at her watch. Okay...this afternoon. |
Abby watched with worry and looked towards faust. why does he look so fimilliar?,she thought to herslf . Then remembered the books she had read on her family heratige. Her(lot's of greats) gradfather Yoah Awsakura, faought a Faust,same look and everything. Abby eyes widend."but how",she whispered. Looking to faust.'how can it be him?'.
Shiki slapped his hand to his head."he was looking good till he fell",he muttered.Then looked to a the roof top spotting Elliot,he only stard before looking back to the fight."get your head into the fight Xing! dont hget yourself kicked out of the tornament already!" |
Xing dodged another attack by rolling out of the way. He was now trying to wipe the mud off of his glasses. "I know that!" he snapped. Problem was, he couldn't see a damn thing with all the mud on his glasses, and he wouldn't be that much better off if he took them off.
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Abby watched intencely."Xing be carefull! I ... I dont like the vibe from this guy at all!",she said looking to Faust. it couldn't be him .... could it?"
Shiki looked confused at Abbys reaction. Did she know something. Shrugging it off he looked back to the match. |
"You really shouldn't be pausing to clean your glasses." Faust said, just as lightly as ever. Something grabbed Xing around the neck...something dead. "My, you really are pathetic."
Xing gagged as whatever it was choked him. His glasses fell to the ground, turning the world into a fuzzy, multicolored blur. He couldn't breathe, but the hands around his neck felt cold slimy, and skeletal. Bones! He gripped the halberd tightly at the thought, and swung it around behind him. He dropped to the ground gasping, everything still blurry. He scrabbled for his glasses, having to jump out of the way as more skeletons started after him. This guy's a necromancer! Xing thought. He also knew he was going to have trouble fighting, as he couldn't see anything at the moment. Crap... |
Yukina spotted his glasses a few feet infront of him."xING CAREFULL YOUR GLASSES ARE ONLY A FEW FEET INFRONT OF YOU,WATCH YOUR STEPS"
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"Right!" Xing replied, paying more attention to staying alive at the moment. He was dodging the fuzzy forms of the skeletons Faust was fighting with, though some of them were exuding an odd, rotten smell.
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Abby watched intencely. If this was the faust,from 500 years ago.then Xing was in for a fight.
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Faust on the other hand sensed something that the young girl--Abby--was thinking. "In case you're wondering, I'm not the Faust you're thinking of." He said. "My ancestor died 500 years ago. I on the other hand, am Faust X." He smiled. "And I've been around for the last few centuries."
Wait--how can he have been around for that long? Xing thought. He closed his eyes and meditated, blocking out everything. Ugh...those skeletons he's summoned really smell. |
Abby blinke."how did you know hwat i was thinking?",she called out to him,loking very curious.
Shiki looked towards Xing.'you better focus Xing...utherwise,this guy is going to kick you butox' |
Faust merely smiled. "I guess being a walking corpse has its advantages." He said. He then charged at Xing. "Now, time to wipe this moth out of my way!"
Xing's eye's snapped open. He brought his halberd up in time to stop Faust's attack. It was a sword, carved from a solid bone. Where did he get that? He thought. He pushed Faust back, then struck back with a move reminiscent of Tao Ren; Thousand Thrusts. |
Abby smiled."way to go Xing!",she cheered to him happily.
Shiki smiled and looked to Faust.'how have you lived for that long,and why the hell are you a walking corpse?' |
"You'll pay for that!" Faust shouted. He struck out again, and Xing dived to dodge. As his hand hit the muddy ground, he felt his glasses. He grabbed them and tried his best to clean the most of the mud off of them and put them back on.
Just in time to see Faust sic his undead army at him. They really were half-rotten corpses. The sight of them made Xing want to throw up. He fought against them, but, sadly for him, hacking at them wouldn't do much to get rid of them. He didn't even see Faust move behind him and drive the bone blade through his side. |
Abby eyes widened."Xing!",she yelled tears inher eyes as she tried to run to see if he was okay,she felt Shiki stop."Shiki let go hes hurt!"
Shiki looked to her."Abby you know if you try and go down there he fight become nul ..... and you may get hurt, you dont want Xings fight to be canceled right?",he said trying to calm her down. |
Xing was caught off-guard as faust thrust the blade through his side. "Guh!?" He choked out. He was also finding it hard to move.
"I'm sure you're wondering why you're finding it difficult to move your limbs." Faust said. "I'll tell you; this sword of mine excretes a paralytic. Don't worry, it's not deadly, and it's only temporary. But as it renders you unable to move, it neutralizes all chances of your winning this match." |
Abby growled."Faust you kow how pathetic that makes you?! You dare call yourself a fighter!You have no honer!",she yelled out to him.
Shiki blinked looking to her."Abby lets not make the freaky guy mad okay?",he wared. |
"No honor you say?" Faust asked. "Then, you're saying that I need to use my full power against this piece of trash? Pah!" He yanked the sword out of Xing's side and kicked his prone form. "He's a disgrace, if you ask me. I hear I'm going up against one of the Tao clan, and I find that he's a klutz, nearsighted, and he has virtually no fighting power." In an instant Faust was in front of Abby and holding his bone sword up to the girl's throat. "Maybe you can do better?"
"Leave...her...alone!" Xing struggled out. He was fighting to get the movement back in his limbs, but he couldn't. Faust looked to him. "Still concious." He said. "My, you are stubborn." Xing smirked through the pain in his body. "Well, you've gotta be when you come from a family a murderers, and to still be able to hang on your beliefs." |
Shiki was shocked at Faust speed and looked at Abby worried. He didnt move however. If he aied a hand on Faust it me getting involed in the fight.
Abby didn't flinch when faust apeared infront of her with the sword at the throught."possiby",she siad."But I kow the rules,and rather not interfear with the fight ,while I can problie kick your sorry rotten ass ,I rather wait until we get matched against one another,and one thiing ou should earn is never underestimate your appoant ... ",she said in a serious tome,stareing him in the eye.Then looked to Xing when he toled Faust to leave her alone.She smiled to Xing."Come on Xing fight it and show him how strong you really are! I know how strong yo are,but show him!",she said back to her cheerfull cheering on mood. |
I wish I could, Abby, Xing thought. But...I can't move...I'm completely paralyzed from the neck down!
"Master Xing," Bason said. "Perhaps it is time we used that technique you were developing." "What?!" Xing blurted. "But, you know what happened the last time we tried it! You couldn't keep hold for more than five minutes." "Five minutes will be all we shall need, Master Xing." Bason replied. Xing set his face and nodded. "Bason," He said quietly, "Integrate with me through the halberd!" Immideatly Xing felt Bason's power enter into his own body, taking control and allowing Xing to move properly. In a flash he was at Fausts back, the halberd at the back of Faust's neck. "Get away from the girl." Xing said, his voice speaking at the same time as Bason's. |
Abby blinked looking to Xing and smiled happily.Now grinning from ear to ear."Told yeah Faust,never underestamte your apponants"
Shiki was impressed at Xing ability and smiled,relaxing now as he watched closely. |
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