Round 1: Asuka vs Amare [Complete]

[Zou ۞]

The King's Gauntlet has brought these two together under conditions default of the tournament! Get ready, because whoever loses is getting eliminated! Your playground today will be a fight in Yellowstone, in that hot place of geysers and springs!

Asuka Hitotoki vs Amare Mori.

Begin.

[Amare Mori]

What!? No! This wasn't fair. Amare was fighting a woman in this matchup? He'd just been beaten by a guy with a woman's name, now he had to fight an actual woman? And to top it off, it was his instructor that he had to fight!? Uncool doesn't even begin to describe this situation! He thought in despair. I mean.... hell! You didn't get more uncool than this. But giving up.... that'd be just as uncool! Cool guys didn't give up just because they were in a hopeless situation. They quit because of cool reasons!

But giving up 'cause your opponent is your instructor and a woman isn't cool at all! No! It's the instructor's job to give up 'cause they're fighting their student! It's respectably cool for the instructor to do that! But if Asuka didn't give up, Amare was stuck! "Agh.... this is such an uncool situation.... to think I have to fight my true love..." He murmured in a depressed tone. Oh yeah. Amare had gone straight to believing Asuka was his true love now. Probably because Li Mei wasn't within sight range. Boy that would be a conflicting scenario.

His heart heavy, Amare walked around the park looking for his teacher. Maybe she wouldn't show up? It'd be uncool, but not nearly as uncool as Amare having to fight her! There was no way he could do that. He got a final potshot at Andrea as he was beaten, but he couldn't hurt a woman, let alone his true love! Agh..... what an uncool situation... Amare had an unhappy look on his face that expressed EXACTLY how he was feeling right now.

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Asuka herself was upset. She had to fight her student. Well, this was sort of like his own test. The kind where his life depended on it though. She was an Espada. She wasn't going to hold back. Her pride as the Noveno required that much. Regardless, Amare was her friend. She'd hate to have to do that sort of thing to her own friend. It was like asking her to take out her own fraccion. Having to face him like this tugged at the teal-haired Espada's heartstrings. She wasn't even sure how he would do against her. Hopefully well enough to make her proud of him. Hell, you know what?! He will make her proud! She has faith in him!

Asuka walked in the park until she saw Amare. "Amare.." she said drawing her twin whips. "I'm sorry. This is a horrible situation. Aha." she said with a downcast look. She'd then look back at him. "Let's make this a good fight. Good luck." she said. She wasn't being mean or taunting him. She truly meant it. Asuka was sincere like that. Probably a huge flaw of hers. But hey, everyone's got her own flaws right? She was allowing him the first move.

[Amare Mori]

Amare hesitated as soon as he saw his instructor. She spoke to him, explaining she wasn't happy with the situation. Just like him. Amare frowned. Seemed she was still intending to fight though. He lifted up his arms, sliding his bloodstained fighting gloves onto them. Suddenly he activated his side Fullbring, the gloves transforming into massive bloodred gauntlets, protecting his arms. "Ah, Asuka.... my love, I'm afraid that I could never raise a hand to harm you. But out of that very love, I cannot bring myself to give you an empty victory!" He proclaimed.

He brought his arms to a boxing stance, protecting himself with the gloves. There was no way he could harm his master. He ripped his scarf from his neck with one hand. "Nonetheless I shall show you the fruits of my training! I can at least show you my power! It's name is Gae Bulg!" He proclaimed, referencing the spear from Celtic mythology. His scarf twisted and wound itself outwards, forming into a spear. A jet black shaft, and two gleaming heads. Two ribbons extended from the shaft, wrapping around Amare's arm. "She's beautiful, isn't she? Sleek and elegant. I hope to someday wield this spear with such elegance and grace that my very battles can serve as a poetry to testify to my love for you!" He proclaimed, his eyes shining. Amare shifted his spear into a defensive stance.

"Well, my love. It seems no more words need be exchanged. You are my teacher, and I will demonstrate to you, the principles that you have taught!" Amare proclaimed with pride, now mentally braced for combat, against his master and his "true" love Asuka Hitotoki!

Reiatsu remaining: 1500 (-300 for Side Fullbring, -200 for Main Fullbring)

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Strength: 200
Speed: 400
Spirit Pressure: 200
Reiatsu Strength: 300
Light Aura: 85
Dark Aura: 15
Instinct: 150
Senses: 200
Energy Sensory: 50
Healing Expertise: 100

Total: 1600

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Asuka fiddled with the grip on her hilt. Green eyes were fixated on Amare as he spoke. "Ah, Asuka.... my love, I'm afraid that I could never raise a hand to harm you. But out of that very love, I cannot bring myself to give you an empty victory!" She'd smile a little. "That's the spirit!" At least he was willing to fight her. That was good. "Nonetheless I shall show you the fruits of my training! I can at least show you my power! It's name is Gae Bulg!" Asuka raised an eye brow as she looked at his spear. "She's beautiful, isn't she? Sleek and elegant. I hope to someday wield this spear with such elegance and grace that my very battles can serve as a poetry to testify to my love for you!" Asuka laughed nervously at the whole love thing. "Aha. I'm sure you will be able to some day! T-The spear thing I mean..ehe." she sheepishly grinned. That thing looked like it could prove to be nasty to deal with in battle.

"Well, my love. It seems no more words need be exchanged. You are my teacher, and I will demonstrate to you, the principles that you have taught!" Okay! No holding back here! Asuka started off with a sonido. She'd move to his diagonal right and as she'd come out of it, she'd lash her whip out at one of Amare's arm flick her wrist so that the chord would circle around his arm. She'd quickly catch the tip of the chord with the same hand that lashed out and she yank back so that she could bring him closer to her as well as off-balance him. That was the best thing about whips; With a simple flick of her wrists, she could easily control the whips movement. As she yanked back, Asuka would fire off a bala at Amare's arm, maybe putting a hole through it. Once she finished that, she released the tip of the chord and jump back a bit. Fullbringers were dangerous. Her little fight with Nishiru was proof of that. She'd have to be cautious.

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Strength - [210] Points

Speed - [400] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [360] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [400] Points

Light Aura - [50] Points

Dark Aura - [50] Points

Instinct - [200] Points

Senses [200] Points

Energy sensory - [80] Points

Healing Expertise - [50] Points

Total SP: 1900

[Amare Mori]

(ooc: Don't forget the cost for your techniques!)

He could follow it! Amare could follow Asuka's movements! The two were equals in speed, it seemed, and with his heightened senses he could see every movement Asuka made. Well. Not every movement. Sonido was a little too fast to track, but due to Amare's battle against Andrea, he was expecting it. It seemed many high level combatants like Asuka could use those sudden bursts of speed. It was something Amare would have to learn sometime! But right now he had to stay in the present! To show just how cool he'd gotten!

Amare could both see and hear Asuka as she emerged from her Sonido and as she lashed out with her whip, Amare pointed at her with one of his Gauntlet covered hands. "Negate!" He stated, and suddenly the whips fell short of Amare, missing him completely! What? But how was that possible! Amare hadn't moved a step, but suddenly he was farther away from Asuka! Had he teleported!? Sort of actually. Amare had extended the space between himself and Asuka temporarily, in order to avoid her attack! However as Asuka launched her Bala, the space suddenly contracted rapidly, creating a vacuum of force. Asuka would feel herself being launched towards Amare with tremendous force, but Amare experienced the same! Amare, however, was prepared and used it to propel himself out of the way of the Bala!

Amare performed a cartwheel in the air, avoiding Asuka in midair, and landing on his feet, Gae Bulg back up in its defensive position. "How was that! I can actually react to your attacks now!" Amare replied with a grin. Just dodging Asuka's attacks was something he hadn't been able to do before. And I bet I can take your attacks too! He thought fervently, as he watched his instructor carefully.

Reiatsu: 1300/2000 (-200 for Negation of Space)

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Amare being able to keep up with her attacks was something a little new to the Espada. His speed matched her's, his strength was almost as good as her own...and now he was actually able to cut her. Something really good but also a teensy bit bad. Well, bad on her part cause she could actually lose if she wasn't careful. When she lashed out at him he pointed at her with his Gauntlet. "Negate!". Aha. His fullbring. That explains it. He was like Souzetsu and Nishiru. He was there in one moment and in the next, yards apart. Aha...That's a bit troubling. Asuka could feel herself being launched forward and once she neared the ground, she planted a palm on the ground and launched herself of the ground, performing a one-handed backspring and finally landing on her feet.

Was that it though? Asuka thought that he'd attack her...unless he figured that he couldn't because of the whole girl thing. Poor guy really flipped his lid when he found out she was the gender with nicer bits. "How was that! I can actually react to your attacks now!" At this, she'd grin. "Aha. Not bad! Not bad at all!" He'd even been able to dodge her attacks! Asuka was feeling pretty awesome right now. She was feeling pretty "I trained him! :DDD" awesome. Now...to attack! Asuka started to build up reiatsu in her palm. Cero? Not a chance in hell. That was easy to evade. It was technique Kuroi taught her...one of her new favorites. One she'd been dying to use.

She used yet another sonido to close the distance. She moved to Amare's left, held out her palm and fired a Dos Bala into his side. If it hit Amare, it could also detonate, possibly splashing burns on him as well as doing some nasty damage. Bala was incredibly fast. While Dos Bala was fast as well, it could detonate and create an explosion...and this was the worst place for an explosion. They were in an area filled with Geysers after all.

Asuka's Remaining Reiatsu:3300/3600

[Amare Mori]

Amare saw Asuka land just as well as himself, and prepared Gae Bulg defensively. He could easily move the spear to protect any vulnerable points on his body. Ah! He got complimented! That was so cool! Amare grinned at the compliment. "Next, I'm going to get past all your defenses!" He boasted with a grin, ready for her to make the next move. He couldn't match her speed when she was in that special move, but he could anticipate where she'd land.

As Asuka vanished, Amare made his plan to defend. The most logical place to target him was from behind. Which was precisely why she wouldn't come from behind. Many experienced combatants would expect it. But she'd still attempt to attack his blind spots, which meant forwards was also out. So what was left? Above, and the sides. Above seemed unlikely to Amare... that meant she'd come at him from the left or right-- probably diagonally behind him.

True to his prediction Asuka arrived on his left and attempted to blast him with a new technique! Amare moved the instant he saw her movement and brought Gae Bulg between him and his opponent. Asuka's Dos Bala connected with the spear at the attack just... vanished. It dispersed into nothingness as soon as it connected with the spear. Amare wasted no time. Asuka would probably be surprised by the fact that her attack not only failed, but that her attack simply vanished into thin air. And the point that an opponent was surprised was when they were open.

Amare suddenly jabbed the point of Gae Bulg forwards at Asuka's face aiming for her eyeball with a quick and simple movement. However, even if Asuka didn't manage to evade it in time, she'd notice that Amare stopped the thrust about an inch before hitting. Very much a "I could have hit you but I didn't" moment. Except that Amare couldn't have hit her. No way. It was way too uncool to hit a girl! Amare would never sink to being that uncool, especially in front of his teacher!

Reiatsu: 1300

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"Next, I'm going to get past all your defenses!" Not if she could help it! Ah. So, reiatsu was a no go. Bummer. It seemed like he couldn't do much with her sonido'ing around though. That was good. Asuka watched as her bala disappeared. Huh. Well, that's a cool magic trick for sure! Something about that spear of his. His fullbring. She'd have to keep a better eye out for that. But the teal haired Espada wasn't going to have any of that, thank you very much! Now, while her eyeball was susceptible to attack (because hierro is iron skin..and not iron eyeball which would be kinda weird..), she could easily solve her problem by closing that same eye. So she'd do that. Not like it would do much, but it was something.

Whether she knew he was going to hit her or not, it wasn't going to stop her from launching a counterattack. Asuka quickly lashed her whip at his face with one whip. ".....Amaaaaarrrreeee" she cried out in an annoyed tone. It was almost insulting to her. He STILL was the same "I can't hit girls" Amare. Oh, wait...she had another whip! Amare could keep up with her attacks. Sure. But she had two whips. He might be preoccupied with the one going to her face seeing as that was where his focus was at for the time being. Asuka lashed and wrapped her second whip around Amare's shin and yanked hard on it. She still had a bit of a strength advantage over him. It should be enough to off-balance him or even be enough to make him fall on his back!

Of course...she also counted on something else happening. Him using his spear to stabilize himself. He could do that was half-expecting it actually. Whatever he was going to do, he'd have to move his spear away from her for a moment which was what she really wanted him to do. Assuming he did so, she'd sonido closer to him to quickly close the distance. This time coming from the front, she'd aim to stab at his chest and if she hit, he'd have a very nasty stab wound. Of course, she was prepared on his counterattack. It was all a matter of what he would do next.

Asuka's Remaining Reiatsu:3200/3600

[Amare Mori]

Amare noticed Asuka closing her eye. Oh right! She had that weird iron skin thing. Amare clicked his tongue. "Forgive me, my darling." He spoke in a hushed whisper as he flicked his spearhead downwards. At the same instant, Asuka's whip cracked on his forehead, causing Amare to stumble back. Asuka, however, would notice a thin line of blood running down her cheek, and would notice a dot of red on Amare's spear. He'd gone right through her Hierro like it wasn't even there.

And that also meant Asuka's counterattack without dodging would have killed her, had she been fighting anyone else. Amare's blow would have gone right through her eye and into her brain. Amare stumbled back, his leg getting caught by her whip. This time he actually allowed her to throw him to the ground, instead thrusting out at the inside of her thigh. Once again he would stop it just as the blade touched skin, which, due to Gae Bulg's obscene sharpness would cause the tiniest pinprick of blood to show.

Amare was actually pale at it. "Ah... I'm so sorry my dearest.... this is so uncool.... I've.... I've made a girl shed blood!" Amare moaned as he immediately leapt back to his feet. "As my instructor though, I suppose I ought to give you fair warning. My Fullbring's power allows me to negate an enemy's special abilities. Those energy blasts you fired earlier... that protective skin you have... they're byproducts of your power.... reiatsu... I think I heard it called. Well. That is Gae Bulg's power. It negates reiatsu. So all of your powers.... those blasts of energy, your iron skin... whatever they may be, Gae Bulg will disperse them on contact." Amare explained.

Then he chuckled, as though trying to reassure himself. "But.... I did as I said. I penetrated your defences, Asuka-sensei." He told her, pointing his spear at her leg. "A little known fact is that the femoral artery runs through the leg. Although it's so low, it's no less important than the carotid artery in the neck. And bleeds out just as fast. If you manage to punch through the femoral artery.... you will die almost instantly." Amare told her with a grimance. "The Greek Hoplites from long ago would use this to their advantage. It was their primary target in battle." He told her and assumed a defensive stance. "I think I've recovered my wits now. Please come at me!"

Reiatsu: 1300

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AHA! She knewwwww itt!! Chea baby! Points for the pretty Espada! She knew he'd counterattack. When Amare stumbled back, she'd notice the blood on the tip. That had to be hers. That thing was point at her just a moment ago. It couldn't have been his. So he's attacking now. YES. Sensei's proud. Totally. Completely. Now, Asuka's senses and instinct were pretty high. Green eyes were on the human as if she were waiting for something. She had expected him to counterattack. Whether he'd actually do it or not, she wasn't sure of. She knew he came close to her eye before. That was a bit of a scare. That in addition to that whole "negate" thing. That was troublesome. He was capable of pulling something else that she might not like. She knew that much.

Amare got that cut on her...but she continued to watch him. Aha! He was moving his arm. Asuka released one of her whips and used sonido to move to the opposite side of Amare's spear. Avoiding his pinprick to the inside of her thigh and any other attack he might have planned. She was preparing herself beforehand for his counterattack, so she should be able to dodge this. Asuka dropped to a crouching position and slammed her palm into Amare's arm; the one holding on to the spear. However, while doing so, she'd fire a bala. So...Essentially, it was like a palm strike with a bala. Seeing as he allowed her to throw him to the ground. He should be in a vulnerable position right now. The intention was to blast his arm off. She did have high reiatsu strength. Maybe this could work! She honestly wasn't trying to kill him. Just disable him.

Asuka's Remaining Reiatsu:3050/3600

[Amare Mori]

As soon as Asuka began to move to counter him, Amare was on the move to. She vanished in her Sonido technique and Amare was quickly rising to his feet. Amare had superb senses, and could feel the wind of Asuka's movement and determine where she was aiming to hit purely via sense of tough-- feeling the air currents alter with her strike. Amare whirled to face her, blocking her palm strike with the shaft of his spear. He had brought himself onto one knee now, and used this moment to hop back onto his feet and back away from Asuka.

Because Asuka had been in contact with Gae Bulg she would have found herself unable to use her Bala at all. Gae Bulg cancelled out someone's ability to use their reiatsu when it made direct contact with them. But Amare was in a troubling situation. Just that little scratch had taken all of his mental resolve. He couldn't defeat Asuka directly. How was he going to manage? Oh well. He'd figure that out on his own later. He'd made some space, but he needed more. Space and time. He needed both in order to analyze his situation, and come up with a solution. How could he win this battle without hurting Asuka? What a difficult situation. Beating someone without hurting them alone was difficult. Beating an Espada without hurting her? Yikes.

Remaining reiatsu: 1300

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Drat! Aha...Hm...Spears. Britney Spears! She used reiatsu. Oops she did it again.....Though! It was only because she thought it would work. Hmm...What to do...What to do. When Asuka felt her palm hit his spear, she noticed him moving. Trying to get to his feet to escape, huh? Not so fast! The advantage of having a whip was just awesome. She'd swing her whip at Amare's face from the side with her other hand. This was while he tried to get back up on his feet. Yeah, she still had that. She was usually against those kinds of moves, but it was the only spot available. It wasn't like he could step back and avoid it. Even if her hit missed it's mark, it was possible that it would make him flinch. Or not...He was already close to her when he blocked her palm strike. Getting to your feet while being attacked was tough.

Amare would probably have the advantage if he was at a distance so...she couldn't allow that. Asuka was already in a crouching position from her previous attack. She'd pick up her other whip and quickly spring forwards using the pressure built up in her legs. She was sprinting; going to come for him from the front. Or at least, that's what it seemed like. She stopped in the midst of her sprint to use sonido and move even closer. It was a weird attempt to throw him off. He'd probably do the whole "No one in their right mind attacks from the front or behind so she's gonna come from either side" thing. Ohoho...Mary, Mary quite contrary! Sometimes the overused stuff was good. People expect the unexpected so you do the expected to be unexpected! YEAH. Did that make sense? It did in her mind. Whatever.

Asuka raked her blade across Amare's chest. If he didn't block that, he could be in trouble. But the thing is, Amare had good senses. The same goes for instinct. He probably would block her attack. That and he probably couldn't keep up with sonido. The only logical thing to do would be to block, right? That's what Asuka was hoping for. She had two of these things. Not saying dodging is impossible but it would be difficult. So assuming he did block, Asuka would go for a stab in Amare's stomach with her second blade. He'd be occupied with one blade. Could he handle two?

Asuka's Remaining Reiatsu:2950/3600[/b]

[Amare Mori]

While Amare hadn't factored in the whips as a possible counter it didn't matter. Why? Because Asuka was swinging them way too close. To get the most out of a whip you wanted to get someone nearer the tip. Amare was actually able to almost ignore the swat Asuka would get with the base of the whip. He pulled away just as Asuka sprung at him and deftly stepped out of the way, causing Asuka to launch herself right past him. Her Sonido would also miss, though for arguments sake, I'll assume she redirected after he dodged so she'd still be in his face.

However, her slashes would sadly have limited effect on Amare. Why? Because of the weapon he was using. Amare's analyzing mind introduced to him the prospect of a second attack, and so instead of sidestepping or simply parrying, Amare stepped backwards, spinning his spear in front of him, and swatting aside both of Asuka's attacks. He took a second step back and positioned himself so that his spear was hidden behind him. Two steps distance between them. Enough to launch a thrust if Asuka attempted to close the distance. Amare didn't like drawing out fights. That was so barbaric. He wanted to make his shots only when he KNEW he could make the attack, and that the blow would be a debilitating one. Little scratches didn't even factor into it.

From Amare's distance he correctly gauged that if Asuka moved forwards she'd be walking right into a spear thrust. Naturally, Asuka probably knew that too. She'd have to try and get him to open himself up a different way.

Remaining Reiatsu: 1300

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Agh. He swatted her attack away. No good. She couldn't be around him when he had that thing. Asuka had to find a way around it. That thing got through her hierro pretty easily. She couldn't risk getting a hit. He could have killed her those last two times. The teal haired espada just figured that instead of bringing the fight to him, it was better to take a different approach instead. With that being said, Asuka jumped back. "Let's try something different.." Because clearly, her take on this whole thing wasn't working. She needed to open him up to get a clean hit.

Or, in this case, dirty..

If there was one person she had to thank in this moment right now, it was the Primera and her friend, Adalo De Mona. He pulled a stunt similar to what she was about to pull now. She held her palm out and angled it at the ground. She'd fire a dos bala at the ground a few feet in front of Amare. With extra reiatsu, it would explode once it hit the ground and send dirt flying his way, obscuring his vision for a bit. WAIT WAIT WAIT. She said that she wouldn't use reiatsu! Well, fuck that, she's gonna use it anyway. Asuka wasn't worried about Amare coming for her. Hell, he could if he wanted to. She could keep up with him in terms of speed. No doubt, he was going to try and negate her dos bala.. It was an expected reaction. Like really, what else could he do? She wasn't aiming for him...Thought he might think she was or something. Bala was a reiatsu bullet and, well, bullets were fast.

Anyway, if she was successful with her little explosion, then Asuka was going to take things to the air....ground! Yep. Yellowstone Park was definitely in the Human World. She could move up. Literally. Asuka used sonido to get above and slightly behind Amare. With the dirt explosion and sonido, he'd be in a sticky situation. Asuka lashed one of her whips at Amare's neck. The Espada would flick her wrist and crack her whip past his neck. That way, when it fell, chords would be able to circle around his neck twice. A neck in general isn't very wide. It's comparable to a slightly fat pole and with most of the chord out past his neck, it made it easy for the chord itself to circle around his neck more than once. She'd yank back on the whip and she'd yank back across the original wraps so that she'd be able to hold on to her victim properly without the chord unraveling. She wasn't too far behind him and she wasn't too close. She was at just about the right distance to do this trick and with her strength, it was going to make Amare choke.

Asuka pulled on the whip with all her strength and she was pretty strong. 10 point difference. She pulled up towards the sky, making his head face her and hopefully keeping him from trying to cut the chord. She was basically trying to hang him execution style. If he couldn't get out of this...Yikes.

Asuka's Remaining Reiatsu:2750/3600