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Touta Konoe     A young man in black returns to the Shrine. He's been eager to get some training in since all this stuff Arty had mentioned about new ...Well it was to metaphysical for a guy like him to understand. But one thing he did understand was that he was definitely feeling different since then and he's noticed it in these last few fights. So...To help him out a bit he's decided to call on a friend to help him out. So he stands in the arena waiting for that certain someone...

    "Hmm...Now that I think of it...Have we ever fought before?"
Rean Schwarzer A different black haired boy in a red blazer walks into the Shrine, carrying his sheathed sword with in one hand. "Hey Touta." Rean says, waving. Like Touta, he got a chance to use whatever the heck Arthur did to the universe yesterday. For him, not much changed, though yeah, it was a little bit weird at first. He draws his sword, crouching down into a fighting stance. "No, I don't think we have. We've fought together, but not each other."

And then he remembered something, and smiled just a bit too wide. "By the way...thanks for the Christmas present."
Touta Konoe     There's a bit of a smirk when Rean brings up the gift, "Oh, guess the mistletoe was a big success. I was a bit reluctant at first but a few people back home told me it'd be fine." He chuckles a bit after his admittance of 'guilt' regarding the Christmas gift. Though the moment he sees Rean getting into his combat stance the smiling eases a bit.

    He brings up his own black taichi as his legs lower into his stance. "I hope you don't mind, but with all this stuff going on though I'm thinking of trying out some new moves. So if this fight doesn't live up to the hype I'll apologize here."

    He's not heard what Rean's heard about how Touta fights but if he was hoping for Touta to be some bigshot, well...He'd still have to try. It'd just be much weirder than usual! "Anyway...on 'go' we'll start..."

    Just as he says that though. The ground underneath Touta's feet crack. The boy turns into a blur before the other's eye that charges right at him. It's only in the briefest moment before striking that Rean would see the blurred figure of the spikey-haired kid return to that of one about to bring his blade down upon him. "Go!" Slam!
Rean Schwarzer Rean laughs. "So I should blame /them/ for that. ...Kidding. It worked out fine." Rean's only knowledge of how Touta fights is what he's seen on missions with him, and it's been a while, so his memory of it's not the best. Anyway, the count (or lack thereof) goes out and...
Wham! Suddenly Touta's right in his face, slamming his sword down right on top of him. Rean brings his own sword up to block, both blades ringing out across the arena. He can see the crater Touta made behind him. Right, he was supernaturally strong or something like that. He shifts his weight forward, trying to push back and hopefully unbalance Touta. After that, he goes for a low strike aimed at Touta's torso!
Touta Konoe     Touta lets out his first strike, and Rean blocks it well enough. That smile on his face show's again, "Ah, I was really hoping that surprise attack would get ya. Well, if anything show's how well you've been trained. I bet that Master of yours is proud of ya. And glad it worked out, just promise me one thing, don't go into full details about it- "

    The moment Rean shifts his weight Touta's demeanor shifts to focus ever so slightly on the movement. His attempt to get a clean strike at Touta's torso being read and maneuvered against as his body kicks off the ground again with that intense force to get out of range of the attack. Though just as quickly as he moved out of range...He speeds forward again at that blurred speed. Going for the same type of overhead strike as before, though this time... "TWO-THOUSAND FOLD!"

    The blade would come down and just the way that he came down, the way that the air moved around the blade, Rean could tell there was much more force than before. A blade that could manipulate its weight was about to slam onto Rean with the force of a truck!
Rean Schwarzer "Don't worry. It'll stay between Mikoto and me." Rean says, nodding.

Touta brings down his sword again, at a much faster speed, with the air rippling around it. There was no way he'd be able to block that. He jumps back, trying to clear the way, but he's not quite fast enough. The blade slams into his left shoulder with a crack, knocking him to the ground. Rean hisses. Well, Touta clearly wasn't holding back, so maybe he should stop too? There's a brief moment where he just lays there...And then becomes engulfed in darkness, his hair and eyes shfting to white and red respectively.

He staggers to his feet, sword gripped tighly in his still functioning hand. Ok, now how to do this...

Rean rushes forward at a higher speed than before, maybe not as fast as Touta, but close enough to catch him. He ignites his sword in blue flame, slashing at Touta repeatedly at high speeds, flipping the sword around in his hand.

Would Master Ka-Fai be proud of him, if he could see him now? Moving forward little by little after being so hung up over this for so long? Hung up enough for his master to stop training him?

...Hopefully he doesn't knock himself out with it again.
Touta Konoe     Touta watches as Rean lays on the ground, but there's no remorse on his face...Well, not too much. "Sorry Rean, uh...Not for the hit...But for not going easy. Truth be told, I hate it when people do that to me, and well you seem like you would be too. Besides like I said, I'm trying out some new stuff. It wouldn't do either of us good if I held back right?" That said, Touta thought he really was laying on the heat, though only because he thought Rean could handle it. And as he brings those words Rean brings his own heat. Literally...

    He watches the darkness envelope Rean which raises a brow for Touta. Truth be told these seem like new things to him as well. But seeing as Rean's hair goes white, his eyes red he can't help but smirk a bit. "Looks like you really plan to go all out then...Alright...I guess I still got one thing left to show ya then too."

    Touta watches as Rean stands and as he does he pulls out another weapon. A small...Ring? The ring expands to a reasonable size and Rean literally watches as the boy puts it on and then with all his might he...Spins it around his hips...It's a mechanical hula-hoop...No seriously...

    Though nothing happens between the interval he does this and the time he charges Touta with his staggering speed. Touta finds himself caught in Rean's flurry of strikes. Each wound leaving a deep wound, a powerful flame erupting from each one even as Touta tries to block with his sword. Rean may notice something though, no matter how deep the wound he gives is, He hasn't been able to stop the hoop from spinning. In fact, most of his strikes have been stopped just short slicing in the direction of the hoop. Touta's taken some heavy damage and even worse burns because of this but that hoop still continued spinning, Touta making sure that everytime his blade stopped it just enough...Until the last strike. Rean's blade sinks into Touta's left palm, a vicious blue flame erupting from it. Yet, Touta still seems to smile even through the blood that's now covering his face, wincing through the pain of his burns. "Amazing...You really are Rean...I know it won't be anything compared to the original but...I wanted to show you I was going all out to....COMPLEXIO!!!"

    Touta was by no means a mage, but when he said those magical words a dark miasma began to envelope his own body similar to Rean's had. The flames had pierced into the boy's palm suddenly vanish...No...They get sucked into the hand. The ground below them starts to crack again and with it a symbol shows. A symbol of Yin and Yang. Rean within the white, Touta within the black.

    That wasn't the end of this trick though. Rean would watch as Touta's appearence changed as well. His hair began to grow out like a mane...And go from black to...White. His eyes gave a more fiery crimson just as similar as his own, and the arm holding his black sword began to ignite with a blue flame of its own.

    "Magia Erebea: ...Actually I wouldn't know what to call this specific form of it so how about...Flames in Heaven? Anyway...GET READY REAN!!!" Touta pulled his pierced hand from Rean's blade, his wound healing swiftly and the flames that were burning him a moment ago reigniting...Under Touta's own ability. The black blade ignited with those blue flames Rean knew so well as he gave off a powerful blazing strike of his own.
Rean Schwarzer Rean burns through Touta, even as the other boy pulls out a hula hoop and starts using it. It's weird sure, but he's blocking really well, trying to keep him from stopping the rotation. He's getting messed up too, but still the ring keeps going.

Touta then stops Rean's sword with one hand, still smiling through all the blood and burns. Rean raises an And then...

Rean's eyes widen as Touta changes, his appearance mirroing Rean's, with a few unique bits of his own. Oh, also he copied the burning sword thing.

"Wha-" Rean stammers, and steps back just a bit too late to dodge the blow. Touta's strike lands, cutting through and burning his jacket, leaving a deep gash. He stumbles a bit, hunched over.

"Ow...So that's what that looks like." Rean says, wincing, as blod comes out of the wound.. "Didn't know you could copy things, too. You and Mikoto make a good sibling team then!" Anyway...

Rean crouches low, rushing past Touta in a split second, with a wide swing that bursts into a flurry of slashes.
Touta Konoe     Touta smirks when he says that he and Mikoto make a good team like that, "Heh, just a coincidence. Besides she definitely more of a copy cat than I like to be honestly! But seeing as this is my ace in the hole for now. I figured I should show you the good stuff since you showed me yours."

    Rean handles Touta's attack well enough and dishes out some powerful attacks of his own. It's enough to really bring Touta's body looking a little extra crispy for all purposes. Even the hoop that he was spinning was no longer able to retain its shape after all that heat and just melted. The effects for Touta are...Noticeable. The form he's taking looks more difficult to maintain, with the mane slowly receding and black spots starting to blotch out the white in his air. The flames he mustered looking ready to dwindle. "Tch...That was...A really nasty hit rean. But..." As he speaks Touta's body was still reforming though. Still finding a way to recover from all the serious wounds even without the aid of the shrine. "I still got one good hit left in me too. So better grit those teeth buddy!" As he shouts his way towards Rean, the small flames he has left he focuses into the tip of his blade as he goes for a lunge right for Rean. Focusing solely on Powering through this last attack and giving all he has left. Just like he said, he wanted to give everything he could to his friend for this fight.
Rean Schwarzer Rean raises his sword to block, Touta's sword coming straight at him with fading flames. Touta's sword scrapes by, stabbing him, and burning more of his jacket. But like Touta, Rean's flagging too, and running this power takes up more of his energy than he needs.

Rean stills, his appearance returning to normal as he stands impaled on Touta's sword.

And thus, the arena resets. "Ow...You hit pretty hard." Rean says, rolling his shoulder. "I figured you were really strong, but /wow./" He walks over, and offers a hand to Touta. "Nice fight!"
Touta Konoe     As the arena resets Touta's own injuries do as well, his blade no longer within Rean's chest. He breathes a heavy sigh as he cracks his neck a little in a similar fashion to Rean's own after work-out stretching. "Meh, I was only hitting that hard cause I was borrowing a bit of your fire power there. Still...That stuff's dangerous. I could definitely pick up on it just by using it a little. I hope you're not using it too oft-"

    Though before he can finish what he's about to say he see Rean extend out his hand to Touta, to which Touta can't help but smirk. Slapping into the shake before giving it a firm grip. "What are we, businessmen?! Rean we're pals!" With that he loosens the grip only to pat the guy on the back, "Anyway, you wanna snag something to eat? I bet Mikoto could use an after lesson meal herself. I swear, that girl eats so much she's lucky she's not turning into a chubster."