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Krusty     Light engulfs the arena, only for everything to go dark. It takes a while for everyone's eyes to adjust. But once they do, the audience will find that they are seated along the walls of a large underground cavern. Spread out in the open space before them are a series of stone platforms and bridges, suspended over an infinite-looking drop into darkness. The whole structure doesn't look very stable either as one bridge breaks apart, seemingly at random, before falling and disappearing into the darkness below.

    Krusty walks out of his side of the arena, his armour's cloak billowing out behind him. He walks along the stone bridge, eyeing the long drop over the side, until he reaches his starting platform. He gives a charming smile and a nod to the audience and cameras, before crossing his arms and turning his attention towards the other side of the cavern. Krusty has been looking forward to this fight in particular, given who his opponent is.
Kirito     The other end of the arena... has Kirito walking from a gateway and onto the other side of the stone bridge. Unlike previous matches, this time he's emerging with both blades equipped across his back in black scabbards. One is a black blade, and the other a bluish-white crystalline shade. It's Elucidator and Dark Repulsor, blades he still has only due to some strange miracle of the Multiverse...

    But he draws the weapons as soon as he reaches his designated starting point, looking out this way and that at the watching audience in the distance. No attempt to charm them, though, offering only a brief smile. His attention's focused entirely on the matter at hand.

    He's encountered Krusty before, and so his eyes narrow. All that armor... this isn't going to be an easy fight. Kirito looks way out of place as a warrior next to Krusty's set of articulated plate and those beefy pauldrons... "I'll just have to crack through it.. it can't be worse than Heathcliff." The boy mutters to himself, steeling his will.

    When the match bell chimes, he's OFF with a roar, charging low at Krusty with both of his blades held out to either side. Kirito looks like some kind of MADMAN charging like that, but as he arrives...

    "Alright, show me what you can do for real this time!" He boldly closes the distance. The twin blades gleam green as he swings his arms around so one's held on either side... and then he lashes out with a CROSS SWING of opposing strikes with Krusty caught in the middle. A Dual Swords technique that's quite simple, but will hurt if nothing's done about it!
Tomoe Tomoe is announcing today and somewhere she's got a suit like of the sort you'd see a sportscaster. Klien is likely behind it with his tailoring skills are behind it.

"Good afternoon beings of all ages I'm your announcer Tomoe the Iron Lily and we got quite the matchup today with Kirito the Black Swordsman of Alfheim Online and the Guild Master of the Gatecrasher union verses Krusty of Akihabaras, member of the Round Table Alliance and Guild Master of the massive guild D.D.D.! Which is something I'd love to know what the D.D.D. stands for! There they go Kirito's making the first move as he breaks out both swords and makes right for Krusty!"
Krusty     Krusty eyes those two swords wielded by his opponent. Krusty is only partially familiar with Kirito's style. But he knows enough to expect this battle to be challenging. As the start of the match counts down, Krusty reaches up to retrieve the large two-handed sword on his back. It's quite a bit larger than either of Kirito's, so likely slower. But it's going to have a bit of a punch...

    ... Plus some other tricks.

    The bell chimes. Krusty is a lot more sedate in starting off the match, beginning to walk across the platform he's on in Kirito's direction. It doesn't take long for the two to meet though, Krusty bringing his sword up to parry one of Kirito's swords to the side. The other, he turns his shoulder into to cause the blade to scrape across his armour. Sparks fly and a groove is cut into the metal.

    Krusty smiles in response to Kirito's words, "Don't worry." Krusty swings his large sword in a wide horizontal strike. One heavy blow. Though if it connects, Kirito will find the blade partially draining his strength as Krusty finishes, "I don't plan to go easy on you."
Tomoe Tomoe says, "Kirito is in vast going for the first hit of the match, yet Krusty stands strong against the assault and is now counting with a two-hander nearly as big as I am and he's not going to be going easy on his foe either! It's the mountain vs the rocket tag champ!""
Kirito     "Ghk--" That strange maneuver causes a rebound, canceling the green energy driving Kirito's blades. A wave of shock goes through his whole body but he recovers within a second, bringing his nearer weapon around to catch Krusty's zweihander in the join between Elucidator's blade and guard. The CLANG is mighty and Kirito's strength proves insufficient at stopping the strike... he can only deflect it and absorb some of the impact. The blade still bites into his side, drawing a strange red damage decal and a few drops of blood. Yet with a roar of effort he PUSHES UP to try and off-balance Krusty and brings his originally-deflected weapon about in another blow. This time it glows blue, and lashes DOWN and then back up in a V shape, and if Krusty's not careful that V will be carved into his body!

    "Likewise!"
Krusty     Krusty finds himself struggling to hold back against Kirito's push. The two visibly pressure the other with their strength. But it seems that Kirito's sheer determination wins over and Krusty is forced to take a step back, his blade pushed away. This presents an opening. One that Kirito is able to take advantage of.

    The glowing blade slices into Krusty's heavy armour, indeed leaving behind a V carved into the metal. The strike further forces Krusty back a few steps. As his foot comes close to the edge of the bridge they're on, part of it crumbles away.

    Krusty quickly recovers, a smirk on his face, "Your dual sword style is impressive." There's a glint behind his glasses as he asks, "Do you know why they call my build the Scarlet Knight?"

    Quickly getting a firmer footing on the floor, Krusty leaps into the air. He brings his large blade over his head and down towards Kirito in a solid overhead blow. Once again the blade leeches from Kirito at contact with him or his blades.
Tomoe Tomoe says "It seems Kirito is of the same mind as Krusty on not going easy and the class is well underway he can just barely deflect the strike and even then looks like he is feeling that one and he's letting a sword art rip! Followed up with Krusty showing that this mountain can move with an overhead blow and as a tank let me tell you I'd not want to get hit by that one myself!"
Kirito     An overhead blow? Kirito moves with ridiculous coordination, bracing his stance and doing a thing that makes NO BLOODY SENSE in any realistic swordfighting sense.

    It's the classical Cross Block, crossing his blades in an X and catching the blow between them. The impact's THUNDEROUS. At first, Krusty's blow stops right there. Kirito's arms tremble under the load...

    But it's the shoddy BRIDGE that gives out. Stone blocks CRUMBLE underneath him, cracking and splitting apart. Kirito's footing gives way and he stumbles. Thus, Krusty's blow falls on him, striking his shoulder hard and driving him down. Kirito drops down to roll behind Krusty, slaps the ground hard enough to flip up to his feet and lands ten feet away, rubbing his shoulder where the blade dug in. Despite that... he seems to still have the full use of his arm...?!

    "If I had to guess... an unbreakable defense... and that HP-stealing weapon!" Oh, so he DID notice.

    "That's a devil of a weapon... so even parrying's not safe, huh? In that case..." Kirito levels his blade at Krusty. It glows emerald, winds whipping up about it.. and the next moment, he's RIGHT PAST HIM, having drawn a streak of razor wind that might well have cut a gash into Krusty. But just as the Sonic Leap's dying down, Dark Repulsor howls with a frigid wind and Kirito turns around with a series of thrusts and slashes that unleash a torrential outpouring of ICY CHUNKS. That's melted through in the next second by Elucidator, having ignited with a savage power, delivering a flurry of fiery thrusts!
Krusty     "Correct."

    Krusty cannot react quickly enough to the sudden attack, the blink attack resulting in a grunt from Krusty. Blood splatters to the bridge below him and there's a little pain on his face. But while the Sonic Leap was too quick to handle, the follow up attacks are less so.

    A few of the initial icey strikes scrape across the back of Krusty's armour, leaving a trail of ice. But soon enough he's able to spin around and bring his own weapon up. Soon enough Krusty is interposing the large blade between himself and Kirito's strikes. He continues to explain, "Unlike most Guardians, I forgo a shield in favour of higher damage, HP absorb weapons."

    Fire and ice clash against steel, Krusty continuing to block the blows but still feeling some of the effects of the elements. Until on a final blow, Krusty gives ground and jumps back away from Kirito. He chuckles at the other swordsman, "But that's not all." A shadow falls over Krusty's face as he calls, "Lunatic Armor."

    An ominous aura flares up around Krusty, quickly tinting his armor a blood red. Kirito, with his wealth of experience, will recognize a change in Krusty's stance. It's far more aggressive.

    Krusty bursts forward, cloak trailing as he quickly closes the distance to Kirito once more. He proceeds to launch into a series of quick, strong strikes with the large two-handed sword. Given the size of the weapon, the speed is impressive. Though still likely outshined by Kirito. But there's a lot of strength behind those blows.
Tomoe Tomoe hands grip the desc as she watches the match go on. "Oh that has got to hurt it looks like Kiritog to more than tagged that time as the bridge gives out and we're getting some serious terrain damage and looks like Krusty's Scarlet Knight build is relying on defence like mine and some sort of life force draining mechanic! There goes Kirito with a Sonic Leap in counter followed up by a Savage Fulcrum and a Howling Octave he's chaining the sword skills here and there form Krusty in response he's still standing and what the heck is this some kind of sword art of his own whatever this is? This is looking pretty painful! He's got some magic on his side I haven't sene before where this Lunatic armour is going to go? We can only find out!"
Kirito     'Oh what the HELL' is written clear across Kirito's face the moment that Krusty gains an AURA. That is SO unfair. his ARMOR has special powers attached to it...?

    But Kirito's no coward. He rises to the occasion. Both his blades shine with a purplish light as he begins another of those strange techniques. They rocket into position in a double slash, clashing against Krusty's first swing! The impact makes the bridge tremble and more cracks to appear in the footing.... but while Kirito keeps his footing this time...

    The terrific weight and power of that two-handed weapon, and awkward position he's in, backed by all that boosted power, overwhelms his parry. His blades rebound, exposing his body... to the onslaught that follows. Each blow carves into him, seemingly through him - but never completely. Still, deep, horrible gouges are drawn across his body and blood spills everywhere... but far less of it than a normal biological enemy would drop. The raw IMPACT sends Kirito flying backwards after the technique's over... but then...

    With a flare of darkness from his back and strange glints of light, his wings appear and THRUM to full power. He BRAKES in midair, desperation and pain driving him to scowl at Krusty!

    There's a strong temptation to rush in with a retaliation, but he instead keeps his cool, draws a deep breath... and lands. With a wordless, howling battle roar he charges in again, staying low. And this time...

    This time, he remains at the absolute maximum distance possible, lashing out with a series of empowered strikes that inevitably draws a Hexagram in the air - and perhaps on Krusty - and ends with a THRUST from Elucidator.

    "That's one heck of a combat strategy... there was never anything like it in Sword Art Online!"
Krusty     Krusty's demeanor has definitely changed. He shows no sign of stopping, no sign of letting up on the attack. Even as Kirito is puashed away and stops to keep cool, Krusty charges in once more. His armoured boots hit the ground hard with each step, causing further cracks to form and bits to fall away. There's madness in his eyes as he makes no attempts to defend himself.

    Kirito's strikes slice into armour here and there. A few find purchase on the more vulnerable points of Krusty's equipment, drawing blood. But the wounds aren't serious for very long, showing signs of quick healing with each strike that Krusty makes.

    His opponent is staying ahead of him. And very much desiring to press the attack, Krusty brings his large sword down and to his side, point angled directly towards Kirito. The blade begins to glow with red light and moments later, Krusty bursts forward in his own world's version of Sword Skills.

    Scarlet Thrust.

    With a battle cry, Krusty blasts through the air, pusing his sword forward in an attempt to pierce it right through Kirito's body.
Tomoe Tomoe says "The Onslaught has left Kirito in a bad place but he's note yet keeled over yet and is able to muster a counterattack using the Elucidator fo finish the combo! If Kirito couldn't fly that might have been the match then and there if I'm behind honest here and Krusty is not letting up either as he looks like he's using some sort of Sword Skill of his own, in an attempt to pin Kirito to part of the arena!
Kirito     This is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. And it shows a serious flaw in Kirito's usual approach. He's great at dealing with most enemies he has half a chance to study. But this one... is a complete unknown. With teeth clenched and grinding together, it's all he can do to stand his ground, and TRY to deflect that incoming blade with a quickly-triggered Dual Swords technique. Both his blades slam against the flat of Krusty's, shifting his angle JUST a little--

    But not enough. The agilile, nimble Kirito's not going to win in sheer power against Krusty, and it's clearly a bad matchup where his lighter swords don't have the weight behind them to really deal with Krusty's insanely heavy build.

    Then again, anyone ELSE with Kirito's build would've probably crumbled long ago.

    But that blade slams through his gut, slightly off-center, drawing another spray of blood and crimson polygons. A sharp, gurgly hiss comes from the impaled boy, whose HP is rapidly dropping, and yet... he grins. It's HARDLY a nice grin. It's a grin of sheer desperation. An 'I have an IDEA' grin.

    With that heavy blade lodged in his body, Kirito LUNGES FORWARD, sacrificing a bit more HP but DENYING Krusty any easy way to EXTRICATE the blade. Kirito brings his KNEE up, trying to slam and off-balance Krusty, while at the same time he swings Dark Repulsor down for a POMMEL STRIKE towards Krusty's wrist, hoping to sprain it and ruin his ability to use that sword properly!
Krusty     Krusty is suddenly a lot closer to Kirito than he might have expected. He receives a knee to the gut. He's saved from any serious uncomfortable feelings thanks to the armour there. But it does disrupt his balance. And as a result, Kirito is able to bring his pommel down on Krusty's wrist. There's a cry of pain from Krusty. Judging by the way his hand and wrist moved, it definitely wasn't pleasant.

    Krusty doesn't care.

    In his state, Krusty simply releases his grip on the sword. Congratulations Kirito, you now have a massive blade impaled through your body.

    Krusty steps back, injured hand limp. With his other hand he swipes a finger at the air a few times. A large two-handed axe appears with a flash of light in front of him, before falling and embedding its edge in the stone ground.

    Krusty reaches out to grab hold of the large shaft with his good hand. Wielding it with just the one will make it more difficult. But not impossible. Krusty then steps forward, swinging the large axe with a battle cry. But he's not aiming for Kirito. He's aiming for the large sword he left in the man, trying to smash it out of Kirito's body and no doubt inflict a considerable amount of damage in the process.
Tomoe Tomoe is now hunched over to get a closer look at the whole arena. "Kirito's on fumes here he's looking like he's about to fall over but he's his most dangerous when he's like this will Krusty be able to handle what he has to dish out? He's just going all out here and Krusty is able to just keep going. He's elt it but it's not enough to make him stop it looks like he's going not for Kirito but the blade Kirito's still got in him trying to finish him!"
Kirito     It was a brutal move on the part of the Black Swordsman. A move that one wouldn't normally expect of someone who fights duels using video game powers... just where did he get the idea for that maneuver?

    And yet... "Oh come on!" Well. Krusty does exactly what Kirito would've done if he found himself disarmed. He equips another weapon from his inventory.

    ANd he does exactly what Kirito would've done had the situation's been reversed. Which is VERY PAINFUL, as the long two-hander's beyond the reach of Kirito to properly defend. There's nothing he can do besides TRY to back up.. but that's awkward with that painful thing lodged in his body.

    BAM. The sword exits Kirito's body with a clatter and a final spray of pixellated gore, bowling the boy over in its wake. As his HP hits zero.. his form glows, then SHATTERS. All the fantastic gear, the long ears, everything just vanishes, replaced with his casual outfit and a slew of bruises and nasty cuts that begin to bleed much worse. "I guess... that's it again... I GIVE UP!"

    The only oddity is the weird plastic device meagerly covering half of his face, some sort of eye-piece, that wasn't there before...
Tomoe Tomoe watches in a mix of awe, shock and surprise on her face with Kirito's and Krusty's tacts it just looks like it's the end here and she knows it.

"Krusty pulled a backup weapon from what I can only assume is his inventory and there's the match that has got to be painful and both are damn lucky this is an arena and Kiritos been hammered so hard he;'s fallen out of henshin! that's the match with Krusty of D.D.D. the victor!"
Krusty     Krusty's sword falls to the floor after being smashed out of Kirito. His foe is thusly defeated, losing his transformation.


For a troubling moment it looks like Krusty, in his bloodlust state, might press the attack. But sanity quickly returns to his eyes, the strange aura around him fading and his armour returning to its normal colour.

    Krusty then drops down to one knee, panting hard. His injuries don't look that bad. But he seems quite exhausted. Over time his breathing slows, strength returning even as the Shrine's effects begin to recover his wounds.

    Krusty slowly rises again, returning his axe to his inventory. He then turns his head towards Kirito, "You give up?" Krusty moves to stand over Kirito, "That's it? That's all it took? A lost tournament match?"

    Krusty turns away, heading over to retrieve his sword. As he picks it up, he finishes, "I don't know how you survived that game."
Kirito     The insulted look on Kirito's face is quite fierce even as he stands once the Shrine's effects kick in. Strangely... this also means he can... "LINK START!" In a flash of light, the transformation that had just come undone is renewed. His outfit re-materializes into the fantasy coat, swords once again sheathed on his back. He regards Krusty after that rubbing with a look of disdain.

    "For starters, I was fighting for something way more important than a silly tournament." The words are simple, but as his eyes narrow, something ferocious can be seen behind them for one tiny moment. A haunting, cold look that bites to the bone.

    It's probably unwise to poke that dragon...
Krusty     Krusty turns around to face Kirito... And smiles. He says with more respect, "Better."

    Krusty returns his sword to his back, "A fight, whether for your life, or something 'silly' like a tournament, should be approached with the same respect and determination. Not just the fight too, but also your opponents. Your attitude at the end there was disrespectful to both the tournament and those fighting in it who take it seriously. Even if you don't."

    Krusty turns to leave the arena, ending with, "I hope you keep that in mind."