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Ajora remained smiling, genuine as ever, like a benevolent god.

"No."

"That you leave, of course," he stated, as though it were the most obviously the answer. "It would be the only way for us to stay on 'good' terms, seeing as any other viable option ends badly for you."

"Oh, trust me, I stand to gain a lot by leaving her. I'm just interested to see you try, is all," he responded, smiling down at Louis.

"You know... you're not so different from Ajora. I can see why Mateus latched onto you," Ajora mused, leaning down on one lifted hand lazily.

'Ajora' chuckled darkly, and this carried on for a few moments.

"That you still refer to me as if I am Ajora is all the evidence you need to know that you are, in fact, fated to lose," 'he' replied, though once again his voice seemed to resonate with the stone walls, the platform, the very air that enveloped them. As he spoke, Ajora's visage began to rapidly shift, much as if thousands of shards of glass were flipping themselves. It started at the center of his face and moved outward, over his head, down his body...

Now sitting in the chair was none other than Ultima, the Bloody Angel, in human form. Her long platinum hair was straight and fell down on either side of her chest, reaching just above her chest. Her skin, unlike her 'original's' tone, was like a plain caucasian. She was wearing a form-fitting crimson dress, with sleeves that became more like translucent lace beyond the shoulder and ended at the elbows; the skirt of the dress draped down to her ankles, slit slightly along the sides to allow for some flexibility. Cleavage was definitely obvious, with her hair almost emphasizing it. To 'top' it off, she was wearing crimson stilettos.

The aura she was giving off was far different from that of Kyle's Ultima. Quite the contrary, she exuded a powerful charisma, one that could easily rally others with similar ideals to her cause. This was not the Traitor. This was the Revolutionary.

"Were Mateus at the ready, or at the very least if you were more closely bound, you would have known immediately," she mused upon her golden throne, staring down at him with brilliantly shining violet eyes, smirking now. "Which means you're not even at your full capacity. Of course, you could bring him forth, but doing so would alert Kyle immediately..."

"Hmm. A pity."

{ Cue : Final Fantasy XII ~ Esper Battle }

Without warning, a trio of large, winged demons appeared, mostly black and gray with crimson gauntlets and horns, towering at least a foot over Louis. Two appeared on either side of the Bloody Angel; the third appeared behind Louis. Their muscular arms remained crossed, awaiting command.

At that point, a magical barrier flashed into existence around Ultima's throne, only to vanish, becoming invisible but still there, preventing any damage from passing through.

"Be sure that Mateus knows I do not hold your impetuous actions against him. You are mortal; you know not these games of divinity that you have stumbled upon," she spoke to him, comfortably crossing her legs. "You may yield if you so wish, but the first move is yours."

[[For a reference of the shapeshifting, think of Mystique from the X-Men movies.

Also, in case you can't tell, I'm horrible at clothing design. So if any artists want to take a stab at the Bloody Angel's design, you have total creative liberties. I was going for powerful and seductive, and red, obviously xD]]

[[Cue: Blood Vs Darkness]]

Louis had to restrain himself when Ultima revealed herself. He wasn't expecting the bloody angel herself, he expected Ajora. His mind raced, ignoring most of her dialog, trying to figure out a new plan. His eyes shifted from figure to figure as they took shape around him, finally the presence behind caused him to jump forward and put distance between himself and the demon.

He tried to keep all of them in his sight, but he knew he'd be outflanked if he tried taking on all three at once like this. Immediately, Louis concentrated darkness on his eye. There was a small around the eye then ripples ran in, then out of the pupil, drawing it out to the edges. Above, a portal opened up, giving him an overhead view of the platform.

"Nah," Louis finally replied to the Bloody Angel, "I couldn't do that... I still have to repay your avatar for throwing me out a window!"

Louis threw his arms down, taking an attack stance with his dual rapiers, then suddenly shadows stretched over his form and when they cleared, Louis was gone. A second later, Louis flickered around the closest Ultima Demon, darkness trailing behind him for a moment like ribbons before vanishing again, a sword appearing in every place he was, each driving themselves through a different limb and vital point. The last would find its place in the demon's throat before Louis vanished one last time, appearing some distance away again before gripping at the air in the demon's direction. The swords in the demon warped and formed spheres bulging in its flesh before Louis threw his hand to the side causing the orbs to glimmer then detonate, tearing the demon apart into several demi spells.

Louis felt his breath catch when the demon stood mostly unharmed then charged him. From his eye in the sky, Louis was able to see all the moments from each demon. The first to strike was the one from his front. The following movements looked less like a fight, but more like a series of coordinated dance moves as he ducked and rolled his shoulders under the blow of the kick, his out-stretched arm stabbed a knife sized mass of darkness into the supporting leg of the forward demon, then curled around thrusting another into the arm of the one behind him. Using the far larger demon as an anchor, he pulled himself up and over using the black dagger as a foot hold, so to speak before pressing off the one demon's back, pushing it into the other likely unbalanced one as the two masses detonated once more like the swords, only smaller.

Louis landed looking back only to see the demon he just used as a springboard rushing him all over again, "What the h- Argh!" Louis was caught, lifted over, and slammed into the ground on the other side of the demon. Louis gasped for breath as his back was slammed down, but refused to close his mind to the pain, instead, he let it drive him, rage built up inside him, setting his mind aflame. The demon in his left eye irritated him greatly. That's when he saw above him the incoming meteor kick. Louis opened a portal underneath him and fell through, taking the tail end of the blow, sending him through and out the other end high in the air spinning out of control into the flying demon.

The Arcanist quickly turned into a desperate animal, clawing and stabbing with anything he could form in his hands to get around the demon and onto its back before thrusting his rapier deep into its shoulder as a handle. Louis then proceeded to slam his fist into his other shoulder several consecutive times, each with exponential force in comparison to the last. Finally Louis slammed one final blow merged with a darkness spell with enough force to dislodge him and his rapier from the demon's back as well as do a little damage to himself in the process.

He spun around and launched a gravity spell into the sky above him, detonating it at a safe distance. Louis sustained it as to create a make shift zero gravity on himself mid air. The arcanist formed another rapier and threw both his real rapier and generated out to his sides, each entering a dark portal of its own.

The following seconds proceeded with Louis lobbing darkness spells from his hands causing concussive explosions anywhere they impacted as the daggers flew around the platform exiting and entering portals at random, cutting thin rifts everywhere they passed.