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Aiko entered the dojo, thrilled and partially scared. She knew she wasn't much of a fighter and knew this was a battle to the death, but still she accepted the challenge. Her shadow danced around her feet, ever ready to take on its first form. Well, I hope I am ready for this. She sighed and waited for her partner to show, mentally preparing herself for what was to come....

Fuse had been extra pumped as he approached the entrance of the dojo. He had heard about this kuroteisi guy and he wanted to fight him bad. Fuse had saw a problem in where they were. He knew that is he unleashed his full potential, no one would make it out of this place alive. He thought of this for a second, then shrugged it off and jogged to where his partner was. As he walked out onto the mat, he coated his entire body with with flames. He was beautiful to see, but if you were to touch him you would pay the price. Hey Aiko, wassup. You ready to smash on this kid? Don't be fearful, just because you're his slave doesn't mean anything.

Aiko looked at the guy who had called out her name. Ahh... So this one is Fuse. Ok! She reached to shake his hand, but quickly pulled back. "Wow. Nice show." Her shadow instantly ran to the guy on fire. It jumped and phased right through him. Her shadow then returned to her side, a mirror image of her partner in black.

"Sorry if that startled you. Just protocol. Don't want my shadow accidentally knocking you out." She gave him a meaningful smile, then turned to there opponent. She flashed him her fangs, somewhat hurt that he only regarded the boy as an enemy. "You wanna hit him first? I' quite patient with fights."

((10 feet high? thats a bit of a stretch for someone with 23 magic. but I'll let it slide 'this' time. beware of god-modding))

Teishoku stared cooly at the fire demon as he erupted in flames. oooh, fire. scary. He calmly walked over to what was obviously a vampire girl, making sure to jump over the gasoline spills on the floor. He knelt at her feet and kissed two of his fingers. He then stood up and blew the kiss to her. Again, I can't apologize enough for this. It wasn't my idea. Teishoku strode over to stand in between them. He whipped out a needle from his bracer and deftly poked his shoulder, drawing a single drop of blood out onto his needle. He fed this blood to his thumb, for in it lied his nature rune.

The rune drank the blood up greedily quickly using it to transform his hand. First his fingers were covered in a tan coloring. It made his skin stretch and tighten slightly. Then his skin darkened to the color of the darkest bark. It thickened with the dark substance, making his fingers reminiscent of a bunch of small tree branches. He flexed his fingers and smiled. Neither of you are going to be ok by the end of this match He said, with a hint of sadness. He charged at the fire demon.

Teishoku slowed his charged as he noticed the being trying to push him. what the hell? He wondered, doing a cartwheel away from the shadow creature. Teishoku was used to odd things happening, he was learning to take it in stride, but he refused to deal with a shadow if he didn't have to. He looked back at the girl controlling the shadow. He stopped his charge and turned around to look at her fully. oh, why not. He decided, running back towards her.

Teishoku took long strides and hopped over gasoline spills with ease in his effort to get to her. Whats this mat made of anyway? rubber? foam? He wondered, trying to come up with multiple plans at once. It wasn't his forte, but he was gonna have to deal in this case. He made it the last few feet to the vampire girl and did a soccer tackle, similar to a baseball slide. He slide right up to her, trying to trip her up.

Teishoku grunted. He didn't like getting hot, and there was fire every where. The fire that erupted from the demon's gas spills dam near blinded the beggar. All he could see was the bright white of the flames. He had always been taught never to attack if you didn't know what you were hitting. heh, there's always a silver lining. Bright fire every where.......no shadow. He snickered as he dug his right hand deep into the mat and instantly halted his tackle. He used his powerful fingers as well has his arms and legs to push off the ground, into a backflip.

His backflip was only half successful however, because seconds into it, an explosion rocked his whole body. He was flung backwards, across the mat and landed in a heap, surrounded by flames. And explosion?? And it was right next to that vampire girl, i hope she didn't get hurt... he thought to himself as he blinked away some of the blindness. He picked himself up and brushed the embers off his clothes. He achieved his drunken fighting stance, but he didn't charge, because that clearly wasn't working very well. Instead he stood perfectly still and waited for someone else to make a move

Fuse felt kind of bad that his actions had cost his ally her ally. He knew she had some kind of a bond between them. He saw that she was zig zagging to make a physical attack. Fuse manipulated the fire on the floor around the beggar and the vampire to form a bubble of fire in which they were trapped in. It had enough room in it to move comfortably but u had to be careful not to touch barrier. He anticipated the vampire fighting the beggar up close, and with her speed, she should have had no problem dodging the beggar's attacks. Plus, he knew while they were in his bubble, he could control the playing field. No amount of fire dancing would help the beggar now because he had no where to run away. Fuse had made sure he cleared the fire from the floor around them so the vamp would have an easier time maneuvering. Pretty much, the only way to leave the bubble would be if i made an opening for them, or if one of them were brave enough to jump into the fire and out the other side. I don't think it would be wise to try jumping through the closed fire. But having your clothes catch fire, and being burned cooked, never hurt anyone.