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Arlo stood on the other side of the round fighting arena. The audience was shouting and roaring with cheers, but Arlo began to wonder why, when they didn't even know who he was. And upon looking over his opponent, he was more than a little disappointed. Here he was, having to fight a little kid. The proctor had told them to fight, allowing them to get on with their little fight, but Arlo felt conflicted about fighting someone who might even be half his age. Whatever the reason he was chosen to be his opponent, he wasn't about to go against those orders.

But he was even more baffled when Edward had decided to make the direct approach. With a sword that looked so much bigger than little Edward, Arlo saw the blade coming down at him. But in a quick motion, when Edward was raising his sword over his head, Arlo pulled out his Beserker, and intercepted the blow. The strong purple metal clashed with the black metal of Edward's sword, blocking it.

"You should really think more about your attacks." Arlo exclaimed while pushing Edwards blade backward. Due to their size difference, it's more than likely that Edward would be knocked off balance, factoring in the heigh, weight and strength different.

Arlo looked down at Edward as he seemed to get very angry very quickly. He simply frowned, and then watched as Edward suddenly got bak up. He didn't mind, he simply stood there, and waited for the little boy to sit back up. But it seemed Edward's anger got the better of him, and Arlo looked at the blade as it came towards him. His usual bored violet eyes continued to watch as Edwards blade came towards him. With a simple move to the left, he was able to block is blade with his weapon again, but then Senbon needles, and watched as Edward threw them at him. With the Beserker blocking his blade, all Arlo could do was lean to the side slightly. One sebon needle missed, but three ended up in the side of Arlo's arm. He simply looked at the three needles in his arm, then looked to Edward.

"You're letting your anger get the better of you." He said simply, like an adult telling a child.

Arlo felt the slight sting of the needles, but not enough to actually react to. He felt some emotions, some pain, but not enough to concern him. Part of him was missing anyways. "My name is Arlo. I am taking you seriously, but it's a little difficult if you're just going to keep attacking me in a blind rage."

As Edward brought his blade down on Arlo's Beserker, he blocked them. He would much rather had a couple of needles in his arm, rather than a blade in his side. But, each time the blade was brought down into his weapon, he would flicker and glitch, like a graphical glitch in a video game. His colors would wash out and become black and white for a mere second, and then he was back to normal. And this happened every time Edward stuck his weapon. The event was weird, but that's where Arlo got his title "The Glitch."

Arlo ducked when the shuriken were thrown to his head, but the kunai managed to embed itself into his foot. Arlo looked down at his foot, then picked up the kunai, then ripped it out of his foot. These kinds of injuries don't concern him much.

This was Arlo's turn to attack. Arlo jumped into the air, right directly in the sun, so it Edward looked up, all he would get was the sun's rays into his eyes. As he came down, he brought his Beserker down, aiming for Edward's shoulder. Whether or not the Beserker made contact, it would form a large sized hole, almost the size of five feet in length, and two feet in width, as well as a sudden lightning bolt coming from the center part of the weapon. If he was too close, he would get shocker. Arlo then threw three kunai at Edward, with a paper bomb secretly wrapped around the handle. By the time Edward noticed it, it would be too late. Unless he could somehow figure out a way to block it, counter it, or survive it.

Arlo flickered a few time more, and watched as Edward dodged both his Beserker's strike and lightning bolt, as well as blocked all his kunais. But hey, that wasn't always a bad thing. As his kunais landed behind the boy, Arlo made a hand sign, and the bomb went off a mere two feet behind him, which would definitely send him flying forward from the blast. And to make matters worse, Arlo was ready for him.

With what little control Edward would have with him being blasted forward, Arlo would position himself to also brace against the blast. That was much easier for Arlo, as he was further away from the blast, but the fact that his foot was injured made him sightly off balance. He leaned more to the left as it had been his right foot that had been stabbed with the kunai. He brought the Beserker up, and swung when Edward was in range. He aimed for Edward's stomach, hoping to land a blow. If it did, it would mean serious trouble for Edward.

Lucky little b*****d. He's been able to dodge all his attacks so far, which was almost unbelievable. But he did managed to get a hit on his blade, which was what Arlo had been aiming for. But he hadn't accounted for Edward to take and use his own tactic, how unoriginal. He continued on, however, and made sure to keep his head clear.

Speaking of keeping his head clear, a kunai came right at his head, his first instinct was to duck, but that would put him at a disadvantage of being way too close to the ground, so he went with his second best option, jumping. But that hadn't been such a good idea. The kunai suddenly exploded, as a paper bomb had been attached to it. Arlo's eyes widened ever so slightly, and he pulled his arms over his face. The blast got him right in the center, and left him winded, and slightly burned on the stomach. The blast wasn't enough to send him into a full on injury, but was enough to make his hesitate.

As he hesitated, he thought up more of a plan, and began to wonder what he could do. Ah, perfect! As the flickering Arlo began to fall back down into the mess that explosion created, he held the Beserker high above his head, and then brought it down, right on top of Edward's broadsword. Judging by the power behind Arlo's attempt to nail Edward's sword into the ground, he would be able to nail it in to almost the hilt. That was only if he had contact with it, of course.

This is where Arlo gives a certain little, emotional, fruit tart a taste of his own medicine. As the little boy was throwing a majority of his ninja weapons, Arlo began to wonder why he haven't ran out of ninja tools yet. But that didn't matter.

The Glitch waited as Edward threw ten sebon needles, eight shuriken, six kunai, two of which had paper bombs on them. It's not like Arlo could tell, as he simply saw six kunai. Once the last one left Edward's hand, Arlo made some hand signs and raised his left arm in the air, and began to concentrate on Edward. As he did, the wind began to pick up at an alarming rate.

Just as the first senbon was two feet away, he threw his arm down, and suddenly a huge gust of wind whipped up behind him, and then rushed forward. Arlo is getting more and more annoyed, why wouldn't this fruit tart just fall down and die already?

The wind that rushed forward was strong, and stopped all his projectiles in their tracks. Mere seconds later, all the projectiles turned and were propelled back at Edward, in the same path. The wind manipulation Arlo had just used also put power behind the weapons, making them faster and would hit harder. Let's see if he could dodge that.

Who the hell was this guy? What was he doing? That sword of his wouldn't protect him forever, and it certainly wouldn't do him much good, especially if it came to close combat. Arlo began to get more annoyed, with each passing moment. And then the Fruit Tart charged at him, swinging his sword, or rather raised it to.

Arlo rushed forward too, forcing the little child into close combat. Now was the time for Arlo to finish this, get on with it. But his mistake was leaving his side open when Edward had attacked with his side, and he accepted the fact that he was going to get hit. He staggered a little when the broad sword struck into his side, cutting deeply into his flesh. As the metal blade became embedded into his side, he glitched, flickered and flinched at the pain he felt. The pain he felt was like someone getting stabbed, but a rather dull pain. Because of him missing half of himself, he didn't feel much. But he did hesitate because of the dull ache.

As the blade was in his side, his other hand reached forward, and tried to grab onto Edward's small neck. The height difference was a big factor in all this, and glared into his eyes.

"You're sloppy, your slow, and you just don't think of a plan before hand." Arlo said in a monotone voice. He focused his chakra, and began to completely freeze the area around him. Due to the nature of the jutsu, and because Edward was much weaker, Arlo's jutsu would also begin to freeze the little Fruit Tart. Arlo was almost double Edward's strength, and therefore, this technique would be very effective in freezing him, starting at his feet. And with his blade stuck in his side, his blade wasn't going to be of much use. But of course, the ice surrounding them was also freezing Arlo's blood that ran down the sword.