Welcome to Gaia! ::

(( *throws sparkly confetti in the air* ))

((You read the rules? 3nodding ))

*Sierra enters the Arena with the ninja and moves out into the far center of the ring. She unsheathes her sword in a graceful arch as it cuts through the air in hiss of metal. The polished silver of the blade gleaming as it glints in the glare of the arena lights. Sierra brings the blade up before her, staying it with a practiced ease as she steps into her ready stance. She smiles brightly as she bows to her opponent her golden eyes flashing with anticipation, all pretenses of sickness forgotten as adrenaline courses through her ready and eager body. Her lips quirked in a gleeful and sly smirk.*

"Very well Emerald-san... Ready when you are."

((Okies.. just thought I'd make sure 3nodding ))

*Sierra's eyes glint and she laughs a slightly surprised sound.*

"I would have thought that if you came with the knowledge that you might have to face off against me... the least the Lord and Lady could have done would be supply you with a little intel on your opponent. Poor child... You expect to harm me with shadow tricks when I'm possesed by the incaranted spirit of a Fire-Shadow Demon?!"

*Sierra's eyes glare an angry molten gold, smoldering as if they were a scorching fire flaring to life. She sheaths her sword in one fluent movement and crosses her arms at the wrists, palms up as she begins to chant in an ancient elvish tongue. Her spell circle flares to life beneath her.. an angry red light criss crossing beneath her feet as it completes the intricate pattern. A small breeze created by the rising level of power surrounding the elven woman whips through the arena as the red light glares brightly and a shadow rune flares between them. The character quickly flickers and changes to that of fire as Sierra circles her hands through the air in a weaving pattern before thrusting them towards her opponent and river of fire leaps from her body coursing towards Emerald in tsunami form*

((I'll give you a heads up since you haven't met Sierra before this... She was born a high elf but is the incarnate of a demon soul. Her primary elements are Fire/Shadow (in this case Shadow includes darkness and they aren't seperate elements) but she's also a skilled mage so she can use the other elements as well. Her specialty moves also usually involve illusions as she's studied them for centuries. She's a very well rounded character... hope this helps you out a bit.))

*Emerald is suddenly not there.. She Shadow-molded herself to behind serria, hanging on the side of the pillar.. as the Fire tsunami passes by were she was, she desides to Speck.... but not to her, but INTO her.. Emerald echos her own thoughs into Sierria's mind, using only a bit of her mental powers... Serria can not "Hear" where she is.. she can just hear her mind's voice..*

~i am only a Shadow of my lord and lady... there servent, there weopen...... that they make the left hand do, i do not know.... I do not care... I am only sword... They aim me to a person, and move me to attack... i am but a shadow, a reffection of there greatest, only there to serve, and it is my honor to do so........ and what i learn of the one i am aimed at i learn on my own...

For one, you are foolish.. you should not have told me of your fire and shadow powers...

two, you are mentaly powerful, becuse i can talk to you... i will be careful of you moveign thigs with your mind, reading my attacks from me, or Showing me false things.....

and three.. you are quite stupid.. For you did not remove my spell.....~

*as soon as she says that... The Shadow melted at her feet turns into spikes all around and inside.... they dig into her toes, ankle, feet, and... Worse of all.. Cut her Tenden at the back of her ankle.... wicth, if cut right, will no longer allow her to walk..*

((Ohhh... I like you ^_^ This should be a good match.))

*Sierra laughs mentally before her whole mental being rises up in a psychic wave of energy. Sierra had underestimated the shadow warrior and it wouldn't happen again. She gathered her chi and enforced it with a multi-layered shielding composed of various elements. She weaves it into a metaphysical weapon and thrusts it into the being. She didn't have to focus to find where the girl was. She was within her and that's all that was needed. Her own shields closed in on her isolating her. Just as Sierra's mental blast flys at her a void barrier raises around Emerald trapping her and constricting her movement.*

::You may think that yami... but not all is as it seems.::

*Sierra winced leaving emerald to deal with her own pain as one of the spikes severs her ankle. She bites her lip as her eyes flash to the attack coming from beneath her. She focuses on her situation at hand blocking the pain from her mind. She would not use holy magic... it might weaken her too much given that her opponent for a change was a worthy adversary. She bows forward slightly as her wings burst forth from her back in a grotesque twisting of ebony feathers. They flack the ground about her with her own blood as she lifts off into the air. Her foot hangs limp and temporarily useless.

She senses Gouken's movement and calls out to him masking the pain in her voice*

"Sit tight Gouken! I'm far from down for the count...."

*She calls the stream of fire back towards it and pours it down on the spikes incinertaing them as she readies herself for Emerald to put up some kind of protest to her attack and being confined.*

*She, once again, covers her Face with her hand... She had been hurt, BAD.. And she knew it... Metal, now, she was trapped... and it attacked her in more ways then one... A screaming desire for her mind to be Free filled her mind... And she loathed it, and bathed in it's power... the part of her that was trapped in the lady's mind sudddenly formed into a Black Butterfly.. Black and green, with torn wings..... hard to find, hard to cacth, and hard to hit agian, even if already wounded...... And it suited Emerald well in her blindly submissve ways... in her mind, it Flew eraticly, hitting the walls she had laid before it, Screaming and Searching for a way out...*

*Now..the REAL emerald opened her eyes... and looked, from her place,. to where the lady was... in the air with her wings... the raven-like wings... and Emerald's mind filled with hate... She looked so much like her mother.... So much.... She could almost hate her the same... Emerald then arched backwards, and screamed... Forcing her own wings to rip from her back... Tearing there way out out of her flesh, flinging blood and meat as it amurged... and as soon as they were out, She wasted no time.. The Scream she let out, and the tearing of red and yellow left behind from her wings would have given her away... So she qucikly acted, Leaped from the Pillar with her sword out.. and struch in mid air, hoping to Slash at the lady, or at least knock her off balance, and send her falling the spikes and inferno below...*

Akitsuki is watching from a dark corner in the arena.
This is interesting... I think I will watch it.
As she watches the fight a creature appears by her side. It was Shiroten.
Misstress aren't you supposed to stop the fight?
Akistuki pets Shiroten and says.Shush be quiet little one. It's not my place to interfere with fights. And I might get hurt when I stop it. It's the best to sit quetly and watch. Akitsuki continues to watch.