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Chris did not bother to draw his blade again. "Well," he replied, "one thing is for certain - you did draw a new power out of me. I wasn't expecting to use it against you, but now that I've gone through the trouble of heightening my chakras, you'll get to see a new side of me." He smiled at her. "If you thought I was I was good with my sword... wait until you see how I am without!"

With his chakras activated, Chris was much more keenly aware of his body, and this heightened his ability for hand-to-hand combat. Suddenly, it seemed as though his speed had doubled, and he delivered a flurry of blows; what the fists lacked in reach and puncture, they made up for in blinding speed.

Chris saw the shadows move. "Really?" He said inquisitively. "So this is your next move..." The chakras dissipated and he reverted to a more normal state, raising his hands out in a calling gesture. At once, the shadows seemed to start to turn away, and some moved towards himself and took a more tangible form. "I am well-versed in the ways of the dark," he said wryly, "be it vampirism or shadow magic, you can be sure I'm probably acquainted with it."

The shadows hung themselves around his slender frame, looking for all the world like black ghosts.

"I assure you," Chris replied, "what you can do with dark magic is probably not as extensive as what I can do. I gave up quite a bit for my mastery..." as a vampire, he could not harness the power of any other element unless it was based in an artifact, and so his perfection of darkness had indeed come at a steep cost.

"Anyways," he added, "as for the shadows... you can have them now." Chris smirked as the shadows he controlled crept quickly and silently up towards their target.

Chris shuttered. "Eck," he said, watching the sunlight pierce his shadows. Now, that wasn't very nice at all. Then again, they weren't here to play nice, were they? "Guess it's time we stopped fooling around, then."

There was a pause as Chris paused, collecting a different kind of energy: a seductive, vampiric energy. Soon, he was moving again, sword drawn and battle-ready, moving towards Emma. It was like the chakra, but something different entirely...

Chris held his sword and lunged at her, delivering a flurry of blows. Perhaps earlier, she had been able to dodge them with ease, but now that he'd awakened more of his power, he was much, much more agile than before. Ideally, he'd be able to weaken her with his strikes, and then perhaps finish her off with a well-placed bite. She wouldn't go down without a fight, though, so he had to be prepared for anything.

"...Not really."

As Emma touched him on the neck, Chris himself began to dissolve into a dark fog, dissipating into the wind. "Though, I think you know what I'm doing right now." He half-smiled at her, then disappeared completely, reforming in another part of the arena, quite some ways away from her. "It's been an interesting exhibition, I must say... but if we keep at it the way were are now, we'll be here forever. Perhaps we should end this particular session and pick it up another time."

"Perhaps..." Chris nodded, now fully formed from the fog. "A supreme clash of power might be better held outdoors, methinks." He broke out into a polite grin. "Thank you very much for the exchange, Emma, and for coming all the way out here; you are welcome around our home anytime you wish."