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"Fine with me. I should be done with you in... less then five minutes," Gatz estimated. He dashed towards Leo at an angle, trying to get close enough that the cannon wouldn't be so effective. His kept spinning his the umbrella in his hand as he came.

Gatz spun to kept his umbrella in between him and Leo. The shots bouncing off the umbrella practically mde his arm go nub, yet he kept up his spinning the weapon.

"--And I hate it when my opponents keep on running from me!" he countered.

"Besides, you're not being timed--it's more that you have a limited amount ot time to beat me in before I knock you a** out," Gatz said with a polite smile. He calmly stalked after Leo once again, the trail of flames Leo had left dying out strangely quickly. A gentle breeze was flowing through the arena as small areas of lava started bubbling up through some cracks in the ground...

Gatz grabbed the shaft of his umbrella with his free hand, his right one remaining on the handle. He dodged one firey shot by hopping forward and tucking his legs up behind the umbrella. The other two projectiles were caught by the spinning umbrella, the rotating motion deflecting them off the the side.

Gatz continued towards Leo in an impromtu charge, the spinning umbrella ahead of him.

"You should be starting to feel the effects soon... Sure you don't want to give up?" he taunted.

Gatz smiled knowingly at the comment.

"Turn up the heat?" he asked.

As Leo flew at him he planted his feet and swung his umbrella to the side with his right hand. His free left hand grabbed Leo's pants leg, and started to pull the man past him in a throw, using the enemy's own strength against him...

--Just like the other technique he was already using. Gatz continued spinning the umbrella in his right hand.

"By all means, go right ahead."

"Lava is only half-way in your elemental sphere. This can't be that easy for you--my compliments."

Gatz dived out of the and started running, the huge ball of lava flowing after him. Fortunately, the mass of molten rock was big enough that it was slow moving, and since it began to cool as soon as it hit the air, Leo would eventually start to los control of it. Of course, that could take a few minutes... but Gatz didn't need anymore time at this point.

"Well, it was fun, but I'm afraid you've lost at this point. You don't really think I've been idle all this time, have you? You should start feeling the effects any time now..."

((Short of breath, dizzy, light headed, slightly weak, spots in front of the eyes... you know, the basic signs of carbon dioxide poisoning.))

Gatz side-stepped the clumsy attacks, letting the ball roll past him into one of the walls, and tripping Leo onto his arse as he stumbled past.

"Umm, no, not all of us," Gatz pointed out, totally uneffected by the lack of oxygen.

"You made the assumption that I was human. I'm actually a sort of spiritual enitity, for want of a better term. Breathing is not a requirement for my physical existance. This is why I can use my elemental redirection skill on the air to move all the carbon dioxide down here to the arena floor, at the same time forcing the lighter oxygen to the higher levels, with absolute impunity."

Gatz grinned down wickedly at Leo.

"Of course, it would have taken me about three times this long with the normal amount of oxygen in the air. I really most thank you for fixing that problem--everytime you used you fire element ability, you burned up a little more of your precious air. The heat from the lava also consumed some, as well as heating it and causing it to disipate faster. Your excessive use of your power has only lead to your own downfall."

Gatz nudged him with his foot.

"You won't die immedately... you'd have to stay in this environment for another five, ten minutes before that happened. But the CO2 levels already in your blood should knock you out pretty soon. I'm sure you'll wake up in time to get a big hug from your brother Scorpio, though."

Still, I'd better watch it, Gatz thought. If his xoygen deprived mind figures out that all the oxygen is concentrated in the upper half the room... Well, it'd still take him a few minutes to recover even if he does manage to rocket/jump up there, during which he'll be helpless. It'd make for a heck of a suicide attack as all the oxygen ignites, though.

Gatz grabbed hold of his oppenent's hand and started to drag him towards the stands, moving around the pools of lava that were spreading.

((Well, I'm off for the night...))

Kasuma's ears barly picked Gatz's voice out over the noise.

"You made the assumption that I was human. I'm actually a sort of spiritual enitity, for want of a better term. Breathing is not a requirement for my physical existance. This is why I can use my elemental redirection skill on the air to move all the carbon dioxide down here to the arena floor, at the same time forcing the lighter oxygen to the higher levels, with absolute impunity."

She chuckled, barly maintianing contact with Scorpio.

"Oh my that Mr Gatz is a clever one. I would have trouble against him. I think Adeline or Onee would be a fair match, but my powers are not suited to a fight with Mr Gatz."

Kasuma shook her head.

"Still i thinkk I'll give him a little hand......"

She extended her free hand.

"Bubblus!"

A bubble of fresh air encased the two hiding up in the stands. Kasuma's shell remained in place. Too much oxygen was as bad as too little.

"Di'Pleades" She waved her and causing a small park to leap out into the high-ox environment...... A bright flash and a roar as the super oxygenated air flashed in an explosion.......