_┗ The fury bred laughter. Taking a moment to relax as his set of foes were prepared to battle once more. With a revitalized spirit they were eager to come face to face with death itself. Rashid was more than happy to oblige. "You miserable reprobates. Don't think you can overcome this struggle through some silly banter. This will be your last fight." Altering his positioning through his arms, utilizing ki and telekinesis together, Rashid summoned forth ravage sharp winds to form. Surrounding his foes and himself together, making the concept of escape inevitable. In addition, the rubble that was once utilized reformed from the ground, levitating into the air swarming into the mighty storm.
Rashid's eyes caught sight of the alteration in ki that Eleven had used to turn into a construct resulting in the form of a whip. Very interesting that not even himself had performed such a feat. With his interest piqued, the tips of his fingers sparked into raw ki. Constructing it into a sizable Kusarigama. Holding it by the bar with his left and the roll of chain in his right. ┓
Celes smiled with anticipation as she had landed on the opposite end of the open area that Igneel had lead her to. He gave one final line about fighting to the death before powering up. However, Celes could tell his raw power was almost half her own. If he were to get an upper hand in this battle, it would be due to tactics and skill. The young Half-Saiyan just had to make sure to keep on top of anything he could do, and she would be fine.
With a quick flourish of her blade, Celes rushed forward, her sword held reverse in her hand, the blade exiting out the bottom side instead of the top. The young warrior swung around in a punching motion with the blade. This would only give Igneel two avenues of escape. Dodge left, and he would be met with the blade. Dodge right, and he'd be met with the fist. Up and under were his only choices, but under was the ground. Celes would be ready for if he went upward. She just had to follow through with her punch to keep the distance.
_┗ "I'll admit, your sense of bravado before my very existence is amusing. I just hope your skills is just as good." With a quick smirk, the boss bandit rose from his throne. With the gaze of his hand, tightening it with ferocious pressure as it generated ki, Tonkhūr hopped to the level ground slamming his fist into the ground. The impact formulated cracks all throughout the maze as it made the entire location quiver into that of an earthquake. The crack became a large split that spread from underneath Veera forcing her legs to spread gradually as he watched in sheer pleasure. ┓
_┗ Bursting forwarding, as if mirroring the saiyan warrior. The swing of her sword came charging at him with a full swing. A bit too obvious with chances of swaying to the side. But of course that's something she would've wanted. Unfortunately, Igneel didn't feel like playing along. Using the spike up to charge energy in both of his hands, the Igneel crossed his arms as if he was going to block any strike, only to use his heightened athleticism to duck the swing and with momentum, thrust both his knees up to Celes only to ricochet off of her creating enough distance to launch one of his favorite copied attacks. Igneel then throws out his hands, launching two arcing electrical Ki Blasts at Celes together to make one large arcing blast. If successful, Celes would get caught in the blast, carrying over all the way over to the wall of debris causing massive damage. ┓
Igneel's feint came quick, and was the exact thing Celes wanted to look out for. It had worked this time. The guy was seasoned and experienced. She couldn't take too many chances like that lest she get caught fatally off guard. When she turned around to face her opponent, she was able to see the green arc get launched. She had to think quick, and knew that the only thing she could do would cost her. Taking up a strong stance on the ground, Celes held her sword in both hands before her, held up, ready to strike down. When the arc neared, Celes did just that. She sliced down towards the Arc, empowering her blade with enough Ki to counter the strike. Unfortunately for her, the blade would not last. As the arc passed to her sides, her blade cracked into multiple pieces before falling apart.
Throwing the now useless hilt to the side, Celes Flash Stepped forward towards Igneel, going as fast as she could, and began with a Justice Combination, the ultimate flurry of blows to subdue her opponent.
_┗ The plan was a success and at the same time wasn't much of a success all at the same time. Managing to get the attack to connect but with the wrong thing. Though it came with the advantage of not having to deal with a pesky sword. Watching her throw it to the side, Celes had utilized the flash step forward towards him. Another move Igneel saw her used before, but he couldn't mimic that one. The jump was great, Igneel forced a defense to his front only to feel the strike land on his side. Maneuvering around to strike back, Celes appeared again around him with another strike. The strike was powerful. One after the other, she managed to circle him with each passing blow. The spat of blood spurred from his mouth when she finally finished, launching him into a wall of debris. A shockwave erupted from the impact where he laid stuck only for a moment. The adrenaline stayed with him as he bursted out with his hand lunged forward, shooting consecutive blasts one after the other, with the whole intention of putting her into a corner where she would be force to take this head on. The smoke of each missed blast covered enough sight to where Igneel can rise high enough into the air putting forth all his effort, his last remaining bit of energy left. Channeling it into his hands as he cupped them together backwards. His body shifted as Sparks and flickers of lightning surrounded the core of the energy attack as he gritted his teeth in silence. The longer he held it, the more destructive it became. The same amount of time for the smoke left to blur out the vision allowing this to be so. How it began, replicates how it will end. ┓
Celes didn't have to move much to dodge the incoming blasts, but as her vision was clouded with dust and smoke, she knew what he was doing. He was creating a smokescreen so that she wouldn't be able to see him. It didn't matter, however, as she could feel where he was. She could feel his power building for an attack .She could feel exactly where he was. So she too would prepare an attack, hidden from his sight by the smoke as well. Her hands came together at her right side, both of them gathering the same purple energy of her Super Galick Gun. She held it, charging until it was ready. She wanted to meet his attack head on.
_┗ She figured it out. Almost as if their minds for the time being intertwined with one another...good. He wanted her to know what's going to happen. It was inevitable anyway. It was only right that it would turn out how their connection had started. He spotted the fact that she didn't even try to do anything to flee. Instead charged her own and intended to fire back at him. Igneel couldn't help but smile"You've grown from a fledgling but all good things sadly must come to an end. This is where you die! Tell me how I did!!!" Thrusting his hands forward, firing his version of the Super Galick Gun at Celes with immense speed and a mighty force of air pressure, larger and stronger than it was before. Ensuring not even a drop was wasted, fired it straight at the Saiyan warrior, going to engulf and leave not even ash behind. ┓
There it was. Celes' special move, used against her. What did this guy think was going to happen? Did he really believe she could be beaten with her own technique, when she was obviously so much stronger? "Tell you how you did?" She thrust her hands forward to unleash her own Super Galick Gun, the attack meeting Igneel's beam in a violent clash. "You blew it! That's how you did!" With a roar, Celes poured her all into her attack, the beam flying forth faster and stronger than she had ever fired it before. This was the final struggle between the two, and Celes refused to lay down and lose.
_┗ The struggle finally came to pass. The beams collided with each other. Somehow there was an abrupt gravitational pull both the collision between both warriors. It couldn't be explained but it's also something that could not demand the focus. This was the struggle that was meant to happen before. Way back when they first met each other. Almost deemed by fate that it would be between the both of them to end things. Just the two of them.
Pushing with all his might, he felt his energy draining much heavier. He needed to give it one last go. With just that the push managed to regain the balance...however it wasn't for long until the blast began overcoming the bandit. Surprised at this outcome, he became engulfed by the purple light beam, attempting to the brutal end to hold onto the beam until becoming consumed the massive amount of energy. Being honest with himself, it was a fun ride, only wishing it had been longer. Letting energy consume him, every atom was reduced to nothing. The Ragna Crew was down yet another member. ┓
Once she felt no push back on her beam, Celes stopped firing, the Super Galick Gun fading into nothing as the remnants of the beam fired off into the sky before they too would fade. Celes panted, having exerted herself more than she had in a very long time. With Igneel finally dead, all Celes felt was emptiness. She didn't have her brother back. What did she think this would bring her? The golden hair on her head faded to black as it fell back to its usual shape, as well as her eyes returning to normal.
However, she couldn't rest yet. She felt an incredibly sinister energy emanating from deeper within the labyrinth. That had to be their boss. Celes began charging her ki, refilling her energy reserves for the fight ahead. She couldn't wait too long taking a breather. She needed to move soon.
✧Pars watched as the foe before him was consumed by the geyser of ki, keeping a iron tight grip on him to deny him the mercy giving himself to gravity. Even when his elbow flew to make escaping possible, the Saiyan simply taking the blow head on, accepting the damage but otherwise seeming unphased for the most part. When the pillar of ki eventually dissipated, it was made clear that it did just as much damage as Pars hoped, the former bounty hunter letting go of the bandit, finally giving him back to gravity as he watched him come back into contact with the ground. He was half sure that was it, he had finally put down the man that had frustrated Pars not so long ago. If that was all there was to it, then the Saiyan would move on to the next person to beat down. The half of him that was sure the fight ended would finally notice a difference in the environment, the eerie ki that had began to pollute the air. There were two things Pars' instincts told him: that the source of this energy was more dangerous than anything he had ever seen on this planet, and that it would more than scratch the itch that still lingered for a good fight. With a turn of his heel, Pars was prepared to head in that general direction, to beat down the source of this ki and anyone that associated with it. However, a half step in, Pars would be caught off guard somewhat as Klay appeared to be still active. Turning around, the Saiyan looked over his body, clearly noticing how damaged it was at this point, yet Klay still chose to fight. This was the kind of thing Pars admired, standing, even if on the brink of defeat, against someone your fists needed to clash with. Feeling his resolve, Pars smirked before cracking his knuckles. "Pars." Was his answer, short and simple, the Saiyan having gained some respect for his opponent and willing to meet his resolve with one last round. With a bit of footwork, Pars would quickly put some distance between them before lowering his stance somewhat, Pars would ready his right fist for a full strength jab. The second a opening exposed itself, the Saiyan would surge forward, quickly closing the gap between them he had made beforehand with all his speed. Once he was close enough for a full arm extension, Pars would plant his feet and then throw the right jab at full force, aiming for Klay's sternum. What was coming was the Hunter's Assault.
I see your fantasies You wanna make it a reality, Paved in gold See inside, inside of our heads Well now that's over I see your motives inside, And your decisions to hide
xxxVeera got rather pissed off that he seemed to completely ignore her attack. What the hell was this guy made of? Then he made a divide under her between her legs and she quickly moved to the side to keep them from going to far, her eyes narrowed. He was going to be annoying. In the back of her senses, she felt Celes power down. She must have finished her fight. Perhaps she would come join her in fighting this opponent. That would be a fitting end for him. Taken down by the Saiyan he started a fight with. Well she wasn't about to let him ignore her again. Gathering her energy and angry frustration, she yelled as she released her ki blast barrage.She would do some damage. She had to. No way was she going to be one of the weakest. She was the princess dammit! She had to prove to everyone that she is the strongest, just as she had to prove it when she took over her position of power.
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Back off I'll take you on, Headstrong to take on any one I know that you are wrong Headstrong, we're headstrong Back off I'll take you on, Headstrong to take on anyone I know that you are wrong, And this is not where you belong
The sudden storm this guy had summoned was making things even more difficult. He could feel the wind and rocks slicing at him. It felt like a thousand papercuts which then had salt and lemon splashed on and then were set on fire; it just kept getting worse. If he didn't keep focusing he'd lose his charge.
"Just...a little longer. I just need a little bit more. " As soon as he had as much as he could muster and still keep charge, he fired his blast. It was much faster then his other attack, though not quite as strong. He had to keep focus on this attack though; if he didn't it could fall apart before it reached its mark because of these harsh winds. He just hoped it might do something, anything at all.
Celes began moving towards the source of the sinister ki signature, using its flow like following a river upstream to the mouth. She could feel that Pars, Rawber, and Runi were all still behind her, fighting their respective battles. She couldn't feel Sev's energy, which worried her a bit. But now that she recalled, she couldn't feel her energy before either. Might be something special with her? Shaking her head, the young Saiyan burst forward as she felt Veera's energy signature flare up. She was fighting this energy by herself? She couldn't even go Super Saiyan, at least not yet. She was going to need help.
