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"Better get used to it" He winked at Bushimaru "I'm amazed you managed to recover so fast though, you really are something, I didn't even use half that amount of force to floor Aster" he added, looking even more excited. He would have been sorely disappointed if Bushimaru had been taken out by just that.

Before he had a chance to continue though, Bushimaru had jumped and revealed the now flaming rock headed for him "Crap! Not so cool!" he winced, quickly getting down on all fours, there wasn't enough time to completely dodge, so he would try meeting the attack head-on. He boosted himself forwards once more, this time his 4 limbs giving him an even greater boost in speed. He brought an arm up quickly "Wolf SHOT!" he shouted as he connected with the boulder, another, even louder sonic boom echoing around the arena followed by a shockwave. Unlike the Piledriver, this technique Involved more speed then power, creating far more powerful sonic waves at the expense of physical might, the effect let off a sharp sound that was almost like a booming gun-shot, hence the name. The boulder cracked as the waves past through it, shattering from the blow to the front, but still leaving Wolf to be hit by a shower of burning rubble.

While this had been going on, Kasshoku had taken the opportunity to sneak round and quickly lunged at Bushimarus back, going for his sword arm with his rows of sharp teeth.

Kasshoku let out a sudden whimper and jumped back, landing next to Wolf as he got up, smoking a bit from the fire "Whats wrong buddy?" he asked then noticed a few drops of blood falling from a cut on Kasshokus shoulder. It didn't look deep, but the fact Bushimaru had managed to cut Kasshoku at all was enough to shock Wolf "What the-...Kasshokuuuuu!!" Wolf seemed to forget about his burns and the match for a moment as he over-dramatically hugged Kasshoku. He clearly wasn't used to or at all fond of his faithful companion being injured.

Wolf suddenly stopped his dramatic crying and looked at Bushimaru "Seriously?" he was suddenly back on his feet "I knew you had a soft spot in there somewhere!" Wolf grinned "But I might aswel make use of my time then.....It's pretty clear that if I stay at this level, beatin' you is gonna be too hard. To tell you the truth, I was just warming up with ya" Wolf scratched his head again "But I guess I'll need to get serious before I end up taking any bad hits....lets do it Kasshoku!"

Kasshoku, who had been sweat-dropping through Wolfs theatrics, nodded. Suddenly his bleeding stopped, and his fur started fading out into swirling white energy, engulfing his entire body, making him look more like a wolfs ghost. "Bet you didn't know that Kasshoku here ain't just a pet, he's a spirit wolf, given to me at birth to protect me" Wolf said "Individually we're quite a team, but combined together, we're an even better team!" Wolf said, raising his arms and gazing upwards at the cavern roof. Kasshokus body turned into what seemed to be a mist like substance, letting out a ghostly howl as he circled round Wolf before suddenly plunging into his chest in a flash of light.

Wolf slumped forward after the process was done, then looked back up at Bushimaru. His pupils were now slitted, th Irises vanishing completely, his teeth had become more pointed and feral and his fingernails resembled short claws. "Jinmenju Shin (Human Beast Form)....Now it's oooon!" grinned Wolf, it was clear, even to the untrained, that Wolfs power had just spiked up by quite a large amount.

Wolf grinned confidently "My pleasure.....get ready!" Wolf said, dropping to all fours once more "Kemono Yakushin!" He seemed to vanish for a moment, the ground where he had cracked and broken from the force he had pushed with. he reappeared right in front of the Petal Funeral attack, the blast of air from this pushing the fluttering blades upwards slightly. Using the momentum, Wolf dived forward, pushing the ground once more with his left hand and foot, sending him flying low under the deadly energy blades. he quickly twisted round in mid air as he neared Bushimaru. He planted both his hands on the ground in front of bushimaru, rolling his body over and lashing out with a quick double kick aimed at his chest. Though this was just a 'normal' strike, Bushimarus natural chield would no longer be enough to save him from most of the force

If this was successful Bushimaru would be sent into the air and wolf would continue to flip quickly over onto all fours again, boosting up to deliver at his a Wolf Piledriver at his stomach to damage and hopefully send Bushimaru into the ceiling at some speed.

Wolf followed through with his combination, flipping back onto all fours after the kick and boosting himself up at Bushimaru, sending a wave of dust and debris out from where he jumped from. His fist was brought round hard and fast, the familiar but now much more prominent sonic boom resounding around the area as he aimed for Bushimarus stomach "Wolf Piledriver!" He shouted, aiming to blast Bushimaru right up into the cavern roof with the strike before he had a chance to counter. It was also clear he didn't need to try nearly as hard as before to use his sonic blow techniques.

Wolf Is surprised That Bushimaru managed to block his strike. The use of his empty spear against his sonic waves was interesting, but the fact Bushimaru managed to block the rest of the force behind a strong blow with the momentum of mach-1 was certainly impressive in itself. "Crap.." he said as Bushimaru started his attack. Wolf un-clenched his fist, grabbing the hand Bushimaru had blocked with and using Bushimaru himself to try and haul himself out of the way. At such close range however he still took a good deal of the hit. He let out a feral sounding growl of pain as the energy hit him, though the merge seemed to make Wolf more resistant to damage, and though painful, the wound was not too serious.

Wolf continued hauling on Bushimarus arm, enduring the pain from his new wound, swinging the 2 round in the air so that Wolf was now the one with his back to the ceiling. he let go of Bushimarus hand and quickly pushed off Bushimaru, using him as an aerial platform for his Kemono Yakushin. He flipped over, landing on the roof and instantly re-using the technique for a quick boost off that and down towards Bushimaru. Since he was falling now, he could keep up his dash speed for longer. He performed a half somersault as he reached Bushimaru, aiming a heel-kick towards Bushimarus face with another loud sonic boom "Wolf Jackhammer!!" he called out over the resounding boom. This attack functioned on the same basis as the piledriver attack, but was stronger.

Wolf twisted to the side, taking about a third of the energy blades from the attack, but making the ones that did hit no less painful "Guh..." he grimaced, though managed to quickly push aside a chunk of the pain with his impressive will-power. He knew he had to press the attack while he had Bushimaru on the defensive. As soon as he landed on the ground he pressed his hands to it. From them, a summoning circle spread out, but this time it was massive, covering a huge area behind Wolf "Summoning!: Elder Red!" He called. The ground behind him seemed to start glowing red hot, cracking and smoking until the floor was completely torn apart as a massive red dragon erupted fourth, even though only the top part of it was out of the summoning portal, the elder dragon loomed over the scenery like a titan.

Wolf gritted his teeth and made an odd hand sign, placing one fist against the palm of his other hand and concentrating hard. It would usually be impossible for Wolf, skilled as he was with summoning, to control such a mighty beast at his level, but he could exert far more control with his beast mastery skill in combination. He put his willpower to the test once more using all his concentration to bend the mighty creature to his will "Attack!!" he commanded. No sooner was it said then the dragon glared down at Bushimaru with it's fiery eyes, opened it's mouth, and after a huge breath, sent a super-heated blast towards him.