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And 'lo as Shouyin shuffled in, did he decide that throwing an uppercut wouldn't be the best thing, and simply raised his left arm up so it was half-guarding his body and half-guarding his head, and blocked the kick. By the time he finished moving inwards, left foot forward, Chris' knee would be against Shouyin's back and shoulder area.

His left arm would extend into a quick jab for Chris' nose and eyes before he followed up with a right uppercut to the stomach.

Yes well, no. The moment Chris' foot left Shouyin's right fist, it'd move up and grab Chris' left ankle. Since Shouyin had two feet on the ground, while Chris was left with but one, the half-golem's base was greater, so yeah, he could hold him down pretty easily. The ankle would be held in a way that positioned the foot off to Shouyin's right, so if Chris fumbled about or tried to kick him again, Shou would just let go and the foot would fly past him.

As for the arm holding his jab, Shouyin would regrab Chris' wrist, and then, using the very open position his opponent was in, knee him in the crotch with his right leg.

Shouyin tilted his head down, and the mantis strike grazed harmlessly off his chin. He then put down his right leg, raised his left, and drove his left foot down into Chris' right knee, breaking the leg.

The wind blew through the plains. It was flat for at least 100 miles around. As the wind blew, there was an earsplitting crack through the clouds. Lightning was striking on the ground, sparking, and nearly causing flames. The grass was dry, nearly dry enough that if it did catch fire it would surely move faster than a any normal forest fire. However, the rule that says lightning necer strikes twice in the same place failed here. It would constantl hit in repeated places over and over again. It went in a complete random order, never onec repeating. There were also the bones of creatures and people that were unlucky enough to find themselves lost in these plains.

Most intriguing was the man that was standing there. He appeared to be waiting for something. Hie red, spiked hair was moving with the wind. He was wearing a studded leather vest. His arms, forearms to be exact, had two arm bracers. Each had four Kunai on them. Moving down, his fists were covered in battle guantlets. And down on his waist, along with his belt, were two Banshee Swords. His pants were made of leather, too, and also had knee guards with small spikes. His boots were steel tipped, and studded. This man stood at 6'11". Korek was this mans name. Around his arms were also covered in Chaotic and Angelic Symbols. Korek drew both of his swords, and just as he did, lightning struck behind him. He did not seem to care or notice. His build made him look like he was a statue. He was huge. His muscles rippled his skin. THe lightning only made these look about thre times their size. He, it seemed, was ready for a fight.

And I you sir.

Korek didn't waste time. He had grown slightly impatient. First thing he did though, was clear his head. He then held out both his banshee swords in front of him. He closed his eyes, and his left sword caught ablaze with black flames, and the other stated to glow a white. He brought the swords to his sides, and then slashed through the air, sending out a wave of light energy and black flames.

Korek saw the man jump, and also heard him land. Korek was no fool. He couldn't see the man, and wasn't planning on keeping it that way. He lunged to his side, rolling, and dropping his swords into the ground. He then flicked his wrist, sending up two kunai into his hand. He threw them at Ryugi.

The clouds over head let out a loud boom of thunder, followed by lightning. This lightning though, did not hit around the two warriors, but instead hit the kunai, infusing thim with the power of lightning. As the lightning strike dissappaered, the kunai still eminated with it.

Korek only had a moment to see what had happened before he was hit by the flame ball. As it hit him, it got him directly in the chest. It knocked the wind out of him, and also knocked him bakc a few steps. He opened his eyes, and saw a blur. He couldn't see where his opponent was. He felt the leatehr smoldering a little. He ignored it, and then broght both hands together, palm touching palm. He bowed his had, and closed his eyes. He began to charge energy. When he felt he had charged more than engouh energy within a few moments for his next move, he was happy. He dropped down to one knee, both arms held out to both sides, extended all the way, and he opened his eyes. He could see clearer now, but his sight was as if he was drowsy and just woken up. He kicked off the ground with his foot, and started to spin upwards. As he was spinning, black fire began to flow from his hands. It created a flaming tornado. Once he had made it big enough, he pusehd out of it, and fell to the ground. He had fallen right between his two Banshee swords, which he had not expected. The flaming tornado began to go move, gathering speed, but also going towards Ryugi.