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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:03 pm
The sickening tear of flesh ripping apart punctuates Yusuke's collision with the mostly skeletal frame of Jonas. Instead of being carried back by the spirit detective his midsection flies apart, the two halves spinning back behind him. To someone not acquainted with his less than expressive metallic facial features it would seem as though he was locked in a state of shock. The living facade had given way to spasming flesh that only partially existed, stretched over his frame and torn away in almost every location. Blood and Agony rained from his form as he carried himself away from Yusuke with all haste. Much closer to where ground level had been his body reconnected, the copious amount of sand in the air quickly forming a large spherical shape with the intent of locking the two combatants inside.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:31 pm
When he knocks Jonas into half, Yusuke has this silly thought of maybe putting a little too much force into that. His next thought was his expectation of finally taking the guy down as he watches his halves, but instead, they move away in some quick fashion while sand is still forming around the place. And it looked like the light above was fading as the opening is closing more and more. Instead of staying where he was, he has himself fly right out of the range of the sphere-forming sand as its closing, moving outside it as he ascends more into the air, only to have himself stop just above it, looking down to see what happens next. A few sweatdrops were running down his forehead from not only his extraneous movements so far, but his frustration with this powerful psychic. No matter how much of a beating he gave this guy, he still was able to move around, even in a decapitated state.
It was time for another plan. How do you take out someone who can't be destroyed by normal means? Easy answer, but harder to do. That is when he places both palms of his hands out, causing the air to still to the focus suddenly exerting around Yusuke's body. His clothing and hair would move lightly as energy starts to form externally.
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:56 pm
The dome begins to fluctuate when Jonas clearly realizes that Yusuke is not within the confines of his domain. The ground far below begins dissolving at a rapid rate, the sand rising in the form of an ominous cloud within the dome. Despite being a solid object the skin of the dome ripples and begins to expand in an upwards direction. The blood and Agony continue to drip from his body, nerves directly exposed to air and soon to abrassive sand. The Agony component would soon be mixing with the cloud and dispersing through it. Several points in the air, only one of which is near the dome, grow pinpoints of light that open into small eyes. These eyes are quite simply a means of remote viewing, extending optical and aura-sight information into Jonas's brain to then filter into his conciousness.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:53 pm
Yusuke was curious as what these spurts of light were, so would have himself move right over to Genkai, landing on the top of her generated sphere. It was a good platform for a destroying arena, so why not use it? Unless she told him to get off, he'll use this as his ground for the time being, his hands continuing to draw energy, slowly a white glow moving over his left and right arm. This was a chaotic force needed to be stopped, and he had general way of how he will deal with it.
"This match has gone on long enough," he says. "Time to place an end to it. It was fun fighting you, Jonas, but I just can't forgive you for what you did to those people."
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:56 pm
Watching the events so far, Genkai really had to hand it to Yusuke's opponent, he was really a hard person to fight. But she saw his tactics, and believed Yusuke saw them, too. Maybe that is why she hasn't been worrying since this match has been progressing. Although she would have done more when Jonas was in plain view, she knew the knuckle head would find some way to compensate for what may have been his only chance at victory. She hoped he knew what he was doing as he stood above her on her own psychic barrier.
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:33 pm
The rippling dome began to flow into endless motion, swirling in on itself as shapes began to form along the visible surface. Streams of Agony and airborne sand particles filled the air, pulling out to form an ever growing number of large fists. A large sphere had formed, the dome condensing down into a single mass that moved towards Yusuke. The massive fists launched out at the man, each compacted to incredible strength of stone and cemented by Agony. With dozens of fists of his own size coming to strike him Jonas was confident he could occupy the spirit detective. Somehow, however, it didn't seem as though Jonas was within the sphere, but he was not visible by normal sight nor was his aura visible to such sights as those which would normally reveal such indicators.
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:58 pm
"Here it comes. All or nothing, Yusuke," the boy says to himself as both arms flare up in energy: his right arm presenting spirit energy, and his left presenting demon energy, both separate, yet channeling in sync, his loose clothing and bangs of hair flowing in the generated spiral of wind around him. He now goes back to when he had learned the technique he was about to use, which started in the Terra Plains.[Yusuke Urameshi] Yusuke was pushed a bit forward, looking behind him to see who was the wise guy. But it was only Renegade, who seemed to be telling Yusuke quietly to just go ahead and go over. He was a bit displeased by it, but he was sort of right. But Kalar was coming over anyway by the time Yusuke was going to follow over, and just remained where he was. The significant change of Yusuke didn't impress him all that much. He just saw it as a sign of the guy getting use to the difference in weight over here. The feeling he gave off afterwards didn't make the detective react in one bit.
"So, where do we start," he asks, hands resting on his waist for now. Kalar Meadia Kalar smiled and lifted up his left hand in the "L" Shape.
"First, if you haven't learned it already, you need to know how to shoot your Spirit gun, with your left hand. Without that ability, we can't go anywhere."
Kalar would gesture over to a pedistal of an upward pointing knife on the Night's side. Apparently it was the same sort of settup that Genkai origonally trained Yuske's spirit gun with before.
"I'm sure you're familar with this" Kalar would say quietly. "I am sure the intensified gravity will make it far more intersting for you this time, especially seeming you'll be doing it with your lesser hand." [Yusuke Urameshi] "I already know how to do that good enough," Yusuke would reply. "I haven't been spending my time doing nothing for the past several years, ya know." He raises his left hand, placing it into the gun shape. "Although, I still can't get a good grip of the power in this hand. I guess I need to strengthen it a bit."
He looks at the knife, seeming to so far find no problem with doing that. He just walks toward the night side as he cracks the knuckles on both hands. "Piece of cake."
He steps over into the dark, already feeling the weight still against his body. But his focus was concentrated enough to make it seem like nothing was bothering him. He would stop where the knife was, crouch with both hands on his knees, and suddenly leap into the air, twisting in an acrobatic way, before diving down toward the weapon head first. He outstretches his left hand and points only his index finger down before it impacts, a large burst of spirit energy coming from impact, causing a glow that would hide his upper body for a moment. When it disappears, he would have his right arm crossed behind his back, as he now balanced in a handstand position on the very tip of the knife, with a small presence of spirit energy between it and his index finger that served as the focal point. Kalar Meadia Kalar would cross back over to the night side of the area, his appearance relaxing into the more demure appearance of himself. It was more fitting on this side. Kalar was never one to wish to streatch his ego, and even in taking the spirtiual weight upon himself, he went through great lenghts to keep the majority of his spiritual energy masked. He would tilt his head as he walked over to Yusuke's position, investigating his posture, his energy.
Quietly looking at it he would then calmly reach out and grasp his free right hand, careful not to distrub his balance with it, Kalar would gently make Yuskue extend his right hand outward. This was not a difficult balance to keep, consirning that the Spirit detective could counter-balance with the extention of his left leg.
"Now... this is where it gets difficult" Kalar would say with a quiet calm. "I am going to draw spirit energy from you to the tip of your right hand. This means you will not be able to use it to keep you ontop of the knife. You will have to focus your demon energy purely into your left hand to do so, while I force your body to focus at the same time, your spirit energy to your right.
I'll start out slow, but if I see you need a faster pace, I'll accomidate."
With that, a dark sort of energy began to gather around Kalar's left hand, holding onto Yusuke's right index finger. It would intend to do exactily as he spoke to the man, causing him to feel a slight drain on his power, as though it were slowly being forcefully focused to his finger. [Yusuke Urameshi] "Hey, what the..." He was questioning why Kalar was touching his right arm until he explains it to him. Oh, great, he had to make it harder. He would close his eyes as he could feel his spirit energy starting to move to his right hand. He had no idea how the heck he was doing that, and was going to resist, but he'll trust him this time, as a red coloring moves across his left arm, the sphere of energy at the tip of his finger turning red. He was utilizing his demon energy into this hand while his spirit energy was handled over at the other one. So far, so easy, Yusuke thought, but his balance was being upset. Kalar Meadia "As this progresses, it will contiue to get harder." Kalar said, focusing more of Yusuke's spirit energy to his finger, it was now getting to the point where it felt as if he were consentrating a spirit gun normally. However, with this, the added gravity would also force Yusuke to focus almost equivilant energy of his demon side to the knife.
"To properly exicute the Spiral gun, you must have percicley the same amounts of these opposing energies in perfect harmony with eachother. Any slip in the positioning might kill you before you even get to your opponet." Kalar would warn. "But at the same time, you must maintain that blance within yourself on such a level so that the deviding natures do not split your spirit in two as a result.
To accomplish this, focus on a moment in time, where you have felt the most at peace. A moment neither purely of good or of evil, but one that acknoleges both your good nature and your thriveing for violence" [Yusuke Urameshi] "Easier said than done. I didn't know you were trying to kill me. Otherwise, I would have said no to this little stunt. If I die, I'm going to come back and give you a piece of my mind, just so you know."
He was groaning in struggle, as he tried to keep the alignment of his central balance inbetween. The spirit energy at the tip of his right index finger felt like a large weight being placed on him, sweat forming at his forehead as he now had another thing to focus on: keeping himself from being subdued by the abnormal weight here. Things were getting tougher, the sphere growing to show how he was using more of it just to compensate for his division of concentrations. He really did have to train his mind and body now to use both types of energies at once, and it wouldn't be easy. But so far, he was a fast learner on some things, so he could probably pull this off.
Now, he just had to figure out what he meant by a time when he was both peaceful and called for violence. Good luck with that one. It wasn't easy for him to try to think in that particular way. Well, there were several times when he might have been like that. Toguro, Sensui, Yomi.... Kalar Meadia Kalar would smile slightly. The boy was quick to pick up on memories that were of that sort of balance. That pushing himself to and beyond his own limits. The fights he enjoied not because they were just threatening, they were an expression of the self. Even in the minor fights long to his more difficult chalange, there were combats that brought out this peace in him.
Kalar paused in gathering Yusuke's spirit energy to his right hand, the process now complete. He would remove his influence and alow Yusuke to get accustomed to the feel and tention of his own will causing the influence, which was the last chalange of the training. Once he had done so, that part of the training would be complete, and Yusked, without knowing it, would have discovered how to double his spirit and demon gun count. [Yusuke Urameshi] He wanted to fire the spirit gun from his finger right now so he could relieve his body of the growing tension, but he knew he would have to endure this only for a bit longer until he could accomplish this challenge. It was great to find something that he was having trouble doing anyway. It showed him that he still had much to learn, but also meant he could get even stronger and succeed better against odds. His body would start to have an aura of spirit energy and demon energy spin around him, going against one another in a crackling state, similar to electricity. He was groaning during some intervals, leaning a bit left and right, keeping as steady as he could. He needed to at least still himself until he could start that meditation process he had to.
And when he finally does get himself steady enough, he closes his eyes as he reflects back on those moments when he was really going against tough odds. Those memories made him smile and frown. They were bad memories, but also had their good points. And to see how far he has gotten now made him sort of laugh within. He went from a street punk to a hero all because of one accident. And then came to meet more and more friends, finding his purpose in this cruel world. And as these thoughts of his progress raced through his mind, the aura around him became lesser in intensity.
He was regaining balance. [Yusuke Urameshi] By now, Yusuke would have focused his mind so well from his train of thought that he was now standing there in complete balance, yet his eyes never opened to see his accomplishment. No longer did an aura surround his body. He had focused himself just enough to allow himself to be supported only by the red sphere his finger was resting on. Now, he would keep this position held for an hour. [Yusuke Urameshi] And time continues to fly, and yet Yusuke still showed no fault in his balance. Go, Yusuke! While this was going on, he was having thoughts about Keiko, his fiance. Their wedding wasn't too far away, having promised her that he would marry her right after he came from the Demon World. Yet, he hasn't set a date for it, but he knew Keiko was waiting for him to propose officially or something. He frowns a bit now from the thought of this.
"Keiko....." [Yusuke Urameshi] Yusuke leaps off, landing onto his feet, as his hands rest on his knees, bending them as he crouches to lower his head. He would remain like this before standing to his feet. His eyes were closed, not making any other movements for the time until he opens them, smiling. The teen then walks into the dojo, sliding open the doors. He takes a good walk over to the couch....
Falls right onto his face on the furniture, as he suddenly faints. Yusuke's eyes reopen, finding fists flying right toward him. "A time of peace, yet a time of violence. A pure good but pure bad type of feeling. I hate this guy so much. I want to get rid of him before he causes anymore harm to this world. Yeah, that should be the feeling I'm looking for."
His aura flares into a sphere-shaped energy field as both blue and red battled with one another before suddenly working into a more calm nature within this aura, showing the balance Yusuke had just placed himself into.
"Alright. Here it goes."
This was going to be his first time using this technique. Though he wasn't sure it would work, he had confidence enough that he could pull off, as if he was just using the Spirit Wave the first time during the Dark Tournament. Both fingers would point toward the entire general area of the sand, for this attack would make it not matter where Jonas was hiding in the midst of it all. Both fingers have a small orb of energy form at the tip of each index finger. The right one would have spirit energy, and the left demon energy. Yusuke's eyes were just placed toward the attack coming his way, but found himself not needing to place up some defence.
The best offense was sometimes the best defence.
"Here we go!" Both fingers would then let out a rotating shine of energy as Yusuke shouts:
"SPIRAL GUN!"
WRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSHHH!
Both beams fire straight from his fingers, spiraling around one another as they crash forward toward the fists in a concentrated manner, working together to attempt to decimate the sand coming his way back into its grain form, while continuing forward to decimate all that was within the air, similar to when he fired the Demon Gun into the sky, only this time he had two forces acting to create more range and power. This attack was also searching for Jonas in that sphere, hoping this would drive through and take out the psychic with him. Yusuke felt the intense energy brimming from his limbs as the projectiles would soon form together into a purple colored beam before it would crash into the orb that contained Jonas, or what he believed did. Again, those from afar would see another light shoot from the opening of the stadium, or what was left of it, as Yusuke pulls off another high caliber move.
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:40 pm
The blast lanced out and collided with the sphere, halting its advance but doing little to the enhanced composition. For several moments it held under the strain, the fists frozen in their positions as if the beam were disrupting Jonas's control. The frame of metal and charred flesh could be seen hanging below the sphere, apparently having been behind it, which would make sense as his blood in the sphere and a bit of aurakinesis would mask his presense behind it. Not like anyone was around to actually see him behind it anyhow.
After the short few moments that the sphere held it began dissolving away, the combined assault chipping away the defenses and obliterating the force that sustained it. Jonas darted back to keep the sphere between Yusuke and himself as it began sliding back, his focus divided on maintaining what was now a shield and his position within the arena. Grey fluid began leaking around his eyes while it spilled from where his mouth should be in a torrent. Three single shards from his jaw dart into the path of the beam, quickly being embedded in the slowly dissolving sphere. Pain flooded Jonas's form as he did his best to hold back the assault, but in the end he could not hold back the incredible destruction being directed to him.
The beam ripped through the sphere, snapping his head from his body with a sound that joined the tearing of flesh and the scream of metal on metal. Sand began to spray in all directions as the skull was thrown across what had once been an arena. When finally everything cleared his body would be hanging limply in the air, the metal blades that composed his frame broken apart such that the weakened flesh would be mere threads holding it together. A glimmer of emerald light from across the arena marked where the skull was currently located, a fire still burning within the two gemstones set within his sockets. The back of the skull on the right side had been thrashed, split open with charred and lacerated grey matter visible within. He was alive, aye, as much as he could be, but seemed almost dazed and unable to put his head back with his body for the moment. This was basically his equivalent of getting the wind knocked out of him.
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:17 am
"Don't just stand there, you dimwit," Genkai scolds at Yusuke. "Go for the head!"
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:22 am
"Already ahead of you," Yusuke says as he sprints from off top of the orb, moving straight through the air toward the emerald light that had landed on the other side. He would be zooming forth like a bird, but would come to a stop midway, his right hand suddenly pointing toward the head as a blue light appears at the tip, his left hand grasping his wrist.
"Time to finish this the right way. SPIRIT GUN!"
He yells, the projectile firing through the air, heading straight for the head. He was aiming to finish this guy off once and for all. If his mind was the source of all this madness, then he would just have to get rid of it.
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:52 pm
The projectile slammed into the skull, shearing the metal of the face in twain as the fleshy bits within were more properly displayed. This, however, would have only reinforced his position but for the fact that the simple gemstones he maintained as eyes were also in the blast area. Usually normal emeralds would likely disintigrate in the blast, but these held strong, the left forming but a single crack.
And then it all went downhill.
The glimmer of emerald light exploded into a raging inferno of jade flames that began reaching high into the sky. The hanging blades of Jonas's body writhed and danced in the air, the sound of tearing flesh accompanying their breaking of the flesh bonds holding them together. In an effort to get back to Jonas the blades would sail past Yusuke, some even trying to take a more direct route through the spirit detective.
The building inferno began to take on the vision of various individuals, no one in particular and always changing once their part had been played. Each one was given a snapshot in time, a single pain they had encountered in their life, something better left forgotten. Broken limbs, torn flesh, scarred hearts. The faces of the spectators killed in the arena today were some of the first, the pain they had felt now being left to the world to take. The form of Jonas would slowly be rising once more, a hand clamped over his left eye, though it did little to halt the flames spewing forth. Sick laughter passed through the air, "So, you've finally cracked my shell. I'm sure they'll all thank you for the blessing they are about to receive, what with the bliss that will be filling their minds and bodies."
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:29 pm
The light show would just be having Yusuke stare at it in question of what the hell was going on. But hearing the grinding malicious sounds behind him, he turns to find blades heading his way. He would move downward to escape the blades, though one slashes across his right cheek, drawing a line of blood as it passes onward to Jonas. Yusuke would clasp the area with his right hand as he turns around, his eyes watching the horrific vision of people's faces coming into being. But seeing Jonas rise into appearance didn't really help his case.
"Shell," he says in wonder, his hand returning to his side as he stayed afloat in the air. "What the hell are you talking about," he scolds over at Jonas.
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:01 pm
The laughter continued to float about Jonas, "This metallic frame and the flesh that covered it, did you not wonder why it took so much punishment and I found nothing but strength from it? It took you long enough, but you've hit my achilles heel." His left hand pulled away from his split skull, the eye held within his talons. Flame clearly spewed from the crack in the gemstone, and the crack alone, "Though now that you've split me open all the pain I've taken has a way to escape. I've taken the pain of entire lifetimes from many people, and those poor souls are better off without it. Thanks to you they will have the opportunity to live it all over again in one single burst. Now I have to ask you, Yusuke [wrong], do you want to win this and know that you've killed more innocents or will you finally submit? Killing me will only make it worse, and I will refuse should I lose."
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:26 pm
"Yusuke, listen to me," Genkai would shout out to the kid, needing to get his thoughts straight before he does something stupid.
"I know you want to protect those people, and hell, I feel sorry for not being here early enough to assist them. But don't let grief overcome you, Yusuke! There are times in your life when you must accept the bad crap that you have to take. As long as your hands did not play a role in it, do not beat yourself up because of someone else's games! The only thing you can do is try to become stronger, and learn to next time to not have mistakes like that be made!"
Her eyes would be gleaming with anger she had been building up from these mind games Jonas had been playing, and it was time she spoke out. How she hated that she couldn't jump in and stop this madness, but she had to depend on this dimwit again to come out of this match unscathed emotionally.
"Those people today, they are dead. And as much pain they will experience, it wouldn't even matter if you give up this match now, because all those people's lives would have been wasted for nothing. You have to bear this weight now, but do not let it cloud your judgment! It is inevitable for people to bear the pain they have experienced in their lives. No one can hide the pain they have seen, felt, or experienced in any other way. It is only an illusion, and Jonas is using that same trick to make you throw this match falsely! The only thing you can do now is take that hatred, and ignore it. Put it aside and finally act like a man! You're not a child anymore, so I hope I don't have to tell you what to do and don't do any longer. Now, stop being a dimwit and finish this match like you mean it!"
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:29 pm
Yusuke didn't say a word as his ears take in the wisdom from that old hag. His eyes would be closed as he absorbed what she said, knowing she was right, like she always was. Reopening them after she finished, he would clench his right hand tight in a fist, his eyes continuing to focus on Jonas. The markings of his demon self would slowly fade, letting his demonic energy become secondary to his spirit energy. His face was stern and serious, his right hand curling in all fingers but the index finger and thumb.
He had made his decision, the orb of light blue growing from the tip of that extended finger at his side, the air moving lightly to the increasing amount of spirit energy he was gathering into that single point. His focus was dead concentrated. His mind was now at ease, almost peaceful. Nothing else was in the way of his mental sternness. Jonas's mind games were no longer a weapon. The only weapon now was the very right hand of this spirit detective, his "gun" locked and loaded.
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