Tobias vs. Mirai - The Battle of the Sages

[Mirai Hogosha]

Holding his stance after his last attack, Mirai catches his breath. That took more out of me than usual, he thought. I'm getting too riled up. But... He looked over at Tobias with wide open eyes. I'm actually holding my own. Have I... gotten this much stronger?

Mirai blinks as the cold wind brings him back to reality. He looks down again and finds the lenses in his goggles are broken. With a fluid motion he pulls them from his neck over his head and tosses them over to his vest, which is still smoltering from Tobias's previous attack.

Mirai takes another defensive stance, waiting for his opponent. "Your move, Sir Wanderer."

[Tobias]

Tobias stands up from the rubble of the broken arena wall. As he clears himself from the rubble, he brushes himself off, then quickly stretches: "If you insist"

He moves in for a quick one-two punch

[Mirai Hogosha]

From the blur of his uncanny quickness, Mirai fails to block either of Tobias's punches, sending him toppling to the ground in a dust of fury. Coughing, he tries to stand back up, knowing well enough that Tobias will continue attacking. As he looks up from the dry earth, he sees his trusty blades, gleaming with energy. Piercing the swords with his own eyes, he calls out to them in his mind, No, my companions. I'm afraid the two of you will have to sit this one out.

He stands again, brushing off his dust-clad clothes. As Mirai looks to the sky, he finds some clouds rolling above. Suddenly, an idea hatches in his brain, and he looks back at Tobias with a look of inspiration in his eyes. Standing with both fists clenched at his sides, the winds pick up around him, tossing about his long blue hair. A cyan and white aura begins to take shape around him, as his eyes glow magnificently with energy.

He calls out to Tobias, his voice filled with otherworldy timbre as it bounces and reverberates around the arena, "Yes... there is a storm coming... a storm by our own doing..."

[Zzyxx]

Zzyxx steps into the arena stands, egear to see some of the people he may have to fight along side or against in later days. He studies their moves and styles trying to pick up weaknesses that he can either exploit or cover in the future.

[Tobias]

He smiled softly. He felt the energies teaming around him, the rhythm of the battle picking up more. He felt the storm arising...now reaching its calm...the Tempest. He set himself firmly on the ground, waiting for his combatant to arise and bring about whatever attack he may

[Mirai Hogosha]

Mirai stretches his arms upward to the sky, casting out blue streaks of electricity. He tilts his head backward as he stares into the clouds that quickly formed above the arena. Thunder breaks all around the two warriors. Lightning flashes in every direction, some bolts strike the ground, kicking up more dust into the air.

Mirai crouches down to gather more energy, then springs from the surface into the air, straight towards the clouds, his arms upward and his hands open. Two electric bolts seige him in midair, enveloping him in a brilliant flash of white--then it dissipates, leaving nothing but air.

The lightning in the clouds increases dramatically, arching everywhere in the arena. The white lights turn a brilliant shade of blue, while the thunder roars to a deafening level. The swirling energy starts to collect into one large location in the sky, just before a bright blue-white flash illuminates the sky.

An enormous beam rockets from the flash, heading straight towards Tobias. In the instant between the flash in the sky and the connection of the beam into Tobias's chest, Mirai's voice bellowed throughout the arena...

"STORMING STRIKE!"

[Tobias]

The blast caused Tobias' insides to speed up and jolt. He felt everything spazam after the sharp electrical surge pierced through him. He had been hit by lightning...and hard.

He went careening across the arena, smoke trailing off of him as he went through the air. He slammed into the stands, benches breaking underneath his momentum.

The smoke started to clear, and The Wanderer just laid there. A brilliant glow came from underneath his hat, as he slowly stood up. Gasping for breath, he felt his organs start to pulse normally, catching up to the sharp neutronic blast that just pierced his chest. His heart started to calm, and his lungs started to recieve air regularly. He stepped out of the stands and back down into the arena.

The storm overhead started to surge more and more, and the rain began to fall. A bolt of lightning touched down nearby, causing everything to shake violently. Tobias just smiled as the glow intensified. His body lit aflame in blue as the lightning energy around him kindled all around him. He held his hand up, and a bolt of lightning struck his gauntlet. The steel gauntlet glowed an intense blue, so intense it appeared as white light. He vaulted up into the air, up towards the clouds, the light trailing behind his glowing fist.

He disappeared into the clouds, when streaks of lightning poured out from every crevice of the dust-moisture formations above. His voice boomed from he heavens

"FULGORUS PUGNUS!" (Lightning Fist)