Nearby explosions caused rocks in the canyon to crumble as two Shadow Wielders, Delphinium and Jiro were battling.
"You seem to have gotten better than last time," said Delphinium as she dodged Minotaur's Conquer attack, "but I will still win!"
"Still win! Still win!" said Deathroy.
"Shut up!" Jiro shouted. "Now let's show them what we're made of!"
"You got it, Jiro!" Minotaur replied as he threw punches at Chimera. Chimera protected himself with his wings before charging an attack.
"Watch out, Minotaur!" Jiro warned.
"Too slow!" Delphinium shouted as Chimera released a beam of dark energy at Minotaur. Minotaur and Jiro were sent flying into the canyon wall. They barely dodged a punch from Chimera.
"Get your head in the game, Jiro!" Minotaur said. "Every time we fight her I get the worst end of the battle!"
"Just shut up and fight!" Jiro retorted. Minotaur simply rolled his eyes.
"Get serious!" Delphinium demanded. "This is getting too easy!"
"Too easy! Too easy!" said Deathroy.
"Waves of Rage!" Jiro shouted as Minotaur let loose a series of punches at Chimera. Chimera was only able to hold off the first few punches, but the rest made contact with him. Both Chimera and Delphinium were sent flying backwards, with Chimera vanishing when they landed. Minotaur vanished as Jiro rushed to Delphinium, sword drawn, to deal the final blow.
Gotcha! Delphinium thought with a smirk. Her artificial Shadow, Hydra, was summoned. The head in the middle took the blow from the sword while the other two heads shot out a beam of energy at Jiro. The smoke from the blast filled the canyon. When it cleared, Hydra vanished and Delphinium got up, brushing herself off. Deathroy mimicked her movements. Delphinium was covered in scratches. The most serious injury she had was a bleeding wound on her leg. She winced as pain shot up her leg when she put weight on it. After looking around, she saw Jiro about fifty yards away, in a sitting position with his back against the canyon wall. Delphinium limped over to him. Jiro was unconscious, his head resting on his shoulder. A trickle of blood ran from one corner of his mouth and dripped on the ground. Jiro's clothes were ripped apart, the remainder of his white shirt now colored scarlet. His chest was covered in blood from where the blast had hit him. His dark green tunic had fallen off and was now soaking up the puddle of red forming around Jiro. Delphinium bend down and put two fingers on the side of Jiro's neck, feeling for a pulse. She smiled and got up. Delphinium started to limp out of the canyon, leaving Jiro behind.
