Chapter 4

FIRST AND SECOND PORTAL…. WATCHERS ALL AROUND.

FIRST PORTAL

In the first portal, as far as she was concerned, the brown headed child was left muttering to herself in a lost foreign language before a voice seemingly forced her to rise from a slight concentration. Recognizing the other in an instant, she offered another smile. Using the time, she went on muttering in th unknown language to avoid cast spell delay that might happen in later events. Slowly, it seemed as if a light appearance of a clock appeared, its hands crazily spinning around like.. a clock went on a sugar high parade. And with a last white glow, she took a step back and chuckled, pointing her right hand at the other casually. Winds kick up the essence of surreality, while seemingly small energy particles started to hover amongst the feminine bod, which glows in their own mystic appearance, shimmering light down upon the girl, emphasizing much on her hidden beauty and grace. Eyes of enchanting gold gleamed towards the other as she secretly sacrificed off her sense of sight for this short moment to help increase her rate of casting and magic strength. There would be of a 50 her sense of sight would return to her, and a 20 chance more for her blood relation to the Fallen Angel magic. Placing a pointer loosely at the tip of her lips, she hesistated, just getting used of the loss of sight. Stnanding her, with her eyes still opened, she nodded in reply.

SECOND PORTAL

With a slight smirk. The youth was covered in a blur of red light, the light seemed to change into gas, soon, the light was replaced by a haze of blood-like gas, and Korenzu was nowhere to be seen. This gas corrupted the forms of energy in the Arena, slowly absorbing the energy with unknown ways into the core of the gas.
Meanwhile, Korenzu seemed to have vanished without a trace. The circle of power was still present where Korenzu was some moments ago, this circle spun to the Poisen Elemental Pearl, acid started spewing at Tsukiyori. The ground started to corrode, the remaining electrical shockwaves crawled back to the Thunder Elemental Column of the circle slowly.
Soon, the acid and gas combined. Both assaults surrounded the digital angel. Acid closing in from the ground, the gas coming in from all sides. Several shadowy particles floated around the place, what was their purpose was unknown. But the gas seemed to move along with the flow of the shadowy particles. As if the particles controlled the very movement of the bloody gas.

She smirked. Closing her eyes as the symbol beneath her feet glowed brightly as the digital angel dispersed into a numerous number of data fragments that seemingly blended into the atmosphere before the gas and acid seemingly receded as the digital angel reappeared once more holding a small shimmering orb of data that what was once the gas, the shadow particles and the acid. She smirked once again in triumph as the data orb sank into her hands, allowing her to access the binary code such that the orb and whatever that it had absorbed had absolutely no effects on her. She smirked again as her clairvoyance powers allowed her to access Korenzu's presence as she leant forth her weapon that had ignited with fire towards the magical circle, causing it to come into contact before switching with lightning speed to the ice element, destroying the first column, the fire element. She back flipped as her fore body bent forth before she took her original stance once again.

"I seem to have destroyed a column that belongs fire. Even if I can't see you...I can always track you." Tsukiyoru smirked.

WATCHERS

Lekz was resting in his room, sitting on a couch with his eyes closed, when a memo arrived through the wireless persocom network his persocom ear heaphones were connected to. "Sir, the battles at the first and second arena have begun, feel free to come to the watching room or access the arena camera network to watch the matches. Thank you, Daichoko." read the memo.

Lekz smiled, standing up with a sigh. He stretched and yawned, before walking towards the door, taking his white suit's top. Once outside, he gave a knock on the doors of the rooms at the sides of his own, saying to both "Yo, I'm going to the watch room."

He put on the suit's top and bought a coke from the vending machine at the lobby, before entering the watch room overviewing the first arena. He sat on one of the large couches at the first row, in front of a huge panoramic window, and muttered to himself: "My, my... this will be interesting."

SECOND PORTAL

This voice echoed somewhere within the arena, The circle of power retreated a short distance away, then the 'Wind' column slowly moved to the front. A huge whirlwind started to blow, tornados advancing and circling the digital being. Large clouds came out of nowhere.
"I hope you aren't too tired to continue." The voice said again, almost casually. Then a ring of freezing water from the Ice Column surrounded Tsukiyoru quickly, rising up to form a wall of water, then the wind blended in, causing a great flow of both wind and water.

Tsukiyoru smirked even broader than before as she watched the power approach her without any fear at all. Perhaps it was just like what she did before, to take the power from another just as she had done many times before and had just done so. She watched the approaching attack before her eyes narrowed with a slight menace that hadn't been there just awhile ago before raising her hand as her right hand rested upon the imaginary blade once more as the attack collided straight at her, not even flinching. The power seemingly gathered into and orbs that absorbed whatever was coming next. Slowly, the data was gathered once more, this time she smirked before hurling it directly back at the other with seemingly great force that resulted in a explosion, causing the barrier to change it's element once more before Tsukiyoru countered both with a holy attribute causing the wind and water columns to shatter, just like the fire one had done.
"I guess what's left of you is poison..." she chuckled slightly, almost in triumph.

The voice sounded again. "Correct." As the poisen column glowed once more, transforming into a large circle of power consisting only of the word "Gatrul". Poisen started to react with the other absorbed elements, causing a reaction from inside Tsukiyoru. "Have a nice time, getting those out of your system." The voice echoed silently. The poisen column began to cause the nervous reaction in the digital angel.
Blue waves of energy channeled through the circle of power as it slowly disappeared into the airl. Somehow invisible or vanished, like Korenzu. The effects were there though, the disruption in the digital angel's system getting more serious.

Tsukiyoru had already allowed her clairvoyance powers to circle around the whole arena and with each little movement when her opponent moved, Tsukiyoru would be able to tell his exact location and as for now, she had him locked on.
"Viral data... Filters excess granted." Tsukiyoru smirked as her body glowed with a blue outline before her body expelled out a viral data orb as it glowed with a purple hue in her hands. She held up the poisen element data as she threw it towards Korenzu, causing it another explosion as she smirked. The poison column was no exterminated, leaving only Korenzu to deal with. She closed her eyes as she felt his aura before she dashed in that direction with god-like speed as her blades etched itself into the back of his neck where the spinal cord started and dragged it viciously downwards, slitting open the entire upper half of his body. She retreated back with a bloodstained weapon and smirked as the blood vanished.

A sound explosion seemed to mark the end of Korenzu, or so it seemed. As the mutilated body collapsed on the ground, it started to form into a batch of bloody parts, then it seemed to vanish in a swirl of black smoke.
The smoke then split into five, each one forming into a different Korenzu. One of the dragonform shadow clones started his first assault at last, throwing his hands forward, over fifty small, but very tough needles, smeared with a deadly demon-made venom. The other four disaopeared in blurs of black streaks, re-appearing around Tsukiyoru.
Each one paced around the digital angel swiftly, causing a blur of illusions, the circle of clones surrounded Tsukiyoru tightly. Then, random dragon claws sprang out to strike out at Tsukiyoru's head or back. The claws, clearly stained with demon's blood, had the ability to cause skin or, in this case, digital energy or metal parts, to corrode easily. But the clumsy claws found difficulty reaching their target, so the claws simply sprang out and struck at certain times.

The metallic blood scent filled her senses as her eyes flashed wide open. At that, her usual dreamy gaze now looked sinister and demonic. A red hue shimmered, engulfing her gold orbs entirely as great amounts of demonic energy was emitted. She cackled, almost insanely as she threw out her arm, unleashing a gigantic amount of energy that took the form of an elaborate shield that smashed and annihilated anything and everything that was in front of her. She raised her masamune before lashing out with light speed, countering the blows almost effortlessly as her extremely lithe, aerodynamic and flexible frame, seemed to whiz in and out, up and over with ease as if using no energy at all. The speed was so fast that whenever her weapon cam it contact with, it embittered sparks and high pitched sound waves, her foot and body movement were rapid with increasing velocity, such that it seemed as though there was more than one of her and the ground below her was hot with friction. With a cackle, she forcefully dragged her masamune through her attackers, decapitating them and halving their bodies before quartering them. She raced with speed that was so fast and was seemingly invisible to the naked eye at the dragon with an almighty slash from her masamune, aka her imagined blade, she sliced the dragon cleanly into half.

The explosion sounded once more as the body was divided into two, then six, for the dragonform performed the same move again. This time, the clones started to swivel and rotate around Tsukiyoru once more, the sinister claws lashing out to strike at the digital angel time and again. Meanwhile, the real Korenzu had leapt into the air and underwent a transformation as he whispered "Metamorphasis." The youth changed quickly as wings sprouted out of his back, so did the rest of his body morph. Korenzu grew in size and soon, a great brown dragon was standing in his place.
Letting out a huge roar, a shadow shield settled over the dragon, the clones continued their own assault, while Korenzu flew overhead, then directly over Tsukiyoru. Taking a deep breath, the dragon then unleashed a blast of powerful blackened hell fires at Tsukiyoru. Wind blew as the fire hit the target, seemingly ahhiliating the digital angel. His own clones also perished in the fires, burning into crisps. The fires would burn more two days in normal circumstances, but now, with the presence of a powerful being like Tsukiyoru. It was unknown whether she survived or not, and if she did, was she injured? Korenzu knew not of what happened, for he hovered over the scene of destruction, shadow shield rotating around himself.

Tsukiyoru watched as the blow approached with auspere, yet calm eyes before she held the masamune before her and as she swung it out, created a forcefield of the same energy that the shield earlier had possessed, countering the black flames with the sheer and raw power of Niflhelm. Once the flames had died down once the powers collided with a resounding explosion, Tsukiyoru took off into the air as a large forcefield surrounded her once more, forcing it's way through Korenzu's own and with success, entered his sanctuary and as she struck the masamune into forehead of the dragon, the masamune dissolved, taking the form of a large ruby that had set itself snugly and deeply into the dragon's head. An elaborate tattoo started to spread out across the dragon and one each stroke was finished, glowed with bright flames. The ruby contained some sort of indestructible device in it's core that would react with the host if it went against it's beholder. Tsukiyoru smirked as she watched the dragon that was engulfed in flames.

Almost voluntarily, the dragon raised his claws and sliced his own head in half. Then, he breathed hellflames at his body, which consumned his body in flames. Letting the ruby drop onto the ground. The ashes then formed again when they were blown intio the air, the ashes formed into a large snakelike shape. Which formed into Korenzu himself. With a ear-splitting roar, the dragon landed, and morphed into his human form once again.
Korenzu blinked and said in a rather hoarse voice. "Your abilities are remarkable, I step down in defeat. My prowess cannot match yours...you are a talented person, for an angel." Korenzu bowed once again. The huge sword attached to his back had not been used during the whole duel for some unknown reason.
Korenzu then turned and started to walk away, quite cheerfully.

Tsukiyoru smiled, the first true smile that she had given anyone before the energy around her died down as she revelaed her usual calm, composed self before running up to Korenzu and stopped him, holding out her hand and motioning a handshake.
"That duel was impressive. It's been a long time, literally, since I've used such moves." she said, almost cheerfully as a true smile that grazed her lips was directed to him.

Korenzu paused, then turned around and accepted the handshake with a smile. "It was my pleasure to face a foe that I could not defeat so easily. It is a pity there are little dragons with abilities such as yours that can give me a satisfying smile."
Korenzu gave a short smile before he turned once again and walked toward the persocom. "I admit defeat." He announced, "Could you escort us out, now?" The dragonform finished.

END OF TSUKIYORU'S AND KORENZU'S FIGHT