Just before we actually started the duel system, Jason and Michael came out to watch the match. I just nodded to them, getting myself prepared for the match. We then started the countdown to our match and got ourselves into our own respective battle stances. Before the match started Shannon said "Don't even think of holding back, use all of your skills. I'm going to give all I've got. Also, don't think that I don't know about your other unique skill."
"Fine, I'll give you all I got. Although, the attack that I tested on Michael, I will not use that unless I am fighting a boss alone. I can't possibly attempt to use it when someone can get hurt."
"I can see why Jason punishes you so often. You really are stubborn. Fine, I won't push you to use everything you have."
The counter then reached 0, and we started our sparring match. I immediately rushed with a tanto and wakizashi that I had Liz craft for me. Of course, Shannon expected me to switch weapons quickly, but she wasn't prepared for a dual wielding attack right out of the corner. She barely blocked the first attack, and then nearly dodged the second. As soon as she regained her footing, she immediately swung at me with her shortsword. I immediately jumped back to avoid the attack, but then lunged forward to counterattack. Shannon barely parried my first attack, but I quickly twisted myself around for a second attack, switching to a full-length katana for extra damage. She tried to dodge by stepping to the side, but my attack grazed her left arm. She ignored the searing pain that went through her arm, and switched to her bow, nocking 3 arrows in the process. As I was trying to regain my balance she fired all 3 arrows and prepared for another attack. I narrowly dodged the first arrow, but the second and third lodged themselves in my chest and arm. I stopped and broke the arrows off, and then switched to my twin blades. I then dashed forward and let loose a flurry of slashes and thrusts. Shannon was perfectly prepared for this, as she kept her distance, and shot multiple arrows to force me to either slow down or completely dodge. The first chance I got, I started to use my sword skills to deal with the seemingly unending barrage of arrows. Once I dealt with the arrows, I switched to a greatbow and prepared a charged sword skill. When I let it lose, Shannon had little time to dodge, as the shot was faster than a bullet. She was only able to move a small amount, just barely enough to keep the arrow from hitting her vitals, before she felt the impact of the arrow. She was pushed back several feet and coughed up blood. She then dropped to the floor, seemingly unable to continue.
I then said, "Do you want to stop here?"
When I said that she started to get up. When she managed to stand she said "I'm not stopping now. I haven't even started."
After she said that I returned to a battle stance and waited for her to make her move. She then pulled out her shortsword again and rushed me. I gracefully dodged all of her attacks and switched to my twin blades again. I then combined them to form a greatsword and started a counterattack. Shannon instantly recognized this and jumped back to avoid being hit. As she jumped back I started to use my first sword skill for my greatsword. My sword started to glow an appealing cyan color as I channeled the energy into the sword for a powerful thrusting attack that extended far past the tip of the blade due to the excess energy emanating from the weapon. Shannon dodged the attack but closed the distance to start another assault. I quickly switched to dual longswords and parried her first attack, while still attacking from the side. She barely dodged by backflipping away from me. I quickly chased her with a chain of sword skills that made the entire field become clouded with dust. When the dust cleared, the match seemed like it was just about over, with me driving Shannon back into a corner.
Although, the match was far from over. Shannon then started using her sword skills to drive me back. After multiple failed attempts at getting an upper hand, I decided to try a prototype weapon that I've been trying to develop. This game already had fist weapons like the caestus and other weapons of differing rarities, but most were extremely weak because of the lack of range, and the low damage ability with your character's arms. I managed to make a weapon that had the ability to enhance your strength, damage, and even create energy attacks with the sword skill system. Given that they were only prototypes I barely had any time to make sure that they would work as intended. I quickly strapped them into my hands and feet and gave a few practice attacks to make sure that they were working. Shannon then began her next assault, slashing and stabbing at me. Although her attacks were incredibly fast, I still dodged them with ease, and with the prototype weapons, I was able to create quick attacks to use while dodging.
After her assault had failed to help her gain an advantage I started to test the limits of the prototypes. I then channeled as much energy into the boots to try to see if they could output enough energy sustained to allow me to hover. The boots sent me flying up like a rocket, but then when I dropped the energy levels, I started to fall out of the sky, fast. It took me a bit, but I finally figured out the correct amount of energy to hold myself up in the air, without becoming a rocket, or dropping out of the sky.
Shannon paused for a moment to applaud the accomplishment. Then she started to rush me again. This time I used my flight ability to dodge all her attacks with much greater agility, and countered with a rush of my own. I started with a high powered kick, with the power of my entire weight behind it. Shannon tried to block it, but I poured my energy into my gauntlets to push myself behind her and continued my kick. As my leg impacted she fell to her knees and finally conceded defeat.
Jason then walked up to me and said "You are full of surprises. I didn't know that there were any weapons like that in this game. And I certainly didn't know that you could create your own, and create custom sword skills for them. You need to show me how to do that later, and show me your full extent with those."
"I will. And if you want to duel me, then you have to give a condition for me to do if you win. That's what we usually do for our duels. It started a long time ago, and there is quite the story behind it."
"Well, you know what will happen if you lose."
"It can't be the same thing for both parties…"
"Oh, so you really want to be punished that much? You could've just asked."
"I don't want it that badly… I'm just saying that it can't be the same." As I said this my face turned bright red, and Jason snickered.
"Well, well, well. You know the price of lying, so either you really are a glutton for punishment, or you really love to think about what I can do to you."
"Yeah, yeah. So your prize for winning is going to be me getting a spanking, and extra time in chastity?"
"2 extra months. And it will be 2 spankings."
"Okay. And if I win, the prize is going to be a removal of 2 months from my chastity time."
"I'm not agreeing to that. You earned those months in chastity, and you aren't getting out of them that easily."
"Well, I did choose to take this punishment. So, I can do whatever I want with the 6 months that I chose to take."
"Fine. But you only get 1 month off. I'm not going to let you take any more off."
"Okay."
With the wagers on the table, Jason and I got ourselves prepared for our duel. I made some final adjustments to the properties of the prototype weapons, that I from this point on decided to name the "Dawnbreaker Fists." We then got into our preferred stances and started the duel. I used the boots to propel myself forwards and jumpstart the fight. Once I came close enough I started a lightning fast assault with a flurry of punches and kicks. Jason did a good job of dodging and blocking the attacks, but the attacks were all boosted with the sword skill system, making them much heavier hits than that of a normal punch. Seeing him blocking the attacks without much difficulty, without even drawing his weapons, I used the boots to propel myself up into the air and just stayed there while I created a somewhat decently cobbled together battle plan. I had no clue what weapons that Jason would use, so I had made multiple backup plans in case he threw some curveballs. When Jason got impatient in waiting for me to come down, he pulled out a couple of knives and started to throw them to cripple me. I dodged the knives and started to boost towards him. He was perfectly prepared for this, as he waited until the last minute to grab my arm and pull me out of the sky. I quickly fired an energy blast at the ground to blind him, and to slow my fall while I figured out how to get myself reoriented. Once I got myself back upright I started to pull out my twin swords (Yes, I'm multi wielding. I still have the gauntlets on, and can use the twin swords. It is the skill, although I am letting my imagination run wild.) and decided to test the sword skill system with the twin swords and gauntlets combined. As I expected, the sword skill system merged the energy of the two weapons and made the resulting sword skills become a mix of the two. I then channeled the energy from my gauntlets into my twin swords and managed to sharpen the blades, and strengthen them. I then did a test swing and was able to create a large energy wave from my sword. Jason, just waited patiently, seemingly getting more excited the more I showed off my skills and the unique properties of the Dawnbreaker Fists. I then began to rush him again and channeled as much energy I could into my attacks. (Welcome to Dragon Ball simulator 2017… Jk, but I might just call it mana from this point to make it easier for later on.) I chained my amplified attacks, with my sword skills to create even more dangerous chains, and once I felt my swords start to get some wear from the extended use, I switch back to just using my fists. Jason did his best to dodge the attacks, but the more I fought, the more comfortable I got with controlling my mana, and the more I was able to do with my current weapons. I even managed to create more uses for the sword skill system by extending the effects to my entire body, although the effects were stretched rather thin because I couldn't create an effect on my body directly.
Jason then conceded defeat as he realized that I would keep on finding new ways to increase my chances of winning. He then said "Well, I guess that you had good reason to believe that you would win. Congrats. As promised, you will lose 1 month of chastity time."
"Thank you, master. It was nice, being able to duel you."
"Your welcome. It was nice dueling you to. I guess I can now say that I have some control over one of the strongest people in this game."
"Yeah, yeah. I get it. I'm not that special though. I mean, you have complete control over me."
"Do you really want to ruin this moment, and be punished? I can do that, and you won't like it."
"I'm sorry. Although Kirito is much better than me, I just copy other people's styles and counter them effectively."
"You don't need to be so humble about it. It's really hard for a lot of players to do. You're a combat genius."
"Sure. Can we go back inside now?"
"Yeah."
With all of the excitement from the two duels over, we all went back inside and celebrated my victories.
