Round 2: Diamond Keya V.S. Crimson Vice
"You know for Ramsey Keya's so called 'Diamond in the rough' you sure don't look like much." Vice said unsheathing another sword identical to his first. "But we'll see if that certain Diamond can take down a Vice."
"What makes you so sure I'll lose?" Diamond asked.
"I never said you'd lose." Vice answered. "Because you won't lose, you'll die!"
At this time the men in the balcony were yelling at the two to start the match. They were practically begging to see some bloodshed. It was really getting on Diamonds nerves as well as Crimson's.
Diamond had a quick look at Crimson's swords. He noticed that the handles each had a flat side. "What's with your swords?" Diamond asked.
"You'll see soon enough." Vice answered. "Shall we begin?"
"After you." Diamond answered as he placed the bottom of his sword on his right quadriceps and got in a stance.
"The Keya Stance of Determination." Vice said as he continued to stare at Diamond's posture. "I've seen this before. It was at the King's Tournament. Even though it wasn't to the death your father proved to be quite the competitor in that tournament. However he was upstaged in the final match. I'll never forget that stance. Because he stood in it in the start of each of his matches."
"My father told me that story." Diamond said. "I couldn't remember the person's name however. He taught me the basic weakness to the technique that he was defeated by. It was actually pretty hard to get. I never accomplished that feat."
"Well your just going to have to except the fact that everyone has a better." Vice said. "And unfortunately for you, your better is me!" Vice placed one of his swords back in it's sheath and darted at Diamond. Diamond stood ready for a strike, as Crimson got closer. And then at a simple snap of his fingers, Crimson disappeared. He left a green mist in his wake. Diamond had no Idea what was going on. He got closer to the spot where Crimson was and was suddenly nailed in the back by both of Vice's sword handles.
Diamond fell to his knees as he always did when he took a hard shot to the back. It was he main weakness really. Diamond got to his feet and turned around to see Crimson with a smirk on his face. "How did you do that?" He stuttered as he breathed heavily.
"It's an ancient teleportation spell. Its called Farore's Wind." Crimson answered. "With just the snap of my fingers I can teleport anywhere I want with in a one mile radius."
"No way!" Diamond yelled as he tried to slash at Vice.
"Way." Crimson said as he snapped his fingers and disappeared again.
"Not this time." Diamond muttered as he placed his sword behind his back. He had blocked Crimson's attack. Vice's right hand sword was aimed horizontally at Diamond's torso. The two swords clashed together and echoed throughout the room. Vice snapped his fingers and disappeared again. This time he reappeared in front of Diamond.
"So you want to know what the deal is with my swords do you?" Vice asked. "Well allow me to show you." Vice pulled his other sword from its sheath and put his two swords together at the handle. "When connected they create the Duo Sword. A sword that has two blades witch extend from the same end of the handle. I find it more effective then regular swords because with it I can easily block any type of trusting attack."
"So. That's your strategy." Diamond said. "You put the swords together to make a formidable weapon and when you find yourself in a spot of trouble you can easily separate the swords so you can defend and attack against the larger groups or a person with far greater skills. With a weapon like that and Farore's Wind in your arsenal you will be tough to beat. And just like you I will not be so easily defeated!"
"Then show me how." Vice said.
"You got it!" Diamond said as he ran at Crimson. Diamond threw a vertical slash, Crimson blocked. They clashed swords several times with Diamond on the offensive. Crimson ducked under a recent horizontal slash and kicked Diamond in the back of his left knee. Crimson got up and slashed at his neck. Diamond saw the reflection in his sword so he blocked. They stood in that position for a few seconds then Diamond rolled forward and got up.
"Your good kid." Vice said. "But can you deal with this?" Crimson snapped his fingers and disappeared leaving behind a green mist like before. Crimson appeared behind Diamond, with his Duo sword ready to slice Diamond's throat. Diamond stood with his eyes wide open. A sweat drop ran down his face and his heart was racing. "So how are you going to get out of this?" Crimson asked with a smile on his face.
"Come on Diamond, getting together." Diamond thought. "Ok he's got that damn Farore's Wind to hide behind so what am I supposed to do about that. Ok everybody has a specific amount of magic power. Maybe if I can get him to teleport enough he'll lose all of it. It's a gamble but I have to get that key. However first I need to get out of his grasp. Lets see.'
"Well?" Crimson asked.
Diamond thought for a second and came up with something. He reared his head as far forward as he could and threw it back into Crimson's. Crimson and Diamond's heads crashed and Crimson dropped his sword. Diamond walked forward a few steps while holding his head.
"Damn! What the hell is your head made of?" Crimson yelled as he held his forehead. Crimson went for his sword but before he could get it Diamond had the tip of his sword under Crimson's chin. Crimson's rose to his feet with Diamond's sword still in place. "Heh." Crimson chuckled as he put his foot on his sword handle and snapped his fingers again. Again he disappeared with the mist in his place. He had taken his sword along with him. Crimson reappeared several feet in front of Diamond, his sword still on the ground. Crimson reached down and picked it up yet, still keeping his cold stare with Diamond.
Diamond darted at Crimson with his sword ready and slashed. Before he could connect, Crimson snapped his fingers and teleported off. Crimson reappeared behind and Diamond heard him reappear. He turned around and slashed at Crimson. Vice has eluded him again by teleporting off. This time Crimson appeared on Diamond's side. Diamond slashed only to fail, for Crimson had disappeared again. Vice was starting to get on Diamond's nerves. But Crimson was playing into Diamond's hand so it didn't bother him much.
Crimson reappeared behind Diamond again but Diamond didn't attack. Instead, Crimson attacked, smacking Diamond in the face with the side of his Duo Sword. Crimson disappeared again but did not resurface for a while. He reappeared in air above Diamond with his Duo Sword pointing down. Crimson fell towards Diamond but Diamond rolled out of the way of Crimson's attack and the Duo sword stuck in the floor. Crimson pulled it out and teleported again.
He reappeared it front of Diamond, their swords immediately clashing. Diamond's sword was wedged in-between the two blades of Crimson's Duo Sword. Diamond put pressure on his sword and leaned forward. Crimson did the same. They put all their strength into their swords until one of them gave out. But to complete surprise, Diamond's sword cut in between the sword handles of Crimson's Duo Sword, thus separating it into its original two parts.
Diamond waved his sword around in a circle. This caused Crimson to throw his swords into the air. Diamond dropped his sword and prepared to catch one of the spinning swords that were falling towards them. They each caught one and put them against each other's necks simultaneously. The cold steel pressed against Diamond's neck made him shiver a bit, but he kept his eye on Crimson.
They each pushed off each other and clashed sword a few times. They each went for a thrust attack but amazingly each they were stopped by the tips of the swords. Diamond threw his sword in further and spun it in a circle causing both swords to once again get thrown in the air. While Diamond jamp after the swords, Crimson lost balance and fell to one knee. Diamond grabbed the swords and prepared to come crashing down on Crimson.
Crimson got up and saw Diamond. He snapped his fingers to teleport but failed. Crimson was completely drained of his Magic Power. He was motionless as Diamond continued to fall towards him with the swords aiming at Crimson's chest. Crimson knew he could just move out of the way but he didn't. Diamond came crashing down on Crimson, the two blades of the Duo Sword piercing his chest. Diamond fell back into the wall to catch his breath as Crimson pulled his swords from his chest and fell to his face.
Diamond slid down the wall and gave a sigh of relief. "Glad that's over." He thought.
"Heh." Crimson muttered as he breathed heavily. "Your good kid. Maybe you are a Diamond in the rough after all." Crimson rolled over and looked at the ceiling. "Watch yourself. Something tells me your gonna have a very big tragedy smack you in the face." With that Crimson Vice died.
"Impressive. Very impressive." Saber said tossing Diamond another Blue Potion. "You and the last competitor are now ready. Enter the last door and take on your final trial to obtain the Saber Key."
Diamond drank the Blue Potion. He felt all of his wounds heal within an instant. He felt once again revitalized and ready to fight. He opened the door to the main room, knowing that the toughest one yet would be on the other side, waiting.
"You know for Ramsey Keya's so called 'Diamond in the rough' you sure don't look like much." Vice said unsheathing another sword identical to his first. "But we'll see if that certain Diamond can take down a Vice."
"What makes you so sure I'll lose?" Diamond asked.
"I never said you'd lose." Vice answered. "Because you won't lose, you'll die!"
At this time the men in the balcony were yelling at the two to start the match. They were practically begging to see some bloodshed. It was really getting on Diamonds nerves as well as Crimson's.
Diamond had a quick look at Crimson's swords. He noticed that the handles each had a flat side. "What's with your swords?" Diamond asked.
"You'll see soon enough." Vice answered. "Shall we begin?"
"After you." Diamond answered as he placed the bottom of his sword on his right quadriceps and got in a stance.
"The Keya Stance of Determination." Vice said as he continued to stare at Diamond's posture. "I've seen this before. It was at the King's Tournament. Even though it wasn't to the death your father proved to be quite the competitor in that tournament. However he was upstaged in the final match. I'll never forget that stance. Because he stood in it in the start of each of his matches."
"My father told me that story." Diamond said. "I couldn't remember the person's name however. He taught me the basic weakness to the technique that he was defeated by. It was actually pretty hard to get. I never accomplished that feat."
"Well your just going to have to except the fact that everyone has a better." Vice said. "And unfortunately for you, your better is me!" Vice placed one of his swords back in it's sheath and darted at Diamond. Diamond stood ready for a strike, as Crimson got closer. And then at a simple snap of his fingers, Crimson disappeared. He left a green mist in his wake. Diamond had no Idea what was going on. He got closer to the spot where Crimson was and was suddenly nailed in the back by both of Vice's sword handles.
Diamond fell to his knees as he always did when he took a hard shot to the back. It was he main weakness really. Diamond got to his feet and turned around to see Crimson with a smirk on his face. "How did you do that?" He stuttered as he breathed heavily.
"It's an ancient teleportation spell. Its called Farore's Wind." Crimson answered. "With just the snap of my fingers I can teleport anywhere I want with in a one mile radius."
"No way!" Diamond yelled as he tried to slash at Vice.
"Way." Crimson said as he snapped his fingers and disappeared again.
"Not this time." Diamond muttered as he placed his sword behind his back. He had blocked Crimson's attack. Vice's right hand sword was aimed horizontally at Diamond's torso. The two swords clashed together and echoed throughout the room. Vice snapped his fingers and disappeared again. This time he reappeared in front of Diamond.
"So you want to know what the deal is with my swords do you?" Vice asked. "Well allow me to show you." Vice pulled his other sword from its sheath and put his two swords together at the handle. "When connected they create the Duo Sword. A sword that has two blades witch extend from the same end of the handle. I find it more effective then regular swords because with it I can easily block any type of trusting attack."
"So. That's your strategy." Diamond said. "You put the swords together to make a formidable weapon and when you find yourself in a spot of trouble you can easily separate the swords so you can defend and attack against the larger groups or a person with far greater skills. With a weapon like that and Farore's Wind in your arsenal you will be tough to beat. And just like you I will not be so easily defeated!"
"Then show me how." Vice said.
"You got it!" Diamond said as he ran at Crimson. Diamond threw a vertical slash, Crimson blocked. They clashed swords several times with Diamond on the offensive. Crimson ducked under a recent horizontal slash and kicked Diamond in the back of his left knee. Crimson got up and slashed at his neck. Diamond saw the reflection in his sword so he blocked. They stood in that position for a few seconds then Diamond rolled forward and got up.
"Your good kid." Vice said. "But can you deal with this?" Crimson snapped his fingers and disappeared leaving behind a green mist like before. Crimson appeared behind Diamond, with his Duo sword ready to slice Diamond's throat. Diamond stood with his eyes wide open. A sweat drop ran down his face and his heart was racing. "So how are you going to get out of this?" Crimson asked with a smile on his face.
"Come on Diamond, getting together." Diamond thought. "Ok he's got that damn Farore's Wind to hide behind so what am I supposed to do about that. Ok everybody has a specific amount of magic power. Maybe if I can get him to teleport enough he'll lose all of it. It's a gamble but I have to get that key. However first I need to get out of his grasp. Lets see.'
"Well?" Crimson asked.
Diamond thought for a second and came up with something. He reared his head as far forward as he could and threw it back into Crimson's. Crimson and Diamond's heads crashed and Crimson dropped his sword. Diamond walked forward a few steps while holding his head.
"Damn! What the hell is your head made of?" Crimson yelled as he held his forehead. Crimson went for his sword but before he could get it Diamond had the tip of his sword under Crimson's chin. Crimson's rose to his feet with Diamond's sword still in place. "Heh." Crimson chuckled as he put his foot on his sword handle and snapped his fingers again. Again he disappeared with the mist in his place. He had taken his sword along with him. Crimson reappeared several feet in front of Diamond, his sword still on the ground. Crimson reached down and picked it up yet, still keeping his cold stare with Diamond.
Diamond darted at Crimson with his sword ready and slashed. Before he could connect, Crimson snapped his fingers and teleported off. Crimson reappeared behind and Diamond heard him reappear. He turned around and slashed at Crimson. Vice has eluded him again by teleporting off. This time Crimson appeared on Diamond's side. Diamond slashed only to fail, for Crimson had disappeared again. Vice was starting to get on Diamond's nerves. But Crimson was playing into Diamond's hand so it didn't bother him much.
Crimson reappeared behind Diamond again but Diamond didn't attack. Instead, Crimson attacked, smacking Diamond in the face with the side of his Duo Sword. Crimson disappeared again but did not resurface for a while. He reappeared in air above Diamond with his Duo Sword pointing down. Crimson fell towards Diamond but Diamond rolled out of the way of Crimson's attack and the Duo sword stuck in the floor. Crimson pulled it out and teleported again.
He reappeared it front of Diamond, their swords immediately clashing. Diamond's sword was wedged in-between the two blades of Crimson's Duo Sword. Diamond put pressure on his sword and leaned forward. Crimson did the same. They put all their strength into their swords until one of them gave out. But to complete surprise, Diamond's sword cut in between the sword handles of Crimson's Duo Sword, thus separating it into its original two parts.
Diamond waved his sword around in a circle. This caused Crimson to throw his swords into the air. Diamond dropped his sword and prepared to catch one of the spinning swords that were falling towards them. They each caught one and put them against each other's necks simultaneously. The cold steel pressed against Diamond's neck made him shiver a bit, but he kept his eye on Crimson.
They each pushed off each other and clashed sword a few times. They each went for a thrust attack but amazingly each they were stopped by the tips of the swords. Diamond threw his sword in further and spun it in a circle causing both swords to once again get thrown in the air. While Diamond jamp after the swords, Crimson lost balance and fell to one knee. Diamond grabbed the swords and prepared to come crashing down on Crimson.
Crimson got up and saw Diamond. He snapped his fingers to teleport but failed. Crimson was completely drained of his Magic Power. He was motionless as Diamond continued to fall towards him with the swords aiming at Crimson's chest. Crimson knew he could just move out of the way but he didn't. Diamond came crashing down on Crimson, the two blades of the Duo Sword piercing his chest. Diamond fell back into the wall to catch his breath as Crimson pulled his swords from his chest and fell to his face.
Diamond slid down the wall and gave a sigh of relief. "Glad that's over." He thought.
"Heh." Crimson muttered as he breathed heavily. "Your good kid. Maybe you are a Diamond in the rough after all." Crimson rolled over and looked at the ceiling. "Watch yourself. Something tells me your gonna have a very big tragedy smack you in the face." With that Crimson Vice died.
"Impressive. Very impressive." Saber said tossing Diamond another Blue Potion. "You and the last competitor are now ready. Enter the last door and take on your final trial to obtain the Saber Key."
Diamond drank the Blue Potion. He felt all of his wounds heal within an instant. He felt once again revitalized and ready to fight. He opened the door to the main room, knowing that the toughest one yet would be on the other side, waiting.