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*Flashback*
I stared at the strange posters plastered all over ;Mechcity and ;Lavendera. all of the pictured 2 characters, one wearing a long white coat with a hood and no face, tall and wielding a strangely shaped spear, leaping at the second, a young girl wearing a short-sleeved black dress and holding a sword that looked much too heavy for her, the same shade of black as her shoulder length hair. behind them was a strange symbol of a yin yang overlain by a stylized letter "Z." I ran straight for the campsite Draxien, Floranete, Archfiend, and Manafreak were waiting at. as was about to reach it, I was ambushed by some players. "What do you want Asp," I yelled at the black and white snake man. he merely lunged at me. I parried his signature Twin Fang attack and retaliated with a swift kick to his side. He toppled on to the ground as his lackeys piled in on me. I sent them flying with a quick cyclone and calmly walked away from the scattered gang of trouble makers. Draxien glanced over at him smirking as he walked in, nodding before returning to his debate against Archfiend on proper fighter move allocation. Floranete and Manafreak came over to greet me, an unlikely pairing. Floranete was a tall thin girl with waist-length copper hair. She wore a dress made of pink and blue flower petals. Manafreak on the other hand was a floating ethereal being, made of pure energy and wearing a raggedy gray cloak. the only thing i noticed that was alarming was his intense, glowing orange eyes. As i told them about my idea to get some new gear with the money and they were all for it. So we got straight into training working in pairs to hammer out our flaws and point or each other's strengths.
*Flashback Over*
Banzai walked into the arena's tunnel entrance as he was called by the voice of netking #3,the cute thing fanatic that was Kindarspirit. Thoughts were swirling through his head at an astronomical speed. Him and Draxien were the second match of the second round. I walked out into the arena, the cheering deafening as thousands of players rooted for their personal favorite players between the two of us. Banzai saw Draxien walking out of the other tunnel, his ethereal blades already drawn and ready. Suddenly, Anneva said, in her fake interested voice, "Alright folks, it's time for the true test of wills to begin. The angel of death, Draxien is about to face his toughest challenge yet…" I cringed as she yelled my name to the crowd, "Banzai!" I stood at one end of the arena, staring at the cold, clear edges of Draxien's black Ethereal blades. My finger twitched as the grid loaded up and I heard the familiar sound of two words. Battle. On.
Banzai threw his glaive at Draxien to open, before rushing in himself. Draxien parried the glaive skillfully but was unprepared as its owner caught it in time to deal 2 swift slashes before rebounding off his chest and landing a few feet back. Draxien rushed him and began going into a berserker rage, losing strategy for raw power. Banzai was having a lot of trouble blocking all of the wild slashes, and a few were direct hits. It eventually took a cyclone to knock Draxien away so he could utilize his character's range and mobility. he began to rapidly throw his glaive and orbs of lightning, trying to take out his foe with sheer force. But then he saw the shadow cast on the stadium, and he immediately went to cry out to Draxien to stop. But first Draxien yelled, "What's the matter, shorty?" Banzai screamed as the shadow rose as him, with glowing red eyes, the grating voice responding, "Hah!" The clone attacked Draxien, and when he was pinned down and about to be struck down, the shadow started monologuing. "You can't defeat me, you fool. I am the strongest virtual being ever. I AM SKIN…" this rant was ended by a blade protruding from his chest, and a cold whisper in his ear, "Shut it. You're only one thirteenth of the whole and only rank IX out of the XIII at that. Now get out of here, mate." With that the shadow exploded and Banzai mysteriously vanished with it. Draxien was declared the winner and went on to the semi-final round to fight Zetto. However a new set of eyes was watching Draxien walk away from the arena. A short, gold-eyed figure, wearing a simple dress, calmly smiling to herself. "He's the one," the figure breathed. "Get the group together. We go after him tonight." Suddenly, another player appeared behind her, this one tall with blue eyes, wearing a simple gray hoodie, a pair of animal ears sticking out of his hood. "I don't think so." the girl disappeared in an explosion. The boy's hand was raised and appeared to be smoking. A stray ember floating away on the breeze.. "If anyone is going to beat that guy, It's going to be me." The boy said quietly but with malice dripping from his voice he then walked away.
Well that's the end Of Chapter 3! Points to anyone who can figure out what we're referencing with Skin changer and as always please send comments and reviews so we can become better.
Battle On!