"This is where things get interesting" Tushika says with a grin as he stands in the doorway of the waiting area with Quezt.
"I'll say this fight just got turned up a notch" Quezt says while smoking a cigarette.
Quatra draws his blade this time releasing magic energy causing a whirlwind effect around him. At the same time Apophis is releasing his energy as well preparing his serpents fist. As the anticipation builds, the two charge at each other. Quatra take a swing with his blade, Apophis dodges and counters with a swing of his fist. Quatra dodges and swings his katana, Apophis backs up to avoid the blade but gets caught with a blast from the sword to his midsection that sends him flying into the wall. On his way into the wall Apophis uses breath of a thousand snakes to send Quatra into the other wall. Both men collide into the wall with a crash and leave craters. Both men get up immediately and regroup.
"What the hell was that?" Apophis asks while wiping blood off the corner of his mouth.
"That was my magic energy." Quatra answers with a smirk forearms covered in bite marks. "My sword can absorb my gravity magic or it can absorb my pure magic energy." After saying that Quatra once again take his stance.
"Alright then I guess its time to show you Takshaka." Apophis says as he takes off his jacket. Apophis then release his magic energy in a black whirlwind that surrounds him.
"What's he doing?" Nalien asks Aquilla
"I don't know but this fight just got a lot more dangerous for Quatra." Aquilla says without taking her eyes off of Apophis.
"What will you do now Quatra?" Sahara thinks to herself also not taking her eyes off of the fight.
As the whirlwind subsides, Apophis's Takshaka form is revealed. Apophis's upper body has been replaced with 5 snakes that are still attached by his lower body which hasn't changed.
"Takshaka" Master Crowne says to himself with a small grin from his perch. "Apophis is taking this seriously, What will you do now Quatra?"
Quatra seeing the new danger in front of him decides to lighten the gravity around him for a speed boost and charges at Apophis. Apophis seeing this uses the breath of ten thousand snakes, an upgrade from the earlier attack. Quatra reacts and dodges the snake but the snakes follow and eventually surround him in a ball. Quatra realizing that he was trapped decides to slash his way out killing every snake that surrounds him with blinding speed. Quatra then in the blink of an eye takes out one of the snake heads wounding Apophis in the process.
"Yes, Go Quatra" Leiko yells supporting her boyfriend. "You can do it."
Apophis hears Leiko's yelling and gets an idea. Apophis then charges a blast of magical energy with the remaining four heads and aims straight at Leiko. Quatra sees the blast go for his unsuspecting girlfriend and takes off.
"Son of a Bitch." Quatra thinks as he runs to save her. Quatra get there just in time to block it but takes the blast straight to the chest. Quatra falls to the ground with a thud and looks out of it.
"Quatra!" Leiko shouts with tears forming in her eyes fearing the worst.
"I told you that that girl would get you killed one day." Apophis says with that sadistic grin "The great samurai lying face down in the dirt. I win." Apophis then starts laughing.
"I'm gonna kill him" Leiko says angrily while being held back by Nalien, Misha and Sahara. "I'm gonna fuckin kill him!"
As Apophis turns back to normal and starts walking back to the waiting area, he hears a voice.
"Did you really think that a blast such as that would kill me?"
Apophis turns around to see Quatra on one knee and using his sheathed katana to help him up to his feet. "That trick was low, even for one that slithers on his stomach" Quatra says while getting to his feet.
"How are you still alive?" say Apophis looking angry. "That blast should have sent you straight to hell." Apophis then notices Quatra's eyes had turned gold.
"I see now, Those eyes, you have become the cold blooded killer you used to be. Welcome Ba..." Apophis was interrupted by Quatra taking an unusual stance where the blade is still sheathed, his right hand is over the handle,his knees are bent and his eyes are only focused on Apophis. "Come samurai lets end this, I'm sick of playing games." Apophis says with that sadistic smile.
"Involving Leiko was unforgivable. Unforgivable" Quatra says in a trance like fury.
"Takshaka" Apophis yells as he turns back into his Takshaka form. "I'm ready for you samurai, show the world what a cold blooded killer you really..." Apophis was interrupted by Quatra cutting off two of his remaining four heads.
"Unforgivable. Unforgivable. Unforgivable." Quatra says while cutting off each snake head with blinding speed. "Unforgivable. Unforgivable. Unforgivable. Unforgivable. Unforgivable." Quatra then turns around and using a gravity aided speed boost cuts off one more. "Unforgivable. Unforgivable. Unforgivable."
As Apophis stands with only one head left trying to follow Quatra's movements he receives a gravity aided kick to the midsection that sends him flying into the wall again. "Am I going to die?" Apophis thinks to himself as Quatra walks towards him with those cold merciless eyes and killing intent.
"Whats going on? that's not my Quatra down there, is it?" Leiko asks herself.
"Apophis pushed him too far when he involved Leiko" Aquilla says to Nalien
"I'll say, I don't ever remember seeing Quatra this pissed off." Nalien says with a worried look
"Someone needs to stop this. Apophis is gonna be killed" Sahara says catching Leiko's attention.
"Master stop this!" Tushika yells at his master on his perch only to fall upon deaf ears as his master was watching this with interest.
"Crowne get Quatra!" Quezt yells at his master, once again falling upon deaf ears.
"Quatra stop it now!" Leiko yells sternly causing everyone except Quatra, who continues to slowly walk toward Apophis, to quiet down and look at her. "You're not a killer anymore so don't become one again." Quatra reaches Apophis and raises his sword to deliver the final blow. "Don't Do It Quatra!" Leiko pleads while tears start to fall.
"You're loud" Quatra says to Leiko while not taking his off of Apophis. Leiko's words finally reaching him just in time. "Tone it down a bit will ya?"
"Shut up you idiot." Leiko says with a weak smile "And stop making me worry."
"Yeah yeah now sit down" he turns to look at Leiko showing brown eyes and a genuine smile on his face. Quatra then turns back to Apophis.
I win ankle biter." Quatra says then starts to walk away from Apophis.
"You think you've won?" Apophis says with that sadistic laugh "I'm not like you Quatra, I will stand over your corpse and smile, then everyone will know of the serpent god!" As Apophis says this last part he releases an inhuman amount of magic energy causing another black whirlwind.
"Here we go again" Nalien says while fighting the wind to see what happens next. "What's it gonna be this time?"
"This may be challenging" Quatra says to himself not fully healed from the blast earlier. "My vision is getting blurry and its getting harder to move. On top of that the serpent is releasing so much energy, whatever this next form is it's not good. And with all that going wrong I still can't lose to this asshole." saying that last part with a grin. "I guess its time to be a little reckless."
As the wind dies down, everyone is amazed to see a colossal, three headed, three tailed snake with red eyes and green scales. "This is my strongest form, Serpent God." The three headed snake known as Apophis says "Each head is different, so samurai pick your poison." saying the last part with an sadistic laugh.
Quatra then releases a lot of magic energy as well and sends it to his sword. Apophis the Charges up a blast from one of the heads five times stronger than the one earlier and fires it at Quatra. Quatra seeing the blast coming stands his ground and swings his sword into the blast while firing all of his remaining energy into this last shot. Quatra's slashing blast goes straight through Apophis's blast and through the head that fired it, severing it from the body and causing Apophis to revert back into his normal state. Quatra falls down due to exhaustion and his wound finally effecting his motor skills. Apophis collapses also due to his exhaustion and wounds.
"The fight is over, both are unable to fight. It is a draw" Master Crowne declares.
"Apophis" Quatra says unable to move.
"You called me by my name?" Apophis says also unable to move "that's a first"
"How about we call this one a draw?" Quatra says still laying on the ground
"This doesn't make us friends now, does it?"Apophis asks with a disgusted look on his face.
"What do you think? I still can't forgive you for attacking Leiko. But maybe it's time to let bygones be bygones, I mean we are both Lions Mane's elite." Quatra says with a tired look on his face.
"Yeah this time it's a draw." Apophis says with his eyes closed. "And I'm man enough to admit when I'm wrong, that woman may be your saving grace."
"Nope you where right, she will be the death of me" Quatra says with a strained laugh.
"See you around Quatra." Apophis says as he sheds his skin to become a large python and slithers away.
"How you doing" Nalien asked Quatra as he, Misha, Leiko, and Rieti go to check on the fallen samurai.
"Gotta admit I've been better" Quatra say still unable to move. "help me up."
"No problem. Rieti help me out." Nalien and Rieti pick Quatra up and let him rest on their their shoulders, as they escort him to the coliseum infirmary he was given a standing ovation full of clapping and cheers. When they get there Quatra is given medical attention from Misha, but since he had no magic energy left he passed out halfway though the healing process.
"Next fighters come forward" Master Crowne says. "Since the last fight was a draw the winner of this next match wins it all."
Tushika and Quezt step forward ready to fight. "Lets give em a show." Quezt says as he puts out a cigarette.
"I don't know if we can top that last fight but I'm excited." Tushika says with a silent grin. "after you Quezt."
Quezt immediately takes some of the magic energy that's lagging around from the last fight and fires it off at Tushika. Tushika dodges the blast while doing back flips and goes immediately exquips twin daggers and charges at Quezt. Quezt draws his DaoDao sword and charges at Tushika. They both meet as the blades clash resulting in a shockwave that shakes the arena. As they continue trading blows the shockwaves got stronger resulting in some damage to the arena. They both back up and regroup.
"We should head down to the arena floor before the stadium comes down on us." Sahara says while jumping over the barricade to the sand covered ground. Aquilla already on the ground floor continues to watch the fight with great interest. Nalien goes to stand next to Aquilla who is too into the fight to notice his presence.
"So who do you think is gonna win?" Nalien asks getting no response. "So who do you think is gonna win?" he asks, again receiving no answer. "Say nothing if you want to go out on a date later."
"Hello Nalien" Aquilla answers with a seductive grin.
"do you enjoy messing with me?" Nalien asks with an astonished look on his face.
"I'm just trying to watch my friend fight" Aquilla answers her eyes once again on the fight. "and if your going to ask me out you should try the up front approach, you might get a better result."
"Alright then, will you go out with me after the fight?" Nalien asks slightly nervous
"If we were to go out on this date what would we do?" Aquilla says turning to look at Nalien "I wouldn't want to be bored now would I?"
"Did you just say yes?" Nalien asks with a huge smile on his face.
"Yeah, I guess I did huh?" Aquilla says while shaking her head. "We'll leave after the fight is over, okay?"
"yeah no problem" Nalien says ready to jump up and down.
The fight is going back and forth with no clear winner in sight. Tushika and Quezt are both starting to run low on magic energy and both have just been fighting with just their fist for a while now. Tushika takes the upper hand back with a well placed roundhouse kick to Quezt jaw that now has him reeling. Using the last of his energy Quezt fires one last blast at Tushika. Tushika using the last of his energy exquips a giant shield to block the blast from hitting him. The blast hits the shield causing the shield to break,but not before the blast dissipates leaving both Tushika and Quezt tired but unharmed.
Leiko, Misha and Rieti all accompany Quatra back to the arena to watch the end of the fight.
"Quezt just won" Quatra says still a little tired from his fight.
"How can you tell?" Misha asks
"Yeah from what I see this might be another draw" Leiko says
"It won't be" Rieti say plainly "While Tushika draws from his magic energy to exquip, Quezt can draw the magic from himself or pull it from the things around him including his opponent." as Rieti finishes Quatra starts to speak again.
"Quezt is able to draw energy from the people in the crowd if he so pleases. There is no outlasting Quezt. Tushika's only chance was to beat him as soon as possible If I had to guess who the strongest mage is at the guild I would say Quezt every time." Quatra says while leaning back against the barricade with his arms crossed.
"Tushika knows this as well and since this is just a glorified sparring session if he's smart he will quit." Jin says as he walks to stand next to Rieti.
"I quit" says Quezt shocking everyone. "This fight just got boring so I don't wanna fight anymore." he explains while lighting a cigarette causing everyone to hang their head.
"Of course you never know what you're gonna get from Quezt" Quatra says while sighing. "Once something gets boring he will move on to something else."
"The winner, Tushika Takamoto" Master Crowne announces slightly annoyed. "That is it for tonight's festivities and please enjoy the next 10 days. Those participating in the exams pick up the wristbands on the way out."
As everyone begins walking to the exits Quatra, Misha, Leiko, Nalien, Aquilla, Tushika, Quezt, Jin, Rieti, and Sahara all start heading to the door. As they all begin walking Leiko pulls Quatra back for a moment.
"Quatra, what the hell happened to you out there?" Leiko asks looking at her bandaged boyfriend. "You just lost it and, to be honest, it scared the hell out of me."
Quatra then takes his girlfriend in a tight embrace. "I hope that you never have to see me in that state again" He says while still holding on tight. "I just got so angry when he got you involved like that."
"But you protected me like you always do." Leiko says while looking up at Quatra while still in his embrace. "I can always count on you being there and maybe that makes me a little spoiled but I really don't care."
"I'll try my best to never go in that state unless absolutely necessary." Quatra says with a smile while looking at Leiko who is also smiling.
"Good and when you do I will always be there to snap you out of it." Leiko says not taking her eyes off Quatra.
"Hey lovebirds" Misha says causing the couple to look away from each other and at her. " Leiko needs her wristband."
"My place or your place tonight." Quatra asks Leiko as they walk over to the stand to grab her a wristband.
"What?" Leiko asks with a genuinely confused look on her face.
"where are you sleeping tonight?" Quatra asks.
"Where are you sleeping? Leiko asks in return.
"Well since I kinda offered you can come stay at my house tonight but that's where I will be."
They reach the table and Quatra grabs a wristband and puts it on her, after he does that he runs through the rules. "Do not take off the wristband. When you need to go to the place the wristband will light up and point you in the right direction. That is where you will either find your opponent or you will wait for your opponent. Get all that Leiko?" Quatra asks making sure she was paying attention.
"I Got it, now lets go to your house I'm hungry." Leiko answers.
"And what do you expect me to do about that?" Quatra asks raising an eyebrow.
"Feed me Mikazuchi." Leiko says with a playfully serious face.
"Fine I'll cook you something in the morning but you can fix yourself something when we get there. I am tired and need sleep." Quatra says while yawning. Leiko and Quatra eventually catch up with the group as they head back to the guild.
"Where did Nalien and Aquilla go?" Leiko asks while still holding on to Quatra's arm. When Tushika heard the question you got an interesting reaction. Tushika had a look of confusion mixed with deep thought and a little nausea mixed in.
"They're out on a date" Misha says with a laugh causing Leiko to make the same face as Tushika.
"But but but but..." Leiko says rather shocked at the sudden news.
"Lets go Leiko I'm tired and …..."Quatra's rant was interrupted by the sound of his stomach growling.
Seeing this opportunity Leiko speaks. "Quatra lets go out on a date too." She says in the sweetest voice she could make. "I know you're hungry so why not" saying this last part while batting eyelashes at him.
"Are you paying?" Quatra asks with a smirk causing Leiko's act to stop. "I was just kidding Leiko, if you really want to go on a date now, then I'll take you on one okay?" holding his head while saying that. "Now where did Nalien take Aquilla?"
"The fancy restaurant across town." Misha says with a giggle. "Your gonna bother Nalien and Aquilla?"
"Nope just Nalien." Quatra says with an evil grin. "Leiko getting this way is his fault so his rich ass is paying for it tonight."
That is chapter 4 guys please R&R tell me your likes, dislikes, turn ons, turn offs, and if you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain jk
anyway I'm outstanding and everlasting kind of like a jawbreaker, yeah I'm gonna stop now just Review and tell me if its good or not.
Thank you and have a good day (/. .)/