Dance with a Vamp — Are you ready for your death?

OoC- Time to bust out with my gothic character, Sykel Varas. Don't come in acting like you know him, no one ever shall *mystic look*

Ic- A run down gothic looking cathedral layed silently in the forest, a dark mist hovering over the premises. Lying there, undisturbed for over one hundred years, this quiet layed back place would rage with a huge battle. Something stirred and crows flew from their hidding places.

Sykel was mounted on a fallen pillar, the stone jutted upright out of the ground, supporting the young man with relative ease. He looked up, his bright purple eyes layed set on the field where a battle would ensue. His white hair fell over his left eye, and any form of a smile was non existant. His sycthe was strapped to his back so he could easily draw upon it during battle. His left hand sported a black glove, one that was rarely see taken off, an artifact that helped contained his uncontrolled powers.

He wore a black trenchcoat, and underneath was a black muscel shirt and black pants. He continued to sit their, intent on fighting his opponet. A fang gleamed with a dab of siliva and he blinked once, showing signs of being alive. The battle would commence soon.

He was full vampire. One who contained umfathomable powers. Powers beyond any normal vampire. Possesing strength and speed that was amazing enough as it was, his figure looked as if he was somewhat a weakling. Others made that mistake and overlooked his strengths, ultimatly falling to the depths of hell. He was looked at as an outcast, but he didn't care. He looked as if he was 19 or 20. His real age was unknown. But what did it matter to him?

He smiled and continued to sit, watching.......waiting.

OOC- Ok, now I am done. I had to make his intro complete. No one knows any of his moves, and no he isn't a god, so don't god mod. =D\n\n

Romku walked up to the shadowy figure.

"What is your name, and what are you doing here?"

"My name is Sykel Varas.  Who are you?"

"My name is Romku Tetsulian, spiriter of the Earth and martial artist.  What are you doing here though?"

"I came up here to find an opponent for a match.  It gets boring being a vampire."

Romku's jaw dropped to the ground.  (Vampire?!  I hope he doesn't want to make me one!

"Will you challenge me, Romku?"

"Sure, I am always willing to accept a challenge."

Romku got into his fighting stance and Sykel slowly got off the ground.

"Your move, Sykel."

((Thanks bro, I really wanted someone as talented as you to fight with Sykel, good luck bro! ))

Sykel remained motionless on his pillar, watching the young man sign his death in unseen shadows. Suddenly just as the pillar was about to fall, he bounded off of it and landed right infront of the spiriter. He grinned.

"Your spirits seem to rebel against my power. It seems a fight with a holy man shall tempt my powers to its max. Excellent."

Is a rush of wind, he leaped high into the air, landing on the tip top of a leafless tree. He now looked like a sillouet against the full moon. Suddenly he vanished from his spot. Romku felt a change of wind behind him and Sykel leaned back, resting on Romku's back.

"Nice night for death eh Romku?" he said, looking up at the sky, his bright glowing purple eyes reflected the moon. He took five steps forward and turned to face his opponet, who had gotten back into stance.

"Let us begin...." Sykel said as he rushed forward and dove his right fist a the man, who blocked and tried to counter, but was counter blocked. The two went back blocking eachother until they were fighting infront of the entrance to the cathedral. Sykel faked a swing and round house kicked Romku in the chest, sending him back a few feet. The man countered with a spirit wave and Sykel just grinned. It actually stung.

Amazing.....this man had control of great strength. He laughed out loud for no reason, making Romku's hair stand on end.

"The spirits you have shall belong to me! I will drain you of your life and feed you to the screaming whore loving demons of hell!!!!" He shouted out and raised his fists like a street fighter, bekoning for Romku to attack him.

(( I may get graphic with Sykel, hes like power crazed, lets make this the best rpb on FFF EVER! Even tho it probably already has the two greatest fighters (Me and you, since we seem to be the few rpbers)! [/bragging] Now the way I'm doing this well, I dun mean to control but thats how me and Shajde/Shjade had fought. =3 So feel free to go to that extent in this battle. I feel this is gonna be my best rpb ever! ))\n\n

(Alright Sage, let's show them what we have!!

Romku stepped back, to catch a little air from the kick in the chest.

"Sykel, these spirits will always be with me.  I have never lost with my spirits at my side.  I'll be nice at first by not summoning my holy spirit first, instead, Wind Spirit, come to me!!"

Romku's hair and clothes turned black.  A silver aura surrounded Romku.  A giant shriuken came flying from the clouds, it was about 3ft. in diameter, shining with all of the wind runes embedded in it.  Romku grinned.

"Well Sykel, let's see if you can take the powers of the wind.  Tornado Rage!!"

Romku started to spin in a circle, a tornado started where Romku was spinning.  Slowly, but surely, Sykel got sucked into the tornado.  Romku flew by Sykel and started to cut him with the shriuken.  Sykel screamed breifly from the pain as he still flew inside the tornado.

"This is my Tornado Rage, Sykel!  My favorite submission move!  Let's see you get out of it!"

What would Sykel pull off something inside the tornado, or will he be sent to the ground like a meteor, or will he give up?

((Romku-chan, Sykel is a very very calm and collective fighter, so if he were to get hit, he would grin and take it. lol hes like that in a scary way, but thats it, lol keep it up!))

Sykel was being swung around in the small Tornado hold Romku placed on him. He felt every little nick and slices that were brought to his gentle smooth skin. He suddenly halted in the air, forcing the air to go around him. He thrust out both arms and sudenly launched a wave of darkness at Romku, followed up by a burst of strength. He threw himself in the opposite direction just as the wave hit, and broke the tiny cyclone.

He flew forward a bit but landed on one foot, as Romku hand sprung back to stop his fall. Sykel turned at him and ran his gloved hand through his silky white hair.

"Wow, you messed up my hair punk, my turn.." he said as a huge ball of energy formed in his hand. It shot out straight at Romku but stopped, and suddenly began to circle around him. Sykel grinned as Romku continued to stare at him, not taking his eyes off the vampire. Suddenly the ball got bigger and dissappeared. Sykel pointed up and when Romku finally glanced up, the ball, now a huge one, broke into a few hundred small blasts and rained down all around Romku. Smoke rised and Sykel watched on, amusedly watching Romku dodge and get hit by his Death Rain.

His grin fadded when it stopped. He hoped that wasn't all the warrior had. His lips then curled into a smile as he sensed the warrior move.

"Wow, you actually surrvived. It would of been a pity if such a weak move killed you." he began to laugh then got into stance once more.

"Now, I hope you can still fight...." he stated, only being able to see part of Romku through the smoke.

Romku started to appear out of the smoke of the Death Rain.  His body was a little torn up, but he was perfectly alright.  Romku breathed hard.

"Nice move Sykel, you're a great fighter, but I have a move that you might like, use it if you wish, my dark spirit specializes in this power.  Shadow's Curse!"

Romku transformed into the dark spirit.  His hair turned black, and his uniform turned black, and he was now surrouned with a red aura.

"Now the real fun begins!"

Romku pulled out the Darkness Blade, a long buster sword that Romk can use with one hand, only if the dark spirit is used.  A dark cloud came out fo the blade, making the whold area around them turn into pure darkness.

"Now, you can't see me Sykel, but you can still try to feel my energy out.  Not to metion you're a vampire, you probrably can still see in here.  let's see how you do."

Sykel grinned as the darkness overwhelmed them. He thrived in this kind of battle field. He watched Romku try to step to the right a bit in the darkness but his laugh made the warrior pause.

"Peek-a-boo...." Sykel simply said as he launched himself forward, jabbing at Romku's side. Romku caught him making his third punch and brought his sword down, grazing Sykel's right arm. He laughed out and fadded back, drawing on his Scythe, DeathLace. He swung it around with great skill and brought his hand up. Two purple orbs equal length apart formed and began to move around in a strange pattern. He powered up just a bit, only drawing power from this new darkness. The orbs circled around the room and danced mstically. They then zoomed far off in seperate directions, leaving their vision range.

"Now lets us continue our bout." Sykel said, tightening his grip along DeathLace.

"Oh I see, you're more powerful in the dark.  Ok.  I'll go along with it, for now.  I just want to see how powerful you are!"

Romku put the sword back in his hilt, and was ready to attack with his bare hands.  Romku flew in, dealing punch after punch.  As Romku got ready to punch Sykel's head, Sykel countered by cutting Romku's right arm.  Romku yelled in pain for only a second and jumped back.

"Dang, that hurt bad!  Even though he has his scythe, I'll still fight, I'll just pull out my sword again!"

Romku pulled out the Darkness Blade again, ready for his second attack.  Romku flew in, slashing through the darkness.  Romku slashed Sykel's right arm, but Sykel countered by slashing Romku's right leg.  Both warriors jujped back, with their new wounds.  Both warriors were dripping blood on the ground.

"Sykel, you are a great fighter, I'll tell you that.  You have great talent.  I have to say that you are my greatest rival!"

Sykel laughed out at his compliment. Greatest rival? Who was this man? A weakling in Sykel's eyes.

"My dear prey, I have yet to show you the power of my darkness. I will fight to my full extent when need be." he suddenly threw out an evil aura and washed the darkness away, taking them back to the old cathedral.

"Now then...." he struck the ground with DeathLace, sending out a dark shockwave. He grinned, still dressed up nicely. His trenchcoat, although a bit big, never hindered his mobility. He grinned as he stood up sheathing DeathLace to its respectful place on his back and began to draw energy from the shadows. He burst toward Romku in a rush of inhuman speed and before his opponet could use his weapon he sent a searing fist of darkness into Romku's chest. He vanished from the side and came down from above, planting his foot in the Spiriter's upper back. He then vanished in a dark ball and appeared on top of the cathedral, both legs equally apart, motioning for Romku to continue.

"You shall soon experience death, but until then, let us continue..." Sykel said, waiting for him to unleash his rage on the vampire.

"Sykel, I know you have gotten rid of my darkness, but may I try something.

((Lol damnit, thats what I like, you always putting me in the what if position! lol *slaps his hands together* Alright lets gogo))


Sykel watched on as Romku called forth the Fire spirit and shot out his Santo Slash. He watched on with little emotion, and right at the last second he threw forth his right hand and blasted a dark barrier to stop it. A careless move, as it was a bit to late. The supprisingly powerfull move went past the shield and he began to feel the warmth of the beams on his hand.

Suddenly he shot his left hand forward in a jolt of pain and dissapated the field and the Slash. He looked at his right hand and made a note of the bloody palm he now had. He looked up at Romku and shot him a sly grin.

"Wow, that was a bit close, too bad I had only underestimated your powers. Come, now attack me again." Sykel said non chalantly, standing there with his hands open and his legs bent a bit. A drop of blood fell from his hand and landed on the dead soil. He looked at his hand and licked a bit of the blood off.

"You got me good, lets see, what else can we do?" he grinned and waited for the warrior to make his next move.

Romku glanced onward as he saw the drips of blood falling from Sykel's hand.

"Sykel, you are truly a great warrior.  You withstanded one of my greatest spirit moves!"

As Romku was talking, a ghost image of the fire spirit left Romku's body.  It was Takon, the mighty fire spirit with the thirst for challenges.

"Romku, sorry to interupt, but I have a new fire move for you."

"Will it work?"

"Better than the Santo Slash did!"

"Ok."

The spirit gave his knowledge about the new move to Romku and rejoined his body.

"Time to rip it up, Sykel!  Flameshaker!"

Romku started to gather fire energy.  Romku was glowing with the new found fire energy, like he turned into a super fire spirit.  When Romku was finished gathering fire energy, he punched the ground, making a earthquake.  Flames erupted from the ground in a beam pattern and headed towards Sykel.  Would the flames light the vampire on his last blaze?

Sykel watched the flames make their way towards him, he sighed sadly and dissappeared, and let them pass him by. Suddenly the ground burst open under him and flames went up all around him. He let out a shocked sound and was engulfed. The flames danced upright for a good minute then suddenly, he leaped right through them and landed infront of Romku.

"Nice.....shot....." he said out of breath, his Barrier had been destroyed right when he threw it up, and he had minor burns on his pale arms. He stood up straight and brushed himself off, then gave the trenchcoat a disgusted look. He threw it off and stood there with his slightly built muscles showing. To anyone other than Romku he looked like a puny kid.

"Now, I have some movement. Shall we up this little child's game?" Sykel grinned and suddenly shot his eyes wide open, getting into a horsestance and emmiting a dark aura. He shot a grin towards Romku and suddenly sent out a dark wave, which put the whole field into total darkness for 5 seconds. Just as it became light again Sykel's fist had connected with Romku's lower jaw, sending him back a few steps. Suddenly Sykel flip kicked forward, bringing his foot into the bottom of Romku's jaw. He spun elegantly in the air and planted the sole of his foot in the brave warrior's face, sending him into a spiral. Before Romku hit, Sykle put the palms of his hands together and began to gather dark energy.

"Dark Corruption!!!" He shouted out, sending out three Demi blasts, throwing Romku farther from him, he then let a huge energy ball of darkness ripping through the ground towards his stunned opponent. A huge blast followed on contact and Sykel lowered his hands, taking a few deep breaths then standing up straight.

"Not even close to my reserve power Romku! You better not be dead...." he stated as he drew DeathLace and stood tall, waiting for the smoke to clear.

((Damnm, I love thi post. I don't know why I love using him now. I made him so he could do moves like that and not be spent like Gohan used to do when he was a kid lol. ))

A crater was on the ground in front of the powerful vampire.  When the smoke cleared, Romku was seen.  Romku was slightly injured, his fighting suit tore up a bit, and a few bruises on his arms.  Romku breathed hard as he looked towards Sykel.

"Sykel.....nice move....I know you want.....to turn up the heat, so I will as well.  I.....am not.....out of.....the game yet!"  

Romku got up and transformed back to his normal self.  Romku brushed off his pants a little and started to conjure up an idea.

"Sykel, I know you are a fast fighter, so I'll get my speed up as well.  Lightning Spirit, grant me your power!  Boltchaka, come to me as well!"

Romku's hair started to spark with energy.  His hair turned yellow, his clothes turned light orange, and Romku was surrounded by a yellow aura.  Then, lighting struck the ground, and then appeared Boltchaka, a mystical fighting pole, but it had a hidden secret.  Romku grabbed Boltchaka, gathered lighting energy, and attacked Sykel.  Romku punched Sykel rapidly in the stomach, then he punched his face just as fast, and then punched Sykel into the air.  Sykel was happy because Romku was going faster so he could become a better challenge.  Romku flew upward towards the airborn Sykel.  Romku did a moonsault kick that planted his foot into Sykel's jaw, sending him upward again.  Romku flew up towards him again.  When he finally reached him, he did a hammer punch on Sykel's face, sending Sykel to the ground like a comet.  What would Sykel do?

Sykel grunted as the repeated blows made contact with his body, and he was soon hurtling towards the ground. 20 feet before he hit, he spun and landed on one foot, looking straight up at Romku.

"Nice shot, now, let me show you how to be a real speed demon!" Sykle spit out some blood and spun around once, then thrust his fists forward. A dark force of wind blew through the arena, and suddenly Sykle leaped right into the air, disappearing and reappearing at different places. He didn't even up his speed, he just kept Romku guessing. Suddenly he appeard about 45 degrees above Romku, and trew a demi blast, knocking Romku back. He appeared behind Romku and thrust his foot out into the young man's back.

"Dark Vortex!" Sykel shouted as he spun off of Romku, throwing a blast of dark energy that soon turned into a series of howling winds that held him in place. Darkness lashed out in a physical form, cutting into the rough skin of this formibal opponet. Sykel slashed his hand in the air, cutting through the gales and hitting Romku out of the air. He dissappeared and waited for him to fall near him on ground level, muttering something in another tounge. Right before Romku hit he was blown back up into the air with a tearing force and Sykle launched off the ground, grabbing for his leg.

"Gotcha kiddie...." Sykel said with a grin but was booted in the face, making a slow decent of his own to the ground. He landed and spit up some more blood, a bit irritated.

"Little punk ass....oh well, death will walk today." he said in a bit of excitement.

"You......are good......but now it is time......to show the secret.....of my Boltchaka!   Boltchaka split!"

The mighty bo, Boltchaka, split up into parts with chains connecting them together.  It was like it turned into knunchucks, but into four long parts.  Lightning energy made the Boltchaka glow, and Romku had a grin on his face.

"Now it is time to show the secret!"

Romku flew towards Sykel, hitting him several times with the Boltchaka.  With every swing of his weapon, the Boltchaka gathered more energy.  Sykel didn't know what was going on.  As he pondered this, Romku flew in dealing more hits with the Boltchaka.  The energy gathered more and Sykel had no clue what was going on.

"Sykel, shall I tell you my secret of the Boltchaka?"

The energy surrounding the Boltchaka was immense, and Sykel wanted to know why the energy was like that.

Sykel was pondering about this so called secret, but he knew it had to be something. That Santo Slash had made his hand go numb for a second. He would not get cocky and let this catch him off guard.

"DeathLace.....Devil's Heart!" he souted out and swung his sword forward, lodging it in the ground. It drew upon energy from the depths of hell, and the blade turned crimsion in color. For a split second it looked like real blood. Sykel drew it in his hands and swung it around.

"Show me this power!" he yelled out, prepared to say the least.

((Sorry so short bro!))

"Alright!

(Scythe! You silly billy! )

Sykel watched as the static gathered up and shot out at a somewhat amazing speed. He watched onward with DeathLace pointed forward then, at the last second, he spun the tip of the blade so it faced upward, and he unleashed a blast that covered over Romku's blast.

"What tha?!" Sykel barely managed to say as the blast still came at him. His move should of canceled Romku's out. He threw his arms up and took the hit that was aimed towards his chest. He was blown back a good 100 feet into the cathedral's wall. Suprisingly the structure withstood the hit and he bounced off. He landed into a roll and was soon back on his feet. He shot an evil glare at Romku. He was starting to get pissed off.

Don't let it get to you Sykel......you can do this easily. he thought about it and smiled, running his hand through his soft white hair.

"Nice shot, that actually caused a bit of pain. But as you know us Vamps can go through so much more." he grinned and showed him the cut on his hand. It had already sealed up. His race of Vamps, the Natuka' Lin, were not as fast healers, so it was just a slight bonus. The healing never really helped in battle. He looked on as Romku walked towards him a bit. Sykel got a nice idea.

"Now you see me, now you don't." Sykel stepped back into the shadows and suddenly leaped inth the cathedral. He knew Romku wasn't stupid enough to enter, so he made his way swiftly around on the outside, hiding in the shadows. He had made his way to behind Romku when he stepped out of the shaodws, and cleared his throat.

"Hey there fool, lets go." he suddenly rushed forward and spun into a barrel roll kind of dive, landing into a roll, then handspringing off his hands. He planted his boots right into Romku's chest throwing him off balance. He then got up and grabbed Romku by the shirt, pulling him towards the Vampire while at the same time throwing a punc. The face and fist met at high speeds. He let go of his shirt and leaped up into the air, planting both feet on his chest and kicking off of the spiriter. He placed his hands forward and spun 360 degrees and blasted a spinning gravity ball, pounding into Romku with the force of Jupiter. Sykel simple landed and put a hand in his pocket.

"Ahem, I'm sorry did that hurt? Get up get up! This is no time to be bewildered! I am your opponent! Come at me!" he waved a hand at the Spiriter as he got on his feet, bekoning for him to attack.

Romku got up slowly, but pondered a thought.

(Sykel is great!  He withstood a great move with minor injuries.  How does he do it?!  I have to try harder.)

"Alright Sykel.  You want a challenge, I'll give it to you!  It is time to take a little upgrade!  Holy Spirit, come to me and grant me Sacred Power!"

Romku started to shine a holy light.  His clothes turned light blue, with gold symbols, his hair turned yellow-gold, and he was now surrounded by a golden aura, but the Sacred Power started to kick in.  Romku was started to glow with golden energy, it was like he transformed into a golden warrior.

"Because of my new found power, you may strike me!"

Sykel looked on as Romku was blessed with a sacred version of the holy spirit. Sykel just shruged a bit and ran his hand through his hair.

"Right, uh-huh. Now I'm shaking." he laughed a bit and got into a fighting stance. Dark energy gathered around his fists and he rushed forward at Romku. the spiriter not budging an inch. Sykel swung low and hit Romku in the stomach, but Romku only flinched. The Spiriter threw an elbo out and knocked Sykel to the side, sending him off balance. He rushed in and got a few punches in then spun in the air, kicking Sykel in the back. The vamp stumbled forward and fell to his knees. He wasn't worn down, just confused.

"Course.....I have been hiding my powers!" he said standing up straight and looking at Romku. He wanted to see this holy spirit in action. If it looked like a road to good and purity, he'd break it.

"Come at me...." he simply said waving his hand in a bekoning motion.

"It is the time to turn up this match.  I hope you make a good opponent Sykel.  Holy Sword Farewell, come to me!"

Holy Sword Farewell was a sword made out fo Angelite, the metal of the heavens.  It was VERY heard to break and had a goldish glow.  Romku grabbed it and went in to strike.  Sykel blocked every slash of the blade with his scythe, except for a cut in the arm.  Blood slowly dripped out and the cut healed after a little.  Romku jumped back.

"It is time for my greatest holy move.  Divine Slash!"

Romku pointed the sword towards the air.  The sword began to glow with energy.  The sword became enveloped in the energy, now shaped like a sword.  The energy blade of the sword started to grow longer and bigger.  The energy blade reached all the way up to the heavens.  The sword's golden aura made the battlefield bright.  Romku was concentrating at the task at hand.  He swung the immense hold blade, and it started to slash its mighty energy down onto Sykel.  What would Sykel do about this move?

The Divine weapon came crashing down in a bulky yet serious movement. Sykel could only hide it for a few seconds more. It was time to show some of his actual powers.

"Hell's Barrier!!!" He screamed out, and a black barrier shot out covering a radius of about 15 feet. The center stood a good 20 feet tall and the sword and barrier clashed in a brillaint display of Gold,Black, Red, and Blue. Sykel stood in there, arms out, his elbows touching his hips. (Somewhat like the DBZ characters when they power up, but he looks calm and he isn't bending his knees, thats the only way to explain it)

"Hahaha! Is that all you got!?" He shouted as they went on, at a standstill. He kept pushing his energies, but not even close to his true power, he was using his lowered powers. He kept his real powers hidden. But.....

But.....he may actually get to see them.....ah bloodlust.... he grinned and began to lower and raise his powers, sending Romku's holy blade up and down. Kid's games.

Time to end this little game! Sykel began to float off the ground, along with a piece of land and his barrier. He kept pushing along until Romuk's blade was standing upright. He let lose with some more power knocking the Holy attack back, giving him enough time to fly straight down with the piece of earth that was taken up with him. When he landed he practically landed on Romku and the little island and it burst apart, pelting Romku with nice sized boulders. He launched out his barrier and it carried out with Romku a good 40 feet then dropped him.

Sykel took a few good deep breaths then ran his hand through his soft white hair. He was actually sweating.

"Ah, but that wasn't it. You see, I was banished from my home for imense power. My clan feared I would master my powers so they left me to die, hoping that if I did survive I wouldn't learn about my heritage and gain this ultimate power. But, alas the poor fools thought wrong, and now I am the most powerful creature of the underworld! Only those who have bested me have earned my respect. You still have yet to shown me why I should respect you. What say you? Had enough? Prepared to dance through the flames of hell?" Sykel stretched out a bit, his slender figure illuminated in the moonlight. This man was tough, he'd give him that.

Romku got up, breathing hard.  

(Sykel is good.  He can even withstand the Divine Slash!

"I must take my level even higher than before!  Spirit Fuse!  Unite and bring forth the Ultima Spirit!"

Seven figures came ou of Romku.  The was the seven spirits of the Earth that Romku had in his body.  The spirits jujmped in the air and started to fuse together.  A bright explosion of power occured, and the Ultima Spirit was formed.  The Ultima Spirit flew back down and went into Romku's body.  At that moment, a radical power-up occured.  Romku began to change, his uniform began to become colorful with all the colors of the spirits (hair golden, bracelets blue, boots green, etc.).  That wasn't all though.  The Sacred Power was still in effect, and because the holy spirit is fused with the other spirits, all 7 of the spirits used Sacred Power!  Romku became his greatest form, The Sacred Ultima Spirit!  Roumk got into a new stance and was ready to show off his new power!

"SYKEL!  YOU WANTED POWER?!  YOU HAVE TO FIGHT HARD WITH ME NOW!  LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I AM MADE OF!  LET'S FIGHT!  BUT FIRST, REMEMBER THE TORNADO RAGE?  HE'S THE ULTIMATE VERSION!  MEGA TORNADO RAGE!"

Romku started ot make a new tornado, but this one was different.  Sykel thought through his mind.

(Not this move again.  Wait!  There is something different about it!  What could it be?)

Sykel was dragged into the new, immense tornado.  Romku flew up into the new tornado.  Romku summoned the wind shriuken, the Sunaki Star, again, and started to cut Sykel again, but this was different.  The tornado was now flowing with energy.  Every cut that was made, the energy inside the tornado made the cuts even worse and the pain was much more immense.  But was Sykel feeling the pain, and was it taking effect on Sykel?

Sykel was supprised at the amazing power.

"But....how can this be?!?!?!?!" he cried out and was being torn apart in the tornado. He could barely fight back, and if he could, the Shruiken would stop him cold. He began to cough up blood and this was it. He let out a roar of  a demon and thrust all arms out. Wings of death spurted out from his back, spraying the wind with his blood. The wounds closed up on his back and he burst out of the still moving tempest. He landed with a roll and got to his feet, whiping blood off himself. He looked at his tattered trenchcoat and tore it off in disgust.

"You little bastard, now you shall truely live through hell!!" He shouted out and a huge ball of energy came crashing out of him. He began to float in the air, his dark energy was being shown in waves that you could actually see. His purple eyes shown blood red pupils and he didn't even blink. He looked sternly at the young fighter and spit out some blood. DeathLace was snatched quickly off his back and he tossed in the air, catching it and swinging it with immense speed. Sycthe's couldn't be swung normally at that speed.

"Now Romku......we shall see if this holy power is enough." He calmed down and grinned. Now the fight was on.

"Draw out a weapon and let us continue this fabulous bout." he laughed and didn't even get into stance. He just floated in the air silently.

"YOU WANT A WEAPON SYKEL?!  I'LL SHOW YOU THE GREATEST WEAPON I HAVE!  ULITMA BLADE, COME TO ME AND GRANT ME YOUR STRENGTH!"

The Ultima Blade ripped through the sky and landed in Romku's hand.  The blade was made completely from raw energy.  It was colorful, changing colors every second.  Romku was ready for the upcoming bout.  Romku flew in towards the new Sykel.  The scythe and the Ultima Blade sent sparks all over the arena.  Sykel blocked every hit, adn then he slashed Romku in the chest with the scythe, making a l

"YOU WANT A WEAPON SYKEL?!  I'LL SHOW YOU THE GREATEST WEAPON I HAVE!  ULITMA BLADE, COME TO ME AND GRANT ME YOUR STRENGTH!"

The Ultima Blade ripped through the sky and landed in Romku's hand.  The blade was made completely from raw energy.  It was colorful, changing colors every second.  Romku was ready for the upcoming bout.  Romku flew in towards the new Sykel.  The scythe and the Ultima Blade sent sparks all over the arena.  Sykel blocked every hit, adn then he slashed Romku in the chest with the scythe, making a large cut on Romku's chest.  He fell to the ground, with his blood dripping on the way down.  Romku hit the ground hard.  Blood covered the ground.  Romku was about to bleed to death.

"Curest Light!  Heal my wounds!"

Stars of energy surrounded Romku.  They went into his wound and made a bright light.  The cut was healed, but Romku could still feel the pain.  Romku got up slowly.

"Romku, are you ready to embrace death?"

"I....still have.....some moves up........my sleeve!  I have to do something!  I know, its time for the water/ice spirit move.  Freeze Wave!"

Romku jumped back.  Romku was starting to gather energy for this new attack.  Romku's energy became a giant wave, with ice energy sparking through it.  The wave splashed onto enemies.  After the wave, the opponent would freeze from the ice energy.  They would become a frozen statue.  The wave started to grow.  Romku was ready to launch the wave at Sykel!

"Don't freeze under pressure Sykel!  Mega Freeze Wave flood!"

Romku started to crash the wave at Sykel.  The wave was humongous.  It was about a mile high.  What would Sykel do with the new move?

Sykel laughed at the size of the wave. He thrust out his arms and shouted out so loud even the bravest of creatures would turn tail and run. Flames that once said rampaged throughout hell came up with the earth, forming a shield of rock and flames around him. The waves pounded down on him, and near the end of this assult, his barrier broke. Sykel was washed back, being pounded against the walls of the old cathedral. After a minute or two the waves died down, and Sykel slide down the wall, freezing cold.

"............." was all the shaking vamp could say. He suddenly fell to his knees and flames wrapped up and around his cold body. When they died down, he was gone.

Romku looked on as his opponent who was no longer to be seen. Suddenly he heard a brush of wind behind him and Sykel was already lunging at him with full speed. Sykel reached out and punched him in the face, then stepped back, lashing out DeathLace along Romku's chest, then spun once more and threw it at him, aiming right at his chest.|^

Sykel laughed at the size of the wave. He thrust out his arms and shouted out so loud even the bravest of creatures would turn tail and run. Flames that once said rampaged throughout hell came up with the earth, forming a shield of rock and flames around him. The waves pounded down on him, and near the end of this assult, his barrier broke. Sykel was washed back, being pounded against the walls of the old cathedral. After a minute or two the waves died down, and Sykel slide down the wall, freezing cold.

"............." was all the shaking vamp could say. He suddenly fell to his knees and flames wrapped up and around his cold body. When they died down, he was gone.

Romku looked on as his opponent who was no longer to be seen. Suddenly he heard a brush of wind behind him and Sykel was already lunging at him with full speed. Sykel reached out and punched him in the face, then stepped back, lashing out DeathLace along Romku's chest, then spun once more and threw it at him, aiming right at his chest.

Romku saw DeathLace coming at him again.  He tried to dodge, but he couldn't get out of the way.  It hit him in his right arm, Leaving a big cut in his right arm.  Romku slowly decended onto the ground.  Romku landed grasped his right arm, thinking of a new plan.

(Sykel is way too powerful, I need to think of strategy here.  WAIT!  What am I feeling.  AHHHHHHHH!

Romku started to scream in pain, but Sykel wasn't doing anything.  Suddenly, Romku's dark spirit, Soriu, left his body.  He started to speak.

"Takon's not the only one who got upgraded.  With this great fight Sykel's providing, all of the spirits are trying to upgrade!  This might be good for us Romku.  I have to say that I'm the second spirit to get to level 2, and I have a new move that could help in this situation, especially with fighting a man of darkness, try it."

"Alright Soriu.  Thanks."

"Shut up and use the move Romku!"

Soriu returned to Romku's body, and Romku's energy boosted a little more, and Romku had a new move he could try.

"Alright Sykel, take this!  Shadow Swell!"

Romku gathered dark energy into his right hand.  Romku's hand started to glow with the dark energy he was gathering.  Romku launched the beam at Sykel.  It was speeding fast towards Sykel.  He dodged, but the beam came back and hit him in the back, but nothing happened.

"Romku, you're getting too desperate, now you will lose."

"Sykel, can't you feel that pain.  The Shadow Swell takes your dark energy and expands it, making your body swelling up like that.  Hopefully, you can do something.  The energy expanding will cause some pain to you, but if you don't do something, your dark energy will swell so much, the energy will cause you to explode, or in this case because I don't want to kill you, your energy will expand, causing severe amounts of pain, causing you to pass out for a few days, and I'll call that a KO.  Better do something quick, or you'll pop under pressure from yourown dark energy!"

Romku watched on, waiting to see what will happen.

Sykel began to laugh as his arms began to buldge. He waved a hand at Romku.

"You fool, its energy!" with that he thrust out both arms and yelled out, releasing the dark energy that was expanding. He released it all and then stood back up straight.

"I give you this, it was clever, but if it uses my energy, it can be spent as my energy. Brains and brawn are required to win this bout Romku!" he shouted and gave him a toothy grin. He suddenly rushed forward and shot out and extended palm at Romku's chest, knocking him back a good 15 feet.

"Ah sorry about that, needed some space. Is that all you have?" Sykel said, crossing his arms.

(Dang!  I need something more!  I think it is time to release my second strongest move!
 
"True Spirit's Cannon!  Spirits!  Combine your power and help me grasp victory!"

Romku started a new powerup.  All of the spirits, including the two level 2 spirits, fire and dark, started to gather all of their power.  The sight was colorful, with all the colors of the spirits flashing through the air.  The energy from the spirits started to fuse, making a ball of Ultima energy.  The new energy was more immense than anyhting Romku used.  Romku started to power up the True Spirit's Cannon!  Romuk jumped back a little more, preparing one of his finest attacks.  Romku was ready, the energy was gathered, and Romku wanted to win.  Romku fired the colorful blast towards Sykel.  The beam was as colorful as the process of gathering the energy.  It ripped past the ground with its power.  It was tearing up the Earth under it from the energy level.  The beam was ready to hit, and Romku hoped for the best, but would Sykel dodge the cannon, or would it land?

(Dang!  I need something more!  I think it is time to release my second strongest move!
 
"True Spirit's Cannon!  Spirits!  Combine your power and help me grasp victory!"

Romku started a new powerup.  All of the spirits, including the two level 2 spirits, fire and dark, started to gather all of their power.  The sight was colorful, with all the colors of the spirits flashing through the air.  The energy from the spirits started to fuse, making a ball of Ultima energy.  The new energy was more immense than anyhting Romku used.  Romku started to power up the True Spirit's Cannon!  Romuk jumped back a little more, preparing one of his finest attacks.  Romku was ready, the energy was gathered, and Romku wanted to win.  Romku fired the colorful blast towards Sykel.  The beam was as colorful as the process of gathering the energy.  It ripped past the ground with its power.  It was tearing up the Earth under it from the energy level.  The beam was ready to hit, and Romku hoped for the best, but would Sykel dodge the cannon, or would it land?

Sykel threw up his dark powers and his wings tensed and went stiff. Dark energy serged through his arms and he shot out at the blast, launching into the height of his powers.

"Dark Hell Kaiser!" He screamed out, and he thrust his arms forward, launching a huge dark blast that held the head of a mighty dragon. For an instant it seemed as if the dragon was real. The two blasts clashed and the Spiriter's blast was reduced by half, but still came at him. Sykel tried to block, but only got up one arm. The blast connected with him and he stood his ground, being pushed back slowly. He was pushed back 25 feet before he let out a scream and threw his arm up, knocking the blast at an angle away from him.

"Damnit......little bastard....." he let out with a huff, slouching over. He stretched a bit and didn't even see Romku fly up and knock him one in the face. He slid back three feet, his boots firmly planted in the ground. He spit out some blood and looked at him angerly.

"This is it Romku!" he charged up his powers of his winged self (I never made him do that! =/) and rushed forward towards the spiriter. Like adrenilane he threw punch after punch, and kick after kick. He finally broke his series of attacks and slide low, tripping Romku. He blasted a gravity spell at him at point blank and then leaped into the air, aiming at Romku with a ball of flames. It got larger and larger until....

"Bang....." he simply said and let it lose, causing pillars of flames to rain down on his opponet.

"Spicy!" he said, flapping in the air. He loved being to put up with so much. But this Romku punk was good.

Sykel threw up his dark powers and his wings tensed and went stiff. Dark energy serged through his arms and he shot out at the blast, launching into the height of his powers.

"Dark Hell Kaiser!" He screamed out, and he thrust his arms forward, launching a huge dark blast that held the head of a mighty dragon. For an instant it seemed as if the dragon was real. The two blasts clashed and the Spiriter's blast was reduced by half, but still came at him. Sykel tried to block, but only got up one arm. The blast connected with him and he stood his ground, being pushed back slowly. He was pushed back 25 feet before he let out a scream and threw his arm up, knocking the blast at an angle away from him.

"Damnit......little bastard....." he let out with a huff, slouching over. He stretched a bit and didn't even see Romku fly up and knock him one in the face. He slid back three feet, his boots firmly planted in the ground. He spit out some blood and looked at him angerly.

"This is it Romku!" he charged up his powers of his winged self (I never made him do that! =/) and rushed forward towards the spiriter. Like adrenilane he threw punch after punch, and kick after kick. He finally broke his series of attacks and slide low, tripping Romku. He blasted a gravity spell at him at point blank and then leaped into the air, aiming at Romku with a ball of flames. It got larger and larger until....

"Bang....." he simply said and let it lose, causing pillars of flames to rain down on his opponet.

"Spicy!" he said, flapping in the air. He loved being to put up with so much. But this Romku punk was good.

"####, he punched my beam away.  Not to mention that tihs attack is coming at me, what am I going to pull off."

Before he could speak more, he was hit with Sykel's furious attack.  Romku felt the pain given from the furious flames of Sykel's attack.   Romku finally thought of a plan, even though he could've used it earlier.  

"I need to do something now.  Renzoku Ring!  Combine with the Satellite Combo!"

A blue ring of energy appeared above Romku.  Even though half of the attack already caused damage to Romku, the rest of the attack was absorbed by the ring.  Romku then jumped into the other side of the ring.  Romku vanished.

"Where did he go?!"

"Here I am Sykel!  Hyaa!"

A blue portal appeared behind Sykel.  Romku jumped out of the portal and hammer punched Sykel to the ground.  Romku laughed.  Romku was different this time though, he had two energy discs with him at this time.  Romku threw them down at Sykel, both hitting Sykel hard in the back.  They flew back towards Romku.  Suddenly, Romku was starting to power up fast and furious.  The portal dissapeared and the ring reappeared.  Romku then launched in every attack he had into the portal.  Beams of energy, the Mega Tornado Rage, the Flameshaker, and every other move Romku knew either from spirits, or his own moves, he blasted into the portal, along with Sykel's flame attack.

"Renzoku Ring close!"

The ring dissapeared out of sight.  Romku then flew down towards Sykel and kicked him in the back when he got up, sending Sykel through the air with his back to Romku.

"Renzoku Ring combine, open, and fire!!"

The ring reappeared, now combining the moves that Romku blasted into it.  The attack in the Renzoku Ring became a beam with all of the traits of the other attacks, such as the beam having a swirling motion to it, and the move has all of the elements fused in it.  Romku then blasted the immense attack towards Sykel.  This appeared to be another one of Romku's strongest attacks, but would this attack make Sykel surrender?  Romku's beam tore through the ground as it made its way towards Sykel.

Sykel was bashed to hell and back, even tho that was nothing to the powers he had hold of. He took each hit respectfully, grunting and blocking when he could. Even if he only blocked four or five blasts, it all can make things matter in the end. The second assault was coming straight at him and he sliced his hand forward, creating a small wave sent to hold the energy back for a brief second. He used this time to leap to the side, just as the energy zoomed past him.

"You little punk ass Bitch.....grrrrr......Screw this." Sykel stood up with a searing pain in his arms and legs, and began to concentrate his powers on his form. His wings arched out and folded back, and he began to clench his fists and laugh.

"Devil's Onslaught....." He shouted out and vanished. Suddenly two huge demon like hands came right out from under Romku and grabbed him, holding him firm on the ground. Romku tried to break free, but they weren't Sykel's. Sykel appeared above him, crunched in a semi-fetal position, and he suddenly thrust out his arms and legs, releasing a series of flaming demi balls upon the anchored Romku. He then launched one huge dark energy lance that blew up into a rain of unholy blasts. He landed behind Romku and, now back to back with his opponent, spun around and kicked him right in the side. He placed a few well timed hits to his back and then flipped back, his wings coming out to their full wingspan. Suddenly three balls of energy formed, one in his hands, that were held at his mid section, and one on each wing.

"......HA!" He thrust his arms forward and let them loose, firing them at full speed of Romku. As they flew at the Spiriter, Sykel stood up straight and ran a gloved hand through his white hair.

((Oh, and if it comes down to it, Sykel isn't effected by Daylight =) ))

Romku stood as he was blasted with each energ attack Sykel dealt.  Romku felt the immense pain after beign hit with each attack.

"I.....need to.....unleash.....my strongest attack!  If this don't work, I don't know what will!"

The blasts finished hitting Romku.  Romku went unconscious, and the devilish hand let go of Romku, causing him to hit the ground hard.  Romku woke up after he hit the ground.  Romku had massive injuries, he needed to heal himself, at least his cuts.

"Curest Light!"

The stars of holy energy reappeared and cured all of Romku's cuts, but the pain Rokmu felt was hurting a whole lot.  Romku stood up, readying his strongest attack.

"Sykel.....you're truly....a great....challenge, but now....you lose here!  Warrior's Last Cannon!!  Sykel, you're done!!"

Romku was powering up to his max!  All of Romku's energy from himself and his spirits began to gather, causing the aura around Romku to spit sparks and energy bolts all over the place.  Romku's energy grew more massive with every second.  Romku went back into a energy blasting position.  All of the energy that Romku had went into his hands and was being concentrated.  Romku's aura dissapeared, for it had also been absorbed by Romku's greatest attack.  Romku fired, beam was massive.  It was light blue and contained a whole lot of power!  The massive beam made its way to Sykel.  This was Romku's strongest attack, but would this last attack work?  Romku was starting to exhaust from the attack, because his energy was being used in the blast.  What would happen to Sykel?  Would he block Romku's greatest attack?  All Romku could do was watch and wait and see if it would work.

Romku stood as he was blasted with each energ attack Sykel dealt.  Romku felt the immense pain after beign hit with each attack.

"I.....need to.....unleash.....my strongest attack!  If this don't work, I don't know what will!"

The blasts finished hitting Romku.  Romku went unconscious, and the devilish hand let go of Romku, causing him to hit the ground hard.  Romku woke up after he hit the ground.  Romku had massive injuries, he needed to heal himself, at least his cuts.

"Curest Light!"

The stars of holy energy reappeared and cured all of Romku's cuts, but the pain Rokmu felt was hurting a whole lot.  Romku stood up, readying his strongest attack.

"Sykel.....you're truly....a great....challenge, but now....you lose here!  Warrior's Last Cannon!!  Sykel, you're done!!"

Romku was powering up to his max!  All of Romku's energy from himself and his spirits began to gather, causing the aura around Romku to spit sparks and energy bolts all over the place.  Romku's energy grew more massive with every second.  Romku went back into a energy blasting position.  All of the energy that Romku had went into his hands and was being concentrated.  Romku's aura dissapeared, for it had also been absorbed by Romku's greatest attack.  Romku fired, beam was massive.  It was light blue and contained a whole lot of power!  The massive beam made its way to Sykel.  This was Romku's strongest attack, but would this last attack work?  Romku was starting to exhaust from the attack, because his energy was being used in the blast.  What would happen to Sykel?  Would he block Romku's greatest attack?  All Romku could do was watch and wait and see if it would work.

(( God mod: Sykel blocks it and kills Romku...J/K! XD Time for some writing ))

Sykel watched on in awe as the last resort was made. It suddenly shot out at a well speed and Sykel could even see Romku pouring his life into it. Sykel gritted his teeth and took off his glove quickly.

"Hope I didn't have to use this. I hope I don't lose it...." Sykel thrust his left hand forward, a dark rune on his hand. It flashed a darkish blue and his eyes began to glow. He gave out a scream of power and locked himself in place, his wings positioned to help him have extra air resistance.

"Come on, take this spiriter!!!!" Sykel bellowed and gatherd a huge amount of energy, the ball got bigger and bigger, until Romku's blast was right infront of him. With a short "HA!" he let his energies loose, and he pushed back the blast to an equal distance. He broke into a feaverish sweet and continued to keep his opponents blast at a distance. Not only had Romku used his holy spirit, but a combined version of all the others! This was no walk in the park! Then something dawned on him.

"My two energy balls...." he said in a low voice. He remembered when he let them out, still waiting to be called on.

Flashback

"Peek-a-boo...." Sykel simply said as he launched himself forward, jabbing at Romku's side. Romku caught him making his third punch and brought his sword down, grazing Sykel's right arm. He laughed out and fadded back, drawing on his Scythe, DeathLace. He swung it around with great skill and brought his hand up. Two purple orbs equal length apart formed and began to move around in a strange pattern. He powered up just a bit, only drawing power from this new darkness. The orbs circled around the room and danced mstically. They then zoomed far off in seperate directions, leaving their vision range.

"Romku, it was nice fighting with you, but it must end now!!!!" he shouted out and closed his eyes, searching for the two specs of energy. Suddenly one came zooming up from behind Romku and nailed him in the back. Then as if on cue, the other came circling past Sykel, blasting into Sykel's dark wave, helping to knock back Romku's. Was this the end!?

(( God mod: Sykel blocks it and kills Romku...J/K! XD Time for some writing ))

Sykel watched on in awe as the last resort was made. It suddenly shot out at a well speed and Sykel could even see Romku pouring his life into it. Sykel gritted his teeth and took off his glove quickly.

"Hope I didn't have to use this. I hope I don't lose it...." Sykel thrust his left hand forward, a dark rune on his hand. It flashed a darkish blue and his eyes began to glow. He gave out a scream of power and locked himself in place, his wings positioned to help him have extra air resistance.

"Come on, take this spiriter!!!!" Sykel bellowed and gatherd a huge amount of energy, the ball got bigger and bigger, until Romku's blast was right infront of him. With a short "HA!" he let his energies loose, and he pushed back the blast to an equal distance. He broke into a feaverish sweet and continued to keep his opponents blast at a distance. Not only had Romku used his holy spirit, but a combined version of all the others! This was no walk in the park! Then something dawned on him.

"My two energy balls...." he said in a low voice. He remembered when he let them out, still waiting to be called on.

Flashback

"Peek-a-boo...." Sykel simply said as he launched himself forward, jabbing at Romku's side. Romku caught him making his third punch and brought his sword down, grazing Sykel's right arm. He laughed out and fadded back, drawing on his Scythe, DeathLace. He swung it around with great skill and brought his hand up. Two purple orbs equal length apart formed and began to move around in a strange pattern. He powered up just a bit, only drawing power from this new darkness. The orbs circled around the room and danced mstically. They then zoomed far off in seperate directions, leaving their vision range.

"Romku, it was nice fighting with you, but it must end now!!!!" he shouted out and closed his eyes, searching for the two specs of energy. Suddenly one came zooming up from behind Romku and nailed him in the back. Then as if on cue, the other came circling past Sykel, blasting into Sykel's dark wave, helping to knock back Romku's. Was this the end!?

Romku felt the dark ball of energy hit his back, giving Sykel more of a push with his beam.

"I need....to do....something....or this match.....is lost, but what can.....I do?!"

As soon as Romku was about to give up, the spirits of Romku jumped out of his body.  Somehow though, Romku was still as strong as the spirits when they were in him.  Angelo, the holy spirit started to speak.

"Romku, I know this battle is hard, but I know you can pull through.  This was like the time we defeated Garoun, remember?  He was stronger than you, but you had the heart to fight on as hard as you could.  Romku, there is one last bit of hidden power in you, but you haven't realized it.  I know the spirits' leveling up will get you stronger, but you still have hidden powers of your own.  You must find them.  The spirits are here to help you Romku.  You must believe in us and yourself.  Now, find your true power and defeat Sykel!"

Romku reached deep down into his soul, trying to find his last bit of hidden power.  The spirits rejoined Romku's body, attempting to help him find his hidden power.  

(In Romku's mind, he saw a golden ball of light.  In his mind, he walked up to this golden ball and touched it.  It shocked him, and blasted him to the ground in his mind.  The ball started to glow, and something was coming out of the light.  Romku forgot about one thing, the Guardian's Crest that he got when he became a spiriter.  He got this crest to gain access to the spirit's temples, but now, it seemed that the Guardian's Crest served one more purpose.  It seemed that the Guardian's Crest had a hidden power, a power that could truly powerup all of the spirits.  Romku put on the crest in his mind, and reappeared on Romku's right arm in the physical plain.  Romku had true new powers.  The spirits got more powerful, but some of the spirits still didn't have level 2, but they were stronger than ever before.)

Romku came back to the physical plain, bearing his Guardian's Crest.  Romku started to shedd tears.

"Sykel!  I found my true power now!  You will not win!  I have too much going for me!  This battle ends NOW!!!!"

Romku's beam began to blast with new energy, sending Sykel's blast back even with Romku's Warrior's Last Cannon, but would this new power help Romku win?  What was going on over at Sykel's side?

Sykel was holding up all of the energy he could without going out of control. The power he held without his glove on would normally cause him to go insane with raging powers, but he somehow kept them under control, for Romku's sake and more importantly, his own. He didn't want Romku's blast to get any closer, so he let the force of the two colliding blasts to push him back a bit. Suddenly Romku got a new found power and let loose with everything he had it seemed, so Sykel couldn't do anything else other than.......

"Romku, you say it is my end, but you are wrong!!!" he shouted ofer the clashing of the dual blasts. He suddenly let himself on the verge of loosing control and suddenly pushed himself into the blast, forcing it to go around. Now his blast was a somewhat little ball, making its way with Sykel through the huge Warrior's Last Cannon. He was a good 5 feet infront of Romku when He extended his hand, causing his ball to touch Romku's hand. He grinned a bit and let loose everything in the ball, causing it to explode on Romku and himself. This caused everything to cancle out and it sent them both flying in different directions.

Sykel flew right into a tree and it cracked under the presure of the collision with the young man. Romku went spinning back and bouncing a bit along the ground. Sykel landed on his feet and put one hand to his head, shaking off his rush of power. He summoned his glove and put it back on, clentching his now covered fist. He was a bit unsteady, but once Romku was up and on his feet, Sykel had recovered his senses.

"So, I thought this was supposed to end." Sykel said with a sly grin. Once more he ran a hand through his soft white hair.

Romku was laying on the ground, exhausted.  Romku tried to give up, but he could only get on his knees.

"Sykel, if you don't mind me saying, you have great powers and great skills, and so do I.  I think we are the two most powerful warriors in this universe.  I truly have to say that.  Not to mention you're part vampire, giving you more power.  We both have great sources of power.  You have great demonic-like powers, and I use the powers of the spirits of the earth.  I can even let the spirits out of my body to fight for themselves.  We truly are great fighters.  Our powers get tied with every attack.  No matter what move we pull off, the other one seems to counter it well.  We are great fighters.  I say that a lot but we truly are.  I just want to say, that you truly are the greatest opponent I had, even though I lost one match to a great pair of female warriors.  You truly are my greatest opponent.  I would fight on, but I need my energy to come back.  Give me one hour and I'll fight harder with one last combo of moves.  If you wish to call this your win and finish me off, you may.  If you do want to wait that hour, I promise you a greater fight.  Sykel, this is your call, do you want to finish me off or give me time to power up again for a greater challenge?  Your call."

Romku sat on his knees, not knowing what response Sykel would give him.  Would Sykel finish Romku off, or give him the time to power up one last time?

Sykel sighed and shook his head. Pitiful really.

"That is your choice Romku, for as you are recovering, I am healing as well, and we know that your Curest Light only seals your wounds to prevent blood loss basically. If you were to have your arm broken, and you used that wonderful move, you could barely work it. While anything done to me is recovered slowly. An hour would bring me up to peak health."

He landed from his floating position and his wings retracted. He didn't want to heal in a high form because it doesn't work as quick. He awaited Romku's answer.

Romku sighed with relief because he wasn't going to get killed.

"Sykel, I have no choice, give me one hour to meditate, that will get my energy back quicker.  I don't need to heal myself, I just need to regain energy.  I know it will give you more timre to heal, but without energy, I can't fight.  If you want a better fight, I need to gain my energy back and level upp my other spirits for more power.  I promise you a great fight when I am done powering up."

Romku walked to a nearby tree, starting his meditation.  Sykel took a seat under a nearby tree.  Sykel slowly healed himself and Romku meditated.

"Sykel, while were resting here, tell me a little about yourself.  I know you're a dark fighter, but hey, just trying to start conversation."

Romku waited for an answer.  He wanted to get to know Sykel while he was fighting him.

((Hey, good way to make up some of his history, Smart, even tho I coulda ripped you to shreads! *evil bunny look*)

Sykel ignored the young man, resting his battle weary body. He never ever went easy on him. Oh well, once his healing gets going. He didn't even use half of his uncontrolable powers. The spiriter asked once more.

Tell me about yourself, I want to know more about you.

Sykel opened his left eye and glared at him. The spiriter was also looking at him with one eye, a bit happy for a fighter.

Not like you're going to live. I'm an outcast from the Natuka Lin' clan of vampires. I was foretold to have immense powers. They abandoned me, figuring I would die on my own. Hehehe......stupid bastards had no clue that I would become so strong. I shall tell you no more, because then I would be telling you too much. he grinned a toothy grin and began to meditate as well. He would not lose.\n\n

(Man, he doesn't seem to be a nice guy.)

Romku sat under the tree still, an half hour passed and Romku was about ready, but needed more time.

"Sad story Sykel.  I came from the Shaolin Temple in the mountaisn not far from here.  When I was younger, my parents were killed by monsters of the dark side.  My martial arts master, Gahn Drayton, saved me and took me to an American family, where I was raised.  When I became 10, Gahn came to me and trained me to save the world.  I trained, even though evil lurked by me.  Then after Gahn died, I was forced to become a spiriter to save the world from my training rival, Taio Sunaki.  I went around the world, collecting the seven spirits of the Earth.  I collected them, and saved my world many times.  I know there is more evil around so I train harder and harder, making myself stronger.  Thanks to you, I found a new way to advance my powers and make them stronger.  I can't never repay you for that.  I just have to promise you a better battle when I am done powering up.  I swear you that."

Romku continued his meditation, not knowing if Sykel would respond.

Sykel shook his head. Like he gave a rats ass. He yawned a bit an looked at the scar on his hand from earlier. Not a single mark left. The slash on his right leg had sealed up just nicely as well. Romku was just going to start this battle over. He knew they both wouldn't be at peak, be he knew meditation sometimes took energy to maintain a simple posture and such, so he didn't have to worry.

Five minutes left.....

Romku comes out of his meditation.  Romku jumps on onto his feet, now his energy is back, but some wounds are still hurting him.

"Sykel, sorry for the wait.  I'm now ready to bring it on!"

Sykel grinned at Romku.

Shame it will not help! he shouted out and a surge of energy ran through Sykel right to Romku, knocking the spiriter off balance. Sykel hunched over and let out a scream, his demon wings sprouting through his back. He flew straight forward and threw a punch at Romku, his aura washing over Romku. It connected with Romku's face and he threw a low one, hitting the spiriter in the stomach. He shot out his left fist once more and belted Romku in the chest hard. He stepped in low and kicked, sweeping the warrior off his feet.

Now it begins! Sykel leaped up as Romku was midfall, and he shot a huge energy blast through his fist as he swung for an aerial spike (Like volleyball) and slammed his fist into Romku's head. He kicked off the falling Spiriter and landed a good 20 feet away, rushing forward for another assualt...he was barely even breaking a sweat!\n\n

Romku hit the ground hard.  Sykel was going on a rampage, and Romku needed a new idea.

"Well, I've tried most of my spirits: fire, water/ice, dark, wind, and lightning.  I'm going to try my last two spirits before I have to rip it up!  Earth spirit, come to me!"

Romku changed again.  His clothes turned green, his hair turned green, and he was surrounded by a dark green aura.  Romku was now ready to pull off his level 1 earth move.  Romku powered up, raising his earthen energy the highest he could.  All of Romku's energy went into his right fist, making it glow green.  Romku hit the ground hard, breaking it open and sending sand all over the place.

"Why are you making a mess?  You want to postpone your death?"

"Watch this one!  Earthen Sandstorm."

The sand started to float in the air.  The energy Romku had in his punch had been placed in the grains of sand, making the sand more powerful and made it glow yellowish-greenish.  The energy sand flew all over the arena, but it didn't make contact with Sykel.

"Sandstorm?  HA!  No sandscreen is going to make me blind."

"That's not what I'm trying to do, look around you."

Sykel looked around, he was surrounded by the energy sand.  He didn't know what Romku was trying to pull off.

"Sandstorm Implosion!"

The sand started to blast towards Sykel.  It was aimed at Sykel and blasted to him like a black hole.  The sand was going to hit at any second, what damage would this energy sand cause if Sykel get's hit with it?  Will he even get hit?