Battleground

[Shattered_Fangs]

"Kazi isn't here..." The Masque said as he picked up the bottle and drank it "I am he, yet not him... And I will not be able to fight you... Neither will he. We can't...." Kazi said as the mask went back inside of him "Ryu-han, we don't have the mental energy for a battle just yet. But if we must, we shall..."  

[Ryu Ookami]

"Well, I don't want to fight unless you are at your best so rest up and see me again when you are better."  

[Shattered_Fangs]

"No, I will fight you." Kazi said as he touched his robe and drew out some residual energy "I will not shirk away from this fight."  

[Ryu Ookami]

"All right. Make the first move. Try to get past the first stage." He said as he cracked his knuckles and took out his special gauntlets putting them on.  

[Shattered_Fangs]

Kazi nodded and sat down and began to gather energy and silver. "I am not the same... And I completed the mission in the tournament, just as you asked... And I discovered new powers." Kazi said as the silver formed into a whip-like lance, which came shooting right at Ryu. At the same time, it formed a magnum pistol into his hand which he tightened the grip on and began to focus energy into. He also activated his eyes with some energy to see where Ryu would move to.  

[Ryu Ookami]

Ryu stood still and deflected the lance with his guantlets. "Come on. Your better then this."  

[Shattered_Fangs]

"True."
BANG Kazi said as he stood behind Ryu with the smoking magnum pointed at Ryu's head, and the sitting apparation melted back to silver. "I am." Kazi said as he foresaw any of the attack which could be done and moved backwards 3 steps, putting him at the mid-range, his one greatest strength.  

[Ryu Ookami]

Ryu smiled standing where he was. "Better, but still not good enough." He turned unleashing a jet a flame at Kazi, the heat of which was melting the ground under the jet as it traveled.  

[Shattered_Fangs]

Kazi grinned as he did one thing that screamed at him "PAIN!!!!!!" But he decided that playing it safe wouldn't win it for him this time. He dived straight into the jet of flame, spinning at a high velocity, and making a wedge shape with his silver so he could safely (enough) get through to the source of the fire and the problem; Ryu-han. "I am no longer the predictable man I was. Firin has rubbed off on me."  

[Ryu Ookami]

Using the silver that Kazi created as cover, Ryu drew a sign into the ground then appeared behind Kazi. "Though predictable enough."  

[Shattered_Fangs]

"Really?" Kazi laughed as he just vanished entirely. where am I now Ryu-han? Kazi said from everywhere at once  

[Ryu Ookami]

"Right here!" He said stamping down on the seal which sealed the arena from vanishing spells making both occupents unable to hide their whereabouts or power.  

[Shattered_Fangs]

"Poo." Kazi said as he stood behind Ryu and pushed out with his silver, sending out thousands of impossibly thing, impossibly sharp whip-like needles, which began a powerful and fast attack of Ryu. "You're really making this hard..." Kazi said as he also used the silver to create a covering for himself as he began a Trick Room attack.  

[Ryu Ookami]

"Of course. You didn't think I would make it easy did you?" He smiled as he dodged nimbly around the whips getting closer to Kazi with each step. Once he was in range, he grabbed the silver and send a burst of fire down the lines toward Kazi, the fire roaring as it went.  

[Shattered_Fangs]

Kazi ignored the fire, and simply redirected it on the silver. "Trick Room; Mirror World!" Kazi said happily as he created his World of Indestructible Mirrors. "I'm not hiding... You just can't see me." Kazi said as the mirrors began to shift, making the entire arena a maze of mirrors.