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With a destructive sounding crack, Chase stepped into view. His eyes completely ignored Demetri as he studied his environment, the marble surface of the arena sadly unspectacular. Only when he was finished did he turn his attention to his opponent. He studied the elf's practice swings, cocking his head to the side in amusement.

A loud tearing sound filled the arena as the Katakan armor lifted from his flesh, coating the assassin in the a black shell. Lifting his lips in a humorless grin, he held his hands out, palms forward.

"Duel weilding is it?" he asked mockingly.

Two bright red flashes, and resting in his palms were two kodachi. Shorter than the katana, but longer than the wakazashi, the kodachi were used with a focus on defense, a single handed weapon. Using one in each hand was nearly unheard of.

Reversing his grips on the blades so that they ran parallel to the back of his arms, he cocked his right leg back and lifted his hands as if he would be boxing with his opponent.

"Come then, show me what the daylight races have to compete with."

His body moved fluidly, back and forth, swaying to an unknown source. The image blurred, then rapidly broke pace, becoming unpredictable before splitting into multiple illusions that appeared and vanished at random. Unfortunately for Demetri, this was not a magical spell, it was simply how fast Chase was moving. His voice filled the arena without a definate source, a cold, hollow sound against the marble.

"Jissen Kenbu. Kodachi Nyyto Ryu."

Suddenly, all of his images sprang forward from different angles of attack, Each seeming to aim for a different section of Demetri's body. The real attack came from his left side, a cross section attack that brought both of his blades from his opponents backside. The two kodachi would attempt to make contact with two places, the lower back and left arm in an attempt to dehabilitate him.

Immediately, Chase lifted his right leg, bringing his armor encased shin to guard against Demetri's first attack. Perfectly balanced on his left leg, he judges the power of his opponent's attack, applying just the right amount of pressure to completly stop the kick without sending his body off balance. The force applied would also make Demetri feel as if he just struck a steel pole.

Still balancing easily on one leg, his body slid forward, ducking beneath the blade aimed for his throat. In response, Chase lashed with the blade in his right hand, slashing visciously at his opponent's right side. With both of Demetri's right side limbs occupied, this blow would be very difficult to block.

Chase also kept a wary eye on the blade still useable in the elf's left hand, in turn keeping his left kodachi at the defense.

Sensing his opponent's hesitation, Chase switches stances. Bending at the knees, his body gets low to the ground, leaning slightly forward. Placing his right kodachi in a sheath strapped to his lower back, still gripping the hilt. Closing his eyes, he readies himself for this next attack. His right foot tapped slowly on the ground, pacing the movements in his head. Steadily, the tapping increased in measure until it was nothing more than a steady stacatto of sound.

In that instant, Chase vanished from view, the only recognition of his presence being the rapid taps from his shoes. The sound had no direction, seeming to come from everywhere all at once.

He reapeared just before Demetri, his left foot forward as if he was about to strike. He met his opponent's eyes for less than a split second, and vanished again to appear both above and behind him. He drew the kodachi that was sheathed in a technique designed to increase the speed and power of the weapon, Isoto Jutsu. The ring of steel against steel was the only indication of Chase's presense as he attempted to remove Demetri's head from it's shoulders

Reacting instantly to the absence of a target, Chase followed Demetri's movement with a practiced eye. With a powerful stroke, he embeded his left kodachi in the ground with the blade facing his sliding opponent, creating another awkward situation for Demetri to react if he wanted to avoid injury in completing his slide.

Reacting faster than normally possible, he kicked his legs out to avoid the strike at his tendon. Using the blade as a base, he positioned his body to balance on his left hand, resting that on the hilt of his weapon.

Hand-standing on his kodachi left him with a clear view, and judging speed and direction, Chase jabbed with the sword in his free hand, aiming for his opponent's neck in a lightning quick strike.

Chase allowed the the kodachi to slip from his hand easily, without effort so he could keep his balance. As soon as Demetri was behind him, he bent at the elbow and shot himself into the air. The gauntlets on his hands morphed and shifted with a protest of metal. Spikes formed at his knuckles, and five long blades swept back from his wrists to his elbows.

The armor over the rest of his body also seemed to expand, becoming thicker and darker as he spun madly in the air. A dark aura encased him as Demetri changed, appearing as black flame-like tendrils that snaked over his body.

He landed gracefully, his figure drifting lightly to a fighting position. Where his face once was, a full helm covered him, the facial depiction being an angelic being screaming in agony. Saphire dominated this obsenity, bright blue eyes seemingly locked in a grotesque appearance of torture. His hair seemed to flow like black water down his back, moving as if it had a will of it's own.

As Demetri's stike came closer, Chase seemed to float back back, allowing the blade to pass harmlessly in front of him.

"I see. And how much good do you think this form of yours will do for you? Did you honestly believe that one as long-lived as I would simply fall at the presence of holy magic? Fool," he said, his voice seeming amplified through the mask, creating an awestruck feeling of power, "you have nothing beyond the insignificant magic of this world. Now you can feel the wrath of ages."

((*waits for Chris to post* Yes. I've been a huge fan of his for a while. I got hooked with RK, even did a few RP's with it back in the day. Good times.))