Mashyuu vs Fred Vs Yukki: Measuring stick.

The sun was just starting to set over the mountains that Mashyuu had discovered during his secondary Magic training. He was to meet Fred here after challenging the Sabertooth Guild Master. The two were to fight just for fun and to see where Mashyuu matched up against Fred. This would allow for the Slayer to have a bench mark for his strength if he were to one day be not only the Guild Master of Sabertooth but one of the Wizard Saints.

Rocky, Mashyuu's stone guardian landed Mashyuu down atop a flat cliff. His black armored boots touched down, kicking up a small bit of dirt while he scanned the horizon. Rocky trotted up to Mashyuu and stood on it's hind legs. Mashyuu rolled his arm, not completely covered by his mothers old greyish brown jacket, feeling that electrical current rush through him. A light breeze blew his orange cargo pants and black tee shirt against his body until he turned to get a lay of the barren, dry land.

"Yeah, this should be a good place. Just like last time. It's me and you... and my ring, sword and shadow summons against Fred. Lets get in close and take him down right?" Mashyuu ordered. Rocky yelped happily while the evil spirits inside his body started to laugh like true demons. Ux, the golden ring on Mashyuu's finger spoke clearly in his mind. "He's here Mashyuu..." Swiftly the Earthen Wizard twisted to see Fred moving upon the battle field. Mashyuu spread his arms wide and bowed happily at Fred. "I challenged you so it's only fair that you start this thing off right Fred." Mashyuu called out and took up a fighting stance that placed his feet down firmly and brought both his hands up to both block and counter while cracking the leather of his gloved hands.

As Frederick approached the serene scenery of this mountain ridge, it was became abundantly clear that Frederick wasn't here for just some mere fun. No the moment someone was foolish enough to challenge him, he was dead set to make sure he wouldn't make such a mistake again. So with every step he took, the sight of a settling sun what should have been quite idyllic became dreadful, as the man clad in black appearance weighs heavy on his surrounding.

With each step the silence increased, birds stopped to sing, their cheerful tunes which whisked away as their natural instincts told them to fly away from this place and fast. To the point there was nothing more, but the sound of gravel cracking underneath his feet. And the vague fluttering of his cloak in the wind.

A smile escaped Fredericks lips, just barely noticeable from underneath the safety of his hood. But a visual wasn't really needed to know that it was wicked. And filled with ill content, let alone the dripping arrogance of believing in his own power far outnumbering his opponent. And knowingly or not, Mashyuu just did give that very person the incentive to start their so called fight.

'Forbidden Dark Arts..' the moment Mashyuu took on a more battle worthy stance. Be it either for on the defense or offense, was the same moment Frederick started his own offensive on his supposedly guild mate. He didn't even bother to utter some sort of greeting at all, nor any honorable words. No he just raised his hand in front of him, to create a small black orb that momentarily appeared above the top of his fingers. Just to vanish just as quickly. While Frederick finished casting sentence. 'Black Coffin'

Instantly around Mashyuu, four black walls would erect, pulverizing the ground under him and fully enclosing the man. Until any form of light was taken away. Leaving him hanging in only but darkness, and darkness alone. That moment of silence and darkness, was to be short lived. As the moment the engagement would close around him, dark magic would start to mass and swirl around. Surging through him, sending waves of pain over and over again.

(OOC: I'm assuming I'm a S-rank version of myself with my secondary magic for this thread)

As the both persons called each other out, a haunting cackle released an icy chill in the back of their necks, as purple lines of taint awash dotted the landscape not far away - far enough from them to be effected by the bout that had been declared. The reality itself of this world peeled forth and opened, leavening to one side into a massive gate roughly 12m in width. Hailing forth was none else than the shambling dead as twenty-four Draugr, five Draugr Lords, and the Draugr Deathlord made their entrance, to be followed by the massive 10m monstrosity upon which the black-cloaked figure sat upon at the shoulder. At the other shoulder, however, floated an entirely different figure. The massive horde simply shambed on forwards, content at the moment to simply walk forth and watch. At the same time, a little snowflake was grasped by Yuki, which formed into a little ball and would continue to grow... for the time being. "Well well boys... seems we may have just stumbled upon something of interest."

Fred said not a word at first, his dark cloak hiding his features until his voice echoed out softly. The Slayers ears tweaked for a moment as Fred Spoke and the Slayer's eyes lit up for a moment. As shadows started to swirl around the Wizard earth shot up around Mashyuu and formed to his body, swiftly sucking him underground and leaving a shell of dirt and stone where the Dragon Slayer had been standing.

A low rumble rolled through the ground for a moment then shot Mashyuu up behind Fred, the intern Guild Master of Sabertooth. Just a half meter away from Fred, Mashyuu pulled his clawed hand back as his fingers lit up for a moment. "Earth Dragons Talon!" He called out while swinging his clawed hand before he landed, throwing a high pressured shock wave of pure gravity into Fred's back.

Just as Mashyuu landed he jumped backwards and slid backwards when suddenly his ears tweaked for a moment and his head twisted towards the soft sound of a woman's voice. "We aren't alone..." He muttered. Still with a fight at hand Mashyuu wouldn't bother with taking care of the woman until she became a threat.

As Frederick watched the black walls try to confine his guild mate Mashyuu, little did he know of his opponents real skill and ability. To be more accurate, the only thing he knew was that Mashyuu carried the name of the Earth Dragon Slayer. And judging from past meetings with a variety of Dragon Slayers, like Ibara who spew out fire. And a certain blue haired lightning mage. Frederick assumed that Mashyuu was similar to them as well.

But Mashyuu didn't seem to be some simpleminded 'punch it all kind' of fool. As the black box to hold around the dragon slayer. He had drilled his way underground, only to pop out behind Fredericks back and immediately throw a counter attack at the unaware opponent. Strong enough to even send Frederick a couple of meters forwards.

the result however, was probably less as desirable as one would have hoped. Instead of laying in crumbles on the ground, Frederick was still standing. With the only visible effect from the attack being his clock torn. And two deep tracks in the ground. A trail following him, all the way from where he originally stood at first.

'So it seems that you can think ahead' While turning around, Frederick finally decided to speak up. Yet his voice was full of malice, and ended with his lips curled up into an eerie smile. 'I guess that-'

Almost immediately Frederick stopped in the middle of his sentence, as he suddenly felt an entirely new presence in the area. And as he looked over at Mashyuu, he saw his mouth move. Muttering the very words Frederick himself was already thinking. They weren't alone.

'Mashyuu...' said Frederick a bit cryptic 'How good is your aim?'

(Skip)

The talons struck true, sending Fred sliding forward a few feet but they didn't knock him over nor did they seem to but more than a scratch on him. The Earth bound Wizard couldn't help but smirk at the blonde man who was indeed worthy of being Sabertooth's guild master. Already Mashyuu had another plan when the magical aura crept through the mountains and hit the pair both like a wrecking ball.

It was then that Fred asked if Mashyuu's aim was any good. The Slayer's lips curled up in a knowing smile and nodded his head. "Depends on how far I'm aiming. What you should really be asking is if I can get over there and hold the fight until you show up... And the answer is yes." Mashyuu responded while giving a soft, sharp whistle. Rocky trotted over to Fred and grabbed the Wizard under the shoulders and started to flap it's wings. If Fred resisted at all the stone golem would let Fred go.

"See ya on the other side." Mashyuu joked and dropped to a knee while golden sparks jumped around his body for a moment then he called out: "Lighting Leap!" The wizard changed into a bolt of golden lightning and soared high through the sky, coming down next to Yuki and facing her. He glanced around at her "Friends" and let a soft smile cross his face. "Oh baby, I don't do group dates." Mashyuu said smoothly while his silver gunblade appeared in his hands.

Regardless of his previous opinion on Mashyuu, the dragon slayer seemed as equally bold. Or maybe even more so then the others. Either way that didn't really matter right now, as the man was long gone before Frederick make any further statements. In a flash of golden colored lightning, Mashyuu managed to travel almost instantly towards their watching foe.

Frederick on the other hand, didn't had any means to travel instantly like that. Nor did he had any form of flight. Sure he had some sort of increased speed, a black version to the flash step kind of magic that so many other mages used. But that didn't allowed him to travel far, not as a certain former Blue Pegasus guild master could.
Luckily for him there was an other method provided. In form of a giant stone entity that could carry him the whole way. Only it would take a couple of minutes, as the manmade creature couldn't possibly travel as fast as Mashyuu just did.

As they stepped from the portal, it seemed that the mass of undead washed away into the ether - unable to extend themselves past the portal into the very ether itself so that when she moved forwards to meet with the brown-haired one it was only the hulking giant undead which she rode upon, the faceless priest, and two of the Draugr Deathlords which seemed to be able to follow as they were sustained by the woman's magic power. The bowl in her hand was slid into her pouch as she looked down to hi, taking to a leap and ending before the Death Knight and in-front of Mashyuu yet focusing her gaze beyond. Raising one hand, she would unleash a bolt of miasma to the forward right leg of the creature, an ouroboros mark appearing upon it as it suddenly slowed down to half it's usual speed. Yuki then returned her focus to Mashyuu and spoke in a lilting tone. "Hmm... perhaps we can step away from the shambling creatures of my horde for a moment, how about over to our left on that plateau? Unfortunately, I don't do double-dates so it might take longer than expected for your friend to arrive."

Mashyuu looked the woman up and down and noticed her strange sort of fetish for uniforms. He cracked a smile at the woman while trying to not laugh at the creature she was traveling with. Mashyuu had indeed seen bigger and after fighting a few Dragons the Earthen Wizard was feeling more confident than ever before. The Slayer took a deep breath and licked his dry lips. "Oh he won't be here for a long while still. I've never known that guy to show up anywhere on time and he's heavier than I am. So Rocky is going to have a hard time getting him here swiftly. Got a name baby or can I just call you whatever I want?" Mashyuu asked as he started to walk around her, looking the woman up and down.

She was cute but no Kanix. Even with one eye Kanix was the most beautiful thing the Slayer had ever seen. But the real tactic he was using was to get close to the woman and her friend, where the effect of his blade would kick in, giving him an edge if a fight broke out as he would be able to react faster to anything that happened close to him. "You're strong... I like that. Say are you here to cause a problem because I was sort of in the middle of a fight and was just starting to get warmed up."

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If the benchmark upon which her group was based was the Death Knight, then Yyuki was doing pretty good as believe it or not, the two Draugr were stronger than the Death Knight - though the lumbering undead was wearing a cowled cloak with several eyes popping out at certain locations - a result of the spell fusion that had made it stronger than normal - though nowhere near the might of her greatest summon, one who had been known to fight dragons of his own in ancestral times. She returned his smile as he examined her and spoke of his friend, she damn well knew she was sexier than this Kanix woman but she did not speak for the moment as she was being compared. Finally she spoke, indicating to a bucket of popcorn at the dread-knights shoulder "Yuki is my name, and I was simply here to observe the nice little fight you and your friend had been having. Though that isn't entirely truthful as I'm not here of my own volition but rather because of a portal."

Silence filled the air for a long moment. Mashyuu wasn't sure what to make of the woman in front of him. Was she a Dark Wizard or a Legal one? Maybe she had not guild at all and that could be just as dangerous. Still the aura she produced made Mashyuu worry a bit. Hell Even Fred decided the battle they were having should have been put on hold until she was dealt with. There was some sort of dark feeling flowing from her. If Mashyuu had to assume anything he would say that based off her "friends" she was a dark Wizard.

Mashyuu clenched his red and black covered fists and glanced back to Rocky, the pet he once owned that now was to protect his daughter. Fred would get here soon at the rate Rocky was flying. Suddenly the woman's voice cut through the air, making Mashyuu's sharp ears twitch in response. "Mmm maybe. It's just my friend and I felt some really strong magic come from you and he is like the devil. So if he want's to put our fight on hold, I really do have to ask you to leave... And really it's a shame because I like showing off for the ladies. But I hope you can understand. If I don't know where I stack up I can't ever hope to get better." Mashyuu explained and made a motion to shoo the woman away from the battlefield.