Mashyuu in: King of the Pirates!

Rocky trotted into the room Mashyuu had exposed for him. The small dog walked up to a fire and laid down. The fight with the hounds had taken a toll on not only Rocky but Mashyuu. The fire looked so inviting too. Mashyuu walked over to the fire and glanced down at it, looking it over for any treasures that may had been placed inside the ashes. With nothing other than ash and wood in the fire Mashyuu pointed to the door way he came from and extended a wall of stone from the floor up to the top of the room, blocking off any view or way to enter. He pulled up a sleeping bag and laid atop it. If anyone was coming back out they would have to run into Mashyuu and Rock, and Mashyuu's ring would warn him if danger was near by. (Weather Mashyuu paid any attention would be up to him.)

The Earth Wizard found himself truly drifting off, not dreaming but falling asleep deeply. When he awoke the fire was out and his body was cold. Swiftly he sat up and started to look about the room. Nothing had come but Mashyuu felt refreshed. Rocky was already up and sitting, looking the Wizard over and making sure he was unharmed. Mashyuu pushed himself up and dusted off his body then headed up a flight of stairs. The steps led to a set of iron doors, taller than he could have ever imagined. He pressed his shoulder to the door and pushed as hard as he could, trying to open it. The doors didn't budge at all, causing Mashyuu to grumble in annoyance. "Barred, I can't get em open...." He muttered.

Annoyed Mashyuu glanced down at Rocky. "I'll pass through the wall and open the door like the last time. Wait here buddy." Mashyuu didn't wait for Rocky to react and instead sank into the wall and shot out the other side. What he saw left his mouth hanging open. It was indeed Gold Rodger's tomb. Walls were inlaid with gems, the roof went some sixty feet high and about sixty meters away from the door was a large casket where a man stood, trying to open the casket. His head shot up however as Mashyuu entered the room, he had clearly sensed Mashyuu enter the room.

WC: 394

Mashyuu saw the man's head raise up from looking down, his chain link hood rattled as his body slowly twisted and his brown leather armor covered arm reached for a long pole arm with a wicked blade at the end. Mashyuu moved as quick as he could, strafing towards the door until the man turned around. A dark shadow covered his face and in his hand he held a small fist sized orb of stone. It lit up a dull blue until he placed it in his belt pouch. Mashyuu's eyes narrowed on the orb as it vanished and the Bandit gripped his pole arm with both hands. The man ran forward, faster than Mashyuu expected and brought down his weapon at Mashyuu's skull. In a panic the Earth Wizard dropped low and let the man's pole arm cut through the bronze door, stopping right at the iron bar as he yanked back. The Wizard couldn't lash out fast enough to hit the man with the pole arm, the Bandit had jumped backwards as Mashyuu tossed a heavy blow forward to try and punch the leader of thieves but came up much to short.

Swiftly Mashyuu popped up and took a deep breath. "Eh, you're really fast buddy. It's not from that orb is it? Because I have a feeling that orb came straight out of that casket. I'd like to get that from you. If for nothing else than to make sure you don't sell it to someone else who would do bad things with it. I already have a cult to take down." Mashyuu started to press his back to the bar of the door and the man pointed his weapon. "Move that bar and I'll stab whatever you let thorough. I know you will move and leave your friend exposed." The Bandit said darkly. "Is that what you think? Well if you really think I'll move go ahead and rush me." Mashyuu goaded the Bandit.

The Bandit took a charging stance and waited for his chance to strike. One of Mashyuu's arms lifted in front of him while his back pressed just under the iron bar and lifted up. The man charged his pole arm aimed right at Mashyuu's chest. The Wizard flicked his index and middle finger up and raised a wall of stone as the man drew close. His pole arm lodged blade deep into the stone wall as his wall came up and protected himself the door was pushed in and Mashyuu stepped to the left, Rocky came soaring into the room, barking loudly and growling.

WC: 435

The man with the pole arm shouted with anger and ripped his weapon backwards, shattering Mashyuu's wall of stone and whipped the weapon around in a wide circle then out hard, smacking the flat edge of the blade into Rocky's face as the Stone Dog soared towards the Bandit. Mashyuu took a half step to the right, strafing about and lunged forward for the man with the pole arm. He got just within striking distance, thinking that he had the man dead to rights but the Bandit was fast, and skilled with the pole arm. Using a sharp jerking motion he twisted the shaft of the weapon and yanked backwards just under the blade. A long metal cable allowed for the blade to come backwards and slash at Mashyuu's left arm, if not for the sleeve of Mashyuu's armored jacket a deep gash would have appeared in the flesh of Mashyuu's bicep. Mashyuu took a half step back while grasping his arm to make sure there were no sudden wounds while Rocky swept in behind the Bandit and bit at the man's leg. The Bandit howled with pain and tilted his head up, his jaw clenched and teeth grinding together. He let go of the blade in one hand and let it snap back into place on the pole while his hand holding the pole swept up under Rocky and tossed the animal up into the air. The spun around and cut Mashyuu's face with the pole arm then slammed the blunt end right into Rocky's side, sending the animal into a near by wall.

The blow to Mashyuu's face sent him staggering with the motion of the blast as a long line of blood ran from just under his eye, to his left ear and went all the way down his neck. It hurt a lot, even air stung his wounded face. Mashyuu snarled at the Bandit and couldn't help but grin at his foes skill with the weapon. "Alright, I won't underestimate you any more. You are much better than I thought you would be considering your archer friends went down with almost no effort at all."

WC: 360

Slowly Mashyuu dragged his unsleeved right arm over his face to wipe away the blood that was starting to dry in the humid tomb. As the dried blood hit the ground the Bandit whirled his blade high over head and started to charge until Mashyuu lifted his index finger on his right hand and sent a spike rocketing into the knee of the Bandit. He almost cried out before swallowing the pain and looking at Mashyuu. Swiftly he swept his weapon down and against the spike as it exploded, stopping it from shattering in the man's knee. He grinned and winced as he stabbed his weapon against the piece of stone lodged in his knee and pushed it out. The blood sloshed in the man's leg and sprayed for a moment until the stone fell to the ground. Anger flowed through the Bandit as words were clearly no longer going to be spoken by the man. He charged yet again and called out. "Lancer blast!" Coming to a sudden stop he aimed his pole arm forward and launched a blue streak of arcane energy at Mashyuu.

Unable to dodge the blast in time Mashyuu ate the spell effect in his broad chest and was almost blown back a few steps from the force of the spell. The Slayer dropped to a knee, he was getting his ass kicked by a guy with a pointed stick and he couldn't figure out why. "Ux, any advice?" Mashyuu asked the ring on his finger. Ux laughed in the mind of Mashyuu and cleared his throat. Yes, try moving next time. Until then I would suggest tripping him up. Mashyuu grumbled something under his breath while his left hand moved behind his back and his fingers curled up into a clawed shape. The Bandit rushed again and Mashyuu waited until his weapon was in close range then swang his left hand out hard. "Earth Dragons Talon!" A shock wave of brown light ripped fourth and slammed into the man's chest, not doing any real harm but dropping the Bandit to his back in a flash of an instant.

WC: 358

The shock wave that ripped through Mashyuu's fingers and into the Bandit Leader knocked the man backwards and to the ground in a heap. His weapon clattered to the ground as it rolled out of his hand and came to a rest in a lump. Mashyuu's body quaked with pain for a moment while he fought off the aches that ran through him. He couldn't believe this guy was so good and skilled. His friends were all pushovers to the point that Mash was sure they couldn't possibly have a skilled fighter among them, boy was he wrong. The brown armored bandit swiftly came up and dove for his staff. Mashyuu reached his arm out and tried to use the earth to move the staff, it was a trick his mother used to do but Mashyuu had never seen the use for that until this very moment when nothing happened. "Damn it." He groaned. Luckily Rocky was already moving and grabbed the pole arm before the Bandit could grasp it. The Stone Dog flew around and landed atop the coffin of Gold Rodger, tossing the staff behind him.

Anger surged through the Bandit King as he reached into his satchel and pulled the small orb and let it light up. He didn't say a word but started to laugh. He started to glow the way his orb did then said in a dark tone. "Heavenly Body: Meteor Smash!" He called out and rocketed forth at Mashyuu faster than he could have ever imagined a person could move. Mashyuu blinked his blue eyes and felt ux urge Mashyuu to move backwards and the Slayer did, just barely avoiding a heavy elbow from smashing into Mashyuu's nose. Mashyuu drew a sharp breath and pointed at a gem that was stuck in a wall near by. It floated over to him as Ux directed Mashyuu in how to avoid strike after strike that the Bandit King was using. Eventually Mashyuu managed to gain a bit of space by pressing his back to the wall behind him and took aim. "Earth Bullet!" He shouted and launched the stone straight into the Bandit King's face.

WC: 363

With a thick stone rock slamming into the Bandit King's face he recoiled and growled in anger while he swiftly turned around and bent at the knee. Rocky still sat on the coffin but wasn't paying much attention, assuming Mashyuu had everything under control. The Bandit King lit up a dark blue and burst into the air, pulling his left hand back and tossing it forward. "Heavenly Body: Divine Light!" A blast of blue energy lanced from the man's hand and slammed into Rocky, driving the stone beast back hard, crushing Rocky into the wall and causing it to groan in pain.

The Bandit King landed atop Gold Rodger's coffin and reached down, picking up his weapon and jabbing the blunt end into the stone dog the Bandit King whipped about and pointed his palm at Mashyuu once again. His hand lit up and fired off five beams of thin light from his fingers, each one whipping about and zeroing in on Mashyuu from various angles. Mashyuu winced and dropped down, grabbing the ground behind him and pulling it up and over him, surrounding him in a stone dome to protect himself. Each blast struck the dome in different spots and ripped through it. Luckily Mashyuu's dome slowed the blasts down enough to keep them from harming the Wizard let alone maiming him.

The dome of Mashyuu's shield shattered and he took a step back while lifting up his left hand, palm facing down. Lose dirt shot up around Mashyuu and started to swarm around him, masking him from the Bandit King's view. While Mashyuu really couldn't see the Bandit King either he could feel the man if he moved along the ground. The Earth Wizard took a deep breath and tried to spit stones out of his mouth like a fire slayer would be able to release flames from their mouth. Nothing came... Mashyuu furrowed his brow and called up his silvered sword, waiting for the chance he needed to attack.

Struggling in the wall, Rocky used it's stone wings to push itself out of the hole in the wall and fell to it's side on the floor. It didn't need air to survive but he took a deep breath, struggling to pick itself up off the ground and strike the man from behind.

WC: 386

Rocky laid on his side, glaring up at the Bandit King, furious that he was taking out the pair of Sabertooth Wizards so handily. If Rocky was stronger then he would have been able to get up and attack the man, turning him to stone and let Mashyuu finish the fool off. As it stood he seemed to fast for Mashyuu to use his most powerful spell or really harm the man in any special way due to his weapon seemingly healing him. The Bandit King turned his head to face Mashyuu then started to laugh darkly. "A fine trick Earth Dragon, but you won't be able to hide there forever. Heavenly Body: All for one." Splitting his power in half the Bandit King split in two, creating a copy of himself that dropped down and picked up Rocky by the throat, lifting the gargoyle and tossing it across the tomb.

Struggling to gain his composure Rocky spread his wings and caught himself in the air while drawing a long breath. He started to let exhale when Mashyuu slid up at his partners side and held his mouth open. Rocky released his stone spew but Mashyuu inhaled it. He swallowed the stones then grinned and called out. "Unison Raid: Earth Dragons Roar!" As he called out he ejected the stones again, mixing his Slayer power with the stones Rocky had given him. The result was a massive tornado of stones that surrounded and drove into the Bandit king, slamming him into a near by wall and knocking him over, the magic drawing sharp lines of blood all over the Bandit King's body and ripping his armor.

The blast knocked one of the Bandit's over and off the casket of Gold Rodger while the other managed to use his magic to run around to Mashyuu's side and drive a boot into the Wizard's ribs. Mashyuu lurched with the blow and twisted to stab his blade into the Bandit King. Red light erupted from Mashyuu's weapon and sealed up multiple wounds on the Slayers body. "Ohh you made a mistake getting close to me with this sword in my hand." Mashyuu warned the Bandit and moved so fast that even his heavenly body magic couldn't help the Bandit move in time.

WC: 382

Mashyuu flashed his blade and aimed it at the Bandit's face, pulling the trigger on his weapon's hilt, launching a blast of light into the man's eyes and knocking him backwards. The Earth using Wizard pivoted on his right heel and spun around to slam the hilt of his sword into the back of his neck. The Bandit stumbled forward while trying to catch his balance. Before he could actually stop himself from stumbling backwards Mashyuu was already standing before the man and throwing his knee up into the Bandit's rib cage. The man coughed up blood and unhooked his weapon, yanking the weapon in half. Just as Mashyuu brought his left arm down to attack the thug he brought his hands up and caught Mashyuu's strike with the chain. Swiftly he wrapped Mashyuu's wrist up and slashed his blade across the Earth Slayer's chest, ripping part of his shirt and flaying his chest. He felt his life force drained as the Bandit King's wounds started to heal.

Yanking hard, Mashyuu pulled his hand free of the chain links and activated the magic of his sword, slashing the Bandit's shoulder and healing his own bleeding wound in the process. Both men stumbled back while Rocky soared straight for the body clone that had absorbed Mashyuu and Rocky's Unison raid. Rocky slashed his claws across the Bandit's chest and turned the clone into a statue. Seeing this, Mashyuu twisted his head to face the statue and took in a deep breath, sucking the statue up into his mouth and restoring a massive amount of his magical power in the process. The Bandit King howled in frustrated rage and shouted. "Heavenly Body: Comet Crusher!" He roared while a red light surrounded him and seemed to emit heat in waves. Mashyuu took a step back from the man and raised his left hand to shield his eyes. In the time it took Mashyuu to do that, the Bandit was already coming in fast. The Earth Wizards ring told him to back up but even with his sword in hand it he wasn't fast enough.

WC: 352

Unable to move fast enough, Mashyuu felt a fist slam into his jaw, then a wooden shaft and a knee to his gut. Mashyuu started to double over but found his legs being taken out from under him and he fell to the ground with a crashing thud. The Wizard gasped for air, feeling it taken out from under him from the sheer force of the Bandit King's sudden strikes. He expected a killing blow to come but instead he heard the man scream in pain, Rocky had dove down on the Bandit, taking a hunk of flesh and leather armor from the Bandit's shoulder. The Bandit groaned in pain and reached backwards, grabbing Rocky by the head and yanked the stone dog free of the shoulder that Rocky had bit. Swiftly the Bandit unclasped his staff and used the chain to wrap it around Rocky's neck and choking the air (that Rocky didn't actually use.) from the stone dog. He spun around and launched Rocky hard into the doors, breaking them and forcing Rocky to sail out of the room. Rocky came to a heavy landing and looked itself over while it tried to stand up. Large chunks of stone had fallen apart where it's ribs should have been. The stone creature growled, then whined and fell over, passing out from pain.

Mashyuu slowly sat up and shook his head hard. His sky blue eyes narrowed and shifted to a darker shade. Dark words of curses spilled and flowed from Mashyuu's mouth like a fountain let water spill. The Earth Wizard sprang up, threw both hands up high and called out. "Improvised spell, Earth Dragons Stone smash!" He called out and let two walls spring up on the flanks of the Bandit. With a wave of his hands the stones smashed into the Bandit and caused the man to slump to a knee, only able to hold himself up with his staff. The Bandit king panted and looked up only to see Mashyuu already charging and jumping into the air. His legs came up to his chest as Mashyuu leaned back and kicked the Bandit in the chest with both his black leather boots. The man fell to the ground hard and found Mashyuu's full weight on his chest. Bones cracked while the Earth Slayer rolled past the man and spun around to face the Bandit yet again.

WC: 400

While Mashyuu spun around and barred his fanged teeth at the Bandit King, the Bandit placed his palms to the ground and spun up to his feet, glaring at Mashyuu, red magic flowing around the Bandit Wizard. He started to laugh deeply and licked his lips to wipe blood from his mouth. The man took off, red light launching out of his feet and throwing him forward. His hand scooped up his spear and slammed it straight into Mashyuu's chest, healing the Heavenly Body Wizard's wounds somewhat.

Red and black leather clad gloves grasped the spear that was digging into Mashyuu's abdomen. He coughed up a small pool of blood and yanked the spear tip out of his body and stumbled back. His palm kept locked on his foes spear but his right hand came back while sparks flung off his arm. He pointed it forward and blasted a bolt of thunder into the Bandit King's chest. The man released his spear and was thrown into the wall, breaking stone and falling to the ground.

Mashyuu spun the spear around and glanced at it for a moment then snapped it over his knee hard. Mashyuu laughed at the Bandit while he started to pick himself up off the ground. A large fist rose up out of the ground and started to wave left to right or a few moments then rocketed forward and slammed into the Bandit's chest, driving him back into the wall. Mashyuu reached out to the wall behind the Bandit and moved his hands to seemingly wrap around the Bandit in the distance. The wall exploded around the Bandit and sucked him into the wall. The Earth Wizard fell to the ground and landed on his knees for a few moments. The wall eventually expended the Bandit and dropped the bandit to the ground.

The Earth Wizard watched as the Bandit King dropped the orb out of his hand and it rolled to the Slayer, stopping at his knee. Mashyuu picked up the orb and gasped. It lit up and showed Mashyuu the world, where he was located blinked softly before fading out. Then a small glow from the Ace of Spades blinked on and off, drawing Mashyuu to that location. He narrowed his eyes in confusion and picked himself up and staggered over to the coffin, slowly pushing the lid open...

WC: 395

With a huff and groan Mashyuu shoved the heavy lid off the casket of Gold Rodger and let it clatter to the stone ground with a heavy crash. The ground under Mashyuu quaked from the force of the lid falling and a rush of magical energy flowed out of the casket. Inside rested the perfectly preserved corpse of Gold Rodger, dark locks of raven hair tangled down the square jaw of Gold Rodger, his face was covered in a dark but neatly kept beard. He was dressed in a dark red suit, that had golden buttons and a long tail on the coat. His pants were matching, with golden trim. On his feet were leather black boots that came up to his knees and his hands were clasped and covered in matching leather black gloves over his chest. At his feet was a set of glowing clothes that Mashyuu couldn't make out the color to but still the Wizard picked up the uniform and placed it under his arm then used all his strength to lift the casket lid and place it back over the King of Pirates. The ground trembled again and a light rocketed from Gold Rodgers Casket and led back the way the Earth Wizard came from, dodging in between various halls and doors, revealing the best path back outside.

Mashyuu took a sharp breath and turned to stalk out back towards Rocky. On the way he grabbed the Bandit King by the boot and dragged him along with Mashyuu. The Slayer let the man go when the pair reached Rocky. The stone golem had large chips in it's body but managed to pick himself up when Mashyuu got closer. He slowly spread his wings and shook his body like a normal dog might if it were wet. Rocky barked weakly at the Bandit King who had nearly beaten both Rocky and Mashyuu, granted Mashyuu stuck mostly to his earth spells as opposed to using his Shadow Summons as well. Rocky limped along side Mashyuu while the pair started to follow the golden light that emerged from the casket of Gold Rodger. Along the way Mashyuu noted to himself that the skeletal soldiers had all vanished from the battlefield yet the archers that were with the Bandit King all remained. The Earth Wizard made it half way out of the tomb when Rocky fell at his feet, small eyes rolling back into his head and his body started to tremble with sudden pain. "Oh god.... Hang on buddy." Mashyuu whispered while picking the stone dog up and running for the exit as fast as he could.

WC: 440

Heavy foot falls spilled out of the mouth of the cave when Mashyuu suddenly found a fist coming from around the mouth of the cave and slamming into his face. The Earth Wizard flipped through the air and hit the ground hard. a man wrapped in bandages stepped forward and revealed himself while drawing a long blade. The man started to laugh manically and glared at the Wizard who was laying motionless on the ground under the night sky. Mashyuu slowly groaned and sat up while looking at the man with the blade. He started to pace the Earth Slayer while whipping his blade around through the air and then used his left arm and dragged his blade along the bandaged arm. The Earth Wizard sprang up and placed Rocky on the ground next to him. "Alright buddy, I don't really have time to fuck around with you, can we do this later? My buddy here is sick." Mashyuu said while rubbing his jaw to ease the pain in it.

Mashyuu twisted his head and cracked his neck for a moment, cracking bone and snarling. The man grinned under his bandages and licked his burned lips. "I'm sorry but I cannot let you leave. I need not only that orb but your life. I am Kira of Genso, one of the eight Masters of the elements. Your body will come in handy to summon our master." He warned. Mashyuu felt anger surge through his body and he dropped the glowing uniform on Rocky, to hide what the Earth Wizard was about to do. Closing his eyes Mashyuu drew a long sharp breath of air and the orb in his hand lit up, powering the Wizard up for a moment then he slipped the orb into his pocket. "It's nice to meet you Kira, you have to die though. For the good of everyone. But I promise I'm going to break you first." Mashyuu threatened the man and balled up his fists, then raised his right hand and summoned his silvered sword.

WC: 353

Mashyuu's blue eyes narrowed and lit up for a moment. He started to strafe while gripping his blade with both hands. Kira did the same, keeping the same distance between himself and Mashyuu while he started to whisper something darkly. The moon seemed to have a blue glow to it while a hot wind rushed by the Wizards. The Slayer rushed forward at the same time that Kira did The pair slashed at each other and stopped a few paces after they attacked. Mashyuu was sure he had given the man a killing blow then fell to a knee when a thick line of blood spewed down his chest and burst into flames. Kira spun around and whispered again, his long, curved blade burst into flames that licked the air and bent the air from the heat. Red fire crackled and made Mashyuu recoil for a moment then stand up and brace himself.

The Earth Wizard raced towards the Swordsman, then zipped hard to the left, spinning on his heel then slashed out at him with his blade. Kira grabbed the blade with his palm and halted Mashyuu's impressive momentum, the blade cut into Kira's palm but seemed to do no harm to the man. Mashyuu grinned and pulled his trigger on the handle, sending a blast of magical energy into the Swordsman's face. The man fell back while holding his face then lifted his sword high and called out. "Ring of Fire!" He slashed it hard and enveloped Mashyuu in a blue ring of fire. Mashyuu felt his wound on his chest burn hot, his dripping blood ignited and he felt his body tremble with pain, he was sure that his blood would ignite in his body at this rate.

Kira howled and jumped through the blue flames, smashing his foot into Mashyuu's shoulder, forcing him to stumble back a step, by the time he recovered Kira had jumped up and sent a spinning roundhouse into Mashyuu's face, smashing him through the fire and burning his exposed skin in the process. Mashyuu flipped backwards as he fell out of the fire and landed on his feet, palm open wide and aimed at the fire. "Stone Spray!" He called out and hit the blue flames and Kira with the stones. Kira endured the storm of rocks and dirt then tapped his sword to the blue flames, causing them to run up his sword while he drew a dragon in the air. "Dragon of the eternal flame."

WC: 419

The once blue flame that Kira had summoned spared and shifted to a deep black hue, beams of white lighting sparked from the fire as it took on the form of a massive dragon. It roared and spewed hot fire, causing Mashyuu to stumble back as the monster came flying at him. The Earth Wizard dropped to a knee and pulled the ground up and around him, forming a massive dome of stone to protect him. He could feel the dragon slam into Mashyuu's dome and shake it in the process. Kira stalked around the Wizard's shield thinking it wasn't possible to move the thing, and to his surprise Mashyuu started to walk, making the dome move with him. He could feel Kira's foot steps in the ground and figured he could make Kira, get burned by his own spell. Again the Dragon struck the dome and created a massive crack in the dome, heat ripped through the shield and nearly knocked Mashyuu over in the process. Instead of stopping Mashyuu pressed on and opened up his glove, a massive stone fell from his palm and floated up to his index finger.

The Dragon slammed into the dome again, breaking it and revealing Mashyuu to Kira. His index finger pointed right at the man's face. "Rock Bullet!" He called out and shot Kira in the face with his large stone round. The man fell backwards and landed on his back, leaving a trail of blood in the air. Mashyuu swiftly spun around and sent a shock wave through the air and into the Dragon of fire. "Earth Dragons talon!" The shock wave dug deep into the Fire beast and caused it to crash into the ground and go out. Mashyuu grinned at his quick thinking work and put his attention back on the Swordsman Kira. "Thanks Ux, wasn't sure if that would work until you suggested it in the dome." Mashyuu spoke proudly.

Kira pulled himself up, using his sword for leverage and licked the blood off his face as it ran from under his left eye to his mouth. "Ah, you are the owner of Ux, We sent a man to kill him last year. He failed. Looks like I'll be taking that ring as well." He warned Mashyuu. The Earth Wizard laughed and brought his arms up to defend himself, his silver sword gleaming in the night sky.

WC: 404

Kira rushed Mashyuu, spinning his blade in front of him in a wide arch and creating a ring of fire. His body became enveloped in the flame like he was wearing an armor of fire. Mashyuu side stepped a blow that the Swordsman lashed at Mashyuu with. Swiftly the Wizard of Earth stamped his foot to the floor, a tremor rippled through the ground and smashed into Kira's feet, tripping him up and knocking him over. "Armor of Stone!" His voice called out, stone slabs shot up out of the ground and clamped to Mashyuu's body, keeping him safe from harm. Kira whipped his body around to face Mashyuu yet again. Both men stood their ground, one covered in flames while the other stood, safe in his suit of stone. Mashyuu grinned at his foe, unable to hide the fact that he was actually having fun with the simple sword fight they were having.

Slowly Mashyuu started to flip his sword in a flurry of movements, cutting the air with every swipe his sword made, the supernatural speed boost his weapon gave him showing through with his every movement. Kira growled at Mashyuu showing off and clapped his palms together, dropping his sword. "Fire Lord's Elegant broadsword!" He called out and slowly opened his hands to reveal a massive sword of Green fire. Mashyuu could feel the heat of the blade licking at his body for a moment until the Slayer took a step back and grinned ear to ear. He dropped his blade, letting it vanish and return to the pocket realm it resided in. He opened his right palm and let stones fall from it. "Earth Dragons War Hammer!" He called out and let the stones float and lock into place. Mashyuu gripped his hammer with one hand and smirked wide. "How much more do you have in you? I can go all day." Mashyuu taunted Kira until the man screamed in rage and rushed the Earth Slayer. Mashyuu slipped his left leg backwards, then watched as Kira's blade came down at Mashyuu's right shoulder. Shifting his weight Mashyuu pivoted back and to the left, then spun on his back foot, smashing his hammer into Kira's chest, flames rocketed out from the blow, but the fire managed to absorb Mashyuu's strike and keep the Fire Wizard safe.

WC: 393

Both fighters were putting each other to the test, neither of them ready to give in to their foe yet. Mashyuu drew a deep breath and felt blood roll up into his nose and down his throat. He was getting gassed with his magic usage and wasn't sure how much he had left, he needed to let the fight carry on a bit longer before he would even consider using his magic spells again, what he had now had to do. Kira stumbled back and barely caught his footing before falling over. "You're quite skilled Slayer. No matter. I'll have you destroyed in the end one way or the other. And that body will be used to revive my master." He snarled at Mashyuu. The Earthen Wizard whirled his hammer around and started to pace back and fourth, watching the fire wizard but never letting his blue eyes go to Rocky, who was laying under the armor that was in Gold Rodger's tomb. Mashyuu let a spark fly off his body then spun backwards and threw his arm out at the Fire Wizard. A blast of golden electricity lanced out of Mashyuu's palm after rolling down his arm. The blast smashed into Kira, blowing more fire out of the wizards fire armor and forcing him to fall to his back.

Kira came up quick to his feet and opened his mouth. A massive blast of fire came from his lungs, and hit Mashyuu hard. His heavy armor slowed him down but kept him from being burned to a crisp from the flaming blast. Before the balst of fire had faded out Mashyuu rushed forward and threw his hammer as hard as he could. The stone weapon heated up and flew through the flames, catching Kira in the face hard. He was knocked off his feet and slammed into the ground, his sword skittered across the ground and his eyes rolled back into his head from the blow. Mashyuu stopped where Kira had been standing and took a few heavy breaths of air. "Give it up Kira, you can't beat me." Mashyuu said through his ragged breaths of air.

WC: 360

Kira was defeated, and he knew it. Slowly he pulled himself up to his feet, his blade to far away to use. His arms sagged in front of his torso as his fire armor went out around his body. His dark eyes seemed to lose all hope for victory but they never left Mashyuu's light blue eyes. In response Mashyuu threw his hammer to the ground and reached into his pocket. "Never again will you harm a living soul." Mashyuu warned the man. He reached into his pocket and pulled the orb out of it. It lit up in his palm and the ground trembled around Kira. "Earth Dragon's Tomb." He whispered. The young man grinned and watched as the ground erupted around Kira and swallowed him whole. Mashyuu closed his eyes and listened to the man's bones breaking and being crushed from the force of Mashyuu's spell. He could hear the man screaming in pain for just a moment before the man went silent. Mashyuu spun around on his heel and scooped up Rocky in his arm, carrying the golem and the pirate king's garb.

The sun rose up over the horizon of Ace of Spades, causing the orb in his hand to shut down and the light to fade away. The Earth Wizard frowned and put it back in his pocket. He glanced down at the Stone Dog who had recovered by the time they got back into town. "Looks like we have to wait till tomorrow before we figure out what the hell this orb is taking us to." Mashyuu said in an almost saddened tone. Rocky grabbed Mashyuu up by the shoulders and flew him up into the air, to the Sabertooth Guild Hall...

WC: 291

Total: 10844/10500