A Duel in the Streets. (Duel/ Aera Tylidae & Delayel06/Semi-Open)

After a long flight back out from the deserts, I walked almost in an almost predatory stance in the night, moving efficiently through the barren streets. I watched the streets, seeking out movement and sound, and moving to an almost rhythmic step as I hunted through these streets, looking for those who'd seek to do harm. After a couple of hours, I stepped off into one of the side streets that I once moved through, taking myself back through the memories, until I came back into the main road, running into a face I hadn't seen through the haze of memory lane...

After entering Hargeon Town in order to head for his next job, Decadence chose to give himself a little break. The last mission he had finished, although it wasn't a major one, still required him to do much traveling.
He explored the streets, observing the variety of goods the local merchants sold, although most were fishermen, selling their catch for the morning.
He continued exploring, through small roads not many traveled, he came face to face with a person he had never seen before. The woman seemed completely white, including her hair, skin, and eyes. It was almost as if she was a spirit. She stopped and looked straight at him. He felt obliged to introduce himself.
"Hello there, I'm Decadence. Do I know you?"

"Hello there, I'm Decadence Do I know you?" the man asked, as though I seemed familiar, or at least in some fashion. I shook my head, but I opened my mind, and in my mind, I saw but one future: A Duel.  After moving out a few paces, generally speaking about 10ft. "No, you don't know me. However, in my mind I saw many futures, and most of them lead to this conclusion: We must duel. I know this seems odd, but it's better off if we both just do as the future demands of us. Ready yourself." I put my hand on the hilt of my blade, stance at the ready. "Be warned, though neither of us will kill each other, I expect your best. I'll begin."
With that, I changed form, and within a second, I had slashed at him with three different different strokes. One went around him, lashing at his back. The second lashed downwards, slashing down at his head, and the third one, lashing at the left side of his chest. The only thing he could see, was the blade closing home, sheathing back into the Saya.

"We must duel. I know this seems odd, but it's better off if we both just do as the future demands of us. Ready yourself."

The triple blows Decadence received lashed him out against the nearby wall. His head, back, and chest was in pain. The last thing he saw before being thrown against the stone wall was an enormous blade. Decadence stood back up.
He didn't really understand what was wrong with her, the things she talked about with memories, but if she asked for a fight, he would give her one.
"A melee fight? Bring it on."
Taking his whipblade out of his sheathe, Decadence fiercely yelled and extended the many fragments of the blade, into a long, very powerful whip.
"This might sting."
Decadence lashed out at the woman, lightning energy running through the many sharp fragments of the blade. The whip went so fast there was a tremendous -crack- as it broke the sound barrier.

The man, who in response to my strike, pulled out a blade that splintered into pieces, but were connected by a string and some shocking force, and it lashed against my skin, and against the sheath of my Saya, leaving a line on my left arm. I sighed, and thought inside my mind: This is going to be easy, unfortunately for him. Sorry. I drew my blade, and as I pulled the blade free, a slight ring rang out. I pulled into stance, and I lunged forwards, and I slashed diagonally, in both the left and right sides. I backed off for a moment, and pulled myself together, fighting against the rage the blade in my hand felt. I felt myself move like a flash, and slashed at both of the man's wrists, hopefully disarming him. I danced backward, holding my sword in an almost taunting position, begging for him to strike.
(No Special skills used here, just theatrics.)

The woman tried striking his wrists, most likely in order to disarm him. He had anticipated this, as he realized that his only chance to win against this massive opponent and her blade was to be agile and dodge her strikes, while striking her with his long whip. He threw up his sword in the air in order to dodge the two rapid swings, and caught it back when it fell to the ground. With a small roll backwards, Decadence hoped he was far enough so that the blade would not be long enough to hit him.

He extended the sword once more, this time in hope of severely damaging her feet, so much that she would fall and become vulnerable. He tried to lash out and lash out again at both her feet in unison, with the harsh metal fragments resonating with the looming sound of thunder.

As I lashed at his wrists, the man tossed his weapon up in the air, and dodged the brunt of my sword strokes. As he landed, he caught his weapon before it hit the ground, and lashed at my feet. I stabbed the Saya into the ground, and used it to flip over his strike, and I landed behind my weapon's Sheath. I charged forwards, and slashed downwards, aiming at the base of his neck. Then, I pulled the sheath from the stone underneath it and slashed at his chest horizontally, aiming at his waist. I pulled the weapon back after, and lashed at him low, aiming at the knees. 
Hiken: Tsubame Gaeshi Cooldown (As of this post.): 2/3
Futago no Kiba: Used. Cooldown started.

The woman in white had foiled his plan and hit away his whip, which was aimed at her feet. What happened next was unexpected. With her sheathe in the ground, she sliced down with her sword, and then up with the similarly massive sheathe. This strike reached Decadence in the middle parts of his body and launched him 5 meters backwards onto a cold surface.
"I have to admit, you're pretty good. I'll have to switch up my style.
With this, he retracted his sword into it's normal mode and tried to use his poison touch ability to spike the enemy, and poison her.

A sickening smack resonated as the man I dueled with hit the wall behind him hard. I scarcely had the time to worry, as the man stood up, meshed his blade back together, and jabbed at me with the fully formed blade. I raised my sword to block the blow, but I was a smidge too slow, and the blade nicked my arm, and my side. I didn't contemplate, as I went for blood, something in my blood singing for revenge. I slashed down with the sharp edge at the man in three areas: his right side, the gap between the neck and his left shoulder, and just straight up tried to gash his arm, all of the way down.
Hiken: Tsubame Gaesh Cooldown: 3/3 (I get to use it next turn :3)
Futago no Kiba Cooldown: 1/2 (As of this post.)

Decadence evaded the sharp attacks with sharp moves. The massive blade moved in a sluggish manner, and Decadence adapted his movement in order to escape the attacks. However, this new manner of movement de-stabilized him and all his whip attacks were inaccurate. He focused and stabilized himself.
"What is this destiny thing you were talking about?" He said this sweating intensely.

The man dodged my attacks one after another, as my movements slowed. I got so frustrated with my motions, that I gave into the bloodlust. As the bloodlust took over my body, I watched from within my mind as my body moved like an animal, moving faster to compensate for the sluggishness that started to accrue. After a few slashes, I pulled control back over my body, and calmed myself. I then moved back into the stance of which I first used my Hiken, and performed it again, lashing at his back, and his sides. I danced back again, and waited for repose.
(By the way, the bloodlust isn't a skill, it hinders the user's ability to make sound judgements.)
Hiken: Tsubame Gaeshi used.
Futago no Kiba Cooldown: 2/2

(Extremely sorry for not posting, many things happening.)

Seemingly increasing their focus, the enemy started attacking m much faster and more precisely. She used, once again, that devastating ability that had knocked him onto a wall. This time, the saber slashed at him much more precisely. He managed to dodge the first one to his back, but was too slow to avoid the rest, and both of his sides were hit with the same force, so accurately that he did not move in the air from the counteracting forces. Decadence fell to the ground with a large thud, the gashes in his sides bleeding from the full impact of the sword.
"Aghh... That hurt a bit"
He struggled to get up, seemingly humoring the enemy. In a full blown rage, he threw himself at the giant's feet and tried to tackled them to the ground, where the use of their weapon would be intensely reduced.