Elaniece: (So this is Morzick's youngest son, eh?) "That right there was quite impressive. Mind sparring with me? I only ask, cause you showed just a single move from your… Death-yu Tempest style."
Ju'Mosi: "I thought so,he's using current Death's preferred base fighting-style. He must've studied those books Death wrote quite earnestly."
Clarence: "Indeed. But to believe Madame Elaniece would challenge a stud- no… one of the 5 Gates."
Amera: "What's your sister up to Zo?"
Zoshen: "How would I know? She's a bit too hard to read, Amera. Let's just watch.(Just what the hell are you up to Zo'Ela?!)"
Malikai: (I know for a fact, Morpheus won't be backing down from her…. Damn!)
Elaniece: "Well?"
Morpheus: "Hmmph! To believe my teacher from a foreign land would know of that style. You're quite well versed, eh?"
Elaniece: "Well, of course, young Master Morpheus. Will you please allow this. It'll only be simple hand to hand. No powers."
Morpheus: "Yes ma'am, that's fin- er I mean, Madame Elaniece."
Zoshen: "He's really going to fight her? Brave man. I'm guessing Zelibus wasn't a good appetizer. Figures."
Amera: "Guess we'll be seeing his true strength. Afterall. He's fighting a natural 35 right now. Her power scale rating is off the charts."
Zelibus: "Ngh. I'll have to see for myself. What he displayed wouldn't catch her attention, just how fucking much was that brat holding back!?"
Ju'Mosi: "A lot."
Clarence: "A whoooole lot."
Zelibus: … "We'll see."
Elaniece: "I'll have my assistant judge the match for us. Zaira!'
Zaira: "Easy, Madame. Please get in your stances!"
Zaira was also part of the Royal Demolishers as Second in Command as well as being Zelibus' elder sister. She had basically been raised by Elaniece. Since during that time, her parents were off fighting against the Kirin Empire. A faction that had split off from the Dragon clan. She was 5'10 with long twin horns. Her hair was to her ankles and tied back into a braid. She had on royal Guard garbs(Women's edition). And her skin was a brownish, red color.
Elaniece: "Ready."
Elaniece enters the base stance for the Draconos Style. Her right arm extended out while her left was perched near her waist. Her legs were 4 ft apart and bent at a ninety degree angle. Back was straight and her head was aimed in on her opponent before her.
Morpheus: (It looks basic, but I can tell from her clawed out hands and lack of openings that it's far from basic.) "Hmm. Ready."
Morpheus enters a low and widened stance that put his right leg at a ninety degree angle while his left leg lay straightened out in front of him. His left arm was courted to his front and his right arm rested at his waist. This is the base stance for Death-Yu.
Zaira: "Good… BEGIN!!!"
*BOONG*
Elaniece: "Hehe, come at me whenever and however you like."
Morpheus: "Ha! Alright then… It'll be my pleasure!" *PEW*
Morpheus rushes in and opens up with a quick, toe first straight kick to Elaniece's head. She claws his foot upwards with her right hand then uses that same hand to hammer fist him into the floor. Of course he blocks then sprouts his tucked wolf tail to stop from hitting the floor. Then with his tail as a foothold, Morpheus launches an instant straight heel kick at her face yet again. She dodges while throwing a quick claw at his face, but as a faint. This makes Morpheus block off instinct, but is instead grabbed by his extended leg and thrown into the floor.
Morpheus: "Ngh! (Damn! I gotta do better!)
Elaniece: (Fucker didn't make this easy to do, plus… he's thrown four kicks in an instant since first making contact with the floor.) "HA!"
Elaniece tries going for another slam after dodging Morpheus' counterattack, but is stopped in her tracks when she's tripped by his tail. He then digs his left foot into the floor and performs a dead leg drop kick from a perfect vertical leg-extend.
Elaniece: "AAAHH!"
Ju'Mosi: "Well I'll be…"
Clarence: "Daaamn, brah. He actually landed a heavy blow on Teach!?"
Zoshen: "This is only the start. He got his petty revenge, so now the testing should be done."
Malikai: "No surprise this doesn't shock you. You know what she was up to and Morpheus made it easy to read his intent."
Amera: (YALL not shocked by this, but I'm completely blown away.)
Elaniece spins from underneath the drop kick Morpheus used on her. As she spins to her feet she releases a quick backspin kick to Morpheus' head. He ducks at the last moment and throws two quick finger jabs at the pressure points in Elaniece's thigh. She jumps before they can hit and retaliates with a falling dragon claw.
Elaniece: "Haaaa!"
Morpheus: "Oh damn… You're good, but this won't be enough!"
Elaniece: "Huh!?"
Zaira: "Oh my…"
Morpheus does a windmill-style headspin to throw Elaniece off. Then uses a right hook kick while getting up, which ends up grabbing ahold of Elaniece's dragon claw and pushes it into the floor. While thrown off balance Morpheus takes the opportunity to throw a wide round pistol kick at Elaniece's torso. She blocks with her free arm, but is sent flying from the force.
Elaniece: (Damn. The gates of Gahwardia really are some strong individuals. He's the weakest and youngest yet his hand to hand skill boasts centuries of experience.) "NGH!"
Elaniece rebounds using front flips as a way to slow herself down and gain control of her momentum. She then lands feet first and jumps back toward Morpheus.
Morpheus: "Damn!"
Elaniece releases a flurry of Dragon palm and claw strikes. Morpheus begins to get pushed back by the onslaught!
Morpheus: "Dammiiiit! (Her composure has shot up and her blows are becoming more and more devastating by the blow. Each one feels as if it's shaving away at my natural energy.)
And just as Morpheus deduced. The attacks were eating away at his natural energy and stamina. From his perspective, the attacks began to mirror that of a dragon's head munching away at Morpheus. But to everyone's surprise, Morpheus had been blocking each blow successfully while hitting and nudging at the pressure points found on her arms. All while evolving to better improve and prevent the siphoning of his stamina.
Elaniece: (Damn him! His Death-Yu focuses on mowing you down at the vitals while also countering for precise attacks. Not allowing any wasted efforts.)
Morpheus finally evolves enough to break through her defense and lands three quick jabs to her stomach. Then he sets up a full powered straight kick. Before he can let it off, he's bombarded by four power jabs to the face and a final blow from an enclosed dragon claw.
Morpheus: "Aahh!!"
Morpheus is blown into the wall at high speeds.
Amera: "This is a crazy match. To believe the Gahwardians evolve at such a high rate in the middle of combat. It's insane to stare at. But Elaniece is slowly releasing more skill and precision with all her strikes. The Draconos style is full of finesse and it's very destructive."
Zoshen: "Yeah. Our style focuses on siphoning and using explosive, yet precise strikes to mow enemies down. The kicks are destructive and full of impact. Focusing on force to offset and push back enemies. While the punches are quick and full of power to quickly discombobulate and break our opponents down."
Ju'Mosi: "It's indeed a good style, but it's lacking when in the face of Death-Yu."
Amera: "What do you mean?"
Malikai: "Hmm?"
Ju'Mosi: "Well brah. Death-Yu is a perfect mixture of defense, offense and swift countering. It's only like that due to the four fighting styles its perfectly mixed with. You see it uses Enlightened Tae-Kwon-do for a plethora of kicks and kick counters. Wing chun's excessive quick blows and mini counter strikes to destroy the vitals. Enlightened Karate which focuses on from the stance blows(both kicks and punches) that throw you off. Then it utilizes the freedom of Dragon style kung fu to connect the styles and create open unpredictable combos. Barely any of its moves can be recognized as a single style since they're so well molded together as one. And to top it off. It naturally has death essence infused in the style. Only way for a non death god to learn to use 'em brahs."
Malikai: "Hmm. (Guess my father was right to fear the favored style of Death. It's disgusting when mixed with a Gahwardian's ability to grow.)"
Zoshen: "What a fearsome style of fighting. Death II plays no games when it comes to martial arts. He's a monster huh?"
Amera: "Yeah. My cousin Ju'Mosi knows what he's talking about. Didn't know you knew so much Ju."
Ju'Mosi: "Well cousin, Clarence was the one that filled me in on the style. I knew of Morpheus prior when I heard you speaking to him on the orb. I did my research immediately after."
Amera: "Ah that makes sense."
Zoshen: "Ah… wait a damn minute! Yall cousins!?"
Amera: "Well yeah. We just aren't super open on it."
Zoshen: "Oh… so are you from the Embodiment clan as well?"
Ju'Mosi: "Yeah brah."
Malikai: "Well that's all dandy to find out, but… it seems Madame Elaniece has the upper hand yet again."
Everyone: "Hmm!?"
Morpheus: "Ngh! Damn… She's gaining ground. I'm steadily being pushed back."
Elaniece began to do an abundance of quick counters to oppose and overcome the unorthodox blows Morpheus began to release. Jab after jab, kick after kick… Morpheus found himself no longer able to land clear blows while Elaniece slowly started to break through his guard.
Elaniece: "Seems I'm to the point where I can land the decisive blow needed to end this spar."
Morpheus: "Oh, you think so? KYAA!"
Elaniece: "What!?"
Amera: "Yet another out of the ordinary type of counter. Using the karate like moves Death-Yu employs makes for a great way to catch people off guard. Hard to read an attack with no pre-projective gesture to start it off. Just straight from the stance."
Zoshen: "Yeah, this time he actually landed a heavy blow."
Morpheus was able to land a surprising heavy, left round-house kick to Elaniece's face.
Elaniece: "Ngh!"
Morpheus: "Now then, time for the real ending!"
Elaniece: "As iiiif!!!"
Morpheus: "Huh!?"
Elaniece becomes a blur as she dashes back away from Morpheus' grand strike. She then gets into her 'Premordial' stance which focuses her destructive power into single points for an explosive force-impact.
Elaniece: "I'll end this with my Entrance to Drapence."
Morpheus: "Hmmph. BRING IT!!!"
Elaniece jumps back to gain more momentum and releases a grand, double-spin upwards high kick. From that attack arose a gigantic dragon made of pure, dragonified martial arts essence. It rushes in at Morpheus leaving nowhere to run due to its size taking over the training arena.
Amera: "Umm… isn't your sister taking this too far?"
Malikai: "Yeah, sister Elaniece is tripping bruh."
Zoshen: "Yeah. I'm hoping this doesn't go too damn far."
Clarence: "You guys worry too much."
Ju'Mosi: "Yeah, brah. She's barely using power beyond his reach. She kept her power at his level so they can have a good fight and test their skill. He'll crush that attack and she knows it."
Amera: "Well then… you're truly well informed Ju."
Ju'Mosi: "Yeah."
Morpheus: "Hehe. (Looking at it now and sensing it out. I can tell if this was her real power I'd be dead by just being in it's presence. But at this level I can…)"
Morpheus gets into a lowered stance. He places his right hand on the floor and places his left in a readied uppercut position near his waist. His right leg is bent and being used as support. His left leg extended out and powering up. In this stance, his style switches to Death-Yu Wolf verse. And the move he's readied, you ask? Well that's easy, its the H'yu-Yu Wolf Rush. Morpheus waits until the last second to finally unleash it. When he does, he leaps forward using his right foot as the power for momentum. Then he uses his left leg and shoots a speedy, double-spin staight kick. The attack releases a condensed blast in the shape of a rushing wolf. The wolf tears straight through the dragon. But the dragon has just enough power behind it that it forces the wolf to dissipate upon exiting the dragon attack.
Morpheus: "Ha!"
Elaniece: "Man, Death-Yu really is some-"
Just then, a sudden burst erupted from the center of where the attacks met. The force of the attacks colliding was left with a delayed kick. Taking everyone aback as the crowd is nearly being pushed out the arena by the force of the burst.
Morpheus: "Ngh! I d-don't… think I… can hold myself down much… lomgeeeer!"
Morpheus started to float as the pressure began to overwhelm him. Just then, Elaniece swoops in to stop Morpheus from flying away. It was quite the save.
Elaniece: "Can't have you flying off on me now. Here take this Kiss of Zenchi."
A smooch hits Morpheus' cheek as he feels himself become quite heavy. Elaniece's Kiss of Zenchi allows one to inherit the traits of armored Zenchi. Which is a neutral form of Zenchi that clads the user in a special form of armour.
Morpheus: *Blush* "Oh… uh thanks, Madame Elaniece."
Elaniece: "No problem. That was an amazing match, young Morpheus. *Smooch* There, as a little present for such a thrill. You now have a bit of Zenchi essence. You should expand on it. It'll be our first lesson for class next week."
Morpheus: "Oh, uh… ok. Gotcha, my brothers taught me a bit about Zenchi. I'll take this opportunity to master a new skill. Thank you Elaniece. (Wow! Two kisses from a gorgeous goddess. I'll take it. Feels different from getting them from goddesses of my generation.)
Elaniece: (Talented little brat got comfortable real quick. He left the "Madame" out when addressing me… Hmmph! I guess I don't mind a strong young one like him addressing me that way. He has my acknowledgement.)
Zoshen: "Man, that last blast was strong, really strong."
Malikai: "Yeah, it was. I don't think I'll be able to accept that Morpheus is truly on her level in hand to hand combat."
Ju'Mosi: "Oh trust me, he's not. Had she been truly serious, it'd have been over quickly. But there's one thing that's still scary. Almost like tale of legend. "There is, out there in the far and vast cosmos. A young god whose talents match those of the old". Morpheus is truly talented at combat and hand to hand. He actually can match her in skill when she's using some of her real power."
Clarence: "You're correct Ju. His skill and the Death-Yu style are a ridiculoIus combo when put together."
Amera: "Tch!... No doubt.(He's truly above us!! I have to train! I… I-I will not… LOSE!) Damn Gahwardians."
Zoshen: (He did so well, that he actually got her to voluntarily pass on Zenchi essence. I still can't get her to do that!) Tch!... Gahwardians."
Malikai: "Hmph! He kind of reminds me of Silvio when it comes to close quarters talent. Though I'd say Morpheus is the better of the two."
Zoshen: "Oh! (This! This could also be why she chose to basically fall for his skills during that match. She's gaga for a guy that reminds her of her son. Guessing he'll be her favourite.)"
Zelibus: "Hmph. It's no wonder I was treated like garbage. We're leagues apart in skill. Though he still acknowledged my ability to injure him in just a few blows. (Which would be why he dodged every hit.)"
With the match between Morpheus and Elaniece being over. We find ourselves in the midst of more matches to come. While that begins to unfold, we go flying across Quadrant 1 to the East where we'll find the Great clan, Gahwardia Prime. This is what Vashjai, Kishin, Haydes, Morpheus, many more and even Death call home. It's also where Silvio of the Dragon Clan will be staying. Attending the royal school, Warren Warmen's Academy.
Silvio: "Man… tomorrow's my first day at a place where I know no one. I wonder if I'll… even be alright doing this! *Shutter* Mother? Why did you send me here?"
???: "Young Silvio."
Silvio: "Huh? Oh! Hey there Master MorZick. Did you need something?"
MorZick: "Not at all young Lord. I just wanted to let you know that you'll be in safe hands here. A good friend of my son, Morpheus will show you around tomorrow. Try to make good friends with them young Lord. And do your best out there."
Silvio: "Oh really!? That's great to hear Master! Thanks!"
MorZick: "It's not an issue at all Sil."
Silvio: "So uh…. Just who is this friend and are they from here?"
MorZick: "Hahahaaa! Ah yes. So the friend is actually from the Phoenix Empire that's allied with our clan. She studies here abroad and not through exchange, by passing our entrance exam."
Silvio: "Wait what!? She actually passed the entrance exam!? Thats crazy considering you have to be able to last one minute and a half against a guard of royal caliber."
MorZick: "Hahahaaa, indeed that is correct, though… she had done just that. She actually went further and beat the guard in hand to hand. She even tied with Morpheus which is truly impressive considering he's only the third to ever master the Death-Yu Tempest style made by Death II. She's a true prodigy just like my son and You who's mastered the Draconos style at the age of twelve!"
Silvio: "Oh wow. She's that amazing!?"
MorZick: "Yes young Lord. And it's to be expected since she is the daughter of the one who nearly became queen. The sister of the future King, Morg. Soi Flametress Crimsonburst."
Silvio: *Glare* "My uncle told me of her. She's truly a monster of unrivaled brutality. Her daughter's going to be my guide?"
MorZick: "Yes indeed, Young Lord. Ms. Fong Flametress Crimsonburst."
Silvio: "Hmph. I guess… I can manage. Hopefully."
MorZick: "You'll be fine Silvio. Just get some good rest and we can train a bit in the mornin' to get that body goin'."
Silvio: "Right. I'll see you in the a.m." *Flick*
Morzick: "Indeed young Lord. *Door Close*... Well this is quite the surprise. If I'm sensing it correctly. Amiyama and her small army are heading towards my son's servant. Heh… seems Death's revival might be sped up afterall. *Step* *Step* *Step* *Step* *Step* Silvio and I will have to travel to universe 9 to witness it all."
(Let the battle begin and may you succeed young Amiyama.)
And just like that. The army of Amiyama breached the shields set around Solar system 9. And thus began their invasion of HellBlazer's fortress. HellBlazer was well prepared as his small army began to intercept her forces.
Amiyama: (Yes Sir MorZick. I'll make sure of it!) "We stand to revive Death II today. You all have agreed to come to me and aid me here! Now we fight with our all and get to the two keys!!!"
Kimichi: "Right!"
Kaguro: "Heheheee!!!"
Aiyama: (We'll get 'em back!)
Sanjin & Bujuro: …
Amiyama: "No one dies! CHAAAAAARGE!!!"
Amiyama's Forces: "RAAAAAAAAGGGHHH!!!"
HellBlazer: "Destroy those who dare come at us with ill intent. We will bot fall here! Show these heathens… WHO WE ARE!!!"
Le Destrucìon: "KYAAAAAAA!!!"
The war begins!!! The fight to revive Death II has been waged, flags have been raised! May the greatest prevail!!!
Next Chapter: To The Keys!!!