"Those daggers are pitch black I can barely make out their design, approximately 9 no almost 11 inches in length. Pretty heavy for daggers I would call it almost a short sword but the way he was able to move with them" Rose thinks to herself looking down at Jonathan's hands. "When I made contact with them they were made out of some unique material. What is it? I must take precautions its abilities seem too unique" Rose says as she takes a stance and whats for his attack.
Jonathan stares at Rose "Those 4 orbs around her aren't lit anymore so it is safe to assume that WAS her best shot. No, it can't be she gotta have a trick up her sleeve and I know it involves her ULTIMA MAGICA above but I ALSO have a trick" Jonathan thinks to himself as the two across from this close-cornered space. This 20-foot space crater is what houses their battle.
"Jonathan reveals his weapons a set of daggers. What kind of abilities does it wield?" Lop speaks into the microphone.
"You wonder about its abilities. I am just admiring what these blades are made out of. And the daggers' aesthetic perfectly suits his mysterious character" Randall Deximar follows.
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"Please be alright Rose?" Azaleas pleads with her hands.
"Dont worry Azalea she'll be fine" Lily reassures her patting her head.
"You didn't know about this Sunneta," asks Bella.
"No, he didn't reveal any of this to me. As I said everything from the second stage was planned from him" Sunneta explains to the girls.
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Participants Box
"He was a dyad mage all along huh." Jericho remarks.
"The fact that his magic is already something but now adding weapons am still not too sure what he can do," Eriko says.
"But can he win is the real question," Ezekiel asks.
"His abilities are going to be tricky to learn," I say.
"He's smart he was able to minimize Roses's Ultima Magicas effect and take her to a more cramped and less spacious area " Bianca suggests.
"We have to focus on every move he makes," I say focusing on the projected images.
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"What happened aren't you going to attack?" Jonathan taunts Rose and he removes his hood wearing a white dress shirt that has been ruffled up due to the combat and black slacks.
"This fight can't be entirely one-sided," Rose says
Jonathan lowers his stance and folds his sleeves "I was about to say the same-"
Once again he disappears from Roses's sight.
"He didn't release his dagger this time, was he always this fast?"
swoosh
"Ugh"
Jonathan attacks with a fury of swipes with his right foot in front of him guiding him to all his attacks on Rose.
"Damn," Rose says as she parries and evades the attacks.
wuh-PSSSH!
Crumble
Jonathan ricochets off the walls due to the crater bouncing off catapulting himself towards Rose.
wuh-PSSSH!
crumble crumble
Jonathan dodges the whip attacks by Roses.
wuh-PSSSH!
wuh-PSSSH!
DODGE
"He just keeps getting closer also"
wuh-PSSSH!
"Shit, I just keep hitting the stadium. Wait." Rose glances at her surroundings. "He's planning to make the arena collapse on me? No not on my watch" Rose launches another attack jumping out of the crater with Jonathan following close.
Rose then jumps back onto the Arena. "I had to get out of that cramped space"
FWOOSH
Jonathan appears in front of her looking to land a fatal blow thrusting the dagger forward with his right hand.
SWOOSH
CLINK
Rose shields herself as the orbs protect her again.
"Hmph" Jonathan chuckles.
"What" Rose looks confused as she looks around "No"
A dagger is shown on the ground in between her feet.
VRMM
SLASH
"Jonathan lands a clean hit on Rose" Lop says.
She falls to the ground on one knee.
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"Rose!" The four flower sisters shout.
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Participant Box
"He got her" Ezekiel says.
"That was a smart move he did," Jericho says.
"It was a quick and calculated," Albeck says.
"While Eriko was focused on parrying that dagger attack from his right hand at the same time Jonathan threw the dagger in his left hand in between her feet on the ground and teleported right in between there"
"There seems to have been a "safe zone" in Rose's ability" Bianca remarks. "Whenever Jonathan got within that zone the orbs blocked it"
"That time he wasn't in it," I say.
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The Federation Box
"Woah finally a hit after playing cat and mouse" Kaneda remarks.
"He good"
"Javin what do you think of the kid's speed?"
"I wouldn't call it speed. It's more a teleportation ability while I am pure speed although he's alright"
"He calculated he would be a good fit in the Federation but this match isn't over yet"
"You wouldn't like that right Javin?"
"If he can win it all that is," Javin says.
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Audience
"Noo Rose!" Ariana yells out"
"Woah didn't know he had that"
Ariana quickly looks at Taz "Stop lying I knew you knew of his abilities"
Taz with hands up "Calm down Ariana I didn't know about this either"
"Hmph sure"
Taz looks back at the match "Looks like Rose isn't done yet"
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"Rose Providence is getting back up on her feet, "Lop says.
"What persistence beautiful, "Randall says swinging his paintbrush.
"Hey watch the fur" Lop slightly moves away from Randall.
Rose slowly rises to her feet with a slash from her right leg leading to her midsection
The orbs go around her body like a floaty.
SHINE
"The wound is gone," Lop says.
GLMMM
"Huh"
Rose looks at the section that was cut.
"What?!"
"Look familiar?" Jonathan asks.
Roses appear on her body.
"This is my ability. What did you do?"
Jonathan shrugs his shoulders as he heads in for another attack.
"Since this is my ability he needs to hit me one more time in that spot for it to work," Rose says as she attempts to counterattack Jonathan somehow.
CONSTRICT!
Rose yells as vines with thorns on them appear from the Rose.
"Jonathan shows off his quickness as he nearly escapes the vines from Rose" Lop says.
"But how much can he do" Randall says.
One of the vines grabs onto Jonathan's feet.
"Shit" Jonathan then throws both of the daggers at Rose however Roses's vines catch them both.
"Good, now I can-"
BADUM
Rose feels a sudden shock in her body.
"Ugh, what I c-can m-move" Rose stands helplessly as he falls to one knee.
Her magic begins to release as Jonathan's body gets freed from the vines.
CLANK CLANK His daggers fall.
"He didn't touch me. How??"
"You must be wondering. How did I get it? When did I get hit? It's not that" Rose glares at Jonathan while kneeling.
"You see it's just your ability but just a tad bit better" as he motions with his increase with his pointer finger and thumb finger showing the difference.
"You made me pull out some tricks but not all of them. I gotta admit Rose Providence you're a great mage but it is a shame that I was your opponent" Jonathan stands in front of Rose opening a white magic circle with his right hand with his pointer finger down.
[FLOWER CREATION MAGIC: FUSCHIA BEAM]
"You bastard," Rose says.
BOOM!!
The smoke clears as the audience gasps.
Rose lays there lying on the floor.
"T-the winner is Jonathan Fultear" Lop announces.
With a brief applause from the audience.
"ROSE!" The four floors hop the barricade tending to their fallen sister.
Healing Mages from the sides rush to the arena right away.
"Get her out of here. Dont worry girls she's fine"
"Am glad you didn't kill her" Kayneth says to Jonathan. "What you think am a monster why would I do that? The rules were to knock your opponent out or kick them off into the water"
"Hmm"
Jonathan walks away as he grabs his hood uniform "Well see you next round"
"That kid copied my barrier," Kayneth thinks to himself.
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Participants Box
"He won," I said aloud.
"Son of a bitch" Jericho says.
Albeck looks down.
"He stole people's moves right or am I seeing things?" Ezekiel asks.
"Yes, he did," Eriko says.
"He stole Azaelea's FUSCHIA BEAM attack," Jericho says.
"I wouldn't steal but copied," Bianca says. It seems he can also strengthen and lessen an attack on certain abilities,"
"From what I saw he could copy Rose's ability of paralysis but made it more effective but when he hit her with a blast it wasn't as effective and strong as Azalea's actual FUSCHIA BEAM" Jericho remarks. "However it was different than what he was displaying at the second stage in that stage it looked like he reflected the ability right back at the sea serpent," Jericho says.
"What is it copy, reflect, gain, what is his ability so I know how to kick his ass" Ezekiel confused puts his hands on his head.
"It's most likely a combination of all three" Albeck claims.
"I also saw that he couldn't copy Rose's chain whip. Maybe it's a possibility he can't copy physical and only magic?" I add on.
"That's true Valerus" Albeck responds to me.
"Am wondering how his abilities work" Eriko wonders. "It appears that he can do a lot of things but how would we know if we were to eventually face him"
"I would like to know as well" Bianca responds.
We all look at the board and see his name advance to the semi-finals while Rose's fades to black and white.
"Well, Valerus we can test out that theory. It's either going to be me or you that is going to face him" Albeck says.
"Yeah may the best man win," I tell him.
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Colosseum Concession stands
"Wow this line is long" Xi stands there waiting for food.
GRUMBLE
"Ugh that's probraolly the cause for my headache"
SQEAK
"Ah, a white mouse. Ah well this is a old Colosseum there bound to be a few of those"
CLAP CLAP CLAP
"Oh looks like that first match is over. I gotta ask the others when I get back"
STEP STEP STEP STEP
"I feel a little better" Faith walks past.
"Hmmm"
The two make eye contact with one another.
As their Twelve Star Isignias glow.
"A Twelve Star?!"
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Somewhere within the Arena
"That's the boy you were telling us about Melody?" a voice calls.
"I would've just killed him right there haha" another voice says.
"Shut up he caught me off guard I know how to take care of him. Besides the plan is already set in motion we just have to wait for my time"