Enter Zephyros

[Zephyros]

And so he stood there, crimson locks flowing in the wind created by the person fanning him from behind. His eyes locked onto the other entrance to the coliseum, waiting for someone to step through. "Who wants to fuck with me?!" Zephyros bellows to the cheering stands. "Who thinks they are man enough to take me on! Anyone? Anyone?"

He gives a heavy sigh, growing bored waiting for another to approach him.

[Jinkai1]

As he approched the end of the tunnel, the roar of the crowd got louder, and louder. They were cheering for the crimson haired man standing in the arena. Kaijin reached the end of the tunnel and stared at the man.

"Well, I haven't fought in 2 hours." He lit a cigar and unsheathed his sword. "I guess I got time to kill."

[Zephyros]

Zephyros' head tilted to the left as he lazily stared at Kaijin. The crimson locks that were his hair shifted to the side his head leaned towards and his eyes were barely open. "I wasn't counting on anyone actually coming in here. I thought I'd just shout at the crowd and leave. Oh well..."

Zephyros turns his right wrist upwards towards the ceiling as if holding something, and then a flicker of crimson light flashes in an orbed shape above his palm. The orb suddenly bursts into a crimson ball of sparking energy, about the size of a golf ball.

He gives a sideways smirk before gently tossing the small ball towards Kaijin, and with almost a taunting confidence, he says. "Catch."

[Jinkai1]

"Well, somebody's eager!" Kaijin lunged towards the ball of light and gave it a strong downward slice with his katana.

[Zephyros]

As the sparking ball gently glided towards Kaijin, Zephyros noticed something. Instead of him dodging and charging forward, like he predicted would happen, Kaijin attacked the ball of sparking spirit energy. A small, almost humorous smirk crossed Zephyros' face as he watched the drawn katana flash towards the orb with great speed and power.

As soon as the steel touched one of the rogue strands of sparking energy, a flash of crimson light engulfed the entire area followed by enough wind to fire a cannonball through a bendy straw. And then the boom just microseconds later tears a whole in the area of the ball.

A raging amount of chaotic spirit energy tears into the coliseum floor and surrounding wall, sending pulse waves of wind and energy rippling across the floor.

Zephyros simply stood there with his eyes squinted to keep the dust out; hos hair battling against the violent winds while he gives a small, humorous smile. "Hope he's okay..."

[Jinkai1]

As the smoke cleared, Kaijin just stood there smoking like a burnt sausage. "Wow, that was stronger than i thought." He brushed the dirt of his shoulder. Kaijin charged towards Zephyros with blinding speed.

As he ran yellow sparks of light came from his katana. "Now, its my turn!" Kaijin leaped high into the air and striked the ground with his sword.

A huge wave of lightning rippled towards Zephyros. The wave thundered loudly, as it seemed to get bigger as it came closer.

[Zephyros]

Zephyros sighed. "Copycat." His right foot slid back slightly, positioning itself. Kaijin was fast and dangerous with that Katana. Attacking him at close-range would be a problem without a weapon, but this damn lightning would make long-ranged combat a problem. Unless...

Zephyros jumps into a high, slow-motion back-flip. His slow flip allowed the wave of electricity to pass beneath him while another flash of crimson light formed an orb in his hand. "Come on..." He wanted Kaijin to lung for him. He wanted the swordsman to come closer to him. That's all he would need is a point-blank shot to even out this fight. And so his back-flip continued. Were Kaijin not to attack, then he would simply land after the wave past with a charging ball of chaotic energy in his right hand.

[Jinkai1]

Kaijin watched as Zephyros landed his backflip. He noticed Zephyros had another glowing ball in his hand. Kaijin knew what that thing did and figured it was stronger this time. But he didn't throw it this time....

He was cautious as he prepared his next attack. "This could be fun." Kaijin said to him self. He charged his sword again with his glowing red eyes fixed on Zephyros.

He sliced a wave of lightning horizontally at Zephyros and Kaijin followed it close behind. They shot across the arena at an awaiting Zephyros. Kaijin knew about his close range advantage from the start, and planned to use it.

[Zephyros]

Zephyros smirked and went into his fade-away gangsta lean whilst flickering his wrist up in the direction of the thunderous wave of power. When that orb hit the lightning wave it would erupt in another powerful wave of energy, possibly shattering the wave of sparking lightning. Were this not to work, Zephyros would simply change positions and dodge to the side. He didn't notice Kaijin following behind the wave of power, but he was confidant in the destructive orb's ability to shield him from anything dangerous. If not, what's a flimsy piece of steel going to do against him anyway?

[Jinkai1]

Kaijin noticed that his plan was working. He jumped high into the air, so high he hung up in the air for a while. He closed his eyes, because now his trap was set and he knew Zephyros would not be able to dodge his next attack.

[Zephyros]

Zephyros' crimson eyes caught a glimpse of his opponent in the air and suddenly, oh so suddenly, a single thought zipped through his mind. "Idiot..."

The Chaos Orb collided with with wave of lightning and the explosion that followed produced such powerful winds that they would be more than enough to throw Kaijin soaring towards the arena's ceiling. Without having himself planted firmly on the ground, the air would easily sweep him away.

[Jinkai1]

Kaijin saw the wave of air come towards him. He turned towards the ceiling as he sliced 4 lightning waves into it. "OOOHH SHIIIIT!!!" The air snatched Kaijin through the roof as he flew like a rag doll.

[Zephyros]

Zephyros sighed through his nose and turns his back on the arena. His hair and clothing finally settled as the powerfully explosive winds subdued themselves and he slid his hands into his pockets before looking up towards the hole in the ceiling.

"When you fall, try not to splat, okay? I didn't come here to kill anybody."

[Jinkai1]

Kaijin sliced through the roof as he came back down. "Miss me?" He sliced lightning waves at Zephyros at blinding speed. He wanted to make sure Zephyros could not escape or run. His blood-red eyes glowed and smoked with excitement. Kaijin was obviously enjoying this fight.

[Zephyros]

Zephyros saw the flash of Kaijin's sword rip through the roof and his eyes widened in surprise as he watched him plummet from the sky.

"Miss Me?"

He began slashing wildly at Zephyros and lightning waves were flying from his sword. Zephyros wanted to dip to the left, but there was an attack heading there. It was the same for all his escape paths. He was surrounded on all sides by lightning waves and the only place free of the attacks was where he was standing. He couldn't run, he could only prepare himself. Since the beginning, he's been fighting a long-ranged battle. Now it was time to prepare for close-ranged combat. Would he be up to it? He was about to find out.