[Round 1] Sasuke & Serraph vs Ahana & Eternity Larvae

[Karl Jak]

Face to Face
#36 Sasuke & #04 Serraph vs #08 Ahana & #39 Eternity Larva

The scales scattered the shinobi.

He hit the ground and rolled back to his feet just in time to see the golden glimmer of the javelin leave Ahana’s hands.

Serraph knew what was coming, but his body could not will itself any further.  The arrancar met his partner’s gaze.  The javelin struck the former Espada in the shoulder, sank through to the other side, and used its momentum to usher him to the grass beyond the elevated platform.  Hands reached for the shaft of the weapon, but they fell flat as the valiant fighter lost consciousness.

In the ring, Sasuke pressed forward, preying upon the precious moments that Serraph had given him.  The warrior lunged, tackling Eternity to the floor and landing a solid palm strike to her nose before Ahana’s shadow loomed over him.  Senses afire, he rolled to the wayside as a retaliatory kick swung for his side.  Eternity stirred quickly as the pair of warriors moved in an attempt to zone out their elusive foe.

With a grin, Sasuke was gone.  A small log dropped to the stone floor.

“Steady,” Eternity muttered as she glanced to her left.  “He’s he—”

A piece of paper smacked the fairy square in the forehead.  She stumbled back and reached up to swat away the tag, but the flash of the light and the roar of flame overwhelmed her.  The fairy’s world went from orange to black in a short span of time as she crashed head-first into the ground outside the arena.

Ahana stumbled back the smoke cleared to reveal Sasuke standing calmly about two arm’s lengths away.  In the young shinboi’s hands was the broken sword of Kusanagi.  “Your blade was not enough earlier.  What makes you think half of it will be any better?”  The woman asked as she threw down a beam of fire and wrenched a golden javelin from it a beat later.  “Your time is up.”

The warrior shook his head and grinned.  “My time is now!”  He boomed as he rushed forward.  His adversary scowled as she saw the flicker of static electricity along the weapon’s shattered blade.  As she’d anticipated, Ahana parried the initial strike as it came in high.  Some sparks skittered down as Sasuke stumbled, his torso twisting away from the woman.

She saw her moment and thrust the javelin.

Evading the strike, Sasuke craned back around and grinned as he thrust the broken sword at Ahana’s midsection.  The broken blade never reached her skin, but the horrifying burst of electricity that howled and thundered from the weapon certainly did.  

A look for confusion spread across her features as the blast struck her.  A moment later, her unconscious form was lying against the brick barrier, and a victorious Sasuke was searching for the nearest camera.

The Champ.  Is.  Here.

[spoiler]

Sasuke (3.1) & Serraph (2.5) defeat Ahana (2.8) and Eternity Larva (2.7)

Sasuke & Serraph advance to Round 2

Ahana and Eternity Larva move to Match B of the Redemption Bracket and will face Ok Dongja and Marisa

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