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drevin readied his staff
"so this is the one you follow karada...such a distructive beast"
a pair of glowing wings sprouted from drevin's back and his staff became a bow
"i am sorry but i cannot let something like this put so many in danger"

[Genshuku]

At his readying of his staff, Ozma knew that some thing needed to be taken care of before this spar could continue, and wondered if it would at all. In any case, Drevin was fighting a losing battle, and by calling Ozma a destructive beast, that certainly meant he was ready for a fight. Ozma was actually offended somewhat. It's not that she/it WANTED to kill countless people, but it was quite necessary for either this or her and Kaosu's other objective. Otherwise, the universe would lose it's balance forever, causing it all to come crashing down. This, was the only solution. But, it did involve an option of countless deaths, so she/it couldn't blame him in the end.

His transformation would have signified her own, but as she knew before, in 1v1, this was actually easier.

"You simply do not understand the situation. However, I am not about to give that away. If by chance you wish to attack me, note this: I'm not even the one behind it all. Though the one that is...let's just not talk about that. Attacking me will not save everyone...but it will make your victory closer. If you wish to attack, then I certainly won't hold back like I was doing before. As you are serious, I can be as well."

(Kaosu: Hm...Something feels off. I must be training wrong or something...)

[zapy]

drevin smiled
"then how about we spar....im a bit more compitant then this moron"

karada growled

"since we both know at full power this is a losing fight how about we do things like this"
he smiled
"one spell picked at the begining that can be used any time and as many times as you wish...breaking this would be an imidiate disqualifaction and thus loss"

karada leaned aginst the tree he had been in before and watch
"this'll be good"

[Genshuku]

On his asking to spar, Ozma was curious as to why he didn't just want a plain fight. Perhaps he could actually see that holding her holding back was for the other man's own safety and didn't him want to become a nice splatter on the floor. Ozma couldn't help but smile when he taunted Karada: he only growled, and didn't even say no. It almost sounded like he admitted it there.

The terms of battle were different than the other one, one that required some thinking about. But it didn't require much, as Ozma had a single spell that could be used in many different ways. Actually, she had several, but this one was a new one, and needed some testing.

"...Very well then, I accept the challenge and it's rules. If you wish, have the first strike."

...A question came to mind, but Ozma decided to shrug it off. If in fact hand-to-hand was not allowed, it would simply not matter, as Ozma's spell would probably be enough.

Ozma hoped that the delay between accepting and the actual battle would be shorter this time.

(Kaosu: ...Oh, my odd feeling was CAUSING me to train badly. Wonder what the feeling is all about...)

[zapy]

drevin took one of the feathers from hims wings and placed it on his bow then pulled it back
without a word he let the arrow fly and nocked another
his wings folded around him leaving only enough of a onpeing for the net arrow to go through

[Genshuku]

Ozma, knowing that bowmen were a common thing in universes she had visited before, knew how to dodge the blow, and so sidestepped it (quickly of course). She then lifted her hand and from that a strange magic appeared.

There seemed to be a (somewhat fuzzy looking, but that is magic disorientation) Yin-Yang Symbol in the middle, but that was both darkness and light magic. Surrounding it in a circular formation was a red and orange orb (with the same disorientation effect), a sky blue and blue orb (ect), a yellow and black orb (ect), a brown and green orb, and a completely silver orb. These represented (in order) fire, water, earth, lightning, and metal magic. (Yes, metal magics exist. Just ask Patchouli >.>) All of these were connected to each other via a magical aura. Not that you could slash through it and break it, but it was there.

This act didn't take long. She then hurled the formation so that it span towards Drevin, and Ozma was expecting a miss or total block by the wings. Why expect a miss or block? Why look reckless again?

Why not? It was more fun to escalate in difficulty over time. Go easy at first, get worse quickly.

This magic had a more destructive use, and Ozma hadn't used that one yet. But, Ozma will use it, given time.

And Ozma was certain that if people used their own glowing feathers as arrows, that they had other properties. Ozma was on her guard, analyzing the enemy.

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drevin let the second arrow loose and closed his wings in time to black the spell with his wings
the force of the spell caused drevin to slide back about six feet
can't take a direct hit from that
he leaped over ozma letting a handful of arrows fly
he spread his wings and glided to the tree karada was leaning aginst

[Genshuku]

Well, as predicted, the attack was blocked. However, he was sent back a considerable distance. He then fired another arrow (and unlike many others had actually readied the arrow in advance), which she sidestepped yet again. It was almost the same attack as last time, so dodging it was simply a matter of repeating what she had done before.

However, this was not the exact case with the arrow rain. Ozma had not seen that technique, but generally knew the gist to avoiding the attack: jump back. It almost worked, but an arrow nicked at Ozma's dress and the skin underneath. It didn't hurt, but it told Ozma that he was good. So, when he glided towards the tree, Ozma readied another blast, but this time when she threw the attack the orbs around the center orb spun around and went closer to it as the attack flew. They were set to collide as soon as they reached where Drevin was at (and Karada, but hey, he was watching, right?), and when they came together, they would make a green/blackish explosion about twice the size of the original formation magic that she fired before, which was the force of a large amount of magics combined, resulting in whatever part of the tree that happened to be in the way of the explosion to shatter. And Drevin would certainly feel pain from that, guarding or not. Of course, he could dodge (and maybe Karada as well).

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karada rolled as the explosion happend
shadows wrapped around him to keep him from harm

drevin on the other hand was tossed buy the force of the spell but stopped in mid-air this time actually flying
he dusted himself off and readied another arrow...something wass different about this one though
"way too close....."
he let the arrow fly and it split in midway into six arrows connected by a net of light

[Genshuku]

Ozma was glad to see that her next sparring partner was safe from harm, as if he were to be crippled...well, Ozma would win by default. And that, was unfair.

It seemed as though Ozma had nailed Drevin though, as he was sent flying, but when he stopped in midair, Ozma was certain that she/it had ALMOST nailed him. Oh well, at least he was still sent flying, even though he stopped.

He then prepared to shoot another arrow in the air, and as he did, Ozma could feel that the arrow was slightly different. Perhaps it was from a good portion of the arrow wielders that she/it faced actually had magical arrows or something. In any case, when he shot them, Ozma was ready to dodge ahead of time, and as large as the net was, it was simply not big enough to get her/it as Ozma was ready to dodge ahead of time. What an experienced display Ozma was putting on...

She/It then raised both hands, from each appearing the same thing that had always been (of course), but this time she/it started to spin like a top. Actually, Ozma spun as fast as an expertly spun one, and she/it became a spinning death thing. Ozma then spun in a curved path towards Drevin, intending to smack him with one or both of the magics in her hands.

[zapy]

drevin stopped flapping and dropped
he fired a handful of arrows from point blank under ozma
when he landed wrapped his wings around himself

[Genshuku]

Thanks to the spinning, the arrow hit but most of the damage was averted via deflection. Spinning was a nice way to deflect projectiles, though it still hurt some. When he guarded, she simply continued to spin at him. As he fired at point blank range, the magic blasts still in Ozma's hands would surely collide with him unless he had superhuman reaction time after realizing that the guarding wouldn't work quite as well as he had hoped (or at least that's what she/it assumed he would think) and somehow manage to get out of the way. She was spinning fast enough to hit him with both before he was actually sent flying. Of course, this is given he is hit. But, it's likely that he will.

Ozma began to wonder if this newcomer would notice the tengu. After all, he was there...

[zapy]

drevin reverted his bow back to a staff and made a sweeping strike under his wings
problem with spinning is....you knock it off axis and you lose control
whats more is drevin flapped his wings jumping back as she was about to hit him

[Genshuku]

As Ozma was knocked off course and on the ground, and missing, she wondered: This person wasn't too bad. And oddly enough, she was saying this about EVERYONE. Perhaps there was hope for this world after all...

In any case, it was time to up the effort here.

"Not bad..."

Ozma then got up, and proceeded to lift one of her hands as to cast the spell again. But this time, it was bigger, and she threw it faster. If perhaps she is given enough time, she would do it again.

Ozma wondered how he would keep in terms with the rules of the duel if he reverted his weapon. If he stopped playing by the rules, she would. This would result in Ozma winning and an early end. And when the win was quite like this, it didn't really even feel like a win. Then, back to the other battle.

[zapy]

drevin leaped over the spell and brought all of his weight and strength down with his staff
...at times gravity was a useful ally