Showdown (Open)

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

How long had it been since Negi could truly cut loose? It had been quite a long time and Chamo and Barry were looking out for one another.

Stepping into the sensoriums, Negi looked over at the recreation of the Gravekeeper's Palace floating overhead. He could remember most of it, from regaining his memories of the attack that ruined the magical world and earth in a simultaneous blow, but stepping forward was Fate, the pale haired boy giving him a silent look.

The pair stared at each other for a long moment, and then seconds later, exploded into energy. Fists crashed against each others cheeks in a cross-counter as they skidded backwards.

"Come, Negi. Show me your plan." intoned Fate.

Negi grinned as his form changed, invoking his most powerful ability. His hair fanned out and became a long pink swathe of hair as his body glowed in a brilliant pink light as he shot forward, Fate coming to meet him in a devastating blow. The sound of violence could DEFINITELY be heard from behind the door in the sensorium, as the pair rained blow after blow down in a dizzying volley.

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[morganknight]

"Well. That's interesting," Morgan commented to midair from a casual lean by the door.

Unless he was grossly mistaken, a Hermetic was fighting like an Akashic. THAT didn't happen often, if ever. The two Traditions barely even tolerated each other these days. What a weird place, this ship.

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

Quite possibly, knowing the styles of the pair, using a mix of Chinese forms and other assorted martial arts in a dizzying staccato of blows. The pair leaped back and stone spears launched itself at Negi who weaved through them, crushing one when it got too close. A snap of electricity, and WHAM, Negi's fist was buried in Fate's gut.

The pair were flying as well, just to be of note.

[morganknight]

Oh yes, that happened. It wasn't about to surprise him. Save for the mixture of Hermetic spellforms and martial arts, none of this was outside of his range of conception, though the skill involved he certainly found impressive.

As well as the speed. Aboard this ship he couldn't even begin to access the Time Sphere for even the most basic sense of time's passing, let alone any sort of contraction or dilation. If he had to guess...

He made a brief motion with his hand, a hypercondensed version of a kata, to study the flow of chi. That made everything clear -- a massive mixture of Life, Forces, Prime, and Mind. A hell of a ritual undertaking, in other words.

Far too much movement, to his thinking, though. Otherwise magnificent.

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"Negi, we have a guest," said Fate, pausing in his attack, his fist thunked into Negi's cheek.

Negi looked over and nodded. "We'll do this later then."

Bowing, Fate vanished as Negi floated down, the crisp tang of ozone around him. "Hi there!"

[morganknight]

"You didn't have to stop on my account," he said, amused. "I was enjoying the show. And learning from it."

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"Ah, well we can pick it up in a bit," replied Negi. "I'm just working out really. At full power mostly."

[morganknight]

"A pretty impressive power level, at that." Not surprising considering the reliance on Forces. "I've never seen that fusion of magical styles before, though, that was the interesting part."

[quick_strike]

Alendian was prepared to use the sensorium for herself when the noise caught her attention. She opened the door and stepped in without a care in the world, confident of the fact that her blue and yellow armor would keep her safe.

Needless to say, she wasn't impressed. No matter how good it actually was, Alend wouldn't have been impressed either way since she could see Negi was some kind of human. The powers made her even more wary since that meant he was particularly vulnerable to being corrupted. She watched through the red eyes of her helmet, snorting every so often at what she perceived was a mistake.

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

Energy crashing, Negi wasn't really paying attention to whoever stepped in right at the moment, and he and Fate leaped backwards, both incanting loudly. Crackling lightning met stone and there was a tremendous explosion that left both youths panting a little.

"Hold," said Fate holding up a hand. "You've got a guest, Negi-kun."

Looking down at the newcomer, Negi touched down and waved. "Hi there! Come to use the sensorium?"

[quick_strike]

"Yes, I did. One must train or lose their skills and lose themselves to their emotions." Her voice echoed and faded in and out thanks the the Jump Generator in her armor.

She didn't wave in reply, however, already setting a bad precedent of not being quite so nice. She didn't even leave the spot she was standing in.

"However, I do have one question and a word to say with you."

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"And what's that?" inquired Negi, already feeling a "you're too young for this" or a "stop wasting power" coming on.

[quick_strike]

She ended up leveling a finger at Negi. "You are mon-keigh, human, yes?" That one question makes all the difference to her next statement.

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

Oh this again. He had heard of this before from Matt.

Drawing himself up, he matched her point. "Technically not anymore. I'm a monster, somewhere between a demon and a human now. It's due to my abilities that I took on. However, I still identify myself as at least holding humanity in some fashion."

There, the honest truth.

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami still felt a little awkward over the whole incident in the baths, but when she found Negi training once more, she decided to watch on in curiosity. It was amazing to see how strong Negi was, to be certain, but she couldn't help but feel like she had to compare herself to him, when it really wasn't needed.

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

Trading blows with Fate was always relaxing in its own way, and the staccato eruption of power on power was a good measure for how fast they were fighting. Finally, after a given round, Negi and Fate parted again and Negi exhaled. "Good round."

Fate nodded, and he pointed to Sasami. "You have a guest again."

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami blinked as Fate motioned to her, before grinning sheepishly and waving at Negi.

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"Care to introduce her, Negi-kun?" inquired Fate as he floated towards Sasami.

Negi followed close behind. "Fate uh, this is Sasami. Sasami, Fate." He mouthed, 'sensorium' as Fate nodded at her.

"Well well, Negi-kun. I knew you attracted princesses to you, but I didn't think you would attract such a cute one YOUR age." remarked Fate, his expression never changing.

"FFFF," grumbled Negi. "Fate, don't make me dispel you."

"Please, you won't last five seconds without me being in here."

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami blushed at what Fate said, catching Negi's little addition at the end.

"I-It's nice to meet you, Fate." she said. "Was I interrupting anything? If I was, I'm sorry...!"

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"No, I was about to win," replied Fate, getting a look from Negi. "What?"

Negi sighed. "It's okay, we're just finishing up here. Want to watch the tail end of it?"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

She hadn't gotten to stay around Negi as much as she would have liked, and now that she had a bit of free time, she had specifically looked for him now. She came upon the Sensoriums after not finding him, and planned to apologize profusely to anyone who was here, and explain she was looking for Negi.

Of course, now she realized that she had specifically found him, though not as peacefully as she would have liked. She was silent for a moment, watching him as he fought Fate, a villain she had seen in his memory before. The smirk on Negi's face, the way his hair got longer: it was all foreign to her, but she watched all the same. She knew better than to get involved into a fight that wasn't hers: he had his own rights to fighting as she did.

But she made sure her eyes didn't miss anything. If this was a fight, and this was an ability Negi possessed, she wanted to be sure it did him no harm.

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

And the pink. Can't forget about the pink to be honest. Negi slammed into Fate, the pair fighting in several directions before they dealt a powerful blow which knocked the pair apart for a moment. "Guest," said Fate, dealing a strong uppercut to his chin.

Negi recovered quickly. "Who is it?"

"Kaya."

"Right. Hold on then." And he slammed Fate into the wall as he floated down to greet Kaya. "Hey Oneesama. What's up?"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

What was up? Was he serious? Kaya had never seen Negi fighting quite like this before: he was a magician, wasn't he? What was he doing, fighting it out with this enemy who seemed to be something of an even match, but whose expression very much creeped her out?

"I was looking for you actually," Kaya confessed, "since we haven't been able to gang out too much. Since when were you able to fight like this? I thought you used magic! And what's with the pink hair?"

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

Fate's deadpan stare is enough to make anyone feel creeped out yes. Ignoring that, Negi rubbed his head, the long swathe of pink hair defying gravity. "Um, remember that moment back on Zokez when I pulled lightning into myself after going, well..."

"Berserk," pointed out Fate.

"Yeah that. I basically mastered that ability. This is the result."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Kaya took a good look at him. Yes, she remembered Zokez alright, where the Ohm had come and attacked them: she had been very worried for Negi back then, and that was a bit more intensified now. Yes, he had mastered it, but was that the whole story?

"Are you absolutely sure that nothing bad will happen to you, being in this form, Negi-otouto?"

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"I'm pretty sure," replied Negi. "Thanks to master and a few other things, I'm fine. Really. The pinkness is just a side effect of me being infused with lightning."

He didn't want her to worry of course, and tell her of the trials he undertook when Kain's corruption seeped into him.