//------------------------------// // Spike vs Sora! Vice Captain vs Captain! // Story: The Displaced Tournament of Power // by Uncle Iroh //------------------------------// 5:22:19 When telling this story in the years and decades to come, Sora would recount how he watched these battles from afar. How he saw mighty warriors and titans of other worlds match might against might, skill against skill. He would speak of powers and magics and great speeches. He would speak of the cocktail of powerful emotions which filled his breast at seeing these heroes and warriors engaged in ultimate combat. “Znrrrrrrrkt” In reality, all of his accounts would be second-hand. He missed most of it while sleeping on a floating rock, a lean-to of stone facing the heat of the combat to dampen most of the noise and light. In a display of casual tawdriness that would baffle most historians, Sora laid sprawled across his makeshift bed, limbs akimbo, a small line of drool escaping the corner of his mouth. “HEY!” a voice called out, “TOURNAMENT IN PROGRESS TO SPIKY HAIRED KID ON THE ROCK BELLOW!” Spike dodged aside as a keyblade came hurdling in his direction. A blurry-eyed Sora lowered his throwing arm and rubbed his eyes. “I’m three thousand years old,” he groused. “Either you’re too young to recognize an immortal when you see one, or you’re old enough to be measured in eons.” He blinked the last of the sleep out of his eyes before looking up at the one who had disturbed his nap. “Ah, the first one. Hey, dragon guy. What’s up?” “No I just don't care,” Spike said as he flew down. “Spike from Ichigo’s world. I know immortals when I hear them as I’ve had my share of dealing with the blonde monster in the red coat who brought us here for this bs. Also, this is a battlefield and you're a fighter. If you want to sleep then go ahead and jump off the edge. I think my girlfriend took out one of your people though. You’re the keyblade faction’s leader right, Sora?” “That’s me,” Sora said, finally sitting up completely. “And the last one left, if I’m not mistaken. Figured I’d wait until the other faction leaders whittled down the rest of the competition before rejoining the fray. Catch up on some sleep while I’m at it.” He smirked. “Of course, that strategy only works if some wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper doesn’t come by looking for a fight that’s far out of his league.” “I may not be as old as you but I’ve done my share of fighting and killing in war, old man,” Spike  said as he motioned to his scars. “I was appointed to the role of Vice Captainof the Black Bulls and head Captain of the Magic Knights in my world. I’ll admit you have me beat in terms of experience but what about power?” he smirked as he reached over his head and pulled the fusion sword core blade off his back. “I’m eager to fight an actual displaced who’s on the level of my master and Ichigo. It gets quite boring when you have to fight the same guys who are stronger than you day in and out. Ya may not know what I mean though as you're the main guy in your world?”  Sora shrugged, standing. “I don’t know about ‘the main guy.’ Sol and Luna give me a run for my money, as do a few other avatars.” He chuckled. “Sometimes. But if you’re so eager to get your flank handed to you on a silver platter, then who am I to refuse?” Twin flashes of light brought Oathkeeper and Oblivion to his hands and he entered a defensive stance. “Come on, then. Show me what you’ve got.” “Ooo… Dual wielder!” Spike’s eyes flashed with excitement. “Then me too!” He motioned the core blade out to the side and the other five blades immediately flew from his back and attached to the core blade to form the fullbuster fusion sword. “My master is a dual wielder too,” Spike’s grimoire then floated up next to him and opened allowing him to pull a large bone blade from it. Sora stared for a minute at the youth wielding the huge swords easily with one hand each. “God's Arms,” Spike explained. “It's a skill that allows me to wield any two handed weapon with one hand no matter the size or weight except for bows. Want it?” “I’ll pass. I’ve only got one blade big enough to need something like that, and it’s only for very niche scenarios. Besides,” three more flashes of light heralded the arrival of Ponderer, Reaper, and Biter orbiting around him, “who needs to actually hold their swords, huh?” “True,” Spike nods as his gaze sharpens, “Amethyst/Emerald Dragon magic, Dragon Flame Armor,” he smiled as green and purple flames wrapped around the drake youth to form full plate armor. “I’d rather not resort to using my dragon blood if I can help it. Makes me a little… Ah touchy. But still, floating swords is a bit… slow…” He shot over and Sora just barely managed to use two of the keyblades to block the strike from the fusion sword. He was sent from his rock back into the main area of the arena. He felt that stroke form this dragon kid. He was no push over and definitely had physical strength that could break his bone if Sora gave him the chance. Spike landed in across from the keyblade wielder, “It does not look like it but that gear you have sure has some good quality protection stats on it.” “It has to,” Sora answered, shaking off the sting from Spike’s blow. “A heartless attack can come from anywhere at any time. Still, I'm gonna have to take some extra precautions against you.” He lifted Oathkeeper. “Aeroga.” A whirlwind whipped up around him and he twirled the blades in his hands before switching Oathkeeper out for Mysterious Stalker. “My turn, then.” In an instant, Sora was gone. Oblivion slammed into Spike from behind along with Reaper and Biter. He turned back to counter, but Sora was gone again, the next strike coming from his side. Sora continued these hit and run tactics with his slenderwalking for a while before stepping back, Ponderer pointed at Spike. “Blizaga!” Spike took a breath and spat green flames at the spell, burning it away. “Cold spells aren’t going to help you at all,” Spike raised his bone sword this time and sent a slash of green magic at Sora who dodged using his Slenderwalk. Spike countered as Sora appeared next to with both swords this time. The blow had such force it sent him rocketing through to the treetops this time. “Not good with sensing him but I can still predict where he may end up with my mana zone,” Spike wiped his mouth. “Still that skill is going to be a big thorn in my side.” “I imagine so.” Spike swiped again, but Sora hopped backwards out of his range. “Still, impressive that you managed to land that blow. But I wouldn’t discount my magic just yet. After all, you only have one mouth.” He gestured around, and Spike noticed three different keyblades surrounding him, as well as one above him. Sora pointed Oathkeeper at him and grinned. “So how will you handle this? Blizaga!” Five shotgun blasts of ice fired on Spike from every direction. “HEHEHEHHEHE!” Spike laughed. “You think my flames are limited to my mouth. That was just my normal dragon fire. Every salamander class mage can do that back home. No my magic is this!” He spun in a circle causing a twister, “Amethyst/Emerald Flame Magic, Destruction Tornado!” The ice blast did little more than evaporate into the massive flamenado while Sora dug his weapons into the arena floor to keep from being sucked in. “Enough magic,” Spike called out, “Dragon Breathing,” he inhaled sharply and started to dart around the area, Sora having a hard time keeping up as the flamenado was still trying to suck him in. “Dragon Rush!” Spike yelled as he shot from behind and knocked Sora into the flaming tornado with the flat of the bone sword. “Magnera!” A prism of yellow energy suddenly surrounded Spike which rapidly siphoned off the flames of the tornado. Another flash of light saw Sora’s outfit turn blue as he used the momentum of the now flame-free tornado to slingshot back towards Spike, hovering just over the ground as he brought two heavy keyblades to his hands.  “This is much more fun than fighting my master or Ichigo,” Spike snickered as the mention of the Soul Reaper finally clicked in Sora’s head. “We’ll see if you’re still saying that at the end. Ars Arcanum!” The distance between them closed rapidly, Sora’s blades swinging with far greater force than before as they were encompassed by a yellow glow. Blow after heavy blow fell upon Spike, many of them blocked but some of them got through. As the glow faded, Sora’s clothes flashed again, turning yellow. He swung upwards, knocking Spike into the air and following after him. “Ragnarok!” Another series of blows struck at Spike midair before Sora suddenly darted backwards, aiming his blades and firing several beams of energy at Spike. Sora flipped backwards one final time before landing gracefully on his feet. “Not bad,” Spike continued to laugh as Sora noted he looked a little more draconic than when his attack started as well as his skin being more akin to scales then skin. “I wasn't able to block those energy blades and those other hits activated my dragonblood, I’m really getting fired up now!” He smirked as his armor started to turn black and thicken. “It looks like my demon wants to play too…” Spike said with a bit more sinister tone. “Demon Dragon Flame Magic! Air to ash!” He breathed out an extremely thick black ash that covered everything making it extremely hard to see. Sora carefully moved about through the ash cloud, firing off a quick Aero to keep the ash away from his face and keeping all his blades at the ready. “Watch your step!” Spike laughed as a rock spike shot up from the ground, Sora narrowly moved his head to the right allowing the spear to stab his hair. “Did I forget to mention I'm an earthbender…ehehe…” Sora turned quickly to block a slash with gritted teeth, “Anything goes…” Spike said as he broke the assault and loomed back into the ash cloud, unseen. This went back and forth between the two for nearly a minute before Sora had enough. “Aerora!” Another whirlwind whipped up around him before rapidly expanding, taking the ash cloud with it. “Now you’re just taking all the fun out of the guessing game,” Spike said with a Mack disappointment. “Terrain hazards were always the worst in the games,” Sora countered. “Barbosa was just annoying. Now let’s see if I can’t get through that armor of yours.” One of his blades switched out for a green one with hourglass-like teeth. “Aciga!” A massive stream of green, acidic gas spewed from the end of the blade like a flamethrower, enveloping Spike in seconds. “Oh acid,” Spike rolled his eyes as his helmet covered his face. “It's not like the armor is made of metal, but literal magic gemstone fire!” He roared as he sent out a massive slash of purple and green flame countering the acid. “I’m getting fed up with magic bs. How about we just rely on our sword and martial arts prowess?” Sora rolled his eyes in return. “For your information, Way of the Mystic was my go-to in KH1. Because magic is awesome.” He looked over the new blade for a moment. “I’m a little surprised that didn’t do more, to be honest. Got that spell after ‘scanning’ Dragon Lord Torch’s acid breath. Maybe this blade is just better for analysis than combat.” He swiped to the side, smashing through the pillar of stone Spike had attacked him with earlier. “Analyzing energy sample,” the keyblade intoned. “Analysis complete. New spell acquired. Element: Stone. Command words: Stone, Stonera, Stonega.” Sora smirked and switched Shifting Form out for Biter. “Finally, a spell Cookie would have approved of. Stonera!” A shotgun blast of small boulters shot from the tip of the blade, spinning around Spike before coming in from all sides. “Your seriously going to use stone against an earth bender?” Spike sighed and he motioned his sword up and the stones stopped on either side of the salamander. “How about this move,” he motioned his arm and the boulder started to heat up and turn into red hot rocks. “I have an affinity for earth and fire numbnuts. Firing rocks as me is literally like adding fuel to fire!” Spike motione motioned , shooting the rocks back at their original owner. Sora readied to dodge the incoming fire when they started to heat up even more. As soon as he dodge one he took note of thE bubbles starting to form on it. “I forgot to mention I gathered a lot of the quarts into pockets inside them,” Spike smirked. “Boom!” The boulders exploded sending rock flying in all directions. Hm. This might get old, depending on if he keeps up the volleyball. “Reflega.” A dome of light appeared around Sora, blocking the shards of rock and sending them all flying back at Spike. Spirt motioned to the side and the rock moved off out of the way. “Your thinking of constantly firing off that spell aren’t you,” Spike smirked, catching Sora a little off guard. “Yea that would be a bad idea as it would drain your mana and really piss me off. How about this instead,”Spike asked as he motioned with his sword and the hot rock shards gathered and heated up even more. “Hot Lava!” Spike laughed as a wave of magma headed for the keyblade user. Sora dodged aside, summoning Shifting Form again and flinging it into the stream. He barely heard it say “Analyzing energy sample” before he dashed forward. “Fine. You wanna melee? Let’s melee!” He summoned Mysterious Stalker and Biter, his clothes flashing to red as he charged Spike head-on. “YES NOW WE’RE TALKING!” Spike smiled manically as he took off with a spin.  The Fusion sword split into its separate component as Spike became covered in a purple and green fire.  With the six small blades now hovering close to their wielder, Spike pulled his jaw-bone blade to the center as his main weapon. “LET’S SEE IF YOU CAN HANDLE THIS!” He roared. “DRACONIC OMNI SLASH!” Spike hit with a head on clash but then backed off, leaving the sword to hold Sora in place as he went for another of his blades. Sora knew this move and used his Strike Raid to counter as best he could. The two clashed on a whirlwind of sparks and energy with neither getting an edge over the other before breaking apart. “Damn,” Spike huffed. “You’re a lot tougher than you look, old man…” Spike wiped the blood from a cut  on his forehead. “I used up too much energy in that attack…” he said to himself. Sora smirked, rolling his left shoulder which had been dealt a glancing blow. “You’re not too bad yourself, whippersnapper. But I’ve got some bad news for you. I’ve got a little ability called MP Rage.” Spike’s eyes went wide. “Yeah, that’s right. Every time we clash, I get a boost to my mana supply. Still, if you’re starting to feel the strain, I guess I should put an end to this.” He switched out Mysterious Stalker for Oathkeeper. “I have one final parting word for you.” “I really didn’t want to have to use this,” Spike grumbled as his eyes shifted from green to red and his armor turned from purple and green to pitch black while two backwards curved black horns spouted from his head. “If this is going to be the be-all end-all then I’m going to push my limits and use even my demonic power to face you. I think you deserve to see me at the fullest I can muster, even if we both know I won’t win. It was still fun.” “I’m ready,” Spike took up a stance. Sora smiled fondly and a little apologetically. “Ordinarily, I’d indulge you. I’d certainly like to see what this ‘demonic’ power is capable of. However, since healing magic is forbidden in this tournament, I’m going to have to take the easy way out.” He pointed Oathkeeper at Spike. “Forgive me. Stopga.” Spike froze. His entire body was immobile. Even his eyes couldn’t move as he watched Sora dash forward, swapping Oathkeeper out for Metal Chocobo. He was powerless to resist as the two heavy blades swung again and again, a flurry of blows that he couldn’t feel even as he knew they connected. With one final double-strike, Sora leapt back, dismissing his blades and giving that apologetic smile again. The spell ended. And Spike’s whole world was pain. “You think a beating like that is something!” Spike roared as his magic surged, his armor grew thick and more monstrous. “I was beaten within an inch of my life by slavers!” He roared as eh shot forward, destroy the island he’d been standing on as he swung his bone sword with enough force to topple several trees around the fighters. Sora narrowly pulled his own weapons out to counter the blow as he was sent sailing. “I’ve taken worse than that while training with Asta and Ichigo!” He roared as flames came from his mouth. “I was looking forward to an attack, not some silly child’s game!” “Aerora!” A whirlwind formed around Sora’s feet, bearing him through the air. “Yay it, Spike! I was trying to be cool back there!” “This is bad,” Sora heard from a nearby tree. He looked up to see Ichigo sitting in the branches. “You should end this before he gets even madder dude. He’s a berserker and his demon magic gets stronger the madder he gets. If you leave him like that he could go full rage dragon and then you wouldn't really stand a chance.” “Debatable,” Sora muttered, glaring down at Spike. “So, I don’t know much about demons or whatever, but they’re usually dark-aligned, right?” “The do whatever the fuck they want and look down on those weaker than themselves,” Ichigo shrugs as he sands up. “Normally you’d just fight them until they got bored or if the run out of magic. Spike is a special case cause his demon is his own darker primal nature. In our world we don’t have dragons but the drake race that evolved from them. Spike is a salamander class but has a second type of berserk class, meaning he has more of the ancient Draconic blood than most-“ “Yeah, okay,” Sora interrupted. “The only bit of that I needed was ‘darker primal nature.’ That’s the bread and butter of heartless and exactly what my blades were designed to fight.” He shot higher before Ichigo could continue his lecture and shook his head down at Spike. “Sorry about this, buddy. Turns out my stuff only gets stronger against your trump card. Didn’t think I’d be using this move so much today.” He raised his hand and a house-sized swarm of keyblades appeared, each one pointed directly as Spike. With a twist of Sora’s wrist, every blade began glowing with light, trembling with anticipation at striking the darkness-powered figure below. “He really should’ve waited for me to finish,” Ichigo sighed as he scratched his head.  “Oh well, your funeral kids,” he looked at Spike. “You both had a good run, would love to finish off the winner but I have someone else to pound on,” he blurred away. Sora’s hand fell, and the swarm of light-infused blades descended. Spike lifted his bone sword above his head and all of his raging magic and emotions rushed out of his body into the weapon. “DRAGON RUSH!” Spike roared as he swung his sword unleashing a massive wave of magic and energy that collided with Sora’s own keyblade onslaught. Both fighters kept pouring all they had into their attacks until finally, Spike’s started to waver until the full weight off Sora’s key fell down upon him. As soon as he was sure that Spike had been calmed, Sora pulled back to see the young drake-blood covered in his own blood and panting while he used his bonesword as a crutch.  “You okay okay there?” Sora asked. “If I would’ve known… all I had to do… was get pissed off….” Spike wheezed. “I… would’ve let go… in the first place…. Hehe… Thanks for the fight,” he said as he fell backwards into the void and disappeared and then reappeared in the stand where he received immediate treatment. Sora sighed in relief. “Glad that’s over. I’m really more cut out for fighting heartless than fighting people.” He took a quick look around before flying off to another small island. “Now, back to sleep.” 5:42:54 Rainbow was still in the match, at the last second she avoided Akainu's magma punch and was roaming the broken arena. “Hello there,” she heard from nearby. Turning her head Rainbow saw the two that fight against one of the keyblade wielders. “My name is Yuki and this is my Twin sister…” “Adreana,” the burlier looking one said. “You’re part of that Saiyan guy’s herd aren’t you?” Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes and said. "So what? What's it's to you," she said, while pulling up one of her sleeves to show a Seal that Jackson placed for her just in case. “No need to get offensive,” Yuki held up her hand. “We just wanted to confirm it, that's all.” “I like her,” Adreana snickers, “She reminds me of RD back home but a lot more wild!” “Behave,” Yuki glared with an icy tone causing a slight chill to run down Rainbow’s spine, “Now, back to you. We wanted to confirm before one of us fought you. We serve as the cook-” “And hunter,” Adreana raised her hand. “As well as the personal aids to Fairy King Gar,” Yuki looked at her twin with an annoyed glance.  Rainbow knew she’d heard that name before. Then it hit her. Gar was both Asta and Ed’s younger brother as well as Jackson’s brother too. "Oh crap baskets," she said, before touching the seal. “No need to be alarmed,” Yuki smiled. “Only one of us will fight you.” “Yea,” Adreana stood up and cracked her knuckles. “And that would be me,” she returned to her sister, “You good with that sis?” “I did the last one for myself so that’s fine with me,” Yuki shrugged. “I will watch from over there with the other one who is hiding there,” she pointed to a rock. “I believe she is your world’s Applejack,” she looked at Rainbow before flying off with a flap of her wings. “Sis is too polite sometimes,” Adreana cleared her throat. “We should’ve done a tag team but oh well,” she shrugged as she pulled her briefcase from her back. Hitting a button it opened to reveal a large club easily taller than the Rainbow just without the handle.  “You ready?” Adreana smirked, “All the beasts back home are pushovers. You guys here are the real predators,” she said with a crazed look while taking a fighting stance. After a Puff of smoke later Rainbow was holding a double Edge katana. With the handle being blue and red. "Good thing Jackson taught us some Jutsu before all this happened," Rainbow thought, getting into a fighting stance. "Ready when you are," she said, Jackson told her to wait for your opponent to strike first so you can count and strike them.  “Not coming to me,” Adreana raised her foot and then jumped back, shooting the rock she’d been standing on hurtling towards Rainbow. Rainbow managed to dodge the boulder but not the cloud of dust. Rainbow had taken her eyes off the angel for just enough amount of time for her to sneak up from behind. “Four!” Adreana yelled as she swung her club. Rainbow took the direct hit but transformed into a poof of smoke revealing her to be nothing but a rock that shattered to pieces. “Substitution,” the angel noted as she kept the swing going and as she came full circle and collided with Rainbow’s sword. “Not bad,” Adreana said, “You might be able to change debris into clones but that doesn’t mean they don’t reek of your own scent!” She laughed as she flung Rainbow back. While flying back Rainbow Dash did a few hand signs and shouted. "Water style: Twin Dragon blast Jutsu," she shouted, before taking a deep breath and shooting out a blast of Twin Dragon towards the angel. "I need a plan! This isn't the same as training with Jackson's Royal Guards; this person is probably stronger than all of them, including the planet itself," Rainbow thought, while creating two clones, that rushed at the angel to give her time to plan. “Arc,” Adreana raised a white glowing sphere over her hand and hit the incoming jutsu with it, causing the water dragon to crash into her, splitting the beast and drenching her. She then held up a finger and sent to precise ki blasts straight through the clones, “Thanks to or father’s upgrade and our master’s training,” she then point her finger at Rainbow and shout a flurry of blasts at the pegasus, “I hate long range fighters but that doesn’t means I can’t take you on in a long range battle either!” She yelled out in an annoyed tone. Rainbow Dash was barely able to dodge the attacks. "Damn it, I can't keep up with her…… not like this," Rainbow thought, before Remembering two things Jackson gave her but only for emergencies.  With a mental apology to Jackson. And she activated her curse mark, "sorry Jackson. But I Want to win at least one battle," she said, while allowing black marks that resemble lightning go across her body and covering half her face. And she moved at lightning speed behind Adreana and delivered multiple strikes to her back before kicking her in the side of the head sending her a few meters to the left. “HEHEHE!” Adreana smiled, “That’s more like it, but did you think my armor was just for show?” She thumped the tealish-black material. “Not only does it boost my own attack output but when not attacking it can solely focus on defense,”  Adreana held up her club, “I’m definitely not going to underestimate you,” she remarked with a much more serious tone. Rainbow could now see steam rising from the angel's body as she hit a button on the club and it shifted into a massive spiral double lance. “COMING IN HOT!” Adreana yells as he rocketed towards Rainbow with the spear aimed dead center at her chest. The pegasus fighter narrowly dodged but as she did her wing became slightly singed just from being close to the angel. "SON OF A BITCH!!" Rainbow yelled out in pain before saying. " Destructo disc," Rainbow said, forming a ki disk and throwing it at Adreana who dodge. But Rainbow Dash appeared on her right pulling back her fist before punching her in the face with an infused ki, chakra and alicorn magic fist. "Then I won't underestimate you, I'm going to give it all I’ve got," Rainbow shouted, as both their weapons clashed. Struggling while mostly Rainbow to get the upper hand.  “You got speed going for you stripes,” Adreana smiled as she delivered a heavy fist right to Rainbow’s gut, causing the new alicorn to gag slightly as she struggled to keep herself up. “But you’re still a novice with those alicorn and ki powers of yours,” Adreana pointed her lance at Rainbow, “Not to mention you can’t really handle my heat. See when I got my upgrade I also got goddess powers from the Seven Deadly Sins, meaning I’m an alicorn too!” Another white glowing sphere from but at the tip of the sphere, “Arc Cannon!” She yelled as she shot the ball right at Rainbow at an astounding speed. “Not only can I generate heat on myself but I can also control it precisely. My magic is just an extension of my so it makes since I can control the heat on hit to turn stuff into cannon balls. To be honest I wasn’t sure it would work this time,” she shrugged.  “Really hard to control though. Let’s see if you can handle this! SPIRAL DRIVER!” She yelled as she hurled the lance at RD. RD knew that she wouldn't be able to dodge in time at the speed she was going so she let the curse mark consume her body, fully changing her appearance. Once the dust settled Rainbow Dash was gone, Adreana looked around and sensed that she was behind her she turned only to see no one there. until she felt someone next to her again she turned to see no one there again. That's when she realized that RD was moving at the speed of light, not allowing her presence to be in one place for too long. "Jackson said the curse mark gives people different abilities or enhances already existing ones," Rainbow said, sounding like he was around her. "You probably heard this from every other version of me saying that I was the fastest in Equestria. But with my curse Mark makes me move even faster. I can't remember what the egghead said about some theoretical science behind it. but the only thing I do know is that if I move fast enough not even my shadow can keep up. meaning I can be everywhere at once well theoretically speaking," RD said, appearing behind Adreana and yelled. "Elemental Style: Fire and lighting slash," Rainbow yelled, sending a slash at Adreana's chest sending her crashing into a boulder.  “Ke,” Adreana smiled with blood coming from her nose and mouth, “Not bad. Your lightning partially stopped my movement long enough for the impact to take real effect. The heat, not so much. I’m totally fire-proff stripes,” she held up her hand and the lance flew back into its master’s clutch. “I might not be as good as Mr. Lava over there,” she thumbed over her shoulder, “But at the same time, lava can’t me,” she smiled as the area around the angel began to heat up once more. “Oh and as for your light speed,” Adreana blurred out and then blurred right in front of Dash. Dash quickly put some distance between her and the angel before her fur could blacken. “Goddess control light remember,” Adreana held up another arc. “Speed is one of our top power sets, even if it does take a lot of control!”  She threw her lance again. Rainbow easily dodged it this time around but Adreana rushed her this time. “Heat Rising Fists!” the angel called out as he barreled down a barrage of superheated punches into the new alicorn before kicking her into a floating boulder. RD coughed up blood and greeting teeth and as she remembered Jackson and her conversation before the whole tournament.  [Flashback] "Like Twilight says theoretically you can move at the speed of light but if you push it hard enough maybe just maybe you can move at the point where time can't keep up with you though it does leave with some dangerous results," Past Jackson said, while they were in the Everfree Forest. "So that sounds awesome," Past Rainbow exclaimed, in excitement knowing that if she trained her enough she could move faster than time. "No Dash it's not," Jackson said, getting her attention. "Moving at that speed is basically impossible for anyone. Only gods and people who are attuned to something called the 'speed force' can move at that speed if you even try to use it you can put lasting damage on your body including your muscles," Jackson warned, and had Rainbow Dash Pinkie promise not to move at that speed. [Flashback ended] "I'm sorry Jack, but I won't be able to keep my promises," Rainbow said, before noticing something everything was moving in slow motion she looked around her and saw the rocks that she crashed into were still floating in mid-air she poked one of them and it floated away. She was confused until she remembered what Jackson said, especially near the last part. "People who are attuned to something called the 'speed force' can move at that speed," Jackson said, "maybe this is what Jackson meant by moving faster than time, " Rainbow said, she looked at her opponent she was running towards her but really really slow. "No time to think about that," Rainbow said, as Rainbow electricity surrounded her body and her eyes had the same Rainbow electricity in them. She appeared in front of Adreana and delivered multiple punches and kicks to her abdomen before finishing it with a ki blasting in her flying back. Adreana pulled herself for the rubble revealing her armor to have changed, now covering more of her body. “That was something,” Adreana couched slightly. “Speed force maybe… no, too slow for that…” Rainbow flinched at this act of the angel pulling herself for the rubble, “If I hadn’t activated my armor’s second phase I would’ve been sent straight back out of the arena. You emit too much bloodlust,” she remarked as she threw her hand up again and the lance once more returned to its owner’s grasp. “It's what gave you away and allowed me to activate the armor’s second form. Unfortunately for you now that it's activate the armor is aware and will act accordingly” The air all around Rainbow started to shimmer slightly. “Omega Arc!” Adreana called out and everything in front of the angel was in a massive sphere of light with Rainbow Dash at the center, “Here’s a light something from Princess Luna, Gravity Crush!” a black orb appeared around RD and pulled not only the debris but the arc well was being pulled in, crushing her. RD screamed in pain and was about to go unconscious. "I'm too weak, I'm sorry guys," Rainbow said, a tear going down her cheek but then she remembered Jackson's words. " It doesn't matter if you're strong or fast. I will always be proud of marrying you RD," Jackson words Echo to her mind.  "NOOOOOOO!! I'M RAINBOW DASH GODDESSES OF LOYALTY!! I WILL WIN AND PROVE THAT I AM STRONGER THAN ANYONE!!!!" Rainbow Dash screamed, bursting out and landed on the ground rainbow colored lightning more intense and inspirational, now shooting out everywhere.  “Well done,” Adreana laughed, “If that wasn’t a declaration of who you really are then I’m a piece of cragadile crap!” she laughed. “Honestly, I don’t like using magic to finish off my opponents. My sister is more of the mage type after all. Seeing as how you gave me your full name,” Adreana spun her lance and stuck in in the price of rubble she was floating on, “I am Adreana, Hunter for Lord Gar and Goddess of Fire,” she announced as her own body erupted with heat and her hair turning into mint green flames. RD merely smirked as she knew that the angel was all in now. “Shall we,” Adreana said and the two once more found themselves clashing, “Flaming Crasher! She yelled as she reeled black and laughed at the massive flaming lance as RD. The pegasus goddess readied herself to dodge when the lance suddenly split into several more flaming spears. Surprised by this she was able to dodge a few of them while some cut her. "OK then, let's see what's better, fire or lightning," Rainbow said, dashing forward punching her in the chest leaving an impressive dent on the armor before Rainbow said. "MASENKO," Rainbow said, putting her hands above her head and a ki ball formed in it before Rainbow fired it at Point Blank Range of Adreana's face. Suddenly Adreana lunged forward and buried her fist in RD’s face, sending her flying.  Rainbow managed to stop herself before crashing but then felt a searing pain from the hand she’d used to dent the angel's armor. She looked at her hand to see it bleeding profusely from several cuts. “Nice try princess,” Adrean glared as the smoke cleared to reveal her scuffed face, “My armor is somewhat sentient, remember,” she pointed to the place where RD had punched and there was no dent, not even a sign of one had been there. “As soon as you get in range it acts. With a bunch of little blades. That punch did hurt like hell though, as well as that damn energy blast to my FACE!” She pointed, “How the hell am I supposed to look my master in the face looking like this?!” RD just stared at the angel. “VERDE NOVEA!!!” Adreana shouts as she sun a massive green fireball right at RD. The pegasus managed to catch it, covering her hand in fire chakra but it was still extremely hot. “I’m not done,” Adreana threw her hand up, “FLAMING CHASER!” She yelled as the still flaming spears pulled themselves from the scattered rubble and flew straight into RD’s back. RD screamed in pain and agony from the attack. She then glared at Adreana and said. "OK then, the kid gloves are off now," she said. Grabbing a small container having three pills being red, green, and yellow.  Eating the green pill and her chakra increases tenfold and did a few hand signs and said. "Earth style: Earth prison Jutsu," Rainbow said, as change made of Rock latched on to Adreana arms, legs and neck before walls made of earth started to surround her and trap her inside. Rainbow Dash was glowing in blue chakra and said. "I know it won't hold you for long but just enough time for me to do this, " Rainbow said, before doing more hand signs and shouted. Elemental Style: water and lightning bullet Jutsu," she said, and just in time as Adreana burst through the earth prison and right into Rainbow Dash attack. “Kaiokenx2!” Adreana roared as a red aura enveloped her form. She zig-zag through RDs attack, dodging most of the bullets to get right in front of the rainbow goddess, ”GALIC GUN!” she yelled blasting RD with a point blank purple ki blast, “NOT DONE YET, HOT RUSH!” Adreana yelled as her fist suddenly erupted with green fire and she laid it into Rainbow, “I’ll take that,” she snarled as she took the container of pills and incinerated it on contact. “This is a fight, not a damn death battle!” Rainbow smirked. Confusing Adreana before Rainbow stuck out her tongue turned into a puff of smoke. It was a clone, Adreana looked around before feeling something grab her head and slanted into the ground creating a crater.  "I AIN’T DONE YET!!!," Rainbow yelled as Adreana got up and was momentarily disoriented. "Meteor Combination," RD shouted and moved at lightning speed delivering multiple punches and kicks ignoring the pain of her fists getting cut up by Adreana armor and finishing it with multiple ki blasts. Both women looked across at each other breathing heavily. “Got a say, you make Chrysalis’s drones look like windup toys, Stripes,” Adreana snicker as she held out her hand and the flaming spears flew to it converging back into the lance. “The only one who’s ever pushed me this hard is my lord, and that’s no mere thing either,” she got serious, “Sorry but you’re not walking away from this Rainbow Dash,” she raised the lance above her head and started to spin it, faster and faster.  Rainbow gritted her teeth as she did her best not to get sucked into the current. Rainbow Dash knew now that she wasn't going to win. But she's not going down without a fight. Gathering her remaining energy and did a few hand signs and grabbed her right forearm and shouted. "Lightning style: Chidori lightning drill Jutsu," Rainbow shouted, while it indeed looked like a lightning drill. And with her remaining strength she ran at Adreana her right forearm pulled back. Adreana brought the tornado down, and jumped straight down it, “Carga de dragón Retorcido!” She yelled as she threw the lance down the twister causing it to spin faster with every rotation and soon the entire twister resembled a massive dragon that collided head on with Rainbow. Rainbow Dash tried her best but Adreana's attack was too strong. She was sent flying out of the Arena but before she fell into unconsciousness her last thought was. "I couldn't win. But at least I know I was seemingly on the same level as her master that she needed to get even more serious," RD thought before falling unconscious and out of the arena. “Always… the stubborn one…” Adreana huffed. “She would’ve given Lord Gar a run for his money if she went all out from the start but he’d have beaten her not long after that,” she remarked as she powered down. “Damn… I spent more energy… than I intended…” “Well done,” Yuki landed next to her sister. “A bit over the top though.” “Go suck a fat one Yuki!” Adreana flopped back, “She was a tough bitch…” “On a scale of 1 to 10?” Yuki remarked. “Shut up!” Adreana stood, “Let’s go! I need to rest a little,” “Alright alright,” Yuki giggled, “Be careful out there… Applejack!” she called out to her fellow spectator before flying away.