Cross Effects 3.0 - The Third Time's the Charm? Colosseum

[Umbra of Chaos]

PARIAH

The child watched impassively at the opponents before him. Considering he was outnumbered extra eyes formed on the back and side of his head to grant him increased vision. Then the biomass of his arms and legs seemed to swell and increased his prodigious strength. With that done he was more than prepared for the bolts of energy and leaped over them with ease.

He landed near a flipped bus and gripped it with one hand before dragging it as he raced towards the three enemies. Then he swung the vehicle and let it go, sending it careening towards them at speeds far faster than any bus should ever move.

[Kotomine_Rin]

PARIAH VAanguard

Vanguard felt a sudden force reinvigorating him. There was no mistake, this was the work of the finest reinforcer indeed. He felt it bubble within his soul, might that was much closer to his original power.

He was harder, better, faster, stronger. And he was now going to spank that little child deep down the depths of hell with all he had and beyond. But that child, he managed to avoid his attack with remarkable reaction speed. A keen instinct somewhat, not unlike a wild beast's. And his limbs...

But now was not the time to wonder on such things, that childlike abomination was running at them with an enormous vehicle held by his tiny hands, and viciously he threw it at them with hurling might. But it was far from enough, and with prodigious speed the reinforced behemoth jumped at the bus, only to spin kick it  in front of the child's path like a meteor. There was no point in hitting the monster with it, for he expected it to be capable of grabbing onto it. But the vehicle exploded on impact as it hit the ground, covering the behemoth from his line of sight as he landed and immediately ran to the monster.

"ATTACK!" roared Vanguard.

Blade in hand, he swung it in the ground and flipped a great chunk of asphalt in the fiend's general direction to distract him, the cloud of dust swirling as he swung his blade once again  in the opposite direction to cleave the child's neck.

[yinsukin]

Roxas-Vangurd- Adjutor

Roxas felt a new strength coming to him as Adjutor reinforced him and Vanguard using his power.  Without warning the child attacked the group, tossing a bus at them.  Vanguard stopped the bus, spin kicking it back at he child, causing it to explode.  "ATTACK!" roared Vanguard.  Following this command Vanguard tore the ground apart, carving out a piece of it to throw at the child.  Roxas charged the child accelerating into a dash immediately.  As Vanguard threw the asphalt, Roxas jumped on top of it.  When his new platform was inches away from the child he planned to abandon the platform, jumping 10 feet in the air and attacking from above.

[Panda]

Adjutor-Roxas-Vanguard

Watching the insane spectacle before him, Adjutor found himself cursing his own inadequacy in this situation.

Focus. Got to focus on what I can do.

With that, he pours more mana into Valmanway, before figuring that he's poured enough into it for now. While Xarrest focuses on crafting another Concept: Fire, Adjutor makes use of Valmanway to draw the dust cloud from Vanguard's attack closer around PARIAH, hindering its vision further.

[Umbra of Chaos]

PARIAH

The virus frowned at the cloud of dust that had spread due to the bus that had just exploded. The problem was rectified quickly as several of the eyes PARIAH had switched to thermal vision. With this PARIAH could see the person in the air quite easily and two tendrils covered in spikes rose from his back. One moved to strike directly at the figure while the other waited to hit if the other one missed.

The armored figure that seeming commanded the others was also sensed quickly. His voice had given away his position and PARIAH's ears were keen enough to hear the heavy armor cracking the concrete as it approached him. Two more arms emerged from his torso while his other two transformed into blades.

The blade of the halberd that sliced through the dust was held back by these two natural weapons. In that instant the two new arms were fed more biomass and the black fists extended and shot towards the slightly obscured figure with incredible strength.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vanguard

The beast seemed to have an absolute control over it's body, limbs growing out of it's child-like body as if it was nothing. They were dealing with a truly monstrous foe. Against it's strike, the behemoth stepped back once, his feet digging into the ground and using all his body's power to resist and stand his ground with his mighty struggle.

It's limbs had grown into blades and now clashed against his poleaxe. The enhanced warrior was at odds with the child, struggling momentarily to hold ground. Then, his weapon became engulfed with lightning, energy seeping out every inch of the metal poleaxe of legend. Swiftly, he hooked the bladed arms with his weapon's edge and used the weight and support as leverage to shoot himself upwards in order to intercept the tendrils with a mighty strike.

[Umbra of Chaos]

PARIAH

The only thing that was present on PARIAH's face was annoyance as lightning from the weapon burned away some biomass. As the armored man launched himself into the using the child as leverage which unbalanced him for a second before he had 4 tendrils thicker than a man's arm burst from his back, wrap around the man's legs, and pull him back to earth.

But he would not have the luxury of landing on solid ground as PARIAH funneled biomass into the earth through his feet. And as the man was pulled towards the ground he was met by an enormous spike of biomass bursting from the ground intent on impaling him.

[yinsukin]

Roxas

As Roxas fell, he noticed Vanguard fly up to help him, only to be taken down by the "kid".  It was clear now that even if he breaks through this first tendril, its likely that the monster will simply make more.  Still falling, he used a X shaped slash with his keyblades to destroy the tendril coming at him. Thinking that he will be dealt with in the same fashion as Vanguard, Roxas made a cross shaped block with his keyblades and cast reflectaga.  A magical circular barrier surrounded Roxas as he made his decent.  He was now at half the altitude he started at, closing in on the monster.

[yinsukin]

Roxas v Noel

The sky was dark but clear, illuminated by the moon and the stars.  Below, a large forest covers the land for miles, with a few large fields and lakes scattered around the area.  The leaves of the tree are so thick that they obscure both the ground below and the night sky above.  The trunks of the tree are extremely thick, with most of them being several meters wide.   The forest is empty, void of life aside from the trees and plants.

The cool nature air filled Roxas’s lunges as he woke up in this forest.  He looked around, examining the trees and grass.  The trees were big and healthy and he had no idea that grass could be so green.   As he listened to nature around him, he heard nothing.  There were no birds, no bug noises and no animals.  It was odd.  The place felt so empty yet so full of life.  He looked around, suspicious of his surroundings.

[SINIB]

Noel

There he was! Noel had found her target, the man she'd been ordered to execute. Finally, in this lonesome forest!

So, she wordlessly summoned bolverk without nary a sound, and whispered one word after a short pause.

"Bolverk..."

And with that, she burst forward at an impossible speed, far outstripping even her normal speed. She slammed into the boy from behind nearly instantaneously, knocking him down and speeding past him in less than a second. She clanged Bolverk together, bathing the boy in a pillar of impossibly hot fire.

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

The sky was pitch black, the stars and the moon being the sole watchers to gaze upon the night city. The wind scattered the autumn leaves, as if to soothe them. Walking lazily in the middle of the road, the red swordsmith advanced towards the azure girl, a silver blade on his waist and a crimson sword in hand. Smiling peacefully, he advanced slowly. There was no stance, no frantic movement. That man seemed to be bothered by nothing in this world.

His eyes were closed, his mind was peaceful. His blade would guide him to that woman and grant him victory, of that he had no doubt. So with silent steps, without exhibiting even a meagre speck of aura, the warrior advanced in this relaxed position. And yet, formless as the mist, flexible as the willow branch, that stance was nothing short but an impenetrable guard.

This would be a night to remember.


SAKAGAMI KENZO VS NOEL VERMILLON

THE WHEEL OF FATE IS TURNING

REBEL 1

ACTION!!

A single leaf touched the cold asphalt ground and the warrior vanished. No, that was only what a naked eye would have observed. For the shockwave surely spelled out the man's incredible speed. In a mere instant, he had closed the distance between the two. A crimson line was now approaching the woman, to cut her down from the neck down.

[SINIB]

NOERUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU[...]UUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

The red man was moving at speeds far surpassing the logic of man, greater than the greatest of men could even comprehend, swifter than the fastest wind. He was there before Noel had even been able to hear his foot hit the ground, striking with deadly accuracy and incredible speed. Nobody should have been able to dodge such an attack.

However. . .

Noel matched his speed, and even exceeded it. She ducked beneath his strike as it soared directly above her head, mere millimeters away from her hair. And then, she dashed to the side, faster than fast, quicker than quick, and fired an enormous fiery blast from her shotgun in response to his flagrant attack.

[Kotomine_Rin]

KENNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY[...]YYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

She was quick on her feet, almost as quick as he was. No, he had the feeling she could get faster, but even so- Even if she could outclass his own body, she could not outclass his sword.  Swift as the waves, the blade deflected the blast and was thrust at the woman's legs.

However...

That was a feint, for before the blade could even reach her, it was swung towards her chest.

[SINIB]

NOEL. .  .

Noel saw the blade absorb her initial attack, and then make a beeline for her legs, moving at the same ridiculous speed. So, she did the only reasonable thing she could think of. She leapt into the air, at even more impossible speeds, firing a massive volley of gigantic shots at the attacker as she did so.

. . .VERMILLION!!!!!!!

[Kotomine_Rin]

Sakagami Kenzo

Kenzo grinned, satisfied by the display. In response, he slashed the coming pellets with a surgeon's precision and the might of cannonfire, his blade caressing and parrying each and every one of them. But at the last stroke of his blade-

It extended, like a mad dragon swirling around, enveloping the girl but not as much as grazing her. With a slight twist of his wrist, he commanded the sword to dance, and the dragon's fang shot down for the girl's throat.