*As the blades of the Masamune and Great Knife pressed firmly against each other, the faceless head of Valtiel was almost arrogantly cock-eyed as it looked at Sephiroth X. With sufficient force X pushed forcing the Great Knife above Valtiel�s shoulders exposing his midsection, which was quickly followed by a Sephiroth X knee to the gut. Valtiel quickly responded though as he used one of his legs to trip up X�s raised knee sending the green-eyed fighter onto his back. Immediately after landing on the ground X saw the Great Knife coming straight down at him. X quickly rolled away from Valtiel and heard the Great Knife land with a loud �ping� onto the concrete. After quickly springing to his feet Sephiroth X came at Valtiel with a flurry of slashes all of which were being blocked by Valtiel. X only hopped all of his quick movements would cause Valtiel to lose his balance and control over his massive weapon, perhaps he could do to Valtiel what he did to Zack in the first step of Zack�s training.
*After three more quick slashes all blocked by Valtiel, X took a step back and swung the Masamune baseball bat style at his foe. Valtiel didn�t prepare for such a bold attack from X, and given the extreme speed that the Masamune was coming at him at, Valtiel barely managed to get the Great Knife between he and X�s sword. With a large spark, the Great Knife blocked X�s powerful attack but sent Valtiel staggering back off balance due to the inertia created by the Great Knife. Immediately seeing Valtiel off balance X went in for a quick hit, he somersaulted towards Valtiel and upon completing the roll X slashed the Masamune horizontally creating a devastating diagonal slash across Valtiel�s chest. Valtiel staggered backwards as blood dripped from the huge gash while Sephiroth X remained fixed in his follow-through position watching the effects of his attack. Valtiel then managed to finally rebalance himself and looked down at the wound as it slowly began to heal. Sephiroth X quietly sighed to himself as he saw the quick healing which reminded him of when he fought Prodigi.
Sephiroth X- �What can everybody do that now?�
*Before the wound completely healed Valtiel rubbed some of his own blood onto his hand and held it up to his �face�, his tongue slowly came around his head from behind and reached out to lick his own blood. Then as the slithering tongue return to its oddly placed mouth, Valtiel chuckled to himself.
Valtiel- ��My turn.�
*Valtiel immediately turned around and sprinted towards the wall he was now facing, and as he reached the wall his feet stuck allowing Valtiel to run right up the wall like it was solid ground. After running up about 10 or 15 feet Valtiel sharply turned to his left and started running across the walls of the small square courtyard. X held the Masamune defensively preparing for an attack as he observed, he quickly noticed that as Valtiel circled his speed increased dramatically making the walls he was running on almost blur. Valtiel made one more lap around the courtyard walls and held the tip of the Great Knife onto the brick wall creating sparks as Valtiel ran, then at a random spot in his sprint he bent his knee�s and shot off the wall like a bullet right at Sephiroth X. The Great Knife twirled in Valtiel�s hand and as he came within a few feet of X he grasped his weapon with two hands and swung fiercely. X was well prepared to block the attack, but it was the force of the impact that totally caught X off guard. X flew a few feet in mid air away from the point of impact and then rolled an additional 10 feet on the ground until slamming into the far wall. X quickly shook off the brief pain and saw Valtiel already coming at him for another offensive. Valtiel ran with impressive speed and raised the Great Knife into the air for a swing, Sephiroth X shot the Masamune upwards prepping to block the next attack while laying on the ground but instead of the Great Knife slicing down at him Valtiel instead used his weapon as a diversion and slid on the ground baseball slide style at X sending his foot crashing into X�s chest. The slide�s impact combined with X already being pressed against the building�s wall proved near devastating, the brick behind X broke away creating a small indentation into the wall and X yelled out in pain momentarily but was cut off as the air ran out from his lungs.
*Valtiel quickly stood up and slid his foot under X�s torso and quickly kicked up his leg sending X flying over Valtiel�s head and crashing back onto the concrete face-down in the center of the alley. Sephiroth X wrapped his arms around his pain-stricken chest again and coughed as blood spurted out onto the concrete. Valtiel never turned around after kicking X up into the air, but instead ran up the side of the wall he was facing and spring-boarded off it and flipped in mid air back towards X. As Sephiroth X finished his momentary coughing of blood, Valtiel�s legs came crashing down into X�s back from above. X screamed out in pain again as Valtiel literally stood above him. The demonic monster then hopped off of Sephiroth X�s back and stood there observing the momentary damage. X slowly staggered back up to his feet a blood ran from his mouth and scrapes and bruises were visible on his face. With his left arm wrapped around his chest, X used his free hand to hold the Masamune in the best battle-ready position he could. Thoughts began to run through X�s mind.
Sephiroth X- This is bad� he�s tougher then even I thought he was� I can�t win� I still have to hold back though� he might be watching...
*Valtiel looked and almost felt pity for his adversary. Despite the courage X was displaying by not just giving up, it was still like shooting fish in a barrel. Valtiel walked up to X, the Great Knife still in hand, and as he came within a few feet of Sephiroth X the Masamune came slashing at him. It was obvious to Valtiel by the lack of force exerted in the slash that X was in too much pain to truly hold is own anymore, and Valtiel caught the Masamune in mid-slash with his hand. Valtiel�s blood dripped down the Masamune�s blade as it dug into Valtiel�s hand, but the monster showed no sign of pain. Valtiel looked into X�s eyes momentarily, he saw determination and a will to survive despite that his body was probably going to give out at any moment� Valtiel thought to himself.
Valtiel- Such a soul� an untapped potential lies in him� perhaps that means he�s still useful alive
*The Great Knife dropped out of Valtiel�s other hand and curled into a fist, and that fist swung directly at the face of the unguarded Sephiroth X. The impact of the blow pulled the Masamune out from Valtiel�s hand and sent X flying a few feet backwards landing on the ground, dropping the Masamune upon landing. Valtiel calmly picked up the Great Knife again and casually walked over to where Sephiroth X was lying curled up in pain. Valtiel kicked X soccer-style in his covered up chest sending X airborne for a foot or two landing near one of the courtyard walls again. Sephiroth X coughed up more blood and tried to stand, but could only get to his hands and knees. In the corner of his eye, X saw Valtiel walk up to him again, and this time Valtiel�s free hand reached down and grabbed X by the back of his skull and then lifted the silver haired fighter up into the air. Valtiel viciously swung X like a rag-doll and drove him face-first into the brick wall near him causing the wall to break as X was driven into them. Without even letting go of the back of X�s head, Valtiel pulled X from the small crater in the wall and threw him back to the very center of the courtyard were the decaying Pyramid Head lied.
*Sephiroth X�s body was limp, and X himself was slipping in and out of consciousness. His vision was definitely going in and out of focus and he could feel blood all over his face. Valtiel walked with a small swagger towards X�s beaten body and used his foot to roll X over. Valtiel reached down and tightly wrapped his hand around X throat, and lifted him up into the air. Instinctively X�s arms shot up trying to pry Valtiel�s vice-like grip from around his throat, but he was too weak to even have a shot of freeing himself. Valtiel held X up a few feet in the air by his throat and looked at him in pride of what he had done, definitely this was a successful test of the power Fallen had provided him with.
*The decaying Pyramid Head suddenly busted open like a water balloon as crimson red blood poured out of it. The blood formed a circle about 10 feet in diameter, the center point being were Valtiel stood holding X. Then the blood slowly expanded in to fill that circle covering the entire ground including the Masamune. The red blood began to crawl up Valtiel�s legs and then his torso, then it began to cross over Valtiel�s arm and then to Sephiroth X. The black clothes of X slowly were covered in the same crimson read blood then, almost as if it was directed to do so, began to crawl over the heads of Valtiel and Sephiroth X in unison. Then as the two blood covered figures stood there momentarily, their figures began to slowly lower down back into the circle of blood below them. After their figures became one with the blood pool, the blood began to flow inward again as it all flowed down an invisible drain right were Valtiel once stood. Then just like that, the Masamune, the Pyramid Head, Sephiroth X, and Valtiel were gone with no trace of their presence even left in the courtyard.
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Winner - Valtiel
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