Opposition anyone?

[Tano]

*Tano hovers in the atmosphere with his long trench coat fluttering wildly in the wind. His dark gaze searches the ground for signs of human life. The tiny town below him is bustling with Sunday morning activity. Parents are chasing their children down, old men and women are off to church, men are in to see their families after long business trips. Tano laughs as he extends his palm towards the sky. A dark energy begins to form a ball in his hand. The black spiraling mass encompasses his entire arm and soon crawls to his palm. The ball is complete and is no larger than a fist... but it is concentrated energy. Such power is in it that the long hairs on Tano's head stand at attention. His ebony eyes peer down onto the unsuspecting town. A deep, gravelly laugh cuts through the air as his body contorts and his spine becomes a "U" shape. When Tano finally releases the energy, he lets fly with every inch of strength. The missile of black energy, pure evil, rockets down as a meteor of un-measured destruction. Screams and cries echo through his ears as the people see their demise headed for them. All is covered in a bright, phantasmagoric light when finally the energy collides with the innocent city. Tano crosses his arms and watches the mushroom cloud rise above the earth. Trees are pushed down for miles and the ground opens up with newly created fault lines. Tano has decimated yet another city. Soon... he hopes to find one that can quench his thirst for battle... A warrior that does not fear a fight of catastrophic proportions.*

"Come now! Surely there is one among these petty fools that can resist me?" Tano scowled and spat as he began to rise higher into the atmosphere, above the clouds. The stars and galaxies of the never-ending universe twinkle as though they could care a less about the destruction of the tiny planet... all they knew was that they must shine. Tano's rusty voice growled out its challenge over the entire planet. "Come all of ye that call yourselves WARRIORS! Your destruction is nigh!"

[Busterman Zero]

"You're mine, Tano. You'll now discover why I'm called the Buster Man!!!"

[Tano]

*Tano's head turns slowly to meet his challenger. His arms still folded and arrogance still fresh on his face, Tano replies.*

"Well, where are your friends? Your backup? Surely you do not jump into a raging river without a life Jacket?" Tano laughed and let his hands rest at his side.

[Busterman Zero]

"Life jacket? Don't make me laugh. I don't need backup..."

[Tano]

*Tano's clawed hands balled into fists, but soon relaxed. He could feel the power of his new challenger, but would never admit that a warrior could even compare to him. This one had the power to do much more than that... But he'd never tell.*

"Well then let us not quarrel over who is weaker than who and why I'm going to beat you and you are going to beat me... yada yada yada blah blah blah... Let actions speak where words have no jurisdiction." Tano threw his long coat aside and cracked his neck. "I would say that since you have made the challenge you get the first move... but I'm a b*stard
."

*Tano's energy began to raise and his eyes luminated with an ominous red glow. The air around Tano seemed to drop pressure, and a pattern of strange waves distorted Tano's image. Before Busterman had the chance to realize what was happening, Tano's body disappeared. The dimensional rift opened directly behind the awaiting challenger, and Tano's smile widened as he brought his left leg high into the air in a reverse crescent kick. It was aimed for the right side of the challenger's neck, a debilitating move if it connected. Unfortunately Tano doubted this fight could be won as easily as that, and he also realized that even landing such a kick would be harder to pull off than with any normal fighter. His thirst for a powerful contender had been quenched.*

[Busterman Zero]

*Seeing the kick coming from a mile away, I ducked. I was familiar with this sort of combat style, so I even managed to catch Tano's foot. I shot out a kick of own but Tano blocked it and countered with a kick from his other foot. I was forced to let go and flip backwards. I never thought this fight would be easy, but this certainly was not good.*

[Tano]

*Sweat began to bead on Tano's forehead as his feet began battled with Busterman's. One wrong mistake and he would be on his back... which is not a good thing if you fall 3 miles from the ground. Tano gained enough concentration to focus his chi and blast a wave of energy strong enough to separate him from Busterman. Tano needed to regroup. He attempted a smile, but it fell as soon as it had been brought up.*

"So you are quite developed in close combat techniques. Mid-air, no less... Perhaps we'll raise the stakes." Tano's eyes narrowed and his hands were put together in front of his face as though he were in prayer.

*The aura of yellow energy that surrounded his hands begin to spark and "fizz". Tano steadily pulled his hands apart and watched the tiny ball of energy dance and flit to and froe. It was a tiny concentrated ball with a life of its own. It was fairy like in appearance, but deadly to the touch. It's composition was so that it split through the atoms of anything it came into contact of. If the ball were to come at you, there would be no blocking it... It would sear right through flesh and bone with ease. The most unforgettable factor that made it so deadly was its unmatchable speed. A bullet would cower in a race with such a competitor. The mouth of Tano moved slowly in a chant. He must keep chanting, or else the ball would chose where it wanted to go. But the continuous chanting of the Archmage set the ball on a mission... pierce the challenger. It promptly went about its business and whizzed straight up into the air. That is where it would remain... waiting for its command.*

"Now, my dear warrior... shall we dance?" Tano lunged towards Busterman with fist raised... the ball of energy started on its course for Busterman's death. It would approach Busterman from above.

*Meanwhile, Tano readied another energy ball with his left hand, should the challenger decide to go downward. A three front attack left no room for mistake, the challenger would need a sufficient plan to escape this one alive.*

[The~Inquisitor]

Go on Buster Man. Bust a man!

[Busterman Zero]

Heh, thanks Inquis. Now back to the fight...

*Seeing Tano had me boxed in, I smiled. God I love a challenge. Moving away from Tano as the energy balls closed in, I shut my eyes and focused. Right as the energy blasts were about to hit me, I preformed a secret move my mentor had taught me. I could only do it once a day, but I need it only once. All at once, my body yurned into mist. The energy balls passed harmlessly through me. They hit the ground and exploded. I reformed as quickly as I had deformed and sent a kick to Tano's ribs.

[Tano]

*Tano had not been ready for the defensive maneuver that BusterMan had chosen. The attack nearly through him completely off guard, and Tano's kick had glided through him as well. So when the kick began hurling towards his rib, Tano barely made a half-hearted elbow block. The effect was a pain that went through his arm and into his shoulder. It hurt like hell, but it protected his chest. Tano shook the pain off and grimaced. His eyes flashed as he executed a textbook palm thrust towards his enemy... it halted inches from the opponents body, distracting him from the real attack... Tano's eyes began to flicker with vivid white radiance. An intense beam of energy erupted from his eyes. BusterMan had little time to think or act... Tano found himself in anticipation to see what BusterMan's reaction would be. The very experience was making Tano a better fighter... helping him learn of new and unknown techniques. He had already began to understand some of them, and could possibly train himself to master them. But for now, Tano watched with curiosity, taking the information into his mind... learning from his formidable opponent... fulfilling his ACTUAL goal.*

[Busterman Zero]

*Seeing the energy coming towards me, I countered with a move of my own. I fired a bolt of lightning from my right fingertipes that intercepted but only slowed down the enery beam, I moved out of the beam's path, but it still grazed me lightly on the side of my right arm. Chewing back the pain, I raised my other arm and let loose another blast of lightning.

[Tano]

*Tano cringed! An elemental attack… Tano did not like this, but realized luck was on his side. An easy swipe of the wrist dispelled the attack immediately. Tano thanked the gods that they weren’t in another location… Tano explained why the attack didn’t work, careful to hide his hand which had severe burns on the palm… It was now useless.*

“If you had me on the ground, dear BusteMan, then I would be quite the crispy critter! Unfortunately..” Tano bit back the urge to groan in pain from his debilitated hand and continued, “The lightning attack did not get its full effect. It’s a simple matter of a complete circuit. In order to complete a circuit, it must be GROUNDED!”

*Tano pounced forward towards BusterMan, careful not to use the bad hand. His good hand, the right one, swiped downward in an attempt to send BusterMan towards the earth, far below. He took time to focus his energy behind his blow, increasing its power 3x. Tano’s purpose was nearly through, the fight would end soon.*

[Busterman Zero]

*Exausted from the power used for such a spell, I could only block the oncoming punch. I was sent flying to the ground, but managed to stop myself from hitting it. My arms hurt more that I'd let him believe, and I suspected his left hand was in worse shape that he'd admit. Focusing, I floated back upwards. He has the powers of dark energy at his side, but I am a warrior of the storm. I shut my eyes and focused for a moment. Then I grinned. Lightning may not have been a good choice for air combat, but wind sure is. I forced my mystic energy out aound my body and created a small wind blast that was directed towards Tano. Lets see how he handles this...*

[Tano]

*Tano grit his teeth and held his hands up.*

"Cursed elemental attacks! They'll be the death of me!"

*Tano did what he could to create a light shield in front of him, but the wind merely pushed him along with the shield. His body began to fly out of control, and Tano saw the tree directly behind him just as he uttered a phrase.*

"Loomi tanya lirva amin!"

*Tano's body was slammed against the broad tree trunk with such force that bark chipped off its sides. He felt blood trickle down his head and onto the back of his neck, most likely a concussion. Already Tano was angered with himself. Somehow he had managed to find someone who used the very attacks that he was weak against... Elemental. This could prove fatal to Tano. He wished that anyone else had challenged him, but BusterMan. Any other power he could handle, but not Elemental attacks. He had not yet built a defense for most of the attacks BusterMan would use. However, he smiled and laughed at the thought of his spell. BusterMan would have no clue what attack was coming, and Tano laughed at the thought of it.*

*A dark green cloud rose from nowhere and covered the land. BusterMan could neither see nor breath now... for such a stench containing landfill odor, dog breath odor, skunk odor, fart odor, and the odor of all things stinky filled his lungs, that the lungs of a man would rot out should they breath too much of it. This gave Tano just enough time to open a portal.*

*Extending his index finger, Tano began to drag it in a downward motion, creating a rip from nowhere. It glowed and luminated the dark green cloud into a neon green color. Tano walked through the gat and left a mental message for BusterMan.*

"I urge you to look me up once you escape this stinking mess, BusterMan. Our fight has been quite... educational. Just a mere step in my training, to be sure. I'll soon return with much more knowledge and power than before. If you'll remember, I contain the power of a Hydrogen Bomb in a single attack... it has been fun toying with you, and you surely realize that neither of us used half of our full power. Next time, though, we'll meet in a different realm. I'll make sure you have an INCREDIBLE time, as well. Until then, my worthy adversary!"

*Tano's voice echoed until it rang out of BusterMan's head. He now had a short time to get out of there before the cloud ate at his skin.*

OOC: SRY to leave the thread so early, it'll be continued later. It's just that right now, I may not have time to keep up with a fighting thread. I'm acting in a performance of "The Clown's MacBeth" and will have most of my time occupied. So I'll start it up just as soon as the performances are over. Until then, anyone can use this thread to spar or practice in... the end of the world will occur the very next time I post here, this I promise. So I suggest lots of training! Bwahahahahahah*Choking Cough*ha!

[Busterman Zero]

See ya around Tano! I'll just close up this fight...

*Tano had made a grave mis-calculation in sending a cloud to attack me. With a quick chant, I summoned wind to blow the gas away. Tano had indeed left, probably looking for a way to strengthen his defences against my air magic...

I spat angrily. Neither of us had used our full power. Well, I had used my mist power, but I was hoping to end the fight quickly. I should my head and walked off.*

Someone else should use this thread for the same kind of thing we were doing.