Light and Dark (Yuri tier up to 1-2, need someone to do it)

A young boy sat on the ground, shirtless. His pale body had minor cuts all over it, but his expression read of severe pain. One voice spoke. "C'mon, Yuri. Surely you can do better! Your holy magic is perfect to fight my dark!" A man, six feet tall with black hair and the same, bright cyan eyes of the silverette teased and goaded. He had a sword with a black handle and a red jewel in the guard. The Devil's Sunrise.

"But Brother! Your dark magic is just as effective against mine! They're opposites! They're super effective against each other!" The silverette spat out, cringing with every word. The man merely shook his head, and went after him again...

Yuri woke with a start. A memory. One of the only times Alexei had actually been cruel to him. To discover his talent with the holy side of things. He remembered at the end of it, he had the Heaven's Gate in hand. Shaking his head, he went out for a walk. Despite it being night, it was still about 70 degrees F. Warm for this time of year.

He wore Chinese shoes, grey sweatpants, and a white tank top. He wouldn't be able to use replacement ghoul unless he wanted to lose a good bit of clothing. He wandered around the forest nearby his private summer home. Some hollow were nearby, but they were leaving his home alone. And with good reason. Runes created a safety barrier to purify them should they come close. Only reason he knew this was because he could feel their intent. And cameras.

Suddenly, he felt that intent disappear and replaced by one. There were a good three dozen of the mindless beasts. Whoever it was was strong. Maybe some late night exercise will settle his mind? The young man went to investigate. Stepping right out in the open to find...

Sen... He had been watching these hollow for a while now. More and more showed up at this spot for some reason, but none were worth the time spent killing them. Atleast, until an Adjuchas showed up. As soon as seen see it, he jumped into action. He'd wiped out most of the hollow in a single cero blast and finished off the stragglers with a few energy javalins.

The largest survivor, the Adjucas ran at him and Sen ducked under a feeble clothes line. He jumped on the hollow's back and wrapped one arm under the armpit and the other grabbed on tight to its head. He pulled them appart and savagely bit into the creature's throat, ripping away flesh and tearing into arteries. The hollow raged for a while, swinging and trying to get free, but soon secumbed to blood loss and collapsed in a heap.

Sen began tearing at flesh and devouring it, then ripped off the right arm and perched on the dead hollow's back, munching away on desert. He felt a powerful energy nearby, but it was inside the strange barrier he'd witnessed in action earlier. He doubted it would kill him but Sen was also already eating. Going after more food was pointless now.

Atleast he knew why the hollow had gathered here, looking for a powerful meal surrounded by certain death. They would wait hours for the person to leave just to take a change at getting a bite. Sen might come back here later, and see if more had come. It might be the perfect feeding ground. He threw away a bare bone, and ripped off the other arm, smiling. Then he noticed the power he felt earlier was about 10 feet behind him. He swiveled around on the hollows back and growled a little, still biting into the arm.

...a monster feasting on another monster. Survival of the fittest. And they devour each other to boot. Interesting. "I didn't know hollow cannabilize each other. Is there a particular reason for it? If you're even sentient..." He'd met an occasional sentient hollow. But those were few and far between. Not to mention all talk. However, this one was much more humanoid compared to others. Did that make a difference?

But the creature stayed quiet, keeping an eye on him. Maybe he was too close. He knew some creatures wouldn't answer if you were too close, making them feel threatened, especially werewolves. Yuri jumped up, landing on a holy disc a good 30 feet away. He would have stayed on the ground if the forest wasn't so damn thick. Then he waited and got his answer.

"Well, that would explain a lot of their behavior. Sorry to disturb your meal." Yuri jumped down, but back into the forest. It was a nice full moon out and clear skies. Even if it wasn't, Yuri knew these woods. Fighting something when it was hungry was not a smart idea. He just hoped that hollow sated his hunger. Otherwise this was gonna get destructive.

Sen watched the man carefully. He came quite close, clearly not afraid of Sen who was currently bloody from his meal. He asked a question, and then when Sen only growled in response he backed off. Interesting. Tearing off another chunk he decided to Answer. "Yes, we do. When a hollow eats another, It absorbs their soul, making them stronger. The more they eat, the stronger they get until they turn into the creature you see under me. These are sentient, though quite wild. They continue to lust for flesh, and when they have had their fill of souls, the lucky make it to the final stage. Me." He stood up fully now, to demonstate.

"I am what is known as a Vasto lorde, a creature greater than those imposter arrancar. There are very few, only the strongest make it this far." Sen walked towards Yuri. He was full, but he was feeling a bit like fighting. "I don't really need more power, but keeping the weak, weak, benefits everyone. Most humans don't complain, until I start eating them." He gnashed his teeth as he finished speaking.

Toying with this one seemed like it might be fun. He might even let him live if it was entertaining enough. In a base boom of sonido he shot towards the human and slashed at his arm with clawed fingers, then jumped away. "I am Sen, human. Who has the honor of entertaining me tonight?"

Guy didn't like arrancar. Yuri found that slightly amusing. The new information was nice, too. The Coalition probably already knew, but there were probably other parties that might be interested. He'll have to pass it along. He didn't like the guy though. Keeping the weak weak benefits everyone? He failed to see how. And he really didn't like the extra bit about humans not complaining until he chomps on them.

Yuri tensed. He knew this guy wasn't just gonna let him go. He did a short hop and turned, avoiding the slash at his arm. In exchange, he tipped his disc up, grabbed, and threw it like a frisby while making another one below him to keep him in the air. At most, that would do minor blunt force damage. He did two spells, pointing directly at him. The first, a blue magic circle appeared in front of the monster with a snowflake in the center, shooting out a blade of ice with a one post cooldown. The second magic circle below and to the left fired a hollow star. Which had a one in three chance of doing nothing but cut him, that part/limb becomes sluggish, or it will mess with his power, making it go haywire, abilities won't work right, backfire, etc.

The creature spoke. "Interesting. I was up for some late night exercise, but I wasn't about to attack a hungry creature. My name is Yuri. Let's get away from those runes...they may not kill you, since it seems you're more than strong enough, but they'll make it tougher on you to fight me if we go inside. And it wouldn't be a pleasant experience for you to go inside that either."

Yuri dropped to the earth. "One last question, are you a part of the Espada?" He blurred away from his spot. He had no doubt Sen could track him...even keep up. Four hundred yards away, hopefully he got his answer. And he was ready for a counter attack.

Sen dodged the frisby disc, then spun and punched the iceicle as it burst out of its circle and shattered it. The Hollow star grazed his leg but it seemed to not effect him. Not that he expected it to do anthing else besides make him bleed. Eitherway the wound healed up pretty quick, Sen looked back to Yuri. "Very wise. Had you of come any closer when I was eating, I wouldn't be playing games with you." He said. |"Moving away would be wise." He said, and Sonido'd after Yuri.

"I might feast on the flesh of my own kind, but I have dignity, Yuri. No I am not a member of the espada. I'm an Enemy." Sen said. He then unleased six javalin like spikes of energy with the strength and speed of a bala each, followed by sonido to move himself to Yuri's left. He aimed a rib cracking punch at the man's ribs and if yuri dodged he would throw a few more of his javalins.

"Answer me something human." Sen asked as he prepared to dodge. "You don't seem overly intent on killing me. Why? Most humans react a lot more violently towards me when they see me. Thats usually what gets them eaten."

"Kinda figured, but just wanted to make sure." His Hyper Intuition did more than just let him predict movements with incredible accuracy, it allowed him to feel intent...and see if someone was lying. Not perfect, but good enough against most people.

He matched the javelins with the basic holy spell, Shine. Just to test them. The resounding explosions and resulting purification of the energy disturbed him lightly. It meant he used dark powers. Yuri kicked the forearm away. Forming Shine spells at his heel, he heel kicked at the creature's face while his leg/foot was up, hopefully giving him a face full of three bala powered holy magic attacks and a foot. In a grappling match or a test of physical strength, he could tell he would lose. But hopefully his hitting power would even the odds.

He blurred away as another magic circle, this time from below, formed. A stone blade came out of it, exploding and sending out dozens of spikes, which travelled ten yards and then sent out four more. By then, Yuri was out of the blast radius.

Then came the creature's question. Yuri shrugged noncommittedly. "You were minding your own business. You weren't hurting any innocent people at the time. And, far as I know, haven't killed any of my friends. I don't like to fight needlessly. It's rare that I get these urges for some heavy exercising like this. What I find more interesting is the fact your powers are dark affiliated. It means I'm your worst enemy...and you're my worst enemy, if my theory is correct..."

Pointing at him, two white magic circles appeared, one above and one below, firing out two beams of holy energy, each as strong as a gran rey cero.

(OOC: Wasn't sure if I was supposed to deal with that second set of javelins, seeing as he didn't really dodge, but deflected and attacked...)

Sen's punch was deflected and a kick came at his face. he blocked the foot with the palm of his hand and the magic exploded harmlessly due to his fiend fist. Sen pushed yuri's leg up and tried to make him fall on his back. Sen dodged the stone spike and jumped away before it exploded. As stone shards shot at him he threw out a rapid flurry of punches to destroy and piece of stone that came his way. One or two bits clipped him and a third hit into his leg but his healing took care of the wound soon enough, even pushing the spike out of his leg before it started to close.

Sen listened intendly. "Holy and dark you say? Interesting. I had no idea my energy was aligned to darkness. But a soul as black as I, it shouldn't be surprising I suppose." He clacked his teeth and reflexed out of the way of the magic circle beams. Sen slid on his heals and used sonido to appear next to Yuri. Again he threw a rib shattering punch but it was to cover up what came from his other hand. He unleashed blast of energy in a cone shape towards Yuri, which would hit with the power of a cero.

Yuri used the push to backflip away as the hollow dealt with his attack easily enough. He wasn't using his typical hard and fast style. Perhaps he should start doing that soon. Yuri nodded at the creature's comment. Then did as stated before. The hollow dealt also fairly easily. The creature was fast enough to react and had decent sensing capabilities. Those two things made him a difficult opponent.

The silverette deflected the punch with both hands. And darted back, making a motion as if he was opening/closing a shower curtain, summoning a barrier that blocked the widening dark energy. At the same time, Yuri struck. From behind, a red magic circle appeared, firing a pillar of flame the strength of a cero. Whether he blocked it or dodged it, a set of magic circles formed above the hollow, firing a barrage of lightning bolts, each 70% the strength of a cero, but also the spell was difficult to dodge, even for a speedster.

From the front came another barrage, this time of hollow stars, each with a one in three chance of simply cutting him, making that body part/limb sluggish, or making his powers go haywire/backfire/simply not work. From behind the vasto lorde's knees formed his Shine spells, one behind each knee, and fired at them, hoping to postpone his reaction time enough to get hit.

Last, but not least, a white magic circle appeared next to Yuri, firing a fairly large ball of holy energy that would home in on Sen. It was the strength of a cero and can't make sharp turns, but will follow him for 250 yards, and then explode with the same strength in a fifty yard radius.

Sen sensed the attack and dodged aside as his energy met shield, meaning Yuri's fire spell would also hit his shield. He was still moving as circles appeared above him and was forced to dance around them as they lanced down. One hit his shoulder. More circles appeared infront and behind. Sen used Sonido to clear the area fully.

Yuri fired a ball of energy that began to track Sen. He danced around it for a while, until he managed to get it between him and Yuri. Then he launched his hollow spear, the attack burst straight trough it setting it off, and the hollow lance would continue on towards Yuri. Sen was caught in the blast of the holy orb however, he ressisted the force of it instead of letting it blow him away.

After the blast Sen growled, then dashed toward yuri with sonido. He landed next to the human and kicked, then apeared the opposite side and did a two hit combo with his fists, Sen then did an over head slam with both fists and topped it all off with another Melta blast. He swept a foot towards Yuri and if tripped would riddle the area with energy Javalins.

This guy was too mobile for his own good! The guy also got Impure Purification between them, and the Russian had a pretty good idea of what he was gonna do. Others have done it in the past. Yuri immediately darted back and away, even blurring away to not be effected by the explosion. Barely succeeding, he had to lean back to avoid the spear of energy.

Going into a backflip, he matched kick with kick. And promptly spun on his arms away in the opposite direction. While deflecting the punches with his feet, he righted himself and threw a point blank shine spell. He would hope with that speed and at this range, dodging that one wouldn't be possible. When he landed back on his feet, he avoided the overhead strike and put in another dual Shine spells. The holy mage then gained some distance.

Big mistake. That widening cone attack came at him again. It appeared that he was blasted. But soon the body deformed itself and attacked mindlessly and ruthlessly with claws. Shouldn't be much trouble for that hollow seeing as the creature was four tiers below Yuri. The real Yuri was to the left. Three hundred small needles formed all around the creature, and striked at him. If all of them hit, it would deal equal damage to a gren rey cero. Also, it would ruin Sen's control over his spiritual pressure for two posts.

(ooc: sorry for interrupting your attacks...didn't know whether to still address them or not.)

Sen's attack hit something but it wasn't Yuri. The weird zombie thing ran at him and he grabbed it by the face, slamming its skull full force into the ground, crushing it. He Barely had time to notice the needle attack, and responded by using an attack of his own. Still crouched, a spire of pure energy exploded out and upwards 100 feet into the sky and 50 feet around him with the power of a cero oscuros. Most of the needles were destroyed but some laced his right arm, resulting in dark power leaking from his arm, wisping and swirling Chaotically.

He could tell his control was effected, but it didn't really bother him. Hopefully Yuri didn't walk out of that unscathe, either way. He began looking around for the man, and when spotted he would Sonido close to him, aiming to quick punches for the gut. If he could get a hold of the man's arm he would also swing and throw him towards a nearby tree and then fire ten Javalins after him, half of which popped into raw energy harmlessly.

The shirtless man saw the energy go up in the air. And then split into several different beams. He hoped the radius wasn't too big. He ran into a Holy Portal he created, allowing him to avoid the beams, but the explosion near him followed. One hundred yards straight back, he exited and jumped, avoiding the explosion too. Upon landing, he summoned his Heaven's Gate sword.

It was enough fooling around. As the creature closed, he fired an Eruption spell at him. He doubted it would slow him down at all, though. He swung his sword to match one punch, and punched the other at the side to deflect it. Unfortunately, that allowed him to get grabbed and thrown. Flipping, he put a holy disc just before hitting the tree. He stayed there for a second, and jumped off it straight towards the creature. Only to form a holy disc below him and using it to jump up to avoid more of those javelins, though half of them burst out. Seemed some of his needles hit.

Yuri fired five shine spells and a Lucky Star spell before landing behind the creature. Spinning on his heel, he fired six more shine spells and a holy wave before closing in. He aimed a straight in jab to the throat while swinging the sword to the side.

Sen dodged backwards from the shine spells and lucky star, countering them with his Javalins. Well, most of them because one shine spell made it through, thanks to his javalin bursting. It hit him hard in the shoulder and he felt anger building up. Suddenly he was glaring menacingly towards Yuri, set to kill him. The hollow almost continued his attack, but he forced himself to stay his hand. Raising his hands he surrendered.

"Enough games for the evening I think, or I might lose it and try to eat you, Yuri. Besides I'm starting to get sleepy. I'm going to go home and nap. Maybe I'll grab a snack on the way. Farewell Mr Romanov. Maybe We'll meet again. Its a small world after all." Sen turned and ripped open a garganta, stepping into it and vanishing into the dark hole in the air.

(OOC: I've seen enough. 1-2, granted.)