The Radioactive Shark Versus The Hybrid King [PLATINUM HEART TOURNAMENT ARC]

The Earth beneath the feet of the two cracked beneath the spiritual pressure of both Azure's speed and Radioactive's defense. The landing of a single blow again'st the male's chest sent a shock-wave throughout the area in order to cause Earth to go flying. It was a simple punch, with nothing behind it. Azure wasn't going to start this battle off as the attacker, he knew better against an opponent such as this. He'd need to tank a blow or move, in order for the real fight to begin. Nevertheless, Azure dropped his gate and stepped a foot backwards in order to look up at Radio. He was a surprisingly clean cut, but rough, male. As said before, his skin was nearly torn in certain areas and it seemed to be rather leather-like to the eye. It was an odd sight, but there have been odder things within this world.

The male began speaking, he only confirmed that he was Radioactive, the opponent he had been matched up against. That was... simple and easy to understand, that was entirely for sure. You could see that the male was of a different variety, and with that he would know he came from an odd upbringing. There had been rumors, of the male... things that had been brought up in his past of working with the Vanguard and the Iramasha. It didn't matter much, though. As Azure listened to him talk he raised his hand, balled it into a fist and sent it flying towards Azure's face. Tilting only slightly, Azure brought his body to the right in blinding speeds, intentionally take the hit with limited force behind it. By doing so, a small laceration formed along his cheek as the inside of his mouth had become cut. Great, yet another problem for him. The taste of blood was disgusting, but one Azure knew too well.

Bringing his face upward in order to look face to face with Radio once more, he smiled. "That hurt, you know. Not much, but you did hurt me. You've left a cut in my mouth. That's pretty rude, Radio." He spat towards the ground in a mixture of saliva and blood in order to clear his mouth. Radio was watching the male as if he was some weakling, some idiot... someone who would lay down and die against their opponent. Whether that was truly what Radioactive seemed to think of the male or not, he'd need to show he wasn't here to simply play around. Straightening his body and placing his hands within his pocket, Azure's body began to glow. Finally, the spiritual pressure being held back from his permanent Hybrid Form had released, allowing him to adjust to his surroundings. The ground beneath the two completely separated itself into small, cracked pieces of Earth. The immense spiritual pressure in the area caused the air to begin to falter, it was all coming full circle.

Switching from his left foot to his right, Azure felt a welling of energy growing within Radio's mouth. Whether it was an attack or not, no one should be around someone with that much energy about to be released. It was a short, but sweet movement. Azure's body moved as if it was fluid, entirely shifting his stance in order to dodge what had finally become a blast from the other male's mouth. Disgusting, when you really thought about it. Not that Azure had any room to talk with the amplified screams that he can personally release as well. Nevertheless, it seemed like if he were to stand in the way of that attack he'd take a bit of a beating on his outer being. That wouldn't have been too kind towards the male, would it?

"Alright, Alright. I get it. You want me to get serious, I get that. Just give me a moment alright?" Azure smirked as his body released another shot of pure chaos energy, the spiritual pressure being given off causing the area to become even more destroyed. Radio wished for a fight, a real one. Azure hadn't personally gotten to fight anyone of this strength in quite some time, so he had to make it special right? Letting a small laugh release from his throat, Azure shot his head upward once more, an alteration in his eye color from light blue to now a dark red.

"I'm Azure Iramasha, it's more important than you'd like to admit. Listen closely, Radio." Azure began to step from side to side, almost pacing in front of the male. "As I said, I am Azure Iramasha. Burn the name into your mind, because you'll be obtaining a real fight, one that you wished for. Alright? I know a bit about you, one of those things being you stomp on most of your opponents. If you want an equal, I'll simply give you one." Azure was frank and to the point, bring his arms upward as the energy around them began to spike. Entering what would be known by only a few Iramasha as Chaos Destructive Fist, the bandages around the male's arm rocketed outward, swirling in a display of large, gale force winds. Radio asked for a fight, for Azure had to start off stronger than you normally would.

Bring his body forward once more, Azure launched himself at blinding speeds towards Radio, a set of three punches being thrown his way. The first, was aimed at the same spot Azure's previous hit was. Accompanying the blow came an odd sensation of a shock-wave like force, a specific amount of sound energy running through his body due to his internal vibration. This ability allowed Azure to send shock-waves of vibration throughout almost anyone's body, hopefully it'd do the same to Radio. The next blow was aimed at the male's stomach, nearly a foot below where Azure had previously punched. If it were to hit, the vibrations racketing through Radio's body would only be intensified due to the dual shock-waves now being sent through. The final, and most powerful attack, was to Radio's cheek. Azure's arm morphed slightly, as the energy around his left arm intensified. Using his nuclear arm in order to land the blow, Azure's entire force went behind the blow. The internal vibration was only but one of the factors, now a bout of Nuclear Energy being rocketed through Azure's body in order to increase the speed, impact and strength behind this final blow. If the blow were to hit, if any of them were to, they weren't meant to just damage the male, they were meant to leave everlasting effects on Radio. The battle would be harder than Radio believed, and if it were a fight he wished for then he'd be getting it.

Upon throwing the last blow, Azure moved to the side of Radio and quickly stepped backwards, giving the man space as the gusts around his movement caused dirt and smoke to rise.

"I won't be backing down anytime soon, Radio. Get ready for a fight of a life time.

Speed.

That was the first thought that came to mind as the golden haired hulk observed his spry opponent. In that quick burst of momentum, the course of this battle was apparent to him as he had pitted himself against speedsters in the past and knew very well what they were capable of. So, he let out a sigh, but not one of irritation. Rather, it gave way and parted to a grin as they always proved to be a decent challenge from his track record of fighting against foe such as Ichigo Kurosaki, Shadin Yuudeshi, Ceon Clix, John The Quincy and so many others before him.

"Oh? Relish in the pain and use it to fight harder. You've got what it takes, kid."

Licking his lips with sheer delight, the scent of blood being drown seemed to make him elated. Since, from that aroma, it is only natural that one who possess a shark nature become excited by the pull of those precious, precious vital fluids. It is from that moment that the energies within Radioactive gave off an impression of vast low's and high's; going through great fluctuation as he started tapping into something fierce within himself to prepare for the next round of this battle.

As a ray of light emitted from his foe's body, a sense of curious intent filled the golden orbs of Radioactive's eyes and he was keen on seeing what this child was made of. Was he finally going to release the limiters on himself? He'd certainly hope so. For the energy he felt swelling within himself was become further unwind and coming forth to the surface to unleash his true essence. So, to that sight, the toothy grin of the shark-faced bastard could almost become child-like as he craved more and more of this sight. His opponent was giving him what he wanted and he was like a little kid in a candy store.

While the earth started to split in two, as to did the expectations of his opponent shatter within Radioactive's mind. If he was willing to fight him in earnest, then The Nuclear Hulk had no reason to treat his adversary like dirt. However, he wasn't going to be let off the hook just for that sentiment. Following the moments where Azure dodged his blast, it soon felt an impulse from its master and scattered into a dozen different streaks of light. All of them were hell bent on unleashing explosion after explosion on his opponent until this entire field was nothing more than nuclear waste.

And, unlike Radioactive, these burst of atomic power were capable of reaching high-speeds and bridging the gap between them and The Pink Haired Fighter quite easily. After all, they had oodles of juice to siphon from Radioactive and that served to make them the most perfect projectile to fry his foe. So, as Azure would unleash his high volumes of spiritual energy, these blast would not falter from their path. Instead, they'd further attune themselves to the ample amounts of radiation in the area and become even stronger as they increasingly desired to pierce the skin of Azure and turn him into a bloody pulp.

"Yes, that's it, GIVE ME MORE!"

That was all the raving giant could holler out in joy as he felt his opponent beginning to become more serious about this brawl of spirits. Hence, after those words were hollered out into the heavens, an eruption of golden light flared around the nuclear giant and he seemed to be pushing himself to tap into the seas of endless energy within himself. Muscles began to bulge, tendons grew larger and his focus and resolve hardened to the point of being cut-throat sharp.

However, before he could thrust himself upon his foe, the male seemed to request that he listen. Despite that, he'd better ensure he could move and talk at the same time as his waves of nuclear destructive hurdled towards him at terrifying speeds. For that moment, Radioactive indulged in his request and heightened his senses to hear Azure's words over the destructive atomic warfare around them.

Pause.

Inhale.

LAUGH.

The entire landscape filled with this man's bolstering laughter as the mountains shook and quivered in its wake. This wasn't a mocking laughter, however. In fact, you could tell he was outright please in the shift his spiritual energy had. A sense of excitement and pleasure could be sensed in it as his grin only grew larger from his opponent giving him that determination he so sought. Bit by bit, he was pushing away the bullshit fighter he assumed he had from the start and turning into an opponent who was willing to put his soul on the line for The Shark God.

"I only stomp those who are not worth my time. If you are worth your weight in power, then show me the raw essence of your emotion, passion and spirit by throwing all your worries into your fist. You have a sensation of despair within yourself, and I feel an urge to beat it out of you until you turn into something more, Iramasha."

Now, the harsh and gruff nature of The Berserker's voice faded and he seemed softer, but more confident than ever in the way his tone was firm and rather chummy. The tension in his body eased, the light in the skies returned and there seemed to be a spreading atmosphere of elation engulfing the environment.

He'd also want to keep up the banter...

...but -- there wouldn't be time for that!

Coming like a seven forty seven jet, the fist of Iramasha came to The Nuclear Giant's chest in the blink of an eye. The earth shook once again, but this time Radioactive smirked and lost his neutral expression that he gave the last time. This is because he felt a moderate surge of pain in his chest this time around. Sure, it wasn't enough to make him bled, but there was definitely a black mark there and a small bit of Radioactive's energy could be felt leaving him as he took on the damage headfirst as always.

"Now, that is more like it. Hit me LIKE THAT!"

The beast roared with great commotion as more of Azure's primal spirit started to come out in his eyes. He seemed to be making progress and he only had to push him further to see that power come out. The power is what he needed to feel whole and reach the clutch of this battle. It's what he sought after so badly and he was going to get it one way or another.

"Let it go and face me like the true primal Iramasha you are, hybrid. I know you have devil blood in you, show it to me in earnest and let it all go!"

Again, once he let loose another punch to Radioactive's gut, a wave of pain oozed throughout The Shark Beast's body and he started cackling like a manic. More, he needed more! His adrenaline was pumping, heart beat increasing and energy beginning to tick and ignite like an explosive bomb that just had its fuse cut.

So, as The Hybrid Iramasha reached into his own nuclear arsenal, The Berserker eyes lit up with interest and his amusement only seemed to be further pushed by the fact he was fighting against someone who used the power of radioactive energy. For this reason is why our golden haired fighter would then decide to take a more proactive reaction and meet his foe fist to fist. In one swift motion, Radioactive increased the speed of his strike through his spiritual energy augmenting his punch. Then, as his arm became devoured in flaming gold light, the male reacted in time to punch Azure head to head.

In doing this, a colossal explosion of their energy spread for a one mile region and annihilated everything in its wake. This would then turn out to be quite dangerous for both opponents; as Radioactive himself would suffer a few burns, scrapes and further pain to his body. However, in spite of this, the more of this agonizing sensation he felt, the more his own primal spirit came out and the further his blood jumped for joy. So, even above the heaven shattering eruption of power did Radioactive's laughter overpower it and out-sound it.

"Then show me you won't back down with action, Iramashsa Child! BOMBS AWAY!"

And with that quick retort, The Nuclear Hulk was on the offensive again. In a quick summoning of his physical energy, four dozen black spikes ejected themselves from out of every pore of Radioactive's upper body and fired themselves at great velocity towards Azure's vicinity. These would explode upon contact and all of them were equal in strength to grand ray cero's fired off by the The Queen of Hollow herself; a person who Radioactive loathed quite enough. But, that wasn't important. What was important was that these projectiles were more than enough to give Azure some trouble as our hulking berserker went towards the path of spamming him into oblivion.

Just how would he deal with this? No one knew, but Radioactive was going to make this easy. So, he'd then continue to stomp on the ground and produce shock wave after shock wave of pure pressure towards him. Aiming to crush every bone, every organ and every lose ounce of Azure's spirit under the weight of his mighty physical prowess. So, for throughout one thousand meters, a bombardment of pressurized explosions generated from Radioactive's feet sought to outright smother and flatten Azure like a pancake.

Now, with his moves made, only time would tell how this battle would progress. But it was clear to see that The Shark Beast was now getting amp'd.

Bring his arm upward, Azure's fingertips lightly brushed the tip of his forehead. Azure knew that the coming fight wouldn't be as easy as one would wish, and it only further cemented what he had gotten himself into. First, it was taking the weight of a world upon his shoulders. Afterwards, it was making a declaration of War that would be heard around the world by millions, if not billions of people. And now? Azure was in the perdicament of facing one of the most powerful Shinigami to ever step foot in the realm. He was quite the monster when it came to his battles, from what Azure has heard of the male. There isn't much to know when it comes to Radio though, it seemed. One single thing that was noted when it came to Azure's attention of some of those living on Earth was that Radio was the current... leader, of Russia. Leader is a loose term, and with that came knowledge that the male needed to learn. The only true thing that came up was of his removal of the Quincy quite some time in the past. Someone with immense power would have to nearly cause a race to go extinct, there was no other explanation of it.

Nevertheless, Azure's body shifted from the left to the right, the weight on the male's being altering with his stance. Radioactive was a maniac. Wishing for nothing but battle to come about. He didn't care who the opponent was it seemed, nor where they were to come from. If they were fighting all out then Radio would be more than willing to beat the ever living life out of the being. It was an interesting sight, Azure only ever encountering this as a young child. Further more, it only brought about the same feeling within Azure's chest. A welling of sorts, oceans shifting in the male's mind as he looked Radio up and down before pursuing the continuation of the fight. Azure was shifting, the energy within him could be sensed by anyone that truly wished to. It wasn't Azure anymore, not the Azure that held the weight of a planet on his being.

Releasing energy throughout his legs, Azure finally brought himself forward to attack the male as previously stated. Despite this, Azure noticed the large balls of nuclear energy moving at blinding speeds from behind. Azure's extrasensory abilities were beyond that of a normal person, having a knack for this sort of thing. Nonetheless, Azure allowed his body to exert a moderate portion of Chaos energy to flow inward and outward from the male. Doing so allowed him to enhance that of his Inner Vibration. Thus, Azure would erect a wall of vibrational energy in order to stave off any of the balls that were to come his way. With a single punch landing on Radioactive's chest, Azure released a shockwave of energy that would begin to mingle with his inner vibration. Doing so allowed him to dissipate a large portion of a few of the nuclear blasts slamming into his backside. In conjunction with the previous wall erected, Azure's body would feel both the force and pain behind the blasts, but would suffer little to not injury.

Just as before, as Azure pulled his arm away a large bruise seemed to form on Radioactive's chest as soon as the blast had landed. It was as he had planned, it wasn't just a blow to prove that he was willing to fight, it was a blow to reassure Radio that he would be meeting someone on an equal level, which he may not have gotten in the past. Bringing his left arm upward, Azure pummeled the being's gut, the earth around them shattering in a display of great energy. It wasn't the only destruction that would be occurring from the two, Azure thought as all but one of the nuclear balls slammed once more into the spiritual wall formed around his being. Each blow felt like a car smacking into your being, the force and pressure accompanied with it would nearly flatten any normal foe. Azure was lucky to have his own abilities to use, otherwise, he'd be in the gutter for this fight.

With the second to last nuclear blast pressuring against his spiritual wall, Azure shifted stance once more to bring his fist upward to Radio's face, nearly colliding with it. If, it weren't for the male being able to react to Azure's Nuclear punch. It was a split second reaction, and with that came the meeting of both of their fists. The energy connecting directly in their knuckles completely removed the earth beneath their feet entirely out of existence, a feat not everyone could accomplish. Along with that, the energy behind both blows was sent outward in what could be measured as an entire mile. The world around them becoming a decimated wasteland, worse than it could have been explained as before. To make things even worse, Azure had removed the barrier around his back purposely. By doing so, the final nuclear ball of energy that had been sent Azure's way had created a direct impact on the upper half of his backside. The aftermath of the blow was sickening to the average person, something someone would truly hate viewing. A mass of burnt skin had grown along Azure's highest area among his back, with smaller lacerations appearing along his entire back side. The energy itself completely removed Azure's upper half of his jacket and shirt. Along with that, the blow that Azure and Radio themselves had caused completely burned away the remaining clothing off of Azure's chest. Leaving scorch marks along his entire chest and cut, Azure smirked as black streaks formed within his hair.

Releasing a heavy breath, Azure prepared himself for what was to come. Despite being able to move out of the way of the last blow, Azure completely allowed the blow to land against his back. Despite the pain, the burns and blood slowly oozing down his backside, Azure purposely took this blow in order to prove a point. Not to just Radio, but to himself. There had been a spark within Azure, a spark that had never been reached within his life time. A reaction, something that could not be brought out by such a simple foe, Azure's Devil Iramasha energy began to radiate at large rates from within his body. The thrill of the fight, the tension and excitement that came from pushing both yourself and your opponent to the very brink of their capabilities had began to swim throughout Azure's mind. The Devil Iramasha swirled in and out as traits of his father began to burn into his being, the black streaks of hair becoming more pronounced as his teeth grew sharper.

This spark was holed up behind Azure's ability to protect, his ability to fend for others instead of himself. This, was a different situation. This was simply Azure and his opponent, a place where he could allow his worries to be removed entirely. It brought fight back into Azure's mind, a trait that he hadn't felt for quite some time.

Releasing a small laugh from his mouth, Azure brought his downward gaze upward to Radio's face, a large portion of his own face being hidden. The clearly visible portion of his face allowed Radio to see the sharpened K-9's and darkened eye color more than anything else.

"You strive for the heat of battle, but it isn't what you're after. I've seen it as I grew into my role on Iramasha Island and beyond. The thrill of the fight, blood being spilt over giving it your all... I can agree with you that it's an amazing feeling, Radioactive. But hear me out. I know this is far from what you're truly wishing for. Eh, Radio-kun?"

Bringing his body to the side just slightly, Azure laughed quietly to himself as Radio released a set of four dozen black spikes from his upper being. It was no good, Azure didn't wish to exert too much energy just to remove himself from their way, in order to balance out the situation he released a large portion of chaos energy once more outward, enhancing his inner vibration as the rush of adrenaline from within kicked in. Kicking Azure into overdrive, the inner vibration allowed him to detonate every single one of the spikes before the reached him, equaling out a distance between both him and Radio's bodies. Without knowing what happened to Radio's body, Azure knew he'd taken a bit of a toll due to the spikes. Bruises and scrapes were erected along his entire being as a large amount of burns were seen along his entire body. It was a pain, to be taking such a beating so quickly, but hopefully it would allow him to equal out the effect on Radioactive as well.

Before being able to speak once more, Azure launched himself backward as Radioactive brought his foot down, repeatedly. It was loud and straining on the area around them, bring the already destroyed Earth into a state of non-existence. The normal foe, even on Radio's level, would normally feel immense pressure from the blows dealt to the Earth. Despite this, Azure was attuned to the vibrations that were being erected by each and every blow that followed the male's bloodlust. It was refreshing, really. A sense of calm washing over him as he was able to recover a slight amount of his energy through converting the vibrations into pure energy for his own uses. Azure could feel the pressure and energy given off by the explosions occurring at Radioactive's feet, but in conjunction with the energy he had obtained from the vibrations, he could almost entirely ignore their effect.

Breathing heavily, the male looked Radioactive up and down once more before allowing himself to speak yet again.

"Go, Go, Go! Push and push until you can't push more. That's what you want, Radio. You don't want a lousy opponent. You don't want someone you can't pass on your knowledge to. You want to bring out the beast in me to further my strength. People act as if you're a warrior monster on a rampage, but anyone can see through that. I can feel it in your movements, in your words... You're not a monster, I've encountered quite a many of those in my past. I've been through this before, countless of times actually. You want to see me change from your original view on me. You want to light a spark within simply to raise me up... I could be entirely wrong, but honestly. If you were looking to light that spark, you've erupted a red, burning blaze within me."

That fire had been lit, and with it came a burning desire from the inner reaches of Azure's soul. He was having fun, a sense of excitement he hadn't felt since he was a child. His Father and family had readied him for such a moment, and he didn't plan on backing down. Once Radio had concluded with his stomping, Azure shifted gears once more and went flying forward. Blast of Chaos Energy mixed with that of the nuclear energy in his right arm were sent flying far above the two, exploding one after another as a set of two dozen had finally exploded. Upon exploding, the blasts released pin-like strands of mass energy downward towards Radioactive.

Along with this, a large portion of Azure's chaos energy flew once more in and out of his being, enhancing his strength once more. Left and right, Azure had aimed for massive points along the shark's body. The first blow found its way towards Radio's right shoulder, the next blow bringing it farther downward near the male's left side rib cage. The blows were precise and blindingly quick, nearly invisible to the eye it had seemed. The next blow allowed itself to move to the center of his chest yet again, between the shark's two lungs. If this blow were to land as a direct hit, a single shockwave of energy would be sent throughout Radioactive in-order to attune Azure's inner vibration from within Radio. This would allow Azure to use the vibrations erected from his fist to alter the male's organs, pressuring them in ways that a normal being could never imagine to do.

After this blow, Azure brought his right arm back in a large, haymaker-like motion, the nuclear propulsion of his arm kicking into gear as he rocketed towards Radio's gut once more. The blow, if landing, would release a large explosion, one that could rival the blow that had been caused by the foes meeting fists, the reaction almost impossible to guess. With that, Azure shifted his stance once more to allow a small amount of energy to release from his body in order to Chaos warp on meters away, giving himself room to breathe for a change.

"Oi, Radio. You'll be getting my all until the very end, I hope you're prepared." With that, Azure smiled. Bloodied, bruised, and burned to the toe. He looked as if the spark within him ignited into a blazing fire, the future within the fight being up for grabs. Who would win? And, who would be walking away without reaching the verge of death? No one would know, not for quite some time it seemed.