An Aegyptian Battle

You want something interesting? James thought to himself as his eyes narrowed. There was really no point in cutting it half, either... He continued to think to himself as he stu died his opponent's movements. He blinked as his opponent launched a cero at him; his eyes widening as it went past him. He was unsteady for a moment, before the stream of water intensified, coming back to him as he glanced back at the huge hole in the sky, clicking his tongue as it began to swirl and recover itself.

James was surprised; it seemed his opponent had quite an arm on him; or else his blade was simply unnaturally sharp, which James could see being true. He was surprised, however, when Stefan blocked the second panel with mere strength alone, before leaping back. As he flew on his panel, the wind whipping at his thin blue hair, he couldn't help but smile. Cutting them into such tiny pieces isn't really a good idea... He thought, knowing he could redirect those shards into attacking Stefan again if he wanted them to.

He blinked in surprise, a blank look on his face as Stefan got out of his last attack; James supposed that he would have to keep up his assault if he were to continue as was necessary. As Stefan responded to his little challenge, he couldn't help but smile and laugh, although he was disappointed in him. ”So you have THAT much of a problem with animals?” He asked, his eyes narrowing as his opponent threw his sword at him.

James' feet froze onto the plate as it spun him around, his body dodging the blade as it went right past him. By now, the clouds had reformed; and they began dumping back down their loads once again. James' entire body spun around as Sakibo slammed into Stefan, his eyes narrowing as he pressed against the master swordsman, his mouth in a scowl from exertion as he prevented him from blowing James away with raw power. As it was, his sword was generating an immense amount of ice to prevent the blade from merely slicing right through it; it took a small amount of exertion, but it was what James could do at this moment.

He leaped back as the other blade came for him, deflecting off the edge of his glove that he wore; this glove was reasonably strong, considering it was his Gem Glove; as such, the ordinary blade couldn't cut it. However, James still felt the strength behind the attack, and his eyes widened as he realized that this character had enough strength in his toes to be felt as a normal man wielding a blade with both hands. James frowned as the man's foot came right for him, as he smiled as his foot nailed right onto James' face. His foot would feel a great amount of resistance, and then most likely have a bruise form; James' energy in this form greatly increased the resistance of his skin to impact damage in particular, and his resistance to damage in general.

He flipped his entire body as the sword swent by him, wincing as he felt the blades cut him on his left arm and right hip, taking a deep breath as the nature energy in his body sealed up the wounds again. His eyes looked back and forth as he realized he had been completely surrounded on all sides by swords, leaving just himself and Stefan inside of it. He held his blade firmly in front of himself with both hands, his ice plate only staying beneath him with his nature energy, holes and scratches all around it. He closed his eyes as his adversary spoke, thinking to himself.

He realized as he half opened one eye at the other swords around himself, as Stefan said his parting words. ”This is a bit... over the top for a capture attempt.” He said simply as a wide smile covered his face, as he flipped his blade, pointing its tip right at his own neck as he plunged Sakibo into himself, right in front of Stefan and completely in his view as all over James' body a huge amount of ice covered his skin, as his Ice Armor formed. He merely turned his head and looked up at Stefan as he felt each and every one of the blades slammed right into his armor. However, they were not his shikai; and he had not clearly made them sharper, as each and every one glanced off his armor of ice. This was the only thing about his Return that he himself could activate after entering it; and he had decided to use that fact to his complete advantage as the seishin of the first nature iramasha covered his form, greatly increasing his defensive power as he looked at Stefan.

”You didn't expect that to work. Are you really that disinterested?” He asked as his eyes faintly narrowed, his eyes staring at Stefan as he shot himself upwards, along with his swords. As he watched Stefan begin attacking his source of water, he could only smile. Seems he doesn't realize what he's just done. He thought to himself as the amount of the water vapor around them in the air... had tripled from Stefan's actions. James hadn't moved from his spot in the air with his armor; he was standing on a plate made of Chaos Energy as he watched Stefan down below; partly because he was wondering what he was doing and partly because this armor was heavy and made him slower as a result of its enhanced protection.

However, he diffused the plate and felt himself falling down extremely quickly as James saw Stefan making those giant swords; it was obvious what he was doing, and James wasn't going to allow it to happen that easily as he fell into the water. He felt the offensive part of his armor beginning to activate as his hands and feet gained much, much harder and heavier ice than any other part of his body.

As he plunged down into the water, he felt a part of rage began to enter his body as the swords impacted into his river. STOPPING THE FLOW... He thought to himself as his entire body began to roar with that same silver-blue aura, as his breathing got much faster, his eyes going wide as he moved his right fist forwards, all the blades directly in front of himself from where he had fallen in.

He suddenly shot out as to what Stefan would see, giant cracks shot through every one of the massive swords, as James stopped himself, taking deep breaths as all four of the swords shattered, falling into the Nile as the great river acted in vengeance, as the water completely ROARED back inside, Ice shooting up from it as it completely covered each of the swords that had tried to block it from its flow, stopping them completely in their tracks. Stefan would have felt EVERY sensor he place in the water going off as James moved through the entire river all at once, using the full power of his Return to perform this deed, ramming through each massive sword as he ruptured them and turned them into pieces.

James' head turned and widened as he saw Stefan standing right next to him, as he dodged around huge spheres of energy, wincing as the blasts attempted to melt his armor. James could merely throw his chest back as Stefan's zanpaktou went right for him, as it cut through his armor and nearly cut the Aquacat's skin. James' armor stopped the stab dead, although it seemed to crack a bit near where the stab was performed. He quickly crossed his extremely thickly armored arms in front of his head as the one in Stefan's toes impacted with himself; however, it was deflected by the heavily armored James.

He was lucky, very lucky he blocked the way he did; as Stefan vanished, James feeling as an inch deep slash appeared in his left arm, just below his wrist, the ice cut through from Stefan's attack as James inhaled a great amount of the water, the wound healing up. James saw him turning around as he gained another blade. Hmm. He thought as he felt his armor going back back to his one hand, as Sakibo returned to himself, as his eyes narrowed and he met Stefan's blows. However, now they were underwater again; James could maintain his blade's hardness and ice restoration with the water around himself as he met most of Stefan's blows; however, he still gained small scratches here and there from his opponent's blows.

If he hadn't been underwater, he wouldn't have been able to keep up with Stefan as his sword slashes repeatedly impacted the Aquacat's own blade. He was moving at an insane rate, using his speed to keep off the little swords with another blade forming in his left hand as he parried the Zanpaktou with Sakibo, knowing he'd have the one in his left ripped through otherwise. Dang. He thought to himself. This guy's no lightweight. As the other Stefan's appeared all around himself, his deep blue eyes looked around, taking deep breaths as he closed his eyes, focusing on the calm core of his body, his breathing become slow and calm as time seemed to slow down around himself. This was in reality just the Aquacat slowing himself down, calming down to such a state that everything seemed to be... slower, in reality just his perception speeding up. He opened his eyes wide, and as he did so, felt all the water around the Clones of Stefan as he felt like he was one with all of it all together. As he did this, currents formed all around James, swirlling aruond but away from himself as it pulled along the clones, as in front of each one a spike of ice formed out of the water, causing them to slam into it as they were pinned down and dragged along, making them unable to move or attack James as he took deep breaths; this was a large amount of elemental control for his Return form.

James managed to open his eyes, leading him to widening them as he saw Stefan pushing off of where he was standing. NOT GOOD! He thought to himself as the current TUGGED at Stefan, trying desperately to slow him down as he kept coming, as James felt a block of ice forming across his stomach. However, even as he did this, he felt the flesh of his feline like stomach being slashed as Stefan went by him, leading to James coughing up a pile of clear water, as water quickly flooded his stomach area, himself freezing it as he healed it up, taking deep breaths. Lord of the Isrealites...! He thought to himself in frustration as he looked back at Stefan.

As he calmed down again, feeling the current returning to normal as he slowly rose towards the surface, his head breaking it first followed by the rest of himself, as he looked up at his opponent, his eyes narrowing. This guy... He thought to himself as he stopped panting, swallowing and looking at him evenly.

”To do all of that and be so little apparently strained... it would seem you're much more than you seem, Neuterer.” James said simply as his aura began to spark and waver around himself, his eyes narrowing. He reached an arm behind himself, taking a deep breath as he thrust it forwards. ”Water spout.” He said, his eyes flashing as the water all around himself began to circle, trying to go up his arm as he looked up at Stefan and smiled. Then he pressed down, as the surface of the water literally CRACKED, then SHATTERED in a deep crater all around him as the water shot up in a HUGE cyclone, going up for one hundred feet and thirty feet in Radius as James himself shot up it, reappearing right behind Stefan as he punched forwards with one single hand, his speed having returned due to the water spout all around them. His fist was covered in his silver blue aura, followed by a swift kick around as James spun to the side in an instant, his leg also silver blue; if either of these attacks hit, Stefan would suddenly feel as if in addition to the cyclone, he was caught in a current pulling him back from where James had hit him, his grip on his reiatsu plate slipping as he was pulled off of it and slid away.

Then, James suddenly vanished, as he used an actual chaos warp to Stefan's front, his right fist held back and charged with Chaos Energy as he threw it forwards, activating Shattering Chaos as he did so. This punch would roar through Stefan's entire body; if he was hit by it, not only would he swirl back from the current change, but he would also feel the waves of chaos energy ROARING through his body, enough to normally turn a good sized area into a cracking forest of stone. James winced as well as he pulled his hand back, feeling the vibrations going around his numb nerves as well.

James reached behind him as a strange construct appeared in his left hand, a piece of ice that was most strange. It was a folded up ninja star that quickly unfolded, revealing its five points. This was Babylon Star, James' custom tool that he held in his hand. Then, he threw his arm forwards, releasing the tool as it flew from his hand, going straight for Stefan, as it's points extended, all becoming Fifteen feet in length. In addition, if Stefan cut it open, James would pull his hands together, forcing the shards to all be pulled towards his opponent.

Then, he flipped through the water, as ice spears formed in his hands, seven of them as he threw them at Stefan. If he cut them, James would reform them as he reappeared behind Stefan, grabbing one in his right hand as he plunged it forwards at his opponent, rolling and releasing the spear as it went forwards, gripping another as he swung it around into Stefan's side, his right foot coming up as he felt yet another wrapping around the bottom of his bare foot as he flipped, bringing it down on Stefan's head as James' left hand grabbed another as he dodged around, releasing that one as he pulled up on the one in his left hand, aiming to strike it straight up Stefan's back and end it at the back of his neck from his waist. James curled around, grabbing another as he inserted it at Stefan's left hip. If every one of them hit, Stefan would be cut and engaged by a construct made of six spears, as James held the final one in his hand, pointing it straight at Stefan's chest as he thrust it forwards.

It slammed into the other spears, as they all shattered, James closing his hands as the shards went all around Stefan, cutting at him as James tried embedding them within his skin. If enough of them got in his limbs, his body would begin to freeze up, slowing his movements and making it more difficult for him to perform at the rate he was going. James reached over a hand, smiling as out of his one hand, sixteen Freeze Shots fired right at Stefan. Each one that hit would shoot out five ice crystal like a plant, freezing what they hit further as well as dealing light frost damage. James leaned back his head, taking a deep breath as he prepared his own finale.

He then leaned forwards, as he clapped both hands in front of himself. In front of him, a sphere of water energy appeared, a kind of field that would freeze anything that came out of it. He was pointing right at Stefan within the cyclone as he prepared himself, the dome of energy surrounding him as another field fired out from his own field, forming on the other end of a massive blast James fired off at Stefan. When it impacted with Stefan or the edge of the Cyclone, it would explode, firing off energy everywhere, a fountain of energy that exploded enough to disrupt the cyclone, cutting off that side of itself and making it smaller as the water had to move around it, water bursting out everywehre from the blast as well, James using a large amount of energy in this one attack.

Still within the cyclone, he was breathing heavily after those attacks had finished. It's been... far too long since I've gone that hard on anyone. He thought to himself, swallowing. He was almost scared; scared of the man before himself... as well as himself. Not scared of him as a person; he was scared of what both of them could do. What these abilities of theirs were capable of; James was only at roughly 30% of his maximum power right now; and they were already doing things that would make any other being alive run as fast as they could. This... is madness... He thought calmly to himself, his arms on either side of his body as he watched Stefan; watched and waited, panting hard. He had used a considerable amount of his Return energy in those last attacks; he didn't have that much less, and he smiled softly to himself. He knew he would have to enter Strike soon; he just didn't know when, as it were. ”Tell me, vizard, what is your name? I thought all swordsmen did that before they fought an opponent; so they would know who beat them. After all... I gave you the courtesy of my own.” The nature iramasha said with a smile, thinking this... might get under the seaweed head's skin, even if it was just a little tiny bit. He thought he could stop the Nile...? He has a lot to learn still, it seems...