The Death Wish Tournament [[Out Of Battle]]

[Shinn]

"I don't have any desire to fight Hades, especially here where he is unstoppable." Shadow replied as he continued forward passing by Angeal. He nodded at the winged SOLDIER, thanking him for letting him pass without having to fight him. He seemed like a man of honor and not some kind of brute thug. Why would Hades send someone like Angeal to stop them?

Shadow was now in the Valley of the Dead, a narrow pathway and an endless sea of death and sorrow beneath them was the only thing standing between him and Hades Chamber. If Angeal was Hades last attempt to stop him then Shadow was now in the clear. He made his way up the passageway. No Heartless appeared, and the lingering spirits that had been floating around them this entire time all vanished. Shadow felt a strong distortion in this area, something other than Meiser and Angeal was near.

Walking in the opposite direction of the pathway was a man with an all black gi that was very tattered and worn out, a white rope that is tied around his waist and a pair of dark brown sparring gloves. His skin is a very dark brown complexion with a large finely toned muscular body build. His face looks human but more demonic than normal human faces are, with amber- gold eyes and pointy ears. His hair is snowy white and is wild and unkempt with wild spikes going down to the lower neck area. The only other thing he has is a gold necklace with an upside down gold heart.

Shadow stopped for a second as the unknown man passed him. He turned around and saw no one. He turned back around and standing right in front of him was the unknown man.

The man spoke sounding very hoarse but could be easily understood. "You are a contestant of this tournament right?" he asked Shadow.

Shadow looked at him for a moment before snapping back from his confused look.

Shadow replied confidently, "Yes I am."

"I wonder, did the gods choose a strong fighter for their tournament, or are you here by accident? I want to see for myself." he stomped the ground, making the pathway shake around before taking an unusual fighting stance.

[meiser]

Meiser arched a brow to the man, passing him with a skeptical feeling running throughout his body. So he was one of Hades' intiates, but he didn't even make an effort to stop them at all? Placing a hand to his chin, turning his head around and looking over to Shadow as he stomped onto the ground. Nearly losing his balance, he tipped side to side and danced around on his feet from the cursed brute force. Growling, he stood beside Shadow, arching his head to the side to look at him.

"Hey! I'm walking here!"

Annoyed, the masked marvel continued down the path down the corridor, eyes toward the doors soon in his reach. Still gripping his pistols, he kept them aimed in front of himslef. Awaiting a time to fire at any moving object that actually came in his view. He'd fire like a maniac, killing enemies that lashed out at him. This man was ready for any obstacle that approached his path.

[Shinn]

[Actually Meiser, it was the stranger that stomped the ground not Shadow, plus the two of them are in the large specious area in the Valley of the Dead.]

This mysterious guy already proved himself to be a quick and physically strong person. But what were his intentions? He didn't seem to be another lackey of Hades to prevent them from entering his room. Shadow took a step back before pulling out his Death Trigger aiming it at the unknown man. This was one of those shoot first then ask questions later type of moments. Without any hesitation he fired a thick beam of positron energy directly at the man in front of him.

Since he was already at a close range the time between pulling the gun out, aiming it, and firing it was all done in one swift motion that took less than a second. And a second was the most time he had to spend.

The beam shot out disintegrating anything that was in its path eventually hitting the wall that was at the far north end of the valley leaving a small hole where it hit. Much to his dismay, Shadow saw no traces of the mysterious man left. If it had hit him, it would have just disintegrated the top half of his body. Clearly Shadow had missed his target. The question now was, where did he go?

He quickly spotted him in the corner of his right eye and moved his gun in that direction but the mysterious man was nowhere to be found. Oh he was fast, very fast, Shadow gave a small smirk as he began looking around to see where the opponent may be. It was just then that he forgot about using his special ability.

But before it could be done, Shadow saw a blur of a man appear below him and before he could even react, the bottom of his jaw was met with a fist and Shadow was sent flying backwards. He landed hard on the ground but managed to recover fast getting right back up.

The mysterious man was gone from his sight once more. Meiser had finally arrived taking his weapons out and aimed them forward in order to take down anything that would appear in his path. For a moment there was nothing, but Meiser and Shadow would soon hear the sound of footsteps running towards them from behind.

[meiser]

Meiser smirked to his arrival, but stopped only to side step to his right, cart-wheeling till he arrived on his right knee. Guns still aimed in front of him, pulling the triggers to fire a flurry of bullets to the opponent behind them. Seemed the opponent was indeed there to stop them now, eyes beaming with amusement from the sudden obstacle he had foreseen. His friend seemed to have the power, but he didn't have the wits and speed Meiser did, After about ten shots were taken, he jumped backward. His back landing onto the ground and sliding against it still firing before him.

The masked marvel quickly with a flick of his lower body, stood up with a sudden jump. His guns were heated with the flames of the firing mechanism used in each time. Eyes narrowed onto the target he had hoped to see, his firing ceased at once, putting his guns into their holsters to reach behind himself. Clasping his palms over the metal frame of the handles of his swords, he released them both with a spin, slicing at any enemy that would dare attack him at that point. He lowered himself into a crouching position, scanning the area for any incoming threats.

"You're too slow bud! Get in the game, Shadow!"

[Rocket!]

"Neeeheheheheheh...." A faint chuckle, of the malevolent kind, could be heard from above Hades.

Dropping down from the cavern ceiling, Stitch promptly outstretched his four arms and two legs, positioning himself just right...

...and, as planned, he landed right on Hades' head.

Being fireproof has it's advantages. Namely this. So, instead of lighting on fire, the blue monstrosity put them out.

Pulling his head down into the god's view, Stitch smiled with his whole mouth, very proud of his actions. "Aloha!"

[Shinn]

Meisers bullets would hit nothing but empty space as the mysterious fighter once more vanished from their sights as they both turned around. Shadow could already tell, that guns would not work in this fight. This guy whoever he was, was more faster than any gun even in the hands of a quick draw gunslinger with a sharp accurate aim.

Shadow put away his weapon upon realizing that it would do no good in this fight and pulled out his Light Cutter. He stood there trying to sense the mans dark presence if he had any. In an instant he spotted the darkness of someones heart that didn't belong to Meiser, only problem was it was right where Meiser was.

Shadow turned around to see Meiser grab the handles of his swords and pull them out in a spinning motion. He commented on Shadows lack of speed but would soon find himself eating his own words as the unknown fighter reappeared behind him grabbing both of his arms and jerked them back while extending his right knee forward. His knee would meet Meisers back causing heavy damage to his spine.

Shadow had no choice but to attack the fighter while he was holding onto Meiser at the moment. Hopefully Meiser would break free and still be able to fight. At least then the both of them could somehow overpower this man.

[gouki]

Jin and Lune were suddenly transported back into the waiting room. With them was a glowing man in red armor whom Jin had no clue as to who he was. From the looks of his armor it was obvious that he was from this world, and the glowing aura that surrounded him meant that he was some kind of divine person. He mentioned that his name was Ares, but he didn't get that last part since Ares loud "SILENCE!!!" managed to make Jin deaf for a moment. As soon as Ares placed his hand on Jins shoulder, he instantly knew who this person was.

An Olympian god.

To be praised by a god was quite an honor. Jin felt good inside and felt better knowing that it was because of his choice to not kill Lune. Ares used his godly powers to heal Lune. Jin carried her to a spot where she could rest while she recovered. With her loss meant that Jin would go to the next round. His opponent would either be Kassom or Asyun. Jin looked around and noticed that two of the other contestants were missing. Were they already fighting in a match?