Ultimate Fighters: Preliminaries

Originally posted by Blax_Hydralisk
Whoops.. I'll post this in the other thread.

"Advance to final round," Jessy said with complete and utter surprise. "What sense does that make? What if they were going to be defeated in the next match they had? How can the ref do something like that?" Once again, Jessy was talking out of his ass. He was a vampire slayer, destined to fight the forces of evil until he died, but he was only 16 years old and prone to those teenage bone head fits.

even from where he was, on top of a wall 10 stories above everything, john could still see the change.."letting nightmare attack first wouldnt exactly be high on my list" he said to himself...even thought the reaper initially did not like nightmare, it was clear to him that the giant had the advantage..

Jacope X stood in the stands, observing Nightmare, trying to see how powerful he says to be.

*cough*

john laughed at both of the contestants..."this is quite amusing" he said to himself..he glanced at the timer...not long left..

Jacope X sat in the croner, hidden, trying to keep his identity safe from the others as he did not want to be bothered by other people who know him. His reputation as being the savior of all mankind and he who serves the elder god has caused him to gain large attention. He watches the battle between Nightmare and Rayden and finds it slow paced.

"Nightmare's clearly holding back; he fought much better in his first round. I wonder...is he being cocky or careful?" Ice thought aloud as he watched both fighters combat with nearly equal levels of skill and power.

Jacope X scratches his head as he heads back to the loungue. He really could not believe that Nightmare is that powerful. He was not intimidated at all however. He has faced worse. He enters the loungue and awaits for John's announcement.

Jessy was anxious to hear what John had to say. He was quickly learning how to keep his mouth shut however, so he just sat in the lounge.

john waited for everyone to be seated..

Ice was unimpressed. He knew Nightmare could do better, and he had sensed far more potential in Rayden as well. Of course, he knew Nightmare would win. Defeating him wasn't going to be easy. Ice joined the others and sat in the lounge.

john stood up, giving him the immediate height advantage..not that it made any difference to him..even sitting down he was taller than everyone else present, except for maybe nightmare...
"before the ref's unlexplained absence, he gave me some instructuons" the reaper began.."first of all, because the ref was somehow aware certain people's motives, he has made nightmare the acting referee during his leave, and as such, he has the power to "read" the souls of any future losers..
his second instruction was to let you know of the following -
the next 2 matches are 3 player free-for-alls..in other words, 1 vs. 1 vs. 1 matches..the members of each division will be forced to fight eachother..
the divisions stand as follows
the first division (aka winners)
jacopeX
john
ice
the second division (aka the people who lost)
jessy
grace
rayden
tjhe first fight begins immediately..will jessy, rayden and grace make their way to the arena..be careful, as a new secret will be unveiled during this match..nightmare, kindly make his way to the referee's private box"
john gave nightmare the key to the ref's box, then teleported himself to his favourite position - on top of the wall..if he had read the instructions right, there was sure to be some fireworks..

"Well...it looks like we'll all be fighting each other in the next round." Ice thought aloud. "I know you guys can handle the Justice power, so I'm not going to hesitate to use it the minute the fight begins." Ice informed Jacope and John.

john thought about what his friend had said...would he excercise restraint because of his friends, or would he go all out, like he always had?

As Jessy was walking to the arena, he said, "You don't have to refer to us as losers. I prefer the term, Winning Impaired."

Jacope X shook his head with his arms crossed as he finds out he has to face both his friends. Not only that, he already knew that he did not have the power to defeat Ice or John. Even though he is the most powerful mortal in the multi universe, he still can't seem to find the confidence that will help him get through this battle. He sniffs a bit and was headed to where he is suppose to be.

Originally posted by Ordained
As Jessy was walking to the arena, he said, "You don't have to refer to us as losers. I prefer the term, Winning Impaired."

Nightmare pondered the situations. Once more, despite his victory had he scored zip. Nothing. This Rayden figure did not possess what information Nightmare desired. He had the sword over his shoulder and he listened carefully to what John had to say. The fight versus Rayden was to a degree a disappointment, as it did not last long and Nightmare never got the chance to reveal his true strength. As John was finishing up, Nightmare was suprised but not complaining as he put out his mutated hand and grasped the key that John had dropped into his palm.

Nightmare did not come here to do anything like this, but who could complain at the deal to read souls of all future loser. Not to mention that Nightmare was reaching the final rounds like on a silver plate. This was most definatly too easy and Nightmare sighed as he walked up to the ref's box, unlocked and peaked inside.

"Congratulations to those who have made it so far"
the ref began through the mike, so that everone could hear..he had mysteriously returned to the stadium since that last fight
"This contest was designed to find earths greatest warriors, and who better than three of earth greatest protectors...JacopeX, John Reaper, and the legendary ICE!!"
the crowd cheered so loudly that john, even though he was at the very top of the stadium's 800 meter high wall, he could barely hear the refs next words..
"but now, unfortunately for them, are are in the same division, making eachother their worst enemies!!..they are now forced to fight eachother for domination, and a chance to fight the mysterious grand champion of this great event...this is the point of no return, ladies and gentlemen" the ref continued...the man has amazing charisma, and the second he opened his mouth the million strong crowd shut up and listened...john was impressed, despite his growing anxiety...fighting his two best friend was not exactly what the reaper had planned...
"and now, my good people, here they are...the greatest fighter on earth, JACOPX, JOHN REAPER, and ICE, will now make their way to the arena, for the FIGHT, OF THEIR LIVES"
this time the crowd did temporarily deafen john, so loud were their screams....he was the first to enter the arena, simply by jumping from the wall to the arena, showing off as much as possible along the way with acrobatic flips and tricks that, thanks to his immortality, no human could replicate, no matter how hard they tried...the reaper finsished by seperating all of his limbs from his body and have them circle around him while the rest of him spun in a dizzyingly fast figure "8"...he somehow landed completely intact, much to the delight of the crowd, who screamed louder than ever....
"now the game really begins" john said to himself..standing tall and proud...who knew, maybe facing his friends could be fun, and even if not it would deepen their relationship, not that it really needed any more strengthening...these were people he had been fighting alongside for decades, after all...

A light source what looked like inhuman was actually an extremely long trailing blue power element headed from the sky and then hits the ground, erupting the entire colliseum. A black figure appeared as the trail of blue power element kept slamming into the ground. The figure had his arms crossed, awaiting all the power to die to down. As it ifnally did, Jacope X appeared before everyone. The entire colliseum errupted with exitment to see their favorite hero, the pride of every human.

Jacope X smiled and chuckled to see his long time best friend John. As the crtowd was chanting a long phrase, dedicated to Jacope X, John, and Ice, His hands glew bright red, and shook John's hand. He knew that if he were to touch John with out any type of protection around him, he would die instantly. This Ki aura would help him. He then screams in Johns ear, trying to talk over the very loud audience.

Jacope: Good luck my Friend!

Jacope X walked back and away from John, hopping on his feet. A large group of spectators tried to reach Jacope X or John, trying to get to them and at least touch them, but they were immedeately stopped by guards. Jacope X was used to this enviroment as he remembers that he had to spar infront of millions of people during his days as an X-BLade warrior. He had such a great reputation. At the moment, JAcope X felt 100%, but also felt great nervousness, knowing that John and Ice were clearly better than Jacope X. He had little confidence of winning, but of course, he will show John and Ice the Jacope X in his prime.

Jacope X telepathically: I will not hold back.....Remember that....

Jacope X grinned.