Ultimate Fighters: Preliminaries

Ice entered the arena as well. He knew that John and Jacope were his greatest friends, but he wasn't about to hold back; it wouldn't be fair to anyone if he went easy on them. However, the ref was wrong on one account, they weren't fighting as worst enemies, they would be fighting as friends giving their all to win a tournament.

Ice turned to John and Jacope and said to them, "I still stand by with what I said earlier, there's no way I'm holding back. And because I know how tough you two can be, I'm switching to Justice the minute the fight starts. That aside, I wish you both luck. May the best fighter win."

"believe me, none of us will be hodling back" the reaper replied, confident that this fight will be so intense that he'll have no choice but to give it his all..the reaper waited patiently..

Jacope X awaited for the signal to start. He nodded at both Ice and John and right their, he felt chills coming up his spine. In a way he never felt before. Ice and John were both his best friend along with Lance who is not in this tournament. They have gone through alot together. It was now time to see who is the better fighter.

Jacope X thinks to self: "Meh, who knows, I might get lucky and come out as the victor. "

AND NOW, Ladies and Gentlemen!!, time to unveil the hidden suprise!!"
what? john tohugh instantly...suddenly the ground shook beneath the 3 fighters...the arena was....lifting up?
thanks to our new hover system (trademark), the fighters will be brawling in the sky!! fighters...heres how this will work!!
1. the only ground you are allowed to touch is this floating arena..you are allowed to fly as much as you like, just remember that you can only touch this arena..anywhere else and you are disqualified!! the arena rose rapidly, leaving the stadium far behind...john, even with his enhanced vision, could only just see the stadium as a tiny speck...suddenly, on the edges of the arena hundreds of flying cameras shot out, flying around the fighters....back at the stadium, giant screen rose up, and displayed exceptional quality images from these cameras..
"watch out for planes up there...oh by the way, dont destroy the cameras...you may start on the count....3!...2!...."
((take it to the other thread now 😄 ))

Nightmare watched the monitor, watched how the fighters had a battle of legends up on the skies. It was overrated, he knew it for sure. He held his sword over his shoulder and he stood with a serious look, sighing to himself. Nightmare craved for a battle and prayed that this fight would be over soon enough. Out of all foes, he desired to fight the reaper the most. No soul in the universe would do Nightmare more pleasure than the soul of the reaper.

But perhaps.. Perhaps Nightmare wasnt ready to fight the reaper? He ignored his own thoughts and instead kneeled before the monitor, watching them fight. Watching what type of attacks they use and started memorizing. He would be fighting one of them soon enough. It wouldnt do him any harm to learn how they fight.

just then john woke up...'odd' he he first thought as he got up off ice..'i dont sleep..unless - ' then everything came back instantly..the fight...jacopeX won..the realization hit the reaper...out of the 3 of them, jacopeX always saw himself as the underdog...maybe this fight would be a wakeup call for the human, as well as a testement to his immense skill and power..
john kicked ice the the shins "oy, get up, jacope won"

Ice was already awake. He had woken up when John landed on him. Ice stood up before turning to John and replying, "I was aware of that the minute you landed on me." Ice looked at Jacope and smiled. If he had to have been defeated, he was proud to lose to an ally who gave it his all. Ice massaged his neck and commented to John, "That fight was brutal, but I wouldn't have expected anything less from you or Jacope."

Jacope had full control of the mid air and flipped onto his feet and landed hard on the ground on his feet. He then fell to his knees to no type of cheering of people since they have all evacuated the colliseum. Jacope X was covered in blood, as well as his clothes and many gashes were left throughout his body. He had his head down as he was still on both knees. He then picked his head up and finally got up as he limped over to John and Ice. He put his hand out to Ice and John, wanting to shake their hands.

Jacope X: I do not want to leave without showing acknowledgement.......Good fight.......

Ice didn't hesitate to shake his hand. "More like a great fight." Ice replied with a smile. To show good sportsman ship, Ice ice-healed Jacope's wounds right after shaking his hand.

"ditto" john added, not adding a hand..not out of rudeness, but the fact that jacope would die if the reaper physically touched him..."they'll be talking about this one for decades..the only person in existance to ever beat ice in justice form..well, id say it cant be long until its over" the reaper paused...what could possibly next, now the the greatest duel earthhas ever seen is now in the not too distant past? what was the referee planning?
"i think we better head back to the lounge" john suggested.."we've earned a break"..john teleported them both to the lounge, where a giant TV was replaying pieces of the fight in slow motion..even with the slowed effects, the speed of john, ice and jacope was still impossible for any mortal to replicate..john winced as he watched his tornado explode yet again..