Originally posted by Nozdormu
"Not a warrior underneath? You can not even begin to imagine how correct you are!"Predecessor growled from the attacks. The punch had not inflicted an actual injury to him, due to the simple fact that Yusuke pretty much had guessed right. He was no warrior beneath the armor. In fact, he was not beneath it. Under the armor only chaos and energy dwelled. The very life of Predecessor was in the actual armor that his opponent had mocked.
"You talk too much, boy"
He then with a steel grip caught the ankle of Yusuke's right leg after he had delivered the kick and he held it tight, then lifted upwards and the whole body of his opponent followed of course with the leg and he hung upside down. Predecessor sighed, looking at the young warrior and even though only seconds passed, it felt like he was thinking for hours, or minutes at least. He never wanted to fight one of this age. The whole life ahead of him, and probably much like Predecessor, fought for all that was good. He closed his eyes and spoke a few weak words:
"I'm sorry"
He then with massive force swung his arm with Yusuke in it towards the ground and the impact against the ground was so heavy that the impact even had Yusuke bounce back up. As he returned up, Predecessor spun and delivered a straight kick with his left leg into the torso of Yusuke and sent him flying back from where the boy had charged at first.
"Your too young. You have life. Embrace it while you still can. Even if you defeat me, your future is not asured in a tournament like this one. I do not want to hurt you"
Predecessor sighed, picking up his shield from his back and spread his wings, placing himself in defensive position.
"Not a Warrior underneath? You can't imagine how correct you are!" Realizing that his kick to the helmet had done virtually no damage, Yusuke's eyes widened when he heard Predecessor respond to his remarks casually.
"What the-?" Yusuke began, but was soon interrupted when the Powerful armored arm of the Predecessor reached up, and grabbed Yusuke's leg with surprising strength. Realizing he was in danger, Yusuke tried to writhing his way through, but the grip his opponent had on his limb was too tight, and Yusuke lost his aerial balance. With no way out, he simply dangled in front of his towering opponent. Inside his head, he wasn't worried however....
"well, let's see how hard this guy hits...."
Bracing himself for the inevitable killing blow, Yusuke's mind began planning his next move, when all of a sudden, he felt a strange energy...
"I'm Sorry..." he heard his opponent say, as He swung his mighty arm and hurled the young spirit detective into the solid ground. Time slowed down as the impact whiplashed throughout Yusuke's body, causing the ground to crumble beneath him. As dirt and debris sprayed upwards around him, Yusuke caught a glimpse of The Predecessor swing a kick at his torso. The Kick was mighty powerful, and the wind was knocked from Yusuke, sending him hurtling backwards, tumbling across the arena. Luckily, his body lost momentum before he fell into the fiery lava surrounding the arena.
A minute passed, and Yusuke lifted himself up slowly, holding his chest. On one knee, he looked up at his opponent, judging his spiritual power, and battle prowess. From that quick little attack from Yusuke, and the counterattack by Predecessor, Yusuke learned 2 very important things:
1. That the armor that his opponent wore was a container for a strange energy.
and 2. That with enough force, Yusuke can damage the armor.
"Why is this arena so familiar?" Yusuke thought to himself, as he took a scan of the area. He could have sworn that he fought here before....
But who was he-!
Suddenly he remembered, and Yusuke only smiled a wicked smile. ignoring his opponent, who had now taken out his shield and prepared a defensive stance.
"Embrace life while I can? Listen jackass - What would you say if I told you that I've already died...twice?"
Yusuke smiled even more. His opponents attack hurt sure, but it was nothing compared to getting punched by Toguro, or getting hit by Shinobu Sensui's splinter rishuyuken. In fact, his chest and stomach were feeling perfectly fine now. And bad news for Predecessor, Yusuke was starting to get pissed off. He hated when these behemoths underestimated him. No one ever realized true potential when they saw it. Physical appearance had nothing to do with it.
"You may think you're unbeatable, but just because you are big, doesn't make you a better fighter! You may be wiser, and older, but I'll show you that that doesn't matter here!"
And with that Yusuke pointed his finger at his opponent. In an instant, his fingertip began glowing blue, continuing to flash as Yusuke taunted
"Listen here big man, this here is my Spirit Gun. If you think your little shield can reflect this, then go ahead and try! SPIRIT GUN!!!!"
Yusuke fired the shot, as glowing blue spirit energy was released viciously from his fingertips, erupting straight towards his shielding opponent....