Roxas walked through the gates of SPA then sighed loudly. The moment he walked through he saw what looked like the woman he was attacked by the night before. A grin crossed his face as he started to walk towards her. He stopped 30ft away from her and noticed two other people next to her. "Must be her friends. I'll have to get attention somehow." As that thought left his mine another crossed it. He was going to fight in a arena. He never really liked doing that, since he didn't want to be noticed to much, but she was pretty.

Roxas passed her by her hoping she would still be in the same spot in five minutes. He ran to the arena board and saw that there was already a name on it. "I wonder who this Jax is. Better go after her." After quickly writing his name down he picked a random person to fight against. "Neptune should be good. He's always fighting so he wont care." Once he finishes at the arena board he quickly wrights a note for the woman and ran back to the gates. On the note said, "Go to the arena at 1 and you'll have a nice surprise." Seeing that she's still in the same spot, he bumps into her, giving her the note. After he starts to run and get ready for his fight, bumping into Neptune and explaining to him about his challenge.

The moment walked into the room, Jax stiffened. He looked around, his eyes resting on her for a few minutes. A stiff nod indicated that he was willing to take on her challenge, but the smile that came after made it quite clear he was intending to crush her. She issued her own smile before she heard Ophelia beside her. She turned looking at the note with apprehension, she didn't want her sister anywhere near that arena especially at one when the conclusion of her fight would be abundantly clear, "Surprise? What the hell. I would ignore it. It could be that dude from yesterday messing with you...Anyway, you should go ahead to class. I will head up there in a few minutes, I wanted to go talk to Professor Donovan before I get up there."

The time was coming up sooner rather than later and as Jax turned to look at Morthos,"You were going to come to right? To ask about that book!"

She eyed him for a few minutes, before turning to smile at her sis,"See ya in a bit."

She turned heading towards the arena, knowing her match was about to start. She noted that Morthos was right beside her as she entered into the ground floor,"If I end up in the ER can you grab my sister. I don't want her seeing me being carted off. Not that I am going there. Just..you know.."

She eyed Titan at the other end of the room, he was practicing with his broadsword, his moves calculated. She also noted the crowd filling in. Titan had only fought six times but he was a crowd favorite. Unbeatable was close to god-like in this room and her Jax knew that most of these people were betting on her losing this battle. "They all think he is going to crush me.." She turned smiling to Morthos, her eyes glowing with an unburdened confidence,"If only they knew..he is only the beginning."

She broke off from him heading into the middle of the arena, turning only once to wink at him, as she pulled out her scythe, letting it spin around her hand as the doors closed behind her.

She turned around to stare over at Titan, resting the scythe over her shoulder,"Round two?"

Titan gave her the once over, smirking widely,"You shouldn't have challenged me again. I won't go easy on you like I did when you were a freshman."

Jax grit her teeth, her expression cold,"I won't be beaten so easily this time. I am warning you now Titan, I am going to walk out of this arena with your position, regardless if I break every bone to do it."

He eyed her coldly, shaking his head,"Naive little girl. Shall we get on with this then."

Jax turned to the referee, acknowledging the start of the fight. The ref put up his hand, demanding silence as the crowd began to quiet, Jax raised her scythe getting in position as she waited for the bell. The silence held for a second before finally, the whistle went and Jax moved. Titan waited as the small girl ran at him, his stance strong as he cut up with his sword. Jax twisted, a smirk growing on her face as she fell to her side sliding just under the blade to cut through his leg her scythe cutting up into one of his legs. He twitched, turning to the left just as fast, the blade coming to hit her just at her waist. She was on her feet quickly putting up the scythe to block the blade. It sent her back but she was unscathed. She turned twisting the scythe up over her arm, to wrap around her neck as she kicked out trying to land a kick to his knee. He moved just in time, kicking out to catch her in the back. She just managed to get her scythe in the way, but again she was pushed back, her boots skidding against the concrete. She reset her footing then came at him again, her blade placement moving across her arms hitting his blade with a sharp clatter of metal.

The weight of every strike slammed into her body, her arms shaking from the impact. She couldn't keep this up forever, but she was fast. She took a blow to the left, blocking with the metal bar, She pulled the bar over trying to get around it, as she slammed the blade in the ground, jumping up to kick Titan square in the jaw. He took a step back, rage covering his features as he came at her full swing. Jax jumped to the right, barely missing the blade as it came to break the concrete in waves. She arched her blade up getting a large cut on his arm, his blood dripping down onto the floor in sparse spots. She needed to hit hit harder. For him to really bleed. She was about to go at him again when he jumped up planning to aim downward, halfway through his hit he turned aiming to the left, Jax knew the blade was going to hit her, so she arched into it, taking the scrape down her arm and torso only to twist the scythe up and along his chest. Before she could regain her footing he kicked out straight into her gut and she went flying. Her body hit the concrete twice before smashing into the wall at an odd angle. Jax fell to the concrete, her breath choppy as she felt a wet liquid run down her cheek. She grit her teeth just standing up when she found the blade coming down at her. She jumped to the left, placing her hands on the ground and pushing off to land on her feet. She was in pain but it was bearable. She moved her scythe up to block another swing only to have a fist come at her for an uppercut. She jumped up in enough time, to kick off his chest and fall to her back.

The blade came down on her, and she held her scythe up to block it, her arms vibrating harshly against his incredible strength. She swore, for a few seconds before she pushed the bar to her left, using the blade to come at an arc on the blade. She gripped the bar scooting to the side only to come up and hit him with the end of the scythe in the face, and the blade scraping his hands. More blood dripped off of him as she came at him again. This time he was ready for it. He pushed the blade to the side, grabbing Jax's arm with ease as he ripped her off of her feet throwing her around his body once before flinging her with full strength to the other side of the arena, her scythe falling to the ground at his feet. She hit the ground with enough force to crack it, her arm exploding in agonizing pain. Her body stopped at the wall again, blood now visible on her lip. Her jacket lay slightly off her shoulder and her boots were stained in red. She lay still, agony filling her as tears ran down her face..NO....NO...NOT AGAIN.

"Clearly your sister likes me more than I thought if she's saying I'm devilishly handsome," Morthos spoke with a hint of sass in his tone. He gave Jax a knowing smile and said to her, "I haven't checked the board yet, I usually just take solo missions, maybe we could check it out later though." He turned his attention back to Ophelia, "So you're a vampire? That's very interesting, I'd love to ask some questions if you don't mind." Before he could get anything else in though Jax brought up Ophelia had classes and 'reminded' him he was going to get a book from the professor she was going to see. He of course had no plans to get a book, but in a second he realized what she meant. "Yes, of course," he turned to Ophelia, "I guess my interview with the vampire will have to wait, I'll see you later."

He went off with Jax so she could face her opponent, "ya, ya sure I'll grab her, don't worry about it." Jax sounded like someone who wanted to prove something, there was a fire in her eyes that wasn't there before, "I'll be up in the stands, good luck!" He called after her as she ran off, giving him a cheeky wink before she slammed her scythe down in challenge. Morthos made his way to the seating area, sitting away from the crowds, old habits die hard he supposed. The fight seemed close in the beginning, but as they exchanged more blows Titans strength started to give him the advantage. Morthos wondered how quickly Jax could summon a demon, because a quick summon could help her greatly. Even that little brat of a demon Hargul could help immensely.

Suddenly Jax flew across the arena because of a throw by Titan. She wasn't moving, and Morthos could smell the blood from where he was in the stands, another demon thing, a certain bloodlust in battle. The crowd had Titan as the favourite for a reason, but Morthos surprised even himself with what he did next. He shouted as loud as he could to make sure Jax heard, "Come on Jax! Get up! Don't give this jerk the satisfaction!" Others look at him, staring, but he didn't care right now, he was going to cheer on his friend. So much for keeping a low profile.

Jax lay motionless for a few seconds, the pain excruciating, as she tried to get back up. She flipped onto her back, more pain ripping down her torso as a vicious scream of rage filled the arena. Was that her? She was in too much pain to think, and all her thoughts were focused on the fight. She was not preparing to be hit. In fact the second half of her plan needed her fully functional. She breathed heavily knowing that if she didn't get to her feet the ref would call it. She rolled once more, her lips pressing against the concrete as she used her one arm to push up. Her body shivered as her rigid form began to move into a bipedal stance. She shook violently as she stood, staring across the arena at Titan. He held her scythe in his palm, bending it and then throwing it to the side. She grit her teeth, rage filling her. That scythe was a gift from her father and treating it like a piece of pipe made her sick. She stood straighter walking a few feet back so that she hit the wall. She gripped her awkward arm pressing back against the stone. She looked up, one of her eyes already puffing and going black. She eyed a red figure and pressed her lips together. Jax raised her eyebrows as she saw him cheering for her. She turned looking at the field in defeat when suddenly a fire burned through her body. She gripped her shoulder and slammed it backward with full force, a scream of agonizing pain filled the arena, along with a smaller pop. She cut the scream short tears running down her cheeks as she pushed off of the wall,"F..Fight...isn't over...yet.."

Titan stared at her shaking his head,"You won't beat me without a weapon."

Jax took a step forward, a confident smile creeping off of her body as she walked slowly in a pattern, her boots sliding slightly against the ground,"You're...right...I can't beat you hand to hand. I never could. I never even tried. I just needed you to bleed."

Suddenly she stopped her eyes fading to a sickly black as her black pentagrams began to glow. She smiled, blood dripping from her lips as she fell to her knees gripping the edge of a star. For the first time, the crowd was made aware of the blood smear in the shape of a pentagram. The pentagram was huge. She gripped one part of the star then cranked it back like a door, as a bright red light erupted beneath her. Her hair and jacket flew up as a burst of wind glowed beneath her. She clenched her fists, whispering lightly, "Ad remum anima mea? Ad remum potestate mea! Et nunc absolvo vos, et peto, vincere hostibus meis victoriam. Libet Vangor tibi."

Jax took a few steps as a red glow filled the arena, some of the candles blowing out to dim the room. Jax stood, her palms glowing in the dark, as a hand erupted from the hole. The sick purplish palm gripped a sword of a red flame. The rose from the ground cackling, his eyes a deep black as he stared at Titan,"I AM GOING TO EAT YOUR SOUL, LITTLE MAN!"

Jax raised a palm and so did the demon,"Shut your mouth demon. This is my fight! Now bend motherfucker. I have a position to fill."

She ran forward the demon angrily propelled to copy her even though it was twice her size. Titan prepared himself, although his facial expression seemed uneasy. Jax came screaming as she brought her invisible fire blade down in a thick sweep. Titan fell to the side slicing up into the demon's belly. The demon/Jax pulled back, twisting on her heel to kick out into Titan's head. Titan fell back with an outstanding crash the strength of the demon enough to match his own. Jax grunted, not giving him the change to recover as she slammed the blade up and through Titan's shoulder. He howled in agony, gritting his teeth. Jax pulled back throwing away the sword to come up with a suckerpunch to the face. The demon followed her movements easily, licking his lip as blood hit his form. Jax hit Titan again. His body hitting the wall as she came at him again. He lifted his arms to block, using his strength to push her into a dance. Jax just stayed focus, the pain from her shoulder and previous beating ignored, but not forgotten. She was in intense pain but she was too angry, the adrenaline was too intense for her to slow. She knew control of the demon was going to be short, and she could already feel blood run down her nose. She punched left then right, then right back up with an uppercut. His form lifted off the ground and as he came down the demon kicked out sending Titan into the wall. He hit hard, the arena shaking as he fell to his butt spent. Jax paused, her breath heavy as she walked over to her scythe. She picked it up and threw it to the demon, getting him to bend it back into shape.

Jax turned, forcing the demon to bend to his knees infront of her. She walked over, taking the scythe from his fingers,"I'm done with you."

The demon licked his lips eyeing her with malice and hatred,"Raise me again, woman and I will use your skin for my bed sheets. I am not one to be used as a toy."

Jax lifted her arm and the demon was on his feet. She twisted her fingers and he slid towards the pentagram portal, her voice exhausted and angry"Go to hell."

She pushed him over the edge and the pentagram closed around him, leaving nothing but a screech of hatred. She turned, trying to see Titan rise to his feet but falling back. She waited for him to get up, her form barely standing up. She was bruised and bleeding, and covered in dirt, but as the seconds ticked by, he didn't get up. She waited when finally a whistle reverberated around the arena and the silence erupted into cheers.

Jax relaxed falling to her knees as she stared up at the large board of names that highlighted the top five. Titan Ragnus' name dissapeared as Jax Kariana glowed brightly above her.

Watching as the match before him ended, Roxas left his seat and started towards his change room. "That was interesting. Looks like she's got potential. She better be careful though, that power she holds can get dangerous. Not my problem right now." As he makes his way to the room he pulls out his mask out of his bag. "Time to give them a show." He removes his clothes and places his fighting outfit on the table in front of him. He looks over it making sure there's no blood on it from the night before. Being saticfied with his clothes, he starts to put them on, still hearing the crowd from the last match. Roxas grins as he places his mask in his pocket waiting for his turn. As he waits behind the gates he notices his attacker on one of the staircases of the arena.

"Wow what a fight!" The announcer yells. "Our next fight better be just as exciting as the last! In this corner we have our top player, NEPTUNE!" The announcer points to the opposite side of the ring. "And in this corner we have a new player, a man of mystery, ROXAS!"

The gates open and both Roxas and Neptune walk out into the ring. Neptune looks at Roxas and smirks at him. "You know you're going to lose." Roxas flashes a smile and takes his glasses off, throws them to the side and reaches into his pocket. "This is going to be fun." His smile grows across his face as he pulls his mask out and places it on his face.

For a second everything was silent, then the crowd erupted in to cheers, Morthos among them. He jumped out of the stands and down towards the arena, firing a small blast at the ground before he touched down to break his momentum. The seats were pretty high up, if he didn't do that he'd probably break something. He ran over to Jax as she was getting checked on by the ringside medic. "Jax that was incredible!" He went in to hug her but then thought better of it. Instead he was smiling ear to ear, that was probably the best fight he'd seen in a long time.

"I was wondering how you would summon, since clearly that's your strong suit, but there's no way he'd just stand there and let you do it." At this point Morthos was just going off, people probably thought he was this man of mystery since he never talked to anyone, but he was really just a huge nerd. "I didn't even notice you were fighting in circles for a reason, drawing the pentagram during the fight was so impressive. By the time he noticed he couldn't stop you, then you had a demon who's probably stronger than him. Then you just wrecked his shit, and, ahhhh!" Morthos took a moment to breath, "that's one thing about your magic, it's a lot more elegant than mine, I mostly blow things up."

A few moments after the match the medics came over and grabbed up Titan and herself. She moved to the sidelines, pulling off her coat and shirt so that the medics could get a good look at her wounds. She was bleeding from various scratches, the largest being on her head, and she had a dark purple and black bruise that coated one of her shoulders. She suddenly saw Morthos in front of her, getting excited about her fight. She blushed at his compliments and at the fact she wasn't wearing a shirt, "Elegant? Thankyou. I knew I couldn't control a large enough demon without a strong portal, hence why I needed his blood. One day I hope I can control them on my own...shit!"

She winced, licking her bleeding lip as the medic's pressed against her shoulder,"I can't believe I fucking won! Shit!" She wanted to jump up but she was held down by the medics. She stared up at Morthos," Thanks for cheering for me by the way. I almost would have given up if it weren't for you."

She stared at him about to say something when suddenly Ophelia was coming up to her. She felt a shiver of terror at her expression,"Hey Sis.."

She flinched as Ophelia chastised her,"I know. I know...If I want to be the best though. I need to face the best. I should have told you..but you would have tried to stop me. I won though! Count for something?"

She hissed as the medics applied a needle to her arm, and then noticed as a new battle was going to start. Her sister's face went ragid as surprise hit her features at the mention of Roxas,"Do you know him?"

She turned to Morthos in confusion,"I don't think I've seen this guy before."

Morthos noticed Jax's blush then realized why, in order to care for her the medics had taken off her top. In all his excitement about the match he hadn't even noticed. Luckily for him he didn't have much time to think about that as Ophelia came over and gave Jax the business. Morthos knew when to stay quiet and this was definitely one of those times. He moved his attention to the next match that was starting, and apparently Ophelia knew one of the contenders. Jax made a comment about the guy in the mask, "I've seen him at the job board once or twice, his name is Roxas and that's about all I know.

Morthos looked at both contenders, Neptune was always fighting, he was pretty good, so Morthos wondered why this guy would be challenging him. He seemed like a mystery man himself with that mask. Being in the arena made Morthos think about possibly challenging someone himself. Not today of course, he'd need to research his opponent, but he was sure he could be the top of E tier like Jax was now. He'd just never had any real ambition to get the attention before, but after watching Jax it lit a fire in him, he was sure he could be just as strong as she was. "My money's on Neptune, Roxas had the surprise factor of not knowing what he does but I think Neptune probably has the edge and experience."

Once Roxas places his mask on, a surge of energy flows through him. He looks at the ref and nods at his to start the match. The ref notices and blows his whistle. Not but seconds after the whistle blow, Roxas and Neptune draw their weapons and clash with each other. Sparks flying in the air, the speed between the two of them above average. Roxas gets pushed back against the wall though hitting his head hard. The force of the his put him in a daze for a second, but not for long. He draws his glaive again and looks at Neptune. "That kinda hurt ass." He smiles wide.

"Cut the small talk and just fight. I need to win this quick." Neptune scowls. "You keep saying you're going to win." Roxas teases, trying to get a rise out of him. "Shut the fuck up and fight!" Neptune charges Roxas and nearly running him through. Roxas jumps out of the way only to get a massive gash in his right arm. "Shit." He thinks to himself. "At this rate this'll end quicker that I intended it to."

Roxas drops his glaive, knowing it'll be useless without his other arm to help stabilize it, and pulls out a dagger. Neptune growls and slices at Roxas again. Roxas blocks the attack with his dagger, his arm searing in pain as he trys to keep it from getting hit again.

The moment Roxas readys his counterattack, a voice speaks in his head and renders him useless.

"USE ME!" The voice screams at him. Roxas drops to ground and screams in agony. His head splitting, the voice growing louder and louder in his head. "USE ME!" Roxas's screams turn into shrieks. He grabs at his face trying to make it stop. Neptune stops and looks at Roxas, trying to figure out what to do. He runs over to him and trys to talk to him. "What's wrong? what's going on?" Uncontrollably, Roxas punches Neptune in the face, hard. Neptune falls back and passes out.

Roxas makes it to his feet and still grabbing at his face. His eyes changing from his normal bright blue to blood red. "USE ME!" The voice screams again this time to much for Roxas to handle. With a swift strike, Roxas rips his mask off. Blood flying off his face as he does and a bright blue flame emerges from his eyes and engulfs his entire body.

"You have finally embraced me." The Voice calls, using Roxas's voice. Trying to fight it, "No! I've kept you in for this long, so stay away!"

Roxas slams the mask back on his face and the fire goes out. His eys go back to normal and the voice stops. After placing his mask on, he collapses on the ground. That last thing he sees before falling unconscious was that of a faint glimpse of a woman in a dress at the edge of the ring.

Morthos was going to respond but she was gone before he had the chance, "guess she figured I was fine with that," he said half to himself half to Jax. "You get yourself healed up, I'll see you around," he waved to Jax and went back up in to the stands. He sat down and saw Opehlia looking around so he waved her down, the fight was just getting underway. "Hey, so I'm just gonna rattle off some questions I have and you feel free to not answer any you don't feel like answering, cool?"

Glancing at the fight, as Morthos thought, Neptune was winning. "So, first thing I guess, how does the sunlight thing work? Is there magic that lets you be in the sun? How do your abilities work? I know you're pretty fast and strong, have you ever tested your limits with that? Can you turn in to a bat or is that just fiction? Are you able to eat human food or does your body just reject it completely? Sorry if I'm being nosey, I'm just a very curious person, there's a reason I spend most of my time in the library."

Jax eyed the man in the mask. She was not liking the fact that he was already bugging her sister but she was to exhausted and sore to do anything about it. She was going to issue a warning when her sister mentioned she was going to get blood and Morthos and her would go watch the match in the stands. She fell silent turning to look at Morthos, nodding at him encouraging her to heal. She waved at him as she left happy that her new friend was getting along with her sister.

She turned as the medics began to stitch up and clean her cuts. The match was intense and crazy fast. Jax was fast but not at this level of speed. She kept her expression even but she was intrigued when Roxas started screaming. She watched Neptune fling backward in pain, and she watched the blue form on his body. It wasn't long before he passed out and the fight was over. She watched as the medics brought him closer to her. She took a good look at the mask, her expression growing ever more curious. He was a good fighter, and the match was fairly even seeming as Neptune was wiped out cold. She would have to talk to him when he woke. She hissed a breath as a cold press was placed over her black eye. She turned to a nurse holding a clipboard,"No broken bones, but you've lost some blood on the head and from minor injuries. We are giving you a sling for your arm so your shoulder can rest, and prescribing three healing potions for the next few days. Also you are banned from taking new missions for two weeks. The refilling of your status will take that long anyway. Good job. It's about time I've seen a girl in the top 5. Last time was 5 years ago."

Jax grimaced,"Thanks..I trained very hard for today."

She leaned down,"I can tell. Take better care of your body or you will never reach S level. I'm serious."

Morthos found all of this very interesting, he was going to ask if she could maybe eat a really bloody steak when something rather unexpected happened in the fight. He was only half paying attention to it as he spoke with Ophelia, but looking down he saw that both parties were out cold. "Well that definitely took a turn, the match was over faster than a viziers career, what happened?" If both parties were knocked out would the match be called a draw? This wasn't exactly a common occurrence so Morthos wasn't sure what the protocol would be.

Roxas woke up in the medical ward a little dazed. "What the hell happened." He looks over at stand next to his bed and find his mask just laying there. Relieved to see that it's still there, he looks over and sees a woman laying in the bed next to him. She looked familiar to him. Trying to look a little closer he realized that it was Jax from the battle before him. "you must be Jax." He says quietly, straining his voice a little. "Do you know how I got in here at all?" He looks down real quick to see if he's still in his battle garb. "Damn it" he says under his breath, wishing that he could quickly change. His clothes still in the arena's change room.

Jax watched as he got up raising an eyebrow as he asked what happened. Her expression was tart, which matched her voice,"You turned into a blue fireball then grew unconscious. This was after you were screaming in pain and knocked out Neptune."

She grunted, sitting up her arm in a sling now, as she eyed him with her one, non-swollen eye,"Not sure why you went mental but I am pretty fucking sure you're the dude that attacked my sister last night.."

She stood up walking over to him, finding it ironic that she is even going to try this when she was black and fucking blue but she spoke in a pretty serious tone,"I don't know you or what you think you're doing with my sister, but if you ever try to attack her again. I will raise every god damn demon in my reserve to make your life a living hell."

She felt confident in her threat as she turned around and sat back on her bed, wincing with every movement. "Now with that out of the way. I don't know what you have in your head that's making you lose your shit, but you need to control it if you are going to get better. Believe me."

She tried to get more comfortable but the pillow on the chair beside her was too far out of her reach and the rest of her energy was basically wiped after making that threat.

Roxas started to laugh as Jax threatened him. "Is that was she told you? You're sister is the one who attacked me. I was walking home from a hunt and she shot an arrow past my head. I reacted once she tried to kill me. Anyway I paid for the damages. Also I think it's cute that you think you can beat me. I may have lost control this time, but that won't happen again. Anyways I don't think you would understand what I have to deal with every day in my head." Roxas starts to walk over to Jax and smirks. "I'm not trying to piss of anyone here, just get your facts straight before you go accusing people." He sits on his bed feeling a little worn out from the battle. Trying to switch the subject now, he looks back up at jax. "That was a ballsy move what you did though. Not that many people can control demons like that. My advice would be to be careful. Use them as little as possible or they will kill you and not even I can stop them." Roxas sits there with a serious look on his face.