Hunter Jorgenson and Zero/Zenoram Oleander|Streets of Magnolia
Written with Demon Shinobi
Zero couldn't believe it at first. In the span of about a minute he'd been lifted, torn away from his food and launched through the door of the guild into the streets of the city. And as if that wasn't enough, he received a punch that sent him back a bit. If he hadn't defended at the last minute that could have done some serious damage. Luckily he'd get away with little more than a bruise and having skid back a few feet. He couldn't help but glare at the young man who'd come out of nowhere.
"You're gonna pay for that you dumb fuck." He said as pushed off the ground a small crater forming from the amount of strength and magical power he'd used to launch himself forward.
"Poison Dragon's Iron Fist!" He shouted as he threw a punch aimed for Hunter's face. Even if it missed, or go blocked, he'd immediately follow up with another attack.
"Poison Dragon's Slicing Talon!" A powerful kick, enhanced by poison. Aimed at Hunter's midsection, this could do some damage. Even if it was blocked or dodged a wave of the corrosive poison he used in this particular attack would launch. This attack in particular had enough force and slicing power to cut through stone. Even worse, the corrosive aspects of these attacks would eat away at whatever it touched. Normally Zero would hold back using a more compact, paralytic poison, but with this level of anger, he wasn't so keen on doing that.
Hunter grinned as the other Dragon Slayer came at him with his Iron Fist and he responded in kind with his Steel Fist, the two moves stopping each other midway, though the slightly more advanced technique caused more damage. When the guy used his Talon attack, Hunter grinned.
"Jade Dragon's Tail Sweep!" His right leg became encased in jade and he ducked below the kick and subsequent wave at the same time, hooking the foot that Zero was using as an anchor and pulling it out from under the poison Dragon Slayer. As he came up, his right leg rose up high with the heel aimed at the mid air opponent.
"Jade Dragon's Crushing Talon!"The jade covered foot and leg dropped in a vicious arc towards the other guy and when it finished Hunter back flipped away a ways, giving them both room to work with. As he came out of it, he held one arm out to the side.
"Jade Dragon's Blade!" His arm transformed into his jagged blade and shot out towards the poison Dragon Slayer three times before Hunter landed and slid back.
"Figure it's fair we know each other's names since we're sparring. Names Hunter Jorgenson, the Jade Dragon Slayer, raised by Carnaphros the Jaded. You?"Zero growled as his first punch was countered with a punch akin to his own, though considerably more armored. Still, he was confident the corrosive poison could eat through it. And it didn't seem the Jade dragon slayer was taking care to make sure all of the poison successfully came off. Which was a plus for Zero. Even the smallest drop would slowly eat away at his body. However, his kick was dodged and Zero found his leg swept out from under him. No matter. He twisted midair, pressing his hand to the ground and twisting himself. First his fore leg came spinning, poison covering it. It connected, pushing the jade leg away, but as the second leg came towards Hunter he backflipped away.
"Dammit! Stay still you bastard!" Zero spoke as he pushed off the ground and got to his feet.
No time to rest. He thought as he dodged the next three incoming attacks from the sword that was Hunter's arm.
"Sparring? That what you call challenging and attacking me outta nowhere?" Zero scoffed as he stared the man down.
"Well whatever. I'm Zero Oleander. Poison Dragon Slayer. Now that's all you get!" He wasn't about to spill the beans about watching out for his poison. If he could break through the Jade armor with the corrosive poison and hit the man with a paralytic poison, he could take this win. Sure there was more traditional poison. Stronger, more potent. Deadly to even breathe the fumes. But he wasn't trying to kill this man or the people around. So of course he wouldn't use that.
Hunter grinned as the man, who'd identified himself as Zero, went on a small lecture about how sparring was not attacking out of the blue. He did, however, take a moment to regard the poison lingering on his hand that had met his opponent's Iron Fist attack before a coating of jade appeared and fell off, taking the poison off with it.
"Damn straight this is what I call sparring. What good's a fight if the other guy isn't already a bit pissed off?" Bracing himself a moment, he leapt up into the air, jade streaming from his arms as he descended.
"Jade Dragon's Wing Attack!"Whether or not the attack hit, Hunter did a couple quick steps back before coming in again with both legs coated in jade as he transitioned into a sweeping strike that started on his upper back and lead into a hand stand.
"Jade Dragon's Sweeping Talons!" The first leg would connect with Zero's lower legs, knocking him off them again, and the second would connect with one of Zero's cheeks, ideally setting the other Dragon Slayer into a spin and knock him back some. Coming out of the attack and leaping backwards, Hunter pulled one hand next to his face and then threw it forward, several small, sharp pieces of jade flying towards Zero.
"Jade Dragon's Spear Tips!" He slid back as he landed and then pulled back an arm as jade covered the entire thing, fist and all, charging forward.
"Jade Dragon's Crush Claw!""You didn't think it would be that easy did you?" Zero asked as he jumped over the first of two incoming kicks. As the second one came, aimed higher while the first was aimed at his legs he threw a powerful poison enhanced punch knocked it back, blocking it with an attack of his own.
"Gotta admit. You're pretty tough." He said as he leaped to the right just barely dodging the spear tips, a few slashing his arm as they drove past. With that he was waiting. Hunter was charging and this was a good chance.
"Poison Dragon's Roar!" He blasted the torrent of poison at Hunter just as he neared. However, he quickly cut that attack whether it was blocked or dodged. He used it as cover to charge at Hunter.
"Poison Dragon's Corrosive Claw!" His finger tips were coated with the highly corrosive poison, condensed and sharped as he brought the his hand down at the chest of his opponent.
"Poison Dragon's Slicing Talon" He would slam the follow up kick into Hunter's midsection.
"Poison Dragon's Arsenal: Melee Edition!" Another follow up.
"Dual Mace!" In each hand a spiked mace formed. He swung each, the first driving into the head of his opponent from the left, the second driving into his right leg, simultaneously. He wasn't going down so easily.
Hunter had to give Zero his dues, the kid at least knew his timing. As he realized that Zero was about to use his breath attack, he stopped his rush and crossed his arms.
"Jade Dragon's Protective Shell!" An egg shaped case of jade appeared around Hunter, and as the roar washed over it, shook a little, but held. It weathered all of the other attacks, from the claw to the kick to the dual mace attack, Hunter let the egg take it all. Except he had left the egg out the back after the roar, using it as cover to reposition himself.
"Jade Dragon's Roar!" The stream of particlized jade flew towards Zero, and Hunter used it as cover to move positions again before rushing his opponent once more.
"Jade Dragon's Crush Claw!" The attack was aimed at his opponent's lower back, after throwing the attack, he back flipped out of reach of any immediate counters and then moved in again.
"Jade Dragon's Dual Crushing Talon!" The first kick's target was the same as Zero's Slicing Talon, aimed at the gut, but the second one shot up towards Zero's chin, aimed to knock him into the air once more. After this attack, Hunter quick stepped back and used Jade Dragon's Dual Blade, both shooting out towards Zero in a specific pattern to try and keep him in a small area before he stopped and slammed his hands to the ground.
"Jade Dragon's Rising Spines!" This attack was different, sharp and jagged pillars of jade rising up from below Zero. The kid would have to think fast to dodge them.
The shell was unexpected. It was thick, and a powerful defense. Zero couldn’t help but huff in frustration. The same frustration which grew as he broke the shell and realized that Hunter was no longer there. Still though, Zero wasn’t going to let that throw him. What would he do? Where was he? He tried to see it all before the roar came. He grinned leaping out of the path of the breath attack.
”Nice.” He had to admit. Hunter was good. Probably had more actual experience. Still Zero couldn’t help but roar in pain as the crush claw connected. He was fast too.
Zero couldn’t afford to underestimate this guy.
”Alright. Poison Dragon’s Artillery! Projectile Edition.” A multitude of small arrows began to form around him as he backed away from Hunter avoiding the incoming kicks. He was concentrating.
”Fire!” Soon the arrows began to fly at the Jade dragon at an alarming speed.
“Poison Dragon’s Artillery! Staff!” This hasty maneuver was done so he could lifted himself up and out of the way of the spikes at they formed. He was just safe.
“What the hell is the point of this again?” He asked as he prepared another attack trying to strategize.
As the various poison arrows fly at him, Hunter knows he won't be able to dodge them, so he goes on the defensive again.
"Jade Dragon's Scales!" His skin suddenly becomes covered in a scale like pattern of the green stone and as the poison arrows find their mark, the old stone that it impacted sheds and is replaced with fresh clean stone. When the assault of poisonous arrows stops, Hunter grins and the spikes disappear as he approaches the staff perched poison Dragon Slayer.
"My father taught me that we don't get stronger by not pushing our limits, by taking the easy route. Ironically, he hid from Acnologia, but all the stories suggest that was a battle he'd have lost. My guild master suggested that there were a couple of good sparring partners here, so I rushed off to get here."He looked real hard at Zero, then chuckled.
"Last thing I expected to find was two other dragon slayers, in the same guild no less. Carnaphros always told me that other dragons had survived, Acnologia wasn't all knowing and only a few of us knew each other and our locations, assuming he bothered with interrogations. I just never had any need to test it. So I guess, it's my way of saying hi." He looked around at the damage and grinned. He'd actually managed to minimize it for a change, with the only real damaging being the holes in the road that he could fix with some of his jade summoning.
"If you're willing, I'll pay for a new meal for ya. Make up for, well, throwing you away from your other one."Zero sighed after listening to Hunter's explanation about how they got to where they were as he came down from his perch, the staff dissolving. Soon the Jade dragon slayer would further Zero's knowledge of dragon's a bit as well. It was a bit good to learn more ,but part of him didn't like the information.
"I don't know much about dragon history. Only the history of Hemlock and his brethren. To be honest, this knowledge would have been good before." He said calmly before reach up to scratch his own head.
"But you know, you got a real shitty way of saying high." He growled obviously still upset about it.
"And don't think that's all I got in me." He quickly spoke regarding his skills.
"There's more, but I can't go risking innocent people in the streets and giving Phoenix Wing a bad rep." He explained calmly since he really couldn't be too reckless with his poison. Still things seemed to be over. They should at least clean up. But Hunter was offering food.
"Well if you're buyin', there's no way in hell I'm saying no." He grinned ready to eat, even hungrier now that he'd engaged in such strenuous activity.
"Oh..." He suddenly became more serious.
"But leave Amaya alone. Got me? The ice dragon is off limits. Or i will seriously kill you myself." He said as he waited for the man standing before him to lead the way to a restaurant or back to the guild so he could make good on the offer for food.
Hunter chuckled and shook his head, retrieving his pack, which also had his money, and heading off down one of the side streets. This wasn't his first time in Magnolia, though it had been his first time dealing with Phoenix Wing. He'd often looked at the building and wondered how they were doing when compared to Dragon Fang, but never gone in.
Heh, first time for everything. He lead the way to a burger place that made them to order, anyway you wanted it. Unless you asked for things like jade on it, then you got a funny look. After that, Hunter just ordered a bacon and pineapple cheese burger.
"In all fairness, I likely won't bother with...you said her name was Amaya? One Dragon Slayer on Dragon Slayer match is good enough for me. Maybe if we're lucky though, we'll get to go at it again in the Games." After ordering his food, he stepped aside so Zero could get his.
Jack Goran|Dragon Fang Guild Hall
He listened to the rest of Pyrha's side and shrugged at her question.
"I honestly couldn't tell you. I've met neither a god nor a demon in my life. And if you're posing the question of god slayer versus demon slayer, that has more factors than most people realize, especially when they're of the same element. "James Hunt|Phoenix Wing Guild Hall
James, who had looked up from his studying in time to see a green haired man heave Zero out of the guild hall and then give chase. He shook his head at the scene and was about to return to his studying when he heard Master Jarvis speaking with someone. He listened to what both sides had to say before he approached and rested a hand on Jarvis' shoulder.
"Master Jarvis, if I may, we can't claim to be a light guild if we are so openly hostile to people who are trying to make an active move to redemption. We do not know the circumstances behind why they would turn in their own guild master, nor do we know the man himself. It is wrong of us to judge based on that fact alone." He'd hoped to help the situation, but it was entirely possible he'd not help. He would find out soon enough.
