Dat's a Cirkel. (Cirkel)

[Reigeku]

"So, these are the training grounds, eh? [blue]I wonder if we'll fight anyone today? Heheh...[/blue] I don't.. But there's a chance. I'm not going to be so arrogant and cocky like I was last time, and that was just because I was tired, too.. [blue] Yeah, keep telling yourself that, Rei..[/blue]"

Rei was sitting on a large rock in the training grounds, his chin resting on his knee. There was a strong wind passing by, and it was raining a little bit as well. Still, as the rain slowly crashed with Rei's long blue hair, and the breeze made it fly in front of his eyes, he didn't care. The breeze felt good against his sleeveless arms, at least the one without a gauntlet on.

At least I learned how to remove one of my gauntlets..

He looked up, and closed his eyes, letting out a sigh. He enjoyed the powerful rain and strong breeze. He leapt off of the rock, and started to look around. There were two people that had just finished training, one of them with a gun, the other with a bow and a sword. It should be obvious who won, eh? The one with the gun was limping away, and fell. The one with the bow rushed over and picked the guy up and took him out of the rain.

Rei began to walk forward, his brown, steel-toed boots making crunching noises with each step, and occasionally a splash. He walked to the center of the grounds, where the rain was the strongest, and spread his arms.

"Haha!"

[The Blue is Rei's other self, which is discovered in thread with Kaiba.]

[Cirkel]

The young teen entered the grounds. He had been to them previously, but not like this. He had gone to what could only be called a swamp, though this was much different. It looked like a farm, almost, wide-open space covered in tall grass. It seemed a pleasure just to walk through it... for most. However, this boy was on a mission.

He very quickly broke into a sprint towards one of the large, dirt circles. They stuck out like a sore thumb along the plains. He slowed gradually, coming to a full stop just inside the circle's rim. He gave a quick glance around. It would be now that one would notice Cirkel's expression, provided they knew him. He was frowning. Very rare was that look. Even in combat, he did not frown. He always smiled, taking pleasure in mere existance. But not now.

He was still. Unmoving. His arm shot out, arcing around his self for a mere moment before returning to his side. Several drops of blood, unseen to the exceptance of the sharpest of eyes, exploded on impact with the ground. The dirt rose among the dust, like a mine finally releasing it's force. It was only now did Cirkel smile.

He gave a quick glance around, seeing a few people, though attracting his attention was one, walking deeper into the rain. He let his arm rise with an extended finger, pointing to him as he gave an icy grin.

[Reigeku]

"[blue]Hmm..[/blue] I don't feel as happy as I was just now.. [blue]Maybe because of you...[/blue]"

Rei turned his head to the side and grinned at the person pointing at him. He stuck his right arm out as far as he could, and steel started to form around his whole arm, all of the way up to his shoulder. The fingertips of the gauntlet were sharp, and the steel was strong enough to fight an extremely hectic battle with. After his full right arm was engulfed in steel, he punched at the ground with his left arm, sending some rocks into the air, and pulled his right arm back, making it look sort of like a greater-than sign in mathematics. He lifted his left arm slowly, until it was at level with his shoulder, his left bicep freezing due to the icy chill of the rain. His headband was less stiff now that the rain had fallen onto it so much, and now he didn't feel as if his skull was being crushed.

"[blue]I'm guessing you want to fight us, by that grin on your face.[/blue] Come on, then, if that's what you want. [blue] What are you waiting for, attack us?! Hahaha![/blue]"

Rei pulled his lift leg back ninety-degrees, and shifted his arm positions, and instead of clenching his fists, he relaxed his hands, and shot his right arm forward. "[blue]Come on![/blue]" Rei isn't so cocky as himself, and he never really acts too cocky unless he's in a battle he thinks he's going to like. Rei's Blue eyes seemed darker in the rain..

[Cirkel]

It was an odd moment for those standing around. Everything happened so fast. The teen entering, and very suddenly making a challenge. It was accepted, and for jsut that one moment, there was true electricity. He stood there, tension mounting, the rain almost ceasing to move. You knew he would attack, and yet, your body screamed to push him foreward, to end the waiting. They would not wait long.

He suddenly sprinted towards the opponent, the rain seeming to not even touch upon his speed. In that regard, Cirkel had an advantage. He was not yet weighed down by the sudden down-pour, though as of yet it didn't matter.

His haste easily cleared the thirty foot gap between them to only six. He knew from the start he wouldn't unleash his spells so early. No, instead, he would suddenly send himself backwards, forcing him to slide on the mud as he lowered his body and sent all the force of his run into a right straight-kick towards his opponent's front leg. He also turned himself more to the side as he did this, so that his right side was facing his opponent more than his front, himself balancing on the ball of his left foot as he was squatted down with that leg. He knew that, undoubtedly, if the opponent hadn't dodged, his leg would break.

[Reigeku]

Rei watched the person's moves very closely, and saw the kick coming, almost too late. He leapt upward, doing a frontward flip, and attempted to launch a kick with both feet at the back of the guy's head while he was still recovering from his own move, and the time it would take to get rebalanced after an attack like that. If the attack was successful, he'd land on the ground with both feet, causing the rain to shoot upward as he'd hit the ground, and while the opponent would still be stunned from the blow to the head, and his head would be rushing downward, toward the grassy ground, Rei would follow up with an uppercut with his right arm, directly right in the nose.

The blow would cause the man to fly upward, or backward, in either case, he'd still had a move to follow up with. If the man were sent upward, he'd do a one-hundred and eighty degree spin and kick at the man's spine, directly in the middle, which would cause extreme pain, and maybe make the guy flip over onto the ground, on his stomach.

If he were to slide backward, however, he'd punch at the guy straight in the middle of the chest with his left arm, and the sharpness of the steel would cause the cloth to tear, and the skin to bleed. And of course, it would propel him back farther faster, but onto the ground quicker. Rei already had it all thought out.

Of course, this would only be if his first attack had landed.

[Cirkel]

It was about now that Cirkel realized something. It wasn't a large thing, though it was fairly important. He noticed that as blunt as his attack was, reaction on his opponent's part was a bit more sluggish. He would abuse that as far as it would go.

Almost as soon as his opponent jumped upwards, Cirkel planted his low kicking foot down, looking up simultaneously. He didn't bother analyzing the situation too carefully. The move was almost as blunt as his own had been, and the direction of his attack was quite limited. Somehow, it made him snigger inside. How few people realized the limits of the sky.

He suddenly collapsed backwards, simply falling off balance of his left foot which was holding most of his weight. It caused him to roll backwards, to the left of his opponent when he landed. Above this he needed to do few things. It is now one may notice the blood unseen in the wet mud, dropped at the same time Cirkel had kicked. Though none-the-less, it was there, completely refined, and ready to blow with the force of a land mine. And it did, only half a second after his opponent's landing, not nearly enough time to react.

When it did, the teen forced his fore-arms in-front of his face ad his knees against his body. He was only a few feet from the drop of blood himself, so necessary precautions needed to be taken.

[Reigeku]

Not expecting something to explode out of the ground, Rei was caught off guard after his attack, and he was propelled backward. He rolled over a few times, and landed onto his back. The blast shot something up from the ground, and the force of the explosion on the object shot it up with great force, and it impacted with his forehead, causing it to bleed, rather badly. Rei chuckled, and pushed himself up onto his feet. "[blue]Nice attack, but it won't be enough[/blue] to beat us."

Rei's expression changed from a friendly smile to an obstinate grin. He dashed forward at top speed, and leapt above his foe, quickly swinging his right arm toward him, , attempting to strike at his left shoulderblade. If it would hit or not, he'd spin three-hundred-sixty degrees, and kick at his neck.

[Sorry it's short, and creddy. >.<]

[Cirkel]

Right after the explosion, Cirkel dug his heels in and stood back up with the power of his thighs alone. He then let his arms back down to his sides and looked towards his opponent. He could see quite clearly the blood on his forehead, obvious the presence of some item given the injury and placement. A stray rock, apparently, the teenager had been lucky enough to have near the explosion. More damage than even intended. You could not ask for too much more.

As the other grinned, Cirkel matched, eyes much more cold than normal. He began to run towards him, needing to only take a few steps before he jumped up. Again, his opponent went for an ariel attack. Apparently he hadn't learned the first time. Inside, he knew. I will not be so kind this time.

As the arm shot out to strike Cirkel, his own did the same, twisting his body a bit and catching the fore-arm with his own right. For a moment, there was that tension again. That time when everything stopped, and a pin drop would seem like a storm. Yet again, it did not last for long.

As he sent his fore-arm into his opponent's, he at the same time released a decent amount of power from his arm, making the opponent feel like a giant sling-shot had just grabbed him by the arm and twisted his body around. Unless he had countered with his own attack, Cirkel would now have a back facing towards him, and he would, with all his speed and might, capitalize. Very suddenly, his left fist shot out to dig into his opponent's back, at the same time utilizing the move he had before, except with even more force. The result would be a strike that if it hit would most likely shatter the kid's shoulder blade, and even snap a few ribs.

[Reigeku]

Rei had found himself caught in a counter, and realized the opponent might have forgotten that he's an Earth Manipulator, and he could use that to his advantage. He sent spikes out from his gauntlet to stab at his opponent, and he sent them out from his back to deeply wound, but not kill his opponent. Due to the opponents attack at Rei's back, he'd be even more hurt through his arm than anywhere else, and basically, he'd be almost too hurt to fight. The attack would cause his opponent to fall down, or stumble backward.

If Cirkel were to fall, Rei's punch at his solar plexus to knock him out, and the fight'd be over. If he'd stumbled backward, Rei'd send his elbow into his ribcage, which would hospitalize Cirkel.

[Cirkel]

Cirkel thought to himself, unseen and unheard. His head was cool, calm. It had been from the start. He knew the nature of his attack, and it had protected him from the start. Knowledge really was power.

The two fore-arms, either way, would seperate. Actually, by the spikes Cirkel remained untouched. The move he had just used was very closely related to his shield spell, and as such has made the spikes act as they would if they had hit a wall. No wounds in his arms, though there was another problem to confront: his stature. His arms were short, which resulted in limited reach. In short, his body was closer to his opponents than he would have liked.

He very suddenly doubled back, shuffling with the greatesty of haste, getting a good ten feet away. He gave a deep breath. There were several options, though none of which appealed, as they all involved hima ttacking first. He never liked that. He gave a quick, sly taunt. "Your turn."

[Reigeku]

"Heh, nice work, Sync."

Rei grinned, standing perfectly still. The rain powering down on him made his steel gauntlets and back seem bright, clean, and it washed away the blood on his face. His eyes turned bright red, a vacant expression in them. He pulled his legs together, and stood still, eyeing his opponent for any hints of weakness. There were some, but his opponent was fast, and he was... watching Rei carefully.. That's it. Again, Rei punched at the ground with his left hand with full force, causing the rain to fly upward just before hitting the ground.

"3... 2... 1.."

A large spike formed from the steel in the ground, and shot out from behing Cirkel, toward his back. It would impale him no matter what now, he had stayed too focused on Rei, and even though his hit would most likely hit, he'd make sure it'd only impale Cirkel's side, missing everything important, and most likely, he absolutely would be out of the battle.

[Cirkel]

Cirkel looked at him. His opponent was partially correct. He was concentrating on him, but not just him. He was focused. Trained to mind himself and that around him. His thoughts, seeing every drop of rain. Feeling every cold droplet, his lungs expending, collapsing. Listening to the mud, riddled by water. Impact. He saw it. He almost felt it. He heard it. Continuing. Echoing from the mud. It was only the slightest of things, but beneath the soft soil where sound traveled easily, constant impact against the compact rock was simplistically resonant. His ears were no greater, but his sense of it was grand.

There was a mix of grinding through stone and swimming through mud, every drop the spike hit seemed to echo coldly. The teen swore he could even feel it, moving the air, but his imagination it must have been.

The spike smacked loudly against his side, only barely piercing the clothing before coming to a dead stop on one's barrier within the cells of his skin. Yet another spell. He was being worked too much. He felt that desire, that hunger to end it. He charged forward. He easily broke in to full sprint, heading towards his opponent. The killing blow. It was not Cirkel's. At least, he wasn't aware of it. Very suddenly, there was a smell. Like a roast left in the oven for too long. The skin crackled, and purple flame engulfed his entire right hand. Hot. Untouchably so. So much that the rain within a foot of the flame instantly stopped short, becoming steam. The air became hot, even the mud starting to dry. An evil grin crossed his face. He sped up dramatically, to lightning speeds. His legs cried for him to stop, But he wished for more. He seemed to clear a step without movement. He just... was.

He got closer. Closer. Within a second, he had cleared that ten feet, and now stood nose to nose with his opponent. Those eyes, cold as ice, and that grin, with the ability to crush a man whole. He wanted blood. Aye, he wanted death...

"FUCK!"

Cirkel suddenly flew back, going back that ten feet, plus another four or so more. The hand had stopped burning, and he was layed out on his back. A finger faded out from his forehead, followed by three others (and a thumb!). Similar events happened from his thigh, both hands beginning to feel around three hundred and sixty degrees, before seeming to come to a conclusion. They gripped tight, and a body, slightly transparent, as the hands had been, burst forth, soon followed by the rest. It was completely naked, with eyes like ice, though a carefree smile placed upon it's lips. Wavy blonde locks, high in the front so as to stay out of his face, and shoulder-length at the back. Oddly enough, he had a floating liquid blue sphere hanging right in the middle of his chest, which looked remarkably like the rain. He was obviously quite pleased with himself.

Like a zombie, Cirkel suddenly sat up, rising lifelessly before turning his head dramatically to the pale figure. His clenched teeth were almost seething. "GODDAMN! WHY DO YOU INSIST ON TAKING MY BODY FOR A TEST DRIVE?"

"Oh come now, it's not that baaaaaaaad. See I didn't even kill any body!"

Cirkel held the next one in. FUCKING HELL!