Grieves smiled as the spires proceeded towards him. Leaping high into the air Grieves lifted his blade over head slashing down, releasing another arc of energy followed by another as he slashed his blade from right to left and then a final wave of energy as he spun around and slashed his blade from right to left using the momentum from the spin and his last attack.

the three crescents of energy rocketed towards his opponent, and Grieves seemed to have his opponent beat, but he didn't notice the spires below him. They were growing. Four of the spires exploded out of the ground and pierced Grieves' leg, chest and left arm. Letting out a painful moan he cut the spires down and fell to the ground.

Forcing himself up Grieves reentered his fighting stance, blood dripping down his fresh wounds

Corenian was disoriented when he saw the three crescents zooming in on him, he had no idea where to move at all
"Jump away, just Jump!"
Following the voice, Corenian flipped backward though that proved to be the wrong direction as he had only managed to jump out of the path of one of the attacks. Bracing his arms in front of him, he took the last two blows head on, causing his body to form an impression on the floor due to the impact of the hit. HE felt hi entire body aching as he bounced off the ground, the other personality that had taken over him seeming to leeave as well. Regaining full control over himself, Corenian pulled himself up. His body ached like it had on the first day of kung fu training or alot worse. Despites the pain, he still managed to stand, looking toward his opponent.
"This battle... got more intense than expected, didn't it Fia," he gasped, looking toward the spirit who now stood beside him.
"It sure did, well either way theres not much to do about it now, either way they have an infirmary so i guess you'll be fine, well look out, he seems to be ready for more," she chuckled before floating back over the battlefield.
Heaving yet another sigh, Corenian pulled the wodden knuckle dusters on tighter, ready for another go.

Grieves began chuckling. It had been a long time since he had this much fun in a fight. His wounds were deep and painful, but they weren't enough to stop him from finishing this fight. His pride wouldn't allow him to walk away.

Grieves lunged forward at Corenian again, his blade at his side. Gripping the blade tighter in both hands Grieves slashed his blade horizontally just below the rib area, following it up with a slash that went up from Corenian's left hip bone to his right shoulder. A powerful downward slash came quickly after the last attack and Grieves finished with a spinning left to right slash.

Corenian dodged dodged the first attack easily however the second one came so close after the first that though he managed to dodge the hit from the hip bone to his stomach, the rest of him up to his shoulder had taken the hit. Just as he landed after the second dodge he had barely enough time to recover before he was met by a downward slash. Using the knuckle dusters as a shield, he used them to take the attack head on, rattling his knuckles and causing the knuckle dusters to split apart. Jumping out of the last strike, Corenian touched the ground positively worn out. It couldn't end this way though, he was not going to give up yet.
With that, he pulled off the ragged trenchcoat and pulled out a pair of steel kunckle dusters from the trenchcoat. He had plenty more to spare and the wooden ones didn't matter to him, he was going to do this.
Clenching his left fist tight, he slammed the ground hard, sending a shockwave and more rock spirals at his opponent before grunting from the pain. Such a hit with his non-dominant arm had left it extremely sore but he couldn't risk using his dominant arm for such a stunt, after all such an attack was still experimental. When he got back to writing his book on martial arts, he would have to remember to log this in as well.

kairi was walking with her teacher who was gripping about her bad potion she had turned in for her health and body class.

for her punishment of giving one of the assitants a tail she had to stay in the training room and fix up people after battles

kairi let out a groan and when she heard smashing hit the floor coveringher head

"oh please i thought you were in a hand to hand combat training course as well" her teacher stated coldly and kairi looked up at her

"yea but i havent started it yet.." she said and her teacher sighed and pulled her to her feet pushing her at the doors

kairi gulped and opened the door walking into the room and looking at hte two fighting

"hey its john and corenian" she said and sawthe smashing violence and stared wide eyed

"ok its a sparring match kairi just buck up and look at the situation on hand" she said and looked at them both

"ok. john needs to be healed from that bleeding soon those wounds look rather deep. and corenian looks like he has some bone bruising. that must be painful he needs that fixed up soon too" she said and blinked walking in and staying away from the battle in the middle of the room keeping to the edges

"hmm..." she said watching intently her muscles tensing as she did until a large hand rested on her shoulder and she looked back to see one of the teachers

"your early for class first class doesnt start till monday." he said and she blinked gulping

"come on then lets get started" he said and dragged her over to the training corner

"no-but-wait -i" she mumbled and he got into a fighting position

"um.." she said adn mimiced him with an unsure face still kept looking back at her two ffriends in a fight

"alright. im going to come at you. now block it" he sai dnad she blinked not paying attention still watching the others

"yea ok.." she half mumbled and he came at her hitting her and she blinked falling back. it was a light hit but it was enough to knock the wind out of her

"haha pay attention more!" he said and she got up and brushed herself off

"listen this really isnt my thing im here too-" she started and he knocked her down again, it didnt hurt but it was getting annoying

"listen pal i-" she said nad hte second she got up he pinned her down again and she growled

"hey im just here to-" again he pinned her down and she growled kicking his feet out from under him and pinning him down her shoe up against his throat

"listen bub im just here to heal people!" she growled and he smiled grabbing her leg and flippng her back onto the floor

she jumped back and up and got into a fighting stance and he came at her she blocked his punches with her and and then turned to the side jabbing him into the side. when he looked suprised she hit him three more times until finally stopping when he took in air

"alright im done im here to help them not to spar with you.." she said and he laughed

"your going to be one of my favorite students." he laughed and she sighed rubbing her soar shoulder and sitting down on the mat looking at the two again fearing she had missed something of importance

With his Zweihander Grieves decided to take the spires head on instead of jumping over them this time. Placing the sword in front of him the tip of the blade pointed at the ground Grieves rushed forward. He used the blade as a shield as he trampled through the spires, but the blade was not a perfect shield. The spires cut at his arms, his legs and his body had become drenched in his blood.

Finally reaching Corenian Grieves spun the sword around in his hand, swinging the blade down heavily, stepping forward with his lead foot to add even more power and speed to the swing.

"Aw crap,"those were the only two words to run through Corenian's mind as he tried to dodge that hellish blow. Barely escaping the blades reach, he felt the skin on his over-abused left arm tearing off and before he knew it he had been sent flying from the impact of the hit into one of the walls, smashing his left arm yet again as it gave off a strange sound as he bounced off the wall and landed harmlessly for the most part on the ground.
Surveying his environment, he was surprised to see Kairi in the training field since he had not seen her there before.
"Hey Kairi, fancy meeting you here," he yelled, pausing to wave to her, he then quickly returned to his fight, pulling out a right arm clawed gaunlet which he subsituted for his current knuckle duster. Using the claw, he dragged it in a line over a distance, allowing his ki to build up in the claw before releasing a wave of energy toward his opponent before gripping his pained left arm. Heck, he was injured beyond anything he had ever felt but he was enjoying this. It may be violent but at least it was casual, his life was only slightly at stake and this was certainly the most interesting opponent he had ever faced as well.
Slowly inching back, he stabbed the claw into the ground hard, sending tremors toward Johnathan hoping to offset his balance and reduce his chances of dodging.

"ahhh" kairi yelled leaping back at the explosions around the room wondering how much mroe this poor building could take

she felt herself back up against the wall as she put her hands over her eyes

'i dont want to look. i dont want to look.' she thought but was peaking through the cracks of her fingers at the battle scene

The tremors took Grieves by surprise and made it impossible for him to evade the attack. Using his blade as a shield again he knelt down and prepare for the impact. The energy hit home and knocked Johnathan back into the opposite wall.

Grieves forced himself to his feet once more, his body in immense pain. Ready once more in his fighting stance he charged towards Corenian again, slashing his blade from right to left at his knee level, following it up with a hellish downward slash. Using the momentum from the downward slash Grieves changed stances and entered his defensive stance from the last attack and swung his blade around in a half moon crescent straight up. Leaving his sword behind his shoulder Grieves followed up the attack with a front kick followed by another downward slash and finally spun his body around his pivot foot slashing his blade from left to right.

Shinu heard the trembling of the arena when he decided to walk in and check the facility. He stood next to Kairi whom he met earlier.

That's a fierce battle. Don't worry about the facilities though, I designed them myself to withstand the power of two Guardian Forces that hate each other.