Sephiroth vs Gladiolus

Gladiolus entered the arena, looking around at his surroundings. He wondered what was his opponent like? He was curious as to he hasn't met them yet. He had entered this tournament as a way to prove his skills to himself. Fighting new people from different realms seemed like a good idea. Whether he won or lost he would know how much he would need to train before he was strong enough to actually offer his services to a god. He was little disappointed that his buddies weren't here to support him but he understood that they weren't needed that or they haven't been summoned as of yet.

"I can't wait to get started." He smiled as he continued to look around, the arena that they were fighting seemed simple enough, he just had to make sure he didn't fall into the pits. Gladiolus extended his arm out to the side as a large sword with a motorbike-like engine on the hilt. He held his sword in front of him with both hands. He waited patiently for his opponent, this was going to be fun after all.

Gladiolus had a smile on his face as he saw his opponent come into the arena. What caught his attention was the long silver hair and the long sword. It made him wonder how could could anyone use such a weapon. Finding new opponents with strange weapons always made him excited. Being in new worlds made a hell of an experience, and the look of the man's eyes told him that this might be a challenge. It was fine either way, if there was one thing that Gladiolus enjoyed was a challenge.

"Lets get this started shall we? First lets have a warm up...then we can have introductions"

"Fine by me." Gladiolus nodded, time to test out the waters and see what sort of person was he up against. Gladiolus rushed forward the man wit sword in hand. As he got close Gladiolus thrust his sword, aiming at the man before swinging up and down. Sure it was a straightforward attack but it was just a warm up right? and Gladiolus was curious to see what this man will do next and how was he going to counter it. "Lets have a good time you and me."

gladiolus smirked as he watched the man in front of him move back and blocking his attack. Sure it was only testing the waters but he could see it in the man's eyes that he was all experience. Strangely enough it reminded me of Cor, Always serious and and his eyes were always calculating. The only thing missing were the short hair and the shorter Katana and Gladiolus figured he was fighting the other man. Gladiolus blocked the first strike with his sword before jumping back before the next strike. His feet slid back as he came to a stop. He looked at the man, this was going to be a fun match indeed.

"Thank you for that. Honestly I just wanted to see how you used your weapon. I am Sephiroth and i shall be your opponent for the day "

"That makes two of us, and nice to meet you Sephiroth." Gladiolus let the blade rest on his shoulder for a second. "The name is Gladiolus Amicita, win or lose lets give it all and have and no grudges after the battle, deal?" Gladiolus wasn't the one to keep a grudge if he lost, but the wasn't really planning on doing so, at least not now. This guy seemed interesting as the seconds went by, though he would have to asked who was he referring to when he said that he looked like someone he knew. "I guess its time to fight with everything we have right?"

Gladiolus took a deep breath and held his large sword into the air. The sword giving off a slight glow before he started to swing the sword back and forth. Each swing released arcs of white energy, The arcs of energy went straight ahead at Sephiroth's direction. In total there were 5 arcs of energy each were just a few feet behind the other. Gladiolus held his sword tightly, excited on how will Sephiroth will counter. They say that a man can learn plenty through the fighting style of their opponent. Now it was time to see if that is true or not.

As Gladiolus watched how Sephiroth maneuvered around the arcs of energy Gladiolus tightened his grip on the blade knowing that he would have to follow though with whatever the man throw at him. Still it was interesting fighting with a man who had a blade that was longer than his own. That was truly something. And it seemed that he didn't expect that judging how the man dodged the first attack, it was a close call.

As for the others he ducked for the second one, which was he expected. That attack would have been easy to move around from or so he thought. Something more interesting happened, the man swung his own blade and sent three arcs of similar energy at him and his attack. The arcs clashed trying to push each other for a second before they detonated into a bright light. Gladiolus shield his eyes from the bright light.

Gladiolus let out a whistle and a chuckle. "Send me the bill for your coat later."

" It would seem you have a few tricks up your sleeve....I`m glad I get to fight such and interesting opponent. Now I do believe it is my turn "

Gladiolus continued to smirk, he was ready to take whatever it was that Sephiroth wanted to throw at him. Gladiolus started to move forward when he saw Sephiroth send out an arc of energy from the air and quickly following that with a similar attack from the front. Gladiolus stopped and swung once at the arc in the air to counter, the arc flew and collided with Sephiroth's first attack. However it didn't give him enough time to counter the other arc from a distance. So Gladiolus did what he had to do, take it straight on.

He swung forward to meet with the arc of energy in front of him. He felt the heat coming from the blade but with as much focus as he could mustered he pushed the arc to the side allowing it to detonate whee. Though it didn't take too long due to his legs giving out on him. It took Gladiolus a second to realized that it wasn't him but Sephiroth who knocked him over.

he rolled over and stood up once more, he could feel the heat still from his shirt. That arc of energy was hotter than he thought. Gladiolus shook his head slightly and smiled at Sephiroth. This was really not going to be easy now. "That was hot." With those words in mind he rushed forward at the silver haired male. Holding his blade Horizontal Gladiolus swung at Sephiroth once he got close enough. Gladiolus main concern in a battle like this was the long sword that the man had. Sephiroth had more reach than him so he had to proceed with caution. Once his sword was out of the way he let one of his hands go of his sword and tighten it to a fist. Gladiolus threw a punch aiming for the jaw of the man.