Exploring the Town

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Ultimate defense my ass, Manuel thought as his fist connected with Noir's cheek. He didn't have much time to relish this thought however, as the Shade was on the attack again, this time with a large uppercut it seemed. Manuel took his sword and held it over the Shade's fist allowing him to punch the sharp edge of the blade while Manuel kept his left hand pushing down on the flat edge.

If the Shade remained solid, Manuel could use the force of the attack to launch himself away from the Shade, and Noir. while going ethereal would make the attack completely ineffective, leaving Manuel an opportunity to strike again. The risk was how the Shade reacted after the ethereal attack missed and where Manuel landed after being launched.

[Shinjitu]

"Looks like our fight's going to be cut short." Noir merely stated, the Guardian's fist remaining solid as it connected with the sharp edge of the blade. Every muscle in it's body seemed to grow as it seemed to put all of it's strength behind the launch that Manuel seemed to want. Guardian was probably the strongest Shade he could produce and it's strength wasn't one that some one should take lightly. Noir estimated that Manuel would be flung pretty far considering Guardian was putting all his weight and strength behind this throw. Though if he had to guess he was thinking maybe a block or more would be the distance that Manuel was launched back and it would give him ample amount of time to prepare for a stronger move. That was unless Manuel decided to take the hit himself to keep himself from being thrown to far and giving Noir time to prepare for his next attack.

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Manuel found more strength in the guardian than he thought there would be, as he sailed through the air. He tucked his arms and legs in, rolling backwards through the air, as he went. He hit the ground rolling, and smashing into a wall. The people on the streets had been watching this fight, and a few of them seemed worried about Manuel, but in truth there wasn't much to worry about. He rose to his feet, his breath raspy as he limped his way back to the battle. Manuel suddenly seemed panicked as he felt his pockets over and over again, as if searching for something. Finally settling down as he pulled out his pack of cigarettes and lighter. He thought for a minute before lighting up a new cigarette. "Don't worry, I'm fine." Manuel was lying slightly as he had taken more damage than he showed.

"Alright, let's finish this." Manuel said. His vision was blurry as he walked up, his cigarette almost falling out of his mouth, as he took a fighting stance, keeping his sword in his right hand, charging back into the fray, right toward Noir.

[Shinjitu]

Noir watched him soar through the air, slightly surprised that he didn't go further than he thought which only told him that Manuel weighed more than he thought. The people seemed to either know Manuel or feared for him considering Noir's Guardian was easily able to force him through the air. Yet he only watched as Manuel seemed to just get back up, seemingly ready to continue the fight. "Don't worry, I'm fine." Was what he heard Manuel say but he highly doubted that Manuel was doing as great as he look considering he did slam straight into the wall. "Alright, let's finish this." He heard Manuel say as he began to walk towards him once again as it seemed that Manuel was ready to continue. Noir merely got up from the ground before he rubbed his hand against his chin while the Guardian seemed to be prepared for battle.

Before long he watched as Manuel began to rush towards him after getting into a fighting stance which only made Noir chuckle considering he was ready to knock him unconscious. He even began to run at Manuel, the Guardian behind him watching and waiting to strike. "This will be the final strike." He said, the Guardian seemingly moved around his body as it brought it's fist back and prepared to punch at Manuel once again.

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Noir and his Guardian seemed ready too as they rushed forward, the Guardian ready to strike. It seemed Noir was entirely dependent on his Guardian for offense and defense, giving him a glaring flaw, along with believing that he was the ultimate defense, getting in close seemed to be the most effective way to get any damage off, Manuel decided to make the most of this.

As Manuel got close to the Guardian's fist, he smiled, sliding under the guardian, in a baseball fasion, with his leg ready to strike. Manuel kicked forward with all his might, using his good leg, Manuel went for a simple school yard tactic as he aimed a good solid kick at Noir's genitals. A dirty tactic Manuel knew, but if it worked use it.

[Shinjitu]

A grin appeared on Noir's face when it seemed that Manuel had dodged his Guardian for a second time for he wasn't so stupid and would constantly just rely on his Guardian. He was good enough when it came to hand to hand but he relied more on his Guardian would was able to end a fight much quicker. Even now Noir watched as Manuel began to move closer, knowing that he was probably going for a cheap hit. Noir seemed to merely wave to Manuel as he quickly moved to his hand and quickly threw himself up into the air, avoiding Manuel's school yard tactic. Right now was certainly not the best time to be Manuel considering his shadow seemed to grow larger as he moved through the air. His Guardian only seemed to growl as his fist quickly flew towards Manuel, hoping to end this battle now considering it had been drawn on to long enough.

[shadeimpulse]

Manuel, was slightly shocked, as Noir saw through his tactics, but even more shocked when he saw the fist of the Guardian come down upon him, Manuel thought quickly, rolling out of the way, but not avoiding the force of the fist hitting the ground nearby as he was sent farther than he hoped. Manuel rose to his feet, and put his hands up in a T fashion. "Time out," Manuel chocked out, "I have some business to attend to so...let's just call it a draw and leave it at that." Manuel smiled and didn't wait for his answer as he limped painfully away from the fight.

In truth...he was headed to the infirmary, to heal his body, and pride. The fist didn't need to strike his body, as the first strike dealt a massive blow to his spirit. Noir had won, and there was no need for another attack to end this fight.

[Shinjitu]

Noir landed on his feet and turned his head to the side so he could see Manuel and his violet eyes caught the sign of a T that Manuel's hands made. It seemed that he wanted to just call the fight a draw which Noir knew that if it had continued that he would have been the winner. He felt that Manuel was probably lying about having business else where but he didn't respond to find out as he rose his hand to rub his cheek. He got a pretty good hit on him and he was lucky that he had moved out of the way or else he probably would have lost the fight. He merely snapped his fingers which caused the Guardian to close his eyes and slowly moved back into his shadow, ceasing the spell that Noir had cast. "Manuel... Lopez." He said to himself, tilting his head down as he began to walk a head once again. "Superiority Complex, physical fighter, magic... undetermined." He said as he walked, he was quite curious on if he would come across anyone else that was quite as strange and interesting as Manuel.