Hot Spade; For Glory! For Honor! Loki vs Phantom

The Crimson Phantom was in hot pursuit of his current target, a female no taller than five feet. She was born with brown hair, blue eyes and a perfect complexion; She was dressed in a pair of yoga pants, a blue halter-top, and over that she bore a lab coat. She spotted the man in the crimson cloak, she ran and he gave chase! Down the hallway she ran, her flats gave her no traction against the slippery floor. He was drawing near, watching as she slipped and fell. The woman had a stream of tears flowing from those pretty blue eyes; her mascara was drifting in those tears. She stood up managing to gather her footing. The Crimson Phantom thrust forward his hand towards her accurately flinging six shuriken fixed to invisible wire towards her delicate frame. But just as they were about to take her life a dimensional rift opened up around them and suddenly they appeared only a few feet away from Loki.

The sound of a woman shrieking in pain echoed into the quiet air, the shuriken passed through her body with little effort, passing through flesh, bone with ease. He pulled them back towards himself, and the shuriken came back to him like yoyos. This technique was called the rake; this surely would have easily killed her.

“Target destroyed, mission accomplished. Retrieving USB Drive.” The Crimson Phantom spoke as if it were some robot. But in fact, he was more human than you might think.

The woman’s body was left asunder, she ran, and with no avail. No hope. He sauntered towards the corpse and scooped it up by the scruff of its hair. He pulled the necklace, which had the USB drive attached to it and to his surprise there was a witness. Loki had been unlucky in choosing to be here when they emerged from the dimensional rift. Leaving him alive compromised the mission, he had to be eliminated; calmly he placed the USB Drive in the inner linings of his cloak.

In the wrong place at the wrong time.

“Eliminating witness.”

“Safety settings disabled. Combat mode engaged.”

With that being said, the Crimson Phantom opened all seven of his chakra gates this effectively allowing him to max out his physical potential. There was a bit of wind spiraling out from his body to signal this change, his Crimson Cloak reacted to it by dancing in its wake. Beneath the cloak he wore a set of armor designed and fine tuned for the human. It increased his durability, strength, and speed. It was golden in color and visible around his legs and forearms. Attached to his face was a ghostly white mask, the only visible features on his face were the Hazel hues that had locked themselves onto Loki’s frame as they analyzed him. The Crimson Phantom watched him, observing, plotting, and planning. Beneath the mask he wore a stoic expression.
Looks like Loki was going to have to take a rain check on that fight, cause he'd be lucky to get out of this one with his life. 

What Loki didn’t know is that the woman was working for a Tyrannical Organization; it threatened the future of his home world. But either way he was a witness and he made the assumption. Aylen expected this, the way he charged the cloaked assassin was foolish, a mindless move with out thinking about his consequences. A thousand scenarios ran through his mind but only one grasped his attention. A smirk simply pushed its way into his lips. A simple breath of air slipped past his lips, Aylen set his gaze on the ghostly white illumination from his feet, he processed all this information in mere Nano seconds. And judging by how he augmented himself like that, he had to be moving at an estimated 50 Miles per hour.

You can lift your head up to the sky,
Take a deeper breath and give it time,
You can walk the path among the lines,
With your shattered Frame of Mind

Aylen went on the offensive; he clenched his fingers in right arm, his eyes never left the other. With no spiffy or fancy maneuvers he took off, this rate of speed being from zero to sixty in just seconds. Before Loki could even think about strafing Aylen was already on top of him, his arm tightened, muscles contracting to hold the bones in place. He brought the arm upwards; towards Loki’s upper body aiming for his neck this positioning was purposeful so he couldn’t duck under the arm. And with the intense amount of Gx forces or Gravity X-longitude forces from both of them it was too late, no magic, chi, could save you. He was like a deer in the headlights; the Lariat was aiming to connect with him. And If he failed to dodge and or block, he’d simply lose his life. The intense forces at work here were too much for either human body to handle. Loki’s neck would simply shatter; his body would go slack and simply flip six times in the air before he finally fell to the floor. It took a moment to bring him to a safe stop.

However If Loki had opted to jump over the arm Aylen would jump with him, with the same results as before.

“Witness eliminated. Combat mode disengaged. Safety settings enabled.”

“Current location unknown, prime directive, search for a way back to central command.”

I wish that you could always stay,
We can wait right here and play,
Until somehow you can find,
A slightly better Frame of Mind

The Crimson Phantom turned away from the lifeless other marching off into the distance, in search of his way home.

Shaping the Battlefield

He should have rolled over and died the moment he had the chance, now he was going to suffer immensely. Most people had no other options other than to die, but it seemed that Loki had some kind of Fighting Spirit. Aylen simply avoided it, why and how you ask? Look at how fast the man was moving, he was committed to a intense amount of speed, by simply running out of range he avoided the effectively avoided Loki’s attack. Though he did stop in time to turn and watch Loki’s display at power. His chi burning through the terra in the form of flames, Aylen brought his hands together to perform the Mudra the Ninja were famous for, the first being Rin, he interlocked the middle, the ring and pinky fingers together while bringing his index fingers together at the points while his thumbs rested next to each other. This was the seal of the thunderbolt. Following this was Pyoh, this hand sign was formed by the same positioning as before except the middle fingers were brought up and around the index fingers to meet the thumbs at the tip. This was the seal of the greater thunderbolt. The next symbol to come was Toh: to create this symbol the user needed to bring his or her ring and pinky fingers together at the tips while interlocking his or her index and middle fingers over each other. This was the seal of the outer lion. The final symbol was Zen: To create this symbol one must bring the left hand in a close fist underneath the open right hand. This was the seal of concealment.

Aylen brought his hands down after the ritual was complete, though a bit of Chi had left the reserves of his body. Aylen simply stared, stoic as ever. It wouldn’t go with out saying that he wasn’t with out the means of sensing his chi. He seemed to have good recover times, in between using techniques. He lifted up both hands generally both hands seemed gentle in the way they floated out in front of the Cyber Ninja. His flow of chi seemed to move through his body and into the fingers. His hands seemed to disappear disguised by some sort of pressure that was emanating off of his spirit. Employing Duality he watched the other, his vision seemed to split. Separating his spirit, mental astral, casual, and psycho bodies. He smirked looking further into him; this revealed his 8-chakra gates. Now that he had the means, he was prepared to effectively disassemble the man by the core. This would either fatally wound him, or destroy him completely. It would be noted If Aylen strikes Loki in any of these key points, the appropriate chakra gate will close for the remainder of the fight.

It should be noted that by now, the area became completely shrouded in a deep crimson mist, and the faint cry of a lion echoed about, the sky had been shrouded in deep jet black clouds, a boisterous bolt of thunder had struck the ground violently. But instead of that loud bang that came with the normal thunderbolts, it was the mighty cry of a lion. And with that cry the rain fell, soaking and coating the field in cold water. Aylen remained immobile for now, but due to the deep crimson mist, it would be hard to identify him.
The mist itself could not be dispersed by any means except by will of the user, the mist itself felt eerie. Now, Aylen suppressed his spiritual pressure this effectively concealed his presence in the mist all together leaving Loki to detect him only by extreme close proximity( 1 meter or 3.28ft). 

The flames were washed away with the chi-invoked storm, easily done away with as the crimson mist rolled in. Loki’s attempt was fuel to the fire, the light from his technique bounced around in the water molecules that was the mist. What he might see was the blinding red flash that bounced back at him in return. Aylen seemed unaffected, by said flash. The mist was the extension of nature; it was bound by the natural physics of the world. Aylen’s hands remained in front of him, this fighting style was known as the Gentle Fist Technique, it was derived from Chinese culture not to be confused with stand Taijutsu fighting styles Japan’s ninja were akin too. The Gentle Fist was connected to the Bagua or the Eight Symbols, the first being “Qian” which was the Symbol of Heaven and Earth. “Dui” was the Symbol of the Lake and Marsh with ‘Li’ the symbol of fire. ‘Zhen’ was the symbol of fire; ‘Xun’ was the symbol of the wind. ‘Kan’ was the symbol of Water, ‘Gen’ was the symbol of the mountain and ‘Kun’ was the symbol of the earth.

Now beneath Aylen the yin and yang formed right into the Taiji or the circle of balance had taken shape forming right out of his own Chi. The a set of lines and bars expanded out while Aylen prepared the technique. Loki was free to explore, but it wouldn’t go with out saying that the mist was riddled with beast created from the natural recourses. Tigers and lions created from Lightning, earth, and water. Detecting them was easy, they all felt exactly like Aylen. The thing that made the beast difficult to deal with was that for everyone he destroyed two more would its place. They surrounded him; acting as a pack though they were meant to distract him they were sentient and very much alive. Every one of the beasts could be connected back to earth’s life stream. They attacked in unison, one aiming for his legs, another aiming to sin its earthen teeth into his shoulders, with another aiming to sink its teeth into his buttocks.

There were three lions and tigers of each element, and for everyone he slew two more would takes its place. If Loki wasn't careful, the pack could easily take him down. 

Mistakes Were Made

Loki had ignored the elemental beast and for it he would pay dearly. Each one would hit their marks; the attack to his butt was that of the Lightning, the result? The lightning lion dispersed itself and sent itself through Loki’s chakra system disrupting it. The Tiger of the earthen element had sank its teeth into Loki’s bones causing each joint in the right arm and hand to lock up temporarily. The tiger of the water element had sank its teeth into its right leg and turned to frost due to Aylen’s commands and froze Loki’s legs solid.

The Seal of the Eight Symbols had finished its manifestation; bars appeared into the circle with each symbol of the eight heavenly trigrams appeared. Aylen’s fingers had been surrounded by a translucent vibrating aura. The Seal scattered into spheres of energy and flew into Aylen, Aylen went from zero to sixty in one second flat. Quickly he closed the distance between himself and Loki. Loki had been placed in a dangerous predicament, he only had one arm, and his legs were frozen solid to the ground. Once he closed the distance he stopped on the dime his open right hand struck the man’s abdomen closing the Gate of Wonder, the force of the impact was signaled with a translucent burst of chi. His left hand quickly followed up by striking Loki in his Gate of Viewing which was located in the stomach region another burst of translucent closing the gate.

His left arm carried the left hand forward to strike the man in his gate of limitations, a burst of the aforementioned translucent chi bursted from the connection. Aylen struck true with both open hands to hit Loki in his forehead, these two strikes closed Loki’s Initial and Healing gates. The force of these attacks was enough to send Loki spiraling through the air. Aylen pursued leaving no interlude between his assaults; he jumped forward closing the distance once again between himself and Loki. Whilst Loki was spiraling and flailing through the air he attacked him twice striking him in the gate of life and harm two more burst of translucent energy followed through. Aylen pulled his right hand back and slammed it against Loki’s heart; this was the gate of death. There was a calm between them, a fleeting moment where all life stood still. “Last Resort: Eight Gates Assault.” Aylen’s emotionless voice spoke, on the other side of loki there was a build up of chi that moved through him, extending six feet into the ground. The force stretched backwards like a rubber band that was held by weak hands. The force exploded once it reached Aylen’s hand and Loki was sent flying six feet into the ground. This effectively shut down Loki’s flow of chi. Aylen looked down into the pit, where Loki may have been dead in his grave due to physical trauma. It may have sent him into shock, it was a weight the mind could not deal with and with out medical attention Loki was just another mark on Aylen’s belt.

“Witness Eliminated. Moving forward with Prime Directive.”

By his command the mist dispersed, the natural phenomena faded off into nature. Aylen stood vigilant arms pulled into his cloak. The assassin unit was at ease for the moment, for now he chose to observe his new combatant.

“Suppressing program Crimson Phantom. Subject Aylen Tsukino resuming control.”

It was like a switch flipped, the edgy character that was behind the cloak had submerged into the psyche of Aylen. The cloak was pulled away from the golden exoskeletal suit. The mask was pulled away from his face though it should be noted that Adell couldn’t have seen the face behind the mask just yet. Aylen appeared to be down on one knee folding his flowing cloak of crimson into a square. At which point when it was finished the mask was placed on top of the crimson squeare. Aylen turned and gave the Adell a deadpan gaze. Aylen’s skin was caramel brown; he had angled eyes, a short nose but rounded off at the tip. His lips were thin; his complexion was clean but ruined due to some scaring on his cheeks. His figure wasn’t overly muscular, but not too thin in the least.

His hands still wore that translucent chi; this new opponent interrupted the previous attack so the technique hadn’t been spent to destroy Loki. “And you are?” He asked him crossing his arms over his chest and with duality employed he could see threw Adel whether or not he wanted him to or not. He could see his spirit, soul, chakra gates that governed his energy circulation. “You called me by my code name, you have no information on my psyche. You indirectly shut down my programming. Hmmm….” He explained to him. “Just a coincidence. Theres no way that the weavers of fate are feeding you information.” He groaned and watched him for a moment. “Perhaps you should do what ever it is you did to that foolish fighter and do the same with yourself. I have a mission to complete.” But that wasn’t the latter with these super powerful creeps. They always wanted option two. “But that isn’t going to fly with you is it?” Aylen sighed. “I suppose I can chat with you a little while longer.”

Adell really hit the wrong button, coming to alternate timeline in where he already existed in. But was that really the case? The answer being that Aylen didn’t belong here in this one, it was a fight that wasn’t staged to happen. Aylen fighting Loki was by mere accident, or was it? Adell had been searching for this Phantom character for so long that he found something much worse. See Phantom had incarnations in several timelines, where he was Gaiken & Fairoh, Damian, a planeswalker, and The Calamity. However in Aylen’s timeline things were different. Aylen wasn’t a direct incarnation of Phantom implying that Phantom was a deity but in fact the Phantom was a man who transcended the limitations of his reality. The previous names were all connected back to Phantom, as they were direct incarnations of him. Adell’s call to Phantom had rippled across the multiverse; well it was answered. Phantom answered. But he wasn’t the Gaiken that fought alongside Adell in the Xetean timeline. He wasn’t the Great Calamity that nearly destroyed the Multiverse in Damian’s and the Planeswalker’s timeline.

The pressure that Adell exerted was dwarfed by Phantom’s Presence it was a weight that was to great for one person to feel, see Phantom’s strength was something that couldn’t be explained, he was an actual being that had disappeared from the Multiverse. His strength was came from his past experiences that existed in multiple existences not including the previous names mentioned. This “Phantom” hadn’t appeared to be anything or anyone just yet. Aylen looked about, confused, setting his gaze upon Adell. “It seems your call to whomever this ‘Phantom’ has been answered---“ Aylen was silenced; Aylen was possessed by the entity that had named itself Phantom.

“Forgive me child, I must borrow your body for a moment, allow me to deal with this man. He is the fly in my kitchen, and I am making you my swatter.”

Aylen’s physical presence had been changed; the red cloak unfolded itself and found its way around Aylen’s possessed frame, the mask was replaced on his face. The Cloak of Crimson color had been altered it became a shadow blacker than any darkness that could be found in the abyss. That white mask emulated a light brighter than any light that could be found in the heavens. This was the exact embodiment of outer darkness and inner light.

“You are a friend of Gaiken yes? Your call to my incarnation has disturbed this timeline and summoned this innocent being to this timeline. A timeline he didn’t belong in. Aylen Tsukino is not a being that is directly connected to me.” Aylen’s voice darted out. “Your search for him has summoned me.“ Phantom reached into the inner linings of the cloak born shadow and pulled Aylen’s High Frequency Ninjato from its scabbard. However when the Phantom took hold of this weapon aether surrounded the weapon and changed its properties. The Ninjato became a high frequency gunblade, the weapon wasn’t the exact weapon he wielded in his past life when he still existed as a mortal man. The gun was a blunderbuss whilst the blade was a Yangmaodao a Chinese saber.

Phantom gave the blade a few test swings before properly arming himself with by placing his other hand on the backside of the hilt; this gave him proper leverage to swing with the blade and perform a proper cut with it.

“Your unstable symphony will be silenced here, you can run you can hide. But you will never escape my wrath… Assuming I give you the chance to run or hide.”