The three demons of Santoryu 1

[Catherine 'Kitty' West]

The three demons of Santoryu. Each of them was tough, but this was said to be the weakest. If Catherine could not beat the first she would not be able to beat the other two. She had begun practising using three swords, but had not developed it to any high level. This was her way of learning how to use it better. She stood in the arena with her back to a wall, the large sword known as Despair in her hand. This was a sword and it was three swords. Agony, Strife, Torment were the three swords that formed Despair with Agony being the strongest. This was what she was hoping to win with, but she had a feeling her swords would not be enough.

"With my devil fruit i'm sure I could floor any of them easily, but this is not about winning." she said to herself as she waited for her opponent, someone said to love to test their strength in the arena. "This is about training. I will beat him without my devil fruit, if I can." That was her aim. She would use all her skill with the swords and her body to win against all three demons rather then rely on the force of her devil fruit. If she could do that then she would truly have become a lot stronger.

She waited patiently. Patience was necessary to all fighters. She flexed her free hand. It was time to see how good the Santoryu style was in the hands of one of the so-called demons. With a huge amount of cheers the doors on the other side opened and a thin layer of smoke drifted out. Her opponent had arrived.

This would be a great oppurtunity for her. A great battle in front of a huge crowd. People would learn to fear her power. She was the pirate Catherine West, former first mate of the eternal phantom, member of the spiral arrows. 40,000,000 Berri was her bounty. She felt it should be more, but she had kept her actions relatively well hidden for now.

[COLONEL]

The oldest of the three demons of Santoryu was dressed in blue and armed with a katana believed that his current opponent wouldn't be a match for the light of him and his brothers. There were many who challenge them and have all failed, what makes this girl any different? The rumors stated that she had a devil fruit but other then that, nothing else stood out and to be frank, he had defeated many enemies before with their famous devil fruit or their haki. Bottom line it didn't make a single difference. The eldest enter the arena in a calm but smooth fashion with his resting beside him as he eyed his opponent. With a smirk on his face, he removed his demonic blade from his sheath and stared at his opponent, believing she was completely worthless and shall die here, to him. "May you pray to the gods for luck and for mercy for thou haven't, may your soul rest in hell for forever." He spoke with confidence in his abilities with his sharpen katana pointed at his opponent ready for the battle to began. With his hope raised high, he wanted this battle to epic and hopefully, something he could enjoy before killing his fellow man in a battle of death.

[Catherine 'Kitty' West]

So this grey-haired man was to be her opponent? He seemed older then she had expected and why was he only using one sword? It was very stange. Oh well, if that was the way he wanted to play it. With a click she seperated the third and strongest of her blades from Despair and sheathed the other parts on her back (still as one blade). She held the blade lightly in one hand. It was her newest weapon. One edge was straight and used for cutting, the other was edged like a saw. Should she begin? Or should she wait for him to make the first move? She decided to wait for a brief moment and observe his stance. It seemed an odd stance. Was it part of santoryu? Or was it just him being cocky?

"Luck is for the weak." she replied as she charged forward looking as if to do a horizantal slash at him, but at the last moment she changed it to a left upward diagonal slash. "But you can pray for it if you want." A simple feint and a simple attack, but as this guy was said to be a master of santoryu it was best to try to feel him out a bit and see how he fought. Her second statement had been to mock him and try to anger him. Angry people made mistakes.

[COLONEL]

His eyes never let the woman out of his sight. The noise of the people began to disappear and only the sound of his opponent could the demon hear thus his body began to enter of state of pure rage, design for the sole purpose of focusing on his opponent. With his blade still focus on the woman, the demon didn't make a noise or movement when the woman chose to fight with one weapon. However, he felt nothing but confidence with abit of despair having to fight his opponent with one blade. He was the king of Ittoryu thus no man or creature could match him and surely enough, no woman could match his power. He waited for the woman to make her move, and sure enough she did with a simple charging movement. Instead of countering this child-like attack and wasting a moment of boring swordplay, the demon leaped into the air performing a flip, dodge the charge with his back towards the enemy. He quickly fixed this and had the same smirk on his face. "I'm sorry thou feels that way bout luck but these times are dark thus the gods will put the soul are rest for those whom ask." The demon stated lowing his weapon then quickly performed a horizantal slash which released crescent moon-like projectile at the woman. A simple attack of the art of Ittoryu known as Yakkodori.

Apparently, the woman didn't have a clue whom she was up against. Sparda was the demon's name and his name shall only be spoken if his brothers called upon him and for the souls whom have, now rest in heaven or hell, wishing they did not speak his immortal name.

[Catherine 'Kitty' West]

He dodged her blow with apparent ease jumping over her. He was still in her range though with a swift motion she skidded to a halt and spun grabbing the weapon known as Death from her waist and throwing it at him aiming to stab him. Death was a useful tool given to her by her former captain before he dissapeared. It was a long knife attached to a thin, but tough wire. Her movement had been swift and thus he was likely still in the air as she threw her weapon. However, she had aimed it to hit him in the upper leg rather then killing him straight off. The crowd had come for a show after all and she aimed to give them one. Besides her sword was called Agony and that was what she would leave him in. If the blade struck or missed she would pull back on it with all her strength, and if it pulled him with it she would try a slice with her sword.

An air blade was a deadly tool, but her sword was of the ryo wazamono grade so if he still tried that manoever she would block it with her sword. Using a sword as a shield was one of her most common uses of a weapon.

[COLONEL]

The woman was quick, prepared, and on her toes. Using an interesting tool with a long knife attached to a thin, but tough wire, she threw it at Sparda while he was still in mid-air and unfortunately, the knife stab through the demon's life. Following this, using her amazing strength to pull the wire thus Sparda was being drawn into her direction. Regardless of this little scratch, he wasn't going to let things end here. His eyes spotted the woman's blade aimed to kill and to counter, he used his blade as a shield, blocking the incoming attack. With him saved from her sword, he used his free hand and grabbed the woman's hand which held the other weapon then began crushing her hand. "Here I thought I was going up against a true swordsman. My mistake."

[Catherine 'Kitty' West]

It seemed her attack had been successful. Some damage had been done by Death. It had also cleared the distance quite effectively. He managed to block her sword strike with his own sword and made a comment about true swordsman. "If it keeps me alive so I can get closer to my goal then I will sell my very soul." she replied with a calm tone of voice. Her hand hurt like hell, but it was nothing she couldn't handle. If she had wanted to she could of ended it easily right there, but her devil fruit was a last resort for these battles.

"Besides I'd heard you were a demon...a hidden knife should not have hit you so easily. Now i see why they call you the weakest of the three." she added trying to goad him into a response. With a twist motion she pulled out of his grip by pushing against the thumb and pulled Death out from his leg before leaping back whilst holstering the weapon. There was a strange look on her face. One of determination.

"If Death is too much for you then I shall beat you with Agony alone." With that she unclipped the belt that held Death and her two guns, dropped the chained kunai and removed Despair from her back. She stood facing him in a ready stance with only Agony as her weapon. "I will defeat you demon with Ittoryu."

[COLONEL]

The woman spoke of words with hollow meaning and were nothing but tricks, possibly used to throw the demon off his game. With the woman removing her weapon from his leg, and gained some distance between the two, Sparda had the woman right where he wanted. A demonic smirk upon his face as the demon held back his true power but figured it was time show what the creature was made off. Slowly resheathing his blade, he held out his arm and began focusing thus turning his arm it into a steel blade. But oh, he wasn't done there. He had something up his sleeve which would allowed him to keep up with his opponent movements. With this, the man was steel and could take anything the would threw at her. With his new blade, the demon charged forward with his blade and began using the aura which life granted and used it as a seeing.

*Supa Supa no Mi LVL1.
*Kenbunshoku Haki no Mi LVL1.

[Catherine 'Kitty' West]

His arm had transformed into a blade? How was that possible? Obviously he was a devil fruit user of some kind. It was an odd power, but was it enough to make her use her own devil fruit? Not yet. If blades were all he could make then he would be no match for her. As he charged she threw her blade into the air and quickly rubbed her hands together. Both of her arms quickly began to glow red with heat and she grabbed the sword and struck at his bladed arm with her sword. The heat from her roasting panch technique also heated the sword giving it extra cutting power. Would it be enough to penetrate his steel body? She could not be certain, but she had put a lot of power into that strike.

"Its about time we heated things up." she said with a devilish smirk. She was glad that the demon was finally showing a bit of his real power. Otherwise the battle would of been incredibly dull. Not just for her, but for the audience as well. They had come to see a show and she would give them one. "Is that the best you've got?"

If worst came to worst she would have to use her devil fruit, but at this moment she saw no real reason to. Her physical abilities seemed enough or so she hoped.

[COLONEL]

He continued with his attacked however, the woman threw her blade into the air but his eyes still remained focused on her, believing she was the main target, not her sword. It was possibly no more then a simply trick to cause Sparda to mess up in front of the crowd, smart little bitch but not smart enough. His eyes continued to watch the woman and he spotted her rubbing her hands together rapidly, thus creating heat. Activating his haki, he got a small glance of what was to come. At this level, all he was able to see an incoming attack and that was it. With that, the demon jumped over the woman, right when she made her strike thus leaving her open for an attack. With that, he changed his arm normal but changed his fingers into five long steel blades and thrust at the woman's head and torso, hoping to end this now.

*Supa Supa no Mi LVL1.
*Kenbunshoku Haki no Mi LVL1.

[Catherine 'Kitty' West]

He had jumped over her which had left her completely open to an attack. It seemed she had no choice, but to do what she did not wish to do. It was time to activate the gura gura's powers. In the moment he jumped she activated her shield quake. This was a three layer shield of vibrations designed for one purpose: to prevent sneak attacks. However, due to the high level of power it was also considered one of the ultimate defenses. Very few things could penetrate it with ease. It shattered weaker materials due to the strength of the vibrations and due to him being metal at that moment, even if his finger blades didn't shatter, which would likely shatter his real fingers as well, the vibrations would surely cause some damage. Any attack that wasn't broken was either thrown back at the attacker with equal force or slowed down considerably if it was strong enough to pierce the barriers.

She turned and raised her sword a look of annoyance on her face. "All that jumping...Is it necessary for santoryu?" she asked as she launched a thrust to his chest. The interesting thing about the thrust was that the attack was not just a thrust. The blade itself was not what would cause the damage. What would cause the damage was the bubble of tremors surrounding the end of the blade. That combined with the heat from her roasting panch technique would make this truly devastating if it hit.

[COLONEL]

Having an small opening with a small amount of time to strike. However, the woman revealed her true source of power, a devil fruit, which not only prevent his attack but created a heavy defense for her. What an interesting creation of the mind of the devil fruit's wielder. His finger return to their original state but where abit bloody and had broken at least, three of his fingers. This prove to be rather painful but not a show stopper. The woman had the simply case of annoyance which anyone could read upon her face, this caused the demon to laugh at the poor woman who lacked patience. The vital key of life and to the true art of Santoryu. It would have appeared his time was up, having be hit dead on by the pirate's heated attack. With the opponent's blade located in the center of his chest, he continued to mock and laugh at the woman, for her will and impatience will ultimately be her down come against his brothers. Most likely, she will die rather soon and join him in hell. "Sad sad, woman. Good luck finding and holding your own against my brothers." He spoke with a wicked grin upon his face, as his final words were simply used to hunt the woman during her quest.

[Catherine 'Kitty' West]

The first of the three demons had fallen and she had barely had to exert her true strength. The first demon had fallen yet his words sent a chill through her. Was she really not strong enough to compare to the other two demons? Even with all her strength and skill? She stared at the demon for a moment and then took the sword from his belt. It would be a useful addition to her arsenal. It was far stronger then some of her own. Yet it would be an ideal tool and a fair prize.

"I have defeated the first demon of Santoryu." she yelled thrusting her new sword into the air. "Let it be known that Catherine West will beat them all!."

----------
Prize should be at least:
For defeating the first demon
Two level one santoryu techs
10 million berri
A sword of whatever grade you deem fit (hopefully at least standard)

Then whatever else you think I earned.

[COLONEL]

REWARD:

[/b] Yubashiri.
▌ GRADE: Ryo Wazamono | Meito.
▌ MAJORS: ---
▌ MINORS: ---
▌ DESCRIPTION: The Yubashiri is a long katana with a black handle. It has a cross-shaped guard, and a black sheathe. The blade itself is normal in appearance. It is considered to be a very light sword due to having a weight reduction upgrade. Though mostly black, the sheathe and the handle both have thin yet elaborate gold designs on them.

■ 150 Million Berri.
■ Two Level Three Ittoryu (Of your choosing of course).
[/ul][/size]