Janus saw what the moogle was doing, and also headed to the knife, but he was taller with longer legs and could run a little faster than the shorter moogle. He got his longsword ready in his good hand if the moogle came into range to swipe.

OOC: If I come back from exercise and this thread *still* isn't done...

OOC: I figured it was over when...

Moogle was 1/2 dead
- no weapon
- no armor
- no magic

And Janus was 2/3 dead
- great sword, long sword, mace
- full plate mail
- arsenal of magic

But go figure, moogles are hardier then I thought to survive near strangulation and be up and running in seconds...

OOC: One of Janus' arms is also very damage and not very useful

OOC: Forgot about that, guess I need to change to his longsword since he needs two hands for his great sword.

OOC Throw the greatsword, throw the mace, S&D with longsword... I'd like to see how a moogle catches a blazing magic sword twice as tall as he is...

OOC: When you've been strangled, once you've caught your breath you'd probably run, right? I mean, so far you've injuried my cheek, and my neck, that I can remember. I don't think you've injured my legs yet. He'd still be able to run. Edit: He wouldn't, he'd probably dodge it, or take the hit.

OOC: While hurling dark energy charged weapons at the moogle does sound entertaining, Janus is so messed up at this point the moogle could probably dodge it all, since he seems to be going for speed and I'm going for strength.

EDIT: Note to self, next time moogle comes close, break his legs...

OOC: True, true. Anywayz Biran, no offense there. The idea just sounded so... workable.

OOC: No prob.

OOC: Just fall on the Moggle

OOC: Anywayz, back to the battle.

Samuel saw that Janus was guarding his knife, and he knew he wouldn't be able to get it without serious injuries.

He then ran into the forest. Janus would have a hard time finding him there.

OOC: You seem to have forgotten that the forest is on fire... (I forgot to make sure that was remember, but add in that element right now...)

Janus saw the moogle flee into the forest and cursed. He picked up the moogles dagger and threw it into the bottom of a nearby pond. After that, he headed after the moogle, carefully looking around thorugh the smoke and haze of the burning forest to try to spot him.

OOC: How this is going, Moggle is going to lose. No weapons.

OOC: There was a pond???

OOC: It was small and irrelevant, I wouldn't throw you in it, and neither of us used it. This is a forest after all.

OOC: I would've changed one of my posts if I knew there was a pond... Oh well.

Samuel didn't run much more after Janus was out of sight. He started thinking about his options.

He quickly thought of a plan, and took his hat off. He then threw it far away from where he was standing, hoping that the noise would draw his attention.

Edit OOC: There would be a lot of noise, I mean with two jingle bells on it.

As Janus ran, he suddenly heard a jingling sound. <Got to be careful, the moogles crafty, and a surprisingly good fight,> Janus thought, and slowly began to creep towards where he heard the noise.

Samuel slowly creeped, but not in the direction of the hat. He slowly circled around, then when he was close enough, he made a dash for where he saw the knife last.

'What the? Where is it?'

Suddenly, a flash of light caught the corner of his eye. It was coming from the pond. He ran toward it, knowing Janus would be close behind by now.

OOC: That works fine...

Janus came across the hat, but knew the moogle was far away from him now. He schemed and planned the final act to this battle. He ran into the forest, trying to leave as few tracks as possible but running as fast as he could, and when even he didn't know here he was, he began to cast another summon, one that would end this battle right now.

After he had dived in and grabbed his knife, he surfaced and noticed that Janus was nowhere to be seen.

He got out of the pond, and waited.

Ooc: Nooooo!!! One Of You Just Die Already!!!

OOC: I shall try and oblige...

As Janus finished his summon, storm cloud began to gather around the arena. Lightning crackled and stormed, and bolts struck the battlefield and the stands. Suddenly, multiple bolts converged into one massive bolt and struck right in front of Janus, and when his vision returned, the form of a very tall old man with a green robe and white beard down to his feet stood before him. "Ramuh stand at you command, dark knight." Ramuh said.

Janus said, "It is time to end this battle. Find the noogle, Samual, that I am fighting, and destroy him with you lightning!"

Ramuh nodded once and leapt into the sky, scanning the battlefield. He finally saw the moogle, near a small clearing around a pond. Ramuh flew over the clearing and said, "Your time has come."

The storm clouds overhead converged around Ramuh, whipping the mild storm into a ragin hurricane in seconds. Wind blew, lighting crashed everywhere, rain poured down, and Ramuh said, "I call upon the heavens to grant me the might of lightning!" Suddenly lightning was striking everywhere, multiple bolts a second that were reducing the forest to a demolished wasteland, and finally over ten bolts converged at once on a staff the Ramuh carried. The bolts stayed in the staff for a split second, then exploded down towards the moogle, filling the air with crackling electricity as dozens of full strength lightning bolts struck a second for a few seconds, and one massive lightning bolt struck at the end. With his powers exhausted, Ramuh vanished, and the storm cleared in second, leaving the shattered forest in his wake.

(OOC: I think Biran's dead.)

Samuel quickly tried to dodge the lightning bolts coming down, leaping hither and thither.

OOC: Don't ask me why I said, I don't know either...

IC: He successfully dodged the first couple, but was struck down by the last one coming his way. He fell down, almost completely immobilized, twitching like a mental nutcase.

He had to do something, quick. But what could he do if he could barely move?

He managed to hold his dagger above his head. 'Maybe, just maybe the last one will get deflected...'

OOC: Forever, I leave it in your hands, my fate, like with Dante and MC43. Doesn't matter to me that much. If you wanna let me live, then great, but if not, it was a pleasure battling you.

OOC: Didn't your guy have a thunder ball?

OOC: If you mean me, then no. If you mean Ramuh, then no as well.

OOC: Good match Biran, you definitly surprised me with Samuel the juggling moogle.

The last bolt of lightning from Ramuh struck the moogle's elemental dagger and with a massive flash and an explosion, the dagger was hurled away into the forest, but not before it deflected the lightning into the sky, saving the moogle's life. The moogle was still nearly paralyzed however, having lighting bolts jolting thorugh his body had left him paralyzed.

Through the wasted forest, Janus slowly limped towards the fallen moogle, and said, "You... have been... a good opponent... but now... you lose..." He raised his sword with his one good arm for the final blow, and as he was about to bring it down their came a cry of, "Match Over!" Janus was so shocked he missed his final blow and looked around and suddenly realized. This wasn't an actual battle, it was the tournament, and an airship began to lower from the sky, dropping white mages to check on the two competitors.

"Well ladies, gentleman, and other creatures, this has been an exciting first round to our Ultimate Warrior Championship, hasn't it? The battle between Janus the Dark Knight, and Samuel the Juggling Moogle has been an incredible fight for all parties involved, and I'm sure more than once the audience had their bets placed for sure on one contestant or the other, eh? Well, after demolishing the arena, and some of the surrounding countryside from the looks of it, the competitor Janus ends the round by summoning the master Esper of lightning, Ramuh, and shocking Samuel into unconsciousness or paralyzation, nothing our trained team of white mages can't fix. And so our first round of this exciting tournament goes to Janus! Well folks, we'll see you all for our next rousing round, and don't forget to tip your servers on the way out!"

As Janus was lead away by the healers, he said back to the moogle, "It's been a good first round moogle, but you had better be there at the final round, because I don't want to have to face an inferior opponent when I take the championship!" Janus was lead away laughing maniaclly.

OOC: And that is the end to the first tournament. Hope you all had fun, and don't forget to tip your servers on the way out!