Samurai Showdown: Redriot VS Adam

The town is littered with blood, wounded fighters and shells. Red, gray and silver are the new colors of what was once a harmonious, small town, which has now become the stage of a devastating war. The air which would normally be rich in scents of food, fresh fish and new brews is now a barrage of sounds of explosions, war cries and the screams of the wounded, something no survivor will ever forget. With the chaos of battle concealing any sense of victory or defeat the other side courageously fights their enemies with the hope of being the stronger side. Some have succumbed to panic and are hiding or running away from the fight, while others fight on in the hopes to survive this terror. The toll on both nature and humanity is tragic. It'll likely take generations before this town will have recovered. It's clear explosion holes, gore and metal have taken the place of flowers, shrubs and grass.

The invading forces of The White Fang Acolytes wear a uniform that consists of Grimm Masks that cover their eyes and foreheads and uniform consisting of white sleeveless jackets, sleeveless black hoods and black pants and finger gloves, metal foot guards and boots. The White Fang's Logo, consisting of a wolf's head, a circle and three claw marks striking through it, is displayed on the backs of their uniforms. Some have their Faunus traits, such as ears or antlers, visible along with their uniform. Their weapons are firearms and blades that they wield with deadly precision as they clash with the townspeople and Huntsmen.

The auburn-haired with reddish black horns leader of their assault is clad in a form-fitting, double-breasted three-tone black and gray leather tunic jacket with red interior lining and two-layers of flares that hung the entire bottom of his jacket around his thigh, befitting his more militaristic mindset. His rounded collar up to the shoulders of his jacket was black with the two-tone gray colors at the rest of his jacket, which also included a zipper for his left breast pocket, and two more at the sleeves, which also possessed black cuffs. His dress pants were a matching gray to the tunic and mounted a maroon belt at the right thigh. The back of his tunic retained his red wilting rose emblem with white nightshade stem and flower sigils. Completing this outfit were plain black gloves exposing his wrists, along with twin maroon crisscrossing belts that hung Wilt and Blush on his left, and a black and red-lined drape retaining the red thorn sigil on his right. Finally, he still wore his red-soled black shoes.

This man is Adam Taurus and he is currently hacking and slashing his way through his enemies. He advanced on the Hunters and Townspeople with terrifying speed while blocking bullets with his chokutō sword Wilt. Every impact against his sword, whether from their bullets or their melee weapons, charged his Moonslice Semblance.

With his Semblance, Adam was able to absorb or block the energy from an enemy attack and re-emit it again in powerful red energy strikes.



Back on the fight! Adam rapidly closed in on his opponents while parrying the bullets fired in his path to charge up his Semblance. He reached the Huntsmen and ruthlessly slashed one down with a lightning fast and savage slash across his stomach and then Adam swatted the man aside, rushed down the next Huntsman and slashed down his torso before slashing upwards immediately after and advancing on the others. A Huntress attacked him and brought down her axe on him only for Adam to quickly block it with his sword, parry it aside and slice her down. He immediately advanced on the next Hunter and strike him down.

"Forward men! Cut down the human filth and burn this village to the ground!" Adam called to his men. This town is but the first step in our destruction of this Kingdom! Our Faunus brethren will rise to rule this Kingdom alongside us!" He declared while blocking another strike with his sword, deflecting it aside and slicing down the Huntsmen, sheathing his sword, stepping forward and quickly unsheathing his sword while releasing a shockwave of bright red shimmering energy that washed over the townspeople and Hunters like a razor sharp tidal wave! "FOLLOW ME TO VICTORY!"

The White Fang Acolytes roared in retaliation and started forward only to be stopped when an army of reinforcements hit them from behind and began cutting and hacking and slashing them from behind! Caught off guard, the White Fang Acolytes had to turn back around and meet this new attack head on!

Adam stopped in his tracks and ran back to his men to back them up. No matter what forces the Human Filth sent against them he would cut them all down and dye his uniform in their blood! At the same time he saw another redhead currently cutting and slashing through his men like they were nothing! As his men fell to the ground he finally saw her clearly and she stepped to him and they slashed at each other, their blades clashing but they passed each other and then turned around to face each other, swords at the ready.

A young lady with a long red ponytail whipping through the wind faced him now. She is dressed primarily in black from her shirt, to her jeans, to her belts, her boots, her gloves. Her jacket however is as red as her hair. Her eyes are confident and dangerous. There is a smirk upon her face and a sword in hand. She was strong, courageous and fearless.

He would have to educate her.

OOC: Made some edits on the bolded part to make the fight more epic.

Knowing she couldn't keep clashing with him, Redriot decided to switch her style and she took a deep breath in and slowly blew it out. She let all the tension flow out of her body as she relaxed herself. She raised her hands up the length of her torso as she sucked in air and then blew it out again before sheathing her sword. She completely relaxed her body and focused all of her senses on Adam who raised an eyebrow behind his mask. What was this now? Was she giving up or planning on a sword draw attack? Either way he wasn't going to give her the chance. Adam rushed her down intent on slicing her to pieces this time.

(Alright. Time for Plan B. Phantom Sword Dance: Petals Dance In The Calm Breeze.)

The basis for The Phantom Sword Dance Style. The user enters a state of complete tranquility and focuses all of their senses on their opponent. Completely zeroing in on them while the rest of the world fades away into background noise. Every facet of the enemy is taken into account. Their breath, their movements, their condition, their state of mind, their weapons, everything about them becomes the sole focus of the user. The primary tactic of this style is not to meet your enemy with strength against strength but rather to be like water. A flower petal flowing in the breeze. A leaf in the stream of creation. Flowing around your opponent's attacks in an elegant graceful manner. Not attacking but observing and studying them while you wait for your opponent to make a mistake, tire themselves out and leave themselves open. Then you harshly punish them for it and cut straight through them.

Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water.

In this case it was the perfect tactic to use against Adam. If she didn't give him anything to work with he wouldn't be able to charge up his Semblance and then she could punish him once he made a mistake.

Adam quickly reached her and slashed at her but she simply dodged him and took his back only for Adam to read her movements and attack and kick back at her but she sidestepped it. Adam put his foot down, turned and slashed at her head but she ducked under it and took her blank empty stance again. Adam slashed her with a downward slice but she simply side stepped him and stepped away from him. Adam slashed upwards at her head but she leaned back and slid backwards to avoid it.

(Okay what the hell is going on? How is she dodging everything?) Adam questioned. A diagonal downward slash was evaded and then she proceeded to spin around him to dodge his follow up slash but he kept turning and slashed down at her again but she evaded it again. "Fight me you coward!" Adam shouted! He repeatedly slashed at her but she was dodging everything and twirling and dancing around him! He tried to slash at her legs but she just performed a sideways flip over it, twirled in the air, landed on the ground and then continued slipping his attacks. Even when he tried to add in martial arts she continued to evade him and his attacks hit nothing but air!

Adam tried repeated stabbing thrusts from his sword but she side stepped each one. He lunged forward and thrusted with his sword but she slipped into his blind spot only for Adam to pause in his charge, plant his feet, turn and slash at her but once again she just dodged and ducked under him, bobbing and weaving out of the way of his attacks. "Stand still and fight me dammit! Are you just going to dance around all day you coward? You weakling? YOU PATHETIC HUMAN?!"
Redriot said nothing but simply smirked at him. "Heh-heh."

That was enough to set Adam off all over again. That was his greatest weakness. His bullheaded nature and tunnel vision, both physical and emotional, though Redriot obviously didn't know about his eye problem the mask clearly wasn't doing it any favors, but the emotional tunnel vision that resulted from his anger getting the better of him caused him to make mistakes. Anybody dancing around him like this and making him look like a fool would set him off of course but for a mere HUMAN to do it was beyond infuriating and Adam charged her head on slashing and swinging his sword like a man possessed. His anger blinded him and left him easy for her to read, flowing around his attacks with ease now as she focused completely on defensive evasive movements to counter his blind raging offense. She let his attacks come to her and simply avoided them. Conserving her energy while he wasted his. Redriot continued to utilize this style until Adam finally started to slow down and backed off. He tried to compose himself but she wasn't going to give him that chance. She rushed him down this time, evaded another attack, took his back and quickly unsheathed her sword using the sword ejection mechanism inside her sheathe and her own aura enhanced speed and strength to quickly draw it, turn and slash at the back of his neck.

Adam cried out as her sword was driven into the back of his neck at full force. His eyes widening behind his mask and his jaw dropping. She followed through with the slash and sent him flying off of his feet. Adam was launched forward through the air and crashed face first into a pile of wood and stone rubble that he broke through on impact. His Aura protected him from the impacts but that didn't mean it didn't hurt and his Aura still took a serious hit. Redriot blew out her breathe and rushed him down and then performed a high leap into the air while Adam stood back up out of the rubble and shook off the impact of her attack. He rubbed the back of his neck. (Okay...that hurt.) He admitted to himself. (Alright, alright, calm down. Just calm down. You've seen where getting angry gets you so just tone down The Cinder and focus on remaining calm. She can't beat if you if you stay calm. Focus. Focus. Calm down. Calm down. Alright. I'm good. Now then.) He turned around sword at the ready only to not see her anywhere. "Where'd she go?" He looked around for Redriot and then looked up just in time to see her crashing down at him with a downward slash! He just barely leaped back in time to avoid it and her sword slashed down on the ground cooking up a cloud of dust that she promptly leaped through and thrust her sword into Adam's chest again! Adam took the hit and jumped back to put more distance between them. He landed on the ground, jumped back again and landed on his feet and rubbed his chest.

"How about that? Not bad for a human right?"

Adam smirked. "Not bad at all. I see what your plan was. Get me angry and cause me to make mistakes. But that is not going to work again. Come and face me human. I will take your head."