The hired killer, Zenay, was walking alone in the forest, more or less.
The last mission entrusted by the Parkas -the great clan of criminals- consist in found the dwarves who stole a treasure from Kazoordon, the midget's city. The dwarves were just two, so the dirty job wasn't a real challenge... easy. "Kill the dwarves and bring me the treasure." was the order that Zenay recieved from the Parkas.

The dwarves didn't take time to enter into the forest, they brought the treasure with them, hidden in the cart.
-Violá. So rude you are to try to leave the forest with the treasure, you fool. Traitors! -Zenay bellowed to the now scared dwarves.
-We're... -the dwarf hesitate. -We're just transporting it, leave us. Please!
Zenay looked at them by last time. He took the sword and looked at the sky of the night, the moon used to be a witness in all those harsh murders, and this night could not be an exception.
-Die! -he said, hacking everything in front of him.
But not.
Before make any damage in any dwarf anywhere, someone stopped him and push him to the floor, a well-aimed punch.
-You criminal, the Parkas will know what they have done. -the stranger said.
The dwarves ran to the cart, in a stupid chance to believe no one could find them in the treasure cart.
Zenay stand up, groping his jaw.
-You'll pay for that! -said Zenay with rage.
-We'll see... -the extranger hurt him with an awsome elegance.
-Will you! Who are you?! - Zenay bellowed to the stranger. This one looked at Zenay with a mysterious eyes, and finally answer:

"Heh mercenaries always so demanding eh." -Stranger gives a chuckle-
"Fine, if you so want to know." The stranger could see the anger boiling over in Zenay as he furiously begins to grasp his sword.
"My name is Nymet, not so renowned but you may have heard me about me in the Thais Gazette" Slowly Zanay looks confused then a flash of brilliance came.
"Hmph! The traveling journalist!"
Nymet begins to sneer at Zenay proclaiming "The best and only ha ha! Now I cant let you get away just yet, you'll make fine headlines for me when I turn you in and the people discover what the Parkas are up to!" Zenay stares at Nymet then begins to bellow out a laugh

"Ha, you dont look much of a fighter, what are you going to do, slap me on the wrist and tell me to come? Haha!"

Nymet turns his attention towards the dwarves in the cart, while taking off his hat that had a single feather on it and throwing it towards them. Slowly Nymet looked back at the enraged Zenay then approached him till about 4 feet away, Zenay was confused then gave a chuckle seeing that he's taking his joke seriously, then in a sudden flash Nymet pulls out a long dagger about a foot long out of his boot and swiftly attempts to slash Zenay, but Zenay was quick to respond and jumped back

"No! I intend to scar you first!" Nymet yelled

OOC: Uh is that a good line... scar you first... Couldn't think of anything better :roll:

-Not close... at all!- Zenay sneers.
-Close than you think.- Nymet got serious. He point with the dagger at Zenay. -Fight!-
Zenay looked at Nymet with a little smile, almost invisible.
-Is this the way a journalist write? Fighting your figure?
-Many other treasures has been stolen. The violence and brutality you have use will be stopped, I don't care if I do that, but a ninja like you shall die.
The dwarves were running, they get lost in the darkness of the forest, Zenay noticed it. He sheathe his fang-figure sword and bury one foot in the ground, ready to follow the dwarves, but he forgot something: Nymet.
Nymet discover what Zenay was going to do. He ran and put his dagger in Zenay's throat, taking advantage of that situation.
-What a good ninja-warrior outfit! That's the only thing I can envy from you. How did you turn your back on me?
Zenay clenched is jaw, the rage came again.
-You foolish. I forward your question to you: How can you face me? I'm almost the best member of the Parkas, I will be the leader just like Brith. You can't beat me! -Zenay yelled.
Zenay was going to be leader of the Parkas with Brith, the original leader and founder, after this last mission.

-You will go with me now.
-And what will you do with the cart? And the dwarves? They should pay, you allow the dwarves to scape, the Parkas will make you pay for that, with your life...
-It is little late to care about that.
Zenay took quietly a litle dagger, and then use it to get free from Nymet's dagger. He cutted the cheek of his enemy who puts atention to the hack. Then Zenay took a strange golden medallion and putt it on his hand. The medallion get involved with a purple aura.
-This is Zenay, main forest, norest sector, immediately, cover the east exit of the forest. Zenay out.
Then he keep the medallion in his belt. Seems to have magical features.
-Now I will take care of you, little nuisance.

Nymet holds his hand to his cheek then looks down upon it to see it to be stained red of blood. Quietly thinking to himself -Well their goes my portrait I scheduled-. Then shaking his head he focused back into the action, Nymet looked perplexed at the strange medallion Zenay talked to, but took little noticed of it and the words he spoke to it.

"Now I will take care of you, little nuisance." Zenay told Nymet wielding both his dagger and blade at hand. Nymet then charged forward doing a jump slash at Zenay, who then quickly blocked then quickly performed a leg swept which brought Nymet down on his back, Zenay quickly put his sword close to Nymets throat. "Damn, your a lot better then I thought, I just hope you have balls of steel!" Zenay at first didn't understand till Nymets footing rammed into his crotch which brought Zenay to his knees, a tear to his eye, and a sword to the ground.

A quick roll back maneuver and back on his feet Nymet prepared to end this battle "Ok no more funnies time to drag your body back to town!" Nymet then grabs Zenay by the head who was strangely both crying in pain from the last attack yet gave way to a smile. The strange medallion began to once again glow on his belt which led to Zenay screaming "NOW, DO IT NOW!". Nymet quickly reeled in for the finishing punch when all of a sudden an arrow whizzing by barely skins Nymets nose which made him stumble back several feet before accidentally falling down. Confused another arrow barely misses hit right leg, shocked all Nymet could think about at this point was getting up and running, and that's what he did, but not far behind him, he can hear chatter and footsteps of not one person chasing him but several.

-Come here!- one of those said to the journalist
Zenay gets up, with the same pain, wiping away his last tears, the others get dry in the mouth-mask of Zenay. And then he saw these ninjas following the journalist... the Parkas has come.
-What are you doing here?! -Zenay screamed to the criminals, and starting to follow them, despite the pain.
While running, one hear him and answer:
-You asked for reinforcements, do you remember?
-I asked for reinforcements in the exit, not here. -Zenay said, anger again.
They followed Nymet for a long time, until a river crossing the forest. Nymet stopped and looked at the strangers, they were four. Zenay, and other 3 ninjas, one with a bow, the other with an axe and the last without weapons. Two of them, the one with the bow and the one with the axe worn with a hooded cape.
-This is the end. -the biggest one said.
-Take it easy Oni, he's mine. -Zenay bellowed.
Nymet rolled one's eyes and then took part of the conversation.
-Hey, I'm not your either yours. So go away and let me finish him.
The others three ninjas laughed with that.
-You don't look so... stronger. At least not a challenge for us. -the archer said.
-Uler, you won't fight against him. -Zenay said again.
Zenay took a leader air and began to scream.
-Uler, Mu, go and protect the treasure cart. Oni, track the dwarven and do that.
-But... -Oni began to say.
-Shut up and follow my orders.
Oni, the taller and bigger in there was infuriated. But he had anything to say or do. He began to run back, to the treasure cart, and then, follow the dwarven trail.
Nymet looked at the two hooded warriors. He saw the one with the bow, and then remember the arrows. Damnit, he thought while clench a punch. He took the dagger and attacked him, so quickly that the archer didn't saw it.
Uler, the archer tried to stop the dagger with the hand, he didn't notice it was not a punch, but a dagger.
-AAHH! God! Ahhhhhh... -Uler got a deep cut on his palm. Mu reacted and attacked Nymet with the axe's button part. Nymet fall in the floor near Zenay, he took a defensive position against his partners, protecting Nymet.
-Stop it now and follow my orders, NOW.
They ignored him.
-Move out of my way. -Mu said.
Zenay got angry and punch Mu, making he fall in the floor. Uler saw all this and helped Mu to get up.
-Let's go Mu, Zenay is right. -They left the place letting Zenay and Nymet alone again, ready for the ending of the fight. Zenay sigh.
-Enough free time. I'll finish you. -Zenay said to... Nymet. Nymet was not there, Zenay was alone in that side of the forest, crossing the river in that night decorated with a full moon.
-What the hell...?

Zenay quickly looks from left to right, even looked across the river to spot nothing, then a thought he said out loud "No way he could of crossed it without me knowing!".

In the bitter wind chills of the night Zenay again said aloud "Unless...", then something sprang from out of the woods, quick to react Zenay grab the shadowy figure in mid flight tossing it over his shoulders. "Heh Ninja tactics don't work well on ninjas". On the ground Zenay easily identified the figure as Nymet who sprang up from the ground a little dazed but manages to regain his posture to say "You know you could of killed me several times already, why are you holding back! Your little friends should have killed me by now, I am either seriously lucky or you really like me enough to keep me alive."

Again Nymet charges with dagger in hand preparing for a stab attack, only to have his arm caught half way in the attack as Zenay holds his arm he releases a barrage of kicks towards Nymet's lower torso before topping it off with a round house kick to the face which sends Nymet twirling in the air like a rag doll to fall back on the ground. With little strength left Nymet attempts to get up so ever slowly. "You want to know why I didn't let my pals slay you huh?! Cause of you, I might have lost the greatest ever opportunity, cause of you im still a pawn in chess, cause of you im still number two!" Zenay then lashes out with his sword diving a clean slice into Nymets right arm. Nymet screams in agony as he drops his dagger to the floor while barely standing up. "I will make you suffer with every strike I poise on you, till you bleed a painful bloody death for all this you have put me through and made me lose!" Zenay then raises his sword overhead preparing the final blow when suddenly Nymet dashes towards Zenay and tackles him to the ground, then gets up quickly while holding his wounded arm and dashes off to the east exit of the forest.

Zenay begins to be infuriated by this and begins to grit and grind his teeth in anger "All this running is getting damned old! FIGHT ME YOU COWARD!". Pissed at this point Zenay quickly thought about telling Oni to hold the east exit to prevent Nymet from escaping, he then grabs for his medallion to make the call. However as he grabs his medallion off his belt he grabs nothing but air, Zenay looks down to see it missing! Panic ensues as he wildly searches for it then remembers the tackle. "DAMMIT NYMET!" In all of his anger he rushes off east to hunt down Nymet, Zenay knows he can out run him, its only a matter of time.

OOC: Just wondering, how long are duels usually?

Nymet get out from the forest. He was leaving the last trees and his steps became slower til he stop running. Zenay was anywhere. He looked at that scenario and he saw two diferent things: The forest and the fields of the east.
Suddenly, he realized he had a sword touching his throat.
-You. Any dwarves over here? -the new ninja said.
Nymet got bored about all that ninjas and answer:
-Why did the dwarf cross the road? To reach the other side! Hahaha! -he sneer, without laghts coming from the ninja and not even from Nymet.
The ninja looked at Nymet for a long and then retired his fang from Nymet's throad and started to walk into the forest.
At least, the dwarves are safe and Zenay can't reach me. Nymet thought. It couldn't be better. Suddenly, the ninja stopped. Then he return back some steps to be face to face with Nymet.
-That's... Where did you got that? -the ninja said while pointing with the fang to the medallion at Nymet's hand, and then to his throat again, without touching it.
-Well... this is... -Nymet couldn't finish his phase before Zenay gets in the fields.
-Finally. -He said, then Zenay looked at the ninja with the same eyes he looked at Oni.
-More reinforcements? This is ridiculous! -He screamed.
-Don't worry Zenay, I got it. -the ninja said. He walked at Nymet and tried to attack him with the fang. Nymet, with the free hand, quickly used the dagger to stop the attack, but the ninja used his strong arms to throw both arms to the floor. Nymet let fall the medallion and the ninja took him with his hand in the air, hanging Nymet. The ninja clench his punch, ready to punch Nymet... he raise his arm to finish him.
But Zenay took his punch and with the other hand punched the ninja, throwing him to the floor.
-Zenay! -the ninja screamed.
-Stop it, I'm failing my mission because of you, all group of foolish dogs! -Zenay yelled, the silence involved the atmosphere then.
The ninja put his hand on his belt, talking to his own medallion.
-Joss here, abort the mission. Leave the forest right now, direct order from Zenay. Joss out. -he said and then he jumped with acrobat elegance over a tree, then he did the same to get out of scene.
Nymet gets up and looked at Zenay. He saw him and approached at him.
Zenay jumped at Nymet's body, and then attacked him without any weapon. Nymet, in the other hand, dodged Zenay's attacks very well. He used his legs to throw Zenay away. Zenay fell near Nymet's dagger, and he took it.
Nymet, get out a golden dagger from his sleeve, Zenay's dagger! Zenay ran to Nymet enraged and Nymet ran to Zenay with mocking eyes.
The forest covered with blood.

OOC: I don't know, I've been seen the other and the no one had more than 3 pages. So I guess we're in the half part of this strange alternative battle of another dimention.

The stare down begins, eye to eye, wind bursting in from the west. Zenay with Nymets dagger enraged, unable to contain his hate, barely stands still only to be waiting to spill Nymets blood. Nymet glances at the golden dagger he robbed form Zenay a while back "You know this could be worth a lot if I ever do survive this". Unable to contain his rage Zenay charged Nymet screaming, Nymet counters with a similar maneuver, both are charging right at each other. Nymet makes the first move, bring down a hammering slash which Zenay quickly blocked then countered to only have Nymet dodge. Then Nymet attempts a double side slash to again be blocked then a quick duck to dodge Zenays counter attack. In a final attempt to attack Nymet then tried and uppercut slash to again, but blocked then kicked in the stomach throwing Nymet back several feet.

The calm then came, both breathing heavily, Zenay looking proudly in stance, while Nymet slowly becoming demoralized from his inability to land a blow. The sun slowly began to rise to the far east, its glow banishes the darkness and illuminates the field. Then the calm past like a hurricane, the worst has only begun! Zenay charged again with a war cry while Nymet does the same, as they close in Nymet jumps in the air and lands a deveasting blow that breaks Zenays defenses. Zenays dagger fly's out of his hand and lands steel tip stuck in the ground. Zenay flew back at the heavy blow.

Now with Nymet grining and Zenay breathing hard Nymet turns his head away from Zenay to look at the rising sun. "We'v been at this for a long time, how much longer you going to keep this up? Till the farmers awake to work their fields and forest men to come?!" as Nymet turns his head back Zenay only stands a few feet away from Nymet with fist in mid air

Nymet looked at the north and realized of something. That called the attention of Zenay who looked the same: The entrance to the forest way.
They stopped the fight to see something even more awful.
They saw two hooded midgets crossing the entrance of the forest, carring with them a mysterious bag.
-They are... -Zenay muttered.
-...The Dwarvens! - Nymet ended.
Quickly, Nymet ran taking a defensive position between Zenay and the dwarven. Zenay, in the other hand, ran enraged to push Nymet off the way. Nymet, with the same defensive position yelled to the dwarven. -Run, hurry, go away!
The midgets noticed the dangerous. One of them ran with the bag and the other one came back to fight.
-Leave us, please!
Zenay smiled with mischief. He used his dagger with Nymet, it hurted Nymet's leg, with that chance Zenay ran to the dwarf.
Nymet digged up the dagger and throw it to Zenay. In a second, Zenay dodged it and directed it to the dwarven. The dagger got the blood of the dwarven, killing him.
Nymet shocked.
-I... I didn't....
Zenay smiled.

OOC: Yeah... what so brutality.

The bumbling thoughts of the pain he has caused to another living being, or so he believes he has done, puts Nymet in a trance like state staring at the poor dwarf that he thought he accidentally killed. Shaking his head wildly he sees Zenay slowly approaching the other dwarf with the bloodied dagger that was used to kill the first one, barely unable to defend itself within a swift 3 combo blow the other dwarf lies lifelessly on the ground.

Even at this point Nymet ignores the pain in his leg as he collapses on the floor as if he was sitting down, staring at the fallen dwarves. Zenay so slowly picks up the bag that the dwarf was carrying and gave a grim smile slowly approaching Nymet. "Hehehehe, looks like my job here isn't a failure after all!" Zenay proclaimed as he so ever slowly approached Nymet. "In fact I should give you half the credit.". All Nymet could do at this point was stare. "Now time to finish this once and for all, this will be like killing a baby fox unguarded with its back against the wall!" Nymet had to think quickly, or else...

OOC: Nymet, you'll have to wait me a week. Plax.

OOC: Haha ok, what the wait might I ask? Something going on? Broken internet? ect ect?

OOC: Winter Vacations in the southern lands.

...The sun of the day was in the highest, some creatures from the forest began to make sounds and two warriors were in the floor, tired, almost without any sense to continue there. Sometimes the life is quick, you can't even realize of who are you, sometimes, the death is running around us, taking our beloved partners, the death, is not more than the end of the battle. However, almost all battles finish with the same, the end of the life.
Nymet was not ready to finish it, to give up and never give in. That life was not supposed to stop there, almost, Nymet's life was more than a victim of vandalism, mercenaries, ninjas, anything like that.

Nymet thoughts were not able to let him die, let him in the killer hands, in that fang-blade. The shock left Nymet's head, however, it left a free place for the rage, the power... almost touching the madness.

-AAAAAHHH.- Nymet screamed, with rage coming from his eyes.
Zenay, who was ready to hack all Nymet, got confused. Nymet began to run, following Zenay, he had no weapons, a deep injury in the thigh, and a devastated body because of the battle. But that didn't stop him.
-What the... -Zenay started to said while raising his fang in a defensive stance. He didn't need 1 second to change a offensive stance, ready to face Nymet.
They began to fight again. Nymet, enraged, stole Zenay's fang and tried to hurt him.
Zenay's Mask fell down to the floor.

OOC: What about 2-3 rounds more? more or less

The charge was with all the might left within Nymet's body. Zenay was completly caught off by surprise by Nymets last stand attempt, and tried to get into combat stance only to be tackled down to the ground, with mask flying off and weapon out of hand. Then quickly Nymet grabed for the fang like dagger and jumped ontop of Zenay and held him down while breathing heavily on him, staring in horror in what he saw.

Unable to move in fear at what he saw, Zenay took the opportunity to knock Nymet off him, then grab another dagger from his boot. Both standing face to face now with the early morning sun beating down on them. Zenay calmly gets into combat position as Nymet just continues to stare at Zenay with mouth gaping open.

OOC:Welcome back =P. Yea sure, I am running outta ideas to keep this story going ^^. Seems as the story goes on it gets only harder.