Bleh...I'm not actually sure what I just wrote (It might seem a bit cliche but whatver I guess...) but I hope you guys like it:

Swiiiish.

Thud.

A silent figure quickly took anything of value and snuck off. She quietly climbed up a building and then dashed off in the night. A pack of guards running to stop the murderer, but then soon stopped because they realized that they couldn't catch up to her. The murderer soon stopped at a small, abandoned, building; her temporary home. She jumped down to the door, checked there was no one around her, and walked in.

Murdering wasn't new to this certain teenager. She'd killed and robbed people from the time she became a bandit. She had become an expert killer and she was feared all across Kerning City. Karen was a beast.

Yes! It's alive! IT'S ALIVE!!!

...strangely, only three of many posts are actual parts of the story. Oh, well, as long as people are posting!

The Silent was waiting. High up on Howler's Peak, he was always waiting. Why did he do this? He didn't know. How did he come to do this? He didn't know. All Nathan knew was that he was doing it, and he would keep on doing it until he was told to stop. Suddenly, footsteps. Nathan tensed, ready to strike, and he lunged out with his fist when the person was close enough. However, whoever had come was expecting the strike, and grabbed his hand. The Silent said nothing, but the tears coursing down his face showed he was in extreme pain. Dances With Balrog let go, and chuckled. "The same old Nathan, huh?", he asked, sitting down with him to watch the setting sun. The Silent said nothing: he never did. "Grendel gave me a call. He overheard some of his students talking about coming here. Do me a favor: I prefer scared over dead, if possible.", the warrior chief said. Nathan nodded. If possible. Dances With Balrog gave hima friendly slap on the shoulders. "Good man, Nathan.", he said, and walked away. The Silent resumed his meditation. The Silent was waiting.

Nathan practiced, having nothing better to do before these alleged students showed up. Stomping his right foot into the ground, he kicked out at a huge boulder that had levitated out of the cliff. Kicking it clean away, Nathan went into the straddle stance, extending his arms forward, and then sharply pulling them back. The boulder came up to meet him once more, and Nathan kicked it bluntly, shattering it to pieces. Twisting his wrists in circular motion, he sent each piece back into the hole where the boulder came from, then binded them together again. Suddenly, he felt vibrations through the earth. Five...no, six footsteps coming towards him. Nathan resumed his meditational position. Turns out ol' Dances was right after all.

Bleh. I'll try to type something longer and better but my arms are like dead from judo...

Yes its alive... it makes it awesome man!! this is long... so yeah

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Why did i come here?, was the only thing she was thinking about as they finally killed a few stumps and snails getting up to the Howlers peak. It was a good thing that Marie decided to make the trip alittle earlier since Marie said she wants to see the sun sett from the top of that mountain. "Come' on mike! where the heck am i gonna do now! You finished all the water!" Kaze complained for the fourth time when Mike finished his all the water that was in his bottle. "Here.." Mike said calmy as he stared at his arm and a huge chunk of ice was formed, then he threw it at Kaze who caught it before it even hit the floor. "Sweet snow cone!" Kaze said happily. Staring at the ice cube trying to figure out how to bite it without destroying his teeth. Normally Freya would laugh at kaze, but something just gives her the chills as if someone is staring at her. She looks behind them to see if someone is following them and above the mountain and it seemed like the statue is still there, sitting. Marie notices Freya looking worried and she grinned, as if it was her plan to freak the girl out. She walks to freya and clings her arm to hers. "Your not scared are you?" she said in a whisper that freya could barely hear. Freya looks at marie's brown eyes and smiled, "No." she said calmy. She really didnt want to tell marie that she thinks someone might be following them, or even that the statue up on the mountain is looking at them. She doesnt want that marie thinks shes more a freak than she is. "Omg look, we are almost there!" Paulline said as she pointed to the top of the cliff. "Last one there is an old Fart!" she said as she started to make a head start. Dark, Mike and kaze didnt hesistate and started running after paulline making sure they wont be an old fart. Marie just looked at freya then ran too yelling to them, "Im not gonna be an old fart!" Freya sighed and ran too. It didnt take awhile for her to catch up since she did a little teleporting without them noticing ofcourse. When they finally reached at the top of the mountain, she briefly looked at the statue. The statue looked like it was over a hundred years old because of how its feet is mostly covered with the sand. She ran her hand on the statue's right hand and felt a little carving of "N" on it. "Hey freya come look at this!" Mike said to Freya gesturing her to stand where the others are standing. A few feet from the edge of the cliff, looking at the beautiful sunset. Freya walked towards them with a smile on her face. She stood between Paulline and Marie who clinged their arm to hers. She was about to say how beautiful the sight was when she saw out of the corner of her eyes a few bolder rocks flying towards them. "LOOK OUT!" she yelled as she pushed both paulline and marie to the ground. Mostly all the borlders fell off the cliff but two that hit both kaze and Dark. Kaze was knocked unconcious and dark's legs were bleeding because the rock gashed his knee pretty bad. Paulline and marie ran to their friends to see offer them help. "What the-" Mike cursed as he held on tight to his wand when he saw the Statue staring to stand up, and walk towards them with a weird grin of his face.

yeah... ill post when someone does...

Okay, I'll post tommorow, I fell asleep...so yeah...

Okay, so Nathan admitted he might have gone a little over dramatic on the peak. What? If he was going to all the trouble of scaring them off, he might as well have fun with it. Cracking his knuckles, Nathan slammed his hands into the earth, and an entire chunk of Howler's Peak broke away, plummeting down into the abyss of the canyon. Unfortunately, that chunk was the one with everyone on it, and several people were screaming their heads off. Nathan did not laugh, but you could tell by the mad glint in his eyes that he was enjoying himself. Twisting his hands and then pulling them upwards, the segment of the cliff halted abruptly and rocketed into the sky, now levitating even higher than usual. Hands glowing with the amount of geokinetic energy he was using, Nathan took a menacing step forward. This was going to get interesting...

Far below the underground, in the dankest and darkest crevices of Bellocan, Laeigh was waiting. Normally, he could change forms at will, but when Aeons had sealed him away he had been trapped in his current form. With a vaguely humanoid body, Laeigh's skin was not so much a solid as a semi-liquid, black and sludge-like. However, there were some parts of him obviously unhuman. For starters, he had the head of a boar, with blood red and pupil-less eyes, and two gleaming tusks protruding from his cheeks. He also had five spines on his back, each of them glistening with venom. His hands were clawed, as were his brawny feet, and he had two tails, both covered in an array of spike-like protrusions of bone. Chained to a wall, a tag on his forhead kept him from escaping. "Your move, Laeigh." Hitori said, fiddling with a Knight chess piece. Ah, Hitori. That book worm archer that had almost killed him. Now he lead the life of an in-betweener, one who had died with a perfect balance of sin and justice. Sometimes he came to play games with the demon: games of skill, games of chance, and sometimes the ultimate game. Laeigh didn't really hold a grudge against the wily gamer, who was quickly rising in the spirit world, having had personal audience with the time brothers Once Was, Am Now, and Will Be. Laeigh jerked his head at a black Rook. "That rook. Up three spaces.". "Are you sure?". "Yes.". "Are you really sure?". "YES! Just move the stinking piece, will you?". "Hmm...smart move.", Hitori commented, moving the piece. "However, not smart enough.", he added, moving his white Bishop forward. "Checkmate.", he said, relaxing back. Laeigh bowed his head in defeat. "You still keeping up that promise?", Laeigh asked as Hitori put away the chess board. "Of course! If you beat me at any game, I will set you free, blah blah blah. But really, do you think you can actually beat me? I'm an in-betweener, we live to play games." Hitori explained. "I nearly got you that time.", Laeigh growled. "Ah, but 'nearly' never won a bucket of squid in gnomish roulette, did it?", Hitori chuckled. "In what?". "Oh, sorry. Its out of a book, by somebody called Eoin Colfer. Some human from a world called...uh, Dirt I think it was. No, no, they called the planet Earth, and the soil dirt. Or maybe it was the dirt that was called soil. Ah, humans from that world are so very confusing. Apparently, if someone is 'bad', then they're good, and if it's 'hot', then its cool. How does that make sense?". Laeigh grunted, not having heard a word of Hitori's ranter. Suddenly, Laeigh's head snapped up. He began sniffing the air, and roared. "AEONS! A BLOOD DESCENDANT OF THOSE FOOL AEONS!", he shouted, causing rocks to tumble from the ceiling. It could have been coincedence, or it might not have been. However, it was fact that one rock, more of a pebble really, tumbled onto Laeigh's seal and ripped it apart. Laeigh roared in delight, ripping his chains away and stalking upwards. He paused. "Hey, Hitori?", he asked, "Aren't you going to try and stop me?". Hitori laughed. "Me? Stop you? This is the most interesting thing that has happened in five centuries, of course I'm not going to stop you.". Laeigh grunted, and then dissappeared in a cloud of dark magic, returning to the surface. Several seconds later, just before Hitori was about to depart to the spirit world, an angel he recognized appeared before him. Wearing a halo of pure light, Kastallia descended from heaven itself. Then she cuffed Hitori sharply on the head. "Ow! What was that for?", Hitori asked, rubbing a sore temple. "For letting Laeigh get away, you idiot!", Kastallia yelled. "Its not my fault! Nexon and Wizet let the demons run amuck, yet they forbid the inbetweeners to interfere! How does that make sense?", Hitori explained, skulking out of hitting range. "Don't lie to me, I heard every word you said!", Kastallia retorted, stalking up to him and cuffing him on the head again. "Alright, alright! Sheesh! What do you want me to do?", Hitori asked, disgruntled. "Get Laeigh back and seal him away,", Kastallia ordered, pointing at the spot where the demon had disappeared, "and if you don't, there'll be hell to pay.". With that, Kastallia disappeared, leaving Hitori to sweat it out. He gulped nervously. When an angel said the "h" word, they meant it quite literally.

The moment Nathan had taken his step forward, that was when the earth rumbled. Laeigh burst from Howler's Peak, roaring his lust. Cackling madly, he sniffed the ground, then looked up. His eyes locked on Freya. Nathan realized the danger, and knew they were no match. Making a pushing motion on both sides, he swept upwards with his right hand and then pushed forwards. The rock sped away, with Laeigh hot in pursuit. The Silent waited no more.

Again, references to the Guild Story. Hitori, as it was explained, is a gamer with an overdeveloped mind and underwhelming physical skills. Kastallia, a member of Aeons, became an angel and serves the "gods" Nexon and Wizet. Just to clear things up a little.

haha... nice... Now what should i write...

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"Freya!" mike yelled at her when he saw a demon came out from deep into the ground and staring at freya with lust of distruction in the demon's eyes. Freya then noticed this and stared deep into the demons eyes. She felt weak on the knees and she fell on the ground, still not taking her eyes away from the demon, she felt that the Statue brought the segment of the cliff back down a few feet away from then demon. Then the statue stood infront of them with his stance ready to battle. The demon just grinned delightfully as if he didnt see the boy standing right infront of the puny kids. "I thought i was gonna get a blood decendant but this is soo much better." he said after he cacked staring at freya. "Hello Katsuzie," the demon said in a distrbing tone that sent chills down freya's spine. Freya just stared at the demon blankly, How does he know my mother?, she asked herself but this time something in the demon's eye made her realize that she remebered her mother telling her a bedtime story about a demon locked away by the Aeons. "Laeigh" she muttered to herself. This time she saw The boy look at her, she stared back and realized who that boy was standing infront of them. "Nathaniel." when she said that name the boy looked annoyed and he raised his arm up to gesture Freya to stay back. "Katsuzie... Surprized to see me?" the demon said as he started to walk towards them. I am not katsuzie! she wanted to yell at the demon but she didnt want to agitate the demon cause that will put her classmates in danger. She just stood there waiting to be attacked at any moment. She then placed her hand in her pocket and felt seven magic rocks on her pocket, she held on tight on one of them that she felt the rock cut her index finger. "I am finally getting my revenge for sealing me here you stupid Priest!" he said as he threw a fireball at freya. Before freya could realize that a fireball was comming at her she saw a hawk comming at her and took a hit then disappeared. A younger man came out of the bushes with a black bow and arrow, He was tall and his face is covered with a red mask that the only think freya saw was his red eyes. "Hey pigface! pick on somebody your own size!" he yelled at the demon. The demon then turned around his nose flaring up with anger "what did you call me?!" he yelled at the man. Freya didnt really pay attention to what just happened now since she was more of trying to protect herself and her classmates than some cocky ranger. she then slammed her hand on the ground planting the magic rock deep into the cliff. A blue magical portal appeared infront of her. She looked at Mike paulline and marie. "Go in! that will take you back to perion! Go back to ellina and go to my mom she's gonna help dark and kaze! hurry!" She ordered them silently so that the demon wouldnt hear them escape. Marie just glared at her looking like she couldnt believe that the halfling just did a skill that can be done by highleveled magicians, bt she didnt complain she just helped dark walk to the door. Mike and paulline helped kaze into the magic portal. Freya was about to walk to the portal when the demon noticed that she was going to get away. "You are not going anywhere Katsuzie!" and he started to fly towards the door but he was stopped by Nathaniel's sword and helped freya escape. The demon just looked at the boy and said. "You are going to pay."

yeah... is Kastallia paulline's other priest?

Bleh I have part of my thingy written but then I forgot who I was goign to have my char kill so I'll post it later...

lol.... i hope kat reads this and thinks im crazy for being my character's mom.

...alright, this is not a post for the sotyr. It's just something to clear things up. First off, Nexon and Wizet are not "evil gods". They are simply gods, the creators of Bellocan, if you will. Also, in that last part, with Nathan saying, "Stay back.". Not that the writing wasn't good, but his saying something kind off of ruins the entire "Silent" nickname. Also, I started this story in a way I thought that conveyed this was a long time in the future. Guess I failed miserably at that, too...ah, well, I can always adjust.

i figured that too... :) after i posted it... im sorry. ill change it.

Bleh...I had better write...And yes..my character will meet up with you guys...just not yet.

She slowly walked into her dark, little, home; her eyes scanning the room to make sure no one was there.

Creeek.

She swiftly turned around and grabbed the man standing behind her's neck and held her dagger up to his throat.

The man chuckled.

"Eager to kill, are you?" he said in a low voice. "Well that's what I like about you."

"What do you want!?" cried Karen as she thrust him on the wall.

"I've come here...to recruit to our little...guild. You seem worthy
enough become one of us. Of course, you must pass the test first."

Karen loosened her grip and asked, "What's the test?"

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Night had fallen in the city of Perion. The shops had been closed up for hours, and even the chief of warriors had gone to bed. The perfect time for a murder. Karen slowly made her way through the town to cliff where her target was. Her target was apparently a someone called "The Silent". He had been causing some trouble to some fellow guild mates, so he was better dead. She silently climbed up the cliff making sure to not make a sound at all. She finally reached the top and peaked over the top. The Silent just sat there motionless, not noticing that someone was coming to kill him. She climbed up and got ready to strike.

CRACK.

"Aaaww...crap!"

The Silent jumped up and shoved Karen to the ground. His sword pointed at her neck.

"Someone's pissed..."

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Okay I hope you liked it. Btw, words like this, means Karen is think that or it's that creepy recruiting dude.

Okay, let's get cracking. Note, this starts off a little bit before Alex's post.

Nathan managed to let go off the stone sword just before Laeigh's sludgy body mass consumed it, the demon itself laughing maniacally. Rooting his feet firmly into the ground, Nathan pushed his hands outwards, then brought them swinging upwards. Two giant rock pillars rose from the ground, and Nathan began spinning his wrists for velocity. Laeigh reared up, twin balls of dark energy encircling his fists, when a voice cried, "Stop!". The slightly translucent spirit of Hitori rose rfom the ground between them, and everyone froze at his sudden appearance. "Can't this be settled in a less violent way?", Hitori asked, putting on his best monk face, "Can't we just play a nice game of Omok or basketball to end this fight?". Laeigh raised an eyebrow. "Basketball?" he inquired. "Okay, just Omok then.". Nathan and Laeigh looked at each other, then Laeigh began charging up again. "Alright, alright! What about chess? Poker? Memory cards? Ah!", Hitori cried, ducking as one of Nathan's rock pillars flew at him. "Hopscotch! Ring Around the Rosies! Super Smash Bros. Brawl?!", Hitori cried in vain, jumping out of the way as Laeigh created a sizable crater with one of his energy blasts. They paid not the slightest bit of attention to him. "Ugh...I hate the physical world.", Hitori groaned, and waved a hand dismissively. Out of nowhere, a heavy, black cloth fell over Laeigh's head. Nathan, knowing he could not fight such a strong opponent, realized his chance to flee. By the time the cloth had been ripped to shreds, Nathan was far away and Laeigh was staring daggers at Hitori. Chuckling nervously, Hitori ran so quickly a silouette of his body was left behind.

Nathan had returned to Howler's Peak, rebuilding the part of the cliff that had broken away, and trying to clear his mind. Suddenly, someone jumped on top of him. Whipping around, Nathan bound the person to the ground with ropes of stone, and pointed a rock sword at her throat. It was a girl, struggling wildly. For her to be able to sneak up so close...she was a skilled assasin indeed. Transforming the sword into a club, he knocked her out cold and formed a stone cocoon around her. He looked up. Something else was there. "Hello there! Are you that Silent chappy?", Hitori asked, floating slightly. Nathan did not so much as look at him, and walked away with the girl slung over his back. Hitori followed him, futilely trying to make conversation. "That was some pretty good fighting you did back there. Are you a...what are they called, uh...burrow spirit?", Hitori asked. Nathan grunted. Hitori took that as a yes. "Can you turn into a badger, like that last burrow spirit did?", Hitori asked. Nathan grunted again. "Right...nice day, isn't it?", Hitori commented, whistling slightly. Nathan looked at him incredulously. It was one in the morning and pitch black. "So...where are you going?", Hitori asked. Nathan pointed to the distant treetops far ahead, a vein going off in his forehead. "Ellinia. Nice place. Green place...what's in that thing on your back?", Hitori inquired. At this Nathan snapped. Bowling Hitori over, Nathan's skin began sprouting fur. Mouth turning into a muzzle, nose becoming a snout, Nathan changed alarmingly fast into an American badger. Hitori laughed as Nathan snarled at him, teeth bared. "So you can turn into a badger!", Hitori exclaimed. Nathan growled, and, not bothering to become human again, stalked off, jerking his head to get the rock cocoon to float on his back. Hitori sighed. "Not a really friendly chap, is he?", he muttered.

wow... nicely done!!!! so does this mean Laeigh is gone for now?
im going to write with 2 point of views...

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"You are going to pay" The demon said to the boy. With one swift movement, The Ranger jumped into one of the bushes to at least save his life. He knew that demon would kill him with out hesitation. He looked through his tunic and grabbed a scroll. He knew what that mystical door was, it was a high priestess move. He looked at the boy and the demon trying to kill eachother. He knew it was the greatest time to escape. With a snap of his finger one of his arrows lit on fire and burned the scroll he had. With a poof of smoke he returned to the nearest town. He got spawn right by the Town's leader's house. he instantly hid behind the benches when he heard footsteps coming up the steps. It was the girl that he saved. He stood up and said, "So your the Legendary Katsuzie?" He inquired as he slowly walked up towards her. though he doesnt really know who katsuzie is he just figured to say legendary just cause girls want to be called complimenting names. The girl just glared at him, "I am not katsuzie!" She yelled at him. She walked up towards him and pushed him to the ground. He landed bottom first and he felt that his tailbone hit the concrete bad. "Gez lady! i figured that demon kept calling you that name, i tot thats your name!" he said as he stood up slowly patting his butt. "Well, he doesnt know what he's talking about." she mutttered under her breath. She turned around since she thought it was a waste of time talking to him, and she'd rather talk to the Leader of perion to tell her what was going on. When he saw her turn around, he looked at the floor and saw droplets of blood that lead to her cut index finger. "Your hurt." he said as he took a hold of her hand and got a peice of cloth from his tunic and applied pressure on her wound. She just froze and stared at thier hands and looked into his eyes and she blushed. "Im fine!" she said offendingly and shoved his hand away. "Alright!" he said as he crossed his arm infront of his chest annoyed at the girl infront of him. he heard her sigh and follwed her gaze, it was on one of the mountains of perion. he knew what she was thinking about and asked, "What was that demon?" She shook her head, "I am not sure. Im going in there to ask." she said as she pointed on the huge building infront of them. She turned around again and started to walk into the building. He decided to walk with her too, but then she stopped her steps and looked like as if she had an idea. wordlessly she teleported away from him and then she was already on the bottom of the hill. He clenched his fist annoyed at the girl who just walked away from him. Then on the corner of his eye he saw a bright of light where the Howler's peak was at. He then realized where to go. "Ellina." he took another scroll in his tunic and he disappeared.

Freya's point of veiw...

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She noticed the ranger walking beside her, as she was about to open the door to the building. She realized who she can ask really easily with out having to deal with the Dragon Knights inside the castle. The person she can ask is Katsuzie. Her mother, she can finally ask the questions she's been wanting to ask since she was a little girl, the tattoo on her mom's hand. With out hesitating she teleported to the bottom of the hill and taxied to ellina.

hehe here it is :)

Just before they entered the woods of Ellinia, Nathan did something strange. Converting to human, he bent to the ground and twisted his wrists three times before pulling them up. Two sizable stones floated before him, and he plunged his hands into them. Waving his hands to get rid of excess debris, Nathan now wore two stone gloves. Hitori sidled over. "I say, what are those for?", the spirit asked. Nathan answered by grabbing him by the neck and flinging him over the treetops. Picking up his cargo, Nathan continued onwards. The assasin had woken up several times, and each time Nathan had solved the problem in his own straightforward way. A way that involved clubs and smacking people on the head.

It was night time. Nathan could have marched straight through the night, but Hitori, blessed as he was with underdeveloped physical skills in the physical world, had to call a stop. Stopping at a place called the Shady Man's Bar and Inn, Hitori stared for a good thrity seconds at the sign. "Well, at least they're frank shady men.", he muttered, and stepped inside. It was actually quite a respectable place, wayfaring adventurers toasting each other and only about a cornerful of dark men in cloaks. The barman hobbled over. "A table for two, then, sirs?", he asked, a slight lisp in his voice. Hitori nodded, and Nathan tipped his bamboo hat in respect. As he did so, he attracted many stares at his rock gloves, and the cargo on his back. Also, Hitori noticed something on his hat, an insignia of a badger paw. Hitori didn't know what, but something secretive was being broadcasted. Eventually the diners turned back to their meals, all except one. A skinny, lanky fellow, the man moved with a certain grace. "You can get water over there, sirs.", the barman said, and went to deal with the other customers. Nathan rose before Hitori could even speak, walking in a rather twisted route. This route led directly to the man. The moment he passed, the lanky man stood up and shouted, "What did you just call me?!". The bar froze, the only sound being the slight tinkle of ice on glass. Hitori rose angrily. "He didn't say anything! He never says anything!", Hitori exclaimed. Nathan raised a hand, motioning Hitori to stop. He was not looking at the man in the eye's. Instead, he seemed to be searching for something. Finally, he found what he was looking for. Baring his lips in a snarl, Nathan crouched into a fighting position. Several younger diners began beating the table, chanting, "Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!". The barman ran frantically to the two, saying, "Gentlemen, please, there will be no fighting in my restaurant!". The lanky man got up. "Fine. We'll just settle this outside.". Moments later, nearly the entire pub was deserted. The barman looked at his one and only customer. "Kids these days.", he muttered. "Tell me about it.", Hitori said, stretching and yawning.

In a ring formed of people, the two combatants were circling each other. Actually, it was only the lanky man who was doing the circling. Nathan was standing stock still, watching and waiting for his opponent to make a move. Suddenly, the man lunged. Raising a stone barrier to protect himself, Nathan pushed outwards with his hands, making rock spikes burst from the ground. However, the man was too quick. Circling around, the man was at Nathan's spine. The Silent turned, and the man turned with him. The man jabbed outwards at a pressure point on Nathan's spine. Paralyzed, Nathan fell to the ground, and several spectators began chanting, "Ba Gua! Ba Gua!". The man, whose name was evidently Ba Gua, was about to strike once more when Nathan rolled over, waving his finger to cause a tiny rock spike to emerge from the ground, prodding the pressure point Ba Gua had hit. The Silent's supporters cheered as he got back on his feet, who wasted no time to make stone walls on either side of them, spreading the diameter of the ring. Evidently, if Ba Gua's strength was his speed, then Nathan would make sure he had no place to run. Lunging forward, he grabbed Ba Gua by the arm for just a second before the thin man got away, spinning his arms like windmills. He was all about circular movement, constantly spinning his arms to create momentum. Nathan lunged forwards, but Ba Gua suddenly put both arms forwards, palms out and fingers pointing away from each other. A blast of wind hit Nathan straight in the stomach, sending him reeling backwards. Staggering to his feet, Nathan smiled. This was starting to get interesting.

Just for future reference, I'm trying to build a sort of "fighting style" for Nathan. Based of the southern Chinese style of kung fu known as Hu Gar, you might know it better as Earthbending from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Building power from strong stepping and powerful transitions from left to right, Hu Gar is known for its stances that root the executor to the ground. It is based off the movements of animals, mainly Tiger, or hard power, and Crane, or soft power. Just in case you're going to write Nathan's fighting later in the story.