Another Hunt (Darth Ares)

[Jericho]

In the great forests of Kashyyyk, sounds of a sparking sabers between combatants could be heard from a distance. Sounds of the brushing leaves and moving trees washed out by the cries of running animals. One a sith knight being hunted by the silent giant of a man, Jericho. The battle went on for several hours until the hunter was able to finally take down his prey.

The silent warrior spun his elegant dual blades gracefully before lunging down and plunging them both into the chest of a sith who had fallen before him. The body let out a momentary cry, before passing, the sith's went lifeless and stiff. Jericho saw it as doing him a favour, though he had offered to give him a chance to repentant for his deeds of killing many wookies, the sith warrior was blinded by his own pride and so Jericho dispatched him quickly rather having that sith suffer the horrors of what the dark side could bring.

Serving a sith lord, what laborious task. Even the blade of the enemy was better than to listen rants of the dark side reminding everyone of their lineage, and how important they were. Jericho watched the life fade from the man, before releasing his force and relaxing his muscles. He took a knee and took the momento from the man and closed his eyes quietly as the sith laid there peacefully.

"..Why do I even bother?" he muttered as he reflected his thoughts. He withdrew his blades from the mans chest, deactivating his saber and he walked from the lifeless body letting it be taking in by the forest. There was still a large band of them, a raiding party not far from the nearby wookie village. Primarily his movements were to draw the enemy out, no doubt his padawan was already away engaging sith wanting to do all the work. "Oh, Emily...." He said calmly to himself. As he took down the knight the rest were going to be easy pickings for her.

Hearing noises nearby and feeling the force signature of unknown origins he went to seek them out. "Hmph." Jericho ran his fingers across his mask as he saw a force more powerful than the one he had just dispatched. "This will be interesting." He thought to himself, as he took out his orange and purple single edge sabers and went into a Jar'kai stance, awaiting for the movement to be made by the other.

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[Zac Grayson]

Darth Ares seemed to be a traveling man as of late Dathomir, Corasaunt, and now Kashyyk, he was moving quite often and he was not here for rest, but another battle. He had heard of of a renown Sith Hunter he had to face which would put him one step closer to becoming the Sith of War. He had landed his ship many miles away and first went to a campsite where a young girl was fighting sith. He quickly killed the sith as they were not true sith, but merely slavers acting like sith which was disgusting. The girl tried to defeat him, but he had bested her and left her unconscious as she was not strong enough to him to be killed by his blades. There was another two presences near by and he knew it to be his target so he slowly moved through the darkness of the forest as he felt one die and smiled; he would be facing someone not afraid to kill. Ares presence was sensed and he continued walking until revealed by the light. He wore two golden swords on his back and two lightsabers on his hips. His 'armor' was just light black armor, but his wrist bands were strong lightsaber resistant bracers. He continued until he was face to face with the man and the two stood in silence as Ares sized him up. He was only a bit taller, but not by much. Ares then spoke to the man like he was an old friend. "So that girl back there, I assume she was yours? She has potential, but not much. I wonder how much fun you will be.....Jericho." Ares looked completely normal and even had brown eyes which was not something a sith had. H appeared to be someone not dangerous, but it was normally the ones who looked weak and not scary that were the worst ones. Ares did not draw a weapon, He enjoyed letting the tension grow before a fight.
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(Emily and I RP a lot on Hakora and I know she will be ok with this and I PMd her about it. I told her she would just be unconscious and it would just be added effect to our fight.)

 

[Jericho]

The man who stood before, didn't look most sith that he had encountered but there was an aura to him....An aura that only sith would possess and so Jericho would not let down his guard for any reason. He analyzed the man quickly and thoroughly, his for stood about four or five inches shorter give or take and had a small frame for his size. Telling by his light armor he was more of a agile fighter than that of one who would want to use brute force. Nonetheless, he wasn't going to underestimate his foe strength, he would treat him as though he were facing one of the sith lords of old. When he mentioned his padawan, he was admittingly worried, but he knew Emily, she was strong and she was driven and she's been through his training. She will be fine. Jericho took a deep inhale of air then a very slow exhale....His foe was arrogant, not readying himself for battle. Especially when he knew who he was facing off against. But each to their own, He charged his opponentm increasing his speed and strength with the force doing a flurry of attacks to his midsection, but his true aim were his shoulder blades.
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[Zac Grayson]

Darth Ares smirked as the Sith Killer made the first move, Ares leaned back in a few directions to dodge a few srikes and then brought up his arms and countered them with his Bracers once Jericho got in some swings, Darth Ares used Makasi to pin point an opening and used one of his fsts to send a punch at Jericho's face in hopes to separate them. He then raised his hand in the air and used the force to cause chaos in the air and draw upon the clouds. The clouds quickly made a storm which provided heavy rain and random force lightning strikes which began to start fires that were quickly put out by the rain, but the longer this dragged on the more likely the rain would not be able to put out the fires. Darth Ares now drew two red lightsabers as his eyes became a fiery orange. "Now let's begin."
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[Jericho]

His foe tried to create space between the two when he threw the punch, instead Jericho tucked his chin and headbutted the man's fist, in hopes of crippling him. Though the face vulnerable to attack with nerves and meat but the man's fist was similar in a sense, light bone, meat and nerves. Jericho's skull was thick bone, with a thick helm underneath, with his speed increased by the force, his head was nothing short of a battering ram to the man's fist. But he witnessed the man rise his other hand and summon great storm through the force a powerful technique that needed a lot concentration and energy to maintain and it seemed that the man and alot of both. Seemingly. He seemed good, but not as good as the masters and sith lords he has faced. He glided back a couple feet to watch and analyze his foe more intently, he watched as the storm create fires and the rain cleaning the mess up, but as time progressed the fires continued to grow without check. That was to his advantage. He watched at the man stood firm and took out his saber, their red beams pierced through the darkened night. His eyes glowed orange with rage and intent to kill from that moment, not a man stood before him, but a sith. Jericho was not going to show him any quarter. The sith declared battle with his words and a battle Jericho was going to give him. Jericho put one of his sabers away and went into the Ataru stance. In one hand he concentrate the force into his fist. Then Increasing his speed and strength once more he charged at the sith full on until the very last moment force jumped to his right side releasing a powerful force burst that would send end the largest of enemies flying from a distance. His attack was point blank to the man's ribs.

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[Zac Grayson]

Darth Ares fist connected with the man's head, but at the last moment it was met with the force to protect himself and a cracking sound was heard, but not coming from Ares. Darth Ares stood with his blades hissing from the rain and sized p his opponent. Large and much bigger than Ares, but unlike the beast he had fought before, this was a man and speed would be Ares advantage while strength would be Jericho, but Ares was quite strong and Jericho would probably be fast to compensate for his handicap. He quickly smiled as the man attacked with Ataru which was foolish, but standard against a sith as most sith used Juyo; Ares was not an exception, but he was also a master of Makashi and had combined Juyo and Makashi which was rare for someone to use the two styles which they were both at odds. Juyo was all about strength while Makashi was more about precision. When you combine the sheer of power of Juyo and the control of Makashi it made a powerful style that was not only precise and controlled, but also deadly a fierce. This meant he not only used Vaapad which was the mastering of Juyo, but the precise strategy. As the man came in Ares opened with strict Makashi and used small movements to quickly deflect the coming lightsaber and enter defense while giving the opponent an illusion of offense. As the blast from the force came, he entered Vaapad to swing around with blinding speed to wrap around Jericho to avoid the bulk of the of the force push and absorb the rest as Vaapad was all about feeding off the other. This Vaapad move would end with a slash once Ares was behind Jericho, but Ares used a quick jab from Makashi to send a precise jab to Jericho's heart while bringing around his other lightsaber up as a guard. Jericho was powerful, but because Ares used these styles he could use all of Jericho's strength against him.


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