A first meeting [Take&me]

Reflex kicked in as Darkamaru's shadow shot up, absorbing the bullets. Then, he started to fire his bazooka, but when he started to, roses shot out instead with dozens of thorns. They shot towards takegami's head and Darkamaru, though bewildered at the roses, backflipped away, drawing his two katanas. "Sure, Reita wanted 'Peace'. But he would use his 'children' as pawns to achieve it. And I can't be a pawn. I'm the King already."

Takegami simply sighed as he snapped his fingers causing a pillar of earth to come up infront of him stopping the roses and thorns all together. They suddenly exploded once Takegami snapped his fingers, and as the smoke cleared, he simply sighed and walked out slowly. He swiped his hand with another snap, and the wind around them became stronger, causing the trees to sway wildly before one sword came out of the ground slowly as if it were water. Takegami grabbed the blade which was about the same height as himm, and he was 5'11. He brought the sword up slightly, and slid his free hand down it to the mid way point of the sword before thrusting forward sending a gust of air at Darkamaru.

At that same moment, he vanished in thin air, seeming to have disappeared. This was no longer a game to him, it was the beginning of a war that had reached its end.

[OOC:Be careful Dark, i have no intention of allowing you to live this go round.]

Darkamaru smiled as the shadows near him moved up to surround him as an impenetrable shield. They could no longer be broken by the source's destruction. He loved his strange new power.

Darkamaru was in deep thought. That was the second time roses had appeared from nowhere... But why... Maybe... He quickly pulled the palm piece off of his automail, and saw it. His ouroubouros was blue! That's where the roses came from! Now to practice on him!

(OOC-im calling in my apprentice. O_O)

[OOC: Why? Don't be a coward now >>]

IG: Takegami had many calculations running through his mind when he came up with a plan. He shifted his index and middle finger upward causing a pillar of earth to shoot up from below Darkamaru. Hopefully, this would rid him of any defenses, evein if only for a second. Takegami, who was setting the stage of the battlefield, set an item in which Darkamaru would never forget on top of the building. It was time for him to initiate his plan, and put his practice to work.

Darkamaru was stunned as his shadow exploded outward with the wall. Smiling he slammed his palms into the wall, which exploded into thorny roses. "That all? HA! Now with my rose power, I bet I could even make Kayami believe I were an alchemist."H e reached for his locket but only to find it missing. It was on top of a large building. He was in shock at first, which turned into solid rage. "AHHHHHHHHHH!" he screamed as he lunged at Take, roses and shadows exploding from his two katanas, making them even more lethal, though less focused and accurate.

Darkamaru, enraged, swung around and hacked at Takegami at rapid speeds. He then went middle form, growing wings and ankle-wings. His hair spiked up, his teeth sharpened, his eyes glowed fiery red now and his movements sped up. That locket meant more than his life to him. He WOULD kill this guy.

(ooc- Lol, I feel all alone simply cu I haven't been home XD)

Greed could only watch. He was still trying to process everything. "N-not all the nations will ally with you." he said quietly. "No, Xing wont!" he added loudly, allowing his arms to become ultimate shield. He watched Takegami with dark eyes. This person was at fault... for so many things.

Darkamaru seized the opportunity of Takegami backing off. He shot up the side of the building, running past 100 mph. He tackled the locket, opened it to see if it was broken and quickly placed it back around his neck. He then jumped down, unsheathing Shatterpoint. His other 6 blades were being held by shadow arms. More shadow arms appeared holding swords made of sharpened tree bark. This plant power was doing him pretty nicely. In all, he had 21 swords unsheathed, including shatterpoint. They all crashed down upon takegami.

As Yuan said Xing wouldn't ally with him, he too screamed out, "And neither will Frostdeath! Remember our size. At least 6 times the size of the other nations!"

Dar smiled. "Bingo." As the swords shattered, Shatterpoint exploded into shards which were controlled like puppets by shadows. They formed together again, into a shield.. He blocked the earth spike and turned to face Takegami. "Frostdeath may seem barren but don't be fooled. It has a population of around 500 mil. But They are just spread out so much. Oh, yea and never stand this close to me. Not smart." He grinned and immediately blasted Take point blank withg his bazooka. his shield blocked it for him but the blast came to quickly for him to dodge and he 'died'. He was down to 21 lives. Let's make them count.

"Ha! Not anymore! I'm emporer!" Yuan made a wide gesture as he went running at Takegami, ultimate shield spreading over his whole body as he lashed out with claw-like nails.

Darkamaru smiled and did nothing. But then, instantly shadows came up, coated in roses to block the attack. "Have to do better than that to kill me."

Greed winced as the cherry blossoms cut into his chest, part of him ultimate shield had not yet spread to. "You're dead." he managed to say in a strangled sounding whisper.

When the blossoms fell, Darkamaru laughed. "That will stop me?REITA'S move will stop me? Maybe then, but this is now!" He waved a hand in the air and a large amount of them were flung into the building under takegami's feet. They detonated there, blasting the building down. "Plant control, gotta love it."

Greed growled and waved his hand. The pillar of earth disapeared and he landed on the ground, seemingly unaffected. "I'm guessing you don't pay attention to what's going on." greed said, his tone almost bored. This earth controlling... it was fun. It gave him a new sense of power. He smiled, totally ultimate shield, and flicked his wrist, a wave of earth protecting his already diamond hard body from the petals. Another wave of his hand and shards of earth went shotting at Takegami.

Darkamaru sighed as he redirected the plants upward, dodged the pillar, and fired a rose into the vortex, causing it to became misshapen and failing. He then had all the shadows within 20 feet of him compact into an orb in his hand. Grinning, he looked at Yuan. " Make your ultimate shield stronger. Things are about to get ugly." So saying that, the orb exploded, firing billions of shadow needles in all directions except for his own direction.