SAO Rolplay: Continuum

Dan felt the earth shift underneath him, the floor splitting due to Cassy's strong blow. "Smart! Take away the mobility of your opponent, and you get the upper hand," He said as he regained his bearings but not before Cassy was closing in on him, fast. She swung sharp and precise, and Dan felt the pressure, but he's been in these situations before. He landed a few good punches, but not before getting sliced in the leg a few times. "You're good," he complimented. "I've only met a few like you; strong, fast and smart too."

"You abilities are fairly executed" she said, and swung her claymore.

Dust churned as the two swung their respective weapons, fist on blade, at full throttle. Smoke obscured the vision of the people watching from above as they anxiously waited for the winner of the battle. The dust started to settle and the spectators saw a marvelous sight. Dan's fist was placed against Cassy's face, not hard, but a light push. Respectively, Cassy's claymore had cut Dan in the neck, but only for a light cut. "Let's call that a draw," Dan said as he lowered his guard, affirming his non-hostility to Cassy.

Cassey nods, as she removes the sword from his neck and walked out of the training room the metal door sliding shut behind her. Some of the other whispered to others and some even tossed coins to each other, showing that some had bets. Delta entered the rooms as some people stopped tossing money around to each other, "Good Job Dan, I'm impressed on how much you've grown."

Theta was talking to the man from earlier with blue dyed hair.

"It's nothing, really." Dan said, clearly modest about his abilities. "I'm still not strong enough, not then, not now." He paced back and forth until he suddenly exploded and slammed a fist into the wall, creating a large dent. "S**t!" He breathed heavily, then calmed down a little before asking, "So, training's done. What now?"

Lupa walked in, some bruises and scuffs, but nothing major. "Boss, you hit me too hard! I'm a fragile woman you know?"

Dan laughed lightly then retorted, "Fragile? Coming from the girl that cracked 3 ribs when we first met? Give me a break!"

The blue haired man walked up to Dan with a strange aura around him "Please don't cause more dents unless you like some to be in -

"Gamma"

"We can't spend all our time on repairs you know" he said back before walking away along with Theta trailing behind

"Sorry about him, he very edgy, not to mention after the show you put on, he's a bit- eh. He's also the main interrogator, capture anyone and Gamma can get any info out of them " Delta said

"Noted." Dan stated flatly, acknowledging Gamma's job and status. Dan felt edgy, unfufilled, and he needed to let some pent up energy out. He turned to Lupa and said, "Grab the mitts and meet me down in the training room, I need some practice." As he was leaving, he told Delta, "If you need anything from me, give me a holler,"

"Mmmk Boss," Lupa said seriously, recognizing her master's tone and was prepared for some serious training.

After some time, Dan stopped beating the living hell out of the training mitts and decided to get a feel for the facilities. He sauntered around aimlessly, just passing the time.

Gamma can be seen sparring with Delta, Delta scythe swinging back and forth, Gamma and his simple razored ankled blades that sparked when it came in contact with Delta's weapon.

Dan hopped over the railing and called out to Gamma loudly, "Gamma! Let's spar, see if you're really that good," Dan equipped the gauntlets that Meifeng dropped when she died, a red and gold pair of them. Simultaneously, he took out one of his acupuncture needles and stabbed himself in the neck, unblocking one of his chi points. Blood rushed throughout his body and his muscles bulged up, and his eyes became bloodshot. "I think 150% is enough for you," Dan said confidently as he was seemingly teleported to punching distance to Gamma. With this bonus, speed, power, perception, everything went up at the with the risk of him dying. He punched Gamma in the face, knocking him back a bit.

Gamma flew back though he dug his foot into the ground and sprang forward, himself fast enough to have just started a roundhouse kick at Dan's face.

The blade sliced cleanly across Dan's cheek, taking off a chunk of health, but Dan didn't mind. In his "Juiced up" state, he felt happy, albeit a little crazy, as he tasted his blood and laughed loudly. "This is great! Nothing is better than fighting!" He cackled as he kicked dust into Gamma's eyes, and head butted him in the face, letting go of all his boxing technique.

Lupa watched from the floor above, biting her nails as she observed her loose cannon of a master. "I thought he was unstable, but not by this much," she muttered.

Gamma looked at him as his blades where on the ground but he was still moving like an Ice skater, he spun around the floor waiting for dans next attack.

Dan spat on the ground, his spit tinged with blood and charged forward at Gamma, his limbs swinging wildly. Soon enough, Dan was getting frustrated from the lack of contact between the two fighters. He cursed profusely and slapped himself in the face. Dan remained quiet for a while, but spoke up suddenly saying, "Ah... That's better..." He cracked his neck slowly and deliberately, closing in on Gamma's elusive body. What didn't connect earlier was making its mark, whether it was clean punches or grazes, Dan was wearing Gamma down.

Gamma then jumped very high up as he got to one of the metal beams, his razors cut the pole diagonally and pulled it down making his own close range weapon to use.
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Dan stooped down and picked up some palm sized rocks and threw one at Gamma, the projectile whizzing past his face. The rock crashed into the wall behind him, leaving a small crater. Soon enough, the two were fighting in a way that seemed like a game of ghetto baseball.

Gamma hopped up in the air and thew the pole down like a spear towards Dan. Though there seemed to be something missing.

The pole hit Dan squarely in the chest, dropping his health bar to 25%. He laughed loudly, saying, "Is this the best you can do?" He then ripped it out of himself and threw it back at Gamma.

Gamma didn't say anything as he took out a vial of a strange liquid and drank its contents, his eyes glowed as he ran straight as Dan before having a small needle land on the back of his neck from Delta. " That is enough"

Dan fell to the ground and started wretching, coughing up blood and viscera. "Thanks Delta," Dan coughed as another wave of blood spurted from his mouth, warranting immediate medical attention. Lupa jumped down from the floor above, worried for her master. "Boss! Let's get you some help," she said worriedly as she effortlessly carried Dan to a medic.

A few medics rushed in, while a few others went to Gamma. "Pushing yourself too hard I see." Delta says

"Boss, you're so stupid!" Lupa cried, tears streaming down her face. As much as she thought Dan was an idiot, he was a father-like figure for her, so she was very worried.

"Don't worry, it's nothing," He said softly, drained from the aftereffects of the acupuncture power up. "I'll be back before you know it!" He said with a smile.

"Meathead" Delta said

Lupa walked with Dan out of the sparring room, leaving Delta and Gamma alone. While they were going to get medical help, Lupa asked, "What was that you did? Back there with the needle?"

Dan sighed and explained, "It was an acupuncture technique that Meifeng_sifu used to use. It releases the mental restriction on your muscles, so you get stronger. Downside is that you're body'll be destroyed afterwards."

Delta looked back at Dan before walking away, Casey walked over to the medics, and then at Dan before shaking her head and sighing. Theta who just came down looked at Lupa and didn't say anything

Within the week, Dan was back up on his feet and moving around again, although he wasn't in any condition to fight. He slowly made his way to the planning room and found Delta there and asked, "So what's the situation on the raids we're doing?"