@Jove Augustus

The runes beg to be finally gathered together they yearned to finally be used and to be all gathered in one place and a wish to be made. Kaito felt safe enough to walk around her as he has friends her and he doesn't feel he will be unduly attacked for no reason of at least he hopes so cause he was only here for one thing and that was to grab the last rune and see what happens. He hopes that it will be good or at least grand in the end when it all comes to an end and he will be free of the runes, he just hopes he isn't caught doing it so that this can go smoothly and this can come to an end.

He carefully walked along the guild hall to find the last rune that the others yearn to be regrouped with to finish out this cycle of the runes.

Jove held onto the rune tightly as its head seared through the stone and into his hand. There were others close, how many he couldn't tell. He sighed, slowly sliding it towards into the confines of his pocket. His scythe was already in his grasp. The staff rested diagonally across his back, his arms resting on its form in order to spring it into action at the drop of a hat. He was within a building, specifically within Eternal Nightmare, inside of Nuala's room. He had come to see her, and yet it seemed that others had made plans of their own.

I wonder how the rune even tracks, he thought to himself, feeling relieved that Nuala had already left. Still, others filled this hall. Criminals, the lot of them, but not all bad people.

Whoever was here with runes, Jove figured, was not here by coincidence. Deciding already to consider it an outside threat, he stood about a meter back from the closed door, using the full range of his senses to pay attention to his surroundings and to tell when the attacker approached the door. That was when he would decide how to react.

After all, he understood the power of the Runes. After acquiring his from the criminal, Hitomi, he had looked into their power within the Rune Knights archives. So long as he didn't kill anyone, he figured, it was well worth the effort, and potential conflict, to collect them all.

Stats and Info:

Kaito walked down the hard stone halls of the castle that Eternal nightmare uses as their base the hall was two meters wide, he would never under normal conditions ever enter here uninvited. He walked up to in front of the door to a room that the runes seemed to have been leading him to and he can smell someone close by so he figured that the rune's owner must also be here. He figures it was better to be safe then sorry and he tells Revy to get on the floor and she hops down and she opened her bag all of his items besides his shield appear on his body and anyone in the whole area can feel that he has, as they will feel weaker, more sluggish, less healthy, more brittle and a bit dimmer in the mind. Kaito fully expects there to be a trap so he is gonna take it slow and easy here as this person could be dangerous. He has his sword pointed forward at around chest level in his hand and his open hand faced palm forward and he pushed the door hard enough to open it while stepping back 1.5 meters in case the door is booby trapped in case someone tried to enter thoughtlessly.

Stats and Stuff:

Jove had unobstructed sensory perfection.

His replaced left eye had a light blue instead of whites, with his pupil being pure white like snow. He had seen the man the moment he entered 12.5 meters, and from there Jove watched like a hawk. He felt his rune begin to heat up further, and Jove knew without a doubt that this was the man who held other such runes. As he approached the door, Jove clenched his scythe tighter. He would wait as long as he could to act, in order to try and verify that this man was indeed an enemy.

Jove stood at an angle to the door, one meter away. He was no fool; he knew he had to stand at an angle to ensure that if he needed to use his scythe, the blade would be able to exit the room and do its job. He watched through his mystic eye as he sensed a smaller form climb off of the main body and open a bag. Instantly Jove felt his strength sap, and his eyes hardened. There was no more need to question.

Jove's muscles loosened as he prepared to time his attack. Kaito's blade was about chest level as he slowly reached closer to the door with the other hand, and that's when Jove acted. He begun swinging, Jove's left side facing the door. The blade itself was aimed so that it'd pierce the door with the point of the blade a few inches to Kaito's left, so that as it swung it'd naturally make its way to him. Thus, right before his hand ever touched the door, the scythe blade pierced through the door. Since there had been no noise on the other side, as Jove had positioned himself so precariously to ensure he didn't have to move, there would be next to nothing with which Kaito could react to-

Nothing except the metal which pierced through the door, a mere foot or two from his face. In the time it took for him to process the metal coming through, even if his body attempted to react instantaneously, it'd likely be far too late. The scythe, mystically imbued to ignore equipment, would have its blade come at an angle that had it traveling around the sword which Kaito had ready to defend himself. Due to the unique shape of the scythe, the staff would be the closest thing coming to hit Kaito, though it wouldn't even make contact before the blade would bury itself into Kaito's chest, ripping across his skin and ribs. It'd be deep enough to bury itself into Kaito's lungs, and if he didn't move at all, into his very heart in order to end the battle.

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Before Kaito could touch the door to attempt to open it his body just over 0.61 meters from the door meaning he is over a meter and a half from Jove when he swung, he heard something strike the door from the other side to his left and Kaito already being on guard from smelling the scent of the man here and the runes letting him know that their was a holder here, reacted by moving at an angle back and to his own right because the attack was coming from his left, just in time to see a blade rip through the door close to where he had just been standing Kaito is now over 3 meters from the door down the hall. It seemed that either the person in side of the room could see, smell or sense him as well, their rune must have warned them he was nearing it and they had used it to ready themselves.


He keeps his sword and his free hand palm out at the ready for this person who ever they are if they decided to come out and attack him again. "Seems there is no asking for you to simply relinquish the rune to me huh?" Who ever it was Kaito knows they had just tried to play for Keeps, which meant he was right to equip himself before attempting to enter as the person inside is clearly a criminal unfit for the runes that would misuse them for evil, so it is his duty to take it from them.

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Calling Hits:

Jove's blade crushed through the wooden door with all the speed and power behind it that he could muster. The blade moved like a blur through the room, through the entry way, and eventually through the equipment that Kaito was wearing as if there were nothing there at all. The blade buried itself into the Fairy Tail mage's ribs, easily cutting through muscle and skin until it buried itself deep into his lungs. The damage would be excruciating, with at least one of his lungs deflating from the damage. Yet that was not all, as the blade made its way out of Kaito's body it cut through everything on its way. Bones, lungs, all of it was like butter beneath a hot knife.

As the scythe continued through through the wooden wall, Jove allowed the momentum to continue carrying it passed completely through the body of Kaito. Right at the moment that his blade exited Kaito's body, Jove also activated a spell. There was no need for any sort of activation movement, simply willing it to activate was enough, as enough heat began to pour off of Jove's body that it'd immediately be felt by Kaito and begin effecting the fight.

One last movement Jove would do was once the spell was activated and his scythe disappeared back through the wall, Jove turned his body while the scythe continued to spin around his back. This guaranteed that after around a second the blade would come back through the wall, this  time angled so that the height of the blade of the scythe would be aiming at the back of Kaito's thighs where his hamstring met his buttocks. The blade this time would be actually aimed approximately a quarter meter behind where Kaito was standing, meaning that even if he stood still the staff itself would continue searing through the wooden wall and break Kaito's leg.

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As the blade comes through the door with the head of the shaft of the scythe, the blade hits Kaito's body it stays there and it doesn't move any farther across his chest or body nor does it pierce or slash his flesh where it had hit Kaito, Kaito having been just hit reacts in one swift movement grabbing the scythe so it can not be pulled back or move to damage him more and slicing the weapon in the same movement that he had grabbed it. His sword shattering it as his sword glowed with light element at the sword meeting it. He then pointed his palm to the wall tearing a hole in the wall, taking the door and the floor beyond it where Jove stood. He wished to see the person that was attacking him from the other side like this, he hopes that he will be able to handle the person that he ends up coming eye to eye with as he opened up the room in his own way.

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(48 hours have passed)

Claiming hit:

After cutting straight through the other mans scythe, Kaito opens a hole in the wall that bled into the room and he sees the man that had attacked him, the debris falls out side of the Eternal Nightmare hideout. Kaito's eyes glow red very faintly then return to normal, Kaito looking to end this swiftly he moves in through the hole he had made in the wall staying to the side of the hole in the ground. He readies himself and he levels his weapon again he was going to make sure that his blade was firmly thrusted into the mans breast to pierce his heart. He leaned toward the man his ring glowed and magic circle appeared on his body as he is thrust forward by the spell his blade aiming to enter the mans chest and as it enters the mans body deep enough to hit the heart if it was on the left side of the mans body Kaito spun his body to drag it slashing to the right incase that was the side of the body this man's heart was on even if it was rare Kaito wasn't gonna risk missing on this man. As the man dropped from the attack on his chest Kaito would make sure to take out the mans limbs as he was taught by his master. He cut the arms first, then he cut the legs  so the man wasn't going anywhere then he takes the rune from the man. He enters his personal domain where no one can bother him.

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The wall between them was destroyed, and the man standing on the other side locked eyes with Jove. Jove stared at him blankly as the two locked eyes, and then Kaito acted. He quickly pushed himself through the hole he'd created in the wall, sword held at chest level as he charged in towards Jove with the intent to stab him in the chest. Jove saw all of this, at every angle, as Kaito was well within his range of vision. Jove's back leg pivoted behind him and to the side as Jove turned his body, leaning his chest back, while simultaneously swinging his left fist. The blade, which had been aimed for the center of his chest shot by and hit nothing. If Jove hadn't been able to begin reacting the second Kaito started moving, he might have been too late.

But due to the fact that Jove was shifting his body as he pivoted, his left handed palm strike slammed into the side of Kaito's chest as the sword stabbed by. His right hand, which had been down by his side and also completely missed by the blade, shot up immediately after his left palm struck. The right hand would slam into Kaito's chest around the sternum. The second strike followed less than a second after the first, a classic 1-2 combo which ensured the second hit would land should the first one have found its way.

The second hit would also emit a small explosion on contact, applying knockback to Kaito. This would send Kaito straight up, landing flat against the ceiling, as Jove would lunge backwards, going back five meters. He threw himself backwards through the hole to do this, now standing in the hallway behind where Kaito had stood.

One final thing Jove had done, with the first hit, was place a bomb on Kaito's side. As Kaito would land on the floor, and Jove would be standing 5 meters back, Jove would press his thumb to his index finger, as if pressing on a button that had been there. This caused a detonation to happen, destroying the armor and damaging Kaito.

Stats and Info:

Kaito started his dash at Jove, he readied himself he believed Jove would dodge the stab and attack. Kaito was going to take the hit and he closed his free hand and he made a fist slightly pulling it back at his left side. Kaito takes the first punch to his side his armor taking the punch stopping Kaito's dash. Kaito as he took the first hit was swiftly turning attempting to slash Jove across the chest if it hit it is cutting him very deeply across the chest. the second punch from Jove hits Kaito as Kaito's own combo if the slash hit his left hand springs to meet Jove's chest using the momentum of his turn following the slash, the explosion that happened from being hit from the second punch did not knock Kaito back as he was immune to knock back thanks to his belt thank the heavens.

Kaito keeps himself readied his sword ready to hit the man again in case the man was to stand back up after taking those two hits from him.

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(48 hours have passed)

Claiming hit:

Kaito's sword strikes true and goes through Jove's skin like butter, cutting it like there was little to no resistance as his sword was sharp and it had a set path to make. Kaito keeping the momentum of the spin he had made with his slash as his fist hits Jove dead in his chest, he watches the man crumble from the second blow to his body which should have put the man down for good in this fight. As Jove's body fell Kaito looked at the mans body his eyes still flicking with red dimly as he scanned the mans body, he doesn't think he has killed the man at least. The rune not having come to Kaito, he makes sure to stay close wondering where the man has the rune on himself so he may take it and finally be done with this twisted game and maybe be able to return to his somewhat peaceful life with his exceed. His sword still remains in his hand as he is still in an evil guilds head quarters and they could attempt to ambush him still.

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As the fight had now reached it's close the rune called to him glowing in Jove's pocket and appeared in Kaito's palm as proof of Kaito's victory over the fallen Rune Knight who had stood his ground versus Kaito, Kaito's eyes now shown glowing red and the runes all stayed glowing showing that this was over and that Kaito could get his wish when he was ready to do so but first he had some work to do here. Kaito called in his exceed Revy who swiftly collected all the pieces of Jove's scythe and he gave her a simple command to fix the scythe up for the fallen man then Kaito stored his stuff in her sack cause the fight was over and he had no need to keep them on his person. While taking out other things to tend to the mans wounds and special gloves, he isn't a high class doctor but he knows how to treat the mans wounds at least well enough so that they do not turn fatal for the man. Revy works hard to make sure that she mends the mans scythe and that it is as good as new showing her background as a builder and crafts woman in her own right. Kaito makes sure that he takes his time as he doesn't rush anything so he doesn't make any of the injuries worse or turn them more life threatening than they already are for the man as he wasn't looking to murder him, he doesn't even know who this man is but that he is clearly a Rune Knight from things he sees on them.

Once he gets Jove's insides repaired enough to stop the bleeding and put back into the right place comfortably, he then gets the chest skin closed up nice and tight so that his insides will remain on the inside and hopefully reduce the chances of infection for the man. He then changes his gloves and he retrieves a small jar of something that has elven symbols with leaves on it from the sack, it is a healing salve, he then puts some of this special healing salve that he had been trained to make by his master that is a guarded thing so it doesn't fall into human hands to misuse, along the wound. With any luck this will help him to not have a giant scar across his chest and help the healing process so he isn't wounded for long if he doesn't seek the help of a fancy healer. Once done he looks to Revy who had already finished and cleaned the weapon up so it looks fresh and new and she places it against the wall for the man to grab on his own way out of the room when he finally wakes up.

Kaito then brings the wall pieces back from where he had placed them and he along with the help of his exceed Revy started to repair the wall to make sure that it doesn't look like it had ever been a pile of rumble that was tossed aside without a second thought to it ever needing to be replaced, it was kind of like building a puzzle they just had to find the right pieces that went where and use a special holding agent so that the pieces stay in place and the wall doesn't just fall to pieces or collapse right after they leave. They get out some special coating and cover the marks in the walls so they are not visible anymore so it was like it was never just torn a part quickly in a bit of rage by Kaito and then they start fixing the door which had been smashed through by Jove's scythe and they find the few pieces that had been dropped to the floor in the hall way after Jove had hit it and they get the pieces of the door and they get it setting with a strong agent to put the pieces together so that the door is back to one piece, when it had dried they use a coating on the whole door so it looks newer and you can't even see where it has been broken through or the slash it had gotten from Jove they get it back and Kaito resets the hinges on the door and he makes sure that it opens and closes and that it latches like it should of been doing from the start or at least he hoped that it had done from the start.

Kaito figured it was a better choice to have fixed the room back up as the person's room this was didn't deserve the room to have been wrecked or destroyed in a battle for something like this, he doesn't expect who ever it was to thank him or even know about it but it was a form of respect to the person that owned the room even if they were part of an dark guild that was frowned upon, he has a few friends that live here, cause he knows if it had been his room he would hope that the people that wrecked it would be a good enough person to repair or at lest offer some kind of compensation to help with the repairs of it so they weren't just left with a mess and nothing to show or know what in the world had happened to it to make it be in that state. He uses his magic to get the blood off of the floor so that it will not stain the very pretty titles that cover the floor and so he didn't have to move the body of the man to clear around or under him. He then goes around the room and he respectfully cleans up anything else in the room that had been knocked around from the five meter shock wave that the explosion from his punch hitting him had done to it from the looks of the décor it was a woman's room. He wondered if this Rune Knight had been here to see his girl friend or maybe his partner, so now he has to wonder if this Rune Knight was corrupt or not.

Though the man also could have been here to bust her and he was just hiding in her room so that he could get the jump on her as she returned to her room for the day and this fight might have been a huge misunderstanding and Kaito had found himself in the middle of something that wasn't any of his own business and this could have been solved non-violently. Kaito finishes up the cleaning of the rest of the room and he then leaves a note saying that if he had missed any spots that he was greatly sorry for it and that if the man was her boyfriend that he was sorry that he had to have beaten up someone that she had cared about. He didn't sign his name as that would give them a lead to who he was and he was not looking to have to fight someone that would be coming for revenge on him for doing this to them and their room a super personal space. He grabs up Revy gently thanking her, for her hard work today and places her gently in his hood then takes one more look at the man on the floor then bows his head to the man in respect then he goes to the door opening it and walking out of the room shutting the door. Once in the hall way after the door had been closed firmly, he opens a portal and then he is gone from Eternal Nightmare's guild hall and into his own personal domain where he will be safe to do the summoning ritual in peace with just himself and Revy there.
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