At The Docks

[Sumaru]

Sumaru laughs then takes Kura's hand and rubs the back of his head as he speeks "so Kura your weapon is called Depore?... hmmm forst impressions from your leaping uppon the boat and general movement that you are very adept at combat" he says as his yellow eyes begin to scan over Kura from the feet up.

Sumaru then withdraws his hand after scanning Kura over and as he is standing he crosses his right leg over the left and presses his finger to his chin keeping his gaze fixed uppon Kura he continues "ya know what i would like to get to know Depore, in friendly terms naturally, however i am curious to know what your impression of myself is... just out of curosity".

Although sumaru had given little of himself away so far the boat once again felt alive from Sumaru's excitement, although his physical appearance simply displayed a lonely sword hanging by his waist. Even though to most the seeds he was eating would simply be seen as food but then again uppon the sea looks could be decieving. So Sumaru was curious as to what he had given away at first impressions.

[Kura Ryoushi]

Kura smiled widely at Sumaru's words of getting to know Depore. Unlike most people he had enjoyed fighting, it was a rather taxing and yet enjoyable pass time. In the heat of his own passion Kura's hand lifted to the black, metal handle of his blade and started to bring it from his back. It wasn't until Sumaru continued with his question had Kura halted himself from drawing his sword. His hand was now wrapped loosely on Depore's handle as he expressed a face of confusion. " Well... I guess you look weak to me. " he said bluntly and with a small smile. Though genuine, Kura's open heart often got him in trouble.

Again though Kura felt weird-ed out by the suddenly liveliness of the ship he was standing on. He lifted his left foot off the ship and looked down at its sole wondering if maybe the feeling was coming from him or something else. " Hey, Is it just me or is this ship creepy? " he asked while placing his left foot down and doing the same with his right. " I mean I keep getting a weird feeling from it. " he told him.

[Sumaru]

Sumaru laughs as he looks at the deck of the boat "umm naw it feals normal to me, nothing creapy about it at all" he says with a rather puzzeled expression uppon his face. Then again it would be normal to sumaru as the wood would be reaction to him, so naturally he doesnt notice.

He laughs again and runs his fingers through his blonde hair and speeks as he chuckles ocasionally, "week? well thats good, exacly whay i go for" he says then he crosses his arms and ponders something for a moment. "Tell ya what, before i get to know Depore would ya like a small demonstration of what i can do or would ya rather dive right in?" he enquires, suddenly he realises something and adds "oh yea for a spar of sorts we can use this boat... dosnt realy matter if it gets damaged in the process". He had realised at that point that logues town was usually busy and the least busy area would likely be on the deck of this boat.

[Kura Ryoushi]

A rather large grin had found itself on Kura's face at Sumaru's words. A fight had finally came, he didn't get to fight Sour Brooks- Kant earlier so his body was kinda aching for this. Without a second thought Kura brought the large transparent blade off his back and allowed Sumaru to look upon it as he held it out to his side, so that its large body was blocking any sudden projectiles aimed for his torso. It was eight ft long so it was plenty long and tall enough to fully protect him if need be. Kura stood at his full height of six ft, his black attire making him appear a little more than badass. Even the sun had decided to hide behind a lightly grey cloud as the situation had grown more serious.

As usual Kura's expression dropped down and his eyes became deadly as he felt the tension of a battle creep up on him. His blood ready eyes released a powerful feeling, one that described his predator-like instincts in a single glance. " Are you ready ? " he asked, finally responding. Even his tone had adapted a less cheerful ring and a more calmer edge to it. " Should I make the first move, or you ? " A small smirk lifted the right side of his lips as a cocky feeling took over him.

[Sumaru]

Sumaru laughs as he crosses his arms infront of each other with his hands hanging free. Since they were uppon his boat he would normall simply drop an opponent to the depths of the ocean however that was no spar. What if his newfound sparing partner was a devilfruit user afterall? Sumaru's face forms into a more serious look and his eyes lock with Kura's. "Ready" he simply says as it became obvious the boat was infact as creapy as it felt.

The very boards uppon the deck swiftly twist around his legs and raise him thirty feet into the air, branching off in places it is quite obvious that this was a tree as the leaves forming foilage appears. The trees trunk sections are thin and easily cut, which if damaged could easily be regrown. Although the leaves were of little use uppon first appearance they could be used by Sumaru at a later point if need be.

Seeds sit at each of his finger tips ready to launch them if Kura happened to make his way to attack Sumaru. The seeds were quite humble for combat... being small pea sized balls of Strawberry seeds. If forced to launch these off they would disperse and Sumaru could use them to form a web of the plants to discourage the attack.
This was more than a form of testing to see how Kura would react and for Sumaru to gague what plantlife he should wield next. He was hoping that he would be forced to the defence and finally be pushed, as he was getting bored of the island and this guy had some how sparked his excitement

Sumaru thought he might of of over did it right from the word go, but something about by the way this guy moved made him think that this spar was going to be intense regadless; not only that but he was now curious as to what this guy could do.
At this point it was obvious why Sumaru had stated that it didnt matter if the boat was damaged also why he didnt notice the creapy fealing that it was giving off... mostly as e was the one that was causing it to feal this way.

[Kura Ryoushi]

The battle had begun, it was go time and Kura's body had caught on to it quickly. The moment that the plants had begin to creep up from the floor boards, Kura leaped up in the air; his sleek boots leaving behind the plants as they tried to grasp on to him and raised up into the air. Kura, unlike most devil fruit users had no fear for the ocean but he was very wary of its dangers to him. He looked over the floor of Sumaru's ship, now that he had gotten a demonstration of it powers he could finally come up with an idea of the feeling he was getting from it. " Hmp, Its made of plants. The damn thing is alive ! " A moment later he looked towards Sumaru, his thoughts leading him to a new theory now. " I bet he's controlling them." He concluded.

Kura's back curved backwards and the momentum carried him into a backflip behind the tall trunks of the newly formed tree. A crisp gleam of light pass by his red eyes as Depore sliced the tree in twine. For a second the tree appeared whole, that was until a swift straight-leg kick from Kura had sent a two-foot tall and two and a half-foot wide trunk towards Sumaru at a dangerous speed. If the trunk had hit him, it would indeed send him a good three feet back and could produce a deep bruise on any body part that it came in contact with.

But still, Kura wasn't done. After kicking the trunk towards Sumaru, Kura wasted no time in following behind it in its shadows. In the midst of the trunk Kura was ready to strike. His left arm was left to flow behind him as his right hand held his giant blade in front of him. Ready to make a potential blow that could end the battle or intercept any oncoming attacks that would ensue.

[Sumaru]

Sumaru definatly was not expecting his own tree to be hurled at him but it was little odds to him as he could manipulate it as he pleased, as the trees are cut at the base they form back into each other keeping Sumaru suspended. But instead he launches off his seeds dispursing in the air, before the log they errupt into growth creating a thick web of strawberry plants.

As Sumaru creates the web just behind the log the trees suporting his legs twist to move him from the trejectory. however it still slaps into his left arm. With the sharp pain in a moment of anger he swings his armnow rather sore arm back towards the now visible Kura and in the bling of an eye now hardened and slightly sharpened leaves from his tree release themselves from the branches and make their way for Kura spinning as they travel.

He was hoping Kura would swipe for the web of strawberries with Depore. This was due to the very nature of strawberry plants, the fruit are covered in seeds so if they managed to rest uppon the bladeand Sumaru could grow the plants to cover the blade.

Sumaru however sneekily has a rose grow in his hand and form in a consealed manner by travling up his arm and at his back. If he happened to be forced into close combat he could use this thorny plant as a form of whip, he didnt harden and sharpen this as he found them to have more flexibility simply being natural. Although he would simply use this is abosutly necessary.

Sumaru was however displaying a smile despite his sore arm as he was now having fun and impressed that he could be struck with a section of his own plants. but now he was hoping for the strawberries seeds to cover even the slightest part of his blade

[Kura Ryoushi]

Kura wasn't surprised when his plan had worked, after all, he may have been dense in most real situations but when it came to combat he was always smarter than the average seaman. With a smile, Kura followed closely behind the shadow of the log and when he seen the seeds coming towards him, he couldn't help but swing Depore, to swat the web-like mess to the right of him. Just knowing that the guy had control over vegetation had made him wary of every plant-life near him. He even disliked running on the plant-like surface of the man's ship.

Kura didn't waste a moment as leaped into the air after Sumaru, unaware of the invisible plants stuck to his transparent blade. As he closed in on him, the green glint of spinning leaves became visible and with a circular rotation of his wrist he spun Depore in front of him and deflected the leafy blades. " C'on that can't be all can it ? " taunted Kura as he landed back on the ship's floor. He didn't wait for Sumaru to land before leaping back into the action and after the pirate.

Even now, Kura hadn't been smiling, but his heart was surely on fire. The passion inside him had turned his eyes vibrant in color and his hair had swung with his fierce motions.

Kura let out a short, deep cry as he raised Depore in the air. His intentions was to bring down the eight foot long blade onto Sumaru. He was sure that the blonde pirate was about five or six feet away from him, that much had ensured that at least the upper blunt edge would crash down on his right shoulder. The possible outcome of this would be that Sumaru would be sent plummeting into the floor of his ship and that the guy would have a deep bruise on his shoulder as well and this bruise would hurt a lot more than the one on his side.

[Sumaru]

(OOC: Sumaru most definatly isnt a pirate lol)

As the blade comes down Sumaru remains as he is not so much as blinking. Some may believe he is paralyzed by fear but no moments before the blade strikes the surface errupts into life. Tje strawberry seeds that covered the surfave wrap around it creating a green and red sheath. The force cusioned by this th is forces down only.a bit with the tree still suporting his pisition. He cheakily plucks a strawberry from the sheath and eats it "try one there good he says before his previously left arm raises and he hides the new pain of the right.

From this a dozen sections of the tree begin to hurtle towards Kura, pointed and sharp he aims to impale his legs. Meanwhile a lonely vine from the strawberry plant sheath begins to creap its way towards Kura's hand. Tje strawberry plant was aiming to bind itself to Kura's wrist and then hastily cover his body. This Sumaru could use at a later point so the tree aiming to impale his legs and be used as more of a diversion for the strawberry vine.

[Kura Ryoushi]

Once again his plan of attack had worked. This time though a small, soft smirk had lifted his lips to the side. " You're plants are no mat- " A image of green and red had caught his side vision and made him look towards the blade laid on Sumaru's right shoulder. " What happened..? " he wondered, his mind raced through the previous actions. Only one could come to mind though, only one action that could place his sword in such jeopardy and that was the plant-like web. " Damn ! You got me with the Web ! " he complimented, raising a brow and clenching his teeth.

Sumaru had offered him no words, only the retaliation of knife-like branches. In the process of him launching himself off of the trunk, three of them had managed to cut his left ankle and right calve. They weren't deep, so it wouldn't hinder him bad enough to actually help Sumaru win the battle.

Kura landed a little from the edge of the ship, his boots stumbling back from the landing and stopping just at the end of the grass like ship. His eyes were still a crimson blood when he looked up at Sumaru in confusion and walked four steps forwards. " You're not as weak as I thought. " he jested, smiling a little at the end of his sentence. When he felt the vine of the strawberry plant touching him Kura looked down at it. The green and red colors had immediately brought a scowl on his face. The way he had seen it, Depore had become a little less than valuable at the time. He let out a hesitant sigh, not really wanting to separate from the blade but knowing it was for the best of the spar.

With a single swipe of his left arm Kura had sent Depore barreling into the side of the walkway off the ship. Its blade, even with the brush on it had pierced the concrete and stuck indefinitely into the earth. Another sigh escaped him as he rubbed the back of his head in thought and wondered what Sumaru would do in its free time. Either way he was ready for whatever the "freelancer " had to offer.

After twenty seconds of fighting with his decision, Kura straighten up his slouch and looked up at Sumaru with a closed left eye and his hand still on the back of his head. " You deserve this much..." he told him, letting his right hand dangle to his side.

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The sound of liquid sizzling on the pan of a hot burner had suddenly begin to come from Kura's position. A shockwave of wind shot across the ship and even towards Sumaru's heighten place on the trunk. It would ruffle his clothing and hair but wouldn't give him any sorta push or have any weight behind it. A light red steam had begun to drift from around his body, they were actually coming from his pores but none-the-less the smoke was waving softly in the air.

Kura laughed to himself " Hakakaka, " and knew that Sumaru was capable of hearing it. His crimson eyes suddenly begin to emit a darker and more vibrant color of red from his eyes. " This is my Devil Fruit ability... The Tata Tata no Mi ! " He shouted victoriously. After that Kura crouched low to the ground, placing both of his palms on the plant like surface of Sumaru's ship. He felt that Sumaru would be pretty shocked about his transformation, then again many were when faced against him. Because honestly, he had never lost a match to anyone who had seen this form. The light steam had ceased and all the toxic energy was now pouring from the vibrant steam coming from his eyes.

Kura shook his head, letting the sweat off his hair drift off onto the surface below him. " You Ready ? " he asked again, his legs tensed and prepared to launch him off towards him. He had activated the boosts to enhance his strength and speed, the more common ones that he used to overwhelm his opponents. He was already fast and strong, but in this form he would seem blurred to those of the same rank and strong enough to toss his opponent four meters away with a simple mush. The real match had started now.

[Sumaru]

Sumaru simply remained suspended while Kura displays his fruits ability, he lowers himself back to the deck as Kura spoke. Uppon the charge Sumaru gives a simple flick of a finger proving him with a sequence of bamboo stakes in a spiral formation caging him in. Bamboo being naturally strong, flexable and durable provides a rather effective defence when used in this manner. If Kura continued his charge he would no doubt become impaled uppon this minature fortress.

Sumaru could still be seen through the bamboo and he says "fancy fruit ya have there... although i was ecpecting to get to know Deplore not the tata tata no ni... time to cool ya off". He stares though the bamboo and smiles as he decides to display a little more of his own fruits capabilities. Closing his hand he opens it showing an asortment of seeds in the formation of a ball; he proceeds to toss it into the air through a gap in the bamboo.

He was now bored of using the wood of the ship so now it was time to spice things up. The ball dispurses all over the deck scattering thousands of seeds accross it. Sumaru uppon a surface with plantlife didnt need to see his opponent to know where they were, oh no the wood would be able to let him know.

Just to create a spot of confusion at this point he decided tohave the boards of the deck follow Kura's path by rising behind him creating a wave in the wood behind him. watches on to see the reaction of his sparing partner at this moment, he was also gaguing his own energy to ensure he had enough left to repair the boat to its former glory afterwards. although he still had a good bit left in him.

Currently Sumaru was waiting and biding his time to have the previously tossed seeds as he would cause them to form and attempt to capture Kura. These seeds were a mix of Nettles and Rose just to mix things up from the strawberries previously used. Roses were obvious however the nettles packed more than they let on, giving a nasty sting that almost feels like burning many nettles would reduce the ability to move for a while and the sting would linger for a while.

[Kura Ryoushi]

Another light chuckle came from Kura as he could feel his muscles relaxing again. " Hakaka.. " He lifted his eyes up from the wood and looked up at the descending freelancer. " I can tell... You won't be able to keep up. " A burst of intense speed shattered the wind around him, deafening the area with a vacuum of released air. The charge was straight forwards.

Kura approached with blurring speed, speed that to Sumaru would seem like colors of mostly black and a little gold, along with the glow orbs of red that now streamed from his eyes. The energy coursing through his body had made his senses acute and sensitive and in all honesty it was really up to him to make sure he utilized these abilities right. With a flick of his finger Sumaru had summoned a spiraling array of bamboo spikes, a very smart move in other cases but not in this one. The man hadn't known the full extent of his abilities and would see them now. Without a expressional movement or gesture at all, Kura spoke. " ARC reflex " His voice was low enough just to be heard by him. And like that the boy had given up his strength for better, more suitable reflexes.

Kura halted his charge, leaving a gust of wind to rush past him and go against the bamboo - though it wouldn't do any damage. The black suited man took a quick leap into the air and over the bamboo coming towards him, he flipped over Sumaru and landed about ten ft behind him. Afterwards, Kura would used the speed that he obtained from the Tata Tata no Mi to burst towars Sumaru at speeds that would simply be too quick for him to even react to . By the time he would turn around Kura would be up under him, ready to strike. If this punch that he was throwing towards the man's chest would land it would feel as if the wind was knocked out of him and he would be thrown two meters back. Sumaru's current rank would only leave Kura to seem too fast, but his strike - un-enhanced by the Tata Tata no Mi- would seem like it was carried with the speed alone.

[Sumaru]

Sumaru gets knocked back and slides to a stop uppon the deck and grumbles a stream of profanity as the air re enters his lungs "oh how i am so glad these docks are currently empty..." he calls before both his hands rise infront of him, "Planted storm" he mutters. A massive assortment of plantlife from the deck as well as the sea swiftly rise hardened and sharpened.

He now decided to display that he even commanded the plant life contained within the sea, so with the mix of seaweed, nettles and roses hurtle at blinding speed from numerous directions and spaning the length of the ship and a few extra feet.

This nasty mix would sting, slice and provide a salty punch as they all hurtle in the general direction of Kura. With every conection uppon the dock itself it shattered as though being struck by a cannon ball, completly destroying it.

"Ya have some impresive speed and pack quite a punch... but what use is that when ya cant reach me" he calls to taunt Kura somewhat. The massive storm of plants was to provide a distraction while Sumaru essentially melted into the boat he was aiming to provide the illusion that he had now fused with the ship itself. But naw he simply sliped through to the lower deck to as he couldnt conseal himself in plantlife and attack at the same time. for that at least half his body would need to be exposed.

Sumaru was now waiting under the deck to feel Kura uppon it then he would create a surface completly covered in nettles and roses a floating undergrowth if you prefere that would be at least 6 foot high. He decided a confusion tactic would be preferable to combat the speed and strength of the Tata Tata no mi as he was unable to keep up with the blur of it all... he was planning on inflicting at least an equal amount of pain that his arms and torso had so far recieved

[Kura Ryoushi]

Kura shrugged his shoulders non-chalantly as Sumaru had gotten up from his punch, his gaze was still calm and composed, even if his burning passion on the inside had been raging. " You sure do know how to take a beating. " he commented, knowing that most of his opponents could only take three or four hits from him and the majority of them could only take "one" to be realistic.

Then something tugged at his mind. It begged him to take notice of the sounds below and around him. The slithering plants stretching up at a neck-break pace had finally caught his attention. His eyes looked down as a sharp vine rose at his feet and as if by luck... no, by instinct Kura's head and upper torso leaned to the left and vine shot pass him. Kura shot his gaze towards Sumaru before launching into the air and attempting to get out the way of the other plants. " There it goes again. That feeling... " he noted in his mind.

The jump had launched Kura some five meters into the air and following close behind was the storm of plants below him. He knew this because he had an awesome front view of the plant-like ship and Sumaru's disfigured form. " Fusing with his plants. That a little drastic. " he commented to himself.

For some reason, even though this was spar, Kura had really wanted to finish this battle to the end. To show Sumaru that his strength over his own body was greater than the strength he had over his plants. He brought his hand to his mouth. " Hey ! Sumaru let's end this shall we ! ARC defense !!!! " he barked as his muscles bulked up for a split second then returned back to normal. With that said Kura would have to endure the plant's harsh conditions. The pain of it all wasn't quite as bad and would be reduced dramatically to simple cuts or irritating rashes but beside that he would drive through them. He landed ont eh ground and with the speed of the Tata Tata no Mi he speed pass the vines and brushes, barreling himself towards the yellow eyed freelancer.

All along he had kept ARC speed activated, meaning his speed was exceptional and his defense was great. As he pushed through the vines at speeds that were barely seen by Sumaru he found himself enduring the pain. His slashes had been cut in his thighs, right side, and arms but it was durable. He aimed to bring himself out in front of Sumaru, he had always been pretty straight forwards. If he had made it to Sumaru then he would initiate his attack.

" ARC strength. " he barked hastily taking away his enhanced speed so he could take a few blows and give a few massive blows in return. He leap towards him with his knee in front of him, ready to plow into Sumaru's face. That blow would knock him off balance, possibly tipping him off guard and allowing for his next action. If the blow had encouraged flinching then Kura would continue by flipping harmlessly over his head then bringing the muscle of his left arm in front the neck, of course he was standing behind him so the motion wouldn't be too hard to catch him off guard.

A light smile lifted his lips as he shrouded the pain and irritation from bursting through the plant barricade from earlier, even his voice had been a little shaky. " We can this end this here if you want. If not then I'll finish it, this much I'll promise you. Nothing you do will stop me from taking you down. " he threatened. His arm tensed up a bit, bring his threat to life and telling the man that even the slightest move would bring pain.

[Sumaru]

(OOC: did ya notice is bellow deck? ... anyways)

Sumaru bellow the deck and his voice echo's all over the boat seamingly coming from everywere "aaaw but i havent showen ya what i can do" he chose his words carefuly to taunt Kura a little, and to be somewhat frustrating. He can be heard sighing as his voice continues to channel all around the boat. "Planted prison" he mutters not sending his voice all over the boat at this point, Uppon his command the entire outer area of the boat springs to life.

A mass of nettles and roses twist around each other forming a cadge spaning the entire top area of the boat. Even the formation of the roses and nettles made it look like a cadge. Sharpning and hardning them so they wouldnt be able to be broken easily sumaru smiles while bellow the the deck.

He however feels something odd from the strawberries earlier, it appeared his sparing partners weapon was about to slip and fall into the sea. As it was Sumaru's fault that the dock had been destroyed he shouts "SHIT" and he leaps from what would seam like the woodwork of the boat.

Getting his footing uppon the destroyed mess of a dock he forces himself forward as he grabs the handel of Depore. Rotating his upper body quickly he tosses it towards the boat and it whizzes through a gap in the cadge sticking into the deck.

as his feet begins to slide he pushes off and lands with his feet inbetween the bars of the 'cadge'. His face couldnt fit through so he allows himself to phase through the plants and sits uppon the deck. "Phew that was close... i would of felt bad if your weapon fell into the sea... anyway that was fun, unfortinatly though it takes quite a bit of energy to preform repairs, much more efficient for me to combat on land though" he says as he smiles and rubs the back of his head.

He tilts his head to the side and notices that he had been able to deal a decent amount of damage as well as sustain a decent amount himself. He laughs and cracks both his shoulders that were no doubt bruised now and asks "say would ya like something to eat?"... fruit and vegge are simple if ya want some?". It was quite rediclous how fast his mind could go from inflicting as much damage as possible to dinner.