Round 3: Hosa Corvina vs. Grant Trojemo

The Semi-Finals; Hosa had did it. She had made it this far. Now, it wasn't the finals by any means; but Hosa didn't care. She was just proud enough to make this far, mostly after her last battle that had ended with them both being to tired to go on. She gently stretched out her arms as she glanced around the beach they were on. Her shoes sank slightly into the sand as she gently leaned down, picking it up and letting it run though her fingers. This...Could be a problem.

She knew exactly who she was fighting; Grant Trojemo, an acid generator. She had learned what she could about the people she was going to fight so she could plan ahead for the battle, to figure out what exactly what she was going to do. And it was a good thing to; she could of been foolish against a person like Grant. She already had a idea of what to do for this fight, but the sand wasn't going to help. The loose sand could make it hard to move on it, but she would have to do her best, she wasn't planning to go down easy.

She stood up, dusting the rest of the sand that had suck to her hand away on her pants. This was it; if she could just beat Grant, she could make it to the final round. Her blue eyes glimmered as she stared across the beach at Grant, wondering who would be able to make the first move. However, she decided that maybe for one of her matches, she would be a good sport. "Hey!" she shouted out, a small grin on her face. "May the best person win!"

What a perfect arena. All of the arenas so far seemed to have been ones he could abuse, and this was no exception. A nice supply of water next to them, and all the sand he needed. He couldn't use that like the mud he used against Brailynn, but he would find a way. Most likely, he would have to stay close to the water, and pick up the wet clumps of sand, that would work. A smile appeared on his face as he saw her sink. This stage would be some trouble for him, but more for her. "Yeah, good luck!" he called back. He gave one more attempt at cracking his knuckles, failing like before. Well, strength doesn't matter, just speed and how well I can use my power! He wasn't planning on losing, not after he beat that Kayla girl.

I deleted my first post and got depressed so... Here's this.

Hosa smiled softly to herself as Grant called back to her, but she quickly wiped it off her face the moment the fight began. Always quick to make the first move, she kicked off, racing forward as she tried to close the ground between her and Grant. She had a clear plan of how to beat Grant, but it wasn’t a perfect one in any way. It was just a simple plan. She started to picture the planned animal to turn into; one that would prove useful against Grant’s acid.

A second later, her footsteps were replaced with stomps as she charged down on Grant; now in the form of a rhino. The loose sand wasn’t much of a burden on her as she had thought; her large hooves giving her nice support on it. Of course; the loose sand was something that would aid Grant; as it gave him something simple to turn into acid to throw at her. Of course, it was her goal not to give him any time to do that. She grinned softly as she grew closer to closer to him; lowering her head, aiming her horn straight for him. She wanted to try to end this quick.

"Ooh, what's that?" Well, whatever it was, she must have had a reason for turning into it... Or maybe she was relying on strength. Well, if that was the case then he should probably move. One hit from that thing would really hurt him... Or kill him. He quickly moved out of her way, and started to dash towards the water. It didn't look like it could swim, and there the sand would be perfect to throw. As he reached the part where the sand met the water, he turned around to look at that weird stone looking creature. "Damn that's ugly." he whispered to himself. He could melt through stone, right? Eh, he would find out soon, very soon.

Well, damn it. Her eyes narrowed as Grant dodged of the way, sliding to a stop with a huff. She shook her head before she turned to look at him, stomping one of her feet once. Damn it; he was at the mud. But...He was also at the water. Maybe she could use that. But first she would have to reach him without getting hit by the mud. If she did get to the water, however, she could try to hide in there and lure him into it before attacking or just try to get him by surprise. She let her body transform from her rhino form, turning into a small little fly in just a matter of a second.

Now almost invisible to Grant from this distant, her wings started to buzz as she gently lifted herself up into the air, taking time to glance around before she slowly and carefully started to make her way over to the Summer. She had to be careful, doing her best not to be spotted. Her wings buzzed softly as she did her best to skirt around him; aiming for the water. Once she had gotten to the water, floating above the shallow parts of it, she sighed softly. She let her body shift one more, before she clumsy landing in the water.

Now a proud tiger, she narrowed her eyes as she quickly dashed forward; heading straight for Grant. The water that clung to her paws didn't bother her any; tigers happened to like water. Her tail lashed as she pushed off of the ground with her paws, taking to the air before she let her claws slide out; ready to let them sink into Grant, hissing under her breath. No way did she want to try to wait long enough to get acid in her fur.

A large grin appeared on his face as he realized his plan had worked. Now he could definitely control her, he had all the items he needed. He bent over to pick up two handfuls of the mud feeling sand, and when he looked back up, she was gone. Something so big, had disappeared. He started to look frantically around for any sign of her, of course, he had no luck. Well, he could at least set something else up. He dropped the sand, and pulled his shoes off, along with his socks. I can finally try this! Oh I've been waiting for this! By the time he had taken them off, there was something running after him. Fear filled his mind as he saw the giant cat jump at him/ he knew he could take a bite to the shoulder, seeing as he already had, but if it caught him it could get his neck, or even his head! he quickly rolled over, desperately trying to get out of her way.

Hosa had expected Grant to try to dodge; who wouldn't if you saw a tiger going for their neck? However, she hadn't really been expecting the rolling. Her claws manged to hook in his shoulders, and she quickly did her best to bite down as hard as she could into the grabbed shoulders. Her eyes glinted for a few seconds as she looked at Grant, but after she had bit down on him she quickly let go, taking a few steps backwards. She had to be careful; those wounds would slow him down now, but she couldn't stay close for a long time unless she was something with thick skin that could take the acid. Of course, he could still throw acid at her using the mud, but maybe she would have enough time to switch. But for now, she was trying to stay as something that was fast so she could move in before moving back. As long as she didn't take any acid to the face, she figured she would be good...Well, kinda. Acid would still hurt, but she wouldn't be out!

His eyes grew wide as he felt the claws in his shoulder, stopping him from doing more rolls. This was almost as bad as the attack from the other monster looking thing. When her teeth made sank into his shoulder, he started to scream. She hadn't taken his bone out, but it felt worst than that stupid dog's bite. As she retreated, he got up. This was going to be hard. He picked up one scoop of the sand, and waited. He wasn't sure if he should make the first move or not. One wrong move, and he was out. The arm that led to the bleeding shoulder was left dangling at his side. It was extremely painful for him to even move it, if anything, he would only use it if he really needed both.

So, a standoff, hm? Hosa huffed from her spot, grimacing at the taste of blood that filled her mouth. What to do, what to do? She wasn't dull, she knew exactly that the sand in his hand would become a weapon to her as soon as he threw it. So, she supposed that she would have to ditch the tiger form for something else...May rhino again? Of course, she was very happy she was getting much better at controlling her powers; transforming from one animal to the next as much as she had been forced to in these battles didn't wear her out all that much anymore. She took a soft step forward, before she pushed self off, running toward Grant as she focused on the form of a rhino.

It was a few steps later that she was suddenly in the large, think skinned form of before, charging straight for Grant...Kinda of. Her aim was slightly off; instead she was aiming slightly for his unhurt side, but it would be hard to tell she was doing it. She was just figuring that if he tried to roll out of the way; he would have to go in the direction of his unhurt shoulder unless he wanted a lot of pain. Of course, there was always simply trying to run out of the way; which she supposed was an option but there wasn't a whole lot of ground between them.

So, she wasn't going to make a move? Well, this would be a pretty good time to plan out an attack. All he had to worry about when planning was that stone looking thing. It looks really slow, but it's fast, and that horn thing could kill me. The only thing he could do was run that creature into the water, and hope it couldn't swim. He couldn't do that, she could just turn into an eel or something and kill him. Well, I cou- he stopped as he saw her running towards him. He lowered his hand and let the sand fall. He was planning on seeing that stone beast, but this just made it easier. A couple seconds later, that beast came back. Damn, she's so close now! He did notice one thing about her though. She seemed different. Maybe she was leaning? He could tell something was wrong. Had he hit her without knowing? Under his feet, the sand started to turn into acid. His plan wasn't perfect, but he was sure it would work. He jumped to his left, making sure he kicked up sand. He held back a pained scream as his wounded arm landed in the sand. Well, he was open to an attack now. He tried to pick himself up, finding it a bit hard to do with only one arm.

The moment she saw Grant jump to the side and just hit the sand, she knew something was up. Her gaze swiftly turned back to where he had been standing; only for the sand he kicked up to cover the sand he had turned into acid until she was almost over it. Crap. Crap, crap, crap! She tried to slide to a stop, but she just had to much speed. Her feet hit the acid, and pain flared though her body. Clever boy, she manged to painfully think as she finally got over the sand, her hooves feeling like they were on fire. She couldn't risk transforming now; the burns would stay with her and she knew her other forms wouldn't be able to take the burns unless she went with something with think skin. Maybe if she changed into...No.

Her think skin would protect her for now, but the acid still hurt like hell and it was eating away fast. She had to try to end this now before she would have trouble moving. She turned around, watching him try to get up. Maybe she would have enough time to end this...She painfully started to walk over to him, winching with each step but the pain was something she could handle... Being carefully to stay away from the sand he had turned into acid, she reached him. Letting out a small snort, she shook her head and reared onto her back hooves; getting ready to bring her front ones down on him; hard.

He paused as he heard his acid eating the creature away. Eh? I didn't think that would happen. He turned around to see the giant animal raising itself. Damn! How am I going to get out of this? He quickly tried to push himself out of the way. Was this finally where he lost? After he beat that electric girl? She seemed liked she was harder than this creature. He turned back around and started to throw sand at her, mostly aiming at her face. This obviously wouldn't stop her, but he hoped it would. Damn, someone who could turn into an animal could beat him, but someone with the power of electricity couldn't? Maybe it was just luck that carried him to this point, not skill or anything else.