Killing Time (Themeless)

The owl gave off a series of hoots as it approached the fyre oni, before it opened its beak and produced several ice shards that sped through the air in his direction. "Tch.." Shou wasn't too fond of ice users, reminded of a previous incident with one. He kicked outwards from the disc of flame that he stood upon and sent himself higher into the air as two dual platforms appeared just beneath his feet to carry him upwards and away from the path of the ice needles. The owl hooted again, tilting its head back to follow the demon's movements as the blades remained out in front of him, continuing their cyclings in spins. Shou grinned, throwing an arm down towards the thing as one of his blades halted in its movements and shot downwards to it. The owl turned aside on a wing to avoid the path of it, but then the oni had caught its path and threw the next. The fire's tip burned into the spirit's back, drawing a cry of pain from the thing as its flight path was suddenly interupted.

When he viewed that his attack had connected, the platform of flame died away beneath his feet and he allowed himself to be taken in by the fall, changing it to a nose-first dive through the air. The spirit wasn't too far below him, so by the time it had regained its senses and glanced up to see the lion oni, a swipe of a fist was all ready upon it, slamming into the back of its head from the gravity-assisted assault that came from above. Shou's body fell pass the recoiling owl, catching himself in time to blast off from another flight disc to ram his knee upwards into the belly of the bird. Its panicked hoots rang out quickly as it flapped mercilessly away to avoid the continued assault of melee attacks.

"Infernal flames!" Shou yelled, the owl not having managed too well of a distance with its current injuries, one that included making it harder to breathe. The hoots that resounded from the creature were strained and weak, the oni grinning at just how much damage his knee up into the creature's stomach had done. It'd struck just right. "Bring into fire!" The oni's body then went up into flames that surrounded him, becoming a roaring figure of badass. He charged forward then with abandon to precautions, not so much allowing another sound from the bird when he drove his flaming fist to slam across its round head, knuckles impacting a hit that broke across the thing's beak as well to silence it furthermore of its birdly chants. The bird fell across and down from the sky, smacking down into the clearing where Lance still battled. The oni's figure continued to roar in flame as he glanced over his shoulder at the sound of fluttering, a flock of six spirits headed towards him, varying in shapes and sizes. An elephant that had seemed to have no business being in the air led the charge with its giant form and exaggerated tusks. An uncanny grin still spread across the oni's face, seeing those before him as simple lesser spirits. Opening his mouth, the fire around him began to be sapped from his form and floated into him between his teeth. Consuming the fire, Shou chuckled, "Infernal flames.." A red mist seemed to breathe out of the words spoken. "Go forth and consume!" The oni spat a molten red colored fire then, a streak of flame that rushed towards the middle of the group. As it came upon them, from that streak fire blasted outwards, swirling to contain the five of them. Shou couldn't have hoped for a better finish, as the fire crashed down into them, forcing their smokey bodies to fail on their flight while they fell limply to the earth. Shou huffed out a sigh, along with the last of the red mist that remained, dropping back down into a seated position on his flame disc as he had come to terribly exhaust himself.