Yoko, wobbling as he got back up, turned to face his demonic counterpart. He lost his sword somewhere in the previous attack, so he charged his fists full of Ki and readied himself as the colossal demon approached him. It was not at least triple his size, it's body bulging out so far if looked like it would explode if it grew any larger.

"Zankusho-San!"

Releasing shots of Ki, they hit and bounced off of the body of the Demon Yoko, doing absolutely no damage. He shundo'd closer to Yoko still clutching his sword built up a deadly amount of Ki, enough to completely obliterate Yoko with another strike, he trudged closer to Yoko until he was right next to him. With his sword ready to strike Yoko down, he swung, but about halfway through, he stopped.

William entered the portal nonchalantly, not caring about the 'death becomes reality' idea. "Alright, so what's happening now? I haven't done anything, so I'm in top shape!" William pumps his fists in the air, ready for some action. Umi may have said this place put your lives in danger, but honestly, what has everyone been doing up till now?

They've been putting their lives in danger, maybe Umi hasn't realized this, but lecturing the lazy water spirit was not on William's 'to-do-list'.

Daisuke was releived that they finally got back to reality as he was pretty ready to wake them up with his hammer.."Good, your finally awake. Now, let's go" He made a sigh and continue on towards the next portal heading to a new stage [Someone explain the next stage?]

"Right... right..." Larita mumbles, shaking her head from the confusion. She wondered if Yoko was alright, he went alone to fight his shadow and may be paying the consequence. "I-If we d-die... we'll never escape this place... we can't die... no matter what," Larita squeaks, unsure if she wants to enter the portal or not, but for her friend, she had to do this.

(OOC; Deleted all the OOC conversation in the thread so it's more smooth. Hope ya'll don't mind)

Mortimer could see that none of the others were going to "take the plunge" first so to speak. He really didn't have much choice. Mortimer would have to be the first one through to the next level.

Taking a deep breath, Mortimer plunged through the portal. What happened next could best be descried as "surreal".

Without knowing, Mortimer had closed his eyes as he went through. At first he thought that he had gone blind but quickly realized his mistake feeling very foolish. He was glad no one had seen him have the two second "freak out".

Upon opening his eyes, Mortimer was greeted with the vision of a japanese castle.. but not just any japanese castle. For some reason this one was underwater... and so was he. Clapping his hands over his mouth to maintain his air, Mortimer felt very foolish for the second time today as he realized he could breath here. It was technically a "dream" after all.

Looking around Mortimer took in the wondrous sights. Schools of multi-colored fish flew through the water. some lazily some darting too and fro. Manta rays glided across the sandy floor as molluscs clung to hard surfaces and crustaceans danced with each other.

Observing the castle more closely, the entire building seemed to be made out of seashells, underwater boulders and coral. In fact all of its ornaments were aquatic based and made from sea-born materials.

The sandy path before him stretched fifty meters before terminating at the white-coral gates, guarded by two spear wielding mermen. Mortimer had an inkling of what this place was but didn't want to voice it just yet... and heaven almighty, he hoped that he was wrong.

Passing through the portal, Nhieling, still hided into his doll, adding a diving suit to his doll.

Hehe ! Still into the fashion of this level !

Daisuke just went throught the portal and had no idea why did everyone always have to feel restrain before they enter it.. He saw the castle and everything else that had to be seen "So what now?" He already knew that breathing in this world wouldn't be a problem as Mortimer was in a fine condition as he is.

Yoko took the opportunity to attack his distracted opponent, he aimed a Ki charged punch directly into his dark self, freed from his grip Yoko jumped back a few feet, ready to attack him with another Ki attack, but found that his opponent had stopped moving all together. His demon self was starting self-destruct, the rapid growing strength inside of him began to burst, his arm exploded into pieces as a result. From somewhere inside his head, Umi's voice came through.

"The darkness inside of you, inside of us, will inevitably swallow us whole...."

Yoko watched as his shadow tried as hard as it could to move closer to him, it walked, but as it did, it's legs started to deteriorate. It crawled forward, but its legs were gone and moved forward until it disappeared.

[Someone (Umi I think) will have to play the NPC part here, and start something, if it's the players that are doing it we can't guess where you want us to go]

Taking the portal immediately to his left, Yoko warped all the way to the bottom of the mind dungeon.

William looked amazed at all the scenery, Will just thought Umi chose water as his element for no apparent reason, but the scenery proves otherwise. Or at least, shows he has some care towards the ocean... He wasn't sure what happened to Umi before he left the school, but it must have been something extraordinary. "Woooow~ there's a lot of fish," William grins wanting to burn one to a crisp and eat one.

Daisuke was already chasing after some fishies~ "Don't ru- ...swm away!" Continue chasing after the fishies~
Like a lil' kitty chasing after a fluttering butterfly...
Hopefully Dai sees where he is running to though.. cause his running towards..THE CASTLE ?!!!!

Umi destroyed his castle, it was far to restricting, and shot after his opponents, in this realm, he had unintentionally merged with the USOW and lost control of his body. Thanks to it's power it exuded, Umi's body changed into a liquid being, giving or an iridescent blue light.

"Who Are you?"

[Just remembered we still had this unfinished thread thanks to Umi So who's next to post??]

[I'll let Umi do as he want, and just follow with the flow]

(That would work, if i didnt ask a question...)

Hearing the voice Nhielind answered : Nhieling, puppeter. I was curious about the identity of our host. All the things I see here are pur madness, and the more I see, the more I like it

"It's us. We are the friends and comrades of one Umibozu Ryousei. We have come here so as to help him from his current predicament."

Mortimer chose not to address Umi personally just yet. At this stage Umi probably wouldn't recognize them so it was best not to antagonize the spirit he had merged with.

"Oh, your his allies huh?"

The spirit-fused being gathered water around it, created a sort of nexus of water that spun around it, a small portion of it gathered on its hand, transforming it into a gnarled claw, a typical attack Umi used in spirit form.

"Water Body Spirit Claw"

He attacked the group with his large destructive claw.

"He's the perfect host, im not giving him up!"

"Right... Omne Flammans Flamma Purgatus, Domine Extinctionis et Signum Regenerationis, in Mea Manu Ens Inimicum Edat! Flagrantia Rubicans!" William shundos to the side, away from the water spirit claw, ready for a fight. As he finishes chanting, he sends a huge inferno blaze towards the water spirit, hoping it'd have effect on it. With his luck, it more than likely wouldn't, which is why he has another plan. Equipping his lightning gauntlets, the electricity surged through the air, as William was itching for a tough fight.

"Liberatio!" Larita chants, summoning her flute into a much more powerful skull-topped staff, that could also still be used as a flute. Even with the deadly appearance, it still sung beautifully throughout the air when Larita played the songs. She enjoyed performing to people, especially Umi. He was the kindest out of the lot, "S-so... I won't l-let you take his body," Larita says to the water spirit. "La la la! Flet Une Vente! Flans Saltatio Pulverea!" She chants, sending a powerful gale at the spirit.

Mortimer mirrored Wills actions, using his shundo to try and get out of the way while he called forth his familiar to attack. "Enter the eternal; Exorior phasmatis ut habito in meus animus , tribuo mihi macies umbra redimio Familius" Completeing the incantation, he hopes to send the eight shadow-ribbons to pierce through the beasts claw. If it was solid then his ribbons, converged on a single point should pierce it. But if it were liquid, then the result would be the same... but at least it wouldn't be able to cut them.

Nhieling, still hided into his puppet, use his small heigh to get between the water claws.

"Water Body Spirit Field!"

The spirits greatest skill was the ability to display a field of staunching, able to slow down and calm the spirits of any opponent or spell that came to him. With his claw, he created another one, as well as a few long extensions of water which could only be considered "tentacles" while they were caught in his field of magic

"What do you fight for?, Power, Fame, Ego?"

"Eh? Isn't it obvious? Power? I've already got it. Ego? No one can beat me. Fame? Well, I'm popular, no doubt about that." William grins nonchalantly, making it seem like he was just gloating the entire time. He knew he wouldn't be able to restrain the monster itself, especially with those tentacles flying around. "We're fighting for Umi, that dumb punk can't stop getting himself out of trouble. He's our friend you know, you'll regret messing with us." William cracks his knuckles, a few lightning discharges fly out of the gauntlets.

"Ex Somno Exsistat Exurens Salamandra Inimicum Involvat Igne! Captus Flammeus!" He spins around, sending a fiery whip aiming to wrap three tentacles together with the fiery whip.