Cobi's late, where is he? - Maybe he stopped to watch Shino and RG?

[Sperrit]

*Sperrit waits in the pretty empty arena. Goes to check his watch, but then realizes that he doesn't have one. Looks at Gira, who is grooming herself*
Where do you think he is, Gira? I know it's been a long time since I saw him last, before... all that stuff. Do you think he got the message?
*Gira chirped affirmative*
It'll be good to see him again.

[Cobalt Katze]

Cobbi suddenly comes flying over the walls of the arena and into the bleachers head first, tumbling down the stairway, over the wall, and onto the battlegrounds.

He erfs and rubs his head, noticing most arena battles seem to start the same way...

A loud thundering voice is heard from outside the arena:

"Tha's right! Mista' T threw yo skinny ass helluva far!! You don't be touchin' mah custom van!"

"VanHELSING, if you please, serr 'T.'"

"Na' you, sucka! MY van!"

The voices fade away as a vehicle is heard driving off.

Cobbi brushes himself off and stands up, making sure his pistols are in working order.

"Sorry 'bout that, Sperrit. I think I got mixed up in some random Mr. T VS. Bram Stoker's Dracula fanfic... ugh..."

He then blinks and puts on his In Character hat.

"Right, so, um... I'LL KNOCK YOU ALL DOWN!"

(No, wait.. that's not the line..)

"You killed my father, prepare to-"

(No, that's not it either.. aw, screw originality.)

Cobalt C. Katze draws both of his pistols and points them at Sperrit as the camera swings around dramatically, angling up at him as a glint from the setting sun catches the end of the guns and reflects off his sunglasses.

"..Dance for me."

[Sakura]

-Sakura hides cheering- "GO SPER--no--COB--wait! GOSH! GO BOTH OF YOU! I can't decide!" -cheers-

[Sperrit]

*Sperrit stares into the barrels of the two guns*
"Well, at least I know he's happy to see me"
*Sperrit then raises both of his hands and a giant wall of rock comes up between him and Cobbi*
"That should stop the bullets, anyway."
*Sperrit pitches his voice so that Cobbi can hear him through the wall*
"Hey! I've got an idea! You're a feral cat in nature, I'm a man of the forest, let's make this fight a little more interesting!"
*And with that Sperrit closes his eyes and suddenly all over the groud there appear little sprouts. In seconds these sprouts are medium sized trees. Seconds later they are full grown trees, towering into the sky with a multitude of underbrush crowding for space. Sperrit lowers the wall of rock seperating the two*
"Now, let the games begin!"
*And with that Sperrit hops into the branches of a nearby tree, waiting to see what Cobbi does*

[Cobalt Katze]

Cobalt blinks and lets off one shot before the wall goes up, halting his attack.

"Heey.. that's not how it's supposed te' go.. alright, tha's it.."

He holsters the guns and leaps against the stone wall, clinging to it with his claws. He notices the wall begin to retract and springs off onto a branch of the now dense pseudo-forest. He becomes a blur of orange as he leaps and climbs his way around the branches, right at home in the complex maze of wood. Cobalt spots Sperrit's perch out of the corner of his eye and free-falls towards the back of the trunk. He digs his claws into the wood and, converting the force of his fall, swings around the trunk in a horizontal kick towards where Sperrit is.

[Sperrit]

"He's fast"
*Sperrit brings up his arms to absorb the blow of Cobi's kick, but it still sends him out of the branches. While falling Sperrit grabs a hold of a lower branch and swings himself around the branch, using the momentum to launch himself up to where Cobi was, his fist pulled back for a punch aimed directly at Cobi's head. And as Sperrit comes in for the strike he says:*
"So, how have things been going? Those crazy guys still after you?"

[Cobalt Katze]

Cobalt centers his balance on the branch as he sees the punch flying up at him. Not fast enough to block it, Sperrit's fist lands squarely below his left shoulder, knocking him back. As a knee-jerk reaction, Cobbi shoots out his arm and graps his attacker's wrist as he falls backwards off the branch, pulling him along for the "ride."

"Not too shabby... Yeah, they're still after me, but I figure as long as I'm in this tournament--"

Falling down and down, Cobalt lets go of the arm and suddenly stops falling, having wrapped around another branch with his tail. He swings over and digs his claws into the trunk, clinging.

"--I'll be nice and safe, hidden from their ever-watching eyes..."

As he speaks, Cobalt's fur goes jet black and he crawls up the trunk and into the shadows of a large cluster of branches...

[Sperrit]

*Sperrit finds himself falling again*
"Good to know that you're doing alright. So THAT why you came to this tournament! Good plan."
*Sperrit twists himself so that he lands with his feet tightly balanced on a springy branch*
"Me, I came here to look for someone, and... Hey, where'd you go?"
*Sperrit reached out his forest senses and found that Cobi had gone into camoflauge mode, both in color and in energy signature*
"We have a saying in the forest, you know. When the chameleon changes it's color you have to remember it's shape."
*And with that Sperrit began to jump from branch to branch, always going higher, converging on the faint energy that he knew must be Cobi's. If Sperrit hadn't known Cobi from an earlier time it would have been impossible to recognize it. But that wasn't the case*
"Olli olli oxen free!"

[Cobalt Katze]

Cobalt, in the shadows, puts his gloved paws together and mumbles somthing, light emerging from the cupped fingers. He then releases a small globe of electricity that looks remenicant of a small bird. The light from the 'bird' glints off of Cobbi's round classes and illuminates his fangy grin as the bright form takes flight, flying down at Sperrit. As it flies, the form morphs from smaller birds to larger ones, finally an eagle as it approaches the man bouncing from limb to limb.

[Sperrit]

*Sperrit sees the "bird" flying at him. His mouth opens in a big grin as he quicky dodges the "bird" but not before grabbing one of the wings. The "bird" suddenly glows a bright emerald under his grip and disapears*
"Thanks for the snack. Being a forest elemental may have it's disadvantages, like not being able to do a lot of energy attacks, but at least I can absorb most of the ones that get directed towards me."
*As Sperrit continues his accent he smacks his lips a little*
"Interesting taste, by the way. You know, I could give you a recipe for roast bird that's to die for."
*And with that Sperrit burst into Cobi's hiding place*