Seikou is sitting on the edge of the fountain, one hand trailing in the waters, eyes unreadable...

Channel stalks in neigh-upon silently, abyssal eyes catching the sight of Seikou and openly showing his immense contempt. "Not even close... you'll never match us, no matter how much of us you steal..." His voice is threatening, but almost too low to be heard.

Seikou looks down at Channel, a faint smirk forming. "Ah, I see you've noticed the upgrades... Maybe you Mavericks are useful for something after all... And by the way, I'm nearly certain I -do- match you."

Channel doesn't hold back the urge to scowl, determined to let Seikou know of his displeasure. "You keep using that infernal name... And there's no possible way you could -ever- be one of us unless you were like that from the start."

You say 'Besides, I don't think Lumine would have chosen you, even if you -were- part of the New Generation...'

Seikou raises an eyebrow. "'Lumine' or not, I have all the same abilities and skills you do. I think that defines me as one of your kind."

Channel becomes ever more enraged at the concept of... -THAT- being nearly the same league as him, though he tries to show some amount of restraint. "You've no right to call yourself the same just because you stole the Copy Chip schematics from me..."

Seikou shrugs. "I wasn't the one who stole it. Rika just told me she could upgrade me, and I accepted. Ironically enough, it ended up saving me from the virus..."

Moments after saying this, however, Seikou blinks and shakes his head, looking confused for a moment.

Channel pays no heed to the other's momentary confusion, still quite irate. "It doesn't matter how..." Quickly yet quietly, a shard of silver rises level to Seikou's throat, held steadfast. "You don't deserve it..."

You say 'And I'll tear you apart just to get it out of you!'

Seikou quickly moves sideways out of the way before properly standing, drawing and turning on his beam saber in one swift motion. "You can try..."

Channel jumps on the challenge with unforseen vehemence, haphazardly lunging at Seikou and stabbing downward, though there doesn't seem to be much aim in the action. His other hand reaches secretly behind his back...

Seikou easily leaps out of the way, slashing at Channel as he does so. "I thought you were better than that."

Channel keeps his gaze ahead of him, leaping quite a distance forward after Seikou evades, escaping the other's attack in turn. Upon touching down again, he turns about, violently throwing out a smaller blade and bracing himself after.

Seikou doesn't have time to dodge and gets struck in the arm, but he ignores the pain and lunges at Channel, slashing diagonally.

Channel lowers himself down and to one side, pushing himself forward and attempting to lodge his longer blade into Seikou's side...

Seikou parries with his saber, likely cutting through the metal knife. Yay for energy swords.

Channel spins through and away, standing straight and fairly growling at the loss of his main weapon. /No matter... It was just a novelty, anyway./ A smirk finds its way onto his features, and he starts walking slowly backwards, the area around him becoming visibly brighter...

You say 'I'm surprised you drove me this far...'

Channel lets his confidence show clearly just before the light overcomes him, concealing his form in a brilliant sphere of luminance. "I never expected to have to resort to this..." His voice begins changing dramatically...

Channel emerges from the veil of light extremely changed; deep firey red and draconic features in place of slate grey and even remotely 'normal' outline. His voice turns into more of a growl than anything. "But I -WILL- destroy you!"

Seikou looks slightly worried and falls into a defensive stance, sword held protectively in front of him. "...We'll see..." The words lack confidence, however.

Channel charges forward with a hellish warcry, lashing out relentlessly with blazing claws without any sense of direction or remorse. /He -will- die... I won't allow our company to be soiled by HIM!/

Seikou manages to jump backwards, decidedly on the defensive now, still looking fearful.

Channel pauses in his assault only to let loose with another attack, this one consisting of a searing row of fire, trailing across the ground with Seikou as its intended target...

Seikou manages to leap -over- the flames, slashing at Channel as he passes by the currently shapechanged Reploid.

Channel easily leaps up and over the slash, taking his own distance from Seikou and facing him again with a venomous snarl. The sphere of light forms over him again, signaling another change...

(Okay, this one's my fault. ._.)