Adrian could feel his consciousness slowly fading as he fought to keep awake. 

"Go to sleep already," Titan growled as his grip on Adrian's throat tightened. "I'm going to assume I was right in my assumption that you can't use your swords without speaking the spells first since you've yet to retaliate. You're finished."

A smile arched across Adrian's face, and his eyes flicked toward the right then back to Titan. Titan's eyes narrowed, "What the hell are you smiling about?"

Suddenly Titan's head snapped toward the left and his eyes grew wide before his iron grip immediately disappeared around Adrian's neck, but it was too late. One of Adrian's broadswords plunged into Titan's upper left arm, and Titan let out a loud, piercing scream as he clutched it. Blood spewed from Titan's wound as Adrian gasped for air, began coughing uncontrollably, and gravity took control and dropped him toward the arena floor. Adrian telekinetically caught himself moments before crashing into the ground.

[i]"He's right about one thing at least,"[/i] a smile managed to form across Adrian's face despite the pain in his neck and the series of coughing fits overwhelming him. [i]"Maybe if Titan had sealed my throat before I summoned the first set of swords then this would already be over."[/i]

Adrian felt at his now bruised and sore throat and said in a weak voice, [hider="Arcesso gladio: Rei Ken."][img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j295/sweetblackvader/Jupiters%20Ghost%20Sites/black_katana.jpg[/img][/hider] The katana appeared in a denser green aura that consumed the entirety of Adrian's left arm unlike the previous swords he summoned.

Titan flew back to the ground, his eyes ablaze with anger and contempt as blood flowed from his arm. "You're going to fucking pay for this," he growled as he painstakingly removed the sword from his arm and flung it to the side. He motioned two fingers upward, and the earth from the arena floor began to float up to his arm and formed itself into a protective casing around it. The earthen armor visibly tightened around Titan's arm, which he grimaced at.

Titan's eyes shifted toward the katana Adrian held in his hand. "How the hell did you control the swords without speaking?"

"Do you really think I'll tell you?" 

"It doesn't matter. I'll still destroy you regardless."

"You can certainly try," he said as he rested Rei Ken on top of his shoulder.

There was a moment of silence as the two enemies plotted their next move. Adrian's eyes zoomed about Titan's body as he attempted to find a weak point on his body. 

[i]"The obvious one is the most recent injury I've inflicted, but that armor might negate any attacks I attempt to inflict upon his arm. Not like he can use his left arm now anyways..."[/i]

However, before Adrian could devise a plan of attack Titan advanced first. Titan straightened his hand, waved it in front of him, and the air itself split as a visibly sharp manipulation of air flew toward Adrian in the form of a curved blade.

Adrian's grip on the scabbard tightened as he bent his knees, reached for the grip, and in a single, fluid movement, unsheathed Rei Ken, and parried the manipulated air with the flat end of the katana. 

Without faltering Adrian sprinted toward Titan, Rei Ken in his right hand and its scabbard in his other. Titan tapped his foot against the ground, jumped back, and a six foot earth spike jutted from the ground where he previously stood. Without missing a beat Adrian sidestepped to the right of the earth spike, continued to charge Titan, and delivered a left to right horizontal cut toward Titan's stomach. The point narrowly missed Titan's stomach as he moved back slightly. Adrian followed up with a right to left horizontal swing toward Titan's head. Suddenly, in a flash the ground flew toward Titan's right hand and covered it in a protective armor, the air around Titan's body rippled, and he moved with an inhuman speed before catching the katana by the mune mid-swing.

[i]"At least he can't use his left arm. A nice change of pace compared to Lilith's accelerated regeneration,"[/i] Adrian thought as he pulled at the katana, but Titan's grip on it was tight and unrelenting. [i]"I have to catch him off guard. Rei Ken should be perfect for the job."[/i]

Titan's grip on Rei Ken tightened and suddenly Adrian felt a sudden pull at his katana. An expression of fear appeared on Adrian's face upon the realization of what was about happen, "No!" Too late.

Rei Ken snapped in half under Titan's strength. He tossed the sori of Rei Ken to the side, and delivered a roundhouse kick to Adrian's face. However, Adrian managed to fly backwards and into the air moments before the kick connected. 

Adrian huffed and felt at his head, he could feel his mental capacity beginning to reach its limit. [i]"Dammit..."[/i] he thought as blood began to drip from his nose. He wiped the blood away as he glanced down at the broken katana. He shoved Rei Ken back into the scabbard that then became engulfed in the same aura he summoned it in. He unsheathed the sword and from it emerged the repaired blade in pristine condition. Adrian clutched his head in pain and clenched his teeth as he felt a splitting migraine come upon him. 

[i]"I need to end this quickly."[/i]

"You're not looking too good, Abaddon," said Titan, his eyes narrowed at Adrian's repaired sword. 

Adrian flew back to the ground and said, "Arcesso duo digladio." Behind him appeared two swords. "Aw, Titan, I didn't know you cared," he replied sarcastically as he began walking toward Titan and raised Rei Ken.

Parts of the ground beneath Titan's feet broke apart and gravitated toward his right arm, the earth began to add onto the rock already on Titan's arm, shaping themselves into a rock gauntlet.

Titan and Adrian charged one another. He swung his sword from left to right and Titan brought up his rock gauntlet in response. The clang of the sword reverberated throughout the stadium. Adrian reached for the sword that levitated behind him, gripped its grip, and brought it from left to right toward Titan's side. Titan tapped his foot against the ground and an earth wall arose from it, intercepting his broadsword's swing. 

Relying solely on his left arm, the rock gauntlet noticeably braced itself as Titan threw the punch that smashed into the side of Adrian's face. The punch sent him reeling back a few feet onto his back, Rei Ken and the broadsword were dropped mid-descent to the ground

Adrian waded through the pain as he clutched the side of his face in agony, he slowly opened his eyes and saw only a glimpse of Titan's fist descending upon his face. Adrian moved his head to the right before Titan's punch narrowly missed his face again and impacted the ground that cracked and broke apart. Not giving Adrian a chance to recuperate, Titan raised his fist again.

Through the pain Adrian looked into Titan's blue, beaming eyes. Titan was already reveling in his win as he pinned Adrian beneath his weight, but Adrian managed a smile despite the pain of Titan's punch. Adrian's eyes flicked toward Rei Ken and telekinetically positioned it behind Titan. Titan brought his heavy rock fist down upon Adrian, but the punch abruptly stopped, his knuckles only a few centimeters away from colliding with Adrian's skull. 

[i]"Gotcha,"[/i] thought Adrian as blood splashed onto his face. Titan screamed as he looked down at the sword that punctured not only his chest but Adrian's.

However, the katana's blade became transparent and incorporeal as it passed through Adrian's body, not spilling a single drop of his blood. Adrian sat up as Titan was still reeling from the katana through his chest. The sword's incorporeal form inched up the blade the further Adrian sat up. He stretched out his hand to the side, and willed the broadsword behind him to return to his hand. The grip of the broadsword returned to the palm of his hand, he shoved the edge of its blade to Titan's throat and cut it. 

Blood gushed from Titan's throat like a geyser. Immediately the same men and women who took Lilith away teleported from behind a panel in the arena – different from the one Adrian previously entered – in front of Titan. 

In a matter of thirty seconds they had Titan's wounds healed before he managed to bleed out. If Adrian wasn't in so much pain he'd marvel at their healing skills. He wasn't worried for a single second about actually killing Titan. Partially because he didn't particularly care about what happened to Titan. Also because he knew that the medics wouldn't allow for him to die and would intervene and call the match in Adrian's favor as soon as he inflicted a critical injury. Thanks to the brutality often seen in the villain's arena the medics were highly trained and specialized in healing even the most egregious of injuries. 

Afterwards Titan was on his feet again, completely healed. The only hint of a struggle was the still wet blood that gradually ran down his neck and onto his chest. He was obviously shaken despite his attempt to appear cool and calm. Adrian looked up to his former opponent whose eyes blazed with hatred and jealousy. The ground briefly rumbled, but one of the medics placed their hands on Titan's shoulders. "It's over," he said before one of the other medics came into view and looked down on Adrian. "Don't move."

The man's hands glowed a dim blue and immediately the pain in Adrian's jaw subside, a great relief to him. In a few minutes the swelling and bleeding stopped and Adrian's face had returned to its natural look. Immediately upon bringing himself to his feet celebratory music played and confetti rained from the sky. Adrian turned around to see picture of himself on the video board with a flashing one in front of his face.

One of the medics floated above the arenA, not bothering with formalities or grandeur, "Match set! Favor: Abaddon, Adrian Sumner!"

Victoria and Frank appeared to either of his sides in their predictable fashion. They were dancing with excitement and wide smiles covered their faces. 

"Now, I have to say," Frank began. "I never foresaw any of that ever happening!"

"Neither did I, Frank!" replied Victoria. "Though, now that it has, I'm glad it did! It's a nice change of pace to have an underdog as number one!"

"Tell us, Abaddon, how does it feel for you to have beaten Lilith and Titan in a single go?"

Adrian wasn't sure how to feel with so many eyes looking at him. Some gaped at him in awe and admiration, others stared daggers at him, and a few only glanced in his direction, unimpressed and bored. Several in the crowd even looked at him with a tinge of fear in their eyes and facial features. Regardless of the numerous glares he received a feeling of... pride. Adrian worked himself to the bone to reach this very spot, and finally his hard work has borne fruit. A smile cropped up onto Adrian's face as he realized what he'd say.

Adrian spoke into the microphone Frank placed in front of his mouth, "It feels pretty damn good." Immediately the crowd went wild for their new senior number one.

From the crowd a lone figure jumped into the ring and waltzed up to Victoria, Frank, and Adrian. "Benjamin Grant." Benjamin Grant was a villain junior who was ranked number thirty amongst his entire class, which was the lowest rank possible for his junior class. Despite this, however, he was considered the most popular kid in the entire school. His popularity rivaling even that of the number ones in all the classes. 

The reason was simple: he was the richest kid in the world. His powers consisted of conjuring a seemingly infinite amount of money. He had billions of dollars to blow however he pleased, and simply conjure more to replace it. Thanks to this he drove the most expensive cars, had a massive mansion, and the fanciest clothes. His powers were undoubtedly useful, but not very effective in a fight. He knew this and didn't bother challenging anyone above him in rank.

He was also well known to have very huge, extravagant parties that were absolutely over the top.

Expecting him, Victoria handed Benjamin her mike as she and Frank took a step back. He placed his arm over Adrian's shoulder as if they were buddies despite never once even glancing in the other's general direction. He had light skin, thick, but groomed eyebrows, and wore a dress shirt, dress pants, and vest. He lifted the microphone to his lips, allowing the crowd to quiet down first.

"Let's give it up for our new number one here, yeah?" he said as he began clapping and the rest of the audience followed suit. "I, cordially invite all of you, villains, minions, heroes, and sidekicks alike, to the biggest, baddest parties to date. All for," he said as he took a step back and presented Adrian like a prize. "Our new senior number one villain! And from what I hear, you're not the only one rising up the ranks, hot shot! Steelia is doing well so far, and we'll definitely have a new number senior hero by the end of the match." 

Adrian's eyes narrowed at this, [i]"She's still fighting? If I hurry. I can still make it."[/i] Without waiting for Benjamin to finish Adrian flew toward the exit.

In no time the updated rankings would be bare for all to see, not like the school needed it. The entire school would be on fire thanks to recent events. It angered Adrian to know that he was previously forgotten once, but a feeling of satisfaction reached him as he realized Lilith would now feel what he had felt. Now that he was number one villain of the senior class, no one in the school could ignore him.

Adrian flew his way into the seating arrangements of the hero arena. After zooming through the doors to the seating area he flew himself to the front, above everyone else. 

[i]"Mythos is still fighting. Not surprising,"[/i] he thought as he dared to look for Steelia. A feeling of dread consumed him when his mind began to imagine himself with a new rival. Adrian wouldn't say it to her face, but he enjoyed having Steelia as his rival.

Adrian received a few stares and could hear, [i]"The hell is he doin' here?"[/i] But he paid them no mind, but instead focused his attention on Steelia, [i]"Come on, get up. Don't give up now. I have to get her up some how..."[/i] A smile formed across his face as he thought about a way to do so.

[i]"How pathetic,"[/i] he telepathically thought to her. [i]"Are you just going to lay there and die? Maybe this is why you've only managed to defeat me so few times. Just call it quits. Mythos might be a better rival for me, Lilith certainly wasn't."[/i]