Fighting to ease the boredom...

[The Phantom Squee]

Ricardo wiped a bead of sweat from his brow, pushing his wet bangs out of his eyes. He waited, there in the small dark room, for his turn to come. The crowd's cheering had elevated to a deafening level, so he judged the previous fight was just about over. With a sigh, he pulled his left-hand glove on, flexing his hand as he did. He moved toward the door, which would open any minute now and allow him to enter the sweltering heat and blinding sunlight of the arena.

I wonder who I'll fight this time? No matter, I'll crush them all the same...

[Orochimaru]

Orochimaru was to be the next opponents opponent."Now time to show the world my strength. Wonder whos my next victem is?"

[BD]

Haru watched from the stands, he hoped things wouldn't turn out as they had the last time Orochimaru was in the collesium, but there was no guarantee.

[Orochimaru]

Orochimaru was let out into the arena. He looked around."If push comes to shove I always have a back up plan." Hehe a little thing more powerfull then what Ranxerd did Orochimaru thought.

[The Phantom Squee]

With a relieved sigh, the gate rose and Ricardo stepped out. The red sand of the Colosseum's floor felt soft after the cold stone of the holding room. Shielding his eyes from the sun, he looked to the other side and saw his opponent step out.

The opponent's appearance made him stifle a laugh. The man looked as pale as a catfish's stomach, with funny purple marks on his eyes. His hair was far too long for a normal man, and he wore the most ridiculous purple rope belt Ricardo had ever seen.

With an arrogant grin, Ricardo clenched his fist in front of him. A fiery glow surrounded his hand as he looked up at his opponent.

"Whenever you're ready." Creep.

[Orochimaru]

Orochimaru ran at Ricardo."I'll teach you to laugh at me! Summoning jutsu!" 4 large snakes slitherred fastly alongside Orochimarus running. "Fury of the snake!" Now intending to strike Ricardo

[The Phantom Squee]

"Rash," the noble said, shaking his head. In the several seconds it took his opponent to cross the hundred-yard arena, he bent over and a pair of leathery red wings sprouted from his back. As the snakes struck, sending up a huge cloud of dust, he pushed off and flew to the side, well out of the snakes' range.

As he flew, he raised his arm, and the glow changed from red to yellow. Chanting a few arcane words, he pointed a finger at the dust cloud and fired off a huge bolt of lightning. The bolt struck one of the snakes solidly, frying it, and several smaller bolts shot from the point of impact, zeroing in on Orochimaru and the other three snakes with incredible speed.

[Orochimaru]

The bolts struck Orochimaru "AAAAAAA!" He stood motionless. Then he turned brown. Many little snakes fell to the ground. From the ground the snakes were falling Orochimaru came out."My plan worked. You showed me some of the things you are cabable of. Have some of this" Crossing some hand seals."Great Breakthrough!" He opened his mouth and a powerful gust of wind rushed to Ricardo.

[The Phantom Squee]

"Damn," Ricardo cursed, bracing himself. The blast of air, along with a cloud of sand it kicked up, struck him in the air and blew him back. He slammed into the arena wall, barely retracting his wings before they were crushed. Falling to the ground, he got up and cracked his neck from side to side, smiling slightly.

"Well, I showed you one spell. But I can assure you, I'm capable of much more than that." He raised his left hand, drawing a circle in the air, then thrust it forward, firing a tiny red bead at Orochimaru. The bead simply landed between the ninja's feet, and Ricardo took the opportunity to extend his wings again and launch toward his opponent. As soon as he began moving, the bead exploded into a raging ball of flame.

[Orochimaru]

Frpm the clouds of smoke from the explosion, a figure emerged. A large snake in the air leapt at Ricardo. The snake hoping to bite its victems wings.

[The Phantom Squee]

As the smoke began to clear, Ricardo saw a dark shape fly toward him. As he watched, it turned out to be a snake...apparently, the weirdo had transformed again.

Perfect, he thought. He raised his left hand over his head and snapped his fingers. An enormous axe appeared instantaneously in his hand, which he smiled and gripped tightly, bringing down in a deadly slash before him as the snake approach, with no way to avert its path.

[Orochimaru]

The snake was slashed, but again turning to many little ones. The smoke disappeared. Orochimaru had snakes coming out of his sleeves to attack. "Hidden Snake Hands!" More snakes came out rushing to Ricardo.