One Minute Melee: Guts vs. Esdeath

ONE MINUTE MELEE!

WHERE ALL THE FIGHTS ARE SETTLED IN 60 SECONDS!

TWO FIGHTERS!

NO RESEARCH!

MELEE!

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Midland

Needless to say, Midland was fucked.

Entire armies of men that were armed to the teeth... were now all dead. The men's corpses scattered across the wasteland. They had holes in them, blood pouring out of them and some had organs spilled across the ground.

Among the massacre stood a single woman. Said woman had blue hair, a white uniform and a cap. This was General Esdeath... and at her knees was a man with long and white hair. He was naked and chained up.

Esdeath sat on a pile of corpses as Griffith licked her boots. He sat up on both of his legs and behaved like a puppy in front of Esdeath, panting and wiggling his tongue in the process. The face on the general was... annoyed.

"What a waste of my time..." She said as she looked into Griffith's eyes. "This is one of the members of the God Hand?!" Esdeath said irritated. As she said this, she looked at Griffith again... and refused to believe that he was anywhere to be labelled as a God.

"You bore me..." Esdeath said.

"Die."

With a quick motion of her foot, her heel flew upward and smashed into Griffith's face. The heel dug into his face and quickly ripped the front of it off. The member of the God Hand collapsed, dead.

Esdeath stood up and looked around the wasteland of dead warriors and said, "Is there anyone who can actually challenge me here?"

Suddenly, the Ice General turned to the sound of metal clanging against the ground. She saw a man with a brown hair. Said hair was a buzzcut and he was missing one eye. One of his arms was made of metal and he held a giant, thick blade over his shoulder.

This was Guts, the Black Swordsman.

"So, is he dead?" Guts asked.

Esdeath looked at Griffith's corpse. "Yes, is there a problem?"

"Well, theres one..."

Esdeath raised a brow-

And quickly evaded an arrow shot out of Guts' metallic arm cannon.

She turned to face the Black Swordsman and pulled out her Rapier and pointed it at Guts' neck.

Guts merely got into a stance and pointed the Dragonslayer directly at Esdeath.

"You. TOOK. MY. KILL!"

A giant, shit-eating grin appeared on Esdeath's face... perhaps this fight could be interesting.

ITS KILL OR BE KILLED!
FIGHT!

Guts blitzed forward and the Dragonslayer clashed with Esdeath's rapier. Sparks flew from the impact of the weapons but the Ice General thought quickly and lifted her heel and nailed Guts in the chest. The Black Swordsman rolled back onto the battlefield behind him but managed to stand up and shake himself off from the hit.

He pointed his metal cannon arm forward which opened up. It blasted out a small cannonball that nailed Esdeath directly in the chest. She was sent soaring back but managed to land on her two feet.

With a motion of her hands, several sharp icy stalagmites appeared... and all were sent flying at Guts. The Black Swordsman jumped into the air and waved the Dragonslayer around. The sword perfectly slashed down every ice projectile and Guts fell back down to land-

Much to his misfortune, Esdeath was in front of him and stabbed her Rapier into Guts' chest. The Swordsman coughed up blood onto the blade. With a motion of her hand, Esdeath lifted the Rapier above her head and threw Guts off of it.

Guts landed on his back and slowly began to stand back up. "This fight bores me." Esdeath said. "I guess I should just end it here-"

To say that the Black Swordsman was a quick man would be an understatement. He blitzed forward, Dragonslayer forward and rammed it right into Esdeath chest. With a twist of the massive, thick sword, he ripped open Esdeath's chest. Blood was sent flying everywhere, along with some ripped up organs.

Esdeath landed on her back and coughed up some blood. She stood back up and shook herself... and laughed. "Yes, yes, yes! Now this is FUN."

Despite the insane injuries, the Ice General could still move and impressively fast. She dashed forward and her Rapier locked with Guts' Dragonslayer is a clash. The two stared into each other's eyes. Guts looked at her with nothing more than a pissed off face while Esdeath smiled like a kid at a candy store.

The Ice General slid her Rapier down the Dragonslayer and swiftly slashed at Guts' knee. The Black Swordsman fell to his knees.

"You were a great warrior..." Esdeath said as she kicked Guts onto his back. "...but you are still weak..."

She stepped onto Guts' chest and looked directly into his face. "...and the weak shall be crushed beneath the boots... of the strong..."

Esdeath's heel began to go upwards...

"The weak? Beneath the boots of the strong?!" Guts said in confused rage.

Esdeath brought her heel down, ready to crush Guts' head into a bloody pulp...

"...no..."

Upon smashing onto Guts' forehead... the Black Swordsman didn't even budge. Worse so, was the shockwave from the impact traveled up Esdeath's leg and for the first time in this battle, she stepped back and let out a pained yell.

She turned to see Guts stand... before a wolf-like helmet wrapped around Guts' head. He stood up and stared directly at Esdeath.

The Berserker Armor had come out to play.

Esdeath's grin was larger than ever.

The Ice General blitzed forward along with Guts and locked their blades once more. However, this time, it was no contest in a battle of who was stronger. Guts swiftly pushed his might into the blow and sent Esdeath sliding back a few steps. She regained her footing-

And already, the raging Swordsman already dashed forward and brought his blade down. Esdeath managed to jump back as the sword smashed into the ground. It was now stuck. The Ice General took her chance and jumped on top of it and came falling back down with her Rapier pointed at Guts. Quickly, the Black Swordsman poured his might into pulling out the Dragonslayer from the ground and swung upwards-

Only to completely miss Esdeath who landed in front of the now completely wide open Black Swordsman. She made quick work with her Rapier and repeatedly slashed at Guts' stomach. With each blow, more and more blood began to pour out of the Black Swordsman's body... and he yelled... not in pain but in rage. He thrusted his head forward and headbutted Esdeath, full-force. The Ice General was now the owner of the mother of all headaches.

She stumbled back and clutched her head... only to then feel Guts ram into her stomach and knock her onto her back. However, before Guts could bring his sword down onto Esdeath like a guillotine, the Ice General swiftly rolled out of the way and jumped back up.

She backed up and readied herself for victory by standing up and saying one word...

"Mahapadma..."

Everything stopped. The wind stopped blowing. The clouds stopped moving. Everything stopped. Time stopped upon Esdeath's words... and most importantly?

Guts wasn't moving.

She began to walk up to Guts.

"Magnificent." She said. "You did magnificent... but all good things must come to an end..."

She moved her hand and in glow of light, a spear made entirely of ice appeared. She stabbed it directly into Guts' stomach... and right through his heart. The spear was poking out through the back of Guts' body...

Time resumed. Esdeath awaited to see the Black Swordsman fall down, dead.

But he didn't. He looked down at the ice spear... and merely roared in furious rage. Esdeath was amazing as Guts lunged forward and punched her right in the cheek. She was sent flying sky-high before coming to a landing on her back. Her bones were now beyond shattered... but she refused to die. Esdeath was now more pissed off and frustrated.

She looked up to see Guts coming down with the Dragonslayer... that would NOT happen. She jumped back and dodged the blow. Now the Swordsman was open and she raised her heel and smashed it into Guts' helmet. The Berserker Armor helmet was sent flying... and underneath it, what did Esdeath see?

Esdeath - someone who had seen the most bloodied, crazy, deadly men ever... felt herself tense up at the sight of Guts' face. She had never seen such an insane face in her life. It showed so many emotions, she couldn't describe it.

For the first time in a long time, Esdeath backed up away from something in fear.

Guts dashed forward and launched the Dragonslayer at the Ice General. It ripped right into her stomach. The Black Swordsman jumped upward and as a result, the sword flew up with him and split Esdeath's body in two. The two halves of the Ice General fell to the ground.

Guts hoisted the Dragonslayer over his shoulder and turned to leave. Before leaving, however, he looked back on the Ice General and said something to her corpse. "Good fight, soldier... a damn good fight."

K.O.! 

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THIS MELEE'S WINNER IS...

GUTS