Rubedo's hair has always appeared to be pink to me.

Sorry for the lateness, school's a pain.

Wind howled and whipped around the Mt. Gangazet peaks as the next two combatants prepared for battle.

One was a rather cocky-looking young man with orange hair and flowing black robes. He held a large blade with an abnormal hilt, it lacked a guard and was simply wrapped in white bandages that trailed along the edge.

The other was a calm looking man wearing black skin-tight clothing and a red scarf. He carried a sword, but appeared to have other weapons on his person as well.

"The next battle is between Kurosaki Ichigo and the Shinobi! BEGIN!"

Ichigo seemed to vanish, only to suddenly appear behind the Shinobi.

Bringing his blade to bear, he slashed at the Shinobi, who dodged back and blocked with his sword.

As the blades came together, they both seemed to snarl at each other, as if hurling back and forth insults and challenges.

Both combatants broke apart and the Shinobi jumped back, hurling three shurikens at Ichigo.

Ichigo's sword swung up and he blocked them with the broad end of the blade, before shooting forward again and materializing behind the Shinobi.

Ichigo slashed at it again, only to have his blade meet an afterimage as the Shinobi blurred in a burst of speed.

Ichigo's eyes hardened, and he turned around just in time to block a thrust to his back.

"Too slow!" he said arrogantly as his eyes began glowing with blue energy.

"Tensa..." he said in a barely audible whisper. "ZANGETSU!"

A burst of blue energy burst from his sword, smashing into the Shinobi and hurling him backwards and off of Gangazet's cliff.

As a magical net caught Shinobi, Ichigo sheathed his blade, the bandages wrapping around it to create a sheathe.

10th Match: Ichigo vs. Shinobi

Victory: Ichigo

1,000 gold to Braska's Final Aeon for rent.

The next match will be between Isaac and Shadow. It will take place in Ipsen's Castle. Betting will close at midnight tomorrow.

And more battlefields are always nice.