(A/n this umbra is my own AU and is slightly different from the skyrim lore but still him. I just wanted to try something to put umbra in a new light)

As I walk down the final flight of steps into the arena razor at my side looking around the arena with massive could easily hold up to 10,000 people and in the center I saw the ghostly figure I saw when I first entered the ruins of Champions rest.

He was on his knees like he was praying his arms were in the air slowly closing into fists before opening up again as if he was beseeching some higher power. I smiled If This truly was the Resurgence of Umbra then I was in for the fight of my life but I wasn't going to go down without a fight.

I set my bag on the ground taking off my long black coat as well as cloak leaving myself and just my long sleeve black shirt and black pants with my combat boots and fingerless gloves while keeping Harbinger Ragnarok and Tartarus on me

I ordered razor to sit and guard my bag putting him on the head with a small smile as I walked down the stairs and then up the other ones to where I enter the arena.

The ghosty ebony armor clad Warriors stood and turned to face me getting a good look at the sword it was an black and silver claymore with purple hue to it and just like the journal said I could hear the whispering.

Umbra: you never should have come here!

The warrior charged both hands on the sword as I pull the nordic greatsword from my back and clash with his blade.

" Umbra, I've been looking forward to meeting you face to face."

Umbra: oh?, you are looking that forward to your death then by all means let me accommodate you!

Umbra attempted in overhead downward slash with his sword. And then I made the mistake of using the side of the Nordic Greatsword to block it. The sword went clean through it snapping it in half as if it was a toothpick while also cutting my shirt showing him my wounds.

Umbra: hm, I see you're already hurt from previous battle. Here take this I have no intention of fighting you in your weakened state that takes the fun out of it.

He backed up a couple feet keeping his eyes on me with his blade pointed at me has he reached into his inside pocket of his armor and held out what looked like a small vial

Umbra: use this medicine , it will take away the pain.

" I thank you for the offer, but I must respectfully decline because the pain makes me feel more alive."

Umbra:...great..really great, I'm starting to like you more and more.

Umbra dropped the vile before stepping on it with his ebony boots smashing it and he got back into stance.

Umbra: how are you going to fight without a weapon?

I allowed the moist air to fill my lungs looking at him as I smiled from under my mask he was in for the shock of his Immortal Life.

"HAAAAAAAAA, HARBINGER! "

When Harbinger was putting himself on to me he felt different, he didn't feel as heavy as he did the first time if anything he felt lighter it felt as if we were the same being and moving my arms was just as easy as it always had been although minus the pain coursing through my body with every movement.

Umbra: impressive, although it will not save you!

" Ragnarok show your Crimson glare."

When Ragnarok formed in my hand just like Harbinger she didn't feel heavy at all it felt as if she was a part of me like a stinger on a wasp.

" Tartarus guard me with your defense!"

When Tartarus formed it felt like as if I was holding onto nothing everyone was that light to me, as if we were truly one and the same.

Umbra: finally! This is the battle I've been waiting for, I am one Soul away from having my own body and my wish was to fight a worthy opponent before that now on this day both of my wishes are coming true!

" well then, let us begin we don't want to make our destinies wait any longer than it has to."

We both mirrored each others stance I placed Tartarus on my back as he did not have a shield and I wanted to fight him as equals and would only use Tartarus for defensive if I had to

Umbra: let's have a battle powerful enough to shake the heavens, and make the Daedric gods themselves tremble.

The two of us charged each other blocking slashing and thrusting with our blades I blocked his overhead slash with Ragnarok once again doing a spinning maneuver cutting into his leg while his sword came up and slashed me across the back which I grunted at.

I used a roundhouse kick to put some distance between us to which he went flying into the wall.

He holstered his sword onto his back before both of his hands lit up with fire was he using magic or something,

Tartarus: use me to block he's using a Master Level firestorm spell!

I did as talk to her said taking off my back getting anyone kneeling stance wall putting Tartarus in front of me while using Ragnarok blade in the ground to study myself from any shock wave.

He stopped moving before he let out a giant Ring of Fire heading rapidly toward us I ducked my head underneath Tartarus keeping my head down

The flames were so powerful that I started wincing it rivaled the Hellfire from the underworld what how hot the intensity was I had no doubt razor was in that hallway by now to get away from the Heat.

Looking up he was still standing there and made three Shadow clones of himself one with a bow and two with one-handed swords along with himself.

Jumping up putting Tartarus back on my back I charged with Ragnarok blocking the arrows using the flat side of her blade closing the distance between me and the shadow clones getting close enough and used Ragnarok to dispatch the one with the bow.

I immediately winced in pain feeling a sharp pain in my side looking to see one of the short swords impaled through my other arm I performed the same tactic I did with Aries.

grabbing his arm to my back delivering an elbow to his chest and head before ripping the sword out of my arm and shoving it down his throat then using him as a shield from the other Shadow clone attempting to get me from behind.

i used Ragnarok to thrust into the shadow clone well not bring it down but injuring it focusing my attention on Umbra I noticed that he was doing another spell it wasn't The Firestorm Tartarus warned me about before this one appeared to be a ice type variant.

Time to show him the Flames straight from the deepest bowels of Tartarus. I made my own hands light with fire mirroring Halls stance she showed me. As the ice storm rapidly approached me I focused as sis had showed me and let loose the Inner Fire Within Me

Using my fire as a wall I easily melted the high-level ice attack and stood facing Umbra who if I had to guess was getting giddy under that helmet of his.

Umbra: I Won't Back Down!

he charged towards me as i ready ragnarok to counter him. He entered his ghost-like stage once again which meant physical attacks would no longer affect him. As our blades made contact I took advantage of the bones laying on the ground and backed up over one making him trip taking the opportunity I jumped a good few meters back putting some distance between him and I.

Umbra: gods...damn you!

He then use that shadow cloning thing again and split himself into four again and just like I suspected he lost his invulnerability to physical attacks. I took advantage of my surroundings pulling the mini gun out of harbingers gauntlet as I shot the ceiling causing stalactites to fall on the shadow clones.

I turned around Just in time for me to block umbra's sneak attack. When our eyes met we stared at each other and then we began to really go at it. Each swing from our blades and they made contact with each other sending off shock waves making the skeletons fly.

Umbra; your dead man!

I then went on the defensive blocking his attacks while my wounds started flaring up and I'm certain the one in my shoulder and chest opened up again as I was losing a lot of blood.

Umbra continued his Onslaught upon me not giving me any time to react or recover keeping up the pressure. Meanwhile the shadow clones broke through of the stalactite cage I trapped them in and all four started gang up on me in an attempt to overwhelm me.

Umbra: you're nothing, hear me? Nothing!

He stopped moving and got ready for that ice storm move while the Shadow clones kept me busy, my vision was starting to go fuzzy due to all of the blood loss.

Tartarus; incoming ice storm!

As he was about to unleash the ice storm he called back his shadow clones as I tucked behind Tartarus once again using Ragnarok as a brace for the Shockwave.

Ragnarok: master, please don't take offense to what I'm about to suggest. But you should retreat you're about ready to pass out.

Harbinger: even the strongest armor can't protect you from everything, I agree with Ragnarok you should Retreat, live to fight another day.

" as much as I'd like to do that, I can't. This is my chance my possibly only chance for this, I've come this far and I can't back down now because I would never live with myself knowing that I came this close and then turned tail and ran."

Tartarus: and how do you think your mother, your sister, your mate, as well as your daughter would feel if you never came home.

Ragnarok: they would be crushed, hall has already lost someone very close to her once before. she cant handle losing her baby brother.

" that's why I will succeed in this, because my desire to get home to them alive. That is also why I will not lose.!"

The ice storm ceased its intensity as I heard umbra's armor clad footsteps approaching.

Umbra: are you an icicle?

" Ragnarok Tartarus Harbinger. Let's get through this battle together."

I stood up from behind Tartarus placing him back on my back looking back at Umbra who if I had to guess was surprised.

Umbra: hahaha, you're resilient one aren't you? That will make taking your soul that much more satisfying.

" time to finish this."

Just like before I could barely stop myself from falling over using Ragnarok as a support.

Umbra: give up while you still can!

Umbra charged once again as I started using Tartarus to block. His attacks were unrelenting and in no consistent pattern so I couldn't predict his next move like I normally could. Not to mention the pain I'm feeling is making it hard to focus but at the same time I never felt more alive than I was right Here and Now.

i used Ragnarok to thrust past umbra's sword necking his arm driving it through

Umbra: what? Is that all you've got?

Finally getting an idea, I decided to use Umbra own trick against him and I put my plan into motion. A used Tartarus as a battering ram to Shield bash him in the head causing his helmet to turn slightly making him have to turn it I only had a split second to do this are used one of the techniques I learned from cookie.

After my preparations were done I feigned exhaustion pulling myself off as an easy target. When umbra took notice of that he wasted no time in delivering a fatal stab through the center chest only for My Doppelganger to disappear into the Shadows.

Umbra: son of a...

" thanks for the inspiration Umbra I'll make sure to utilize this in the future,"

Umbra: I've fought worse then you!

Umbra wasted no time going for another Firestorm attack which I immediately took advantage of one of the Rock pillars in the arena I tuck and rolled behind the pillar taking cover.

I noticed a fight pattern he can only use his shadow clones when he's not going to use the Firestorm or ice storm spell and when he uses either of those he stands still for a few moments.

Once he let loose The Firestorm I quickly crouched behind the pillar as the Flames went over my head. At the rate things were going I wouldn't last much longer and I knew it and I'm pretty sure Umbra knew it as well.

Once The Firestorm ceased I slept over the broken pillar that was heavily damaged from The firestorm and charged straight at him. He noticed and began to charge me as well as we quickly near each other with the intent to finish this off.

Umbra: this is what I've trained for!

I then noticed the bridge that went across to the far side connecting the other two edges of the Arena that would have been the perfect place. I pulled Tartarus off of my back again before delivering another Shield bash to his head before running the opposite direction heading toward the bridge he must not have known where I went because he started another Firestorm attack.

My eyes widened as I was hit by the bulk of the attack I let out a scream of pain as Umbra turned to look at me as I had just barely made it up the stairs and was now panting.

Umbra: ha! found you!

I could only limp as I quickly as fast as I could in my weakened condition made my way over to the bridge once I was across to the other side I waited once he ran across the bridge I ducked under his sword just as he started the shadow clones and got him right across the chest.

Umbra: gah!.

Noticing the narrow archway of the bridge I grinned I let loose my tendrils wrapping them around before swinging off of the bridge out of umbras line of sight.

Umbra: where are you?

" right here!"

I swung around his right side checking him with both of my feet sending him flying off of the bridge making him drop his sword in the air taking the opportunity to turn the tables I grabbed a hold of his sword before planting my foot onto his armor clad chest both stores positioned in a scissor like position between his neck

" do you yeild?.."

umbra: yes. may i please have my sword back?

i gave the sword to him handle first keeping the blade pointed away from me once his armored hand had a grip on it i felt a sudden force in my abdomen as umbra had kicked me in the stomach and rolled back into his stance.

Umbra: time to end this little game!

I got back into my stance and blocked his thrust only to walk right into his trap as he let loose that Firestorm attack at point-blank range I had no time to move no time to escape no time to even grab Tartarus off of my back. As the Blazing attack made contact with me my body inside of Harbinger felt like it was inside of a oven I felt like I was an egg being boiled as I screamed in pain I was instantly brought down by a sharp pain in my thigh.

I quickly rolled backwards trying to put some distance between me and him giving Harbinger time to patch himself up and repair the breach in my thigh.

That's when I remembered what Aries told me

(Flashback)

Aries: Landing the final blow is inches away from one's own demise.

( Flashback end)

That's when I understood, my best chance to get him is the moment he thinks he's bested me.

I feigned my defeat by collapsing to my knees holding my chest and just as I suspected he would he charged with an attempted to decapitate me and just as Aries said his moves became predictable.

As his blade descended down upon me I caught it between my Palms grabbing it by the blade doing a circle throw rolling onto my back put my foot in his stomach and kicking him over me he wrote on his feet positioning his sword to strike while I mirrored

We both Thrusted our blades into each other and stood chest to chest in silence.

(3rd person pov)

The arena of Champions rest went quiet when the two blades struck their targets. The only sound echoing throughout the cave was the sound.....drip drip drip sploosh.