Battle of Ragna the Bloodedge

The Battle of Ragna the Bloodedge was a tournament in the February of 2200AD that was organized by Kagura Mutsuki of the Novus Orbis Librarium and Kokonoe of Sector Seven. The tournament was designed to lure Azrael and Tsubaki Yayoi into the Colosseum in the 6th Hierarchical City of Yabiko so both could be apprehended.

Information
During this period, Izanami was utilizing Phenomenon Intervention on a large-scale with the Takamagahara System. Kokonoe and Kagura needed to have Tsubaki by their side, but she was under the control of Mind Eater - as well as this, Azrael was prowling the Ikaruga Region, and he was a variable that could ruin the group's plan to defeat Izanami. With Ragna as bait, Kagura announced the tournament, stating that whoever won would win 90,000,000P$. Such a tournament was bound to attract Azrael, and Tsubaki would be lured as Kagura told her that he would hand the criminal to the Major afterwards for interrogation. Around this time, everyone was under the impression that Ragna was in a Binding Array, but his movement was unrestricted.

130 contestants from across the globe entered the tournament. Rachel Alucard and Celica A. Mercury watched it unfold, placing bets on each match, with Rachel winning the majority of them. Bullet entered the tournament so she could get close to Kagura and thus close to Kokonoe. Bullet's opponent was meant to be , but he was defeated and Azrael instead appeared, having defeated the other combatants. The two battled but Bullet was viciously beaten, her legs and arms were broken by the Mad Dog. Ragna jumped into the arena to save her and battled against Azrael.

The battle was intense and Ragna stalled on activating the Azure Grimoire, although in the fight he came to understand its power. Azrael also attempted to assault Celica but was unsuccessful as Rachel threw Gii in front of the attack - this also caused the arena's audience to evacuate the Colosseum. Kagura prevented Ragna from fighting any longer, switching to fight Azrael as Kokonoe and Tager prepared to teleport the Mad Dog away to a dimensional prison. During this fight, Kagura lost consciousness for a split second and noticed that Azrael would not attack; from this he deduced that Azrael could only attack if his opponent had a fighting will, so he stopped fighting. While Azrael was confused, Kokonoe teleported him to Tager's location where he was punched with all the Red Devil's might and then teleported to the dimensional prison.

Tsubaki, who had not watched the tournament, later entered the Colosseum and heard about Azrael's appearance. She reprimanded Kagura for not accounting for the Mad Dog's appearance, and was then directed to the main part of the Colosseum where she was to collect Ragna. Because of Celica's appearance in the audience, her ability to nullify seithr made the battles go by slowly as contestants struggled to use Ars Magus, including Bullet. The mercenary was also sent to the infirmary where her wounds were treated by Celica.

Aftermath
Immediately following the tournament's conclusion, Makoto Nanaya, Jin Kisaragi, and Noel Vermillion battled Tsubaki, forcing her to turn into Izayoi. Through their combined efforts, they broke Izanami's grip on Tsubaki's mind, freeing her and turning her to their cause against Izanami. Ragna's realization about his usage of the Azure Grimoire convinced Rachel to take him to the Grave Marker of Bases where he was sent back in time to the Dark War; Ragna was pulled out of this era after halting the the activity of the Black Beast for a year. This tournament also acted as a rehearsal for Kokonoe and Kagura's plan to battle Izanami.

Despite Azrael being put in the dimensional prison, he escaped some time afterwards by ripping through it with his bare hands and entering the Embryo.

Participants

 * Azrael
 * Ragna the Bloodedge
 * Kagura Mutsuki
 * 130 contestants
 * Bullet
 * Bob

Battle of Ragna the Bloodedge
''An event organized by Kagura. On the surface, it was a grand tournament to try and win the bounty on Ragna's head, but in reality, it was a plan to capture Azrael when he came for the 'Azure Grimoire', as well as recovering Tsubaki when she came to apprehend Ragna.''

Bob
''Bullet's match-up for the final qualifiers of Kagura's tournament. However, he is crushed by Azrael before he can step into the arena... A very unfortunate warrior.''