Match of the Millennium

Description: Terry Bogard has had his experience with ninjas. He's basically related to one! But Terry will be handling a different breed of ninja this time. One of them is the all too familiar Mai, who is working hard to be a Mai Bogard if his brother slips up! And assisting her is the fresh face Fumiyo, who is not only trained, but more than willing to give Terry a taste of a little death. Battling it out at the Ginkaku-ji Courtyard in Kyoto, the Lone Wolf has to fight both opponents at once. Can he handle so much wisdom and understanding? Or will Terry have to call in his brother for a little help?

[MAI]
As the sun sets over the Ginkaku-ji, it is near cinematic in its atmosphere. It is a place of reflection, a locale of peace. The pond is tranquil, as is the garden.

Slightly less tranquil is the appearance of MAI SHIRANUI, who walks onto the scene in a full white kimono with a red flower pattern. Over her shoulder is a traditional Japanese parasol, aptly colored in her favored red. She twirls it slightly as she walks, spinning the handle in her palm.

"Tch," Mai crinkles her nose. "Terry's late as always. I wonder if he got lost again..."

[FUMIYO]
Fumiyo had been kind of ignoring Mai but not in a completely rude way; she was having a phone conversation with someone which seemed to be mostly her saying 'awww,' 'aaaa,' 'uuuu' and 'ohhh' in pretty much every possible emotional cadence. Mai has probably had similar conversations on the phone with Andy.

But her battery was dying so she had to stow it in the temple's discreet little charging station for Vegamon GO! players. Now she's been loitering nearer to Mai, leaning against a pillar of the pavilion and sucking on a lollipop, probably because of no-smoking signs.

As she draws the wet glistening head of the candy out of her pouty lips, Fumiyo says, "At least the light's good, huh? Maybe he's gonna try to sneak up on us."

[TERRY]
Soft footfalls are picked up by the ninja. Someone approaches. That someone being Terry Bogard who moves along at a steady pace with hands shoved into the front pockets of his jeans and ballcap pulled down lower than normal. The wanderer soon comes to stop not far from the pair before pulling his hands free and reaching up to tip his cap a bit before pushing it upwards. "Sorry for being late. Had some people that thought they would test your lucky." he says and gives a grin. "You know how it is Mai. Some things never change." Much like how Andy will probably never stop running away from her.

He reaches towards his back pocket and pulls out a pair of fingerless gloves that be begins to pull on as he takes in the surroundings and lightly clucks his tongue. "Nice place. A shame we gotta fight instead of having a relaxing night." He smirks some and gives another grin. "Then again people didn't pay to come see us make small talk and have a picnic."

He finishes pulling on the gloves then eases into his fighting pose. The Lone Wolf looking between both girls for a moment before extending a hand and making a bit of a motion towards the two. "Hey! C'mon, c'mon!" he urges the two ninja. It looks like the time to talk is over and he is ready to fight.

COMBATSYS: Terry has wandered into a fight here on the left meter side.

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Terry            0/-------/-------|

COMBATSYS: Mai has joined the fight here on the right meter side.

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Terry            0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Fumiyo has joined the fight here on the right meter side.

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Terry            0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0              Mai

[MAI]
"I doubt it," Mai confides in Fumiyo. "That's not really his style. He's more of a 'smash headfirst into problems' sort of guy." And then, Terry appears. Mai tilts her head toward the sound of his voice.

"Ah, and there he is," Mai twists the umbrella and lets go, which sends it spinning like a top to finally settle onto a rack away from the fight. With that disposed of, she spins on her heel, promptly disrobing with one smooth motion that lets the kimono fluttering to the side and her much more risque fighting uniform revealed. As if by habit, Mai punctuates the wardrobe change by extending an open fan to her side. The landing is likewise puncutated by a great bounce.

Which she promptly turns to fan herself briefly. "So my Andy didn't come to spectate?" Mai pouts, looking around. "You should have drug him along! What kind of brother are you?" she accuses, fan suddenly snapped closed and pointed at Terry. Her other hand rests on her hip. "But I guess we should get started. --Fumiyo, is that right?" Mai tilts her head toward the other ninja. "As a warning, Terry doesn't play around, so I hope you're ready!"

But without another moment's pause, Mai has snapped that fan out of her hand with a quick flick of the wrist. It spins through the air like a shuriken, whizzing slightly as spirals right toward the Hungry Wolf. Lonely Wolf? Legendary Wolf? Adjective Wolf.

[FUMIYO]
Fumiyo's tongue runs over the lollipop in a casually insolent way as Terry appears. "Oh, you two know each other, huh," she says, with a voice that has a smirk. She gives the candy one last good suck as she raises one hand in a brief tap of a salute to her eyebrow, even as she cocks her hips.

Mai shucks off her kimono like she's unpeeling a curiously symmetrical melon. Fumiyo is a lot more still as she listens, and says in reply to Mai, "That's right." Raising up one tattooed arm, she waggles her fingers. "And it's OK - I don't mind sharing - and I see there's enough to go around."

Looking at Terry, Fumiyo tilts her head. "Aren't you lucky?" she asks him, and then she straightens up and...

Watches alertly?

Maybe she wants to see how he handles that fan. She has, of course, heard of the Multititled Wolf, but youtube videos don't show the real pulse of energy.

Also she's enjoying the lollipop.

COMBATSYS: Fumiyo focuses on her next action.

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Terry            0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ///////////////////////////// ]
                                  |-------\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Terry blocks Mai's Kachosen.

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Terry            0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ///////////////////////////// ]
                                  |-------\-------\0              Mai

[TERRY]
Terry for the most part doesn't look perhaps a man that deserves the reputation he has. Sure he looks in good shape, but he isn't dressed in a flashy manner and he doesn't seem the boisterous sort. Then again Ryu is neither of these things and he is also well respected among the fighting world. And there is that gaze as the man carefully watches both women and seems to be taking things seriously. Even so the smile playing across his features shows he is also having fun. "Andy I am sure is busy. You probably see him more than I do these days." he tells Mai.

Then the rather bouncy ninja goes into action and flings her fan his way. He is more than ready and he raises up an arm and then hits the object with the forarm to deflect it away with minimal effort and burses into action himself. Mai he is more familiar with and he knows he has to be careful with her, but Fumiyo is the one that is the wild card. A fighter he is unfamiliar with in both name and style so it may not be a surprise he decides to test her out rather quickly to try and figure out just what he is dealing with.

Forward he steps and he raises his hand high before he then punches downwards at the game. "POWER WAVE!" Yes, he actually shouts his attack. A great fighter he may be, but perhaps there are some old habits that die hard.

COMBATSYS: Terry successfully hits Fumiyo with Power Wave.

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Terry            0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ///////////////////////////// ]
                                  |-------\-------\0              Mai

[MAI]
Mai hops backward almost as soon as she lets the fan fly. The large ball dangling from the back of her tabbard swings back and forth which each silent footfall of her ninja tabi. Almost as soon as the fan is gone, Mai draws another one from deep within her cleavage. She then drops into her usual stance, a forward-leaning, swaying number that leaves her ready to spring back into action.

But there's no immediate need, as Terry unleashes the Power Wave on Fumiyo instead. "I figured he was hanging out with you!" Mai objects. Clearly that is the only reasonable explanation for him to not be spending time with her. "Are you lying to me, Terry?" Mai asks, kicking off in a great, superhuman leap that brings Mai toward the Bogard brother. She swings her fan around, aiming to smack him upside the head with it. It's still closed, at least.

[FUMIYO]
!!! POWER WAVE !!!

Fumiyo is introduced to the world of fighting outside of a couple of little placement things with the power of Terry Bogard's sheer burning spirit. It hits her hard enough to make her spin around, her teeth coming down on that lollipop head hard enough that it /cracks/, the sticky chocolaty filling in turn running into her mouth. She doesn't cry up, though she does pitch around on her heel, almost ridiculously...

Then Mai continues to chide Terry.

This gives Fumiyo an opening. All her rotary momentum suddenly becomes forward-driving energy as she lunges ahead, aiming to rush at Terry! Swift, brisk, and - she swings one hand around, trailing a hint of a red afterimage behind it, but the chop is wild.

That's because the point isn't to whack Terry with it!! The merest brush or even getting within a centimeter or so of Fumiyo's hand transmits an electric-greasy feeling that runs through the heart and body like cheap liquor down the throat of a nun.

"Is that how you greet all the girls?" Fumiyo says, continuing forth. If she isn't intercepted her arc of motion will take her running behind Mai as if to.. hide... is she using Mai as cover? (Well, not consciously.)

COMBATSYS: Terry dodges Mai's Medium Strike.

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Terry            0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ///////////////////////////// ]
                                  |-------\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Fumiyo successfully hits Terry with Are You Enjoying It?.
- Power hit! -

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Terry            0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ///////////////////////////// ]
                                  |-------\-------\0              Mai

[TERRY]
There is a light tch from Terry. "He's a grown man, Mai. I don't need to lie for him." And even if he did it wouldn't do any good. Mai is good at just pecking at him before he gives up the information he has on his brother. In this case it is thre truth he hasn't seen the younger Bogard for a few months. Terry himself hasn't exactly been around much and been laying low himself for quite some time. His attempt at trying to keep up with the exchange of banter isn't easy. Not when both ladies are coming right at him.

The result is him managing to avoid the thwap upside his head with the fan. Mostly because it is something she has done so often it is almost him dodging on instinct at this point. The tandom movements of both ninja works though as Fumiyo easily manages to inflict that strange energy that makes Terry almost feel like he took one of those shots King always pours him when he visits her. It does make him lose focus for just a moment and Fumiyo moves quick enough Terry only finds one target ahead of him.

Mai is there in his sights and he swings a leg outwards, A roundhouse kick aimed lower to slam into Mai's stomach. He knows he doesn't have to hold back in her case. She is a tough girl and if anything she would just chide him more if he wasn't going all out.

COMBATSYS: Mai blocks Terry's Medium Kick.

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Terry            0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ///////////////////////////   ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0              Mai

[MAI]
Mai pouts more as the pecking continues. "Fiiine," she says with a frown. "But you're going to at least help me look for him, right?" she asks, or, well, says. It doesn't really sound like a question.

But Mai can't speak further before she has to deal with an incoming medium kick. Her fan is tossed from her right to her left with one smooth motion, the end of which is Mai popping the fan open and bringing it to block the impact from the kick as she reverse-grips it. Even then the kick connects with her side and sends her sliding across the stones. The fan is left demolished, forcing Mai to toss it aside and draw another one from front storage. Her other hand nurses her sore side.

"So what have /you/ been doing in the meantime? Not giving King too much trouble, I hope."

But even as she speaks, Mai steps forward and brings the fan--now snapped open--downward in a sweeping, smashing arc!

[FUMIYO]
Fumiyo orbits round behind Mai as she says, "King? Is she the one who runs the tournament?" But she's moving around even as Mai swings her fan forwards to engage with Terry more directly. To herself, Fumiyo admires the durability that is being shown by Terry; then again, she tells herself, what would you expect?

He's not drunk and tired, so it'd take longer. I hope it's not completely useless, Fumiyo thinks as she steps forwards, and as Mai dives to slash at Terry she may be surprised to feel a FOOT ON HER BACK

because Fumiyo is using her as a ramp to run up along her side and into the air, whereupon she does a mid-air gymnastic flip and descends with both her slippered feet straight down, folding her arms over her black-wrapped chest as she does. She looks down, using her toes as a sight - this one may be a little hard to completely avoid, but it does have a weakness as a technique.

Fumiyo doesn't know it yet. She may be about to learn.

COMBATSYS: Terry barely endures Mai's Sayo Chidori.

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Terry            0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  //////////////////////////    ]
                                  |===----\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Terry interrupts Are Feet Your Thing? from Fumiyo with Rising Upper.

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Terry            1/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  //////////////////////////    ]
                                  |===----\-------\0              Mai

[TERRY]
Mai might not see it, but Terry gets just a slight smirk when she asks about finding Andy. "I know when he will be around. The tournament is coming up. I am sure he will join up with me so if you want to join as well I am sure you will see him." A bit mean, but also not a total lie. Terry wouldn't be surprised if Andy showed up for such a competition and Mai could thank Terry later if she gets to spend time to the hubby to be (in her mind at least). He has little chance to say more at the moment. He once again has two more attacks to deal with at once and little room to maneuver.

That might be why he takes drastic measures. He isn't sure what Fumiyo did, but it has him feeling a bit lethargic still. A feeling he hasn't quite shaken off yet and it seems to be making his body feel a bit more heavy. Not heavy enough though to keep him from fighting. Terry isn't just a reguarl fighter even if he doesn't look too special. He was put against these odds because someone know his skills and tenacity.

He sees that fan coming down and then Fumiyo coming down from above. He leans forward and pushes off his feet. The fan comes down hard which elicits a grunt, but does little to stop him from rising up and going right into Fumiyo. Sure her feet hit him, but perhaps more of a graze than the full force she wanted. What she might not have intended was the way his knee slams into her then him bringing a fist down to send her right back to the ground.

He lands and staggers a moment. He is hurting, but it is a good pain to him. "Well at least I know I am not going to be bored tonight at all."

[MAI]
A foot is planted on Mai's back and she looks up to see Fumiyo vault up and over her into a dropping kick. Mai's fan connects with Terry's shoulder and the kunoichi smiles widely. She springs backward--just as Terry intercepts Fumiyo with a rising uppercut.

"Ooh," Mai asides to Fumiyo. "Sorry about that. The Bogards play rough. Are you all right--nice move, by the way. Though I should note I don't make a habit of being a springboard!" Mai snaps her fan closed and gesticulates with it, pointing it at Fumiyo. "What clan did you say you were from again? I never realized there were quite so many ninjas about!" A pause. "Real ninjas. Not those fakers in black pajamas." Another pause. "I do like your leggings, by the way."

But then Mai pivots, stepping forward into a heel kick toward Terry. Clearly she can't let the punishment on Fumiyo go--well, unpunished!

[FUMIYO]
"U, uuhwa~" Fumiyo manages to breathe in Terry's ear on sheer inertia before she gets thrown up and then downwards, toppling over herself and momentarily dazed. She pushes herself up to her elbows, running her fingers through her hair as Mai addresses her.

"Oh - Jatani," she says, which Mai may recognize, possibly to the point of astonishment. Either way Fumiyo pushes herself upright, arches her back, and says as she reaches her feet again, "Aw, thanks!"

Then she looks right at Terry, raising both hands and pointing her index fingers at him. Her thumbs come back as if to cock hammers. She winks with one eye and half-mouths half-blows a 'pow~' at him, and then she leans forwards and seems to become a red streak for a fleeting moment.

That's the best explanation for it, anyway. Fumiyo throws herself full bore into a double-fisted strike aimed square at Terry's solar plexus, pushing herself off the ground to mean no momentum or force is wasted in things like 'slowing down on the dirt' when it could instead go into 'making Terry Bogard remember every beer he has drunk'. The follow up from there is simpler; she twists round, aiming to grab onto a limb and lock it with one of her own arms AND a leg.

"She does bounce well," Fumiyo says to Terry at that intimate distance again, possibly shortly before she is crack shot into her component atoms.

COMBATSYS: Fumiyo blitzes into action and acts again!

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Terry            1/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  ///////////////////////////   ]
                                  |===----\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Mai successfully hits Terry with Power Strike.

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Terry            1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  ///////////////////////////   ]
                                  |====---\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Fumiyo successfully hits Terry with Strong Punch.

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Terry            1/---====/=======|=======\=------\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  ///////////////////////////   ]
                                  |====---\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Terry dodges Fumiyo's Can I Hold It?.

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Terry            1/---====/=======|=======\=------\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  ///////////////////////////   ]
                                  |====---\-------\0              Mai

[TERRY]
If anything both of these ladies are presistent. And it is probably for the best that the pair do their best to keep Terry on his toes and don't give him a chance to think too much on his tactics. "No answer? Always later after the fight." Terry says to Mai and then he has to go silent rather quickly. Both ladies come in swinging and the strike from Mai lands solidly and it staggers him enough for Fumiyo to slam her fists into his chest. The force is enough though he staggers back quickly and the follow up she intended to deliver ends up missing entirely.

The Lone Wolf goes down to a knee and he takes a few deep breaths. "Never giving a guy a break. I almost feel as if Blue Mary has been giving you both pointers." Even if Fumiyo probably doesn't even know who that is. Despite the pressure from the pair and the fight they are giving him he just grins. His hand clenches and he takes a a deep breath. Then they can feel it. The immense power being gathered by the man as he stays leaned over.

"OKAY!" He says and straightens back up. The energy he is gathering almost seemingly covering his body entirely right now. He raises his hand high and then he just gets a bit of a glint in his eye before bringing his fist down. It is similar to the power wave Fumiyo felt before, but the thing is the release of energy and explosion is much larger. And this time it is both ladies that have to find themselves having to dance away from it. And not just that. Two more large blasts follow looking to knock the pair away.

COMBATSYS: Terry successfully hits Mai with Trinity Geyser.

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Terry            0/-------/-----==|=======\=------\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  /////////////////////         ]
                                  |=======\-------\1              Mai

COMBATSYS: Terry successfully hits Fumiyo with Trinity Geyser.

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Terry            0/-------/-----==|=======\=======\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  /////////////////////         ]
                                  |=======\-------\1              Mai

[MAI]
Mai backpedals out of her kick before she snaps her fan open and brings it in front of her face. This way her expression remains mostly concealed. Half-concealed, at the very least. Coy is a good descriptor.

"Oh, Jatani? I would have never guessed!" Mai says cryptically. And honestly. Her inflection seems to be one of genuine surprise.

But not a moment afterward, Terry unleashes a dangerous, supercharged projectile of chi. Mai's fan goes from covering her face to blocking in front of her. She snaps another fan out in a flash, overlapping them for a cross-guard in front of her. She winds up riding the impact for the most part, but it still hits her without enough force to knock the wind out of her with an unladylike 'hurgh,' send her flying backward and tumbling across the tile, and also adequately singe her wardrobe.

Even so, Mai rolls to her knees then springs to her feet, bouncing out of the tumble in more ways than one. She lands heavily, swaying a bit as she looks over toward Fumiyo. "Ouch," Mai protests, "I forgot about that one. Oh well!" Fiery chi erupts around Mai, which in turn ignites the pair of fans she's holding. She tosses one underhanded, half-crouching to do so. The second is hurled at waist height on the backspin. Before she's done, a third fan joins it as Mai hurls it overhand and leaves herself briefly bent at the waist with her rear sticking out.

But that's much less noticeable than the flying three fans, particularly since they are no on fire.

[FUMIYO]
!!!!!! OK !!!!!!

The erupting geyser is a release that Fumiyo has never met before, one of sufficient force and vigor that her efforts to grasp at Terry are in vain. Blown back, she ends up tumbling again, landing with her ass in the air and...

You know what, Fumiyo thinks as she sprawls, I'm just going to do like those boxers do and take a few seconds here. She is dazed, it seems, by Terry's raw force. On the up side she's not putting herself out there for Terry to punch once again, but the down side is... well, he may be lured inwards.

Or is that her game?

"You're taking this really easily!" she calls to Mai, though.

COMBATSYS: Fumiyo gains composure.

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Terry            0/-------/-----==|=======\======-\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |-------\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Terry blocks Mai's Suichou no Mai.

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Terry            0/-------/---====|=======\======-\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |-------\-------\0              Mai

[TERRY]
The release of energy leaves Terry a bit drained, but not enough to quit just yet. Not when it seems at least when Mai still seems to have recovered well and even if Fumiyo is down for a moment he is pretty sure she isn't out of this fight yet. Fumiyo is at least weak enough he can take a moment to focus more on Mai who is probably the bigger threat right now. "She said Jatani? Pretty impressive. I bet Andy would be interested to hear about her." Oh now is he needling Mai and making her jealous? Well it is in good nature, but yeah. He is probably doing that.

He brings his fist back then he surges forward towards the fans. Even with the firey one leading he seems to show no fear. He bursts forward right through the first one and through all the subsequent ones that follow. "Buuuuuurrrrrrn......"

He brings his first forward as the energy erupts around it once again. A firey like release as he looks to slam it right into her....well....it is hard to really not hit Mai in the chest and she will forgive him if it happens.....hopefully.

COMBATSYS: Mai full-parries Terry's Burn Knuckle!!

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Terry            0/-------/---====|=======\======-\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0              Mai

[MAI]
Mai actually looks a little bruised and burnt, but she's holding up well, all things considered. For a seemingly fragile ninja, she seems quite skilled at taking a good hit when she needs to. In a moment, she's back to her bobbing, bouncy fighting stance.

Mai tilts her head to look at Fumiyo. "Are you okay? --well, I'm used to it!" she offers, perhaps confirming the worse of Craig Marduk's fears. But before Mai can console Fumiyo further, Terry crashes toward her with a mighty Burn Knuckle. Mai turns her head just in time to react with a--

Boing. Mai thrusts her chest forward, accidentally (?) catching Terry's fist and soaking up the impact. There's an awkward pause as she looks down at her chest, then at Terry, then back at her chest. Her face starts to redden.

"Lewd!!!" Mai whips around, the tails of her outfit catching aflame with chi as she swings them around at Terry's side.

[FUMIYO]
Fumiyo pushes herself up. Inwardly she thinks: He said something about a Blue Mary? Was he talking about... Jesus's mom? (Someone gave Fumiyo a pamphlet once.)

Either way, now it is Fumiyo's turn to color slightly as she realizes that perhaps she should not have admitted this aloud. Shit, she thinks: There goes my mystique. Irina's going to tan my ass for that one. Moving forwards, she feels the energy rising in Terry again, and then -

Skids to a momentary halt as Terry's fist hits Mai right square in the chest. The jiggling is imperious but soon enough halted. Seeing this and feeling an interpersonal relationship being tested, Fumiyo knows what she must do. For this is the greatest of the Jatani arts -

RUINING A RELATIONSHIP

That is to say

THE DELIGHT OF THE CRIMSON SNAKE

Fumiyo throws herself into the mix, at Terry, from a lateral angle. She aims to crook her arm under his arm or, if she's truly fortunate, his leg. That's an irritating and possibly counterable grab maneuver which would at most be mildly annoying EXCEPT that the snake around her midsection starts to move.

It slides up along her arm. The other snake tattoo there moves as Fumiyo's hand shifts, to try and place skin against skin. If this happens, there's a brief tingle of that unwholesome heat and then *the snake gets on Terry's body and crawls up him, aiming for his mouth*

Which it tries to go inside.

Hopefully he can shut his mouth (at the appropriate time).

COMBATSYS: Terry blocks Mai's Ryuuenbu EX.

[                     \\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////                   ]
Terry            0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |=======\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Fumiyo successfully hits Terry with Crimson Snake's Delight.

[                       \\\\\\\  < >  ///////////                   ]
Terry            0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |=======\-------\0              Mai

[TERRY]
That....was unexpected. Terry finds his hand firmly lodged into Mai's cleavage and he is hoping this isn't going to be seen by Mary right about now. "Mai, I didn't mean t-" He doesn't get a chance to explain. He has just made the ninja mad and there is little he can do about it. It is a rare moment where the well trained fighter is actually thrown completely off his game and left himself a bit more open than he is used to.

And despite this he somehow manages to keep himself from being harmed too much by Mai's flames as his fist comes free with an audible pop and only the very edges of the chi hit him. It is just a moment's reprieve as Fumiyo does her best to make Terry look even more like a pervert and weirdo when she...what the hell is....nope!

At least an attempted nope. That weird snake tattoo thing gets in his mouth and his brow twitches. Even there he is stuck in an awkward poisumon and he only knows one thing to do. Punch Fumiyo in the face.

[MAI]
Mai's still steaming slightly (both figuratively and literally) when Terry withdraws. Even if tw as accidental, she seems a little bothered. She's pointing at Terry with her fan again.

"Well, just watch where you're punching!" she objects, right before there's a sudden SNAKE.

Mai takes a big backleap away from it. "W-what kind of technique is that?" she asks, looking over at Fumiyo.

However, her focus never seems to fully leave Terry, even if her attention is briefly diverted.

COMBATSYS: Mai focuses on her next action.

[                       \\\\\\\  < >  ///////////                   ]
Terry            0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |=======\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Terry successfully hits Fumiyo with Strong Punch.

[                       \\\\\\\  < >  //////                        ]
Terry            1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |=======\-------\0              Mai

[FUMIYO]
To be fair to Terry, even the Internet would have to agree that Fumiyo was the aggressor here. The snake writhes around Terry's mouth, crawling in him with a sensation exactly like having a good-sized snake trailing into your mouth and exploring your innards, leaving hot tingles in its way.

But there is no journey to the dimension where love is real to be found here.

Fumiyo laughs a little awkwardly, as if Mai had just caught her texting in class or something. "It's... a... technique...?" Fumiyo answers, smiling with deliberate effort throughout just before Terry, quite reasonably, socks her in the face. She goes limp a moment before, so she is jostled badly, but not, it seems, permanently disabled.

Tasting blood, Fumiyo's lips purse and she then leans inwards - it would look to an outside observer LIKE a kiss but it actually isn't. There is a sudden sharp intake of breath from Fumiyo-- a sense of that snake coming back /out/ - her mouth opens as if to swallow it, which Mai gets an excellent view of, if only for a second, and maybe it was an illusion -- (No.)

Then she throws herself backwards to try and spin Terry over and pin him against the ground! Fumiyo is much smaller than he, of course, so she's basically hoping for the element of surprise. Or snake-horror.

COMBATSYS: Fumiyo successfully hits Terry with Fast Throw.
Glancing Blow

[                        \\\\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
Terry            1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |=======\-------\0              Mai

[TERRY]
The snake thing is certainly a new thing to deal with Terry. And if anything it is probably the exact reason why Fumiyo didn't get the full force behind that punch. Mai and her anger for the the cleavage incident is also all in the back of his mind right now since he is more about getting rid of that weird feeling of having something moving about inside him.

And while the punch does some damage it isn't enough to fully dislodge Fumiyo who keeps a solid grip on the Lone Wolf and even manages to flip him about. Perhaps it isn't the landing she fully hoped for as he manages to shift his weight enough to land on his feet while she is still clung to him. He then grasps for her top (no wardrobe malfunctions please) and he pushes off his feet to go upwards and he brings his other arm around to elbow her and then toss her to the ground.

If anything he hopes it shakes the ninja off of him. Whatever she does has him drained. It doesn't help he has taken some good abuse right now as he lands heavily and goes down to a knee. "Heh......guess I will need more practice if I am going to put on a good show at the tournament."

COMBATSYS: Terry has reached second wind!

[                          \\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
Terry            0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0           Fumiyo
                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |=======\-------\0              Mai

[MAI]
Mai seems to have gotten over the incident for now, but she will no doubt bother Terry about it again later. For moment, the more pressing issue is that Fumiyo has taken another solid punch and yet Terry is still not down. Mai smiles a little to herself. This is the kind of showing she's come to expect, after all!

"Tell me about it," Mai says, "I feel like I need to shake the rust off a bit." The kunoichi bounces on her heels a bit, gathering chi once more. She launches high into the air, then flips forward. After the flip she suddenly ignites, becoming fully sheathed in flame. The flip is far from the end, either, as Mai descends back down toward Terry like a flaming ninja meteor!

COMBATSYS: Terry successfully hits Fumiyo with Grasping Upper.

[                          \\\\  < >                                ]
Terry            0/-------/---====|=======\====---\1           Fumiyo
                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0              Mai

[FUMIYO]
Terry's grasp on her black top does make fabric start to stretch and tear but --!!!

The rating is preserved. After this Fumiyo is man-handled around by Terry Bogard, as many people have been, and is hurled down soundly into the ground, landing with enough of a crumple that she does not move further beyond rolling onto her back and looking dizzily into the fabulous sunset sky for a moment. Two moments.

Then she rolls on her back.

"I'm gonna get so chewed out over this!" Fumiyo groans, before turning her head to watch Mai and Terry continue to GO AT IT.

COMBATSYS: Fumiyo takes no action.

[                          \\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Terry            0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Fumiyo can no longer fight.

[                          \\\\  < >  ////////////////////          ]
Terry            0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Mai successfully hits Terry with Chou Hissatsu Shinobibachi EX.

[                                < >  ////////////////////          ]
Terry            1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0              Mai

[TERRY]
In this case it might just be a bit of too little, too late for Terry when he finally seems to have taken out Fumiyo. He has taken quite a bit of punishment and the fact he is even able to get to his feet is a testament to just how tough he really is. But standing and moving quickly are two different things. Mai is still fresh in comparison and her movements not hindered as much making her hard to avoid for the Lone Wolf. He starts to step back and move to the side, but she crashes into him anyways and it knocks the air out of him and sends him tumbling across the ground.

"Heh." Terry manages to start getting up once more. His body aching and screaming for him not to get back up. "One last time." His fist ignites with energy as he seems to be focusing what little bit of strength he has left. He takes a step forward then pushes off his feet. His fist seeks out Mai, but he figures it might be best to aim lower this time so not to get his hand stuck again. A burning punch to plant into her stomach to knock her off balance before landing and slamming his first down to release another blast of energy. Then the flames die down and Terry is there on one knee and hands on the ground to keep him from falling over entirely. "I guess I have been slacking too much."

COMBATSYS: Terry can no longer fight.

                                  >  ////////////////////          ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0              Mai

COMBATSYS: Terry successfully hits Mai with Overshoot Geyser.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-

                                  >  ///////                       ]
                                  |=======\====---\1              Mai

[MAI]
For all the force that Mai brings to bear against Terry, her follow-up carries with it a certain lightness and agility that seems like a practical contradiction to the earlier movement. Her elbow slams into him, but almost as soon as Mai's forward momentum stops, she's kicking back through the air to land in a three-point stance further away. A confident, even arrogant grin has spread across her face.

It disappears suddenly when Terry has caught up with her and slams his fist into her midsection. All the air is suddenly pushed out of the kunoichi's lungs and she makes an 'hurk' noise that sends out a small spray of saliva. She staggers only briefly before the follow-up chi blast smashes into her and sends her crashing back and tumbling across the tile. She does not immediately get up.

"Aaagh," Mai groans, lifting herself up on her elbows. She coughs several times as she tries to regain her breath. "That hurts, Terry! If this is slacking, I don't want to see serious!"

But even so, Mai finally does get back onto her feet--even if she almost falls back over once more. Her bouncy stance from before has lots a lot of its pep.

COMBATSYS: Mai has ended the fight here.


[FUMIYO]
"I was going to say, what she said," Fumiyo says as she reaches a seated position, rubbing her back, "but, she said it, sooooo..."

She laughs, a little uneasily. "No hard feelings, right? Are you OK?" she asks Terry, but maybe she is comfortable to play with fire, given his fatigue.

[TERRY]
"Perhaps I should ask the same question." Hopefully he really. He still looks unsteady when getting back to his feet, but his guard is relaxed and he looks like he is not in the mood to even try to throw a punch let alone one of his more dangerous moves. "I don't know what you two have planned, but I am going to find a way to enter even if I somehow have to sign a waiver to get in on my lonesome." And the scary part is Terry could easily be his own team from what those two just experienced.

The Lone Wolf just smirks and he reaches up to give a tip of his hat. "And if you need a partner.....well you are both ninja. I am sure you can find me if you need me. I am sure Andy says hi, Mai." With that he turns about and he starts to wander away. A hand raising as he gives a wave. There is a bit of a stagger in his step. He is still feeling drained and beaten up, but he at least wants to find a more comfortable place to settle down before getting some rest.

And if anything the match has just helped the Lone Wolf realize he needs to kick things into gear when it comes to training. With the tournament on the horizon he needs to be in top shape. Even more so if he really does enter on his own if allowed. "Heh, never a easy day." He murmurs to himself.

[MAI]
Mai drops down to her knees again, finally giving in and sitting down on the stone.

"Yeah. I think we're both okay." A pause. "Owww," Mai rubs her midsection again. She looks at Terry for a long moment. "Of course! We'll be in touch...though I'm sure there are plenty of people who'd be happy to team with the Legendary Wolf." Mai says with a (strained) smile. It hurts to move too much.

She turns her head and looks at Fumiyo for a long moment. "Two ninja..." she says quietly to herself.

[FUMIYO]
Fumiyo looks up towards Mai and blinks. Terry raises a good suggestion.

"I'm at loose ends lately, so I can totally be available for practices," Fumiyo says as she rises up. Has she ever been in a tournament before?

Not officially.

[MAI]
"Let's," Mai pauses mid-sentence, wincing again. She rubs a bruise that's starting to form on her face. "talk about this after getting patched up, no? I think it's worth considering."

[FUMIYO]
"Sushi?" Fumiyo offers.

She steps forwards and lingers, biting her lower lip, as if awaiting an Awkward Question - but maybe it'll come a bottle of sake later.

[MAI]
"Sushi," Mai confirms, standing with a bit of difficulty.

Log created on 20:09:35 07/16/2017 by Fumiyo, and last modified on 11:46:19 07/24/2017.