Match of the Millennium

Description: Geki seeks out Ken Masters, on the trail of the meaning of Ansatsuken.

[KEN MASTERS]
Masters Resorts has numerous properties spread across the world, and those that are closer to the headquarters in Seattle, Washington tend to get more on the fly visits from the senior company leadership then most would usually like.

A black Mercedes sits idle in front of the business offices of the Vancouver Masters Motel, the driver idly playing some time wasting game on his phone as he waits for his passenger to finish their errand and return to the car so they both can get on with the rest of their day. It doesn't take long as the doors open and a stream of people start milling out of the main doors. Most like estatic and please, while a couple look downright livid, and one even is carrying a box with what looks like their personal effects.

After most of the crowd has dispersed, the defacto CEO of the chain of resorts steps out of the offices himself. Dressed in a simple black suit with a matching black tie, Ken Masters has a look of severe displeasure as he speaks to a man in a security uniform. "Make sure that Sennhausen has an eye kept on him. He's lucky I didn't fire him over all this. I don't appreciate when my employees are ran into the ground like this."

[GEKI]
Ansatsuken. A name that has haunted Geki since he first heard of Akuma from his sensei, before he left Hokkaido and journeyed south, into the rest of Japan.

The Assassin's Fist. An open hand style so deadly that it could consume a man's soul, merely from Chi techniques that drew on the battlefield in some nefarious way that Geki's order had yet to place.

Geki knew that Ken Masters was a practicioner, just like Dan Hibiki and Ryu. He would not approach Akuma; this was fruitless, as defeating evil was not his purpose, merely preventing others from succumbing. There was another, Geki informed, that everyone had thought to be deceased. This man was beyond Geki's reach.

Geki needed to learn, and to do this, he had to study Ken's Ansatsuken first hand. What was the summoning technique that Ansatsuken used, that gave it such power over the practicioner's soul? Was it an enhancement of one's self with these techniques, instead of merely summoning them to use in battle?

Geki was an assassin, it was true. But he had failed to force his eye inward, to become a priest. Could one be both a priest, and a killer?

There's a sharp wind as clouds pass overhead, a shadow across the ground from the dancing, soft white clouds in the blue sky. Suddenly, Geki is standing behind Ken, where the clouds passed, his scarf flapping in the breeze.

He says nothing, knowing that if Ansatsuken were truly what he had heard, the presence of a martial arts of Geki's caliber would draw Ken's attention.

[KEN MASTERS]
As Ken walks with the security guard, the fine hairs on the back of his neck slowly start to rise up. Something is coming, and as usual, it's not going to be a good thing. Sighing loudly, the blonde man places a hand upon the Security Guard's shoulder and nudges him foward. "If you notice anything else, please call me. I'm hopeful that things up here should get back on track and the incidents should lower back to an acceptable level."

As the guard wanders off, Ken moves towards the car now, motioning to the driver to stay put as he moves towards the trunk of the vehicle. The trunk opens and Ken leans into it, pulling out a small duffel bag which he then drops onto the ground. The tie and jacket are removed and tossed haphazardly into the trunk, along side the shined loafers that were very recently upon his feet.

He now kneels down and opens the duffel bag, pulling out a worn pair of gloves, which he easily slides onto his hands. He stands upright, his gaze turning directly to the assassin, studying him for the briefest of moments.

"I'm pretty sure I should hire someone to start scheduling appointments for people who want to suddenly show up ominously and act all intimidating. So tell me, how can I help you today?"

[GEKI]
Geki watches Ken's response curiously, noting that he's been spotted from the sigh.

Confidence. Certainty. Safety.

Ken pleases Geki in quietly removing the inferior combatant on the field, leaving the pair to discuss affairs in relative peace. Geki stands in place as Ken distances the pair while getting into a fighting trim, watching the tie and jacket being removed, with a slow nod from the ninja, before the loafers cause a quixotic flick of Geki's forefinger, beneath his briefly bent arm-claw.

As the gloves are slid on, Geki begins walking forward.

"I am called Geki. I wish to study Ansatsuken. The Assassin's Fist?"

Geki points at Ken with his right hand, gesturing at the gloves. "You wear gloves for your comfort, not my survival. You could easily take a life, even with those. I hope you do not intend me permanent fatality."

He slides into a fighting position, baring the back of his claw to Ken, right arm forward.

"I certainly do not wish to kill you. I wish to save you."

He locks eyes. "Shall we discuss matters, in the only manner that two warriors may?"

COMBATSYS: Geki has started a fight here.

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Geki             0/-------/-------|

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters has joined the fight here.

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Ken Masters      0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
As the Assassin starts running down about Ken's ability to kill and how he's there to save him, all the blonde man can do is sigh even louder. Crazy claws? Check. Crazy notion of how to save someone? Check. Another nutcase who seems to have some wackadoo idea of how Ken lives his life and why he practices the style he does?

Just another day in the life of Ken Masters.

"Seriously...? You're hear to save me and you have a claw arm, and go on about how I'm a killer?"

Ken slowly slides into a loose fighting stance, rolling his shoulders as he raises his right hand. He beckons Geki forward now, the look of annoyance now gone from his face entirely, replaced by a bright smile that borders on pure euphoria.

"Come on~"

[GEKI]
"I am not calling you anything you think I am."

Geki waves his left arm up and tilts sidelong, reaching up and over to place the extended arm on the pale white-gray concrete. He flips into a standing position and jumps with his back to Ken, a smoke bomb exploding where he had just cartwheeled.

The wind kicks the smoke bomb's trailing, opium-scented mist towards Ken, before Geki comes rushing out of it to Ken's right side, his leg snapping upwards with a jerking toe kick up at Ken's jaw with with the tip of his boot, his left arm held down at his side and his claw up to counter.

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters endures Geki's Smoke Bomb Ambush.

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Ken Masters      0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
Typical.

As the smokebomb is launched at the Ansatsuken user, Ken gently adjusts his stance, while the smoke starts filling his vision. The foot of Geki nimbly strikes its target, forcing Ken's head to snap upwards violently. Yet, this sort of attack pattern is something Ken's rather use to. He turns his head to face where Geki would be standing.

"Next would be you dance back into the smoke, sliding around my back to strike at me with that claw arm of yours. Then, while I am distracted and bleeding, you'll move around to the front, and deliver an attack to my legs to bring me down to the ground. Once I'm on the ground, you'll use the claw to aim an attack at one of my vital points."

Ken's left hand rises up and motions at his neck, "Here." The hand moves down and now is resting over his solar plexus, "Here." The hand once more travels across the blonde man's body, ending up over where his liver would be. "This would be a really good spot too. If it didn't kill me, it'd leave me in the hospital for a good long while."

Ken kneels down as chi suddenly errupts to life upon his left leg, dancing across it like flames on a log. The flames surge back and forth, almost as if they were trying to eat at the very smoke that surrounded the two men. The blonde Ansatsuken man now turns his body, only to swing his left leg out violently in a flame filled roundhouse kick that continues as he starts to rise into the air. The pressure from the chi-fueled flames creates a vaccuum that would draw most into it, and batter them in the violent tempest that is known as...

"TATSUMAKI SENPUU KYAKU!"

COMBATSYS: Geki parries Ken Masters' Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku!

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Ken Masters      0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0             Geki

[GEKI]
Geki indeed does fade back into the smoke, the kick having been delivered successfully.

"A fascinating analysis of your style, that you see in me, fighter. I perform the art of Arranged Ninjitsu. We practice it in my village, and have for thousands of years, since the first men came to Japan."

As the massive, flaming kick comes, Geki's precise animal ken with rat demons noticing how Ken's leg alights from his own personal reserves, despite the fact such a feat is usually employed in Psycho Power.

How can Chi, a resource from one's environment, be employed for something that drives from within to the point of the form aligning with both visible vigor and a great outburst?

Geki's body blurs through the smoke as he snaps the leg upwards with his left hand, his glove pawing just long enough to lift Ken too high for a proper roundhouse recovery (and in the process, above his target), before Geki steps under the leg and pushes up and away with a masterful bend of hte leg.

Geki's leg then aims at the side of Ken's supporting leg as the knee turns away from Geki, to jam Ken's leverage leg into disability.

"I rely on observing a technique's inequities. Each battle is different, and with each, I improve at seeing a rival's darkness, and where it may be sealed away."

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters blocks Geki's Lunging Rat Snare EX.

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Ken Masters      0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
As Geki moves to disable Ken's leg with his own, the young ninja assassin might notice that it's far harder then it would seem. The Ansatsuken student's muscles and joints seem to have been built up quite a bit after years of combat and training. Yet, the moment that it seems there might seem to be some give, Ken barely manages to break himself away from Geki, rolling across the ground.

It takes the man a few moments to get back onto his feet, as the blonde kicks the leg a couple times lightly, testing it out to make sure that he's still capable of going on without much interference.

"Well. I'm not quite sure what darkness you're thinking to see with me, but. I guess it's time I try and turn it up a notch for 'ya."
Ken launches himself forward, quickly covering the distance between himself and Geki. As he gets close, Ken suddenly leaps into the air as flames ignite violently upon his right foot. The foot is swung down towards Geki's left shoulder, looking to not only batter the assassin, but also burn him.

COMBATSYS: Geki dodges Ken Masters' Senpuu Nata Otoshi.

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Ken Masters      0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0             Geki

[GEKI]
"Not darkness, but rather a light from an unusual heart."

Geki flips backwards to send himself somersaulting out of range through the air, as Ken comes forward with the falling kick. A shuriken is launched from Geki's hand as he comes to the ground, before he lands in place, low and with his knees bent, careful and ready.

The shuriken curves through the air, pulling upwards in a narrow, long arc, before the torque of the throw bends the star from a proper diagonal to a skewed spin that brings it curling back in towards Ken's upper body.

"Your style is called the Assassin's Fist, but you observe inwardly, as I was never able to. Tell me, Ken Masters."

"Do you pray?"

COMBATSYS: Geki successfully hits Ken Masters with Flying Geki Star.

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Ken Masters      0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
The shuriken plants itself firmly into Ken's left shoulder, causing the white shirt he wore under the jacket to slowly turn a deep crimson as blood wells up from beneath the bladed weapon. The blonde battler reaches up and quickly yanks it out, wincing as he tosses the metal projectile down to the ground in disgust.

In the back of his head, all he can think is 'Why did it have to be a ninja?'

As Geki starts to question Ken's religious beliefs, the man is a little confused by it. "Do I pray? No. Not really. I've never been very religious. I find it draining to be honest."

Slowly, the Ansatsuken student starts to recenter himself. He obviously seems to be way on the defensive here, and that means he needs to get himself back into his groove. Taking a deep breath, chi slowly starts to gather around the man as he starts to let his mind run clear. Heat starts to surge forth from Ken, creating a pressure that shows just how serious he's starting to get.

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters is about to make it hot!

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Ken Masters      0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0             Geki

[GEKI]
"Perhaps you are not at peace. I can tell you are not the one I am concerned with. I am informed by the Yata sage that there are five Ansatsukens. One of them is the beast, Akuma, whose fate I seek to save you all from. The other is one that has been kept hidden from me, that all believe to be dead, the beast himself among them."

Geki springs forward to close a few paces, then breaks into a run the moment he lands on a foot. He jukes to the side as he approaches, his claw lashing out at Ken's arm as he spirals about and into a low crouch, left hand on the ground and his claw up as a guard, body turned to the side.

He's nimble, from a lifetime of ninjitsu, but his form lacks definition. He is reacting to Ken, and were it only that individual, he would be the most challenging opponent Ken had ever faced. But it is clear, now, with a move not among his cabinet of tricks, that he is highly fluid when it comes to others - his style, Arranged Ninjitsu, is dependent on shaping around other fighters, not doing what he pleases through his own training.

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters dodges Geki's Power Strike.

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Ken Masters      0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
As the claw swipes upwards towards Ken, the blonde man turns his body slightly. The claw sails past Ken harmlessly, but somehow he believes that there could be more to it. So once more Ken moves, this time to put space between himself and the Ninja Assassin. Though it is unnerving to hear Geki talk about how many practioners of the art there currently are.

"Well. You're kind of wrong there. It's only three. I can assure you that one of them is dead, and the other... well.. I really wouldn't count her as a user.. I mean, she's just trying to mimic Ryu..."

Ken doesn't even consider that Geki could be talking about anyone else, specifically idiots in pink who roam the land screaming "SAIKYO~", but that's because they're automatically dismissed from his train of thought.

This is a fight however, and Ken is not keen to getting caught by large claws again. So its time to employ some tactics of his own. Ken leaps towards the ground, rolling across it until he reaches his target -- Geki's shuriken -- Which he then grasps between his hand and gives a nice little toss, aiming towards the general vicinity that Geki is.

COMBATSYS: Geki blocks Ken Masters' Thrown Object.

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Ken Masters      1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0             Geki

[GEKI]
Geki's left hand flashes up, the shuriken caught between two fingers, directly before his face.

Geki lowers his hand, blood dripping down from a wound in his forehead, where a point of the shuriken managed to find purchase.

"'She'?" he asks, curious that the Yata sage obscured one of the practicioners from him.

"Ryu, is the name of the wanderer?" he asks, discarding the shuriken and pacing carefully around Ken, facing him as he strafes in a circle, his claw out.

"My eye finds you as mystified in a dark glade."

He leaps over Ken, his blade lashing out from a sudden draw from behind him and a slash behind him at Ken's back, before he lands with his ninjaken drawn.

"Tell me how to light your pathway, and I will happily push away the branch so you may see the moon."

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters can't buy an interrupt against Backslash from Geki with Shoryuken EX.
- Power fail! -

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Ken Masters      1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
As the Ninja moves to leap over him, Ken kneels down in an attempt to catch Geki by surprise, but as he rockets upwards with that famed flaming uppercut of doom, his timing was completely off and the sharp end of a pointy thing belonging to a rather aggrivating ninja finds itself dancing across Ken's back like the devil in the pale moon light.

Falling now to the ground, Ken grumbles loudly as he tries to recover from his own epic failure. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like fate has that in the cards for him today...

[GEKI]
Geki's hands slide into position over the grip of his sword as he stands, turning his sword into an upright position with both hands, the irregular guard of his claw hooking over his right hand with enough space to give him proper space for edged fighting (and bracing him from a blade strip, even if it locks him into position in a fencing duel to keeping his blade from an emergency release).

"Wisdom, Ken Masters, comes not from taking opportunity, but from learning from opportunity taken."

Geki swings his ninjato out with a diagonal slash from above that ends below, his left hand releasing out of necessity at the end of the slash, before he thrusts directly forward and to the side of Ken's head, to force one side of Ken's assault to pivot away, improving his chances to defend at the next volley.

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters blocks Geki's Random Strike.

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Ken Masters      1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
"You know, I'm pretty sure you're like one line away from being a walking sterotype for the Japanese wiseman. Making no sense, and just really seeming like he's got a few screws rusted or loose."

As the blade comes down, Ken tilts his head slightly, allowing the blade to glance along his cheek. Most people say that Ken is easily in the top 10 of Sexiest Men alive. Obviously, the Ansatsuken user doesn't really care about any of that nonsense, and presses onward.

Ken's hands suddenly launch forward, seeking to grab ahold of the cloth of Geki's gi. If successful, Ken's weight will shift as he falls backward, his right foot looking to plant itself violently into Geki's stomach as Ken goes to send Geki for a wild ride.

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters successfully hits Geki with Jigoku Guruma.
Grazing Hit

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Ken Masters      1/----===/=======|=======\-------\0             Geki

[GEKI]
Geki is pulled along by Ken and bounced along the ground in a barrel throw, a unique martial arts move if there ever was one.

Geki breaks the hold prematurely nad springs away backwards, a trio of shuriken launched at Ken all at once as he goes flying backwards.

After the shuriken are released, Geki flips backwards by tucking his knees in and arching his flexible back backwards. He lands on a knee, hand on the ground.

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters dodges Geki's Geki Star Storm.

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Ken Masters      1/--=====/=======|===----\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
As the shuriken are let loose, Ken's already rushing forward again. He twists his body in an attempt to dodge all of the bladed weapons, his right hand touching the ground to preserve his balance. However, Ken isn't about to lose any of the momentum he's building, and he continues to press towards Geki.

"Lemme tell you a secret Ninjaguy Number Four Hundred Fifty Six."

The blonde Ansatsuken user balls up his right fist, only to send it hurtling towards Geki's masked face in an attempt to really let the Ninja have it.

"The gloves? They're really there for your protection."

COMBATSYS: Geki dodges Ken Masters' Aggressive Strike.

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Ken Masters      1/--=====/=======|===----\-------\0             Geki

[GEKI]
Geki charges right back at Ken, as Ken dodges through the trio of throwing stars.

Geki ducks under the fist, his knees dipping him down, as his hand snaps up to extend the arm up and around the back of his neck. Should he find his purchase, he flips Ken over and around on his extended arm, using Ken's shoulder beneath his own as the fulcrum to throw Ken up and around, and to the asphalt.

"You are direct in your technique. Your line of martial arts has formed striking down nobles, hasn't it? Those frightened by the commoner's eye, and the orator's diction?"

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters interrupts Medium Throw from Geki with Shinryuu Ken EX+.

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Ken Masters      0/-------/---====|=======\====---\1             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
Geki is free to question Ken all he wants about the Ansatsuken style, only because those questions are things Ken never bothered to ask or care to learn. That's Ryu. Ken was only there because his father made him live with Gouken as a way to teach the boy how to be a man.

It worked of course, and of the two students of Gouken, it's obvious which one is far more adjusted and able to think on the fly.

As Geki flips Ken over the shoulder, the Ansatsuken battler suddenly twists his body. Violent crimson chi fueled flames errupt upon Ken's right arm, burning at the tattered fabric of the what was once white dress shirt's sleeve. Time itself seems to slow to a stop as Ken slinks downwards, his eyes locked directly upon Geki's. There isn't going to be any escape this time for the ninja, and both men should realize this.

A pillar of flames suddenly launches itself beneath Ken, sending his fist at the jaw of Geki like a SR-72. It won't be pretty for the Ninja, but for those who may be watching, it is a work of art. The two men will be carried towards the heavens upon a violent pillar of flames that burn and sear Geki's body as the only thing beyond the roar of those mighty flames the Ninja will hear is thus...

"SHINRYUUUUUUUUUUUUU KEN!"

[GEKI]
Geki feels the twist of the body happen along his upper body, mid-throw, and turns his head just in time to lock his eyes with Ken. They widen, as his honed bloodline picks up on the error Geki has made in attempting to escalate a fight against an Ansatsuken user.

Geki's head slams backwards as he's sent careening skyward above Ken, the flames causing his navy blue gi to disintegrate, the armor beneath it smoldering around his body and burning him like a cockroach in a sardine can on a summer day. His body is limp as he's driven upwards.

Mercifully, Geki breaks off before the climax of the jump, and flails to the ground.

He slams into it, hard, smoking and burned and shaking, his entire world swimming about. His mouth revealed and his hood gone, revealing his shaven head, he pushes up to his feet, and watches Ken retreat to the ground.

He cannot speak, the force of the blow so rocketed through his jaw and skull. He sags, his chest caving in around his knitting shoulders as he places his hands on his knees, before he goes running at Ken.

Geki will not give up. He leaps into the air with a somersault, and attempts to handplant on Ken's shoulders and spring off him with a shallow pommel dismount. Should he find purchase, he then pulls Ken up in a leap from behind, somersaulting between them before driving both straight to the ground headfirst, Ken held above Geki.

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters blocks Geki's Rolling Izuna Drop.

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Ken Masters      1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
As Geki attempts to piledrive Ken right into the concrete ground of the Masters Resort Vancouver, the blonde man braces himself for the impact. Leaning forward, he allows the ninja to slam him into the ground, using his shoulders as a brace instead of the top of his skull as Geki may have intended. Of course, this still hurts a good deal and leaves the blonde battler rather dazed for a few moments as he moves away, attempting to try and recover himself for the briefest of moments.

Slowly Ken rises to his feet, the pain in his body reminding him just why he allows himself to get into these kinds of prediciments.

It truly does make him happy.

Once more Ken slides into his stance, allowing himself to ride the waves of the battle like Gouken taught, and in the blonde's mind? It's tie to bring this little rodeo to an end. He motions once more to the ninja, this time beckoning the battered assassin to bring it on.

"Come on Ninjaguy. Let's do this!"

Ken dashes forward, looking once more to latch onto the Ninja by his armor, seeking to slam the poor man's face down into his knee in a violent strike.

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters issues a challenge!!

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Ken Masters      1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0             Geki

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters successfully hits Geki with Hiza Geri.
~~ Alluring Hit! ~~

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Ken Masters      1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1             Geki

[GEKI]
Geki is swung around into Ken's knee, snapping backwards with a push that forces him away. He stumbles, arm up and the back of his hand to his bloody face. Then, he falls sidelong, one leg straight and the other up at the knee.

Geki explodes into a burst of opium-scented smoke, disappearing in a rapidly spreading, fine mist.

There are bursts of smoke, in all directions, surrounding Ken, one by one, before Geki is behind him. His left arm comes up behind Ken to wrap around his neck, and if Ken doesn't manage to avoid the grasp, his claw is shoved into the right side of Ken's body, aiming at the appendix and stomach.

There are no words to speak, because Geki doesn't possess the ability to form proper sentences at this point.

COMBATSYS: Geki successfully hits Ken Masters with Smoke Bomb Elimination.

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Ken Masters      1/---<<<</<<<<<<<|=------\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
As the smoke bombs go off, Ken really isn't expecting this sort of reaction.

"You're running away alrea--"

And then it happens. As Ken starts to gripe that his opponent is fleeing, he feels a sharp pinch, and then the tearing of his own flesh as the claw invades his body like the Monguls invading China. No wall is going to stop them, and in Ken's case? No skin is going to stop Geki's claw. The blonde man gives a silent scream as he yanks himself away, splashing the ground crimson as he tries to assess the damage that was just done.

Quickly, Ken rips his shirt off his chest and wraps it around his waist as a very hastily done tournequet in an attempt to keep his very valuable and much needed blood inside his body where it belongs. It seems that this is most likely going to be the end of this fight for Ken unless he can put this ninja down.

Crimson chi starts to sputter to life upon Ken's left leg now. The flames start low, only to grow with singleminded intensity. If Geki thought the flames of the Shinryuu Ken were something to behold, the flames that now trail from Ken's legs are much more impressive.

Ken launches himself back towards Geki now, swinging his left leg in a violent arc seeking to catch the Ninja with a devistating roundhouse, which if it connects, it won't quite end there...

COMBATSYS: Geki easily escapes Ken Masters' Guren Senpuukyaku!

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Ken Masters      0/-------/------<|=------\-------\0             Geki

[GEKI]
Geki stands almost entirely on his right side above Ken, claw dripping with blood and his left leg jutting out sidelong to his other flank. Hanging over Ken, he breathes hard, not only having taken an incredible beating, but having drained himself of much of his fighting reserves.

Geki waits until the leg comes, then snaps his arms up and catches it. He plants his left hand beneath Ken's groin, then lurches backwards, launching Ken through the air in a suplex as he performs a precision back-bend to drive Ken into the ground, foot first.

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters dodges Geki's Geki Suplex.

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Ken Masters      0/-------/------<|==-----\-------\0             Geki

[KEN MASTERS]
Once more Geki seems to catch ahold of Ken, and the blonde man is taken for a wild ride. As the ground comes closer, Ken successfully manages to escape Geki's grasp and handplants onto the ground, only to springboard himself back onto his feet.

"All right Ninjaguy. Have you had enough yet?"

Ken manages to keep his cocky front up, but he knows that he's moments away from having another one on one conversation with Mrs. Concrete, and he really isn't in the mood to hear what she has to say again. Or hear about how her nephew Mr. Asphault is cracking up all over the place.

"You're barely on your feet, and I'm pretty sure I did a number on your face. So, we can call it quits here if you want..."

COMBATSYS: Ken Masters takes no action.

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Ken Masters      0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0             Geki

[GEKI]
Geki turns about, and places his right hand over his breast, bowing.

"You have acquitted yourself in combat, Ken Masters. As I have said, it is not my goal to defeat you. It is my goal to help you conquer yourself."

He explodes in smoke yet again, and when the smoke clears, there is only his ninjaken, his ninja sword (similar to the katana, but poorer quality, they are meant to be disposable if needed for a foot-step on a high wall) protruding from the ground for Ken to take as a souvenir.

COMBATSYS: Geki has left the fight here.

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Ken Masters      0/-------/-----==|

Log created on 23:51:27 12/01/2018 by Geki, and last modified on 05:27:59 12/02/2018.