Description: Southtown's own fangirl/fanboy duo takes on their occasional nemeses, with the Marco running interference on both teams as a "Chaos Agent." (Winners: Sakura and Shingo)
Spotlights streak to and fro through the air as the huge crowd gathered to
watch this very special Saturday Night Fight match murmurs with anticipation. A
large ring has been set up right in the middle of Gedo Street, which has been
blocked off for this special occasion. Red and blue police lights flash at the
borders of the event as the local cops direct traffic away from the spectacle.
A large man dressed in a bright orange gi makes his way into the middle of
the ring and ceremoniously dons a black and white stripped referee shit. As he
grabs a microphone and addresses the crown a small throng of Kyokugen-ryuu
students start to cheer wildly. "Hello and welcome to the Saturday Night Fight!"
Marco shouts into the mic as he grins from ear to ear. "I, Marco Rodriguez of
the Kyokugen-ryuu Karate Dojo, have the great honor of being appointed as a
guest referee in this exhibition match between the stellar team of Sakura
Kasugano and Shingo Yabuki vs. the Beautiful Vice and the Infamous Freeman!" The
crowd cheers and jeers appropriately for the combatants.
This will be a 2 on 2 simultaneous bout with no time limit! There will be
no disqualifications, though -I- will not hesitate to punish any side acting
unfairly," Marco adds with a grin. Now let's bring in our combatants and get
this colossal match on its way!" Marco finishes with an upraised fist. The crowd
properly warmed up, the Kyokugen showman waves to the spectators and retreats
into a corner of the ring, letting the other fighters have the stage.
Freeman's true identity is probably in doubt. If he wasn't a poser, he'd
probably be tackled and arrested despite Geese's stranglehold on the city. Every
agency in the nation and probably half of the world likely has people watching
this fight, hoping to figure out if it's a publicity stunt. But twice so far
he's been verified in Saturday Night Fights; Not coming in disguise will
probably throw them off rather neatly. He's opting to wear a white mask that
completely covers his face, as well as a heavy poncho of dark brown that drapes
over his lean shoulders. Freeman simply stands at his end of the ring, arms
limply at his side and head bowed forward. He appears to be very tense and
uncomfortable, chest heaving in breath. Crowd. There's a crowd. A big crowd.
Freeman hates crowds. Once and awhile, there's a loud cheer or boo, causing his
head to snap up in a phobic manner like a jittery bird.
A bright smile that rivals the spotlights and a wave, Shingo's trademarks. The
wave is normal, the smile looks...a lot brighter than it usually is. Could it be
that he's in this SNF match beside the lovely Sakura Kasugano? Or could it be
that on his once bare hands he now wears a pair of blue gloves? The correct
answer is both. Shingo proudly displays his new accessories by doing a couple of
poses for the cameras. He approaches the ring holding Sakura's hand like a good
boyfriend should. Seeing his opponents he waves to them too. Mostly Vice, "Hello
Miss Vice. It's been a while."
And as her name is announced, another figure slips into her side of the
street, keeping as far away from Freeman as possible. Vice. And while she was
dressed in a outfit that was designed like what she normally wore... there was
one difference. She was dressed completely in black. Black hosiery, a black
skirt to her dress, black gloves... every article of clothing the woman wore was
black. But she wasn't smiling. At all.
With a jerking forward motion that would possibly give the appearance that
she tripped, Vice falls on all fours atop the street, catching herself with her
hands, her focus on Shingo. "Hello, Japaneee..." Vice draws that syallable out
as she arches her back, thrusts out her chest, and begins to stretch somewhat,
seeming to flow to her feet. "...eeese boy." Vice says, hunching forward
slightly once she gets to her feet, her eyes flicking then towards Sakura. It
was then, she finally smiles.
Scratching the back of her head, Sakura winces at the possibility of Marco
'punching any side'. He's the ref, so -anything- could go... so there's also
the possibility that her peculiar method of 'distraction' could be considered
'illegal.' The fanservice is so tightly integrated into her style though, that
it'd be a bit difficult to put the kibbosh on it at this stage in the game. So
really, it's all she can do to just focus on the match -- even though she has
every reason to fear her opponents in this match. So it's a good thing she's
being drawn out by the hand as her name is announced, fighting alongside her
grinning boyfriend.
And once the lights hit her, showmanship takes over as she beams, waving to the
crowd with her free hand. "Hey, everyone! Thanks for coming out tonight!" The
legions of Gedo have her back, even if a few of the Kyokugen students may want
her hide for interrupting their training yesterday.
Vice's smile is returned with a smug grin. She's beaten Vice before, even if it
-did- involve a keen mastery of the terrain... well, this time it'll take a bit
more, she realizes. As for Freeman? Well, he just gets a dirty look -- she'd
picked out a pale yellow scarf to go with her cherry-themed uniform, without
even considering the possibility she might not be walking off without it before
the night's over. Erk.
After all the fighters have entered the ring Marco takes center stage once more.
"Let's start the show!" Marco bellows in the mic before tossing it to a man in a
suit waiting outside of the ring. Reaching up to unbutton the top few buttons
of his referee shirt, Marco assume a ready stance, his right arm cocked to his
side, and his left outstretch in a powerful upward facing claw. Bouncing back
and forth on his feet a few times, Marco nods to both sides before throwing his
arm down between them. "FIGHT!"
Freeman slowly glances towards Vice, and then slowly glances towards
Shingo. His fists clench tightly beside himself, apparently somewhat jealous by
the current state of affairs. He'd honestly prefer to be beat upon by the Orochi
girl then beat with her, but sometimes masochistic desire doesn't match up with
the fight at hand. Freeman continues to glance around, edging away from the
crowd and somewhat closer to the obsidian-garbed redhead that is neatly avoiding
him.
But the second Marco's hand even begins to descend, Freeman is already
flashing forward. He's a literal blur, and his hand strikes out by the time the
Kyokugen practicioner finishes the motion. He's attempting to claw /Shingo/
right in the face with a loud snarl, completely ignoring Sakura nearby. It seems
that his focus has already been decided... The best distraction to raising panic
is to beat the living hell out of someone, right?
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Freeman's Finger Rake.
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Marco 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/-------|
Slightly taken aback as always by Vice's displays whenever he greets her Shingo
simply nods back and says nothing else to the Orochi. The rest of his attention
is given to Sakura and grins at her. "All right. Let's do this," he exclaims
getting into his fighting stance. Fists held up in the typical Kusanagi-ryuu way
of fighting.
A good thing too. Because here comes Freeman zipping at him with claws ready to
rake his face. Almost as fast as Freeman, if not faster, his left forearm comes
up to guard his face. The nails belonging to the male psycho killer leaving red
scratches and the tingling feeling of pain from broken skin. It's not deep
though. It's just a flesh wound. "YOUR BODY IS WIDE OPEN!" Shingo shouts out
rocketing his right fist to Freeman's face in response. That'll teach him to
rush in without thinking first. After the punch Shingo gets back into stance not
yet immediately following-up. He holds his place next to Sakura.
And while Freeman and Shingo do their little fighting thing, Vice holds
back. While her dark eyes flicker towards Freeman to watch his oncoming attack,
her eyes soon focus on what was to be her target, evidently. Sakura. If
anything, Vice's small grin grows larger and larger as the Orochi woman begins
to pace to one side, drawing just a bit closer to Sakura as she does so. "Did
you like screwing with Mature's head, pretty little boy...?" she calls out in
Sakura's direction, running her tongue over her lips, excitement causing her
breathing to quicken.
COMBATSYS: Vice focuses on her next action.
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Marco 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/-------|
Wincing as Freeman starts off with her boyfriend, Sakura remains... well, close
to his side. Not enough to really be hit by Freeman, or left wide open by his
shots or nothin', but stilll... close enough! But when Vice calls her out,
Sakura just shrugs her shoulders. "=I= was just seeing how far she was gonna
keep that crap up. Is that faker =still= goin' on with that amnesia kick?" As
she speaks, though, her hands light with the bright swirl of chi that's pretty
much made her famous -- even though it's made her master famous first. And it's
the one-meter-wide orb is flung, true to form, at the awaiting Vice.
"HADOOOOUKEN!"
Marco watches the ensuing action carefully. Quickly circling around the ring to
try and keep all of the action under his supervision. Obviously he is taking his
job as ref very seriously. As Marco continues with his job, his eye is caught by
the same suit-clad man who caught his microphone earlier. The man points to an
earpiece in his ear and then to Marco before motioning towards Freeman, who is
about to be punched at by Shingo. Marco gives him a blank stare for a second,
obviously confused, before finally nodding in recognition. Pushing up his
sleeves unconsciously, Marco advances towards Freeman menacingly. "So you're
eager to fight eh?" Marco asks, "Let's just make sure you keep it clean!" He
warns the masked man as he walks up behind him. Reaching out for Freeman's
shoulders, Marco attempts to turn him around and hit him directly in the face
with a savage head butt. Hey, it's a dirty job, but someone has to be paid
thousands of dollars to appear all over the world on TV doing it.
COMBATSYS: Freeman blocks Shingo's Aragami Mikansei.
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Marco 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/------=|
COMBATSYS: Marco successfully hits Freeman with Kyokugen Zu-Tsuki.
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Marco 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/------=|
There's no difficulty whatsoever in Freeman reaching up and catching the
fist. It stops dead, and barely causes even a flicker of tension in Freeman's
arm. He grins, completely unharmed. But then he's grasped by the referee; Which
appears to surprise him, staggering backwards but ducking too slow. The headbutt
impacts his nose in a spray of crimson blood, reeling him back in a stumble. For
a moment he looks ready to charge at Marco, but seems to catch himself and only
breath heavily. He then goes from zero to sixty in a heartbeat; Where he was
facing the larger man with limbs at his side, now there's a crimson flash of
cutting energy right at Shingo's face. He attempts to strike him twice, before a
downwards slash is done to drive him into the ground with no small amount of
force.
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Vision of Death from Freeman with Tsuki Hiji.
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Marco 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/-----==|
Before when Shingo guarded against Freeman's attack he didn't expect to get cut
by the man's nails. It was quite the unpleasant surprise for the lad. However
the unpleasantness is more than made up for when Marco comes from nowhere with
the headbutt against his opponent. Shingo grins but doesn't openly say anything
lest he draw the referee's attention towards him. Sakura seems to be doing well
starting off with her Hadouken so it seems they don't have to pull out their big
guns of teamwork yet. But back to Shingo and Freeman. The slasher comes at the
boy swiping at him again. Learning from the past attack Shingo steps in to the
slash before it even comes out. His brings his elbow down to knock Freeman's arm
away falling down in the process. Though he plays it off as intentional. A foot
comes out rather unexpectedly and kicks Freeman in the stomach. "GECCHU!"
COMBATSYS: Vice blocks Sakura's Medium Hadouken.
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Marco 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/-----==|
And in response to the motion, Vice straightens, bracing herself and
crossing both her forearms in front of herself to ward against the incoming ball
of chi. And when it strikes, her entire body rocks with the blow, a low hiss of
pain leaving her lips. A hiss that turns into a mocking laugh. Whipping her arms
away from herself, Vice lunges the rest of the way towards Sakura with a long
forward leap, attempting to grab the girl around the shoulders. Should she do
so, she would slam Kasunago to the ground, then grab her by the front of her
shirt, exerting all her strength to throw her up into the air, and letting her
fall, wherever she may. "THIS MAY HURT, SAAAA'KU'RAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Vice successfully hits Sakura with Black End.
- Power hit! -
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Marco 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/-----==|
Kasugano is pretty much a rag doll for Vice at the moment -- for as much as she
-thought- she was ready for this, the fact is -- she's been caught off-guard!
And as such, she's slammed into the ground, then tossed skyward. To add more
injury to injury though, she utterly -fails- at the attempt to break her fall,
her hip jarring against the pavement as she lands. She's strongly favoring one
side as she stands again -- but she refrains from attacking again, opting
instead to focus her chestnut-hued gaze upon Vice, gritting her teeth in a tight
smile.
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Marco 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/-----==|
Marco nods in appreciation of Shingo's counter attack, but has to smirk at the
circumstances that landed the young man on the ground. Not wanting to attract
the attention of the ref, eh? Well, it was a nice try anyway. Walking up to the
temporarily prone Shingo, Marco addresses him in a jovial manner. "That was a
nice move son, but we have to move this fight along. Get on your feet!" Marco
laughs loudly as he swings his large foot at Shingo's midsection, trying to
-help- him back to his feet. Maybe the Kyokugen Bear is having a -tad- too much
fun with this whole neutral referee business. Oh well, it's all in good fun,
right?
Freeman's feet are smoothly taken out from beneath him, and he collapses on
his back with a heavy grunt. His head impacts the street, causing a hiss of pain
before the murderer skitters away while adjusting the mask lightly. Turning
around, he bears witness to Marco's attempt at helping the younger fighter to
his feet -- so Freeman helps as well, although likely not in anything even
vaguely near helpful. The masked madman hurls himself towards Shingo once more,
unleashing a double-onslaught of crimson energy towards his face. It's a rather
cheap and dirty attack, but he hasn't listened to anything Marco has said thus
far. Besides, he totally cracked his white mask. Unforgiveable. "Just relax and
die!"
COMBATSYS: Marco successfully hits Shingo with Medium Kick.
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Marco 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/--=====|
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Crow from Freeman with Tsuki Hiji.
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Marco 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/=======|
Such a helpful referee Marco is. Assisting Shingo up from his prone position on
the ground...with a swift kick to the gut. So much for not drawing the attention
of the ref. But fear not. Marco's kick is actually a blessing in disguise. For
it actually does get Shingo off the ground. Literally. The boy being lifted up
from the strength of the leg strike into the air and onto his feet. Narrowly
avoiding his face being slashed by another attempt of Freeman's. While the
psychopath goes low, Shingo goes high. Another elbow dropping down onto the
killer. There's no kick after. There's no need for one. The elbow is to slam
Freeman to the ground which is followed up by him saying, "As much fun as that
sounds, I'm going to have to pass." With that done Shingo hops back and watches
Vice toss his girlfriend into the ground. He winces for her but is unable to do
anything about it at the moment.
And the tight smile of Sakura's was echoed by a much, much easier one upon
the painted lips of Vice. "Little boy... little boy..." Vice begins, her voice
nearly a coo as she takes a step towards Sakura, her smile growing even wider,
and displaying her teeth. But then, her eyes light up with a almost-feral sort
of glee. "GO TO HELLLLL!!" she suddenly shrieks, dashing a few steps closer, and
whipping her arm out towards Sakura's shin. Should she get a hold of the
schoolgirl there, Vice would pull her off her feet, and sling her towards the
barricade of police cars that were blocking the streets for the event.
COMBATSYS: Vice successfully hits Sakura with Decide.
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Marco 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/=======|
Gritting her teeth at the insult, Kasugano reminds herself that getting angry is
a VERY BAD IDEA right now. She stares back at Vice, ribcage heaving with every
breath -- as that untimely series of impacts was enough to really ruin her day!
Though she can tell Shingo's doing a bit better, thanks to her peripheral vision
and the somewhat pleasing series of grunts and grumbles. As for Vice, though...
well, it seems like she's doing a very good job of separating the two lovebirds,
grabbing onto the schoolgirl's shin and flinging her off like so much dead
weight. She literally -thuds- off the police car, bouncing once before
disappearing from view behind it.
And there's a veeeery mysterious blue flash of light, that doesn't seem like
it's coming from the patrolcar. Nope -- as Sakura rises, she apparently seems
to have said 'Shinkuu' under her breath, for the crackling nucleus of hot spicy
deathgasms is at a size that looks like it might =really= hurt if it were to
land. And... that seems to be Sakura's intention as she thrusts the ball of
flame at Vice, using the automobile and the barricades as temporary cover.
"--uuuuuuu.... HADOOOOOOOOOUKEN!"
Nodding to himself in satisfaction as Shingo is thrown back into the melee,
Marco turns his attention on the other two fighters. Wincing slightly as Sakura
flies into the barricade, Marco decides that something has to be done about this
Vice lady. "Though I applaud your resourcefulness, I do not think the local
police force will appreciate you damaging their patrol cars, let's try to keep
this in the ring" Marco says to Vice's back. Paying no heed to the Hadouken
flying towards Vice, Marco begins to run at the beautiful and deadly fighter,
quickly leaping into the air and sending a powerful flying kick straight towards
the small of her back. Just before Marco's kick threatens to hit he twists in
the air to follow up the first attack with a second kick from his left leg,
which should be more than enough to send Vice flying in the same direction that
she so rudely sent Sakura, should everything go according to plan.
Once more, Freeman becomes intimate with the ground. The vicious elbow
slams him upon his face, causing a vicious clack as the mask finds itself
intimate with the ground. Slowly, he pushes himself up, yanking off the
obstruction and hurling it aside with a loud clatter. He's breathing very
heavily, raising languidly from the ground and standing a considerable height
over Shingo opposite. But then he appears distracted by the people over his
shoulder, widening his eyes once more. But then he actually /focuses/ on the
crowd. The terror begins to wildly expand, arms trembling, before he abruptly
snaps out his hand for Shingo's face. He attempts to grasp him by the face, and
yank him into a viciously impaling strike of crimson energy aimed right for his
stomach /very/ hard. An odd tactic, distracting himself, but it worked the night
before.
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Freeman's Gore Fest.
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Marco 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|
Shingo has his face grasped by the homicidal maniac. This doesn't bode well for
him. At least it wouldn't bode well for the boy if he wasn't such a good
fighter. He lets Freeman hold onto his head. That's not where the real attack is
and Shingo knows this. His hands are already in motion grabbing onto Freeman's
arm before the full force of the stab can be felt. The most that it does to him
is make him feel like that Pillsbury Doughboy character from some American
commercials he saw while in Metro City. Save for the 'woohoo' part. Shingo then
breaks away from Freeman, "Sorry, mister. I don't have time for you right now.
Maybe later." Let's hear it for channeling his inner jerk. You can tell he
recently trained with Kyo.
If Shingo doesn't have time for Freeman right now, then who does he have time
for? It would be Sakura but he always has time for her. Gotta to remember that
this is a officially sanctioned match. That means he must be going after his
-other- opponent in this team battle. Apparently he's had enough of watching his
girlfriend get thrown around the place. "SHINGO KIIIIIIICKU!" The kick serves a
double purpose of getting out from Freeman's range as well as closing in the
distance between him and Vice. On landing he shouts out to Kasugano, "Sakura!
Watch my back!" Obviously he means for her to finish off Freeman.
COMBATSYS: Vice parries Sakura's Shinkuu Hadouken!
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Marco 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|
COMBATSYS: Marco successfully hits Vice with Flying Whirlwind Kick.
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Marco 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Vice with Shingo Kick.
- Power hit! -
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Marco 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Vice
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Shingo 1/-----==/=======|
Well... things sorta got complicated in a hurry for the Orochi woman. With
her focus entirely on Sakura, Vice releases a hiss as the first of Marco's kicks
hit her. And when the second slams into her back at the very same time as
Shingo's... things likely got a lot worse for Sakura. Why? Because the force of
both kicks propelled the lithe woman over to the very same area Sakura was,
while having the addedd effect of knocking her out of the way of her impressive
fireball. Pulling herself off the ground with a snarl, Vice glances around, eyes
wide and unsteady, but the first thing she sees? Sakura.
"You little -FILTH-!" Vice shrieks. "THAT DAMN HURT!!!" Vice shouts as her
eyes narrow upon Sakura, the woman throwing herself towards the Taiyo
schoolgirl, her hands seeking her throat. Should Vice get a hold of Sakura's
throat within her iron grip, Vice would heft the school girl up, and with a hop
over the barricade back into the ring, chokeslam her slight body into the
ground. And then, laughing like a woman possessed, Vice would throw herself up
in the air, hoping to land on Sakura's belly. Knees-first.
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Vice's Withering Atlas EX.
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Marco 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/-----==/=======|
That hurt? Well, it wasn't because of anything -Sakura- did, why's -she- so
upset? Gritting her teeth as Vice launches towards her, Sakura swats the older
woman's grabbity hands away with her padded handguards. "Not -my- fault you
weren't paying attention! Giddoff!" Which... isn't to say that Vice doesn't
still manage to grab her by the wrist, causing her to step forward to break
free. Still, being tugged against one will really coulda hurt a lot more than
that -- and as Sakura breaks her fall, rolling out of that mitigated grapple,
she finds herself smiling a bit. "But you keep calling me 'boy'!" Breaking
into a dash, she finds herself running full-tilt at Freeman, shouting, "I think
you want Shingo instead!"
Oh, yoo-hoo, Freeman! No getting off easy for you -- for Sakura's trained her
sights on him now, and that means, yep, everyone's favorite! Lukewarm chi
served up in a nice gift-wrapped bundle of chi, hurtling right to your torso!
Just call 1-555-... "HADOOOOOUKEN!" With only one 'O', though.
Landing softly in the middle of the ring, Marco turns his head to look at Shingo
who has landed next to him after also kicking Vice. "Ah, got tired of waiting
for your turn, eh boy?" Marco chuckles loudly. "Well I don't want to disappoint
you!" Marco assures the ersatz pupil of Kyo. "Ouryyaaaa!" Marco adds as he fires
himself straight into the air, turning ever so slightly as he rises. Extending
his right arm as he closes in with Shingo, aiming to drag his massive fist along
the boy's torso and finally connecting with his jaw.
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Freeman with Medium Hadouken.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/-----==/=======|
The flash of a hadouken catches the hapless murderer dead in the chest,
although he doesn't appear to be incredibly phased by the impact. He skids
backwards, the energy billowing over his frame in a flickering crackle before
his attention focuses almost entirely upon Sakura. Apparently he didn't
appreciate that sort of impact; Distracted from Shingo, the man then charges
towards her with a raising snarl in his chest before leaping high into the air.
His poncho flickers around him in the movement, before he descends and attempts
to simply strike the poor schoolgirl in a sharp but doubtlessly painful punch.
Hi-yah!
COMBATSYS: Shingo dodges Marco's Kohou.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/-----==/=======|
"Sorry Mister Marco. I have a previous engagement with Miss Vice," Shingo states
after falling back on his behind. The Kyokugen uppercut very clearly missing
him. Only because when Marco launched himself straight up with the move Shingo
stumbled out of the way. Not the graceful of dodges ever seen, but hey it gets
the job done. Pushing back up he turns to Vice and doesn't even wait for Marco
to get out of the air first. Why bother, it's against the rules to hit the ref
anyways.
After dismissing Marco casually Shingo lunges at the Scary Devil Lady with the
signature right hook of Kusanagi-ryuu. "Hey Miss Vice! You're fighting me now!
And...YOU'RE WIDE OPEN!" He shouts out. The punch speeding in on the woman.
Contrary to fighting Freeman, he takes care -not- to hit Vice anywhere in the
face. Other than that it doesn't matter where he strikes. If she happens to get
hit in the face accidentally by failing a dodge or block, then oh well. At least
he made the effort.
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Vice with Aragami Mikansei.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/----===/=======|
Beginning to dash off after Sakura, Vice's little dash was halted by a
fist in her belly. Doubling over the fist, Vice expels her breath painfully, as
she staggers backwards a step or three, her arms crossed over her belly. A
moment passes, then a look of anger replaces the surprised one from moments
before, Vice lifting her dark eyes towards Shingo. "Japanese boy..." she hisses
warningly, before uncurling her arms and jabbing her fingernails towards
Shingo's face. If that connects, Vice would slash her sharp fingernails across
the Taiyo boy's face, and then quickly lift her knee, striking him hard in the
gut, and away from her. That was the idea, anyways.
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Freeman's Quick Punch.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/----===/=======|
Huh. The ref's attacking her boyfriend, Vice won't relent against Sakura, and
now Freeman's punching at her too? Well... things could be worse! She could
have fallen for the serial killer's distracting poncho! But no. Vice was
completely unsettling her -- this she can handle! Diving to the side as Freeman
approaches, she springs back to her feet.
"Hey, freakazoid! You got somethin' of mine!" It's a harmlessly stupid
notation, but she's hoping it can serve as enough of a distraction for him not
to notice, say, the ruffling skirt that flies out of the way, or the pink gym
shorts beneath it -- or even the equally pink canvas shoe careening for his
head. "Yuu-TTAAA!" she screams, hoping she can do at least -something- to the
madman while he's still in close range.
COMBATSYS: Freeman dodges Sakura's Flower Kick.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/----===/=======|
There's really not much attention paid to the fanservice. He does have a
passing thought that her current ensemble matches one of his scarves, likely
half her statement and half being distracted by the crowd in the first place.
He's not doing particularly well in this fight, although he does manage to lurch
backwards and completely avoid the kick with his normal rubber-like ease. A
couple more steps backwards are done, before he rolls his shoulders backwards
and cracks his fingers. "I'm going to collect the whole set..." is purred
towards Sakura, hand beckoning her towards him with a slow lick of his lips.
"I've beaten you before, and I'll do it again. Then, when I end up with a
complete set, I'll beat up your boyfriend and run him up a pole with your stupid
outfit on. How's that sound?"
COMBATSYS: Freeman focuses on his next action.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/----===/=======|
COMBATSYS: Shingo endures Vice's Death Blow.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/-======/=======|
Personally to Shingo that doesn't sound very enjoyable. And he would be more
than happy to voice his distaste for Freeman's future plans. First he has to
finish up with Vice. Charging recklessly at the female Orochi Shingo
not-so-gladly takes the scratches across his face and even the knee to his gut.
He is a man with a plan. Right now it looks like that plan is getting beat up by
Vice. Don't believe everything you see.
His teeth are clenched to avoid crying out from the pain and he doesn't even
wipe away the lines of blood that start to form on his countenance. "Burning..."
That would take away from him moving as fast as he needs to in order to pull
this off just right. Another right hook punch is thrown Vice's way.
"SHINGOOOOOOOO!" Though this time he spins first and without delay it is
followed by another spinning hook. His left hand next comes into the mix with a
strike of its own. Well, four strikes of its own. The last punch given more
effort than needed sending his body with it away from Vice. Although it leaves
him the perfect position for a side thrust kick to finish off the combo to
Vice's ribs.
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Vice with Burning Shingo.
- Power hit! -
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/----===|
Once, twice... four times Shingo's attacks strike Vice, the final knocking
the woman away from the Taiyo lad. Landing on the ground in a black heap, Vice
remains there for a few moments, her limbs twitching occasionally. But with a
movement that causes her head to swim, Vice bursts to her feet in a flurry of
skirts, roaring a wordless shout as she approaches Shingo. When she closes, she
hopes to slap her arms around Shingo's waist, turn him upside down... then just
slam him into the ground, head or shoulders first. Three times she would slam
him, until bringing him down, and throwing him with all her might into the air
above. -Then- Vice would leap up into the air after him, catch him around the
middle, then drive him into the ground with all the force she could muster.
Growling lightly as Freeman outlines the grand plan for his collectable Sakura
Kasugano merchandise, Sakura shakes her head. "Y'know, they got t-shirts with
my face on 'em for sale over there if you wan'em." she quips with a narrowed
glare -- but she knows better than to come when she's called by a lunatic like
Freeman. "It sounds like you want another one of these!" she shouts, thrusting
her palms forward at Freeman with a loud, chirpy cry of: "HADOOOOOOUKEN!"
Surprised to see the meter-wide orb of chi barreling its way towards Freeman?
You shouldn't be!
COMBATSYS: Freeman negates Medium Hadouken from Sakura with Overkill.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 0/-------/----===|
The fireball screams towards Freeman, but this time Freeman is far from
taken off-guard. He simply stands there, then extends his hand. It flares with
darkness, and the energy impacts it with a crackle. Before... whisking away,
vanishing in a few crackles of electricity up his arm and a rather loud
explosion of darkness overcoming the space it just took. Flexing his fingers and
blowing at the nails, the serial killer then begins to walk towards Sakura with
a very wide grin on his face. The assault of Vice and Shingo are forgotten. The
crowd is forgotten. He simply spreads his arms in a loving gesture, before
tapping his chin. "Hit me." is stated, in the same mildly lustful way Vice can
sometimes manage. "Do it. I /dare/ you..."
COMBATSYS: Shingo fails to counter Withering Surface from Vice with Tsuki Hiji.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|
Ah. What fight with Vice is complete without being powerbombed into concrete?
And like every other time she doesn't disappoint. By now he's used to being
grabbed by the Scary Devil Lady. So when he's grabbed he just braces for impact
and goes along for the ride. Yeah he made an effort at seeing to get a luck hit
in so has to mess her up. Except that Luck decided to take five. Stupid unions.
Each slam from Vice sends tremors down Shingo's spine. It's amazing that the boy
doesn't have any back problems from the amount of times he's been powerbombed.
The fact that he -rises- up after kicking out the last piledrive is even moreso.
Though he has seen better days. His breathing is ragged and you can tell his
body is about to give. Yet there's a fire still burning in his eyes. "That was
nice, Miss Vice."
And Vice's response to Shingo's compliment? A bright laugh, one filled
with a certain sadistic joy. A wide smile replaces her once angry look, as the
woman nearly purrs. "Shingo, Shingo, Shingo!" Vice says with a note of glee as
she steps over towards Shingo, and whips her hands out towards his collar. "You
feel soooo good when you break!" And with that, if Vice had grabbed Shingo's
collar before... Vice would yank him face-first towards the ground, before
bending over and grabbing one of his legs. Then, taking off in a run, she would
drag him around for a while, before throwing him at one of the walls of the
nearest building.
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Vice's Gore Fest.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/------=/=======|
If Sakura could afford to spare a moment glaring at Vice for that comment,
well... she probably would! As it is, though, she's got a mind of putting
Freeman down -cold-. And if that means hitting him right in the chin, well,
darnit, that's just what Sakura's gonna do! ... Er. Kinda. Because as Sakura
whips her hands forward, narrowing her eyes at Freeman... well, she's just bound
and determined to wipe that smug grin off his face. But she's also not dumb
enough to get into grabbity range, considering how fast that could be -- and has
been -- turned around on her in the past. So she dispenses with the formalities
of making a -good- fireball, and just settles on a -fast- one. "HADOUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Freeman blocks Sakura's Small Hadouken.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Vice
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Shingo 1/------=/=======|
The flicker of energy is literally slapped aside. It ricochets into the
air, a comet within the stark darkness before flashing out high in the sky. His
fingers flicker with darkness, but that's the only apparent reaction from the
assault. And then, Freeman slowly reaches into his pocket. Slowly, smoothly, a
very long knife is yanked free; The edge is rough, and it's by no means an
allowed weapon within the tournament. The edge is licked almost lovingly,
causing a rivelet of blood. "I so love blades... A single arc will forever
change the world. A scratch remains forever. A scar remains forever. Such power
over destiny!"
And then the weapon is hurled, brutally. ...But it flies past Sakura in
it's whistling spin, right towards Shingo in a thorough attempt at dropping the
hapless boy right where he stands. Shink!
COMBATSYS: Freeman successfully hits Shingo with Thrown Object.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Vice
[ \ <|
Shingo 1/-----==/=======|
Shows how much Vice knows. Shingo doesn't break. He shatters into teeny tiny
little pieces. Just not right now. Vice comes at the boy once more with her
grappling antics. He is pulled down to the ground. But he uses his hands to help
make sure his face doesn't get bashed by the street. Of course that doesn't stop
said hands from getting grated up on the road when he is suddenly tugged along
like some kid's bright shiny new wagon. The boy contorts his body, rather
painfully, to hit the wall not as hard as he should. Again using his hands to
push against it to land on his feet.
Shingo starts to move. "Ok, Miss Vice. So how does this feel? IT'S MY FIGHTING
SPIRIT!" Pushing his body to a greater speed Shingo breaks into a mad dash at
his current opponent. Suddenly pain shoots up to his brain from his shoulder. He
instinctively reaches for it and finds a knife....embeded into his skin halfway
in. No effort is made to remove the offending object. There's no time. He's got
to do this. He's got to give Sakura a better chance against the two maniacs than
she has right now. He's got to do his best. Closing in on Vice he turns to slam
into her with his shoulder. The blade being shoved all the way up to the hilt
when he connects. But there is no sound. No shout of pain. He'll make sure and
grit his teeth as hard as he can before that happens. Even as his body finally
gives out from exhaustion leaving to fall to the floor unable to move. Eyes
fixated on the outcome of the fight.
COMBATSYS: Shingo can no longer fight.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Vice
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Vice with Ge Shiki - Kake Hourin.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Vice
And Vice grins over at Shingo, seemingly at the verge of laughing at the
sight of the knife in his shoulder. As Shingo charges her, that grin doesn't
fade one iota, even as pain shoots through her body at the smashing shoulder of
the Taiyo boy. But also... Vice doesn't fall. "Good. Good." she whispers down
at Shingo, before beginning to slowly step in Sakura's direction, her legs
quivering with each step. "Good, GOOD!" she then shouts, breaking into a run
towards Sakura, a light laugh following each step. With her last remaining
strength, Vice would throw herself at Sakura, hopefully knocking her to the
ground along with Vice, intending to land face to face with the girl. And from
that position, Vice would reach over towards Sakura's face... and proceed to
claw at it until her strength failed her, Vice slipping off into a half-concious
state. At least... that was the plan.
COMBATSYS: Vice can no longer fight.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Vice's Death Blow.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|
And a very good plan it was! It's just that Sakura wanted none of it.
Reasonable enough, right? As Vice announces her intentions loudly and proudly,
Sakura turns towards her side, meeting the charge with a shoulder and a hip
thrust in her path. Oh, and a good backhand to the face to stop her dead -- she
does a really good impression of a wall! (Okay, enough with the flatness
jokes!)
Still, with a light sidestep and a foot-tap to the shin, Sakura is able to help
Vice to the ground -- which turns out to be a really good thing with Freeman
practically standing there. Or... is it? Knowing that Shingo went down is
enough to give Sakura some food for thought -- and good reason to take a step
back and reassess her situation. And time to gather her strength, curling her
hands into fists and calling forth a torrent of energy into existence around
her. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAH..."
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|
Freeman looks towards Vice somewhat amused, but then he glances towards
Sakura. "I'm getting the hang of it..." is said, before he then closes his eyes.
Long and fluid limbs go very taut, fingers flexing as his head snaps backwards.
His body begins to ripple with darkness, stand slowly spreading. Even through
her own massive charge, the feeling of Freeman's chi is probably going to be
very recognizeable. Inhuman, an abyss, although one massive and reaching very
deep. Slowly he goes limp again, slouching forward like an eel and opening blank
eyes. "There..." He begins to shimmer, blur, feet blending into the ground. "I
feel it..." He then observes Sakura with a giggle, reaching out a hand as if
tripping. "I /see/ it... I see your death...!"
COMBATSYS: Freeman focuses on his next action.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|
"Oh, you do? Sweet! Tell me more! It's like... a big funeral, right? And
they're listing off all the accomplishments I've done in my long, fruitful life,
right? And right at the top of the list, 'Utterly owned Serial Killer. Many
thanks to Sakura Kasugano!'" She can say this, and even hold out her hands in
demonstration of the award banner, all thanks to Freeman keeping his distance
and slouching forward. Oh yeah. She's reeeally thankful for that, too!
Because it means she can get over the pain of this horridly painful battle.
Oh, wait, something's missing here. Wait for it...
"HADOOOOOUKEN!"
Slowly, Freeman spreads his fingers towards Sakura and seems to be looking
directly at the incoming ball of energy. "I see darkness. Darkness and pain..."
This is honest, his done distant and not really here. It almost looks like he's
about to allow it to hit him, but then he tenses. An explosion of rippling black
energy screams over his body, forming in a pinpoint between his open fingers.
"There." is simply offered, before he unleashes a devestating blast of energy
towards Sakura. Then a second one, directly behind. It's probably going to take
out a chunk of crowd even if it misses, but there's always the possibility it
just bounces off Sakura's hadouken instead...
COMBATSYS: Freeman overcomes Medium Hadouken from Sakura with Double Overkill.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|
COMBATSYS: Freeman successfully hits Sakura with Double Overkill.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 1/------=/=======|
Her Hadouken is utterly absorbed by the first attack -- both of them dissipate
into nothingness with a crackle of electricity and a whimper. The second
followup attack, though, continues onwards to crash into Sakura, knocking her
back with an equally pained whimper. But .... it's not like that's -all- she
has -- for even though her frame is animated with a weak kind of, er, charm...
she still functions! "Sorry! Not quite seein' the darkness here yet."
Truthfully, it -is- pulling at her vision, her eyelids starting to droop -- but
even still, she's in the process of rushing forward at Freeman with yet another
attack -- though it's thankfully -not- the Hadouken. Nope. She dashes forward,
but drops low to the ground, spinning instead into a series of low sweeping
kicks aimed at his shins. And should those actually connect, she'd stand to
finish off the series with a waist-level roundhouse. "Here we go!"
COMBATSYS: Freeman blocks Sakura's Haru Ichiban.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/------=|
Freeman seems to be coming out of whatever violence-related trance he had.
He wasn't able to reach the pinnacle; If Sakura had attacked him physically he
probably would of, and it'd of meant her death. Such a shame. But as she runs
towards him, there's a very heavy snort. Apparently the serial killer is not
amused. He manages to dance backwards away from all of the lower spinning
snapkicks, and the final fanservice roundhouse is swiftly caught, almost lazily,
by a risen hand. "Go to sleep." is grunted out, before he literally backhands
towards Sakura -- attempting to finish her with a mighty pimpslap. Not even a
flash of chi. Were it to indeed hit and finish her off, she might never live it
down.
COMBATSYS: Freeman successfully hits Sakura with Quick Punch.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|
Might! But even as the so-called 'massive' pimpslap cracks into the
schoolgirl's chin, she's still not smrt enuff to heed the warning. She heard
darkness and pain in her future, and doggonit, she's gonna get it if it k--
well, maybe she'd rather not go -that- far. As it is though, with her
spiralling around counter-clockwise, she figures she can ride the momentum out
-- spinning instead into a high aerial version of the ground-based kick she'd
just pulled out. "Shunpuuu-kyaku!"
COMBATSYS: Freeman fails to interrupt Shunpuu Kyaku from Sakura with Finger
Rake.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|
"You will!!" Freeman snarls, and again snaps out a hand towards Sakura's
face. But the spiraling kick causes him to only rake through her hair, which is
quite an accomplishment given how tomboyish she is. One more hit will take her
out! More distracting is that the kick just impacted him in the face, lurching
him backwards in speckles of crimson blood. He takes one step back, then
another, before slouching forward and opening his mouth in a heavy gasp. "GIVE
ME YOUR CLOTHES!" is demanded, before he stumbles towards her. One way or
another, with that sort of statement, the fight will end /now/.
Buh, no way! Why would she wanna do a dumb thing like that?! "I TOLD YOU!"
she shouts, alighting on one foot, and seamlessly shifting into a quick kick to
the torso. "AT THE CONCESSION STAND!" With her hands held out as a
counterbalance, she's hoping -she- can be the one to definitively end this!
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Freeman with Light Kick.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Freeman
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|
The vicious kick impacts Freeman... right between the legs. He attempted to
leap backwards, and assuredly didn't manage. There's a heavy THUNK, and he rolls
backwards in a heavy collapse upon the ground. Rolling along the ground, he ends
up in a curled heap on the ground. For all his mannerisms it appears he still
has every drawback a male might inherit. But he manages to wobblingly get to his
feet, taking a deep breath. Glancing on the ground, he eyes Shingo while
stumbling forward. "Ah... I can seal two destinies with the same tool..."
Yanking the knife rather viciously out of the fallen man's shoulder, Freeman
turns towards Sakura and charges. He snaps out with it, attempting to give her a
sound trio of stabbings. Each one flares with crimson energy, an X laceration
before a final one at her throat. But he looses all strength then, literally
hurling the weapon from his limp grin. Staring disbelievingly at Sakura, he
falls to his knees, curls into the fetal position, and just... lays there.
Trembling.
COMBATSYS: Freeman can no longer fight.
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Marco
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Freeman's Vision of Death.
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Marco
Oops. Well, maybe Saku-chan had gotten a =wee= bit carried away there.
Flashing an toothy, embarassed grin back at Freeman, she hastily withdraws.
"Wasn't pretty, but it happened!" she explains, skittering backwards.
And =oh=, the =irony= of stabbing her with the knife that stabbed Shingo!
Luckily, the significance is lost as Sakura weaves left, bobs right, and =leaps=
backwards, completely clear of the last-ditch effort to... end her life? Or
just hurt her. Who knows? Who =cares?= As Freeman falls, Sakura sticks out
her tongue. "Don't you know? Justice =always= triumphs in the end!" Well,
except for those past two times! She thrusts up her hand as the winner -- that
is, unless the referee has any formal announcement to back up the claim she's
staking.
COMBATSYS: Sakura takes no action.
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Marco
Shingo doesn't feel the stickiness that comes with laying in a pool of his own
blood. He doesn't feel anything at all. Not even when the knife is removed in
such a nasty manner that Freeman removed it in. All he feels is satisfaction
knowing that he did his part in helping Sakura secure the victory for their
two-person team. It means that he can finally give in to the darkness calling
him that Freeman spoke of. Except it's not the same thing. Shingo's eye lids are
heavy and he feels light-headed from the stress on his body and all the blood
loss. Someone better call him a medic fast.
COMBATSYS: Marco has left the fight here.
COMBATSYS: Sakura has ended the fight here.
After the depature of the special guest referee and seeing that the fight has
ended rather excitedly, the SNF medics are already rushing out to tend to the
injured fighters. First Shingo due to his leaking of vital bodily fluids, then
Vice, and finally Sakura. If Freeman sticks around they'll even take care of him
right before the police come to do the arrest.
Grinning as Freeman seems to be comfortable on the floor, Sakura leans over him
with a smug grin. "Hey, guess you were right about seeing darkness and pain.
Er, feeling pain!" And, holy crap, from out of nowhere comes this totally cool
breeze, whipping her skirt around! The one that doesn't actually have as much
blood as it could on it. But really, there's only so much time that can be
spent gloating. She'd rather kneel beside Shingo and stay with him till the
medics come. "Happy extended birthday or somethin', Shingo-kun." she smiles,
running her hands through his hair.
Log created by Kobun, and last modified on 07:18:17 05/06/2005.