Description: Team Evil fights the New Face Team in a French vineyard. The New Face Team gets disqualified after taking offense at an unexpected entry for Team Evil, and the fight degenerates into a brawl. (Winners: Team Evil)
A pretty little vineyard. You know the story--beautiful country road, next to row upon row of grapevines, a nice sunny area, though not without its own shade--overall, a cool environment, with all of the familiar landmarks of the cityscape dotting the horizon beyond this little field.
"Na.. Shermie," Chris comments, making sure the straps to his shoes are done just so, on one knee at the side of the road furthest from the vineyard. "Are you happy, being back?" Idle curiosity, nothing important. A walkman's headphones are about his neck currently, and are making a tinny kind of racket--nearby radio station, so you know.
A pretty little vineyard.. Yeah right, it won't be pretty for long, but Mature will be. She seems confident in her own ability and well. . looks. Presently in her usual professional clothes, she leans near the edge of the vineyard on seemingly nothing, the pose allowing her to show a generous amount of leg. She's presently standing her a car (the one they came in) with black tinted windows, the interior completely black. She also has herself positioned near Vice.
"Mmmm, Codeee, you'll protect us from these three hoodlums won't you..? Our big strong knight in shinning armor." She flicks a hand toward the three other Orochi pure bloods, but if she senses them (she does) she doesn't make any notion of it. Instead fixes her blue eyes coldly on them with a small and sadistic smile.
If one could see Shermie's eyes, they would know the answer to that question immediately. Pity, that. They're really pretty when they've got mist and sparkles in them the way they do now, behind that veil of hair that's obscuring them totally from view. "Mm? Oh, without a doubt. And I'm especially pleased I was able to pick up this vintage red wine for the occasion. <3" Which, she can't seem to stop nuzzling her cheek against every now and then as she stands there beside her younger and more diminuitive teammate and the drummer for their band. "This is going to be fun. Especially since we get to watch Yashiro fight first." she smiles.
And standing by the car and the blonde-haired Orochi woman, with arms crossed beneath her chest... was Vice. Staring in Cody's direction for a few long moments, with her unsteady gaze, Vice curls her lip in disgust, murmuring, "...trash fighting trash..." beneath her breath. Then casting a glance to the side, into the tinted windows of the car, Vice narrows her eyes, peering at something within... before she heaves a sigh, her gaze sweeping over the other team. There was something wrong... or right, she wasn't sure which. What she was sure of was that her goofy-looking opponents were putting her on-edge. "He'll do fine." Vice says flatly, squeezing her arms tighter to herself.
Yashiro grins at Chris and Shermie as he steps away from them toward the dirt road running through the center of the vineyard that's been sectioned off for the fight. After all, it'd be hard for the camera crew to get very good footage if the fighters are wandering among the vines, and the property owner would probably be upset about all the damage. Of course, it remains to be seen just how destructive these fighters can be today. "After we beat these guys, how 'bout we do some sightseeing? Bet you know your way around pretty well, right Shermie?"%With that Yashiro moves to the center of the road, facing toward the other team. He rolls his shoulders a few times, then does a few quick leg stretches. Straightening back up, he grins at the other team. Oh, he's seen both Vice and Mature before, and he's well aware of the vibe they're giving off. Cody, on the other hand, he's not so familiar with. "Ready whenever you are. I'll try not to hurt any of you /too/ much."
In a subtle commentary at his current status, Cody is out today in his old prison uniform: a full-body, blue-and-white striped suit, including handcuffs! "Whatever," he grunts at the cooing Mature, through grit teeth, and as soon as the opportunity presents itself he steps hastily away from the two women and out towards Yashiro, turning to glance at the car behind him as he walks.
Upon his arrival, stopping a good ten feet away from Yashiro, he bows his head slightly. "Good luck," he offers, quickly performing his own stretches as the fight official/demi-referee steps out to in between the two fighters, and announces, "Ready...", causing the American to shift into a fighting stance.
After a few moments, the official chops downwards through the air, announces, "FIGHT!" loudly, and immediately dives backwards to get out of the way of the rushing Cody, the brawler leaping into the air as he nears his opponent and spinning about, landing on one foot with the other - leg and all- extended at chest level, sliding rapidly across the ground in one of the most unorthodox kicks ever aired on international television, possibly even including up to 50 percent of all anime.
COMBATSYS: Cody successfully hits Yashiro with Ruffian Kick.
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Yashiro
Yashiro watches Cody warily as the convict comes rushing toward him, then throws up his arms in a defensive position as the kick comes flying in. He's not braced well enough though, and the kick slams through his guard, sending him staggering back from Cody. Seems the guy is pretty strong... Well, Yashiro can throw out some heavy hits, too.
Rather than run back toward Cody, Yashiro crouches for a moment before springing into the air with a roar, leaping toward his opponent. His right arm comes up in midflight, and as he comes down toward Cody he attempts to slam his fist down onto the brawler's collarbone, driving him all the way down to the ground.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro successfully hits Cody with Sledgehammer Punch.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Yashiro
Hey, that guy looks like he just got out of prison! Chris, amazingly enough, beyond the immediate fighter, actually doesn't pay too much attention to the other team. Instead, he pays a great deal more interest to his own. Sightseeing? That's something he could get behind--he had a passing interest in the local cuisine--mostly because Shermie once lived here, for want of anything else.
"Vintage?" Call his attention piqued for the moment. "Hope it didn't cost too much.." Blink. That's about when the sound of fists and feet colliding actually grab his attention, getting him to look back. He doesn't actually look too fired up by the fight--with good reason; he bet Yashiro would probably trash these guys, even if they do look pretty tough--but hey. Might as well at least keep an eye on it, right?
Well, he's fast. As Yashiro drops in, Cody can't even get his arms together in time, the punch sliding easily through the gaping hole in the American's attempted block and crashing into the back of his neck, slamming him to the ground. With a muttered curse, Cody rolls away from the Japanese man as quickly as he can manage before beginning to climb to his feet.
As he stands, he rakes his hand across the ground, searching for something, and his hand closes around a rock. Perfect. <3 As he finishes straightening up, he gives the large rock a few tosses, giving Yashiro a quick grin before hauling back and chucking it at him.
COMBATSYS: Cody successfully hits Yashiro with Bad Stone.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Yashiro
"Codee is not very civilized in how he engages in cmobat is he.." Mature observes while watching and leaning against the car. Perhaps Yashiro might look her way long enough to notice her showing off a fair bit of cleavage. She wasn't above using seduction to distract the other team. From the occasional looks she gives Shermie, it seems Mature isn't even above using such tactics on other women! Cody meanwhile only gets sneers occasionally, Mature likes to crack her whip.
Yashiro immediately starts moving in after Cody as the American rolls away, and with the momentum he's got going he doesn't really have a chance to avoid the thrown rock. So instead he just crashes through it, letting it bounce painfully off of his broad chest. He returns Cody's grin as he finishes closing the distance to the man, right fist drawn back for a moment before he swings forward, attempting to slam into Cody's stomach with an upward arc. He doesn't stop there, though, continuing on from the first blow to drive his fist into Cody's jaw, trying to send the American flying off his feet.
As for Mature's attempt at distraction... If Yashiro wasn't too busy trying to beat the tar out of Cody, he'd probably give a comment along the lines of, 'Nice, but she's no Shermie.'
"...I think he's doing fine." Vice murmurs beneath her breath, her arms unconciously, and slowly unfurling to hang at her sides, as a small hunch begins to enter her posture. In spite of herself, and the edginess she was feeling... a pleased little grin turns up her lips, the woman's eyes widening as she gazes at the fight.
COMBATSYS: Cody blocks Yashiro's Upper Duel.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Yashiro
Grimacing, Cody tenses up his stomach as Yashiro Takes the rock and rushes in, bracing to accept whatever blow he dishes out. When the blow to the stomach hits, it doubles the American over and knocks him a few inches into the air; he manages to avoid the followup, however, by throwing himself suddenly backwards and unfurling, slamming out both feet at Yashiro's stomach, turning his airtime into a sudden dropkick.
To Shermie, Yashiro's proposal almost made it sound like he thought he had a choice. Like she was going to let him leave the country without letting her drag him along to every single spot she wanted to visit anyway whether he wanted to or not. She gives a soft giggle and a shake of her head as her buff beau heads out to start the match, and then looks back to Chris. "Don't worry. I got it for much cheaper than it's worth. I know more than a few people around here."
Now as far as watching the fight is concerned once it starts, it's not like anyone can really tell if she's paying attention or not. Her head is certainly pointed in the right direction much of the time, but that doesn't really mean she's watching if you can't see her eyes. She could be staring at the ground, or even watching the clouds. One will probably have to wait for her to start shouting the usual 'Yashiro! Kakkoi!" before they really know she's paying attention like she should.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro fails to counter Strong Kick from Cody with Upper Duel.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
As Cody starts twisting himself out of the way Yashiro tries to redirect his punch, now intending to knock the American right out of the air. Cody's legs spring out with surprising speed however, catching Yashiro in the chest and sending him tumbling backwards with a grunt of pain. A few seconds later he pulls himself back to his feet, briefly shaking his head and muttering something under his breath. He looks more than a little annoyed, but he still grins at Cody. "Nice one."
A small smile flickers across Mature's lips as she watches the fight with detatched disinterest. "Mmm, I find myself vaguely drawn to these holigans. I want to keep one.. how about.." Her finger extends to point and move over the options, she finally settles on Chris. "That one, he is so cute.. I would take care of him." The blonde looks over to her counter part and continues, "He'd make me a nice pet, right?"
Cody lands heavily on his back and kips up onto his feet, stumbling about briefly as he regains his balance and then rolling his shoulders about, briefly, as he nods to Yashiro. "You ain't bad, either." After he's announced this, however, his brief period of catching his breath is apparently over, as he sprints forward once more, arm snapping out to the side as he nears Yashiro and stiffening, the American meaning to lay out his opponent with a simple, if effective, clothesline.
Following the eyes of her counterpart to Chris, Vice straightens her posture somewhat as her gaze locks upon Chris, her eyes traveling up and down the boy as a curl of disgust twists her lips. "Cute. But fragile, and too easily broken. Now..." Vice says, lifting up a finger to point at Yashiro. "-He- would take a while to break. I like the big ones, Mature. They always think they're soooo strong. Makes it that much more beautiful when they..." Vice pauses, running her tongue over her lips. "...snap." Vice says, her shoulders shaking with a low, dark chuckle, then.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro dodges Cody's Fierce Punch.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
This time Yashiro's ready as Cody comes charging in, and he recognizes the clothesline with enough time to easily react to it. He does that by simply ducking under Cody's outstretched arm, letting Cody pass harmlessly by him. He doesn't intend to give the American a chance to recover from that mistake, though. The Orochi musician spins around with blinding speed, dashing up directly behind Cody, his arm already reared back for the punch which he throws out, trying to clock Cody in the back of the head with a vicious right hook.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro successfully hits Cody with Jet Counter.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 1/------=/=======|=======\===----\1 Yashiro
The blow connects quite solidly, as Cody is simply too off-balance to dodge, and knocks the American forward, skidding across the ground on his stomach. He's not down yet, however, and quickly scrambles to his feet, turning towards Yashiro and rushing in once more.
As he runs this time, however, there's an eruption of blue light around his legs and time, briefly, slows to a crawl; a BULLET TIME among BULLET TIMES, if you would. After only a split second in this super-slow status, time fixes itself, and Cody begins moving very, very fast, leaping into the air and spinning about once as he approaches Yashiro, now trailing blue afterimages.
Cody slams his heel down in a violent axe kick, attempting to strike his opponent with such ferocity that he is dropped entirely prone, and then in fact _bounces back up._ Despite the success or failure of this maneuver, he repeats the maneuver two more times - effectively dribbling Yashiro, should the first or second kick connect - without ever touching the ground and then, as he drops, spins about and jams his foot outwards at where Yashiro's stomach would be, be he prone or vertical, attempting to blast him across the road into a nearby (and full!) wine barrel.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro blocks Cody's Dead End Irony.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/------=|=======\====---\1 Yashiro
The first kick does drive Yashiro downwards, but it only manages to knock him down to one knee. The follow-up kicks are enough to keep him from getting up, but not enough to keep him from bring his arms up in time to take the final blow to his forearms rather than his stomach. The force is still enough to send him flying backwards, but not enough for him to end up drenched in what's probably pretty expensive wine.
Yashiro doesn't fully get up right away, instead only climbing back to one knee, the muscles in his right arm tensing up. The ground begins to rumble faintly, growing in intensity as Yashiro rises to his feet with a growl. It's enough that the wine barrel actually topples over and begins rolling off, but Yashiro's not concerned with where it's heading. Because just then he suddenly launches himself forward, covering the distance between himself and Cody with incredible speed as he attempts to slam his fist into the American's face with all of the chi-enhanced strength he can summon up.
He's being eyed? Hm.
"Remind me to express my gratitude to Shermie's connections then!" Chris says brightly. He seems perfectly chipper, if oblivious to the fight so far. Yashiro and Cody have been really renovating eachother, unbeknownst to him. It would at once seem, in fact, as if Chris' attention only has so many ways to split--until he looks over across the road.. and stares /dead/ at Mature, a quizzical look briefly crossing his face. He'd scritch his head in mild confusion, if he really wanted to mess up his hair. Interested? Sure, for a moment or two. But willing to bring it up? Nah. Not unless it gets somehow more worth his interest.
Sometimes it's hard to tell with him.
As can be expected, he doesn't say anything more. He's not one to chatter without there being need. He'll just be over here with his music, thanks. Some girls are just weird, he settles on. u.u
COMBATSYS: Yashiro successfully hits Cody with Final Impact.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Yashiro
Ow.
The punch connects with brutal accuracy, snapping Cody's head to the side (complete with spray of mouth-blood) and sending the American flying backwards, crashing through a nearby fence and vanishing into the grapevines. For a good five seconds, there's... no real sign of him.
And then, suddenly, he erupts upwards from out of the rows of grapevines, carrying a Ground over his head. I don't mean, like, a dirt clod, or a big rock. What I am saying to you is that Cody hit the ground so hard a distinct chunk of it came up - the kind of thing that would be a floating island- and he is now carrying it and, in fact, hurling it angrily at Yashiro as he descends towards him, blood streaming from his mouth and nose.
COMBATSYS: Cody successfully hits Yashiro with Large Thrown Object.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Yashiro
Once again Yashiro is charging in toward Cody, intent on adding some more pain on top of that blow he just landed. Unfortunately for him, that means that he's also, once again, unable to get out of the way of the incoming attack. This one's a whole lot bigger than the stone from before though. The chunk of earth explodes against Yashiro, sending an impressive shower of dirt over the area. Hey, it's no fiery chi explosion, but it's still pretty cool.
Yashiro stumbles slightly from the force of the impact, but it doesn't stop him from making it the last yard or so to Cody, where he unleashes a flurry of body blows. Swinging both arms furiously Yashiro slams his fists into Cody's torso over and over, throwing out over a dozen heavy-hitting punches in the space of a few seconds. Finally he winds up for one more blow, throwing a nasty looking right hook at Cody's jaw.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro successfully hits Cody with Million Bash Stream.
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0 Yashiro
Momentum, unfortunately, is a double-edged sword, and as Yashiro slams through the Ground thrown at him and Cody lands on the ground and stumbles forward, he's met with a barrage of punches, the blows raining upon his chest, reversing his momentum and pushing him slowly backwards. Unsure of, as they say, how to proceed from this juncture, he decides with the flip of a mental coin and the justification, "It worked last time," and also, "He won't be expecting it!"
As Yashiro prepares to throw the hook, Cody suddenly drops downward and-- zomg flash! That sweet, sweet blue flash is back, as is the slowdown and subsequent trailing of blue afterimages as Cody erupts into the air, lashing his leg out and spinning around rapidly in a bastardized, and thoroughly Whiter, version of one of Guy's techniques. He even does the cry! "Bushin Senpu Kyaku!"
He may not know what it means, but you've got to yell it. It's just how it goes.
COMBATSYS: Cody has reached second wind!
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Cody successfully hits Yashiro with Dead End Irony.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Cody 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Yashiro
Cody's quick maneuvering leaves Yashiro with no time to react, even if time does seem to slow down for a moment. He's knocked back for a moment as Cody leaps into the air, and leans forward just in time to take a foot to the face. And again. And again. Cody's spinning kicks slam into him, sending him staggering back, and Yashiro can tell that he's just about out of this fight. He's not going to go down without at least trying something though, and he manages to weather the rain of kicks just long enough to swing out his arm, attempting to slam his fist into Cody and send him crashing down out of the air, before Yashiro finally staggers away a few steps, then falls over onto his back, breathing heavily.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Cody dodges Yashiro's Sledgehammer Punch.
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Cody 0/-------/-------|
Cody actually keeps kicking even after Yashiro is surely beaten, the motion carrying him up into the air (and causing him to evade Yashiro's punch just through sheer movement), until he's a good fifteen feet into the air, at which point the kick finally stops and Cody begins to fall, curling into a flip once as he does so and landing in a kneeling position, fist resting on the ground. After a few seconds to catch his breath, he rises into the air and rolls his neck back and forth, looking over at Chris and Shermie. "Alright, ladies, who's next?"
COMBATSYS: Cody takes a breather.
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COMBATSYS: Cody takes no action.
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Shermie saunters on over to the combat area as if she means to go next, but then she promptly drops down to kneel beside her downed team leader, popping the cork to that old wine bottle and putting the end of it to his lips. "Have fun finishing him, Chris. I'll go last this time." She smiles and motions with a hand, as if to shoo them both off a littler further away from their defeated bandmate, at least until she can move him further aside.
"I'm not a lady.."
Leaving the headphones around his neck to blast out their tinny rhythm, It's about a moment or three after saying that is when Chris steps up to the plate. Looks like Yashiro doesn't have anything left. What a pity..! Oh well, Shermie-chan will want to attend to him anyway, so now he'll take up the slack.
"I guess you're either pretty strong or pretty lucky, hmm?" Doing no less that smiling brighter than a 100-wat light bulb, Chris will stretch out one arm, getting a kink out. Then his palm will level on Cody. "Oh well. I suppose we'll leave that judgment to the gods, hm?" :) Chris' movement from that standing position.. it's not exactly clear how he moves without using his legs, but what his aim here will be is to accelerate in an instant, his body a brief flicker--the exact same pose he started in is the pose he ends in, with his palm flat against Cody's midsection if this acceleration is allowed to stop exactly where it was aimed. The difference between that last moment and this? Chris' body will have a lot of momentum to unload.
And you'd be amazed at how much transferring momentum through an open palm can sting.
Yashiro isn't actually unconscious, but moving isn't a pleasant proposition at the moment. Still, it'd be a good idea to move himself away from the fight. He takes a quick swig of the wine, painfully sitting up. "Damn... Thought I had him for a second there..." He manages to get shakily to his feet, and lets Shermie help him get a bit farther from the fight, although he does his best to make it look like he doesn't need support. Once he is out of the way, though, he's quick to take a seat. "Give 'em hell, Chris!"
COMBATSYS: Cody blocks Chris' Chain Slide Touch.
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Cody has never been good at dealing with people who are Fast. Even way back when, when he was fighting Poison, the flipping and the hooah could make things trippy. As such, he doesn't even attempt to dodge Chris's crazy-ass teleport-strike, simply tightening his stomach and bracing for impact. And when the impact comes, Cody _doesn't move._
Not 'he kinda sways a little bit,' there is no discnerable change in Cody's stance when Chris's palm strikes him, except that his mouth suddenly spreads into a smile. And then the American says, simply, "'sup."
And with that he erupts into movement, spinning about suddenly in a blazing-fast 360-degree spin, coming out of it in an uppercut, lashing his fist upwards at the bottom of Chris's chin. And in direct succession comes the eruption of a man-sized whirlwind, bursting into being around where Chris is - or at least is right now - almost certain to engulf and shred at the boy if he's not out of the way by then.
COMBATSYS: Chris blocks Cody's Criminal Upper.
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Wow, that's pretty tough.
If Chris wasn't good at his unique style, he might have actually bounced off of Cody and fell over at that point. But, mm, no. That's the thing about momentum. If it doesn't spread to someone else, it comes back to you. Chris slides back--a STEP--and then the whirlwind comes. Not in the right stancing for his evasion techniques, he merely pauses at it.. and uses what's left of that rebounded momentum to move with the whirlwind--letting it knock him up into the air and away from Cody.
Looks like he'll have to be a little more insistent here..! Shermie and Yashiro are cheering him on, after all. He'd hate to disappoint. What follows next is a gross redirection of his momentum--landing on the ground, Chris will barrel himself forward into Cody. His target this time is not Cody's body, but a spot just in front of it. His sneakers will blow with some eerie blue chi as he stops, for just an instant and fires himself into a reasonably swift backflip, aiming his sneakers--and the accompanying blue wave of chi--right at Cody's chin.
COMBATSYS: Chris successfully hits Cody with Hunting Air.
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Shermie glides back to her feet soon after Yashiro stands, and she follows him over to take a seat, smoothing her skirt out carefully before doing so and taking a long draught of wine thereafter. She then gives him a hearty pat on the back and shrugs a shoulder. "He's a big guy like you. I just hope you had fun with it." Somewhere after she finishes that sentence, she puts a fist up and cheers for Chris in kind, smiling as demurely as ever and watching on with her hidden eyes.
"Oof!" Cody snarls; that, if you count it as a kick, might actually be more unorthodox than Ruffian Kick. Either way, the blow knocks him into the air and, in fact, causes him to backflip, landing heavily on his stomach on the ground, limbs splayed out. "I'm not gonna... make her fight you," snarls Cody, struggling slowly to his feet, blood now actually _pouring_ from his mouth. "It's my job to... protect," he continues, making it to his knees and rising unsteadily to his feet. To protect what, exactly, is not said: luckily, the statement stands well enough on its' own.
Grimacing, the American takes a shaky step forward, reaching behind his back. Another step, and the hidden hand snaps forward, a silver streak lancing through the air towards Chris and oohh look at that it's a knife.
COMBATSYS: Chris dodges Cody's Knife Throw.
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Chris can't help but confess being a little impressed by Cody's resilence. Not many of the street punks he encountered got up after one good use of that technique. This was going to be a little harder than he initially figured on. He'll need to--whoa!
There's a certain way Chris moves--it's hard to pin down exactly what it is about it that's so hard to track, but Chris just doesn't get from A to B like normal people. When he sees Cody's hand behind his back, he just kind of raises an eyebrow, despite his faint grin. At least--until there's a silver streak headed his way. And then Chris bends. Bends by a whole lot. Bends off to one side on his ankles--and if one wasn't smart, one might mistake him for a rug at that point. Chris' sneaker slides forward, bracing underneath his hip. What was with this guy? For all the chattering he's doing.. Were those girls his wives or something?
History isn't his strong point--he'll have to ask Shermie about France later. Right now, he's not gonna worry about little things. His leading sneaker gets a proper foothold.
--And then he's behind Cody. It's that simple.
COMBATSYS: Chris focuses on his next action.
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Yashiro shoots Cody a glare as the knife whips by Chris, and it looks like he'd be quite willing to take another go at giving Cody a thrashing, if it weren't for the fact that he's unsure he'd even be able to make it over there. Still, there's nothing actually against the rules about using weapons, so there's nothing he can do but cheer Chris on. "Yeah, that's it, Chris!"
Cody narrows his eyes as Chris does the Crazy Bendy Thing and then suddenly is behind him. The only way this could possibly get worse, he quickly decides, is if he starts throwing fireballs. "Not bad," he informs the boy behind him, taking a shaky step forward, away from the New Face behind him.
And, suddenly, his foot snaps out... but not at Chris. Rather, it assaults a large rock lying on the ground near him, and it lances away, skimming just above the ground, to impact with a nearby, and again full, wine barrel.
Causing it to, miraculously, _fly into the air_ and towards Cody, who takes one more step forward and flips backwards into the air, snatching the incoming wine-barrel in mid-flight and whirling about, meaning to slam it down onto Chris's head top-first, attempting to give the lad a fashionable and wine-filled hat that will just happen to cover his entire upper body.
COMBATSYS: Chris dodges Cody's Random Weapon.
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Chris might even wave back at Yashiro. Hope you're healing well! I'm fi-WHOAH! Chris might try a sip of wine while he's here at some point (even if he's sure he'd hate it) but .. this was not exactly how he envisioned such a tasting going. Which is why when Cody tries to barrel him like that ape in the video hames, Chris ... makes a point of moving. Very fast.
He'll slip to one side, scooting out of the way with one jump-- leading with his hips--before he makes his attack attempt. Just at about the time Cody's barrel will impact the ground, Chris will try and get a good foothold on.. Cody's thigh. What Chris is attempting to do here... is walk /up/ Cody, by curling his body a bit and planting sneakers (rather hard in fact) on his thigh, in his kidney, then up on his shoulder. If he gets there, he'll uncurl his body quite suddenly, looking to take advantage of Cody's lack of bracing to pump-throw him into the dirt. Given his armor plating and size or whatever it is he's using to stop his blows, he might not get him quite as far as he'd like, but--you can't really complain, right?
COMBATSYS: Chris successfully hits Cody with Step Turn.
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Cody, at this point, is battered and exhausted, so there's little he can do to not get literally walked over by Chris. Throughout the strange assault, however, he keeps a hold on his barrel, and when the final push comes, causing him to fall, he spins about as he heads for the ground, trying to slam the barrel angrily into Chris's side.
And then he hits the ground and rolls away, leaving a trail of blood and ending up at the side of the road. He lies motionless for a moment, and then begins to slowly climb to his feet; he gets up onto all fours, at least, arms shaking violently from the effort, and...
COMBATSYS: Cody can no longer fight.
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
COMBATSYS: Chris dodges Cody's Random Weapon.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
~thump!~ Cody actually goes down, dropping heavily onto the ground. "N-no..." he snarls, clawing ineffectively at the ground at an attempt to get back towards Chris. He's not going anywhere, however. "Not going to let them... Nng..."
Being smashed by a barrel is not high on the list of things Chris wants to experience here in France. In observation of such, he'll watch Cody spin the barrel at him.. and he'll twist his body around at the waist.. and briefly run /over the barrel too/ as if he'd simply changed direction mid-vertical walk. As Cody releases it, he'll walk on the barrel for a moment, causing it to spin in the air, just before he gets his heel over the lip of it.. and lightly drops to the ground with a push, with a heavy thud regardless.
Then, and only then will Chris hit the ground.
"Don't worry, mister," Chris grins, tapping the barrel. "You just sleep." :) He'll face Vice and Mature, this time with a faintly more serious expression. "Anyone else?"
COMBATSYS: Chris takes a breather.
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
COMBATSYS: Chris takes no action.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
"Anyone else.." Mature murmurs with a slow grin appearing across her lips. "Vice dear, let us show this boy true fear.." She stretches but makes no motion to move into the ring, she glances sidelong at Vice with a grin curling across her lips and leans back against the car, showing off her leg to Chris. "I think it's time." The blond finishes and lays her hands on her hips. Someone is going in, but apparently it's not Mature, at least not now.
If Vice had any decency in her, she would at least give the man a nod for a job well done. Instead, he gets a snort. "Finally. -Dammit-." Vice says ill-naturedly, straightening a bit as she presses her palms against the car behind her, pushing off of it to a stand. Dipping a hand into her pocket as she takes a step towards the area in which the fighters had battled, Vice then pauses and turns around, snapping out a hand to pop open the door of the vehicle that she had once been leaning against.
"You're up, -sister-." Vice says, her tone dripping disgust as she withdraws her hand from her pocket, a slender silver tube in her grasp. Some may recognize it as a needleless syringe. Not cheap technology. Extending her arm to offer the syringe to the occupant of the vehicle, Vice then sidesteps away from the open door, making room for it's occupant to leave. Despite Cody's best efforts... the person he was making his foolish little attempt to protect would be fighting, anyways. And did Vice know of Cody's intentions? By the devilish grin blossoming on her face, the answer would likely be yes.
COMBATSYS: Vice has left the fight here.
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"O...okay." With that hesitant reply, Megumi steps out of the car once its door is opened. She takes the syringe Vice is holding, and a good eye might notice green liquid in it. Megumi puts it against her neck and presses the plunger, causing a distinct 'hiss' noise as the container's contents empty into her. She shudders after that, setting the empty syringe back in the car seat.
And then she's moving. Sprinting towards the part of the vineyard that's been sectioned off for this match, Megumi is rushing towards Chris. Thrusting her right palm outward, she creates a hand-sized, sparkling red ball. It flies towards him, and then when it's close, it explodes in an effort to catch him in its radius. All this, to cover her approach.
COMBATSYS: Megumi has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
"Meeeegumi-chan, you'll protect your sisters right..? You will.. kill.. anyone who tries to hurt the ones you love?" Mature murmurs softly, but loud enough for anyone to hear. "You see.. sister-chan, they want to hurt us, the ones you care about.. please protect us.. sister.. chan." The look on Mature's face is not a sweet one, there is something very cruel about the way she's looking now. Toward Chris.. Toward Megumi. Only Vice is favored with a short smile.
COMBATSYS: Chris blocks Megumi's Burst Orb.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
Chris arches a brow at the two women. What are they up to?
But when Megumi arrives, Chris looks distinctly troubled.
"How many people do they have on their side?" .. hmm.. Chris would venture a guess that they have a big family, given Cody's devotion and Megumi's sudden entry into things--he didn't get a good look at that syringe, obviously--but really.. one has to ask if Chris is even interested about how she came to be, at this point?
Well, this is the start of the next match, and now the new fighter has an interesting technique to show him. An exploding orb that he gets the strangest feeling from--one that prompts him to leap away--partly--but instead having to shift his body back in time with the explosion as it seeks him out. He manages to soak a lot of the damage this way, but also the momentum forces him to breach into a full flip backwards into his sneakers again.
"I guess it's not as bad as a wine barrel, hm?" Chris starts, looking on the bright side, as he begins to move his sneakers over the ground.
COMBATSYS: Chris focuses on his next action.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
"Way to go Chris!" Yashiro pumps his fist in the air, still wincing a bit, as Chris manages to put Cody down. He turns back to the rest of the opposing team, waiting to see which one of them will be coming in next. It looks like it's going to be Vice, but then she opens up the door to the vehicle, and Megumi pops out. Two things here. A) Yashiro is at least somewhat familiar with Megumi, and that syringe does not appear to be a good thing. B) She certainly wasn't announced as a member of this team in advance. Ignoring the protests his body's giving after getting pounded by Cody he surges to his feet, and if there was a wall nearby he'd probably slam his fist into it. As it is he just has to settle for glaring at the other team. "What the hell is this!?"
"If you had just... gone down," Cody grimaces over at Yashiro, "She wouldn't have had to... fight." And then he just rolls over
Megumi seems to be a legal entrant. It could be understood if officials didn't intervene at first, out of sheer surprise. But nobody's blowing a whistle or calling disqualification even in the seconds after her opening attack. "Spiral..." Even as Chris goes onto the defensive, and then starts figuring out his options, Megumi stays on the attack. She dives towards Chris, body twirling through the air as she sails at him head-first, right fist extended and balled into a fist with that same red energy around it, "Knuckle?" Far from a confident cry to announce her technique, Megumi sounds...uncertain. Hesitant, even as she commits to the attack. Target: Chris' chest. She'll try to land on her hands and spring up, then flip upright if this works out.
Rolls over and also fatfingers enter. And then passes out!
COMBATSYS: Chris fails to interrupt Crimson Spiral Knuckle from Megumi with Hunting Air.
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Megumi 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
Well, despite Yashiro's outrage and the Snickering Duo over there, Chris isn't very concerned about the new arrival--he's seen her around on a couple TV appearances, few other things. But now she's got a pretty swift bead on him. Hm. This is gonna be tough, but now.. given Cody--maybe this is who he was talking about--he's gonna have to step it up a little. She doesn't seem too confident in herself, so what he'll need to do..
Chris will at least /start/ to bend backwards on his ankles.. but--well. Let's just say Megumi's energy fields are a little tougher than he thought they were. "Guh!" he'll snap as he gets struck and goes rolling away from bubblegum-head.
He'll have to try /lots/ harder.
The rage of the other Orochi wasn't felt as much as the glare on Vice was, the redhaired woman gently easing the door to the car shut, before twisting around, and leaning back against it, splayed fingers pressing lightly on the window, to shut the door with a muted 'click'. And her eyes go to Yashiro for a moment, the woman grinning a mocking little grin in his direction... until her eyes drift over towards Megumi, the grin beginning to slip from her lips as she narrows her eyes thoughtfully in her direction, watching the girl's movements very, very carefully. "...maybe gave her too much... too little..." she murmurs under her breath, hunching forward somewhat.
Megumi lands and sets herself right, watching Chris get knocked back. She's not going to let him go, her hands coming in front of her to form a larger energy-sphere...though it disappears half-way in, as Megumi winces cries out as if she'd been hit somewhat hard. Not that anyone has done this, mind you. She changes tactics after that, leaping towards Chris and trying to catch him while he's still down. She plans to plant her hands on his chest to force him back to the ground, then grab an arm and apply a quick wrist-lock to it.
COMBATSYS: Chris blocks Megumi's Flood Reversal.
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Megumi 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
If he hadn't already taken a good thrashing, Yashiro would probably be rushing in there right now, and disqualifications be damned. He's got a rather short temper, you see. As it is, by the way he's stalking over toward one of the fight officials he might well end up doing something to later be regretted. He's no longer shouting, but even though his words don't carry far enough to be overheard, the angry tone of his voice does, as does the extremely nervous expression on the official's face as Yashiro snarls at the man.
Chris at least can handle that. Something of an expert at moving along with the motions, he'll twist his waist just so so that his wrist moves along /with/ the lock. Not that the swiftness of the motion doesn't hurt him just enough, but he's quite swift at moving along with Megumi when she gets about close enough to him to hear the music playing over his walkman. Looks like he'll need to do this quickly. He'll get his sneakers underneath him--the heels -almost- touching his back as he'll bend his wrist just so so that he can try and put himself on top of Megumi's back with one jump out from underneath her, perhaps twisting just enough to break the lock--if so, he'll shake that hand gingerly. And then he'll kick off, not doing any damage with his jump, but trying to use it to propell Megumi at maximum force into the dirt.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Chris' Aerial Drop.
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Megumi 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
They don't carry far enough to be overheard for long. Pushing off the car once again, Vice tears her eyes away from her inspection of Megumi long enough to shift her eyes towards Yashiro. Subtle at first, a grin starts on her lips as she straightens her posture, and begins to slowly walk over towards both the official, and Yashiro himself, putting a little extra sway to her hips. And upon arrival at the little booth... a arrival that the official was likely happy about, Vice sets her crossed arms on the edge of the table, leaning forward just enough so that she can stare up at Nanakase's face, her grin having grown during her trip there into a catlike, wide smile.
Megumi can't keep the hold going for long, as Chris did quite well in going with it. She has to let go, especially as he tries to use it to keep her close enough for setting her up as a springboard. Megumi swings her arms up high to deflect Chris' legs, sending him harmlessly to the ground before he can complete his kick-off. And after that defense, she moves in to try and grab one of his arms while placing her shoulder against his chest. If she gets it, she'll twirl around and fling him over her shoulder, sending him several feet away.
COMBATSYS: Chris just-defends Megumi's Medium Throw!
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
"Nice defense for someone like you..." Chris echoes appreciatively, currently in the air and flipping back down to the ground, landing neatly on his feet, with almost no sound of impact. As he shuffles his footwork against the girl, he trails off mid-thought as she gets ahold of his arm. As she twirls him around however, there's the oddest sense of weightlessness to him--as if he's thrown /himself/ over Megumi's shoulder. "But.."
"It's not gonna be that easy!" Chris giggles as he twists in the air, altering his aerodynamics and weight shift just so so that as Megumi releases him, instead of going flying.. Chris just lands neatly on her other side--his momentum changed and redirected so thuroughly that he's /headed back into her/ with little pause inbetween movements. And then, he'll start up the Twister Drive.
He'll jump straight up with a kick. .and then he'll turn himself into a spinning buzzsaw of chi and sneaker as he twirls through the air with no less than 4 or 5 kicks aimed right over Megumi's body.
Each smashing kick in complete rhythm to that music over his walkman.
COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks Chris' Twister Drive.
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Megumi 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
Yashiro is starting to look ready to cause physical harm to the fight official, so it's probably lucky for the man that the Orochi musician senses Vice approaching him, and turns to unleash his wrath on her. The grin on Vice's face does little to help Yashiro's temper. Worn out or no, he's getting increasingly more tempted to start punching people again. As it is he just clenches his fists as he snarls at Vice. "What do you people think you're doing?! And what did you do to her!?"
"Uh?" Megumi is quite surprised to find her grappling attempts going awry at the very last moment. She had him. And then Chris somehow just...shifted with it perfectly. And then Chris is bearing down on her with a series of blows. First the kick. She spins sideways, avoiding it. When Chris descends with his spinning kicks, she brings her arms up to let them take the worst of these hits. One gets by and clips her head, causing a wince...but all in all, it was a solid defense. Hurting arms is better than hurting face. "Not...that easy?" This isn't a witty retort. It's like she's stunned, dazed, confused, and merely repeating things Chris is saying on sheer reaction. Once he's landed from his series of kicks, she moves in for another grappling attempt. Once again the arm is the target. But this time she's trying to establish a hold on it, bending it backwards and past Chris' head, then downward, to try and take him down to his back.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Chris with Medium Throw.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
Tilting her head to the side in a exaggerated manner, Vice just tilts her head, and watches Yashiro's snarl for a few moments, allowing her eyes to drift up and down him with a equally exaggerated gaze. And after her gaze pauses on the much larger singer's eyes, she slides her tongue over her lips, locking her gaze on his as she purrs, arching her back and using the table as support as she stretches out over it. And upon completion of that stretch, she flows up to a stand, glancing towards the arena. "Oh... it's entirely legal, if that's what you're so concerned about..." Vice says, chuckling a dark-sounding chuckle soon after. "...she's beautiful, isn't she... some of my best work. My only work." Vice coos, her attention full on Megumi's movements again.
Is she capable of speech? mm..
He's gonna be upset if he loses to her..
"Hmm.. what a pain.." Chris comments as he finally ceases his unspeakable spinning. Drifting back down to earth, he braces and moves against Megumi as she--well--plants him solidly onto his back. Whoah. His defense didn't work that time. His light frame bounces across the ground easily once and then twice, leaving him groaning in a fashion. Hmm. His attacks weren't very effective, there. But at least he gets up quickly from the attack, backpedalling a little as he walks underneath him. She was pretty quick. But she also had a good block, too.
He braces one hand on the ground as he goes forward into a runner's block position.
"Beneath you!"
Chris is simply /right there/ underneath Megumi at that point, extending his leg far in a sort of slide to kick her feet out from underneath her. IF her head's about her, she shouldn't have much trouble evading him, but the form of his technique was timed such so that the only real indication of where he'd be attacking from would be delivered at the last possible second. The attack itself--again, easily avoidable. If Megumi has the imagination to guess correctly.
COMBATSYS: Chris successfully hits Megumi with Shooting Dancer.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
All these bizarre movements. Megumi's having trouble keeping up with how Chris moves, and actually looks confused about what he's doing. Even as he tells Megumi where he'll be striking from, she seems too disoriented to notice it. The sliding kick connects perfectly, taking her off her feet and causing her to land rather roughly. There's no cries of pain, no verbal response at all that she was hit.
...Not right away, at least. Megumi uses her hands to help push herself back up, and suddenly backflips away from Chris. When she lands, she takes one step towards him, then stops and puts a hand to her forehead, wincing. Maybe it was a delayed reaction to the pain, maybe something else entirely is up. But she does seem to have a noticable headache, and her attention is split two ways: Dealing with the pain, and thinking about how Chris moves...he's strange. Unnatural. How to deal with this?
A sigh of exasperation passes from Mature's lips. She's more then content to let Vice have her fun, but Megumi.. Her blue eyes narrow and she seems to become more engrossed in what she is watching. She can't lose, Mature seems to be thinking, at least if she does lose that will make Mature's work cut out for her. Still it might not hurt to try and give Megumi some words of encoragement.
"Megumi-chan! Just do your best, I don't care if you win or lose, just so long as you try.. I believe in you."
How uncharactoristic, likely more than a few people are shocked to hear it come from Mature, or maybe not. The blonde is known for her acting and mind tricks, perhaps she was just doing what she thought would make Megumi more confident and try harder.
COMBATSYS: Megumi focuses on her next action.
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Megumi 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
'Not very,' is the conclusion he comes to.
Hmm. Despite Yashiro's yelling in the background, Chris seems absolutely fine with the idea of this fight, but by now he has a perfectly good indication of something being out and out /wrong/ here. He'll slide to one side, considering Megumi--and then he'll turn a bright gaze on Mature, at about the same time she starts cheering her on.
He'll raise a finger. And wag it chidingly at the woman.
For what reason? Well.. I suppose that's only for Chris to know, hm? He'll get on with things after it, bolting towards Megumi quickly, dragging his foot just so across the ground, creating a grinding sound--and it'll be out of a sudden haze of dust he attacks, sending his sneaker arcing up from the dirt and across Megumi's face in a dashing moon-kick.
COMBATSYS: Megumi counters Heavy Kick from Chris with Flood Reversal.
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Perfectly legal, huh? Somehow, that doesn't seem to help Yashiro's anger. And it's amazing how well rage can fuel the musician, even with his body in the tired state it's in. He might not be up to fighting someone of Vice's strength, but he could certainly still cause some serious damage to a normal person. Or perhaps an inanimate object. If he doesn't do /something/ soon he's going to end up punching Vice right in her grinning face, which even in his rage he knows is just going to cause all sorts of problems. There /is/ something he can do, though, and it's not technically against the rules, either, even if Team Evil is likely to object heartily.
Spinning away from Vice, Yashiro stomps over toward the car that Team Evil arrived in. He may be worn out, but anger is a wonderful pick-me-up, as he begins focusing strength into his arm while he walks. Given the state he's in, this is going to hurt like hell, but at least it should be satisfying. And so, as he reaches the front of the car, Yashiro raises his fist up, and then punches downward with the intention of putting his fist right through the engineblock.
Megumi, while Chris is busy chiding Mature, decides to do something. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out another of those needle-less syringes, and puts it against the side of her neck. Plunger press, followed by the hiss of chemicals being released into her...and she drops it. It seems to solve her headache problem, which is good because Chris is coming in and apparently trying to blind her with dust before he strikes. She throws up one arm to deflect the worst of the dirt, while her other hand goes out to catch Chris by the ankle. Her other hand joins in afterwards, spinning and dragging Chris to the ground before twisting his ankle. She probably won't disable his foot, but she can make it hurt. That's good enough. She might've kept the hold up longer, but Yashiro moving on the car and starting to hit it, even if it is just the hood for now, causes her to let go of her submission hold and jump away from Chris, protesting loudly. "Stop! My medicine's in there! I need it, leave it alone!" This has her pretty upset, and more expressive than she has been since the start of the match.
And Vice leaps away from the booth. Stalking a step or two behind Yashiro... at least, until jabs his fist into the car, the way the metal of the hood and engine gives with the shriek of twisting metal likely highly satisfying to the Orochi musician. But it wasn't the car Vice was worried about, at the moment. Twisting towards the arena at Megumi's outburst, Vice jabs a finger in the direction of Chris, and shrieks. "CONCENTRATE ON THE FIGHT, DAMN YOU! I HAVE EXTRA!" Which was mostly a lie, but Megumi need not know that.
As Yashiro withdraws his fist from the twisted wreckage of the car's engine there's blood dripping from his hand, but he doesn't seem to care too much about that. Instead he gives Vice a grin, without much humor in it. "Oh, so there's something inside the car?" He begins making his way around to the side door from which Megumi emerged, intending to start pulling stuff out and smashing it. He'd pull the door off its hinges, but that last little stunt of his did a fair bit to wear him out. He can still slam it open, however, and some syringes should be easy enough to break...
Chris chided Mature? That made the blonde woman quite amused. What is he going to do, shake his finger at her? She gives the boy a pleasant sweet smile dripping of honey and replies venomously, "I think you're forgetting about my little sister.. But you should be so lucky to be disposed of by her, I would have much more fu-" BANG, her car just got nailed, thus being the fourth time one of Mature's cars becomes a bonus stage. "This is ridiculous," curses the blonde.
"Ghn!" Well, Chris takes that rather hard, being taken down. While the dust in Megumi's eyes is not his direct intent, he wouldn't complain if someone of it DID blind her. But still--he has to be careful, he realizes. But then she turns away from him as he gets to his feet, testing his twisted ankle gingerly. Huh-- he pauses as he follows her gaze. "Yashiro! You should break the windows to see if there's anyone else in there.." Grin. Who knows if they could have squeezed a 5th in there. Well, if Yashiro's gonna break something, it's best if he does it for a reason, right? Well.. now.. he'll face Megumi. "Hey, pay attention to me," he'll start. And give her perhaps.. oh.. 4 or 5 seconds time before he'll use the same technique he did on Cody, attempting to transfer his momentum into her and knock her into the ground. It's nothing large, but Chris is not intending on letting Megumi distract herself too much, here.
He wants to fight someone strong. And for the moment, this confused, interestingly medicated girl is it. Amazingly, almost /irritatingly/ blithe to Megumi's plight, the only pity he offers her is that he doesn't use his Hunting Air in her back.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Chris' Chain Slide Touch.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
Well, there was no one else in the car, but Chris did get his wish with the slammed door, webs of cracks appearing over the safety glass of that window in a likely impressive manner. But would he be able to grab the suitcase that carried Megumi's "medicine"? Likely not, as Vice lunges for Yashiro with a hiss, and grabs him by the arm. With a sharp yank, she would attempt to pull the larger Orochi man to the ground, then turn, and drag his bulk away from both the car, and the ring, before tossing him away from both. That is, unless the man did something to evade the grasp.
"Don't!" Megumi pleads as she sees Yashiro moving on the part of the car that should have what she's worried about. And her attention might've stayed on Yashiro if Vice hadn't started screaming at her. "S...sorry..." That cowed her quickly, but it does help her keep her mind on the fight. She twirls to face Chris, paying attention...just before he does that sliding hand-strike of his. She rolls sideways to avoid it, and gets away just in time.
When she rises from her roll, Megumi's hands are inches apart, held in front of her stomach. A larger, sparkling red ball forms in front of them...and this time it stays in existence, unlike her previous attempt. It sticks to her right hand, which pulls behind her head, and then she leans forward to pitch it at Chris.
Vice is a somewhat tougher opponent than a car, and Yashiro doesn't really have enough energy left to put up a very good fight. That last burst of strength took a lot out of him, and so he's slow to react as Vice yanks him off his feet and drags him away. He does start to recover a bit, but then she flings him away, sending him crashing into the vines, shattering several of the wooden stakes which hold them up.
COMBATSYS: Chris dodges Megumi's Crimson Comet.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
Shermie has been sitting idly by, enjoying her wine for the better part of this fight since Yashiro was taken out of the match. She just, didn't care for this at all anymore after Chris was introduced to the sudden wildcard fighter that was brought in. And once she was so far down into that bottle, not a whole lot mattered to her anymore. Nothing, save for someone screwing with Yashiro when he's as weak as he is now.
Rolling to her feet, Shermie gets up and rather noisly shatters the bottom of her wine bottle at just the right angle to make it a nice pointy implement for stabbing with. "Oh that bitch is dead." The French woman utters under her breath, stomping her way past Chris and ignoring the mindless drug puppet he's busy fighting entirely as she heads straight for Vice and aims to drive that bottle stright into her back while she's not looking. "This isn't a match anymore, is it? No, it's a *party*. So nevermind waiting your turn and just come and take your licks, kitty."
No one apparently told Shermie that Vice had two sets of eyes. The other set being Mature and shouting, "Vice! Get out of the way damnit!" Her teeth are bared almost as if she's ANGRY at the other orochi woman (by this we mean Vice) and not actually trying to help her. Still Mature lunges toward Vice to PUSH her out of the way if need be and well if anyone is going to get hit with a bottle then it will probably be Mature.
COMBATSYS: Vice has joined the fight here.
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Vice dodges Shermie's Random Weapon.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|
"Tch.."
Moving like lightning, Chris is without delay as Megumi tries to capitalize on his attack. With the continued momentum from his first attack, the youth will bolt low--in a dashing pattern better describing as 'climbing the ground' than anything else and if he went any lower, he could probably /dart underneath the car/, but for the moment, it works well enough for him to dash right underneath the red ball of energy Megumi just levelled.
Unfortunately, things outside the fight aren't as controlled, no?
Chris stands, regarding the fact that Shermie/drunk is trying to stab Vice whom is trying to throw Yashiro through stuff but Mature is trying to take the bottle for Vice. "Oh my.." Chris starts facetiously, scritching his head and smiling brightly. "Looks like things have broken down down there," Chris comments placidly. "Someone's gonna get in a lot of trouble for this." Not that he sounds like he cares an awful lot. At the moment, he's no longer paying attention to Megumi. Mm. He'd better help. "Please stay here, okay?"
His body flickers as he begins to move. Well--there's one thing the New Face is not going to tolerate. And that is, of course, throwing one of their own--wounded--members around. So when Shermie uses her bottle on Vice, Chris is /just above her/, shooting straight down like an arrow, at Vice's head. Well, Shermie is probably not very sober right now, so it would be best to cover for her, right? Even with his own wounds.. of course, what about the girl he left?
He'll leave her to her own devices. She didn't seem like she wanted to fight, anyway. This is just a good a reason as any to pick out a better target. It's good to be free, isn't it?
COMBATSYS: Vice dodges Chris' Glider Stamp.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|
"Dammit, Mature!" Vice hisses as the woman impacts her, Vice proving more than a little immovable. With a sweep of her arm, she not only knocks Mature out of the way... but spots the incoming band member out of the corner of her eye, releasing a hiss as she throws herself the way she batted Mature. And just in the nick of time, as double-attacks struck the air where she once -was-. Landing in a heap, Vice takes the time to scrabble to her feet, before whipping around to face the two. "Do you -intend- to get disqualified?!" Vice says, her tone that of astonished amusement as she begins to slowly back away from the other redhead. Barking a short laugh, Vice then hunches forward more severely, her arms dangling before herself.
Did he just...that's /weird./ Megumi didn't know Chris could just run that low to the ground. Another person on the short list of people who can, it seems. And then, he's not going after her. Instead, Chris is going outside of the fighting area and going after Vice? Megumi looks conflicted as to what to do. Chase after him? But that might get her disqualified, if she leaves the area. Vice and Mature won't be happy with that. Vice screamed at her about paying attention to the fight all of maybe a minute ago, so it must be important to her.
Megumi makes her choice. She can't leave; doesn't want to get yelled at for what she thinks is Vice's top priority but she can send energy blasts after Chris. And that's what she does, her hands coming in front of her again to form another red sphere, then use one hand to toss it at Chris. She's aiming this to try and hit him once he lands from his efforts to try and 'go Mario' on her teammate...
And somehow Mature who tries to save Vice gets saved BY Vice. This isn't the first time, but it makes Mature scowl even more. Still she straightens and exclaims with a shrill voice, "Vice, don't you lay a finger on them untill this match is over.. Once they're down you can do whatever you want!" Hopefully.. Mature HOPES that Vice can actually keep her anger under control, but an Orochi in constant riot..? Probably not. Mature contemplates for a while, imagining how Master Rugal will treat them for being disqualified. She shudders, it isn't a pretty thought. It would be much better if she could stop Vice from doing something stupid, so Mature prepares herself, mentally. She'll drag Vice out of her Riot if she has to, the ability unique to Mature.
At around this point Yashiro manages to stagger back to his feet. As for whether the New Face Team is trying to get disqualified? Well, it doesn't seem to matter too much, because at this point the fight official begins waving his arms angrily shouting into his microphone. "Stop this at once! The New Face Team is disqualified for provoking an unsanctioned fight and having two combatants in action at once!" Unluckily for him, Yashiro has risen to his feet just behind the man, and by the dark look on his face he's about to give his team another reason for being disqualified. Perhaps if he were another man, the Orochi musician might give an eloquent argument as to why the official is in the wrong... But being who he is, and as pissed off as he is, Yashiro settles for punching the man in the face. Hard. This unsurprisingly causes the official to go down with a pained squeal, making it pretty clear which team is going to be declared the winner...
COMBATSYS: Vice takes no action.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|
Shermie would blink if only one could see her eyes, but such is still not the case. Vice is gone from where she stabbed, as well as where Chris was about to step on her afterward. "Che. You're not getting off that easy. I've heard you're fond of blood, so we're going to see what yours looks like, whether this is KoF anymore or not." With that said, she starts to tromp her way over to Vice once more, and Mature as well this time, it seems. "Now, are you two going to keep running away from me even now that Yashiro has taken care of that pesky announcer, or are you going to party with the rest of us?"
COMBATSYS: Shermie focuses on her next action.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Yashiro has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Yashiro takes a breather.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Yashiro takes a breather.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Yashiro takes a breather.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Yashiro takes no action.
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Megumi 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Yashiro
For a moment Mature just watches in her usual calculating manner, her lips pulled into a sneer. She watches two people attack Vice, she watches Megumi do her job, she watches Yashiro attack an offical and her team ends up playing the good guys. "Alright.. The new face team has dug their hole and gotten into their coffins, lets save the officials from these hoodlums.. And drive the nails in. KILL THEM ALL!" Mature exclaims with a dark hiss to her voice and comes up toward Shermie, from behind if she can while saying, "Sorry dear, Vice is mine... But you and I can play.. like animals."
Mature reaches to grip Shermie by the hair and if she can, those annoying bangs always hiding her eyes will be the handle in which the blonde uses to slam the woman's head into her knee.
COMBATSYS: Chris blocks Megumi's Crimson Comet.
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Megumi 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Yashiro
Kuh!
Well, looks like Megumi's shot is bearing down behind him in the air--he can feel it. Hear it, right over the music in his ears. to this end, whether it contributes to his missing Vice or not, Chris will bend just so against the attack-- letting it strike him, but redirecting his momentum along with it so it doesn't hurt. When he hits the half-beaten up vehicle, he'll roll across it and land.
"I guess so," he answers Vice carelessly, sparing a glance Megumi's way to see what she's up to. "... So are you gonna take her orders and get beaten like a fool?" he questions, coolly.
Smiling, right at her. Go ahead, drive the nails in, you're welcome to see how far you can get them.
COMBATSYS: Chris focuses on his next action.
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Megumi 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Yashiro
Well! The disqualification being outright announced sure sets Megumi free of her doubts. The match is over, and ending in a way that should please Vice and Mature. But...then Yashiro slugs the bejeezus out of the announcer. Vice and Mature can take care of themselves. That poor unconscious man cannot. Even with her mind as hazy as it is right now, Megumi knows what to do. Help him. Stop the guy who hurt him.
Chris' inquiry doesn't do much to stop her. "They're...not like...not like him," she points at Yashiro, then runs. She runs right at Yashiro, and once she's close, she leaps and twists her body sideways in midair. The plan is to latch her legs around him, and grab one of his arms with her own, using the momentum to take him down and apply an arm-bar...
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Yashiro with Storm Hold.
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Yashiro
Yashiro's been out of the fight for quite a while now, and it's given him some time to rest up. His first instinct is to spring to Shermie's aid, but she's a big girl, and she can take care of herself for the time being. He's got something else in mind... But then Megumi leaps at him, taking him down to the ground and twisting one of his arms into a lock. The problem, for her, is that she doesn't really weigh all that much, and although she's able to restrain the use of one arm, she isn't able to stop Yashiro from lumbering back to his feet, an action which will likely knock her off.
He ignores her for the moment too, trudging toward Vice and the car. Megumi's attack was painful, but he's still on his feet, and now he's charging right toward Vice with astonishing speed for the beating he's taken... and moving past her. He swings a fist out to the side as he passes, trying to smash her aside, but she's not his real target, and he doesn't stop to deal with her if she blocks or dodges it. No, he's going for that case inside the car, containing Megumi's 'medicine'.
COMBATSYS: Vice dodges Yashiro's Jet Counter Still.
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
All this chaos, all this violence... and no one was paying attention to her anymore. That sort of thing could make a girl feel... lonely. Chuckling a soft little chuckle, Vice runs her tongue over her lips as she gazes out at the chaos that was once a KoF match. Beautiful. Lightly stepping around the sparring Mature and Shermie, Vice murmurs, "Greedy, Mature..." in passing, her unsteady gaze locked on one person. That cute little kid, Chris.
"Little boy, little boy..." Vice murmurs, stepping towards him oh-so-slowly. Yes, she knew that Chris was more than capable of defending himself, but right now...? She couldn't care less. "...do you want to have some fun...?" she adds, flicking her chin in his direction, her evil little smile growing and growing. Of course, this left her a bit open for Yashiro's drive-by dash. In the nick of time, she both hops and leans backwards, and out of the way of the fist, the closed hand traveling mere centimeters away from her nose, prompting a hiss from the woman. He wanted the medicine? Fine, he could have it. Charging towards Chris, however, Vice lifts a fist high above her head, releasing a wordless shout as she charges Chris, before attempting to bring her hand -hard- down upon his little head.
COMBATSYS: Mature successfully hits Shermie with Death Blow.
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
With a sigh, Shermie turns at an angle so that she can watch Mature's approach from out of her peripheral vision while still paying a good amount of attention to the one she's more concerned with, Vice. Peripheral vision, isn't quite enough to let her see exactly what's happening, in this case, and she finds her head pulled down into a kneestrike. Afterward, she rubs the back of her hand under her nose and just smiles demurely. "I'm going to hurt your friend whether you like it or not, tramp. You can make your idle threats and attack me all you like, but eventually I'll get through. You're in *my* country. That ought to count for something." And then, just when it looks like she's about to throw that bottle she's still weilding *at* Mature, she instead misses purposefully and lets it shatter with a loud pop into millions of scattered peices at her feet. And with that little distraction, she swiftly heads over to Mature and tries to grab her by the lapels of her outfit back over to her blonde friend, before hooking an arm around the back of her neck and trying to boost herself up onto those slouching shoulders, wrap her legs around the secratary's head, and violent spin herself around to as she attempts to mash the other woman's face right down into all that broken glass, giggling madly as she goes.
It is hard to argue with Shermie when she speaks, for a moment Mature does little more but listen, something about what this woman has to say. . It seems to make Mature smile. She's very fimiliar and senses some sort of attatchment.. Well not really, but there is something fimiliar without a double. "We play the same games.. Shermie is it.. I think I'll keep you when this is done.. First though. . . " Mature shifts her gae elsewhere and whips her hands through the air, sending a slize of chi toward the car. . at the gas tank. If she can hit the vehicle is likely to catch fire. However Yashiro maybe a little too close to the path, dodging would be easy, if he does Mature's own care will be biting it.
COMBATSYS: Chris dodges Vice's Monstrosity.
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
Letting Yashiro by him, Chris will instead face Vice, keeping an eye on her simply and tipping his head just so to one side. Megumi seems interested in Yashiro now, but if he didn't do something to distract Vice, she might focus on Yashiro too. So, when Vice strides towards him menacingly, all Chris has for her is--well, it's not quite a smile, but it's a quizzical expression, as if he's genuninely confused by something she did.
"I'm already having fun," he answers.
When Vice charges him, the boy simply mirrors her grin. Perhaps.. perhaps just a little too well. Rules and boundaries are the sorts of things Chris works within only because he has to, not because he respects them in any way--and the point they've reached is one so beyond redemption.. Chris can simply let loose without thinking. And when Vice brings her hand down on his head? He's just.. /not there/.
Instead, he's.. well, quite back there, back over onto the road proepr.. right next to the barrel Cody was using, and he put down carefully. He was hoping they might give it to them as a souvenir for saving it.. but, well. Now, regardless, that's not gonna be possible is it? Kicking it over.. Chris will hop atop the unsteady mass neatly, balancing for a moment. He'll grin at Vice. And then he'll take his full running tread backward to the barrel, running further away from Vice. ... Of course, the barrel turns this into positive momentum towards Vice--quite quickly as a matter of fact too, given how fast Chris can move. His feet don't even look like they're really gaining any traction on the barrel, but it's moving at breakneck speeds, regardless. And--well. The idea? Despite the slow beginnings of the move.. Chris is looking to run Vice over on the wine barrel.
Hey. She said have fun, right?
Megumi in fact should be a pretty light lift. She could've stayed latched on to Yashiro's arm, but that seemed...unwise. She lets go as he moves, and gets back to her feet...stopping. As if unsure what to do right now. ...Or maybe she has a headache, as she does put her hand to her forehead once again, giving Yashiro ample time to go on ahead and attack Vice.
What she does next, on a purely logical level, is stupid. A good argument could be made for the notion that Yashiro is trying to /help/ Megumi. Going after the car supposedly containing her 'medicine', and apparently declining to hit her even as she hurt his arm like that. Yashiro may be angry, but he's probably trying to help her.
Megumi doesn't seem to be aware of this. He's decked the announcer, he's tried to hit Vice, and now he's threatening something she deems very important. "Don't!" Is her plea, as she finally gets over her headache and charges at Yashiro again. Targeting his arms isn't working. Fine. She'll jump up and try to wrap her legs around his head, then flip backwards. See if damaging his body in general works better for stopping him.
COMBATSYS: Mature successfully hits Yashiro with Ebony Tears.
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=======\===----\1 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Yashiro with Strong Throw.
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=======\=======\1 Yashiro
Digging around in the car for a brief moment, Yashiro manages to emerge with the case containing Megumi's 'medicine'. Unfortunately, stepping away from the car puts him right in the line of Mature's energy slash, which catches him square across the chest, drawing a nice spray of blood as it cuts into him. If that wasn't enough, Megumi comes in a few moments afterwards, snaring him by the head and dragging him backwards. Before he goes down, though, he hurls the case toward Shermie, hoping that she'll have better luck with it than he has. That's the last thing he gets a chance to do, though, before Megumi introduces his head to the ground, hard.
He manages to shake the girl off, but he's staggering as he gets back to his feet. Angry as he still is, he doesn't want to hurt her. There's obviously something seriously wrong with her. Vice and Mature, though, they're still definitely valid targets. It'd help if he could actually make out which one is which, though. Not that it really matters, as he staggers toward the closest one, who happens to be Vice. The ground shakes for a moment again, although Yashiro doesn't have enough energy left to spend much time focusing his strength. It still leaves him with a great deal more power than most men though, and he attempts to transfer it violently into Vice's body as he throws a punch at her. As soon as the power leaves his body, though, he collapses forward and hits the ground, stunned.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro can no longer fight.
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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Mature 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Shermie
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Vice 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Shermie successfully hits Vice with Spiral.
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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COMBATSYS: Vice endures Chris' Random Weapon.
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COMBATSYS: Vice parries Yashiro's Final Impact!
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Chris
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...What the -hell-...?
That was the last thought drifting through the mind of the Orochi woman Vice, before the world went to hell for her.
So stunned was she by the... disappearance of Chris, that Shermie's grasp caught her evenly, spun around to have her face ground into the broken glass, the woman writhing in Shermie's grasp. Recovering from that manuever, Vice begins to stagger to her knees... just in time to see Chris begin his attack towards her. And Vice just... had no time. Instead, she used the time to lunge towards Shermie, releasing a gasped hiss as the barrel rolls over her, pain shooting through her body. But still... Vice crawls towards Shermie, beginning to rise to her feet -again-. The ground-rumbling, while adding to the awe, warned Vice of the third attack directed her way, and to evade it, she leaped towards one person. Shermie.
"-Tramp-?! TRAMP? FILTH...!" Vice begins, throwing herself backwards in a backflip. But as Vice's feet begin to pass Shermie's neck, she snaps her feet out at her neck, hoping to catch her between her feet. "GO TO HEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLL!" And should Vice grab Shermie like that, she would yank the French Orochi off of her feet, and complete the backflip... driving the top of Shermie's head into the ground. Then do it again. And finally, a third time.
COMBATSYS: Vice successfully hits Shermie with Negative Gain EX.
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And Shermie was thusly appeased. That was sweet, and it was made all the sweeter by the fact Chris managed to add insult to injury with that barrel. Shermie was not, however, so wrapped up in enjoying the saccharine to miss what Yashiro had tossed her way. "Ah?" The parcel was caught, but it certainly wasn't held for long. As soon as the keyboardist saw Vice leap at her like that, she knew it was time to pass the rock. "Chris! Catch!" Taking the time to throw the case to the boy leaves her with almost no time to dodge, of course, but there's nothing to say she would have really tried to anyway. Especially not with how she squeals, "Yes! Yes! Give it to me Vicey! I knew you were a partygirl!" as soon as she's caught and wrenched up into the air by the Orochi assassin's feet. And only after the first impact of head to dirt does she shut up. There's not a grunt, not a sound that comes from her on any of the massive hits she takes to her skull. And then when it's all over, she reaches up and shoves Vice's feet away, should she not already be hopping out of range, and she just blinks as she sits up. "...that's it? You got /that/ mad, and that's the worst you could do? Your girlfriend almost hit me harder than that! Feh!" The woman crosses her arms in front of her chest and just looks completely at a loss for a moment, turning her head and spitting, and then gets to her feet, dusting herself off. "You're a mess you know. I think I've had enough of you already." And then comes that dismissive wave of her hand, just before she starts to... lean forward and make a B-line for the only teammate she's got that's still standing, her feet seeming to slide over the ground rather than the girl taking too many steps after the first.
COMBATSYS: Shermie takes no action.
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Really if you had to ask Mature why she was going after this parcal you'd get a shrug in reply. The blonde was realy not very involved in whatever kept Megumi under control and it was hardly a great interest to her at that. Instead she does whatever she seems to feel like doing and in this case, it's playing monkey in the middle. She makes a poor monkey, seeing as instead of going to intercept the parcal she just tries to intercept Chris. It was time for Mature to break out her claws. With a dash that covers a great deal of space quickly, she makes several slashes at the boy, energy leaking and trailing her every movement. The sadistic expression on her face makes it clear that she enjoys the idea of spreading some degree of pain to the boy, her tongue trailing over her lips as she attacks.
COMBATSYS: Chris blocks Mature's Metal Massacre.
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Kuh. All this wine makes for an object of great mass to batter people with and run them over, but it's not the handiest thing around to let Chris move at top speeds. It looks like the weird kinda-scary moody chick went after Shermie, and now.. well, the grinnier one wants whatever he's got right now. -- What? Oh! Chris catches the case with a jump, still remaining precariously balanced on the barrel when he lands, making sure most of his weight falls on the iron reinforcing bands. This gives him just enough time to look over at Mature, whom is covering an .. impressive distance just tearing off towards him with slashes.
It's kind of sad, cause he was just getting warmed up, but he gets the feeling they need to get out of here--preferably with whatever this is. So--with all the agility of a skater, Chris twist-jumps in the air, orienting the barrel to point at Mature. Then, he'll kick the top edge of the barrel with his heel, with a goodly amount of force. The result? A good, handy spray of aging, probably-expensive wine in Mature's direction and--more importantly, a spinning broken barrel-end to take most of the damage behind that energy slash barrage, which leaves his hands open to hold the case. Sadly, it isn't even gonna hope to block all of it and at least one slice will get through opening Chris' top and basically assuring he's gonna feel this in the morning, but the distraction of the wine plus the top accomplishes three things. One, it might upset Mature. That's a plus. Two, it stops some of the attack from hitting him. Three, an empty barrel moves /much/ faster than a filled one.
Chris did this for fun once or twice back in the day. Watch and learn!
With another twist, and a kick back, Chris jumps off of the barrel and into the air, sending it rolling with him as he goes. "SHERMIE! YASHIRO!" Chris calls out, just shy of enjoying himself to an almost psychotic extent. "Let's go!" He'll land.. /on/ the barrel as it rolls underneath him with perfect timing. Only this time, he's pedalling his feet as quickly as he can towards Mature, causing the suddenly-accelerating barrel to kick up a huge plume of dust under his weight and then tear off down the road, AWAY from Mature at a bleeding fast pace. He'll probably go right through a sanctioned KoF barrier as he goes with the barrel and probably run over a spectator or two, if they're not fast. Bah--they'll live. While he's not entirely out of scene yet, he /will/ be if he's not stopped right fast quick and in a hurry.
See you, chumps. :D
COMBATSYS: Chris takes no action.
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Megumi gets away from Yashiro once he's down, and watches the case go from Yashiro, to Shermie, to Chris. ...Chris keeps it. Chris is going. He's trying to leave with it. Megumi does not want this to happen. He's getting away on that barrel, and he's facing her even as he goes backwards. One shot at this. Her hands go in front of her to form another red energy-ball, and she tosses it at...the case. Yes, at Chris too, but the specific target is the case. If she can't have it, they can't either!
And then...after the shot is on its way, and it is moving quite quickly...Megumi faints. She pitches forward, falls to her knees, then falls over.
Even one such as Mature who actually appreciated a fine vintage wouldn't find herself happy over this mess. Someone (Chris) had just got her covered in a very fine vintage indeed, unfortunately wine stains, smells and is generally unpleasant. Looking utterly disgusted and with the boy cleverly out of reach, she turns away with a 'Tsch' sound and reaches into her clothes to pull out the cell phone nice and hidden. It's also soaked through. Failing being able to call for another car since Yashiro wrecked hers, she is forced to rely on the tournment staff to get her someplace where she can shower. IT's almost as if the world around her stops and she is the only one who matters, covered in wine. The stench is over powering. Almost as if there isn't any reason for her to stick around - she turns and leaves toward the nearest trailer. Leaving the rest up to her team.
COMBATSYS: Mature has left the fight here.
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\==-----\1 Chris
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=======\=------\1 Shermie
Maybe Chris is a little too tied up in his balancing act.
Maybe he's just slow at that moment.
Whatever the reason, he is now holding--for a second--a cloud of vapor that used to be a case filled with some trinkets he'd've liked to keep, causing him to slide a little bit, and almost /fall/ off his speeding barrel. Man! And he almost made his getaway too. Kuh.. well, this isn't gonna do too well for their team. But it's not helpful to worry about that right now, is it? He'll kick up his barrel and stand it up outside the arena like a makeshift bunker against further attacks--even if it doesn't look like any are coming, and wait for Shermie and Yashiro. Once it looks like they're coming his way, he'll probably run off with them and tell them the story.
Again. What a drag.
Shermie was definitely glad she thought to rush over and regroup with Chris when she did. She definitely wouldn't have been, you know, neglecting to pay attention with the boy spilling all that wine all over the place. Why, she could have been hit by a stray drop and ruined one of her favorite designer outfits, or even slipped and hurt herself more than these girls have managed. Wait, wait. Why does she care about any of that...? What about the wine! "D- DAMMIT CHRIS! THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT!" C_C_
She points for a good moment or two, and then she realizes, OhShitHe'sLeavingWithoutHer. There's one more small pause for her to take in the sight of Mature all doused with fine liquor, but she doesn't laugh. No time for that now. She'll just remember it, for later, when they're all back at her old house recovering from this madness. Turning her head, she looks over to where Yashiro is still lying dazed, and rushes over to gather him up and bring one of his big arms up behind her shoulders, pulling him to his feet and supporting him as best she can as she starts to use some of that latent Orochi strength to haul them both out of there through the already-dispersing crowd. And should anyone even think about chasing after them, she seems to have her taser out and at the ready to deterr it.
COMBATSYS: Megumi has left the fight here.
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Eventually Yashiro manages to come to his senses, heaving himself painfully off of the ground. He curses under his breath when the case explodes, but there's not much he can do about it now. The fight is quite obviously over, and that case contained the only proof the New Face Team had that there's been anything bad going on here. Besides Megumi's very odd demeanor, anyway, and that can be explained away easily enough. So Yashiro can only glare at Vice and the leaving, soaked Mature, and let them do as they wish with Megumi, as Shermie helps him to be led away.
This probably isn't over, though. Yashiro may not be the world's nicest guy, but the times he's run into Megumi she's struck him as being a nice person. And the fact that she's acting strangely after injecting things into herself that have been given to her by Mature and Vice is rather obviously Not Good. Besides, the white-haired musician has been known to be good at holding grudges.
Well, damn.
There goes Mature, and there goes the whole half the reason why Vice was bothering to fiddle around with everyone.
The other half of the reason could wait for a more... opprotune moment.
Casting a snort in the direction of the latent Heavenly Kings, and Yashiro in particular, Vice stops really caring about even the very thought of appearing civilized, a severe hunch entering her shoulders as she drops her face to glance towards the ground. Huh. Felt like she had glass in her face. Shaking that thought away, Vice turns back towards the unconcious Megumi, growling in annoyance as she moves over to the girl's side, and easily flops her over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes. And with that done, Vice begins to stride in the vague direction that Mature went, giving her 'little sister' a harsh squeeze around the middle on the way. They would have to be far more careful about certain things, and Vice wasn't sure if Megumi was in the proper stage of her 'training' to consider such. But really... they didn't have much of a choice, did they?
And as for Cody? Well, Vice never had the highest opinion of the man in the first place. He could... sleep it off. She'll check to see if he's around in the morning. If not... she knows -just- how to get in touch with him.
Log created by Yashiro, and last modified on 12:24:33 06/02/2005.