Description: Kain takes on three fighters using the special order rules for SNF. Lots of flame is thrown around, but in the end Shenwoo manages to bring Kain down for a draw. (Draw Match)
Is there any better way to work off a good lunch than an old-fashioned brawl? Not that SNF matches tend to be all that 'old-fashioned', but eh... Close enough. One of the participants in this particular match arrived fairly early, around when the crew was still setting up, making sure they could completely - and safely - televise the event, and so it is that the Shanghai-born berserker, the man who calls himself Shenwoo, is standing in the midst of the large clearing this early afternoon. One gloved hand tucked is in his pocket, while the other is absently rolling three metal spheres that emit a faint, soothing noise over his palm... And the self-styled 'God of Battle' hides his eyes behind a pair of designer sunglasses, at the moment. He's run into some trouble with his recent attempts at SNF participation, but tonight is his chance to make good on all of that, and the feral grin on his broad slash of a mouth seems to indicate that the tall blond man is /quite/ eager to do just that. Of course, there's the niggling factor of his having to deal with 'teammates', but eh... He'll deal with that when the time comes. "Hmmm... Can't wait for the fun to start," Shen murmurs to himself, a bit of a low chuckle escaping him.
Ramon himself has taken the opportunity to arrive somewhat early, spending his time instead mingling with the reporters and various fans that are upon the edge. There's a good amount of laughter, and Ramon seems too confident in his victory over Geese; It's not like he's one of the top five strongest people in the world or anything! Besides, he's never matched the might that is Lucha Libre! If Ramon can land the felling blow on Terry Bogard in a team battle, he can do the same to Geese! Checking the watch, Ramon finally flashes out a few parting autographs before flexing his shoulders and jogging into the clearing near Shenwoo. He's given a wave and a bright smile, the green and black spandexed Luchadore looking to be in truly boundless spirit. "Hoi, amigo! This will be a piece of cake, no?" Knuckles crack loudly before he attempts to slap Shenwoo in the back rather hard, if affectionately, before he moves further into the ring and begins to work the crowd. "Howard is going DOWN!!"
Gabriel had no idea who her teammates were anymore. It seems a bit has changed on this match that now she had the mysterious (to her) Shenwoo and no longer a Jiro-san whom she recognized. Not to mention she wasn't all together sure who her opponent was. Apparently she hadn't gotten the memo.
"Is that.. Kain-san...?" She asks, seemingly herself and peeks around the area. This was going to be a weird match up. She was standing where her team was designated to go, warming up and stretching, but the look of confusion and uncertainty could not be wiped away very easily.
Okay, she had a good idea which one Shenwoo was.. And apparently Jiro-san was a no show. therefore her next thing to do was stare at Ramon and then the bit of.. 'howard going down..'? She did not like the sound of that. It's already clear that the color is draining from her face. Please.. he doesn't mean Geese Howard does he? Even being born under a rock can't protect a young one from knowing that name. Scared? Yeah a little. She fidgets a little on the sidelines.
Geese is on time. On time, but not early like Shenwoo was. There's no guessing about his arrival, he gets here in a black limo (license plate 'GEESE'), and he's the one to emerge from the backmost passenger seat. He is not going to be a spectator tonight, not if his hakama and gi-shirt are any hint. "Going down, you say?" He is not impressed. "Hmph. What a bunch of nonsense." Stepping into the center of the clearing, Geese's idea of a fighting stance for the moment is folding his arms, leaning back slightly and just looking at his opponents, smug about his odds of success. "I think you'll find I'm better than Ryu and Terry are, Mr. Taco Tortilla. So...who's first?"
A voice on the sidelines calls out 'Fight!', presuming that to be a declaration that Geese is ready to go even if he doesn't look like he's taking this seriously.
COMBATSYS: Geese has started a fight here on the left meter side.
COMBATSYS: Ramon has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
COMBATSYS: Gabriel has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
.And then suddenly, Geese laughs. "Just kidding! As if I'd waste my time with something like this." He sure likes to ham it up for the camera, playing an exaggerated bastard at times. It's not too far off from how he really is, but he 'characterizes' it on SNF, like it was pro wrestling. He goes right back to his limo without having thrown a single punch, laughing all the way. Chances are the person he pretended to replace won't be nearly as pleased by this 'joke', however.
COMBATSYS: Geese has left the fight here.
Indeed, Kain isn't exactly thrilled by Geese's little joke. It's hard to imagine something that Geese could do that /wouldn't/ irritate Kain, however. The German shoots Howard a glare as the Syndicate boss gets into his limo, but this is hardly the time or the place to confront him. Someday, though...
As the limo takes off and Kain walks into the area of the clearing set aside for the fight the Heinlein heir composes himself, sliding smoothly into his misleadingly casual stance, one hand resting idly in his pocket. He looks at Ramon and Gabriel, then glances briefly to Shenwoo. He's been informed of the stipulations for the fight of course, and imagines it should be interesting. Even he has some difficulty taking on multiple skilled opponents at the same time. "Hmm..."
And then there's the shout of 'Fight!', and Kain is on the move. Not that he actually moves from his current position, though. Instead he simply lashes out with one arm, a ball of purple fire leaping forth from his hand, and flying toward Ramon. No particular reason behind his choice of target... He's only vaguely familiar with their fighting styles, and he has to start with somebody, right?
COMBATSYS: Kain has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Kain 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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|-------\-------\0 Gabriel
The slap on the back is only a little irritating to the brawler, but his mood is too good right now for something like that to foul it. Instead, the tall man lets out a quick huff of breath. "Well, if you're so eager, you go right ahead," Shenwoo says offhandedly to Ramon, before glancing over his shoulder at Gabriel. Oh, good, he's babysitting a kid here! "I wouldn't worry too much, kid," he says to her, that grin of his still in place. "But since it's only supposed to be two of us at a time, I'm sure you and whatsisname can handle yourselves just fine." And, while Geese's little joke causes a faint twitch of irritation behind Shenwoo's sunglasses, he walks over to the sidelines, still toying with the three harmony balls. Honestly, he'd rather be up first... Well, he'd rather be fighting by himself. Then, of course, Kain is outta nowhere and goes right after Ramon! Yeah, this oughta be interesting.
COMBATSYS: Ramon blocks Kain's Schwarze Flame.
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Kain 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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|-------\-------\0 Gabriel
There's a stout look of annoyance in Ramon. He actually appears disappointed that he's not going to get the opportunity to throw Geese around, even if such is more accurately defined in the absolute contrast. "What the? Oyeeee." The hispanic just throws his arms up in the air, as if helpless to do anything about the present situation. Scooting to the side and beginning to lazily bounce from foot to foot, Ramon brings up his forearms. "Well, this might not be as hard, but I'll take down one as easily as another." Then there's a sudden gout of flame screaming across the area, engulfing about Ramon as he lets out a sharp squeal of pain. Dancing around a moment, waving his arms furiously to put out the flames, Ramon appears to be paying much more attention right now. "Holy..." Now he's focused, allowing Gabriel the lead as he narrows his good eye towards Kain. This is no longer even vaguely a joking matter.
COMBATSYS: Ramon focuses on his next action.
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Kain 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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|-------\-------\0 Gabriel
"Kami-sama.. Arigato.." Gabriel says in a traditional sense while clutching her symbol and bowing her head in a brief prayer. This was her introduction. Her eyes open to reveal their deep almost brown shade of green and she bows to Kain before taking a ready stance. He looks preoccupied with this Ramon fella. Okay, she can deal with that.
"Haaaaa-" begins said girl as she charges toward Kain and then opun reaching near to him,
"Yaaa!"
The next thing she tries is to position her foot behind his ankle and then to merely give him a little shove backward. A basic yet often effective throw.
COMBATSYS: Gabriel successfully hits Kain with Quick Throw.
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Kain 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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|-------\-------\0 Gabriel
Kain may be powerful, but even he is forced to pay some heed to the laws of inertia and gravity. So while he's looking at Ramon, Gabriel manages to hook her foot behind his ankle and give him a little push. And then gravity takes hold and he begins to fall. He's not quite /that/ easy to take down, however... As he falls, Kain lashes out with his foot, swinging a kick upwards toward Gabriel's chest. Purple flames trail behind the limb, preparing to explode with a great deal of force should the kick hit successfully.
And then Kain hits the ground. Oof. Although he manages to roll with the impact, and quickly get himself back to his feet.
Well, Ramon is surely not about to give up on the battle simply because Kain almost blew him up in a single blow. He's jogging stiffly across the clearing, shoulders slunched and head down. The moment that Kain spends rolling is when Ramon unleashes his assault; Leaping through the air with a rather loud cry heralding his onslaught. Both hands snap out, attempting to grasp the other man by the neck and then whirl around to behind, leap up, spiral, and then drop Kain into the ground with a devestating suplex. "Tiger Neck CHANCERY!!" is called out amidst the attempt, whether it's simply batted aside or not.
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits Gabriel with Schwarze Lanze.
- Power hit! -
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Kain 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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|=======\====---\1 Gabriel
" Thank you for the vote of confidence, Shenwoo-sa-" Swish.. BAM. And then Gabriel is hit so hard that she literally flies from the spot she was at. One moment thanking Shenwoo for saying it would be okay and the next moment struck back so hard that she can't even scream. No breath. Her brain doesn't even register that she had been hit untill she was already skidding across the ground on her behind, the speed enough to make her tumble, roll and finally come to rest in a heap.
"Merciful.." *cough cough* she picks herself up slowly and carefully with shaky arms. This Kain man was terror on two legs!
Her eyes are wide now as she looks.. stares at him, already her face is marked with scrapes from skidding across the ground and her lovely white outfit is marked and torn.
And for now she just stares in disbelief.
COMBATSYS: Gabriel focuses on her next action.
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Kain 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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|=======\====---\1 Gabriel
COMBATSYS: Ramon successfully hits Kain with Tiger Neck Chancery.
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Kain 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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|=======\====---\1 Gabriel
Well, it seems that Ramon and Gabriel are doing quite well at splitting Kain's attention and taking advantage of it. While Gabriel is flying off across the clearing, Ramon manages to catch Kain by surprise, grabbing him by the neck before slamming him into the ground with the suplex. Perhaps even the brief presence of Geese has been enough to but Kain off his game?
The attacks don't seem to have actually caused any serious injury to the German yet, however. As Ramon's grip is released, Kain simply rolls backwards, coming back to his feet and shaking some of the dirt out of his hair. "You too seem to work well together." Kain doesn't wait around after delivering the compliment however, instead rushing back toward Ramon, drawing both of his arms back. As he closes in on the wrestler he thrusts both hands forward, twin jets of flame shooting out with the intent to blast Ramon off his feet.
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits Ramon with Schwarz Cutter.
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Kain 1/-------/=======|=======\=====--\1 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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|=======\====---\1 Gabriel
Well, Ramon was here a moment. The next, he's sent flying away, a smoking ruin that actually overshoots the crowd and crashes somewhere with a heavy thump. It might be almost comical, as a few whiffs of black smoke can be seen raising to the air where he landed. Then there's a shrill cry of "OUCH!" before the crowd immediately parts, and Ramon bursts back into the clearing. He's badly burnt, upper body almost completely revealing, and still swatting at a few curls of fire. "Dios mio! You hit hard!" Harder then even Buster Wolf; Somehow, though, Ramon remains standing. And attempts to take advantage thusly by breaking into a final charge with crimson light flashing behind, shoulder moving to impact Kain and send him upon his back. "No time for showmanship, esse! Better bring this to an end right now, no?"
By this time Gabriel has come out of her revere to come to terms with her situation. "Kain-san, thank you. Your skill is incredible."
The compliment is paid back and then Gabriel gets serious. From an inside pocket to her outfit she pulls out a book. "May the glorious Maiden of light bless this book.." she murmurs and then pulls it back and hurls it at Kain's head.
Distance seems to be her game for the time being, she hasn't seen that Kain guy do anything that could hit her from across the field. . Nevermind how fast he could probably cross the field and lay her completely out with his left hand pinky.
COMBATSYS: Kain blocks Ramon's Tiger Spin.
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Kain 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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|=======\====---\1 Gabriel
COMBATSYS: Kain overcomes Thrown Object from Gabriel with Schwarze Flame.
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Kain 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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|=======\====---\1 Gabriel
And Ramon's shoulder charge slams into Kain, but it is met by Kain's own shoulder. Rather than managing to knock Kain off his feet, the attack only manages to push him back a short distance, his feet digging into the ground. "Showing off is usually just a good way to get yourself injured."
And then Kain hears Gabriel speaking to him, and gives her a brief nod. He hasn't yet been shown precisely one way or another whether or not these two are really strong, so for now he'll give her the benefit of the doubt. Of course, then the holy book comes flying toward him. Will the holy writ be enough to conquer Kain's evil flames of hatred and anger!?
No.
No it will not.
Kain doesn't even really wait to see just what it is that's being thrown at him; he extends a hand in Gabriel's direction, more purple fire blasting out to meet the incoming projectile. The book is reduced to ashes and a few charred scraps of paper as the flames slam through it, then continue on toward Gabriel.
COMBATSYS: Gabriel slows Schwarze Flame from Kain with Thrown Object.
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Kain 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
COMBATSYS: Gabriel can no longer fight.
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Kain 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
Ramon manages to bounce himself off more then anything else, letting out a fairly annoyed little grunt. That wasn't trying to show off, that was a genuine attack! Really! But these matters are assuredly important enough that the flying hispanic isn't going to mess around. With a grunt, Ramon hurls himself towards Kain's back as he unleashes the flash of flame towards Gabriel, trying to cling like a monkey and strangle the man as best he can from that vantage point. Of course, the fact that Gabriel is no longer amongst the conscious will be found out later. "C'mon, pretty boy! Give me a real fight! Anyone can spout flames everywhere and call it skill!!" That made no sense, since very few people can and it IS skill. Give the poor boy some credit, he just got blown out of the arena five minutes earlier. Where's Vanessa to offer a kiss when she's needed?
Gabriel's expression goes from one of careful consideration to shock and then that's more or less the last you see of her face. It's very DBZ style the way you have an illumination of her face followed by her silhouette being rather obscured and finally when the blast is done consuming her completely all that's left is a really nasty burned spot on the ground with a smoldering mass, charred black laying in the center of it. For the time being Gabriel does little more than smoking.
COMBATSYS: Ramon successfully hits Kain with Tiger Neck Chancery.
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Kain 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
Kain was actually referring to Ramon's comment about this not being a time for showing off, but no matter; the German has more important things to worry about now. Like being strangled by Ramon, who is clinging to his back. He lets out a grunt as Ramon's arms wrap even more tightly around his neck, squeezing down and making it difficult to breathe. He reaches behind himself for a few moments, trying to grab Ramon in an almost comical fashion. The audience is probably loving it, although Kain is discovering that attacking an opponent clinging to your back is rather difficult.
He has ways around that, though.
Ramon may be looking for a more physical form of combat, but given his position he'll have to settle for what Kain can offer at the moment. And what Kain offers is more fire. He stops attempting to knock Ramon off, and holds his arms straight out to either side. This might be Ramon's first clue that something bad is going to happen. The second clue is a bit too late to act on, and that's when Kain's entire body bursts into flames. Purple fire shoots out from all the openings in his clothing, with a blast of heat and a loud roar like a furnance in full swing. Kain's feet actually lift ever so slightly off the ground as the flames continue to roar for several seconds, before suddenly switching off and letting Kain come lightly back to the ground.
COMBATSYS: Ramon dodges Kain's Schwarze Kreuz.
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Kain 1/-----==/=======|==-----\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
Well, the spreading of the arms is enough for Ramon. He suddenly yelps and leaps backwards, the flames erupting where he was. Still the heat is enormous, and flashes over him in a wince. He waits, jogging around at the edge like some manner of buzzing fly repelled by a bright wind, waiting for it to cease. The moment it does, Ramon's again hurling himself towards Kain, before doing something rather amazingly acrobatic. Diving to the ground and spiraling, he passes between Kain's legs before kipping up and trying to wrap his legs around Kain's neck from behind. The end result would be the latter being slammed to the ground with a rather tremendous amount of force. "Ole!" The hispanic's fearless; That's probably the only reason that he's been able to do anything effective at all.
Throughout the fight so far, Shenwoo has hardly even seemed to be paying attention; instead, still fiddling with those harmony balls, his dark eyes hidden behind his shades, the tall man has apparetly been wholly preoccupied surveying the crowd, and in particular its female contingent. Of course, he /has/ been paying attention to the battle, and certainly enough to see Kain demonstrating his strength on Shenwoo's teammates, but all it's doing is whetting his appetite. Sharpening his desire to fight to a razor edge. Gabriel's fall, then, isn't seen as being entirely disappointing, because it provides the opening that the self-styled 'God of Battle' has been waiting for. Calmly, Shen takes off his sunglasses, baring those focused black eyes of his, the grin spreading across his features once again. The shades are tucked away in one pocket, and then he takes a step forward, his fist clenching to shatter the three harmony balls, their fragments tumbling to the ground as he opens that gloved hand. Now is hardly the time for toys. "It's too bad," he says to the Ramon-embattled Kain, laughing a bit in his eagerness, stepping more into the ring as he speaks. "You're pretty strong, I woulda liked to face you one on one, but... We gotta fight the battles we're given, huh?" And then with another step forward, the tall man is suddenly /hurtled/ forwards, blurring slightly as his shirt and hair trail behind him, his beringed left fist extended as he launches himself at Kain at the first available opening after Ramon's attempted throw. "ORRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Ramon successfully hits Kain with Fast Throw.
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Kain 1/-----==/=======|==-----\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
COMBATSYS: Kain blocks Shenwoo's Geki-Ken.
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Kain 1/----===/=======|==-----\-------\0 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
Ramon's legs snare Kain by the neck, drawing a 'hrk!' from the German as he gets dragged down and into the ground. Ramon's aggressiveness is impressive at least; he appears to have the idea of going straight for the throat down pat. He manages to break free quickly enough however, rising back to his feet just in time for Shenwoo to come charging in. Shenwoo's incoming fist is caught, by it does managing to provoke a wince from Kain. There was a fair bit of force there, and the ring slamming into his palm wasn't the most pleasant of sensations. "Perhaps sometime in the future. But for now..."
For now, Kain doesn't want to have to deal with Ramon attempting to throttle him again. He spins away from Shenwoo, launching himself off the ground as he comes to face Ramon, flying through the air foot-first toward the lucha. Flames trail behind him as he moves, and if his foot successfully connects with Ramon's chest it'll be followed by yet another fiery explosion.
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits Ramon with Schwarzer Stob.
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Kain 1/--=====/=======|=======\==-----\1 Ramon
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|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
There wasn't a whole lot Ramon could do about that other then try to get the heck out of the way. The vicious explosion sends Ramon surging into the air with a shout of pain, the second explosion sending the poor Luchadore into the ground to roll away. Coughing, he manages to push himself to his feet with deep exhales. He manages a grin, soot exhaled sharply before bursting into a final, swaggering run. "Don't... ignore me... just yet!" is called out as he hurls himself towards Kain, intent on grasping him and leaping into the air for one final earth-shattering slam into the ground. Or maybe he'll just miss, leap up, and land in a crumpled heap. Or bounce off. One of those three are definitely going to happen!
COMBATSYS: Ramon can no longer fight.
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Kain 1/--=====/=======|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
With a faintly annoyed sound as he's blocked, Shenwoo watches Kain go after Ramon... Studying the flame-wielder's moves carefully. Critical analysis might not be his specialty, but observation does help even the most seat-of-the-pants strategising. As his teammate makes a brave last attack, the brawler's expression is unreadable; but once again Shenwoo is left to charge in once the Luchador's attack has achieved whatever outcome it was going to, but this time he makes an attempt to grab at Kain! If he manages it, then the berserker will take a few cheap shots - a punch or two to the kidneys, and last of all a headbutt - before aiming to spike Kain right into the ground. His style is... Well... It's pretty straightforward, huh? "RAAAAH!"
COMBATSYS: Kain dodges Ramon's Savage Firecat.
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Kain 1/--=====/=======|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
COMBATSYS: Kain dodges Shenwoo's Saikouhou-Geki.
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Kain 1/--=====/=======|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
Kain deals with both incoming attacks in the same way. He was turning around to face Shenwoo as Ramon went down, but that doesn't mean he wasn't paying attention to the Mexican. As Ramon comes charging in from behind, Kain leaps up and into the air, sailing right over Ramon in a graceful backflip. The same motion takes him out of the way of Shenwoo's grab.
Hopefully Ramon didn't crash into the ground at Shenwoo's feet, though, or this might go poorly for the lucha. Kain raises one hand up toward the sky, a flash of golden light appear in his palm for a moment. "Himmlischer..." And then the air over Shenwoo begins to swirl, glowing with a greenish-blue light as Kain's chi begins to manifest. Some people, at least among the viewers at home, may recognize this, but Kain's got a little surprise for them. Normally the energy smashes down on Kain's opponent in three seperate waves... This time it comes down as one massive hammer blow of energy, likely to leave a nice-sized hole in the ground, even if it does have to go through Shenwoo to do it. "...Atem!"
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits Shenwoo with Himmlischer Atem.
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Kain 0/-------/------=|=======\==-----\1 Shenwoo
Well... Sucks to be Shenwoo, doesn't it? "Tch..." The tall man tries to get out of the way, but it's to no avail; instead, he gets blasted quite thoroughly, and when the smoke clears... The self-styled 'God of Battle' is still there, crouching and glaring at his opponent, chest heaving. The powerful strike of energy has damaged his shirt... His /favourite damn shirt/.... Beyond repair, and frankly the fighter himself isn't looking his best either... But his feral smile is as strong as ever, white teeth gleaming. "Good... Good! I was worried this was gonna get boring, stepping in so late!!" Shenwoo calls out, a wild light in his dark eyes as he springs out of the crater. "I WANT TO KEEP ENJOYING THIS!" he cries with a laugh, launching himself at Kain and bringing his hands down in a quick double axehandle, aimed at the top of the other man's head!
COMBATSYS: Kain blocks Shenwoo's Fukuko-Geki.
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Kain 0/-------/------=|=======\==-----\1 Shenwoo
In response to the incoming attack, Kain brings up both of his own arms, crossing them over his head. Shenwoo's hands slam into Kain's guard, but not only do they not manage to break through, they don't even manage to force Kain's knees to bend. "You seem to be enjoying yourself. Don't get too caught up in it..."
And then Kain uncrosses his arms. And that motion is followed by an explosion of purple fire burst out from Kain's body and threatening to engulf Shenwoo. And a mere moment later Kain's hands thrust through the fiery cloud, further jets of flame shooting from the palms of his hands at Shenwoo.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo endures Kain's Schwarz Cutter.
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Kain 0/-------/----===|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Shenwoo
Really, Shenwoo's not all that inexperienced when it comes to playing with fire; it's not one of his favourite things to deal with, but who's he to complain when things end up more fun in the end? So... The man from Shanghai gets engulfed in purple flame, the energy searing at him rather painfully. Accepting pain, however, is an old lesson of his life. As he's burning, though, the tall man doesn't actually get knocked back very far, and instead he launches himself forwards again into the hopeful opening in Kain's defense after his attack, his dark eyes shrinking as all his built up frustration and anger pours out of him... Along with a concussive wave of chi that pushes most of the spectators back a step. "RRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!" Shenwoo roars, a berserker in truth now, and he takes a first quick swing at Kain. His energy practically seems to pour out of him as he then, ideally, continues his ferocious assault on Kain, a seemingly endless fury of kicks and punches to whatever sensitive parts of the other fighter's body he can reach, even his head gets into it; Shenwoo uses his entire body as a weapon, before, hopefully, knocking Kain away. But much of this is contingent on him hitting properly, first!
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Kain with Bakuma Assault.
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Kain 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Shenwoo
Even Kain has to be at least a little bit worried at the sudden flare up of energy around Shenwoo. He's well aware that such things are usually not a good sign. Kain brings up an arm in an attempt to deflect the first blow, but Shenwoo manages to slip past his guard. And once that first hit lands, the berserker doesn't give Kain a chance to block any of the others. Kicks, punches, headbutts; Kain gets steadily knocked back across the clearing, finally managing to stagger away after Shenwoo's last powerful blow. Kain's lip was only partially healed up from his exhibition match last night, so Shenwoo's assault manages to bring out a nice flow of blood from Kain's mouth, running down his chin and a few drops getting on his nice white clothing.
Kain's response to Shenwoo is in the form of a grin, however. "Hmm... Interesting. Perhaps not the best way to use your anger as a tool, but not too bad..." Seems Kain has seen through to the berserker nature of Shenwoo's 'style'. It's still giving in to your anger, which is a minus in Kain's book, but at least it's managing to point it to a constructive (or destructive, if you prefer) end.
It's also put Kain in a state where he's probably not going to be able to take more than one more good hit, so it's time to try and end things. Kain's hand flares up with purple fire, and the German swings his arm toward Shenwoo. With a flick of his wrist a ball of fire shoots off toward Shenwoo, coming in toward the brawler via a spiralling path.
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits Shenwoo with Schwarze Flame.
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Recovering from the immense expenditure of energy isn't an easy thing; Shenwoo is left with nowhere to go when that ball of fire comes his way, and once again he gets burned. "Tch... Heh," he mutters, already long past pain. His vision doubles slightly, and Shen knows he's pretty much hit his limit, but... "It's no fun for everyone watchin' if I... Just lie down..." he grits his teeth and gets to his feet, still in a crouch when he is suddenly, and with surprising speed for someone as injured as he is, rushing at Kain again! He vanishes from sight as he charges forward this time, reappearing not far from Kain, a concussive shockwave of force rushing along with his extended left fist. "HERE'S SOMETHING TO REMEMBER ME BY!!" Because whether or not he gets any bite on this attack, the berserker is going to end up flat on the ground afterwards!
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo can no longer fight.
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Kain 1/-------/=======|
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Kain with Setsu Geki-Ken.
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Shenwoo's suddeny disappearance isn't expected, but Kain's good enough to predict where the brawler is going to reappear... But he's a bit too worn down to react quickly enough. He tries to get his arms up into a defensive position, but Shenwoo's fist manages to come in just a little bit too fast, passing right above Kain's arms as he's bringing them up into position. The blow slams into Kain's chest with enough force to take him off his feet, sending him crashing down onto his back, staring up at the sky. He tries for a moment to get up, but it seems his body has hit its limit for the amount of damage it can take.
Since Kain is still moving a bit, the announcer waits for a short time, but once it becomes clear that neither fighter is going to be getting back up right away, they're ready to make their announcement. "And it looks like our exciting battle has come to a close, folks! This team of three has managed to press Kain to his limits, and bring this fight out in a draw!"
COMBATSYS: Kain takes no action.
COMBATSYS: Kain can no longer fight.
Log created by Kain, and last modified on 18:25:01 07/12/2005.