Description: Seriously. This is the best fight ever. Seriously. Ridiculously crazy awesome seriously crazy awesome AWESOME. Luck is thrown to the wind, guitars are wailed upon, attacks are missed, bumpers are swung, and sound systems destroyed! ...B.Jenet gets the worst of it, though. Poor girl.
'It's early morning'
'The sun comes out'
She straps on her high heels, the stiletto tips clicking against the floors.
'Last night was shaking'
'And pretty loud'
GLoves are slipped on her hands. and pulled taut, the wet leather shining in the light.
'My cat is purring'
'And scratches my skin'
'So what is wrong'
'With another sin?'
Lipstick applied, and a slow smile spreads across the woman's face. She needs this. A fight tonight will make everything that much better. Her dark clubbing dress a navy blue, with a circular cutout over her chest and lacing up the side. She looks good. Feels good. And the smile takes an almost predatory nature.
'The bitch is hungry'
'She needs to tell'
'So give her inches'
And feed her well'
She can feel it now. The thrumming music of the stadium. The heat of the lights, Her blonde hair shimmering underneath, her partner ready and able. Who are her opponents? She doesn't care. Win or lose, there's not much left to worry about now.
'More days to come'
'New places to go'
She steps out into the arena now, her fans clamoring to see. Shingo's fans as well as her heels click against the arena's rocky floor. The music was her choice. It makes her blue eyes sparkle with delight as she seems to be almost lost in the moment, spreading her arms and drinking in the applause of the late night crowds.
'I've got to leave'
'It's time for a show...'
'HERE I AM! ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE!'
And with the strike of the chorus, Jenet twirls about, gaining momentum, her miniature typhoon raging across the small area as she lips, somersaulting through the air before landing with a pose, hands above her head, the light sparkling across her body as her silver jewelry catches the light, arm chains and anklet almost blinding. She tosses everyone a bright smile, and then points to the people across the ring coyly.
"It's been a while, oui? Let's make the most of this!"
"HERE I AM! ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE!"
COMBATSYS: Duolon has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: B.Jenet has joined the fight here.
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B.Jenet 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Duolon
COMBATSYS: Shingo has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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B.Jenet 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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COMBATSYS: Guy has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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B.Jenet 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Duolon
COMBATSYS: Duolon has left the fight here.
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B.Jenet 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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COMBATSYS: Duolon has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Duolon 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 B.Jenet
That's B. Jenet for you. The Queen of Pirates always has to make a grand entrance in anything she does. Which is probably why she seemingly has more fans out tonight than her partner and crew member, Shingo Yabuki. Because the fact that she is an incredibly hot young woman couldn't possibly have anything to do with how many people are cheering for her. Shingo's entrance into the arena isn't as flashy nor grand. Well. They do set off several incendiary devices for him as he makes his way down to the fight floor. Controlled explosions going off around the stage for this morning's match up between Pirate and Ninja. As always the boy has the largest and possibly the friendliest smile on his face that a human being could possibly have. The crowd gets a cheerful wave and even manages to pump the boy up more than he already is from anticipation of the fight to come.
Shingo grins to his captain and teammate on meeting her down by the arena. "Go figure that we're fighting together the first day you're back." Did she go somewhere? Who knows. Just that the boy hasn't really seen or heard from her in a good while. For all he knows she could've still been in Southtown and just didn't feel the need to say what's up or anything. Not that it would bother Shingo. In fact. He doesn't even make it an issue. Just glad to see Jenet again. He bounces on the balls of his feet several times to keep his blood pumping from an earlier warm-up. Still feeling a little sore from yesterday's SNF match. If only he could've found Athena or Megumi to hook him up with some free heals. Oh well. He'll get over it. That's for sure. Now. Where are those pesky ninja?
That is, certainly, quite the impressive entrance. The crowd roaring its approval, the style with which Jenet walks out with, the music blaring...and then the music is suddenly cut off. Replacing it on the sound system is the sound of an engine revving, and it sounds like a big one. Something powerful. Something most men would positively drool over.
It's getting louder, and louder, and what's this? It seems to have picked up an accompaniment of a lone guitar being positively rocked out on. And then the source becomes highly evident as a black limo with highly stylistic japanese lettering on the side comes roaring into the arena, spitting flames out of the back and generally looking sleek. It does a lap around the ring proper, tearing up the ground. At this point, the driver aims it the ring, and then sends it into a skid - underneath it, a log is shot out of a specially designed spot, causing it to flip, sending it barelling sideways onto the ring, roughly skidding toward Shingo. It's just moments before this occurs that Guy kicks through the windshield in a shower of glass, coming to a neat rest at his spot in the ring, leaving the car sort of skidding toward Shingo. Whether this was intentional or not...who can say?
The Hizoku were not very well known. Little about their intense training methods had been revealed to the public, one in a million people knew of the poison blood some of it's members, like Lin and Ron, posessed... and even fewer than that knew about the clan's rich history. Responsible for the deaths of several world leaders, mystery assassinations, and some major wars, the clan was feared, respected, and generally kept an extremely low profile.
UNTIL TONIGHT, BABY.
Duo Lon stands atop the speeding limo, a black, sharp-angled guitar held in his hands, angled straight towards the speaker system above the arena. Rock You Like A Hurricane, of course, is so totally cut out. Ninjas don't take that kind of crap. Instead, freakin' awesome riffs echo throughout the arena, modified scales and /insane/ solos blasting the ears and warming the ninja inside of everybody watching the event. Surely his predecessors would be /proud/. The Hizoku, and this is a secret known to /nobody/, were masters of guitar playing. Any ninja, really, was. The log shoots out of the spot in the wall, the limosine flips over, and Duo vaults the wreckage, spinning in midair, ponytail flailing about behind him. Of course, this is accompanied by an even LOUDER riff on that guitar, followed by an AWESOME, shrieking cutoff. The thing's thrown towards Bonne Jenet halfway through his leap, neck-first.
COMBATSYS: Duolon successfully hits B.Jenet with Thrown Object.
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Duolon 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 B.Jenet
Huh what?
With a loud sound that echos oddly like *KABONG*, Jenet is pummeled in the face by a Flying V electric guitar, and the crowd immediately grows more hostile. Motorcycles and ninja magic aside, you just don't go off hitting pretty blonde girls in the face with musical instruments. Reeling backward from the strange attack, Jenet falls to one side, already grimacing from the hefty blow, her blue eyes once sparkling now spitting fire. This time, though, she's prepared.
Raising her hand, she snaps her fingers, and one of the Lilien Knights in the seats near the arena tosses her a silver flask, and she unscrews the top, eyes blazing with anger already. The smell of rum tinges the air as she kicks back the drink, guzzling heartily before she flings it away.
"Ach! Ye bloody bastard! Got no sense of propriety! Jenet's gonna break yuir face fer that one!" Cracking her knuckles, the woman is immediately airborne, as is her trademark. A long leg outstretched, she moves to bring it down on top of Duo Lon's head, the heel coming down with a wind-chi assisted bash, designed to break a guard as well as cause damage.
COMBATSYS: Shingo dodges Guy's Large Thrown Object.
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Duolon 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 B.Jenet
HOOOOO-LEE CRAP.
Did one of Metro City's so-called heroes just throw a whole freakin' car at him? And not just any car. A freakin' limosine! What is this world coming to where someone can just drive a limo into the Howard Arena and down the ramps to send the vehicle careening towards some hapless highschool student/pirate? It's madness! The same type of madness that has Shingo, despite being shocked and surprised by the large black vehicle suddenly making its way towards him, pulls off something of the uncanny nature for a pirate such as he. He dodges the large hunk of metal, glass, and rubber spiraling through the air at him. It's not some simple little duck and dive out of the way either. Nope. He goes all out. How? For starters he leaps up -onto- the car. Yes it's still spinning. That's not all. Shingo then uses the car has a barreling platform of sorts to launch a second time into the air. This following leap sending him vaulting over wherever Guy is standing. his battle cry for this incredible manoeuvre? Why it's "SHINGO KIIIIIICKU!" of course. Note well. All of this takes place in less than two seconds. It's a sudden burst of speed. Although it looks like Shingo may have missed his target. Or has he?
Technically he did. -If- his intended victim was Guy. Guess what? It's not. Shingo is going after the guy that was so rude and callous that he actually -smacked- Bonne Jenet right in the head with a guitar. As a member of her crew, it's his duty to protect his captain. Nothing personal of course. His little stunt using Guy's limo as a sort of a ramp gives him the altitude necessary to twist is body in an arc-like shape through the air to bring his leg hard towards Duolon's head. Cue the slow motion and camera flashes. Let's all have a good, clean friendly fight. You know, not counting the attacks with cars.
Well, that didn't go half bad, all things considered. The car's pretty trashed, sure, but that kind of was the point. Sure, it might've been a little bit underhanded, even if you couldn't really call it sneaky, but hey! This is a battle between ninjas and pirates. A little bit of underhandedness is practically required. Besides, it makes things interesting. The crowd certainly appreciated it.
Of course, now's the time to forget about what the crowd thinks and get down to business. Prepared for a counterattack from Shingo, it turns out there was no need to be worried. Duo Lon over there is getting a handful over there. Really, in a situation like this, turnabout is fair play. It's this reasoning which leads Guy to dash toward the collection of bodies that is the rest of the fight and try to extract an arm from it; specifically, Jenet's arm, which if he can get one, either one will do, he's going to use as a leverage point to give her a solid heave over his shoulder. Basic, but effective.
COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges B.Jenet's Gulf Tomahawk.
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Duolon 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 B.Jenet
COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges Shingo's Shingo Kick.
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Duolon 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 B.Jenet
Duo lands, a knee touching to the arena mat as the car sails towards Shingo and his Flying V hits B.Jenet, /hard/, in the head. She deserved it, anyway. Rock You Like A Hurricane. Bleh. However, Duo Lon was /not/ expecting to look upwards and see /two/ attacks headed his direction. "Ladies! There's no need to get so mad, is there?!" He stands, quickly, and prepares to deal with the situation at hand....
It would be now, ladies and gentlemen, that we analyze the situation at hand. Pirates, and Ninjas. The two have never really /ever/ gotten along. The answer lies, quite simply, in one of the world's most basic emotions. Jealousy. For example. Duo Lon has beautiful hair, and really knows what he's doing with most makeup kits. Bonne Jenet, naturally, wishes she could have that kind of mad skill in the salon. Since she doesn't, she's taking it out on Duo with a Gulf Tomahawk. Shingo's jealous of Duo for getting all of Bonne's attention, and, again, naturally, is attacking Duo out of envy. When it comes down to it, really...
Everybody wishes they were a ninja.
Why? 'Cause NINJAS KICK ASS! The young, surprised Duo Lon simply turns his back as the attacks rain down upon him, and both B.Jenet and Shingo would impact... nothing. Flesh and bone melt away into the ground, leaving Duo Lon to rematerialize, Ron Style, twenty feet behind the two women. A loud sound, and he's clearing his throat behind the two, brushing off of his sleeves. "...So you missed." He turns to the side, eyes on the audience, again... and gives a slight bow. As he bows, of course, his foot flashes behind him, towards B.Jenet. Purple chi suffuses the air around it, and the Queen Of Pirates might notice the explosion of energy beneath her. As a matter of fact, it's timed right with Guy's throw. If both hit, the poor lady'll be sent pretty damn high, won't she?
COMBATSYS: B.Jenet dodges Guy's Seoi Nage.
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Duolon 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 B.Jenet
COMBATSYS: Duolon successfully hits B.Jenet with Genmu Kyaku Uchikiba.
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Duolon 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 B.Jenet
Whoosh!
/WHAM!/
Well, part of that worked. The pirate seems determined to escape both hits, and while she moves out of harm's way with Guy's fumbled attack, she backs right into an explosion, which sends her through the air at a dizzying height before she slams down onto the ground. The jarring bang of her body hitting the stone causes wincing throughout the crowd. That couldn't have felt good at all. And it didn't. The woman grimaces tightly, her face conveying the obvious pain she's in. At this rate, there's no way she's going to last very long. Two solid hits, and she's already on the injured list.
Still, she clambers back to her feet. Never mind that more hits like that will render her absolutely usless. Bewildered and confused for a moment, she looks for Shingo. Maybe he'll have some ideas, because right now, she's very much in a bad way after the initial assaults. Spinning eyes failing to find the boy, she simply lashes out at the first thing she sees.
That'd be Duo Lon again.
Dizzy, she makes a pretty poor tactical choice. Whatever the case may be, she's already half stumbling towards him with a hop, skip, and a leap as her body begins to turn into the man with a knee to the groin, which would be followed up by a series of powerful rising kicks should it connect.
Yes. Everyone can see how awesome ninja are when they pick on the lone women in this match. Guess it must make them feel like 'real men' to double-team females. As opposed to trying that crap against Shingo. You would most assuredly stuff them both into a single barrel that he would then kick off the top of Howard Tower into the middle of speeding traffic just as a tractor trailer was driving by. Now that would totally kick ass. The only thing preventing from such a thing happening is Shingo being too nice of a young man and because Guy and Duolon are obviously cowards.
There is mild shock when the Shingo Kick misses in tandem with Jenet's Gulf Tomahawk. Like Guy when he realised that Shingo wasn't attacking him, the student of Kusanagi-ryuu worries not on how he's going to handle the retaliation for his whiffed technique. What he does worry about is how if they're not attacking him then they must be going after Jenet. Was it mentioned before that they were cowards for doing that? They obviously must've heard of Shingo's reputation as the unstoppable Shingonaut and fear his might. For attacking his good friend, he will most definitely teach them to be in awe of Kusanagi-ryuu kobojutsu!
First thing on his list? Show Duolon how right he was to dodge that Shingo Kick. Jenet is doing him a favour by lifting him up into the air with her next attack. All right then. He can't let her down. Shingo knows that he has to make this count. "SHINGO KIIIIICKU!" It's his signature move. You know he has to spam it every now and again in a match. At least until it solidly hits something or someone. In this case, that something is Duolon once more. This should also serve to put him closer to the blonde so that he may provide her with some cover against the dual assaults. Right after he kicks the beejezus out of Mister Creepy.
COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges B.Jenet's The Hind.
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Duolon 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 B.Jenet
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Duolon with Shingo Kick.
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Duolon 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 B.Jenet
Whoops. Grabbing for Jenet's arm...doesn't seem to have worked. Maybe he was just a little too slow in trying to get up close to her, maybe having the three other fighters in one spot made things a bit too hectic...whatever. The fact of the matter is that Duo Lon is doing pretty damn well, considering the onslaught of attacks against him. Honestly, that leaves it up to Guy to lighten the load a bit. This is a team effort, after all.
And so, like a matress given superpowers, Guy springs into action. Shingo's flown off toward Duo Lon again, and Guy dashes after him at a swift pace. Naturally, when Shingo gets near his target, Guy's going to attack before he can recover, hopefully, and jump up for a kick of his own. Followed by another and another, if things go right, vaguely resembling a helicopter as he takes graceful spinning flight.
So Jenet's Knee Barrage thing hit a sidestepping Duo Lon, however... Duo manages to sidestep straight into Shingo's tennis shoe. The prettiest girl of them all goes flying backwards, clutching at his chest as he slams into Howard Arena's stone wall, leaning against the thing for a moment, catching his breath. During this quick moment, Shingo is given the Death Stare(Patented by Hizoku Assassin Clan, 1724). Sure to inspire fear in any with fear to be inspired, this stare brings out the fierce ninja in any Hizoku, and is almost certain to give your opponent a shiver to their shoes!
Coupled with that stare was Duo's unique transportation, again, bringing the ninja right behind Shingo. Without any real ado, he falls to his knees, leg sweeping out in a low kick, and then into a higher one. If done properly, the combo would launch Shingo directly into Guy's spinning feet. If not... well, Guy was already headed this way, it'd just take a bit longer.
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Duolon's Fuuka Tenshi Combo.
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Duolon 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 B.Jenet
This is why Jenet loves the dickens out of Shingo. The boy is fearless, and ready to mix it up with anything. That could be Geese, Rugal, Igniz AND Vega out there, and Shingo would still run up like an idiot to try and save her, punching all the way. And given the way Shingo does things? Well, he might actually have a chance in beating them all. At least to Jenet's mind, anyhow. Really, she wouldn't know any of those guys from a hole in the wall.
There's somethign to be said about the wonder that is 'Shingo Kick'. Really, it only goes to show that even a Pirate can learn from her subordinates. As Shingo takes the forefront, Jenet is more than happy to follow up with her own little version of the attack. Even though she missed, she's a bit behind Duo Lon. She's not going to forgive all that abuse very easily. With a vulpine smirk, she hops into the air a bit, tucks her legs up under her, and shoots forward on a powerful air current. Stretching out one of her high heels, she lets out a laugh, and a shout.
"JENET KIIIIIIIIICK!"
And with a powerful blast, sends her foot towards Duo Lon to freaking knock the stuffing out of the miserable creepy ninja girl abusing narcissistic pervert guy.
COMBATSYS: Shingo endures Guy's Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.
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Duolon 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 B.Jenet
Pfft. Is that all you got Duolon? Shingo barely felt...what was that? A lovetap. Thought ninja were supposed to be all kickass. Not with some sorry attack like that. A simple one-two kick combination. Come on. The boy fought HeavyD yesterday. He knows what combination techniques look like. Also, the fact that it involves your legs makes it that much easier for him to judge when they will be coming out. Shingo demonstrates this by first dropping a forearm low to block the first kick then using his other forearm to stop the second one. Though he does get a crazy thought in his head. Duolon may have been onto something there with the combo into Guy's kick. Cause here he is willing taking it a split-second before it actually hits. Almost as though he were waiting for the Metro City native to step right into his trap. Those kicks sure are fast and furious. Shingo will admit that much. Far superior ninja technique than the creepy one. But this is no time to admire Guy's skill. He has some honour to uphold! And speaking of holding...
...As Guy swings around his leg one last time - by now both of them are suspended several feet in the air - Shingo grins widely and actually -grabs- a hold of it in a vice-like grip. The slippery ninja is not going anywhere any time soon unless the boy has something to say about it. And he says down with ninja! Literally. Being that in the air there isn't much for Shingo to use to balance himself or as leverage. Except for gravity. So why the heck not? A sharp twist is given to his hips. This sets the boy's whole body in motion leaning towards a spiralling corkscrew; Guy still firmly in tow. Similar to the same twist he uses for Shingo Kick except much much much more forceful. So much force behind it that it looks like he's about to slam the ninja in hand into the ground with the force of a meteor. Fortunately for Guy, this isn't so. He's only going to slam him into Duolon with the force of a meteor. "Super Dangerous Swinging Ninja Hammer SMASH!" Guy is used like a giant mallet aimed at the nail that is Duolon.
COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges B.Jenet's Gulf Tomahawk.
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Duolon 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 B.Jenet
COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges Shingo's Random Weapon.
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Duolon 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 B.Jenet
Oh, now that just won't do. Guy knows Shingo felt those kicks - everybody feels those kicks, but he has to admit, it takes a special kind of determination to just take it like that and then grab ahold. Of course, that doesn't mean Guy has to make it easy on Shingo, either. Guy's no stranger to having to flip and twist in midair.
And twist he does, a subtle change in direction, enough to cut down his effectiveness as a weapon dramatically. That still leaves the problem of the impending ground, however, a problem that is easily rectified as Guy plants his hands on it and makes with the flipping, tearing his leg from Shingo's grasp and carrying him a fair distance away from Shingo and Jenet and Duo Lon, too. When he comes to a stop, he turns, looks at the lot of them, and closes his eyes. It's time for some focused chi regulation.
COMBATSYS: Guy gathers his will.
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Duolon 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 B.Jenet
Again with the teleportation. It's a good technique for when the enemy team is focusing entirely on you. The Hizoku ninja sinks into the ground, and reappears next to Guy, rubbing at a bruise on his face, kneading his chest with another hand. "Dude, this isn't cool." When around other Ninja, Duo feels he can drop his holier-than-thou attitude. "I've been the only one they're even trying to hit. /You/ drove the limo into the kid!"
He shakes his head, and kicks out with his foot once more, seeking to bring Bonne Jenet into the air with another Genmu Kyaku Kick Thing Explosion. They were /fun/. "So what's your plan? You're gonna kick their ass, yeah?" Duo eyes Shingo and Bonne Jenet, irregardless of what happens with the kick. "We can't let a bunch of /pirates/ beat us."
COMBATSYS: B.Jenet blocks Duolon's Genmu Kyaku Uchikiba.
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Duolon 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 B.Jenet
Oh for...!
Eyes practically ablaze, Jenet has had just about enough of this stupidity. How long was this supposed to take before he actually hit anything? Continuously flying by the teleporting ninja was starting to wear thin on her nerves, and she's getting angry. And please, don't even try to lay any of that calmness and control garbage on her. For Jenet... nay... ANY girl, getting angry doesn't make her weak. It makes her that much more devestating. Much less a PIRATE girl. The incoming projectile doesn't seem to bother her so much as just make her angrier.
Pushed aside, she practically snarls, eyeing Duo Lon once again. Cracking her knuckles, her feet stomp against the pavement. Now it's getting a little personal. Jenet isn't a great fighter. In fact, she's almost mediocre. Shingo could tell you that. What she has is power in spades, however, and that usually carries the day. Technique and skill have been mown down before in her pirate-powered onslaughts more than a few times. Regardless of that fact, she seems to be a whole lot of missing this evening, and that's just the last straw.
As she approaches, she finally stops, eyeing the much taller man with seriously vicious scowl. Rearing back her foot, she goes in for a stilletto powered groin kick. If it hits? A follow up by decking him in the face. Either way, she'll hop back afterward, giving Shingo space for his in.
Whoa whoa whoa. Hold up there. Who said the two ninja could take a coffee break to discuss current affairs? Shingo sure as heck didn't give them permission. He would check with Bonne to see if she gave them go ahead as well...except that by her rising anger directed towards the ninjitsu couple he can already take a guess. Now normally this wouldn't be a problem but it clearly states on page 137, paragraph 4, subsection 11 that when engaging in a pirates versus ninja battle one is not allowed to just casually run, fly, walk, dash, and/or teleport away from the opposing forces without explicit agreement by all parties. Since that this -obviously- did not occur, it calls for some form of reprimand.
Namely Shingo removing the front bumper of the limo that almost ran him over the same time Guy and Duolon discuss stock tips over a nice cup of charging. This will not do at all. Closing the distance in leaps and bounds towards his two opponents the wannabe firestarter rears back and swings the hunk of metal like a very large and painful baseball bat at the conveniently placed psuedo-baseballs represented by the heads of Guy and Duolon. "Batter's up!" Go ahead expecting to dodge this stuff. It will just bite you in the butt. As though Shingo were some kind of paranoia agent.
COMBATSYS: Guy endures Shingo's Random Weapon.
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Duolon 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Shingo
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"You'll also recall that you're the one who actually hit the woman with your guitar." The response is soft, as Guy's still got his eyes closed, still preparing for something, but for what? "That is the plan, though, yes. I will show them the might of Bush-" He's suddenly cut off by something. A noise, but so much more than that.
WHANG. The sound of the metal bumper impacting Guy's head rings out loudly, causing anyone in their right mind to wince. Damn, but that looked painful. Except...something's not right here. Normally, at this point, one would sort of expect Guy to have simply gone flying from the impact. This is not the case. Guy seems to have done something noone in their right mind should do; that is to say, he's caught the bumper with his head, and though it looks like both he and the bumper are hurt, the bumper's in worse condition, actually curved around slightly around the Bushin ninja's head.
That's not all, though. Guy's arm quickly snakes up around the bumper and then yanks it toward him, hopefully drawing Shingo in with it. At that point, one might think the air's turned into sludge, as something big is coming and the universe has gone suitably slo-mo. Kicking out at Shingo repeatedly, seeking to drive the young man back, Guy is doing his best to simply kick the shit out of him. And then...he cease, flipping back a short distance. Is it over? Of course not, as he then propels himself near horizantal to the ground in a flying kick that's sure to bring the pain.
Of course, that's assuming all of this actually hits.
COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges B.Jenet's Bye-bye Boo.
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Guy 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 B.Jenet
After a brief conversation with his comrade, Duo Lon brings his attention back to the fight. To see two charging pirates, one wielding Stillettos of Terror, the other with a Bumper of Doom. Of course, this brings with it an entirely new opportunity to piss them off. Dodge MORE attacks, Duo Lon! Truly, this was the big perk of being a ninja.
And by the way. It's a well known fact that ninja are way too cool to even /have/ guidebooks. Who needs a guidebook to kick ass? Whatever. The narration battle ends here, folks, and we move back to the ACTION.
A quick-step to the right saves Duo's rarely-advertised nuts, and Guy recieves a grin for his behavior with the bumper. "Nice." It's a curt thing, and again... the /third time/ this match, his foot swipes forward. Apparently the young man really loves projectiles. "But we've got to deal with the kicker kid." And at that, a burst of shadowy energy erupts from the ground, hopefully hitting Shingo before Guy does. If either of them hit at all.
That's right. Keep dodging. Jenet will find your prefecture, and hurl polaris missiles at it. Why? That's what owning a submarine ALLOWS you to do. And while her guns are all conventional, it still doesn't mean cruise missiles don't hurt. But this is the here and now, and there's no such thing as cruise missiles right now. Rather, what's going on here is clearly a massive inability to hit anything, and it's getting to the point where the situation is unconcionable.
Narrowing her eyes, she shoots up into the sky. Fine. Whatever. Don't get hit by anything. If there's anything she's learned, there's no real version of a kick that'll ever approximate Shingo's. But one thing alway seems to work, for whatever insane reason. And that would be Falling Crush. She doesn't know why. Nor does she care as she begins to spin at an astonishing rate, whirling herself into a frenzy, like a crazed, blonde top.
Then, she shoots downwards, and changes her target. If Duo Lon doesn't feel like getting hit this evening, let's try Guy instead. Her heels are brought together, the true reason for her stillettos coming to bear as the sharp points try to bite into the man's face as she drills down at him.
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Guy's Bushin Gourai Kyaku.
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COMBATSYS: Duolon successfully hits Shingo with Genmu Kyaku Uchikiba.
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Guy 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 B.Jenet
Miracle or hax? You be the judge. Because it is through the graces of one of the two or even both that Shingo made out a lot better than most would've expected in that type of situation. He was stunned when Guy simply stood there and took the bumper right across the head. Next to have the make-shift bat yanked out of his grip so that the ninja in red could do some sort of crazy spinning kicking technique like he was a student of Chun-li's or something. Geez. It was like super incredibly fast too. Just not fast enough to actually cause any significant damage to Shingo. The same could not be said for the burst of energy from Duolon. His arms stinging from the pain of going up against Guy's foot barrage like that, they aren't able to hold out any more against the following dark chi. Catching him right as he chose to dive out of the way to avoid damage. Being a pirate, Shingo lacks the agility associated with ninja. No worries. He more than makes up for it with power.
Power he fully intends to use to the bigger threat at the moment. Namely, Guy. Also because being hit with a projectile means that he has a penalty to hitting Duolon so instead of having a ten percent less chance of hitting the creepy ninja, he'd rather risk it on the Metro shinobi. Especially since he was so kind to give Shingo the distance he needs. Taking off like a speeding locomotive at Guy the boy shouts out in a very determined manner that may even convince Guy to type 'accept', "I won't lose!" All in all it's a simple shoulder ram/tackle/charge against the ninjitsu warrior's solar plexus. But it should also hurt nonetheless. Eat it!
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges B.Jenet's Falling Crush.
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Guy 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 B.Jenet
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Shingo's Ge Shiki - Kake Hourin.
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Duolon 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Shingo
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Guy 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 B.Jenet
Y'know, it's an interesting fact that Guy becomes stronger when on a team - some attribute this to the power of friendship. Others say he just knows how to work well on a team. Still others say it's just because he's used to fighting multiple people at once. Whatever the case, it's still holding strong and true here. Even though his attack was less than successful, he's still manages to hang onto that badly bent bumper.
When Jenet comes at him, not only is he not there, but he's got the bumper up around his head as an added level of protection. Heck, depending on how close it is, she might even scrape it. Shingo, now, Shingo's a different story. A different story with a nearly identical ending. The simple way he's dodged this one? By going straight up, leaping upward and letting Shingo pass by under him. It's not ideal at this point, but he might even be able to angle a foot down on top of Shingo's head. Who knows?
Duo Lon dodges to the right, instinctively. And once again, nothing hits him. The ninja turns, running fingers through his hair, awfully pleased with himself. Yes, it truly takes a professional assassin Voodoo Ninja to not be hit by attacks like that... and Duo Lon was the world's second best Voodoo Ninja. Ask anybody. Upon turning, however, the young man realizes that there's really nothing there. His dodge wasn't worth it, and... well, Guy had done it anyway.
Good job Guy.
Duo Lon makes up for his lack of any real Pirate Attention by sprinting towards the woman's associate, purple chi limning his entire form as he gets close, and eventually exploding around him, ghouls and skeletal figures shrieking in a wide circle around him. The attack is one that chills, drains, and overall scares the hell out of people... and is fast as hell. Should he be able to avoid it, the ninja might have a /little/ respect for the pirate deputy.
COMBATSYS: Duolon successfully hits B.Jenet with Shiryou Hatsu Seikin.
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Well, everything up to this point has been an utter bust. Abosolutely NOTHING has hit. NOTHING. Fast, slow, powerful, weak. Nothing. It's sort of somthing that Jenet finds ultimately humiliating. She's a quik devil on her feet, but tonight? She's basically been fighting a holding pattern, alternating between not dying and missing horribly. It's about time something works. That time is NOW, as far as Jenet's concerned, and she leaps into the air, body doing an elaborate half pike twist.
And she /nails/ the landing, only to whip around, and cast perhaps one of the most withering, ugly looks at the incoming attack. With a sharp scowl, she /bathes/ herself int he powerful whirlwinds she's known for, her own massive gouts of power swallowing up the huge amounts of energy, snding it away. Soem stuff manages to get through, but she only staggers backwards, eyes ablaze with pure English rage and French indignance. Glaring at Duo Lon, she points at him angrily. "That's it. I've about had it up to here with you!" And with that? A hop, skip, and a jump is all it takes to have her closing in on the Ninja, foot outstretched once again to slam atop his forehead with a chi powered aerial axe-kick!
Duolon has reconnected.
Well, everything up to this point has been an utter bust. Abosolutely NOTHING has hit. NOTHING. Fast, slow, powerful, weak. Nothing. It's sort of somthing that Jenet finds ultimately humiliating. She's a quik devil on her feet, but tonight? She's basically been fighting a holding pattern, alternating between not dying and missing horribly. It's about time something works. That time is NOW, as far as Jenet's concerned, and she leaps into the air, body doing an elaborate half pike twist.
And she /nails/ the landing, only to whip around, and cast perhaps one of the most withering, ugly looks at the incoming attack. With a sharp scowl, she /bathes/ herself int he powerful whirlwinds she's known for, her own massive gouts of power swallowing up the huge amounts of energy, snding it away. Soem stuff manages to get through, but she only staggers backwards, eyes ablaze with pure English rage and French indignance. Glaring at Duo Lon, she points at him angrily. "That's it. I've about had it up to here with you!" And with that? A hop, skip, and a jump is all it takes to have her closing in on the Ninja, foot outstretched once again to slam atop his forehead with a chi powered aerial axe-kick!
COMBATSYS: Duolon blocks B.Jenet's Gulf Tomahawk.
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COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Shingo with Light Kick.
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Duolon has dropped a connection.
You know what's funny in a sort of ironic sort of way? This is probably one of Shingo's worst performances in any given match and also one of the ones he's had the most fun with. Sure he's only hit each ninja once. But when he did, he sure hit them hard. This alone is enough to put a smile on the lad's face. Jenet taking that hit for him also had something to do with it. Not that he enjoyed her getting hit. Just he was glad it wasn't him. And she did seem to handle it quite well. A lot better than he would've in the situation. Case in point when Guy's flying kick comes down on him and utterly bypasses the arm he had raised to guard against the incoming attack. His head is tossed back from the impact but in the immortal words of Megatron. I STILL FUNCTION. Of course this means that the ninja would want to rectify this little mistake on their part to have Shingo still running about.
Let's see. Whom should he hit? It would make sense to go after Guy. He's closer. But Duolon is strangely annoying in that creepy sort of way. He sure is managing to piss off Jenet enough. So in order to show thanks for her covering his back short of outright unleashing his ultimate locked away power and transforming into a sort of Hyper SSJ3 Ultraman EX he decides the least he could do is hit Duolon with another Shingo Kick. Especially because he also reacted out of turn. "SHINGO KIIIIIICKU!" He's having so much fun that there's a look of glee all over his face from the excitement and not because he's strangely an underdog in this matchup. Whee!
And Guy lands without too much effort on Shingo's head. No matter who does it, that always screams style. Ninja style. It may not have been the most effective thing in the world, but it certainly conveyed a certain sense of ninja superiority, and isn't that what this fight is really all about? Of course it is. Don't be stupid.
Still, it would be a mistake for Guy to gloat. Overconfidence has felled many a foe...even if in this case it's quite easy to be certain of victory. But the Bushin style requires one to constantly be on the offensive, and honestly, Guy feels a little bit sorry for Shingo, getting stepped on like that. Nevermind the lad hit him in the head with a goddamn bumper. The point is, he takes off running toward Jenet. Positively sprinting, in fact. Just when it looks like he couldn't possibly have any attack other than 'run into the pirate' planned, Guy goes down into a slide, foot forward, to take Jenet's legs out from under her.
COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges Shingo's Shingo Kick.
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On the other hand, Duo was having one of his best performances. Despite acting out of turn, throwing guitars at helpless pirate girls, allowing his companion to take a bumper to the head, and beating on a schoolboy, he was getting the most out of the dreaded Hizoku Gauntlet of Never Get Hit training he's ever had. Imagine, if you will, a gauntlet of men equipped with bats. Duo had to walk through the entire thing without getting hit. Once a month, he was subjected to it, and it took him 3 years to gain the reflexes. But here they were, working for him.
The sound of a Shingo Kick missing is one of the best things in the world, honestly. You can /hear/ the disappointed girls, the frustration etching itself into his features. Never mind that smirk. "So she took the hit for you, did she?" Never mind B.Jenet being a kind lass and taking hits for Shingo. "We'll have to try something else, I guess. Neither of you've done well against this..." His foot lances forward. Hell, Shingo was Shingo Kicking everywhere, why couldn't he Shadow Kicky Thing everywhere? As Shingo lands from his rushed kick, the boy would find a blast of dark energy erupting from the ground at him again. It may be old hat, but it was /good/ hat.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits B.Jenet with Hayagake.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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High heeled stillettos are usually not the footwear of choice for most people that fight. Still, Jenet is pretty mobile in them. She usually doesn't run, but merely hops, or takes to the sky in some way, shape or form. This is how she manages to escape danger, damage, or other unbecoming things. And that's about it. However, so focused on her foe is she, that she fails to see Guy sliding into her. With an unpleasant crunch, her ankles give way, and she lets out a sad little yelp.
Pinwheeling her arms for a moment or two, she falls over, flat on her face with a sickening splat noise, the sound of her skull bouncing on the pavement decidedly unhealthy. That's the sound of a concussion right there. Dizzied, the woman can do little more than flail her arms, trying to sit up. With a soft groan, it's all she can do to wobble to painful footing, and hold her head. Angry, but unsure why, and who with, she flings random whirlwinds every which way. SOMETHING's bound to hit, dammit!
COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges B.Jenet's Buffrass.
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COMBATSYS: Duolon successfully hits Shingo with Genmu Kyaku Uchikiba.
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COMBATSYS: B.Jenet successfully hits Shingo with Buffrass.
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Getting punked by two ninja out of his league is bad enough. Now Shingo has to worry about friendly fire?! Guess the saying about how there's honour amongst thieves must apply to pirates too, huh? Because that was definitely the last thing he was expecting. Then again he should've known better from previous fights with the blonde pirate. Whenever things don't go her way she totally starts tripping and just goes all out on whoever or whatever is causing that frustration. Unfortunately, it appears that she has reached the point where she just doesn't care any more. Sucks to be Shingo at the moment. Probably the only person in this whole frickin' arena that doesn't either have insane Reflex, Evade, or both. There's no real need to go into the details. Let's just say that he's basically a sitting duck. Tied to a cement brick. Swimming in a barrel of molasses. Blindfolded. Yeah, that accurately describes the spot he's in. *WHAM* *WHAM* That'd be the sound of not one but two chi attacks colliding into him. Pain shows through with wincing and grimacing and grunting. It's over for him. But you know what? He's got nothing left to lose at this point.
Shingo stands firmly at ground zero of both attacks and takes it like a trooper. Hands balled up tightly into fists. Do you see this? Have you ever seen a fist so big? Guy, don't answer that. We know you've seen Haggar's meaty fist multiple times. Which is totally not the point. Shingo grits his teeth, "Nnnnnnnnng!" The opposing chi forces washing over his body giving him the appearance that he is gathering his will similarly to other fighters. "Haaaaaaaaaa!" Shingo explodes across the arena floor. Right for Duolon with fire burning in his eyes. This is it. His final attack. Along the way he scoops off the muffler and tail pipe off the wreckage of the other car. Interestingly enough, it only slows him down ever so slightly. That is before he's all over Duolon like lice. Lice that is armed with a long piece of metal swinging wildly at the ninja. Wildly and with precision. That is unless he decides to be an even bigger coward and dodge.
COMBATSYS: Shingo can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges Shingo's Burning Shingo.
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COMBATSYS: Guy fails to interrupt Buffrass from B.Jenet with Random Weapon.
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Oh, damn. That looked like it hurt right proper. It really must not be Jenet's day, because damn. Poor girl. Still...this is a fight, a fight with things On The Line. Things like honor, and pride. And the only other available target just went down in a rain of chi projectiles. So it is that Guy doesn't make the best tactical decision of his lifetime: He tries to smack right through the whirlwind with the bumper. It's sort of funny how's he's managed to hold onto it, really. I mean, you wouldn't expect it after the slide, but it's really a reflex at this point. After you've saved the city from thugs a couple of times, you start to learn certain tricks. One of these is to hold on to your damn weapon.
You know, what with how curved it is, the bumper is sort of like a giant, dull cutlass. An appropriate weapon, then, to seal Jenet's fate. Naturally, it doesn't work. A massive downward swing tries to go through the whirlwind, but it catches Guy up and buffets him about before he can effectively manage to get his own attack through to Jenet. Ow.
Dodge. Dodge dodge dodge dodge. Duo Lon flickers in and out of the Arena, hurricane-force winds blowing his clothes around, but otherwise... not really doing much of anything to him. He pauses in his teleportation flurry to pick up his guitar, and continues flickering about the arena... also dodging a full on out Shingo Metal Beatdown (Burning?). Finally, surrounded by a purple haze, the young man flashes a smile to Guy, and disappears entirely.
What follows is the best, most awesome Ninja Moment in the history of Ninja Moments.
Shrieking, TOTALLY AWESOME guitar music shrieks out over the arena once more, and from /atop the speaker system/(For those not in the know, the speakers are hanging from the center of the ceiling, a large square box that displays projected health and various audio equipment. Duo has plugged his guitar in), the young man plays an Ode to Ninjas Everywhere. He walks to the left side, and serenades the Audience to that direction. A boot to the roll of paper beneath him, and an enormous banner unfolds, proudly proclaiming
"NINJAS ROCK, SRSLY" Beneath this is a breakdancing ninja. With swords, and a jetpack. Riding alligators.
The young man walks over to the other side of the speaker system, and kicks over yet ANOTHER roll of cloth, sending ANOTHER banner down.
"BUT PIRATES SUCK. SUPER RLY." Beneath this is a pirate, getting his head hacked off by a clearly angry ninja. The ninja is doing it with a machine gun.
And after all of that, the young Hizoku makes his way to the center of the stand, wailing away on his angry guitar. And suddenly... it all stops. Duo raises the Flying V Electric Guitar into the air, and, with a mighty audience cheer behind him, swipes at the cables holding the thing to the ceiling. With a shriek of metal, and a thunderous, ominous absence of any sound at all, the thing comes crashing down. Bonne might notice a widening shadow beneath her. If she were to look up, she'd see an enormous hunk of metal. Falling straight towards her. With a guitar-wielding ninja atop it.
COMBATSYS: B.Jenet dodges Duolon's Large Thrown Object.
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*THADOOOOOOOOM!*
The collateral damage is hideous. There's no way Jenet could have escaped that. The sheer amount of equipment that falls from the sky rattles the entire arena, the sound of a thousand kettledrums and the entire percussion section of the 1812 Overture going off at once, and the scream of a thousand fire alarms blast through the stadium like an atomic bomb. No doubt, the people in the front row's ears are bleeding. Chaos. Panic. Cheering. Screaming. Swooning. Whatever. The thick cloud of dust and smoke, and the crackling sounds of electrical cables being frayed...
This isn't about hitting someone.
Jenet could actually be dead under there somewhere, much less Shingo. Odds are, neither ninja cares. Perhaps not Geese, either. But Jenet cares. Cares about herself. And Shingo. It's not really good, or right at this point. Suffice it to say, the fact that she managed to /not/ die is a miracle unto itself.
But... where is she?
If she's not dead, then where could the young woman be?
Oh. There she is.
Eyes.
Terrible, staring eyes.
"ALRIGHT YOU PRIMITIVE SCREW-HEAD."
"SEE THIS?! THIS.... IS MY STILLETO HEEL."
The shoe in her hand is slapped against her palm, eyes narrowed, lips curled into a sneer.
"Size six, Prada Gucci original. Slingback-strap, top of the line. You can find this only in exclusive boutiques. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Paris, France; retails for about seven hundred nine, ninety-five. It's 100% calfleather, five in heel, tanned and softened for your comfort. That's RIGHT. Shop SMART. Shop PARIS."
And with that, the woman's eyes widen, going absolutely insane, her body coated in dust, debris, and utterly torn up to the point where if not for a few scraps here and there and the fact that despite some suspicions, she /DOES/ wear underpants. And she swings her heel at Duolon, smashing away at him with reckless abandon.
"OOOOOOOOHOHOHOHOHO!"
Swing batter batter, swing! Yeah. Shingo didn't do so well with the last attack thing. Somewhere along the line that tailpipe got heavy in his hands and he basically toppled after that coward Duolon ran away. The boy spins quite a few times on one leg before falling onto his back. This is the spot he chooses to lay. Even as he watches the ceiling come crashing down on him. "...Oh crap." And then that's the last anyone saw of the greatest Kusanagi-ryuu kobojutsu student ever, good friend, awesome fighter and son. Shingo Yabuki.
That's...wow. Okay, despite his decision to show a bit of mercy to Janet...now both his Hizoku ally and his Lilien enemy are just freaking out. And you know what? It's just going to far. This has become a sight of insanity! Therefore, it is Guy's duty to end it before things get really out of hand.
And that's why, as Jenet flails madly, Guy moves up behind her and sort of kick lightly at her clearly underpant clad bottom. It's not much, but his player is sort of tired and hoping for resolution!
COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges B.Jenet's Ab Oi Mademoiselle EX.
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Riding a speaker system down might strike a few people as extreme. But not Duo Lon. A GOLDEN GOD, was he, standing astride his ruined speaker like some hero out of a fiction book. Sure, the banners were ruined, and the ninja didn't look nearly so freakin' awesome now that his entire body was torn in half... but that wasn't an issue. He was made of cloth, anyway.
Bonne Jenet rushes Duo with a shoe... and yes, ladies and gentlemen, this attack had made it's way to his leaders. "The pirate lady that sails the coast of England. Avoid her shoe, Duo Lon." Duo Lon responded with a, "...What?" This was all he recieved in information, however... and the remainder of his training was spent in absolute bewilderment. Whatever surprise and relief the ninja felt was suppressed as he moves to the side, tumbling downward off of the speaker system, hitting the ground on his back.
"Jesus, woman! Who uses a shoe like that? Really?!"
He takes off his own shoe, the odd brown loafer a strange missile, certainly... but effective, if used right. Anything's a weapon in a ninja's hands.
"THIS is how you use shoes! They aren't for smacking! They're for throwing!" Unofficial Ninja Rule #22. Duo Lon wings the shoe at her, and lays back down. He's tired.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits B.Jenet with Light Kick.
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COMBATSYS: Duolon successfully hits B.Jenet with Thrown Object.
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*KIK*
*SMAK*
Well, that was sort of pathetic, wasn't it?
There's a lot of things Jenet could do right now. One of them is fall down. Given tonight's hideously poor performance, it might be prudent. But no, it's not a really viable option to her mind. All she can think about right now is the fact that... wow. There's no real escaping how bad that performance was. Really. No excuses at all. The cards were simply not with her. In fact, she apparently brought a poker deck to a Magic game.
Instead, she does the last thing she can do.
She raises a hand, and gives Duo Lon the finger.
And then she kicks towards his crotch, and balls her fist up.
"Fuck you."
Then, she'll take a nap.
COMBATSYS: B.Jenet can no longer fight.
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Another fight over. Guy's mission of honor has been wildly successful. Clearly, there's only one thing to do. Exit it a properly ninja fashion. Without seeming to move, a smoke bomb erupts at Guy's feet, enveloping him in smoke. Naturally, when it clears? Nowhere to be found! Ninja vanish, yo. Ninja vanish.
COMBATSYS: Duolon dodges B.Jenet's Harrier Bee.
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At that moment. A blazing fist erupts from twisted metal heap of the speaker system that Duolon rode down from the heavens. First a fist, then a whole arm, followed by Shingo crawling out from under all the debris and gasping for air. Luckily for him he found a safe pocket from all the carnage so was spared from almost certain doom. Perfect timing to see it all over. Oh well. I'm sure he'll get over it. Shingo sits on his rump cross-legged. His body is battered, but he can still move. What with all the reserve he has left. If they were fighting anywhere else but the Arena, he could and would probably carry Jenet off to her sub or the emergency room. Whichever is nearer. But seeing that they are here. There are medics to do that right now! Or something. Crap. He has a crazy headache. Groaning he casts a glance over to his captain. They should probably go out for drinks after this. Nevermind Shingo isn't 20 yet. That's never stopped anyone before!
That, as they say, makes it a wrap. Duo Lon has been avoiding attacks a ridiculous number of times tonight, and honestly, the young man was amazed. He wouldn't show it, but it'd definitely go on his LiveJournal tonight. Until then, however... he had a crotch-shot to deal with. A step to the side, and Bonne Jenet falls, forever proving that Pirates < Ninjas. Duo Lon walks across the arena, idly wondering where Shingo had gone off to, and not really caring where Guy had... and picks his guitar from the wreckage.
His author is too tired to make anything amazing happen, here. However, the Hizoku wails once more on his guitar(without speakers amplifying it), and throws up the horns. He's in a /very/ good mood. "THANK YOU! GOODNIGHT!"
But who expected Shingo's fist to explode from the speaker, right beneath Duo? The ninja clearly wasn't, and is abruptly catapulted off of the wreckage, sailing through the air towards some audience members. For those of you familiar with the type... they're /well/ dressed. And trendy. And know how to manicure their nails. Benimaru would associate with them.
"Oh, I ~LOVE~ your hair!"
"Can I do your nails?"
"Poor baby, I bet you're all cut up under that suit.."
...The men happily cart Duo out of the arena, and while he's certainly off for nightmares of his own, the message is clear.
Ninjas are totally better than pirates.
Log created by Duolon, and last modified on 06:53:11 08/14/2005.