Description: Or, Alma and Jiro Bake Cookies. Naturally, this leads to a fight, as the two of them prepare for a confrontation with Wild Daigo and Neo-Gedo. But this isn't just the 'best out of three' fight -- oh no, not when Mimiru comes down and starts playing Chaos Agent for fun. Alma fails to stop Jiro's Super Unbeatable Clothesline, thanks to interference... but at least he isn't the one who gets kicked in the nuts. So, uh, we'll call this a draw...?
The most important ingredient in cookies is love.
Alma has managed to find a quite nice studio apartment, for a college student living alone. Though the place is really just one big room plus small kitchen and bathroom, attractive decorative screens placed by Alma himself denoting different areas, it has a large bay window that overlooks the water, and is high enough that the sound of traffic only barely reaches; enough to remind one that the outside world exists, but not enough so that it invades the privacy of one's home. All in all, it's a nice cozy place, and while it's a bit out of the way from everywhere except his community college (which, with any luck, he will no longer be attending next year), it's easy to get to, thanks to Southtown mass transit. Thanks to its location and, perhaps most of all, Alma's little natural and subtle touches, it's a place that radiates goodwill and peace.
And, of course, the smell of baking cookies.
Leaning out of the kitchen, wearing a white apron over a black button-up and maroon courderoy pants, and with flour coating his bronze hands, Alma reaches out, holding a blue cordless phone, now somewhat smeared with cookie dough. "Jiiirooo-kuuun!" the handsome youth calls cheerfully, smiling winningly at everything in general. "Your mom's on the phone! She wants to check up and make sure you're okay!"
While Jiro has been dealing with learning how to bake cookies, he has had the pleasure of working with Alma. It is why that the young boy has been rather irritated. Deciding to take a break from trying to bake cookies a few minutes ago, Jiro has taken it upon himself to walk into the the big room to clear his head.
The Stray Dog is wearing the same clothes as always with his head leaning his head back to the wall. "...Ugh... peace..." He rubs his forehead, wondering how long can he stand living with Alma. Jesus Christ, this guy has been a pain in the ass. Too cheerful.
....And there he goes. Jiro hisses out, "-Now what-?" He grunts, "...Lovely." He walks over towards the kitchen, taking the phone in hand, "...Hello mother. Yes, I am doing well. No, I don't plan to commit suicide by going to Metro City." Pause. "...Alright. Love you too." He sighs, "Bye." He clicks the phone off, turning towards Alma, "...Thanks."
"I'm just glad you two have such a good relationship," the fighting model says, as he slides the finally-finished tray of cookies into the small oven and goes over to the sink to wash his hands, smiling genuinely the entire time. "She must really trust you a lot, to let you do something like come stay with me; most mothers, even if they understood it to be the best plan for keeping safe, wouldn't allow something like that to happen. But your mother struck me as a very pragmatic woman, at least in general; I guess that's the sort of personality you have to develop, when you're a police officer in a dangerous city." Were any other person saying these things, this would be rambling, but as he's Alma, he doesn't *sound* like he's rambling at all; he sounds like he's giving a sermon, only he's a really unpretentious priest, and probably Unitarian or something, too, and we're not in a church, but in a field of flowers. "And I can understand why she'd trust you. You're very conscientious about your sister. Plus, you take such good care of your strays. Not to mention now you're leading the, ah, Gedo Resistence." Alma grins at that as he comes out of the kitchen, glancing at Jiro sidelong with those heavy-lidded, sparkling, semi-teasing eyes. "I'm more than happy to give you a base of operations while you work on your little project."
He sits down at one of the two chairs at the table in the center of the main 'room', and leans back slightly, stretching his back and looking out of the large window. Light streams through upon him, highlighting his mild, thoughtful expression. "Our problems sure seem quite a bit smaller what with that madness going on in Metro City now, though, hmm? Such powerful events remind us to never take anything for granted..." He glances back to the younger boy, and smiles again. "Well, we'll just have to take care of things at home, and do what we can. We've got duties here, I suppose..."
Baking, like fighting, appears to put him in Completely Stutterless Mode. But this is, no doubt, due to the fact that Alma considers baking and fighting to be parallel pursuits. That's the way you think, when you're hella zen.
There is only a pause from Jiro as Alma is going on about how his mother is a good woman and being very trustful of him. The Stray Dog is folding his arms, merely looking annoyed with Alma as he states the obvious. "...Of course, Captain Obvious." He sighs softly, shaking his head for a moment, "I am not planning to lead Gedo any longer. That involves having to get Daigo back to normal." Jiro rolls his eyes, then he turns away from Alma.
Mentioning Metro City arouses something from Jiro, "That place is no longer my concern." Jiro states, "My concern is Gedo, frst and foremost. Especially since I had some bitch come in and challenge me for Gedo's leadership." He sighs softly, shaking his head, "This is getting ridiculous. I had to clothesline a bunch of wanna-be leaders the past few days." He frowns, "However, the first chick who challenged me, Crimson Shadow, was the oddest." He looks at Alma.
"It shouldn't be possible for a human to blood oil. When she disappeared... That's what she apparently bled."
Alma, as usual, is silent when another person is talking, and simply waits, smiling mildly, while Jiro speaks. When he reaches the part about Crimson Shadow, however, the tall youth's smile fades instantly, and he becomes expressionless for a few moments, apparently thinking hard about something. "Interesting," he finally says, and then suddenly he's smiling again, as he rises from his chair to reach behind himself and undo his apron, walking over to the kitchen entrance to hang in on a peg. "I'd like to meet this Crimson Shadow... and see if she has an aura. And next time you meet that Kula girl, you might want to try and find out more about her so-called 'sister'. But--" And here he looks over and grins again, eyes twinkling. "--that's just a model speculating."
"Come on, let's go to the park. Since we have around an hour until we have to take the cookies out, we should take Max for a walk. And you should hang out with your strays again... before the final battle." He looks quite cheerful, almost as though he thinks the whole thing is a joke; but one look at his eyes will show he knows the fight with Daigo, even if it is only over a high school, will be serious indeed. It is curious, then, why the situation amuses him so. He continues speaking as he steps into one of the side 'rooms', a place where newspaper covers the floors and car air fresheners dangle from nooks and crannies, in a way that, rather than look trashy, somehow manages to look festive. Alma's decoration skills are adroit and eclectic indeed. "Once this is all over, we should try and find some good families for them. I'm good at advertising for good causes; I'll help you out on that." Again, he looks like he's joking, but his eyes are serious. Well, it's true. He *is* good at advertising for good causes.
Re-entering the main area with large, sleepy-looking labrador in tow, he heads for the door. "Let's go. We can get some practice in while Max plays with the strays."
Wait, did he just say practice?
But he's already gone, heading down the stairs, on his way to the park, apparently assuming Jiro's just gonna follow him.
Silence uncomfortably fill the air as Alma seems to find everything rather amusing. This, in turn, irritates Jiro to where he shakes his head, "Tch." He gives off a sigh, then he starts to follow Alma. "Right then..." The Stray Dog follows Alma off, then h e pauses for a moment.
"..Before the final battle..." His eyes harden as his fists tighten, which causes the young man to give off a grunt. "Very well then." He turns over to follow the youth. This has, indeed, bugged Jiro for a while. With Daigo gone, Jiro spent many nights sleepless as the Gedo Leader, trying to keep the very gang family that he kept close to him from falling.
But, this is the time that Jiro needs to relax and get himself situated. But then, Jiro also considers this the last time he'll see many of his strays. Perhaps for the best.
The Stray Dog nods to Alma, "Alright." He's following Alma to the park, tightening the leather straps along his knuckles.
Expecting Jiro's approach, the strays have gathered. Perhaps it's something Alma's been able to communicate to them with his odd pseudo-telepathy; perhaps it's just the feeling in the air; perhaps they can just tell -- but all of them, even the smallest and most excitable, are somewhat subdued. Something big is coming, something that will mark the end of an era, and the beginning of a new story. In this small corner of the world, in our little tale only of import to a few, history is being made. Though solemn and melancholy now... it's a beautiful thing.
This is why Alma is smiling.
Letting Max off his leash, knowing he will not run, the bronze-skinned youth stands tall, in the center of the small field. It's not much of a park, really, more of a just-large-enough patch of grass and trees in the middle of what probably would've just turned into another intersection. There's a small stone fountain in the center, and flowers around, but little else in the way of decoration... and little that might be damaged by a friendly streetfight.
"Let's see what you've learned," Alma says, turning back to Jiro, with that mild smile, and those mysteriously calm yet happy eyes. Relaxedly, easily, naturally, he slides into his version of the Hiten-Ryu stance, hands circling slowly in a moving guard position, swaying gently on his toes, finding the rhythm of the fight before the tempo increases. Excepting the stance, he looks exactly the same as he did while he was baking. Content -- but also, in a way that's subtle at first but once recognized abundantly clear, passionate. He's ready. For anything.
"Please... do your best."
COMBATSYS: Alma has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Jiro has joined the fight here.
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Coming down intot he park, Jiro is noticing the gathered strays within the perverbal ring. His eyes focus towards the arrival, blinking in a curious manner. Jiro stares at the strays, smiling softly. "...Don't worry guys..."He smiles at his gathered animals. "... You guys are going to have a good home soon." His eyes focus towards Alma, lifting his head up. "...Alright then."
Jiro turns his back from the taller bronze-skinned man, throwing his right hand towards the ground. The violet flames erupt from the palm, and his head lowers. His eyes shift towards Alma, "Hrmph." The flames die away as he tightens the fist.
e adopts a new stance.
Jiro steps his right leg forward, and his left leg plants to the ground as he keeps himself into a harden stance. "Alright then." Jiro grunts at Alma, then he smirks at the older boy. "Let's go!" He starts sprinting towards the man's direction. There is a sense of something... The spark of something that Alma spoke of when they first met.
... The reason Alma once challenged him.
Jiro immediately leaps into the air, drawing his right foot out to where he can send it off towards Alma's chest with a heavy thrust. That foot is swooping at Alma's face.
Alas Alma has been fooled by Max's good behaviour! This was just his evil scheme to actually manage to get out of this appartment and then, when Alma would pay the least attention to him, he would slip away! In fact, after a few seconds of just starting at what is going on, the large labrador just leans over and he sniffs the ground and air idly. His tail wags about back and forth idly and he seems to go on a quest to find something!
And so, Max heads off on his own into the park, not too far away, letting his muzzle guides him and the wonderful scent of mysterious things fill in his noise! Lo' and behold, Max, for your reward is here! That unmistakable scent of a female dog in heat wandering in the park! Yeah that's right boy, she's there, waggle your tail and drool all over like the nice dog you are... But then again... Just a little bit away from there, not too far off for dog sight, there's another female! Not a dog, and... Well, hopefully not in heat either, but it's someone that Max cannot forget, especially not her scent, considering it was her Mistress! Mimiru! The little girl's having a stroll around the park it seems and she was jogging. Right now she took a small halt to stretch. Sweaty-sweaty Mimiru. Tough choice for the poor dog... His Mistress or mounting the other female? It's enough to make him whimper and loses his everlasting dog-like smile. He licks his lips and then barks a few times.
That's right Max! Dirty thoughts are bad! Nice fast thinking! And so he dashes off over Mimiru, who just hums softly and arches a brow as she notices Max padd over to her, "Heh! Max! Big guy! Yay!" She says as she bends over and reaches for the dog to ruffle his head's fur gently and scritch behind his ears. "Yeah, that's a good dog! Why are you here, huh? Why are you here?"
COMBATSYS: Alma dodges Jiro's Heavy Kick.
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"Huh!" A gleam of light purple, almost pinkish light flashes in his eyes, and with perfect timing, Alma skips back just before Jiro's kick looks as though it will impact, letting Jiro expend all of his momentum just as the psychic model begins to gain some of his own. Using one of his favorite maneuvers, he begins to summon up the flames of his fighting spirit in his right hand as he fades back, and as he falls back and away from the attack, he unleashes a piercing wave of Psycho Power down at Jiro's body.
"Holy Arrow! SACRED WAVE!"
COMBATSYS: Jiro blocks Alma's Sacred Wave.
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Alma 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Jiro
COMBATSYS: Mimiru has joined the fight here.
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After the kick hits the air, Jiro immediately plants that foot towards the ground, skidding back as he holds both of his hands in front of him to take the incoming flaming energy out towards his direction. A hiss is give as Jiro grumbles, "Not this time." The impact of the wave shooting to his arms sends his skin recoiling from the impact, and he grumbles. The youth sprints forward, aiming to drive himself towards Alma.
Jiro is drawing himself towards Alma, leaping forward to drive his fist out in an uppercut while he takes off into the air with a spin. If that's successful, Jiro will lead onward with his fist driving towards Alma's cheek to send him to the ground.
COMBATSYS: Alma blocks Jiro's Heaven's Diminisher.
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The dog's pretty intelligent and after a couple of stroking, he actually turns around a little and shows Mimiru the direction he came from. Of course, with the noise that comes from there, Mimiru can't miss what's going on. She chuckles and licks her lips as she decides to venture a bit closer, "Heheh, I knew they had to be around somewhere..." And after Mimiru seems to disinterest herself of him, Max just turns his attention over toward the female dog and... Weee. Ahem. Anyway, Max's a little bit out of the scene right now.
Oh! It's a whole fighting thing! It seems like some practice or something. With a grin, Mimiru idly looks around and she reaches for a wide broken branch that lies on the ground. She raises it up and, just before she actually hurls in in her brother's direction, she shouts, "Heh Jiro! Think fast!" She says and throws it over at him.
Alma's projectile attack doesn't appear to slow Jiro much, despite the fighting model's tactics, but the handsome youth does manage to fade out of the way of the rising uppercut, before cross-blocking the driving punch, and pushing away. "Excellent," he murmurs, and he really looks genuinely pleased. "I can feel your fury, your passion..."
~ He really is learning from what Kain has taught him. If he can take what he's learned about manifesting chi, and not use hatred as the fuel... ~
Whoops. But there comes a flying branch. "Heads up," he says helpfully, before rather unhelpfully twisting to the side and snapkicking at Jiro's torso. Well, maybe it'll knock him out of the way of the branch or something...
COMBATSYS: Mimiru successfully hits Jiro with Thrown Object.
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COMBATSYS: Jiro fails to counter Light Kick from Alma with Bull Fist.
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Okay, that's rather unexpected. Because after Jiro delivers the incoming fists towards Alma, the Stray Dog gives off a grunt as he is being sent flying back from the older man, recoiling from the man's guard. "Hrmph." Jiro is attempting to draw himself into a harden stance, narrowing his eyes towards Alma as he hisses out, "SEI!"
Fist winds back, Jiro is shifting his eyes over towards the branch, "What the...."
Kerthunk!
"OW! F***!" Jiro hisses out as the damn branch hits him in the eye. And as Jiro is trying to have the fist fly at Alma, Jiro is sprawling back a bit from the incoming kick, which promptly has him lying on the ground. "Ughh... God damnit."
Laughing. Laughing so hard. Oh yes. Pointing and laughing at Jiro as he swears as he literally takes a beating. "Ahahah! You suck, Jiro!" Mimiru says through her loud giggling, hands wrapped around her chest and clenching to it as she almost wipes away a tear from the corner of her eye as Jiro's literally knocked down, "Heheh, ah come on, Jiro, surely a little branch like you isn't going to stop you." Mimiru says with a slight grimace.
As if to prove her point, while ALma may be paying more attention to Jiro, Mimiru just grins and she bends over to take a rock that's lying around this time and she says, "Here..." She swings it backward and hurls it over at Alma, "Think fast, wonder boy!" She shouts as she throws it at Alma... And we're talking a real good throw -- not the usual sort of girl throw. After all, considering how much sport Mimiru does, she -knows- how to throw a ball or something.
COMBATSYS: Alma blocks Mimiru's Thrown Object.
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It is a good throw! But Alma, having just fought against a girl wielding a camera last weekend, knows far better than to underestimate little girls with unconventional weapons; that glint appearing in his sparkling eyes again, he slaps the rock aside with the palm of his hand, and looks over to Mimiru for a moment, smiling winningly. "Great throw," he says cheerfully. "I'm looking forward to seeing the Jaguars win the playoffs. I'll be there with a sign!"
Though casual and relaxed in manner, Alma manages to waste surprisingly little time with his comments, and immediately leaps straight high up into the air, and then, in a sudden burst of flame, he rockets down at Jiro's prone form with momentum manifested sheerly from Psycho Power, aiming to clobber the boy with a flying kick. "Move it or lose it, little brother!" he calls merrily -- but his eyes, bright with the passion of the fight and gleaming with battle aura, are calm and serious.
"ENGEKI SHOOTER!"
COMBATSYS: Alma successfully hits Jiro with Engeki Shooter.
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See, there are a list of options in Jiro's head right now.
[(C)lothesline Mimiru /HARD/, (K)ill Alma and sort out the pieces later, (S)uplex Mimiru on her head, (F)***ing SLAUGHTER ALMA.]
First off, the Stray Dog glares towards Mimiru, throwing her the middle finger. "Shut it." He growls irritbly, then he shifts his attention towards Alma, who is throwing the energy covered kick out towards his stomach. "Eugghhnn!" He groans in pain, then he clutches onto his chest. A growl hisses from the youth, then he sprints straight at Alma's direction.
The violet flames erupt from his fist as he charges at the older man, then he draws his fist upward, allowing the purple flames to dance along the arm in its fury as he attempts to drive the fist at Alma's face, then he draws himself forward to draw his diving fist out towards Alma's face.
Guess what? Option F was chosen.
Well that was nice to hear! It actually brings a smile to Mimiru's lips. "Oh really? You're gonna come to Tokyo?" She asks. After all, it was a long way off to actually cheer her up and the Jaguars in the provincial! Not only that, but Alma wasn't even part of Taiyo so it wasn't his Basketball team, "Really? That's great!" Mimiru shouts with a soft chuckle.
However, as Alma keeps on bashing on her brother, even while he's down, she grimaces a bit and winces, "Heh, come on now big guy, give him a chance to stand up.." She says. And with that, Mimiru's lips curl into a wide grin and she growls before she dashes off toward Alma, in an attempt to actually tackle him with an headbutt! Like a head-charge ram, wee! "Rar!"
And with Jiro dashing off right for Alma, it's gang beating time! Sort of, seeing how Mimiru ought to dash right in Alma from behind or something... Hopefully, Alma doesn't slip out of the way. Now Mimiru would just end up dashing into Jiro.
COMBATSYS: Jiro successfully hits Alma with Heaven's Diminisher.
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COMBATSYS: Alma blocks Mimiru's The Unicorn's Horn.
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Alma doesn't really even look at Mimiru when she rushes him, but his expression doesn't change much either; he doesn't seem particularly surprised that she's attacked him. So when she tries to headbutt him... he just reaches out with one hand and clamps it gently around her head, so that she can't get close to him. Considering their large difference in sizes, it actually looks pretty funny.
But then he suddenly shoves her to the side; it's a nondamaging move, but it seems a bit uncharacteristic, until one sees that Alma's just been uppercutted into the air and smashed in the face, and sent spiralling back down to the ground. Second time's the charm, apparently. However, rather than sprawling or even rolling, Alma is able to gracefully turn his downward spiral into a twisting movement that ends with him crouching on the ground, coiled like a kung fu spring. And as Jiro comes down from his attack, Alma immediately comes up, blasting off the ground in a flaming double-bicycle kick, sending blade-like waves of Psycho Power out with each attack as he attempts to catch his young rival in midair. The fight is on!
"SHIEN CYCLE!"
Mimiru's disturbances in the fight really don't seem to have bothered 'wonder boy' much at all. Which, considering that they had been getting back into the feel of their first duel, might be a little strange; one would think that the entrance of a little girl throwing rocks at them would foul things up a bit. But Alma seems strangely at peace with the change, even perhaps, a bit happier.
~ Jiro... Mimiru... Kai-san... and myself.... It's strange, but I wonder if anyone else realizes how well we all fit together, in our seperate ways? This fight, although different than Jiro and my first fight...
...feels just as Right. ~
COMBATSYS: Jiro counters Shien Cycle from Alma with Public Execution.
- Power hit! -
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What the....? His sister is coming in to help him? Now that is rather strange. Heh. So she wants to get involved with the fight, eh? No matter, Jiro will have to take advantage of striking down his rival, and sackbeat his little sister later for the attack to his damn eye.
Speaking of the eye, Jiro is noticing the vision returning as Alma is coming towards his direction with his foot coming at him as a flaming bicycle. His eyes hsift over downward as he notices the foot striking of his way. THe Stray Dog immediately comes towards Alma, sending his right foot towards Alma's flying leg to a strike against Alma's leg and send him off balance.
This will also lead on for Jiro to come forward with a roundhouse kick, a hook kick, another roundhouse, crescent kick, and a kick to the air to send Alma off of the ground.
"PUBLIC...." His right foot strikes the air, letting the foot gleam up as he hisses out, "EXECUTION!" He slams the foot towards Alma'shead, attempting to cleave him to the head to give him a hard thrust towards the ground.
Landing on his feet, Jiro draws a thumbs down. "Hrmph."
"Now because you're tall you're good! Urg!" Mimiru shouts as she tries to idly punch Alma while he holds her head and prevents her from actually tackling him. But her punch are to no avail, alas! All in vain as she barely grazes Alma's body! And then, just like a little nuissance, she's just shoved off backward. She staggers back and regains her balance, just in time to see the exchange of storming flames in between the two boys. Alright, they certainly knew how to make their fights flashy, unlike Mimiru. Pffft, just a bunch of show off.
And so... Mimiru just waits and stares. She's not just about to actually add more to Alma after he got hit by that. She just winces for the poor boy and her eyes wander off toward Jiro. Lips curl into a smile and she just rushes over him while he's on the ground and she tries to leap up on his back, wrapping her arms around Jiro's neck in a headlock, "Heheh! You shouldn't let your guard down! Look at yourself now! Heheh." Mimiru says with a soft chuckle.
Yep well... They made a lovely trio!
What a comeback!
In a single rushing combination, Alma has been brought down to Jiro's level. Unable to defend himself from the blazingly fast mid-air string of kicks, the final blow sends the handsome youth slamming into the ground and sliding away on his back, leaving a dirt trail through the grass until he is finally able to re-orient himself and convert what remains of his momentum into a backwards roll to his feet. Looking up at Jiro, there's nothing he needs to say; his open grin and sparkling eyes say it all. Alma isn't holding back anything. Their fighting spirits are matched all the way, and nothing else -- not fighting styles, not motivations, not their respective sources of power, not little sisters jumping in at random times -- matters in the face of that.
Fully risen to his feet now, Alma takes a deep, quiet breath, and raises his hands again. For a short moment, he closes his eyes; but only to re-establish his center, for he quickly opens them again. His aura manifesting powerfully, sending chi-ripples through the air as flames of Psycho Power gently trail up and down his arms, Alma immerses himself fully in the rhythm of the fight.
Not bad, Jiro... but Alma's just getting started.
COMBATSYS: Jiro fails to counter Quick Throw from Mimiru with Backlash.
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That felt good. But unfortunately, that good feeling is short lived as the young boy draws his attention towards the incoming Mimiru. A growl is given by Jiro when he sneer, "Alright you little runt. Time for pay back for that stick to the eye as Mimiru is heading towards his neck for the headlock. "EUGNK!" Jiro grunts as he is trying to break free.
He is going to body slam Mimiru hard if he doesn't collapse first.
With a soft chuckle, Mimiru licks her lips and she holds on tight against her brother. Alas for Jiro, his little sister happens to be quite an expert when it comes to submission techniques, and his attempts to break free are useless as she controls the situation perfectly, "No, no! Bad, bad Jiro! Don't be naughty now and be nice or else I won't let go." Mimiru says with a slight grimace.
Noticing Alma's actually taking it easy and relaxing in his own corner, Mimiru's lips curl into a tight smirk and she says, "Alright Jiro, time to be of some use..." She says as she slowly puts herself in the right position and then... She just sweeps Jiro off his legs and, using her waist, she uses the laws of physic to her own advantage, letting the rotational powah!(tm) reduce the force her body has to handle through her whole technic. In a rather sudden and quick move, she quite literally throws Jiro off her back and she swirls around just enough to actually throw him off at Alma. Thankfully, Alma isn't -too- far away, because the range of that thrown object isn't really... Well... Ahem, long.
COMBATSYS: Alma successfully hits Alma with Faith Healing EX.
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COMBATSYS: Alma dodges Mimiru's Large Thrown Object.
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"Ha ha ha ha!"
Alma's far from mean by nature, but... okay, that's pretty funny. Once the powerful aura halo, resplendent from his power-up, fades away, the tall young man is left standing there, hands in his pockets, leaning back and laughing merrily -- and unlike usual, this laugh is only *half* with Jiro. Otherwise, he's just laughing at him. "Ha ha ha! Jiro, I keep telling you, you need to stop underestimating your little sister! Isn't that right, imou-- whoa!" The fighting model's eyes widen as suddenly Jiro is hurled at him; but he quickly recovers himself, thanks to his recharged Psycho Power awareness, and gracefully ducks and moves underneath the thrown boy. He doesn't stop there, though. As Jiro comes down with most of his momentum spent, Alma reaches out in an attempt to catch him lightly in his arms, and then drive his knee powerfully into the small of Jiro's back. Pro-wrestling, kung fu style!
"Hou-yah!"
COMBATSYS: Jiro counters Heavy Kick from Alma with Bull Fist.
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Mimiru 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Jiro
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Okay. So, Jiro is grabbed and he is ready to be thrown like a missile towards Alma. The little thoughts in his head is making note to returnt he favor towards his little sister for the whole damn thing. But otherwise, the Stray Dog is flying towards Alma, staring forward to see what is before him. Everything becomes a flash in his eye.
One can imagine what a dream would be like. It's one of those good dreams that all of the strays are having a nice life. ...And that he's playing kickball with Kurow's severed head.
...But that dream fades away when he remembers that he's flying straight towards Alma. "...God damnit." He is catched by Alma. Well, Jiro would stick around for that, but he immediately extends both of his hands out to Alma's arms.
Amazingly using his reflex, Jiro rolls himself back to his feet, but he remains holding onto Alma's wrists. "Laugh at this, bitch." Drawing himself into a powerful horse stance, Jiro hisses, "SEI!"
With the fist winding back, his fist tightens as he aiming to plow Alma to the ground hard. "DO!" He drives the fist out towards Alma's gut, sending him towards Mimiru.
Even if her little thrown attempt does not lead in a brutal impact between the two boys, Mimiru doesn't seem too bothered by the outcome in the end. Her lips curl into a grin and she settles herself back into her fighting posture, letting Jiro and Alma ducks it out if only for a few seconds before Jiro actually pushes ALma her way, "On it!" Mimiru says as she rushes over him.
And while Alma may be a bit unbalanced, Mimiru just takes this opportunity to try and make him trip by reaching for one of his arm and sweeping him off his legs with her own, finishing that up, if she suceeds, by merely pulling on his arms toward her to literally throw him off balance and down on the ground.
COMBATSYS: Mimiru successfully hits Alma with O Soto Gari.
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Mimiru 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Jiro
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Ouch.
So first, Alma's knee is denied by Jiro's sudden burst of agility. Second, he's punched so hard in the second that it sends him flying over to Mimiru -- where, third, he is promptly grabbed and thrown, thus falling fully victim to the Kasagi Team Attack. There's no way to fall nicely for this one. Alma hits the ground hard, bounces a bit, and just lays there for a second before awkwardly rolling to his feet, leaning over slightly as he still recovers from the powerful punch to the stomach. Taking a breath to recover himself, the young fighter looks up and over to his boy rival... and grins again.
Then, though clearly battered from his fight, he manages to relax again, and re-establishes his stance. And, reaching out with his right hand, toward Jiro... he beckons.
COMBATSYS: Alma focuses on his next action.
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Mimiru 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Jiro
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After sending Alma far towards his little sister, the Stray Dog is given a grunt for a moment after he gives off a snort. "Alright then... Nice show, Mimiru." He cracks his knuckles, although he's keeping an eye on Mimiru, he's going to have to deal with Alma and her. But for now, his attention is towards Alma.
When beckoned, the Stray Dog sprints towards Alma, "Fine." He extends his right hand out, extendingh is right hand out as he makes his way to clothesline Alma straight towards the ground.
Mimiru is the wild card! Gotta watch her out. When Alma just gets back on his feet, Mimiru merely smirks and she tilts her head to one side, "Hehe... What's the matter? Didn't get enough?" She asks as she rushes over to him, to actually hit him with just her palm, unleashing a faint amouth of Chi energy into attack.
With a wide grin, Mimiru just says, with a soft chuckle, "Kasagi attack!" She laughs a bit at the thought as her brother dashes in to actually assault Alma, whether or not she actually manages to do her little 'palm push' thing.
[OOC] Alma says, "....hmm."
[OOC] Alma says, "..... XD"
COMBATSYS: Mimiru successfully hits Alma with The Angel's Palm.
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Mimiru 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Jiro
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COMBATSYS: Alma fails to interrupt Strong Punch from Jiro with Strong Punch.
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Jiro 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Mimiru
COMBATSYS: Alma can no longer fight.
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Jiro 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Mimiru
Alma looks up as Jiro rushes him, and a calm smile graces his features as he gazes into the eyes of his opponent. Then he begins to move as well, until they are both running at each other with equal speeds, arms pulled back in the same manner. With the stone fountain in the center of the park as the backdrop, the sun casting light behind it, the two young men aim to collide in the center -- and decide once and for all the victor of his fight.
There's no Psycho Power. There's no spiritual flames. Just the fire in Alma's eyes, meeting the fire in Jiro's eyes. And, as they close in, there is joy as well -- clear, pure joy -- that highlights Alma's features as well. Yes, this is violence. But isn't it beautiful? In a world so large, two people with hearts such as these, able to connect so strongly; in a world so small, people giving their all to be their best and make a difference. Alma has never looked quite this happy, quite this intense, quite this calm, quite this filled with beauty, as he runs toward Jiro.
For this is a perfect moment.
Both young men's fists outstretch in their respective strikes, and it looks as though Alma, all his energies focused on this one move, is going to meet Jiro's fist straight on, and cause their attacks to collide...
...then Mimiru hits him in the back. His aura crackles. He blinks, once. And his fist strays from its course, ever so slightly--
WHAM!
When he hits the ground, he hits it hard, and doesn't get up. It looks like he's been knocked unconscious by the combined force of their attacks. But that smile... that smile remains.
[OOC] Xiangfei says, "Alma's gonna need a cigarette."
[OOC] Alma says, "Don't ruin my beautiful moment, Xiangfei. >_>"
The moment of truth...
... The decision for it all...
It ends in the respective strikes for the two.
After clotheslining him to the ground with the combined power of Mimiru, Jiro is drawing forth the momentum in slamming Alma towards the ground really hard.
After whipping his arm out with a verocious clothesline, Jiro is spinning around, drawing himself to slide off tot he ground. His eyes shift towards Mimiru, glaring for a moment. "You did good..." He takes a deep breath, trying to catch himself.
COMBATSYS: Jiro takes a breather.
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Jiro 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Mimiru
It all happens. Alma falls down and Mimiru didn't even break a sweat. Heaving a loud content sigh as Alma crumbles down, Mimiru's gaze turns over to Jiro and she smiles. "Alright, now it's your time. Pay back time for that one time..." She says as she tries to crack her knuckles idly, as if to seem intimidating or something.
And after a little attempt, Mimiru rushes over to Jiro, not wanting to give him too much time to take his breather and she uses the most powerful technic any Master of Self-Defense can ever teach you against a man, the one way any little girl can use hakido technics against big, big, big guys.. Lo and behold...!
The Knee To The Crotch!
That move's usually good enough to weaken any men enough to let you perform any judo technic to throw them down, really, even if you aren't really good at Judo.
COMBATSYS: Mimiru successfully hits Jiro with Heavy Kick.
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Jiro 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Mimiru
Okay, this is going to be a pain in the rear. His eyes lift up to see Mimiru trying to run towards him with her own attack. Jiro draws his hand down in order to help block against the incoming strike.
....No good.
His eyes widen like hell as he feels the knee striking his groin. Jiro is cursing up a storm, and his eyes shift towards Mimiru. For all original intentions and purposes, Jiro is aiming to beat the living hell out of his little sister. While she is still close by, Jiro draws forth the violet chi, letting it erupt and dance along the hands. Then, the child leaps towards his sister, driving his fist towards her stomach as he is spinning up high. Then, Jiro is aiming to send another flaming fist towards her cheek.
"Knee -this-."
COMBATSYS: Mimiru dodges Jiro's Rebel Spike.
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Jiro 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Mimiru
"Dirty fighting, eh? Well in self-defense they show you the best way to get out of trouble... You know, you gotta develop some resistance to pain or something, 'cause things like that can happen anytime..." The little girl chuckles a little and she actually staggers backward rather quickly, swaying to one side to avoid the clenched fist that dives close to her belly, and she swirls around and ducks all over Jiro's series of punch, awaiting for the good opportunity to actually strike. "Ah come on Jiro, you can do better than that..." She says with a slight grimace.
And then, when Jiro attemps to strike her face once more, Mimiru moves her head aside and her hands quickly lift up to reach Jiro's arm and hold on to it. In a swift motion, she turns around on her heels and presses her back against Jiro's waist. Oh-oh! Looks like she's just about to perform some nasty throw on Jiro if he doesn't think fast to get out of this one! (more or not after reaction)
COMBATSYS: Jiro dodges Mimiru's Ippon Seoi Nage.
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Jiro 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Mimiru
Of course, when Jiro is attempting to thrust his hand out towards his sister's face so many times, it misses really badly. A grumble is given for a moment as he shifts his gaze at Mimiru when she comes out to lock onto his arm. See, that's not a good thing, because when Mimiru is attempting to grab to the arm, Jiro slides his arm back, drawing his body in the same direction to have Mimiru face him.
...Why is he coming back forward?
He's using the momentum to clothesline the hell out of Mimiru towards the ground.
COMBATSYS: Mimiru fails to counter Strong Punch from Jiro with Uki Goshi.
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Mimiru
Well Jiro couldn't miss all the time now, could he? When Jiro pulls out of her grasp, Mimiru just blinks a few times. She expected him to be still a bit weakened from that knee to the groin. Though the first thing she gets to see his Jiro's arm connecting right with her face.
And... *THUDS* She falls down to the ground. She grunts and squirms a little, wincing, "Bleh..." She shakes her head and she looks up at him, "Bastard..." She grimaces and then says, "Now... Guess we're even, eh?"
After clotheslining her towards the ground, Jiro grunts as he awaits for her to get back to his feet. While she is squirming, Jiro is taking a deep breath, walking towards her form as he shakes his head to her question.
Instead, the Stray Dog lifts up his hand, and he reaches downward to tighten his fist, then he unwinds it. Bringing it back, he swings it out towards the girl's cheek.
Embrace the pimpslap.
COMBATSYS: Mimiru endures Jiro's Quick Punch.
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|=======\=------\1 Mimiru
"Now we're even."
As Jiro gets closer to her, Mimiru quickly forces herself all the way back up to her feet and she just has the time to close her eyes when her brother's palm hurls over toward her face. She tilts her face violently to one side at that mighty pimpslap and she winces a bit. It leaves quite a red mark there on the smaller girl's cheek. She grimaces a little and she turns her face back to face Jiro, her eyes glimmering a little with forming tears. Nope, not sadness... Tears of pain. That frigging hurt. -.-
Mimiru bites her lips and for a moment, she just stands there in front of her brother. "You think you're going to get away with that!?" Mimiru shouts. The little girl growls and she literally lunges over to Jiro, both arms try to wrap around Jiro's waist and she tries to turn around him quickly. Closing her eyes, Mimiru lets out a little scream to give herself a bit more of power and, she just literally attempts to hurl Jiro off over herself and all the way down to the ground, all suplex like!
COMBATSYS: Jiro fails to counter German Suplex from Mimiru with Backlash.
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COMBATSYS: Jiro can no longer fight.
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He'd give the money line, but that's his little sister.
Oh well, Jiro will pay for it as she is grasping towards his chest. The Stray Dog is grabbed by his little sister, and he's suplexed straight into the ground -really- hard.
"EGHN!" Jiro grunts in pain, twitching...
Then he shuts his eyes into the state of unconsciousness.
And Max comes back after this whole fight is over, panting and waggling his tail happily. Everyone knows why he seems that happy. Panting softly, Mimiru settles herself up and she grins as she looks over to Max. She reaches out for him and ruffle his hair idly, scritching her dog's head while he gives Mimiru a few happy licks in her face. She giggles and then glances over to the two unconscious boys, "Ah come on, Max, go wake up the sleeping beauties like only you can do..." She says as she gives the dog a few pats.
Well! Mimiru proved her point! She's on the top of the hill! Go Mimi!
When the dog begins to lick his face, Alma twitches a bit, grimaces, and lets out a little half-moan, half-groan. "Mmmnnm... no... hehe... Xiangfei... I can't... eat any... more ice cream..."
Weakly, he opens his eyes, and immediately twists away, causing Max to go to Jiro instead. With a bit of effort, Alma pushes himself into a sitting position, looks blearily at Mimiru for a few moments, as though trying to recognize her -- and manages a smile.
"Want some cookies?"
Log created by Alma, and last modified on 21:54:41 08/22/2005.