Description: Basically, Bao met Shingo, they greeted each other.. Bao challenged Shingo... but lost. However, Shingo has felt the child's power, so it's all good! (Winner: Shingo)
It's a beautiful day when you're Bao.
It's in the middle of the afternoon. Although the sky is rather foreshadowing in its darkness, there is no threat of rain. But despite of the bit of darkness, there is the glimmering light of the sun shining down on those who dwell within Chinatown.
Many of the vending stands are extra secured, padded with strawed platforms and other sorts to block the rain from harming their merchandise.
One of the people walking along the sidewalk is Bao, carrying a basket of apples. It's rather heavy, but the child can do it. ...Even if he's staggering around with it. Bao moves around occasionally, then he sets it down on the stand for the fisherman.
With that task complete, Bao leans his back against the stand, exhaling a sigh, "Phew." He adjusts his mushroom hat, beaming.
A giant mushroom walking around Chinatown in plain view for everyone to see?! Oh wow. If Shingo were a plumber or an overweight Italian man Bao would be some serious trouble. Not quite as much trouble as he would be in if he were a giant turtle-dragon-lizard evil tyrant king thing. But close enough that the child probably wouldn't be making it home to Athena & Friends any time today. Or this week. Hell, the rest of existance even. However, the young psion is very fortunate that it is indeed not in fact an overweight plumber that happens upon him but the friendly and familiar face of none other than his good buddy Shingo. Yes, a good enough buddy that Bao will kindly hand over any medals he may be holding promptly to the older Taiyo student to add to his collection.
"Yo! Bao!" Shingo waves one hand in the air for the large hat wearing boy to notice him. Like noticing someone way taller than you is hard. Then again, from Bao's perspective, everyone's legs could look the same. Shingo sometimes wonders what it feels like to be short. He soon gets over it when he thinks about shooting flames. Which happens as often as he blinks. Every 6 seconds or so. If that long.
Huh? A sudden voice calling out to him, Bao shifts h is head over to see hat Shingo is nearby. With a bright smile on his face, Bao giggles, "Oh! Hi Shingo!" The child looks up at the taller man. The young boy cocks his head to theside, getting a good look at the older boy as he bounces his form a few times.
Stepping back, the youth reaches out to put the medal back on. His -very- last medal. Bao is grinning at the older man, "How are you, Shingo?"
"Oh. Doing good. Would be doing a lot better if you gave me that shiny medal you got there, punk!" *YOINK!*
...Is exactly what Shingo would've done if he were inclined to do so from the evil thoughts entering his mind. If he had any evil thoughts to speak of. Bound and gagging his girlfriend technically doesn't count as an 'evil thought', right? Cough. Anyways. What the towering fighter really says is, "Oh, I'm doing great! What about yourself? I haven't seen you since, when, that tennis match at Taiyo, right? What about you? How are you doing?" Shingo isn't really sure but he's pretty certain that was the last time the two ran into each other. Bao attaching his medal to his shirt doesn't go unnoticed by the highschool senior. "Oh, I see you're part of the medal tournament too!" He grins and doesn't have to pull out his own medal since he always has at least one displayed on the upper left part of his unbuttoned blue uniform shirt.
"Well, except that there has been the presence of an evil guy along the place... I usually feel his presence...when he's nearby." Bao's tone is a little subdued for a bit of time. But, it fades away when he changes the subject. "Oooh!" His eyes wander over to see the medal on Shingo's chest. "You have a medal!" Bao giggles, then he clamps his hands together, "How about we fight? I will put my last medal on the line!" Bao is taking a few steps back from Shingo.
"Come on! Please?" He beams, then he clamps his fists together. With his right fist leading forward, Bao says, "I'll be putting up an awesome fight!"
COMBATSYS: Bao has started a fight here.
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Bao 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Shingo has joined the fight here.
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Bao 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
Shingo grins widely at the kid. "Aw, all right. I've got some time to kill, so why not? And since you're insisting so much...I'll be putting up my best too! Your medal for mine." Almost as if this whole meeting had been prearranged and they were intent on hitting their cue, Kanzuki event staff appear out of the woodwork complete with cameras, microphones, lights, laptops, and yes, even the refreshments table. Lugging around those big cameras while moving like ninja works up an appetite, don't you know. At the same time the crowd around Bao and Shingo not so mysteriously clear an area large enough for the two go at it without having to worry about hitting innocent by-standers. It goes off so well without a hitch that one has to wonder if all of this wasn't rehearsed beforehand.
Stepping some distance away from the tyke, Shingo gives Bao the bestest thumbs-up he has and grins wider than he was before, "Ok Bao! I'm ready whenever you are! So let's go!" The older boy balls up his hands into fists and widens his legs into a more appropriate stance for combat as he watches Bao carefully and waits for the kid to make his move.
COMBATSYS: Shingo focuses on his next action.
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Bao 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
Oooh. Look at everyone clear up. This is what causes Bao's eyes to wander around a bit. All of the camera crew coming out like Shinobi Warriors impresses the hell out of Bao. But then again, this is a kid who immerese himself into his video games. This is why the mushroom capped youth turns his attention towards Shingo.
~ Alright... Bao... you can do this... ~
So, Bao is Sonic the Hedgehog and Shingo is Mario. So, the representaive of Sonic is sliding his right foot forward, then he starts sprinting towards Shingo. Pressing his right foot forward when the left leg meets with it, Bao launches himself forward. "Haaa!"
He aims to drive his fist towards Shingo's chest.
Mimiru has arrived.
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Quick Punch from Bao with Tsuki Hiji.
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Bao 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Shingo
The good news is that Bao accomplishes exactly what he said he was doing. The bad news is that...so does Shingo. Little Bao's fist is driven at Shingo as fast as the kid can throw himself at the Kusanagi-ryuu fighter. It's a good punch too. The only thing is that for that instant that it happens, Shingo is better. He intercepts poor Bao in mid air with a smashing elbow strike to drive the kid to the floor before his short hands can even touch him, "Shingo Elbow Drop!" Yep. The height difference clearly gives Shingo a huge advantage here. No pun intended. After that's done he steps off to the side just in case has any hidden surprises waiting for him if he got too close.
This is rather fun.
Bao is diving straight towards Shingo with the first, untilt he man intercepts Bao with an elbow strike. His eyes widen as the elbow drop slams Bao down o the ground, 'eGHNK!" Bao is groaning in pain, then he starts to stagger around.
"Owww..." He rolls away, then he keeps an eye on Shingo, putting up a determined look. "I'm ready for you!"
COMBATSYS: Bao focuses on his next action.
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Bao 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Shingo
Shingo thinks on this very carefully. There's two ways he can do this. He can just go all out on Bao with no consideration whatsoever of the kid's well-being other than to just win. Or he can take it easy. The only problem with that is that it's hard for Shingo to hold back in a fight. When given the chance he will use his best moves. It's the whole thing about putting your best foot forward. And he feels that even letting up a little isn't really fair to the other person he's fighting. Like does it mean that he thinks so highly of himself that he doesn't have to give it his all? All this thinking has given him his answer.
Once Bao lets Shingo know that he's ready for him, the boy nods again and dashes forward. His fingers uncurling and hands shooting out to grab Bao and lift him off the ground. Rather easily too. The kid's light. Holding on tight he then yanks forward and hits his opponent with a powerful shoulder, "Yaaaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Bao interrupts Hatsugane from Shingo with Hontai Kougeki - Bound.
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Bao 1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0 Shingo
While shifting back to his fighting stance, Bao is giggling over towards Shingo when he is charging forward. The child forms a cat-like smile on his lips, then he starts sprinting owards Shingo. He is humming a song while he's at it as well.
o/` If you're strong, you can fly, o/`
o/` you can reach the other side of the rainbow. o/`
Bao takes a daring leap into the air, right into the latching arms of Shingo. And Bao is put into a position with a wide grin on his lips.
o/` It's alright, take a chance, o/`
o/` 'cause there is no circumstance o/`
o/` that you can't handle (when you use your mind) o/`
Tucking his head in, the youth is engulfed with his Psycho Power, then he starts spinning his body forward in a roll. Sonic Spin time! Bao crashes straight towards Shingo's elbow, but the pressure of the body launches off towards the man.
"o/` Sonic Boom, Sonic Boom, Sonic Boom! o/`"
WTF? OWLAWDTHATHURTSMAKETHEPAINSTOPWHATTHEHECKWASTHAT?! "OW! NNNNNNNG!" All of that and then some. Yeah. That hurt. Quite a bit. As above mentioned, it hurt 'WTF' hard. People are always wondering what it is that Shingo eats in order to hit so hard. Obviously they've never been hit by Bao in a Ball. Shingo really thinks that the kid tucked in energy like he was hit harder than he has ever hit any single person. But he'll live. Nothing he can't shake off. With time. Time he really doesn't have.
Shingo grimaces as he still recovers from the pain of this foreign energy. It's been a while since he's encountered someone using Psycho Power. Still hurts as much as he remembers. After bouncing off the ground from the hit he steadies himself on his feet and works out a grin through the pain. "Ooooh, nice. I really felt that one! Now how about this?!" Regardless of the pain he feels all over, Shingo makes his way back over to Bao's personal space and swings once, twice, thrice, four times at him. Nothing that should be too damaging. A series of quick light taps really. How they really feel to Bao is all up to his interpretation.
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Bao with Jab Punch.
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Bao 1/---====/=======|=======\-------\0 Shingo
After smashing Shingo back with his Sonic Spin, Bao immediately flipsback, landing on his feet. The yoiung hcild looks uip at Shingo, beaming a smile on his face with a giggle. "Yeah!" THen, Bao sees the man coming over towards his personal space.
Bao has his guard up to help him in his defenses against the incoming fist. Unfortunately, it doesn't do Bao too good, considering that the first one has taken Bao to sprawl back, then the second one hits him in the gut, then the face, and then out to the face once more.
Ow... It hurts so much. Bao is staggering, mumbling to himself as he looks over at Shingo. Although Bao looks beat up, he can't help but smile. So, when he extends both of his arms forward, Bao channels the raw power to engulf his hands, "Eghnnn...." Channeling more of the Psycho Power, Bao allows the blue sphere to get bigger. In it's growth, Bao finallly gets the ball to a comfortable size... and it gets bigger. Now it's quite uncomfortable to hold onto. "Eghnnn...."
Then, Bao sends the ball flying towards Shingo, "Saaaaaaaaaiiii!" The impact and the struggle to keep the ball in his grasps sends him flying back.
The huge ball of death is flying right towards Shingo.
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Bao's MAX Psycho Ball.
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Bao 0/-------/-------|=======\==-----\1 Shingo
Geez. What the amount of energy this kid is throwing around you'd think that Shingo stepped into a scene from DBZ. Seriously. If people were meant to generate orbs of energy that big then they would have monkey tails protruding out from behind them. It's all Shingo can do to avoid from getting eaten alive by the thing. If he thought Sakura's large hadoukens were big...this thing is gargantuan. He pulls his arms tightly in to himself crossed over his body in the only guard he can think of to handle this. He bites down hard and hopes that his shoes can take the punishment of being dragged along the ground like he knows they're going to be. The roar of energy reaches his years and soon his form is no longer visible. It is extremely fortuitous that they're out in the open and not too close to any stores. There would be a lot of rubble one ground. Instead when the dust clears, it's just one really hurt Shingo.
"Haaa. Haaa. Haaa." Shingo pants like one shaggy down in the middle of a heat wave in the desert. This battle is way tougher than he thought it would've been. Goes to show that appearances can be deceiving. Still. He can grin. "Wow Bao! I didn't know you could all of that too!" He seems genuinely impressed with the kid. Impressed enough to concede the win and medal? Of course...not. Shingo goes with works and darts in to Bao with some more quick punch combinations to keep him off guard.
COMBATSYS: Bao dodges Shingo's Jab Punch.
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Bao 0/-------/-------|=======\==-----\1 Shingo
After being pushed back so far, Bao manages to get himself back up, leaning himself up and then back to where his face meets the ground. "Whew..." After catching himself, Bao leaps back up to his feet, looking over towards Shingo with a smile. "Hehehehe..." Bao offers his opponent a smile,then he says, "Yeah! You're a great fight yourself!" Bao shifts his stance, then he rolls his head down and rolls himself to the side when Shingo starts unleashing his fists.
Then, Bao turns around while he recovers from his rolling position. His right foot lashes forward to kick against Shingo's leg, then he reaches over to the older man's body, mostly so that he can lift him off of the ground and over his head.
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Critical Throw from Bao with Tsuki Hiji.
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Bao 0/-------/--=====|=======\===----\1 Shingo
Wait. Bao lift -who- exactly off the ground and over his head? Can't be talking about Shingo. That dude is like twice Bao's size. Literally. Sure the shin kick could help some as Shingo would probably hopping on one foot to comfort the kicked leg, but still. That'd take quite a feat in itself. Particularly because compared to his limbs, Bao's are itsy bitsy teeny tiny. Shingo could sneeze on the kid before he'd get kicked. But since he doesn't feel a cold coming on he chooses to give Bao another introduction to his almost famous elbow, "Hiji Otoshi!"
*WHAP*
The hat kind of muted the sound of the impact, but not the damage. Or so Shingo figures. And if that weren't enough, after hitting Bao he just leans forward using the shorter fighter as a sort of prop to rest on. Possibly cause the oversized hat to fall over Bao's eyes. "Whew..." Shingo seems more relieved that the throw missed than anything else. Bao should also count himself lucky that after getting hit with the elbow that his opponent didn't decide to follow-up with a soccer kick to boot him clear flying.
Not good....
WHAP!
The elbow sends Bao sprawling back, then he is collapsing to the ground... Bao offers a giggle... "Well..." Bao reaches out for the medal, "...You win...." Then, Bao collapses on his rear end. "Until we fight again!"
COMBATSYS: Bao takes no action.
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Shingo 1/----===/=======|
COMBATSYS: Bao can no longer fight.
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Shingo 1/----===/=======|
"Yes, indeed! I won't mind a rematch with you at all! You're fun to fight. Especially since I can never seem to find Athena around as much. Guess the pop idol thing has her really busy. Thanks!" Shingo takes the medal from Bao and makes sure the medical staff about take care of the kid before he rushes off to go take care what he needed to take care of. That would be his SNF match with another psion. Fun, fun.
COMBATSYS: Shingo takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Shingo has ended the fight here.
Log created by Bao, and last modified on 22:18:40 11/12/2005.