Description: Metro City is the backdrop for this battle between Shingo and Seishirou. Don't clam up! (Winner: Shingo)
[OOC] Seishirou says, "There we go."
[OOC] Shingo just goes to take a bio break now.
Rock has arrived.
Now this is definitely a unique place to hold a fight. A Neo League match, even. Inside a building. One of those skyscraper deals. That doesn't exactly stand out as something new and ground-breaking as far as fight locations go. Then again, when was the last time anyone held a professional martial arts related event inside an aquarium?
There's usually a good reason why no one fights inside an aquarium. It has something to do with glass, breaking, and water everywhere. What makes this different is that while all aquariums use reinforced glass for the lining of the pathways where visitors can walk along and see the sea creatures in a replica of the natural habitat, the Metro City Uptown Aquarium is top quality stuff. Not only is the glass reinforced, it is also shatterproof, bulletproof, soundproof, and all-around fighterproof. Or so the engineer's claim. Which is the main reason for offering to host a League match. To test and prove that their glass can withstand the presence of at least two fighters duking it out. That and the publicity.
Tonight's arena is smaller than most other venues. Despite choosing a section of the aquarium that's meant to be a central room of sorts. It's circular and large enough to accomodate room for both fighters, event staff, camera crew, and a small crowd. The rest of the audience are left to enjoy the show in another part of the aquarium on some massive big screen televisions. Funny how this just happens to be the room where the sharks are swimming around. On the other side of the protective glass, that is.
Standing in the middle of it all across from where his opponent should be is one of today's fighters, Shingo Yabuki. From the wide grin on his face he's showing some excitement to having this place as his battleground. He likes the water. Comes with being a good a swimmer as he is. So in between staring in awe at the large sharks, he signs autographs before security shoos fans out of the way for the start of the fight.
Kanji has arrived.
[OOC] Kanji says, "Mind if I watch, guys?"
[OOC] Shingo says, "Go ahead."
The ninja arrives silently. As expected.
It's an arrival that accompanies relatively little fanfare, save perhaps a few cheers from the die-hard fans who are currently being wrestled out. No, he doesn't sign autographs. Well, there was that one time, but that's a story for another day. The ninja seems to flicker into being, no natural movement being observed even before the naked eye. HE appears in a relatively simple pose, one tiger handseal made between two hands, eyes closed.
When he opens his eyes, it's a level only faintly concerned look the ninja regards Shingo with. Hm. One massive log sits on his back, in addition to his normal attire and encumberment. In truth, it's amazing Ryouhara can even stand underneath the weight of it and the large satchel at his hip, much less move. Regardless, it doesn't seem to the be something he's intending on carrying through the fight, because he unshoulders it with sling and all rather quickly, setting it to the ground, and then kicking it so it skids neatly across the floor to a side on that sling.
He gives precious little mention of it.
Instead, Ryouhara tilts his head just so, hanging a thumb off a pocket, a soft ringing sound heard from somewhere on the drapings from his sash. He seems to regard the area quietly, patting a hip pocket idly. As expected, his calculations were accurate. As always, he is direct and to the point. "You're ready?" He's not exactly cold in tone, but he isn't terribly inviting either.
[OOC] Shingo says, "You sent the log sliding?"
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Yeah."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "It's off to one side."
First off. Shingo has to blink when he's startled by the sudden and quiet appearance of Seishirou from out of nowhere. Darn ninja. There is no cry as he managed to stifle that bit of uncoolness. Can't have that showing up on the news. If it is even news worthy. Probably isn't though. That would be too simple. Heck, probably not even worth mentioning in a blurb or clip somewhere.
What is worth making a note of is how Shingo greets the arrival of the man he is supposed to be fighting. The same way he greets everyone else. A friendly grin, smile, and a wave. But before he can say anything he is cut off by the ninja's question of whether he's ready or not. The Taiyo student seems a bit taken aback but quickly shrugs it off and nods. The log is given an odd look. "Uh...sure!" But first he checks his notebook really fast and then gets into his fighting stance.
COMBATSYS: Shingo has started a fight here.
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[OOC] Seishirou says, "Spose that means I'll go first?"
[OOC] Shingo says, "Up to you."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Mm."
Seishirou isn't too rough on Shingo's friendliness. It's not something he's willing to get into. Not now. Not later. Instead, he elects to take a more neutral stance towards the fighter. The thin, wane expression he gives is something like a cordial smile given in return, but inflected with more than a small amount of bemusement at Shingo's greeting.
One hand goes forward.
The other to his side.
Seishirou unzips his satchel, leaving a gap of three inches or so this time. If Shingo's ready... then he'll make his move. Immediately and with no more delay than that, Seishirou bolts towards Shingo, flinging an array of silver streaks towards him. Kunai. Merely a starting maneuver, to get a good idea of Shingo's current strength and speed indexes before he moves on.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Seishirou successfully hits Shingo with Kunai Flight.
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If there were any doubts in Shingo's mind that Seishirou Ryouhara wasn't a ninja, well. They were all just eliminated from his mind when he is able to clearly identify the type of weapons thrown at him. Kunai blades. From past experiences, only ninja have used these weapons effectively in a fight. So it would be safe of him to presume that regardless of any previous information he may have heard or found out about on Seishirou that this man he is fighting is very much, in fact, a shinobi. This loosely translates into fun. Somehow. Getting struck by multiple mini-blades, however? Looses something in the translation. It's no surprise that Shingo isn't as quick as he would like to think he is. The boy twisting his body to the side to get out of the line of fire but failing miserably with visible winces. The blades imbeding themselves within his skin and starting a small trickle of blood from the 'scratches'.
He gets hit but that doesn't mean he stands in one spot to get hit again. Shingo continues with his twisting to keep moving in hopes of making himself a harder target just in case Seishirou turns out to be one of those types of long-distance fighters. The Kusanagi-ryuu fighter pulling free the kunai and collecting them all in one hand as he comes in from the side with a lunghing hook punch to the upper body, "Body ga...AMAIZE!"
COMBATSYS: Seishirou fails to counter Aragami Mikansei from Shingo with Ryuuouin.
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Seishirou's familiar with Shingo's style. He even fought the person that style originated from to start with. So he's not entirely unfamiliar with the basis of the moves. When Shingo gets nailed by the flight, the ninja watches him carefully during his approach. He seemed pretty quick.. but, let's see just /how/ fast. When Shingo continues to twist, the ninja darts low when Shingo tries to hook him. Unfortunately, his palm thrusting attack wasn't low enough and Shingo does manage to nail him solidly with his fist, sending the ninja sliding off with a loud grunt of pain.
Looks like he's still pretty quick.
Seishirou holds his side in irritation, but only then takes the time to note that Shingo's collected his kunai in one hand. Huh. Yeah. This'll be fun. It's always interesting, seeing how others handle his style of ninjitsu--ninjitsu in general, really. So you'll excuse him if he cracks just a faint smirk.
Being a trained martial artist and accomplished fighter sure comes with its share of benefits. This eighteen year old schoolboy got hit with some throwing knives. Yet he isn't leaking blood like a faucet nor has it seemed that he's hindered in any real way. He would like to see Random Person A do the same thing and still look in as good physical condition as he is.
After having his punch collide with Seishirou successfully, Shingo would continue with a series of punches to make a sort of combo attack. Alas though he may be pretty decent with his current choice in fighting style, he is still nowhere as good as his idol is. If only he could do the flame thing then he too could finish off the Aragami chain combos. Oh well. He'll just have to find some other way to pass the time. That's all. The smirk on Seishirou's lips noticed and Shingo grins slightly as he manoeuvres around the aquarium. Sure they claim that this glass can hold up in the middle of a fight, but he really wouldn't want to test it. Those sharks look fierce. Though they aren't the main issue right now.
The highschool student steps back to his starting position as a sort of fail-safe to get out of the way of any hasty retaliation and sidesteps to the right as he makes sure he keeps on moving around his opponent. Not that he has much of a choice with water being held back by panes of glass all around him. Plus the crowd. No matter how small it may be. "I hear you're pretty tough," Shingo smiles. "So I know you can handle something like this, right?" He throws out a single kunai at the ninja to see what happens.
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Seishirou with Thrown Object.
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[OOC] Kanji says, "Seishirou, I'm revoking your ninja license."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "That's like.. the kunai suddenly turning into a -- hold on a sec --"
[OOC] Seishirou FACE Kanji!
[OOC] Seishirou says, "As I was saying."
[OOC] Shingo says, "Oh man. I was so tempted to use Shingo Kick too. :("
[OOC] Seishirou says, "That's like the kunai suddenly turning into a god and smacking Seishirou."
[OOC] Shingo snickers.
A stunning series of blows, and now Seishirou has his own kunai to deal with. It'd be too late to deal with it now, so it can be supposed that He takes a little longer to get ahold of the situation and handle the incoming weapon as a result than would be previously expected. He shuts his hand from its seal. Too late--the ninja tries to lean to the side.. but in the result of doing so, misjudges the distance and merely catches the kunai full on about his kidney. "GHk!!"
Yeah.. Yabuki's pretty rough, himself.
It's either a testament to Kyo's style, or the boy's skill, or brute dumb luck. At this point... Ryouhara would be hard pressed to pick.
Backing up and away from Shingo, Seishirou finally offers a decent opinion. ".. Nice." He clasps his hands together, a piercing gaze through Shingo given as he marshals his strength to go through a series of handseals familiar only to him and one other from Sotuhtown. He'd thank Uzaruto for the benefit under his breath, if he didn't feel having to look at the boy's jacket was payment enough.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou focuses on his next action.
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The funny thing is that all three would aptly describe how Shingo performs in his fights. It is a combination of Kusanagi-ryuu, his own skill at more or less teaching himself Kusanagi-ryuu, and good old fashioned luck. In fact, Shingo seems a little surprised at himself at how hard that kunai struck Seishirou. He must've given it an extra helping of 'toss' when he threw it at the ninja man without knowing it. Good for him. Even better when he's complimented. "Thanks!"
What is the deal with all of those funny hand motions that Seishirou is making though? Shingo really hasn't seen anything like it before and makes a memory of it for later recording in his fighterdex notebook. Though it would help if he knew exactly what the hand motions were to do. Just that he'd rather not find out at this very second. Instead he'd like to give his opponent another chance to determine what is the main driving force behind the boy. Style, skill, or luck. Thusly. Out flies another kunai from his hand. "Here's another one!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Seishirou with Thrown Object.
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Rock has disconnected.
He pauses, in one seal. ..hn. Seishirou looks dead forward as Shingo flings another kunai at him. .. Bothersome. The ninja peers dead forward at the kunai streaks forwards against him. He'll try and keep his handseal focus while rotating out of the way of the kunai. However in this case, focus comes first. That means if Seishirou has to absorb the attack, then he'll need to absorb the attack. And absorb it he does. The kid's capable of doing a lot more damage than he anticipated and as such, /leaving both kunai in him/, the ninja completes his jutsu, panting hard from the pain. He can't do an awful lot more in this matter.. but..
That'll be the second of his kunai Shingo stuck in him.
Seishirou has resolved for there not to be a third.
Side facing the boy, the ninja's handseal shifts to one hand as his other hand goes back to his satchel. You see, Ryouhara's learned from his last fight with Rock that people like to steal his kunai and use them against him. As a result, he's switched his loadouts. He could have done this earlier, but it wasn't the right time. More specifically.
Seishirou has gotten into the habit of packing his kunai with explosive charges by default, now. Shingo will find out this out. If he's lucky, he'll find it out by noting the remaining kunai in his hand is rapidly heating up in the blade. If he's unlucky, he'll find it out when the kunai just an instant later /explodes in his hand/.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou successfully hits Shingo with Large Thrown Object.
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"Huh?"
The only word out of Shingo's mouth as he feels that there's is something odd with the last kunai in his hand. The main clue to this revelation would be the fact that it literally -explodes- in his grip. It's not a particularly large or powerful explosion. But darn, does it hurt. It is concentrated in his hand after all. Just as he was about to throw it back at Seishirou too. There's a loud yelp of shock and bewilderment from the boy as he holds his damaged hand and does his best to shake it off.
But first! Let's give Sei something else to think about as well while Shingo waits for the feeling to return to his fingers. Shingo alters directions and blitzes the ninja. Unfortunately with only one working hand he is only able to get in one really swift punch at the man's side. Specifically where one of the kunai thrown already struck him. "Ya!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Seishirou with Jab Punch.
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[OOC] Shingo says, "It would be really cool if our reactions would actually succeed."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Yeah, that'd be great."
Ngnh!
There's something about that kid that keeps him from getting out of the way in time. He sees the attack coming, he could even guess without looking where it was headed. However the best he can manage to stop Shingo is to rotate to the side, keeping him from slamming his fist into his wound and causing more damage than what's already there. "--Ngh!" The ninja cries out audibly. Hurt in such a fashion, he is well aware that he's currently having a huge problem with beating the boy. One that needs to be rectified. Fast.
At this point the ninja will continue whirling in a fashion not unlike Shingo's own move, yanking the kunai out of his body and attempting to move past Shingo with an eerie speed. It's no huge guess as to what he's intending to do. But he's counting on circumstance to carry the very kunai Shingo stabbed him with into Yabuki's back. If it lands, a simple twist will lodge it there.
And, landing and skidding across the polished floor on his rear, Seishirou's triggering jutsu will detonate the kunai in the wound before Shingo can dislodge it.
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Random Weapon from Seishirou with Tsuki Hiji.
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Kanji has disconnected.
Except that Shingo will be having absolutely none of that sort of ninja trickery going on tonight. He has already experienced the 'wonderful' sensation of having a part of his anatomy exploded and would rather not go through it a second time lest it take away from the initial encounter. Interesting how 'encounter' is made up of the word 'counter'. Because that's exactly what Shingo does to put a damper on Seishirou's plans. That is, in between the leaf ninja's whirling and stabbing of the blade. A well-placed elbow block is all that is needed to stop Sei from moving any further and setting him up perfectly for a hopefully devastating sidekick to the other fighter's midsection. Maybe even possibly slamming his ninja body against the oh so wonderful glass seperating the fighters from the sharks. "GECCHU!"
There's a brief pause in the action when Shingo topples over from kicking at Seishirou so fast and so hard and he needs the time to recover.
This isn't going well.
The ninja finds his attack arrested hy Shingo's elbow-block, giving Shingo a nice instant in which he can see Seisihrou's one cold eye, the weapon twirling in his grip. Seishirou tries to pull another kunai with his free hand, but now the point is moot, the side kick smacking Seishirou hard and sending the ninja clear into the glass. It leaves him only to stand up, back hand tensely gripping on the concrete wall that anchors the glass. He's weak right now... But he won't accept a defeat. Not yet.
Disarmed, the ninja's kunai sticks just so into the tile between the two, and a few feet across from that lay the other kunai, less lucky, spinning across the floor slowly until the point comes to align on Ryouhara.
He has to do something, here. He needs to reconsider the boy. He's able to circumvent his moves in many, many ways. So is it any surprise that the ninja just stops a moment ot stare at Shingo, realigning his own lines of chi through his body? "...Not a bad block. This'll get pretty troublesome for me in the league if I don't do something soon," the ninja says. Oddly enough, while he's nothing short of dead serious about it, there is an conversational tone to his voice as he studies the other fighter silently.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou focuses on his next action.
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Seishirou's expression is a complete contradiction to Shingo's mood. Bright, cheerful, and grinning. In other words, how he is 99% of the time. And somehow it always manages to be a friendly grin with no malice of ego behind it at all. He's just a nice and friendly guy. Which is the type of grin Seishirou gets on his statement about Shingo's block-into-a-kick. The ninja gets a thumbs-up. He's definitely not a pirate anymore if he's giving thumbs-ups to ninja.
The determination on Seishirou's face is easily picked up. Shingo is glad for it. A fight is no fun if the other person just gives up. In his mind he thinks that as long as everyone gives it their all in a match then they shouldn't have any regrets. That said, it also means that Shingo isn't going to hold back. Like he ever does, anyways?
All this moving about and prancing around has the more popular of the two fighters all over the designated spot for their fight. It's what he has to do to make sure that Sei can't get a bead on him and as well as get himself into a better position for an effective attack. So when the ninja stops to plot out what he's going to do next, Shingo takes advantage of it. How? By making use of the large piece of tree just sitting off to the side. It's too big for him to lift very quickly, so he goes for the next best thing. Taking a hint from how Seishirou set it aside. Yabuki grins widely at his opponent, "SHINGO KIIIIIICKU!"
And then sends the log sliding across the floor still in sling right for the younger fighter. It's telegraphed enough that it should be easy to avoid, he knows that much. But the main purpose of it is to keep Seishirou on his toes. And to mess up whatever he could be potentially planning.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou dodges Shingo's Large Thrown Object.
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[OOC] Shingo ughs and didn't make a note of how he kicks the log over.
[OOC] Seishirou nods.
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Well."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Sei sent it skidding around."
[OOC] Shingo says, "So yeah. The whole shouting out of Shingo Kick was just so he could kick the thing with style. Carry on."
[OOC] Seishirou laughs.
[OOC] Shingo says, "The things I think of at 1:30am."
Ryouhara has nothing but a smirk for Shingo. While he's long since learned ego isn't helpful in a fight.. there is a certain amount of detached amusement that Seishirou will allow himself to indulge in. That limit is reached just about when Shingo knocks over his training device and sends the entire one-hundred-and-change pound mass rolling towards him, with the sling spinning around it.
To his part, having trained with the object obsessively for weeks now, it's not entirely unexpected that the ninja has little trouble jumping forward and /atop/ the rolling log for just an instant, hooking his leg around the sling's band instantly. Using his momentum and shifting his weight, Seishirou will end off /sitting/ on the upright log idly. Throwing off a set of handseals like nothing, he can only note that it's somewhat appropriate that Shingo would be so kind so as to move his log out of that side of the arena.
It accomodates his next jutsu nicely.
"Katon... Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"
Seishirou inhales briefly, calling the chi to his lungs. And then he breathes out. What follows next is a massive gout of fire. Seishirou's breathing it out. And a lot of it. It /will/ flood that entire section in scorching flames. And, of course, it will also serve nicely to test the aquarium glass on that side of the room.
If Shingo's lucky, the glass might shatter and put out /most/ of the fire.. /before/ he gets burnt to a cinder.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou successfully hits Shingo with Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu.
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Looking out for only himself when faced with a dire situation is something that Shingo isn't exactly know for. Sure jumping out of the way of the blast of fire coming from the human flamethrower would save his hide, but what about the fishies on the other side of the glass? Sure they would probably swim to the other side of the tank to avoid the heat, but that's beside the point. Shingo also doesn't want to risk the glass breaking and like a shark falling through the hole left by the shattered glass pane and onto him...mouth first. He brings his arms up to do the best he can at defending himself. Of course it doesn't work, but at least he put forth the effort.
The flames lick away at the boy's body and causes the edges of his clothing to char black. The tips of his hair singes and generally he feels like someone stuck him in an oven. Nothing he hasn't felt before from fighting Kyo, Ryu, Iori, and Ken. Four fighters who have been known to let loose with some fire-based attacks here and there.
When Seishirou decides that Shingo has had enough of his red dragon impersonation and lets the blast die down, he'll see that Shingo hasn't made any motions in keeping moving like he has done in the past. No, this is a boy looking like he has a plan ready.
COMBATSYS: Shingo focuses on his next action.
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[OOC] Seishirou says, "gimme sec, kittens need food."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Okay, back."
So satisfied with his attack, Ryouhara licks his lips as the last flicks of flame dissipate into the air. He squints briefly, rubbing a thumb across his chin thoughtfully. ".. So," the ninja starts. "Looks like you felt that." the ninja starts. He'll stand up now off the log, uncurling his leg from the sling gingerly. He was intending on rolling behind it and using it as a shield in case Shingo tried to capitalize on his position, but that won't be necessary now. As if to state this without words, the ninja kicks away the log, sending it skidding off to the side of both fighters again, putting it near a stairwell.
He'll give Shingo one long look.
He starts to chuckle. Not at Shingo's expense, but at the fact that someone like him could exist and still do so well. Maybe Kasugano was right. Maybe there is something to be said for a cheerful outlook. "...Heh.. good work, protecting the fish," he openly guesses.
You'll have to excuse him if he doesn't immediately adopt the sentiment, though.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou focuses on his next action.
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Smoke continues to rise off of Shingo long after the fire has been put out. The fire jutsu belonging still having the lasting effects beyond scorched clothing. Fortunately for Shingo the tongues of flame weren't enough to reach the notebook within his pocket. He would be really said if that were to occur. Without having to take a look at it though, he knows that it is still in good condition. Much like himself. A grin creeps over his face. "Thanks. And that was a nice display of fire you had there. Almost as good as my..."
Shingo accelerates at a pace much much faster than Seishirou would expect from him and blitzes the ninja with all the speed and power of bullet train. Or somewhere thereabouts. "Burning SHINGOOOOOOOOOO!" There is a faint blue trail of shadows behind Shingo has he charges in and just starts swinging with his fists at Seishirou. A hook with his right hand into a hard uppercut from his left followed by an upward elbow swing to lift the ninja off the floor to then drive a powerful shoulder smash into the ninjutsu practitioner's gut and against the pane of protective aquarium glass once more!
COMBATSYS: Seishirou counters Burning Shingo from Shingo with Kawarimi'.
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That attack /will/ end him. And that's all there is to it. Seishirou's well aware of the problems associated with the incoming attack. Being something of a combat analyst, he can understand the massive martial force behind the train-like blitz that's careening towards him right now. He's not fast enough to evade it. He's not strong enough to block it. THere is only one option.
Ryouhara takes the Burning Shingo full on in the gut, smashing hook knocking him to one side only to feel the bite of an uppercut and finally an awesome swing and smash, knocking the ninja into the aquarium wall, surely shattering it were he not suddenly inflating!
...What?
While the attack felt like hitting Seishirou up until the last second--while for all the world it FELT like the blows landed and Seishirou's grunts and smashes were for real... when the ninja impacts the glass wall, he's simply a.. cartoonish fascimile of his former self, a self-inflating bag comically deformed with stub-like limbs and a stern "u_u!" face on the top, complete with authentic headband.
When you can't physically match an attack and there's no other option but t ouse intellect.. well. Cheat. "...." The silence is almost audible from Seishirou Ryouhara, who's standing just behind and aways away to the side of Shingo, arms folded. Conspicuously, he mentioned nothing of the Burning Shingo's lack of noticeable fire as would have otherwise been expected. He figures, it's probably be cliche to bring it up by now.
Those pesky ninja. Always playing around with people's feelings like that. Shingo was feeling all good that had struck his target dead on and was looking towards ending the fight right then and there. Only thing that prevented him from doing so being Seishirou's stubborness at being hit. Doesn't he not yet realise that he really wants to get hit by one of Shingo's more powerful attacks? Obviously not if he's doing stuff like using inflatable substitutes. Shingo's feelings would've been hurt at having his most powerful attack do literally nothing to Seishirou, but...he gets over things pretty quickly. That and he doesn't feel like wasting any more time. As fun as this has been.
"Darn," he says after the last hit only to find his opponent not laying on the ground unconscious. He switches over to Plan B. "That was a really good one! But what about this?" He spins rapidly around on one foot to face Sei and then takes a powerful hop forward; his leg swinging up through the air and then down in an almost deadly arc towards a certain ninja's head. "SHINGO KIIIIIICKU!" This is it folks! The 'real' Shingo Kick. That doesn't involving kicking logs along the ground.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou parries Shingo's Shingo Kick!
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They're not very polished..
But it doesn't take a genius to tell that these are functional moves being used on him. Therefore, it behooves the Ryouhara junior to not be in the way of any of them, especially not in his current condition. He's already got a taste of the boy's strength. He doesn't need any more sample data. Especially considering it'll cost him the match. When Shingo goes sailing off at him, the ninja drops a small object from his open sleeve into his glove. A bit of fiddling later...
*POP* *ffssssst*
Seishirou's stopped Shingo's attack cold with what can only be described as a large, sticky ninja bubble. It's actually quite similar to the previous mini-Ryouhara still bouncing around somewhere in the back, but this one was more clearly reinforced and meant to absorb most of the power behind a blow. Unfortunately, given the scene we're talking about, the Shingo Kick will very likely still pop it in the air, causing a blast of noticeably hot wind.
Luckily... Seishirou is no longer quite there to care.
One hand snaps into a familiar seal--the tail end of that last jutsu. "Katon!" What he uses now is an in-micro version of his last attack. Standing to Shingo's side, Ryouhara breathes a gout of fire swiftly, trying to catch Shingo in the moment it takes for him to land and deal with the bubble, deflated or otherwise that'll stick to his leg.
Seishirou has reconnected.
Seishirou has dropped a connection.
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Ow. As I was saying."
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Seishirou's Katon Goukakyuu Half Burst EX.
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Kanton? Oh snap. If Shingo remembers correctly that's exactly how that big blast of flame from Seishirou's mouth started off. He won't be taken off-guard this time. Knowing that the battle cry must somehow involve fire coming forth from the ninja, Shingo does what he's best at. Guard. Both his arms form an 'X' to protect his body as the fire dances over him as he backpedals to get out of range. The bubble he just kicked serving as a type of nuisance with it sticking to his foot.
Ok. He started off so well now it seems that he may be losing steam the longer the fight goes on. This doesn't bode well for him at all. He needs to figure out a way to actually hit this guy. Shingo puts his mind to work. While this is going on inside his head, he's darting to and fro in at Seishirou to land a quick uppercut after jumping in with a swing of his fist to his opponent's head. "Teya!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Seishirou with Medium Punch.
- Power hit! -
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That's exactly Seishirou's plan, probably. Run Shingo out of steam so he can get the upper hand. Sadly enough, though.. Seishirou doesn't look like he can keep this going a lot longer himself. The ninja is panting quietly, and when he tries to evade Shingo's simple weaving punch he just fails and fails hard. Getting socked clear across the chin it almost rocks the ninja off his feet, mostly from the revelation of 'that was not supposed to hurt that much!' than anything else. The ninja even skids back a bit, partially on reflex and partially from an impressive and solid force to his relatively light frame.
... Seishirou seems to think on this, for a moment.
Just a moment.
He opens his satchel idly and quietly. His other hand in his hip pocket, as he draws forth a scroll from one and a pair of coca colas in the other. It's actually not well known, but Seishirou does have some form of edible candy or drink on him at all times. Whether it's a survival mechanism or if it's just because Seishirou has a sweet tooth isn't really known. Regardless, he throws the coke across the way to Shingo, and cracks his own open.
With a knowing nod. It won't blow up, don't worry.
With an almost surreal sort of air about him, Seishirou then somehow makes it clear that, while he's not quite giving up on the fight, he /is/ sitting down to do something. Perfectly silent. He cracks open his own coke and drinks idly as he rolls out his scroll and begins to make some changes to the scripting, looking at some of the surrounding scenery and seeming to do what is clearly some pretty arcane math in his head.
You're perfectly welcome to /try/ and attack him. That's obvious. But what's really bakes most folk's noodles..
Just how does he keep those cokes that cold in a satchel?
COMBATSYS: Seishirou takes a breather.
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It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Seishirou is running low on reserves himself. This match has gone on way longer than it should've and while there is the crowd that is probably enjoying every moment of it, Shingo thinks that it's about time they wrapped this up. So why the other fighter decides to pull out a coke and toss it his way is lost to him, Shingo understands the gesture. The only thing is that it's not going to keep him at bay while Seishirou takes care of what he wants to take care of.
The bottle is caught in one hand and he nods back to the ninja, "Thanks! But um, you know. You should at least wait until we're done here first before breaking out the drinks, right?" Shingo rubs his head sheepishly with his free hand and almost feels bad for what he's about to do next. "So...uh...here. Hold onto this till after the match for me, okay?" You can tell that he'd prefer not to do this but a fighter's gotta do what a fighter's gotta do. He chucks the drink back at Seishirou. Not his fault if he accidentally threw it back too hard and it slips to smack the ninja upside the head. Nope, not at all.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou blocks Shingo's Thrown Object.
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Shingo 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Seishirou
Hnf. Impatience is always the downfall of fighters.
Ryouhara should know. He's lost quite a few times because of being impatient. It's something he is /always/ mindful of. As the coke flies back at him, the ninja can be heard to sigh audibly and .. shift his headband in the way of the coke, cause it to plink off his headband fully, just long enough for Seishirou to reach out--carefully--and pluck it out of the air on the rebound. Yes, that hurt.
But he soaked some of the damage. Thankfully, the coke didn't pop and explode on his writing. That said, now more focused on finishing up that writing. He'll put the coke back into his satchel with a shrug as he finishes his writing with.. well, a little bit of a scribble from Shingo's overzealous toss, but he can fix that. He'll slide the scroll shut, and tuck it back into his pocket. Halfway, though--his hand is still on it. He'll eye Shingo coolly, watching him.
He'll take his coke in his free hand and--still sitting--finish it off. Watching Shingo no less. Watching him carefully.
Patience is a good thing to have, in any situation.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou focuses on his next action.
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[OOC] Seishirou says, "..."
Seishirou is more than welcomed to watch Shingo all he wants. He can observe as the boy breaks into another fairly decent spurt of speed at him with the full intention of seeing to it that someone is no longer able to fight. Whoever it may be. Though his preference is that Seishirou be the one that gets incapacitated. It'd serve him right for deciding to sit down and have a drink of coke while making notes or revising whatever scroll he has in front of him. Knowing that this ninja is a tricky one and not sure what could be up his sleeve, Shingo decides to go with the safe route of action. That is running by as fast as he can to tap the ninja on the side of the head with a fist.
Sure he starts to move, that much is certain, but it isn't clear what he's going to do until it's too late. Or so it works out in his head. This entails some zig-zag footwork on his part but nontheless, he's going for broke. "Feel the burn!" Shingo shouts out as he zips by after knocking some sense in and out of Seishirou.
[OOC] Shingo says, "...Yeah. :)"
COMBATSYS: Seishirou dodges Shingo's Jab Punch.
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Well, that's Shingo's perogative.
Ryouhara isn't going to question it when Shingo takes a run at him in a blazingly fast bolting run. He just offered Shingo a drink while he sat down and made notes. It was a strategic necessity at that point. Now he's done. Well. Almost. He's still drinking his coke by the time Shingo gets to him.
But when Shingo tries to smack him in the head for his impertinence, it only meets empty air and nothing more.
Aah. Wherever there's fun, right? Seemingly satisfied, polishing off the drink, Seishirou pulls the empty can back to his side by his satchel, standing quite aways away from Shingo, just a few steps in front of his log. Talking more to himself than anyone else, he merely murmurs. "... Mn. Yeah, that about does it.." He puts the can on the ground. And steps on it. He pokes the side and instantly, the can crumples flat underneath his weight. He sniffs. Just once, looking at Shingo quietly, as if gauging. And then he kicks with his shoe, sending the crushed can of cokeout from underneath it spinning through the air like some crazy makeshift shuriken. It won't do any damage to Shingo, no. Not on its own. The damage comes more a delivery mechanism for gunpowder placed in the can and triggered by a remote handseal.
You could call it tactical ways to avoid littering.
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Seishirou's Thrown Object.
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[OOC] Shingo says, "Ninja magic at its finest. Turning a bottle of coke into a can."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "(it was always a can of coke dude. At least, mine was. THey're easier to store than bottles, you assumed it was a bottle)"
Well crud. That pesky ninja has gone back to his crafty dodging tricks. That's no good. How is Shingo supposed to hit him if he keeps avoiding attacks through evasion? Not only that, but now the guy is actually attacking him back! Go figure. Must be because he got tired of just sitting there waiting for Shingo to do something impressive. Whatever the reason may be, a forearm is lifted to deflect the coke can and have it clatter harmlessly to the floor. He's sure someone will get to it later.
In the meantime he's going to get back to hitting Seishirou around. Last few efforts were with making use of his fists. Let's see if the Finishing Three ninja will respond better to kicks. Shingo hops in with a speedy spinkick making use of the sole of his sneaker. He supposes he could do all three kicks, but that would put him in a tight spot if Seishirou decided to dodge again. So he'll just spin around with one. Right to the man's midsection. "Toriya!"
COMBATSYS: Seishirou counters Oboroguruma Mikansei from Shingo with Calculated Tactics.
- Power hit! -
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Shingo 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Seishirou
Sakura has arrived.
Tran has arrived.
You see... patience is always a virtue.
It took a long time for Seishirou to learn that. In the real way. It's one thing to be totally calm and calculating, to spend days obsessively planning out every facet of how a fight should go, of possible tactics. It's another thing entirely to be truly patient. Even in a fight, Seishirou won't lose it, like he did before. If he has to sit down and change his warp scroll, he will. You do what you have to do to win.
Patience is surveying the aquarium beforehand and noting a partially interesting-looking decoration underwater. Marking it, in case you needed it later.
Patience is watching Shingo come in dead at him, knowing that every hit could mean the loss of the match and yet being vastly unconcerned. The ninja doesn't dodge. He doesn't even make an attempt to move. He merely pulls the scroll from his pocket. Now targetting the decoration specifically, Seishirou moved in front of the anchor point--that 'arcane math' we were talking about, knowing if he didn't put anything too close to Shingo he'd have to come to him. With that knowledge, Seishirou has an absolute. An absolute he can act upon in completeness. In essence, Ryouhara himself is bait. Luring Shingo into one specific point. For Seishirou to throw the scroll open in the air and activate the chi he's imbued in the scroll.
With a sudden poof in the air, a HUGE splash of relocated water and a cacophonous *WHOOM!* of tiles buckling underneath sudden weight, Seishirou attempts to drop an entire concrete clam decorative statue on Shingo, marked with a seal, mid-attack.
Well, Shingo gets hit by...something. What exactly he's not entirely too sure of. All he knows is that he was going to swing around and kick Seishirou right in the gut with a hopping spinkick and instead finding himself watching a stone statue just drop in from wherever it is concrete clam statues come from. Concrete clam statue farm possibly. And have it land on him.
"OOF!"
That's what manages to escape Shingo's lips as air forcibly and abruptly exits his lungs. That's a new one. Being attacked by statues. Clam statues. Inside an aquarium even. The insanity of it all. Almost as insane as Shingo reaching down deep inside with all his might and letting out a loud and powerful grunt as he heaves the statue off of himself and somewhere in Seishirou's general vicinity. With luck he has just enough strength to flip the statue back over onto the ninja.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou dodges Shingo's Large Thrown Object.
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Ryu has arrived.
Now he has to move.
Patience is one thing. But there is a time for it and then there is a time (most notably when your new clam statue is getting thrown at you) to get out of the way. Seishirou goes low and bolts to the side, hand to the ground and pushing off, letting the ninja bolt out of the way an instant before a clam statue lands on him. That wouldn't have looked so hot.
But as he does, the ninja turns back in a pure parthian maneuver, sweeping his arm out an instant before loop upon loop of invisible wire attempts to coil around Shingo. Seishirou's intent is to use his momentum and a low leap to yank Shingo clear away from that side of the room, sling him underneath him and with a snap of sliced wires with the internal razors in his gloves, loose Yabuki with little fanfare into the aquarium wall.
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Leafwalking from Seishirou with Tsuki Hiji.
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[OOC] Shingo says, "Woo. Just in time to...possibly get 15 minutes of sleep in before a shower."
[OOC] Sakura says, "It ain't over till the concrete clam sings! :O"
[OOC] Shingo meant a conclusion, not necessarily a victory.
[OOC] Sakura says, "Well, until he Second Winds and triumphs. :o"
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Shingo says, "...WTF."
[OOC] Ryu says, "Heh, lagpwn."
[OOC] Shingo says, "Not even."
[OOC] Shingo says, "Every time I hit enter to send through the pose, MUSHClient disconnects me."
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
Shingo tests.
TEst.
[OOC] Shingo says, "...."
[OOC] Shingo says, "Ok. One last one."
Test.
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Ryu says, "That's freaking strange."
[OOC] Ryu says, "Try pasting it to me and I'll emit it and test?"
[OOC] Ryu is running MUSHclient too.
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Shingo thinks he may have to retype everything.
[OOC] Ryu says, "Won't @paste either?"
[OOC] Shingo says, "Every time I hit enter with that particular pose, I get disconnected."
[OOC] Ryu says, "AIM it?"
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Shingo says, "Bah. I don't have AIM on this comp."
[OOC] Sakura says, "Split it into separate poses on the para breaks, maybe?"
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
Haggar has arrived.
This is a test to see if I just suck or if in my sleep deprivation my client has gone crazy on me because it is deciding that it does not want me to sleep at all. Not even for five minutes.
[OOC] Shingo just doesn't get this.
[OOC] Sakura waves to Mayor McSalsa.
[OOC] Haggar says, "Nobody is in the OOC lounge, I was lonely. :("
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Do a summary pose, and I'll keep mine quick."
[OOC] Seishirou hug Haggar. ._. even if he feels a little weird about it.
[OOC] Shingo tests something. Ryu, I'm gonna @mail you. I hope.
[OOC] Haggar hugs Seishirou back and doesn't let go.
[OOC] Dr. Tran says, "That's creepy."
[OOC] Sakura x.x
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Shingo says, "Fudge it. Whole new pose."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "WHat are you using to paste it in, Shingo?"
[OOC] Seishirou says, "ctrl-v?"
[OOC] Sakura says, "Maybe he has accent characters in it or something."
[OOC] Shingo says, "Well. At first I just typed it straight into the focus."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Or the paste button off edit? hmmmm."
[OOC] Sakura says, "Good luck with it! I go to work now."
Sakura has disconnected.
[OOC] Shingo says, "Then I started C&P it to Notepad. Retyping it into MUSHClient. C&P from Notepad into MUSHClient. I've used Ctrl+V and right clicking."
[OOC] Shingo started the pose differently, re-typed it from scratch, nothing.
[OOC] Seishirou says, "huh."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "And the menu item?"
[OOC] Seishirou says, "HEH. here's a trick."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "save the pose."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Then input>send file ..."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "(name the file pose.mud or pose.mush or whatever)"
[OOC] Seishirou says, "That'll prolly do it."
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Shingo says, "And that was a totally new pose. Sure, I'll give it a shot."
[OOC] Seishirou nod.
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Shingo says, "Nope. That didn't work either."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "..."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "ist und fug"
[OOC] Seishirou says, "okay."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Can you paste it in one line by one line?"
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Seishirou says, ".. clearly not."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "hum."
[OOC] Shingo says, "Hold on, I didn't do that yet."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "oh."
[OOC] Shingo says, "What I did was use see if I could use the normal way of posing to send it through."
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Shingo says, "Nope."
[OOC] Shingo just doesn't get this.
It lets me do this just fine.
[OOC] Seishirou says, "That is assbaffling. Is some common word of your pose particularly suspect?"
[OOC] Seishirou says, "There might be some sort of trigger set up that's causing you to disconnect, probably in the first paragraph somewhere, I'd suppose if it is."
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Shingo sighs.
[OOC] Seishirou says, "hum."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Well, dunno. Like I said, get us some kind of three line summary or something and I'll work off that?"
Shingo has disconnected.
Shingo has connected.
[OOC] Ryu says, "That's freaking crazy."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Well, dunno. Like I said, get us some kind of three line summary or something and I'll work off that?"
[OOC] Shingo saw that.
[OOC] Seishirou nod.
Shing feels the wire coil around him and before Sei can pull him, he pulls the ninja towards him forcefully into an awaiting elbow slam.
Shingo feels the wire coil around him and before Sei can pull him, he pulls the ninja towards him forcefully into an awaiting elbow slam onto the tiled aquarium floor. "Elbow Drop!"
[OOC] Shingo says, "Meh."
[OOC] Shingo says, "And that was a gigantic waste of my time."
[OOC] Shingo says, "Since I now have only 15 minutes left before I have to get ready for work if I want to be on time."
[OOC] Seishirou nods. MAkes his own attack real fast.
Crap. The wire pull yanks Seishirou over in a relatively swift fashion, the elbow drop hitting him hard and knocking him into the tile with force and authority. He'd suppose that would be the eventuality that was almost expected since earlier in the battle. He would, but struck to the ground so, he's not quite out yet. Not until he's exhausted every option.
One hand forward, one seal.
"Ngh...Katon!"
A burst of fire punctuates the motion. It's truly the last Ryouhara is able to muster and he knows it. Unconscious likely shortly follows. Blissfully.
COMBATSYS: Seishirou can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Shingo dodges Seishirou's Katon Goukakyuu Half Burst.
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And Shingo displays his own less impressive display of ninja-like agiligy by tucking himself into a ball and rolling far, far away from the blast of flame. Just because he wants to shot fire doesn't mean he wants to be shot by it. With Seishirou down for the count, he emerges this round's winner. Woot.
[OOC] Shingo says, "8 hours later..."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "whew. almost longest fight ever."
[OOC] Shingo says, "Well...someone refused to die."
[OOC] Seishirou...
[OOC] Seishirou wh--
[OOC] Seishirou says, "YEAH, Shingo. e_e"
[OOC] Seishirou glares at SHINGO. e_e
[OOC] Shingo says, "Next time hit me harder then!"
[OOC] Seishirou says, "I tried to!"
[OOC] Seishirou says, "You countered!"
[OOC] Shingo says, "There is no try!"
[OOC] Shingo says, "But seriously. I gotta get ready for work."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "THERE IS IF THERE'S TSUKI HIJI ALL OVER"
[OOC] Shingo says, "Take care of @mail Warhawk and Kobun?"
[OOC] Seishirou says, "Okay, good fighto."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "e_E ... pff.. aight.."
[OOC] Shingo says, "Good."
[OOC] Seishirou says, "damn pirates."
[OOC] Shingo says, "And just because..."
COMBATSYS: Shingo takes no action.
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[OOC] Seishirou says, "e_E"
COMBATSYS: Shingo has ended the fight here.
Log created by Seishirou, and last modified on 04:54:03 12/08/2005.