Description: Punky punk the purple punk gets pinkedly punked by the pinkingest pink that ever did pink. With hits this brutal who needs dull colours? (Winner: Dan)
"FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT," A perky asian-american newsgirl speaks into an official League Camera, while retaining the same grace and bubbliness of a girl explaining how a 'Battle Royale' explosive collar works.
"Today is a special treat to those following the league as two fighters all the way from JAPAN have flown to Central America to do battle for our viewing enjoyment! Let's go live to the scene and check them out."
The camera pans, and Dan Hibiki bounces on his heels, hopping up and down with a large grin. Why's he grinning so broadly? Well, the basket of watermelons no doubt means he paid a visit to a particularly friendly green monster in the area. No, nothing illegal. Those melons are a gift from Blanka! Never one to be stingy with the kindness of others... he signs one of the large melons and gives them to someone he considers a fan.
Not that that person seems to consider herself a fan of Dan Hibiki. She eyes the fruit oddly and then says, "Que?"
But Dan? He's ready and willing to fight for the league!
Sunny weather, perky behaviour and fanservice. Really, could Eiji 'Edge' Yamada be any more out of place? Hands thrust into the pockets of his usual baggy pants, he looks every bit as sullen as he commonly does back in native Southtown as he makes his way up to the stage, slinking into position opposite Dan Hibiki and then taking a moment to spit a well-chewed wad of pink gum off into the audience. Do they go wild? Perhaps the mother's child will, once he goes home badly in need of an emergency haircut, but nobody seems to mind right now. The atmosphere is too good.
Edge has met Dan before. He signed up for his little youth league project. And what better way to break himself in than by beating down the project leader and proving just how damn good Gedo are? Exactly. So despite his initial demeanour, after he watches Little Ms. Perkiness bounce away he brightens up noticeably, a malicious grin curling his lips and an excited shine reaching his eye. "Alright! Let's get violent, pinkboy." Taking a single step forward toward the melon-signing man, he whips his right hand out from its hiding place to fling a gleaming switchblade right into the boards between Dan's feet. *thunk*
And then he's off without another word, dashing forward to cover the distance, tongue hanging loose from his mouth and laughter starting to bubble forth with all the madness usually associated with the youngest Yamada. ...though his attention isn't entirely on the upcoming fight just yet, as his gaze darts sidelong to get a good look at Princess Bubblegum's butt. Looks like he knows what he'll be hitting on at the post-match party.
COMBATSYS: Edge has started a fight here.
Dan's eyes widen as he looks down at the knife stuck into the boards between his feet, and looks at the remaining two melons in the basket, before setting the basket down, and breaking into a run towards the other fighter, "Hey, they put me up with one of the youth leaguers? This is great! You get to see how Saikyo owns the world! ORA ORA! Let's get into the mix!!!"
Halfway through his run, Sensei Dan leaps into the air, and thrusts his fist up, as he cries, "YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Sailing over Edge's body, and landing behind the Gedo gangster, and then immediately 'Raising the roof' for the crowd gathered.
It looks like Dan is getting pumped!
COMBATSYS: Dan has joined the fight here.
COMBATSYS: Dan gathers his will.
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Edge 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Dan
Pumped?
"Screw that!"
Making a lunging motion toward Dan just before he takes off, Edge's manic expression turns once more to a wide grin, and his hand once more leaves his pocket only to... sling a punch through nothing but open air. Skidding to an abrupt halt, fast enough he almost falls flat on his face, the spike-topped gangster wannabe whirls around wildly in time to meet the cheers of the crowd as Hibiki does his thing. "Heh," dispelling the frown that threatens on his brow, a smirk appears and the boy lifts his hand, pointing a single finger at the Man in Pink. "You ever think about joinin' a gang?"
"Ehehehehe!" Breaking into a short cackle at his own 'jest', Edge wastes no more time, rapidly jerking back into offensive mode. Two steps carry him up to the would-be fighting idol, and a third gives him the momentum he needs for a quick shoulder-check. "FALL DOWN!"
COMBATSYS: Dan endures Edge's Fierce Punch!!
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Edge 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Dan
Sensei Dan sets his heels tight to the ground, the muscles tensing and providing traction for the fighter as Edge's shoulder barrels into him, "Hey, I'm always just one of the gang, Kiddo," he responds to the wild-haired fighter's question in a completely oblivious tone. When all that force has dissapated and Dan is left standing, he quickly ducks down, and turns at the waist, gathering potential energy.
That potential energy is released almost immediately afterwards, as the cry of, "KOURYUUKEN!" echoes through the air, and Dan's real fans cheer.
You know, all twelve of them.
COMBATSYS: Dan successfully hits Edge with Kouryuken.
- Power hit! -
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Edge 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Dan
That's twelve more than the purple punk has with him right now. Stingy promoters would only pay the passage out for one, so he doesn't have his posse - not even the ravishing Suzy. Not that this puts him off the fight at all. Violence is violence. But perhaps we can use it as an excuse for what happens next...
Edge sees the massive uppercut incoming, and hears the scattered cheering a half-second before Dan's fist /rips/ into his chest and chin, sending him skyrocketing upward with alarmedly wide eyes. Spinning up and around in a tight arc, it looks almost as though Daigo's lieutenanet wants to come in for a rather advantageous landing... right until he lands on his face and slumps full length across the stage. "...bastard..." Positively seething, he shoves himself upright with effort from both hands and flips to his feet, eyes alight again with that irresistible madness.
"COME ON! That as hard as ya can hit?!" Cue the manic grin, cue another wild dash forward. This time both his hands swing free and upward, bearing twin blades of steel - combat knives - that he immediately puts to their best use. Taking a double slash for Dan's midsection, he then lunges to one side and makes good use of the feint, following it with a wild storm of nasty stabs and wide strikes as he keeps on running forward. He's looking to carry Hibiki right across the stage in a veritable storm of pain. And the real catch? He starts laughing again.
"Ehehehehe-AHAHAHA-HAAAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
COMBATSYS: Edge successfully hits Dan with Slash Out.
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Edge 0/-------/--=====|=======\====---\1 Dan
Old Man Dan's hands go towards Edge's feint, his wrist guards coming up to block the knives headed for his midsection. This would've been a very awesome looking way to diffuse the situation and get back on top of the game. Unfortunately? Edge is a maniac.
As Edge's real strikes rain down upon Dan, cuts and drips of blood begin to pop out of random locations on the heir to the Hibiki throne's body.
"AGH! DAMN! HEY! THOSE ARE KNIVES! AHH!"
Ouch. That hurt like. Well that hurt like a lot. Staggering backwards and bleeding from several places, Dan points a finger at Edge, "It's not a weapon that you can hide behind that makes you a fighter, it's your skill!!! You have nothing of the sort, and your hair is like a chimney brush. SO TRY DODGING THIS!"
Bringing his right hand back behind his hip, Dan's fist begins to glow a vibrant cyan color. As that fist snaps forward, that cyan glow snaps off of him and begins to putt-putt towards Edge, preceded by the battle cry of "GADOUKEN!"
Go, little fireball. Go. Find your way in life. Become a successful businessman.
COMBATSYS: Edge overcomes Gadouken from Dan with Large Thrown Object.
Maniac? Chimney brush? Dodging? Outrage!
Edge retracts from his overdrive assault with a hissing pant, laughter cutting off immediately. Leaning back, he lets one of his knives drop to the floor and lifts his now free hand, making a few tugging adjustments to his collar. Smirking self-contendedly, he fixes the bloody Dan with a nonchalant stare, seemingly unwary of the blood on his own clothing but plenty concerned about the creases. The punk listens to the taunting with seemingly no reaction, but as the gi-clad man's hand raises...
...so do Edge's knife-bearing fingers. Quitting the vain motions entirely, he becomes a little more concentrated for a moment, squinting into the suddenly oncoming fireball with that smirk still entirely present. He aims, and then he fires. "Bullseye." Saying the single word quite calmly, he launches his remaining knife right /through/ the chi-ball, dissipating it in a wide puff. While he watches for the effect of his travelling blade, the Gedo gangster takes a step back and tucks his hands back into his pockets. His work's done for the moment.
COMBATSYS: Dan overcomes Large Thrown Object from Edge with Shinkuu Gadouken.
As Dan's first tiny-fireball leaves his hand, he spies Edge's fingers and frowns deeply. The knife, which cuts through his Gadouken, speeds towards him, and he hatches a plan. A crazy, stupid plan. Probably the craziest stupid plan a man like Dan could ever plan. But it's a Dan Plan, man.
His feet begin to move, and he starts running towards the knife. With the knife just inches away from his chest, both of his hands launch forward, carrying the same cyan glow from before, and his mouth opens widely.
Time seems to stop for a second. Birds stop chattering in the distance, and what of that woman from before? Holding a watermelon slice up to her mouth, she seems to be the only one unfrozen in time, as she asks in slow motion, "...Q.....u....e?"
In that split second, Dan's words rip through the air...
"SHINKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU GADOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Edge endures Dan's Shinkuu Gadouken.
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Edge 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Dan
Edge's reaction is a little less stated than those of the spectators. An eyebrow curls up, his feet shuffle beneath him, and he phrases a single word. "...crap." Then all hell breaks loose. Or it would, if the Gedo kid wasn't every bit the nutter that Mr Hibiki has proven himself to be. "C'MOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!"
Que indeed. Instead of taking it like a man and just standing there, or taking it like a girl and running in the opposite direction - which was admittedly tempting - Daigo's lieutenant breaks into a full-tilt spring right for Dan, rushing through his big chi burst in the process. *WHUMP* It hits him like a small freight train, jerking his body a few times as the attack makes it's multiple projections known against that skinny frame. But Edge keeps moving, right until he finds himself directly up in his opponent's business, and through all the apparent pain he manages a huge, sadistic grin.
"Tasty!" Dark eyes glinting, there seems another pause now as the boy draws himself back, whipping his right arm out and around, then lunges forward in a big haymaker punch. The catch? Brass knuckles adorn his calloused hands. "SHINKUUUUU PUNCH!"
COMBATSYS: Dan endures Edge's Heavy Strike.
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Edge 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\0 Dan
Brass Knuckles, Edge? Say it isn't so! It is so, unfortunately. Dan is prepared though. Prepared for everything in the world. Well, he's not prepared for another Great Depression, but that's neither here nor there.
As he twists his body, and brings his chest in the way of those knuckles. Dan's body makes an oddly paffing sound. The sound of glossy photo paper being pressed harshly against his chest, actually.
It hurts, quite a bit in fact, but it doesn't stop Dan from, in this oddly twisted position, throwing out his arms and attempting to grab up on the crazy gangster, and if purchase is found fling him to a safe distance.
COMBATSYS: Dan successfully hits Edge with Seoi Nage.
- Power hit! -
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Edge 1/---====/=======|=======\-------\1 Dan
Safe for who? The landing sure as hell isn't safe for Edge. He hits the middle of the nearby crowd, parting them like the Red Sea and going on to hammer /right into/ the dirt, landing in a crater with a rising cloud of dust. The announcer begins to chatter away excitedly as the boy seemingly fails to move, and until the cloud parts a good thirty seconds later it seems like the punk might be outta this fight.
And when visibility returns, all bets are off. Because Edge /is not there/. All that remains is a single shirt button and a rough outline of his form. Silence falls.
But then, laughter.
"Ehehehehe! Really thoughtcha had me, huh?" The Gedoite's voice drifts over from somewhere behind Dan's right shoulder, and when he turns he should find time to catch a healthy glimpse of the dirty, bedraggled Yamada staring at him with casual fury. But only a glimpse, because then he charges forward with an incoherent cry and leaps up to lash out a booted foot for the pink one's face. "/That's/ for my suit, asshole!"
COMBATSYS: Dan blocks Edge's Light Kick.
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Edge 1/---====/=======|=======\=------\1 Dan
Dan turns, just as expected, at the laughter, with a big grin on his face, "Well your form i--OH MY GOD, FOOT!"
The pink-clad fighter's wrist-guarded hands come up quickly in front of his face, Edge's foot smacking into the palms and knocking his knuckles into his forehead, and sending him tumbling backwards.
Tumbling backwards into a roll that is. Dan's famous style really being put to light here as he rolls backwards with grace and aplomb.
As his roll ends, he pops to his knee, with his fist stretched upward and his voice loud and exuberant, "NOT EVEN SUCKER PUNCHES CAN STOP ME! KORE GA SAIKYO-RYUUUUUUUU! Y'SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
And then he's back on the attack, standing and launching himself towards Edge with little regard to his own physical safety. Popping into the air, three aerial roundhouses help him soar towards Gedo's personal toothbrush, each punctuated with a vibrant shout.
"DAN"
"DAN"
"KICK!"
Oh.. SNAP!
COMBATSYS: Edge fails to interrupt Dankuu Kyaku from Dan with Sneak Attack.
- Power hit! -
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Edge 0/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Dan
Unf. Edge rebounds from his kick reasonably smoothly, landing on his opposite foot and then bringing the other one down to take a step backward. He rubs a hand back across his mouth, listening to Dan's speech with a condescending half-grin. "Tch. Shut up an' hit me!" Which he does.
The Gedo punk does raise some token resistance, and a small flare from his aura does suggest he might be a little /more/ than a token. But the knife he tries to drag forth goes scattering off to one side, as do several others as Edge is knocked absolutely silly, smacked this way, then that and lastly all the back backward to land right at the edge of the stage. Lying on his back, he doesn't do much else for a few moments except pant and stare upward... until finally he grins and pushes himself to his feet. Still alive?
"Gotta hit harder'n that, pinkie."
You bet.
Dan's arms cross for a moment as he regards Edge and says, "Ahh, still awake? I'll give you some credit, but you're way out of your league! Saikyo Style is in the house, and you're going down. All the way down. To Chinatown."
He then rushes forward, his feet making heavy sounds on the stage below, running right up to Edge screaming all the way, "SAAAAAAIIIIIIKYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Positioned in front of edge in this way, he tears a book out of the page of a certain fighter with 'murderous intent' Stomping his foot down heavily on the stage, and gathering his will...
"Hisshou," An open palmed strike lashes out for Edge's face. The brown wristguard making a horrible whipping sound through the air, before... even if Edge somehow avoids Dan's magical fists of fury, The pink-clad fighter goes into an insane flurry of blows. Punches and kicks that all have their own word dedicated to them in a long string of...
"Burai"
"Rai"
"Rai"
"RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!"
And then the final attack, a small corkscrew uppercut that sends Dan sailing into the air, "KEN!"
Saikyo-Powah!
COMBATSYS: Edge fails to interrupt Hisshou Burai Ken from Dan with Strike Out.
COMBATSYS: Edge can no longer fight.
"I don't like Chi-"
*whump*
Dan's palm all but shatters the cartilage in Edge's nose, setting him up perfectly for the blitzkrieg combination that follows. Each word brings another jarring note of pain from the boy's body, but despite it all.. halfway through.. he begins to laugh, head thrust back and laughter spilling forth despite the blood-flecked saliva it summons. When that last uppercut is due to come in, the Gedo punk seems to flicker briefly from view, a spectacle which is followed right by-
Edge flying backward through the air for a second time, to land with an even fuller weight on his head. That immaculately groomed, totally awesome hair is crushed. Not to mention his spine. And just before he slumps down to fall in a dazed heap, he at least manages to finish his comment.
"-ese. Ugh..."
Ding ding ding!
Dan blinks as he notices Edge's slumped form and turns to the crowd, still bleeding a little bit. With a great big grin, he throws one hand up with his thumb way in the air, "THIS IS SAIKYO STYLE! YOU WILL ENJOY IT!"
That said, he walks across the stage to his basket of melons. Hefts it, and begins heading towards the nearest city. He has to get back to his Dojo after all. Make sure that all the youths are trained in their art as greatly as they can be.
And now he has Melon for dessert. Dan Hibiki's day rating: 100%
COMBATSYS: Dan has ended the fight here.
Log created by Edge, and last modified on 20:35:33 03/16/2006.