Description: [Zach vs. Himeko] Zach and Himeko slug it out in the frozen depths of the Suiryuu's holds. Only one comes out on top. [Winner: Zach]
Has anyone ever seen a ship so huge? Surely the Suiryuu is a wonder to behold, and not many people have probably had the time to look over every nook and cranny to get familiar with the surroundings.
You'd think a place this big and expensive looking could have a little extra heat running, but just goes to show what we know, right? The Hold.
On one hand it's the perfect atmosphere and setting for two powerful fighters, for certain no one will be overheating! But on the other hand, it looks.. Extremely dangerous. Huge puddles frozen on the floors, icicles hanging from above, and frozen pipes lined all along the walls as well as the floor, like a poor mans obstacle course it is!
And the only sounds? That would be either the sound of water dripping or the deep deep hum of engines from somewhere above.
At least that is the case until the pink clad Hurricane Hime comes bursting into the scene, scarf whipping about her neck as she flip-kicks the door open and flips right into the room, the heavy door swinging shut behind her, "MORTALS!!" she cries, landing on her feet, right onto one of the frozen puddles and crashes flat onto her butt, sliding until she hits one of the poles back first. Knocked for a brief loop, she leans against the thing with a dazed expression, "H- Hurricane.. Hime... Is here.. Ow."
"/Man/, it is /GREAT/ in here!" Zach slowly shuffles into the room, wearing a sweatshirt and jeans, along with a stocking hat. His purple hair is tied in a slightly tighter ponytail underneath as Glen shuffles to a stop. He exhales a sharp puff of fog and looks around for a moment. "Just like back home in the winter!"
Rolling each shoulder in turn, Zach finally notices Himeko, "Ah! Miss Himeko! Looks like we get to have a bit of a rematch." He nods slightly, and takes a somewhat lower stance than Himeko might recall. Lower stances mean less falling distance if you slip, after all!
COMBATSYS: Zach has started a fight here.
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Zach 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Himeko has joined the fight here.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Zach
COMBATSYS: Zach takes no action.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Zach
"... Great?" The superheroine repeats with a nervous grin. Sheesh, whom was she fighting today, an eskimo?? Unfair advantage! She gets to her feet however, looking around a bit, then with a light shiver gives a salute to her opponent, "Citizen Zach! I guess I shouldn't be suprised you were invited as well, you're definatly something else! But this time around isn't a demonstration, I'll have to pull all the stops!"
The change of stance? It's something she notes, but doesn't make a big fuss about, her fists are raised in the boxers stance she's taken again. No bouncing around though, since the floor's not really supporting that! "And it's just Hime, adding a '-ko' to it is redundant!" she notes. Your japanese lesson for the day!
COMBATSYS: Himeko takes no action.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Zach
"Right," Zach nods as he sizes up the young girl. Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio has kind of prepared him for this. That place gets some HARSH winters. Zach takes to quick steps before dropping into a low slide across the ice, aiming to pass right by the young girl's legs. Knock her off balance, render her unable to fight.
When he passes, his hand moves in a blur, spraying bright purple sparks in a wide cresent at the girl's ankles!
COMBATSYS: Zach successfully hits Himeko with Sparklers.
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Himeko 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Zach
Hurricane grins in .. Confidence, perhaps? It could be, she does have a single win so far over Zach! She punches one fist into her opposite palm, and looking slightly more serious, tries to figure out Zachs attack.. It's hard to read though, and so when the sparks fly, they meet her moderatly quick feet, causing her to slip and fall almost flat on her face. "Ugh!"
She practically flops to take hold of another pipe and pull herself to her feet, testing her feet on the ice. This is definatly different from chains, that much is for sure. She'll need a moment to just try and get used to it. "Good shot! I uh.. Yeah."
COMBATSYS: Himeko focuses on her next action.
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Himeko 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Zach
Zach swivels on his backside, literally, into a sitting position. He bumps his back up against a pipe, scooping some frost and ice into a small ball. "Thanks. You have to be savvy to your surroundings, right?"
He packs the ball a bit tighter as he pulls himself slowly to his feet. "Catch!" Zach yells as he flings the ice-ball at Himeko's midsection. Maybe it will knock the wind out of her?
COMBATSYS: Himeko negates Thrown Object from Zach with Thrown Object.
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Himeko 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Zach
Huh.. Zach does have oddly colored hair. In fact she remembers Zach saying it was his normal color. That can't be true, there must be some sort of secret, some OTHER secret he's hiding. And yes, she's thinking about hair when he gets that snowball, but when it flies toward her? "Wuh oh!"
Well lucky for her, she can just snap a nicely sized icicle right off the pipe, wind up, and then huck it and the snow/ice ball! The snowball cuts into to perfect halves, so they pass by her head harmlessly, as the icicle falls just short of hitting her opponent. There's a pause.. And then a Saishu-esque, "Ha-HA!" as she carefully takes a couple of steps forward.
Zach, however, is focused on the fight. He blinks once as Himeko counter-projectiles his snow ball. Glen lets out a low whistle, visibly impressed. He slides a little closer to the Saikyo Library Girl, extending a raised palm in her direction. He throws a glance over one shoulder to check what is behind him...
...before firing off a sphere the size of a volley ball at her. The recoil from the blast sends him slipping, then sliding, then tumbling into a wall with a bit of an excited cry before he crashes into another wall!
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Zach's Blast Ball.
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Himeko 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Zach
Hurricane 'Shakey Knees' Hime is on the prowl again! At least, she somewhat is. She's still rather overly cautious, taking small steps and being careful not to fall, and much to her dismay there's a blast of energy coming her way! "Uh oh!"
She reaches into her scarf, drawing out her trusty book, and the energy slams into it, which.. Well, it causes her to slide all the way back to where she started, back thumping against the pipe, "Wh- Wha.. What??" she cries, looking from side to side in dismay, "This sucks! Aurrgh, how am I supposed to fight like thi-- Oooh!"
With an idea, Himeko PUSHES herself off of the pipe and goes surfing then toward Zach! Once she's nice and close she drops to a crouch, and twists backward in an attempt to sweep his feet out, "Hurricane Twister!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Zach with Light Kick.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Zach
Zach can't get his feet under him fast enough for a jump, taking the kick just above the ankles. He crashes to the deck, and goes spinning across the floor before smacking into a wall. Zach slowly pulls himself to his feet, trying to shake the cobwebs loose while he catches his breath.
"Nice one," Zach pants.
COMBATSYS: Zach gains composure.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Zach
Oh ho! Hurricane Hime smiles brightly, it seems like she's got herself a battle plan! Now, how she can use it to her advantage in the long run is.. A mystery! She'll worry about that later, for now she's finally close, which means she can reach out and grab him! Clutching for the shirt sleeves at the shoulers, she declares, "Hold on, I'm not done yet! Check this out!"
And assuming she can get that hold? She twists sharply, yet awkwardly to the left, attemping to flip the boy over her shoulder and flat down onto the icy floor! "HYah!!"
COMBATSYS: Zach endures Himeko's Quick Throw!
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Zach
Zach goes with the throw, slamming hard on the ice. He exhales sharply when he hits, gasping for frigid air that burns in his lungs. Zach responds in two ways, "Nice!"
The non-verbal response, however, is the one Hime needs to look out for. Zach snaps a leg up, using his back as a base, in an attempt to boot the smaller girl in the head with his sneaker!
COMBATSYS: Himeko interrupts Heavy Kick from Zach with Magic School Bus.
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Himeko 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Zach
Is it just Hurricane Hime, or is it seeming to only get.. Colder? And her bodysuit isn't specially thermal, that much is for sure! The sweat is starting to freeze on her cheeks, she brushes them off and motions for Zach to get in closer. And hey, he does! "Thanks!" she pipes in response to the thanks.
But then when he rushes forward with his kick? She has two stacks of paper in hand, and acting like a whip, one wraps about his ankle, and the other around his neck as she bursts by, taking the hit to the face. Ow.
Zach ends up slamming face first into the ground when his ankle is jerked back, and then just seconds after, he finds himself completely hogtied. The girl steps on his back and pulls hard on the central string, stretching and pulling at his shoulder, neck, and hip joints until the paper breaks and sends her tumbling backward, "Ooof!"
Zach grunts as he finally breaks loose from the paper ropes. He rubs his wrists for a moment, eyeing Himeko. This needs to be a speed match; this much is obvious to him. Quick hit and fade strikes, lining up that critical attack.
With that, Glen belly-flops, sliding across the icey metal at high speeds. His aim? To plant a fist in Himeko's knee!
COMBATSYS: Himeko interrupts Quick Punch from Zach with Ghost Writer.
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Himeko 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Zach
The little Hurricane is going to make it clear soon enough that even speed isn't going to be enough to completely get through Hime's guard! The girl grinning like a darn maniac, she drops to a crouch, her back to Zach.
And then just moments into the strike to her knee, Hime ROCKETS upward, slamming her book spine-first into the poor guys face, and twirls in a dragon-punch like manner to send him flying back a little! That's certainly a suprising amount of power behind a little paperback. "KYAAAH!!!"
And when she lands, the girl winks to Zach, "I said I wasn't going to hold back! You'd better step up if you don't want to be flattened by Saikyo powaah!"
Zach avoids a neck breaking by slapping a palm on the cold deck. He slides along, balanced on the palm for several feet before tumbling to his feet. He eyes Himeko for a moment, tucking his right hand in close to his ribs.
"You did warn me, actually." Purple energy splashes around the hand as Zach prepares for his next attack.
COMBATSYS: Zach focuses on his next action.
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Himeko 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Zach
Hime rolls her shoulders, and sets her hands on her knees as she drops into a slight crouch, and keeps an eye on Zachs next move. Hmmnn. What does he have planned now? This time she simply cannot tell. However she can't bother herself to wait too long, she's gonna have to kick things up a notch as well and try to press an advantage! Now then, she just has to figuer out how to do that without falling on her face! Taking in a small breath, Hime taps her fists togeather, and then strikes a sentai-ish pose, her arms held out at her sides as if putting someone into a headlock, "All right, it's time to take things up to level ninty!" she cries, striking a second pose, and then a final, which places her into a full crouch, arms crossed in an 'x' in front of her chest, "Power up! Fifty. Sixty! Seventy!! Eighty!!!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko gathers her will.
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Himeko 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0 Zach
An opening! Zach dashes forward, just off of the ground thanks to a short burst of psycho power. As the wanderer closes the gap, he pivots in the air...
...and lashes out with a hard kick aimed right at the center of that cute little 'x' Himeko is making with her arms. Maybe he'll get lucky and bounce her off of a wall.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Zach's Heavy Kick.
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Himeko 1/---====/=======|=======\-------\0 Zach
The superheroine is feeling really really cool right now. Both figurativly and literally! When she's down in her pose, she suddenly feels really... Well, really cold, which makes her end up freeze in position for a moment, and she can't get back up! "... Uh oh. Can't.. Move.."
So his kick ends up hitting dead on target, but what Hime didn't realize is that it was the perfect guard! She has performed her first bookless block!! On the other hand, the force is enough to knock her flat on her back and out of her frozen stance, twirling around like a koopa shell until her feet slam into a pipe to stop herself, and then she propels off it to slide back, "HaaaAAAA!" She clumsily kip-ups off the ice, but then threatens to just go colliding right into Zach. If she does? Well.. They're both going sliding back, but he'll be sandwiched between herself and a wall! "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!"
COMBATSYS: Zach dodges Himeko's Medium Strike.
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Himeko 1/---====/=======|=======\-------\0 Zach
"Swing and a miss!" Zach cries as he literally spins like a top on one foot, allowing Himeko to pass him by. Zach still has that glowing hand tucked firmly at his side as he grabs for Himeko's ankle.
If he makes the grab, Zach is going to spin even more, evne faster! Just before letting go and sending the Pink Princess into another wall!
COMBATSYS: Zach successfully hits Himeko with Strong Throw.
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Himeko 1/=======/=======|=======\-------\1 Zach
Swing and a miss for Himeko, but a GIANT swing and all is GOOD for Zach! Her foot jerks a little when the boy gets a hold of it, just trying to scramble away somehow, but the hold is too good and she's sent spinning and spinning to his hearts delight, "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!" WHOOOSH!
CLONG! is the sound of her body hitting ice and metal, and she just goes 'splat' to the floor, a dazed expression on her face as she falls onto her stomach. "Ow."
She grunts, rubbing the back of her head, and then stands up as she reaches into her scarf and draws out three sheets of construction paper, all colored pink, and she curls in, and whips the three sheets toward her opponent. They fly like darts, and obviously if they smash into him, it'd hurt much more than paper should! "Man that HURT!"
COMBATSYS: Zach dodges Himeko's Weekend Special.
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Himeko 1/=======/=======|=======\-------\1 Zach
How much they would hurt is left to speculation. Zach drops suddenly, sliding along the icy floor. This allows the young man to neatly avoid the paper darts and continue his slide away from Himeko.
Zach grabs some pipes, swinging on them like posts before coming at Himeko even faster! He's aiming for the ankles again with his feet, hoping to topple the girl!
COMBATSYS: Himeko dodges Zach's Light Kick.
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Himeko 1/=======/=======|=======\-------\1 Zach
Himeko rubs at her back a moment, and then stomps hard on the floor, making suer she doesn't make an embarassing splat onto the floor. That'd do her no good, after all. Now the amazing swinging Zach? As he goes in low, she leaps up and back, swinging a bit from one of pipes on the ceiling, but her grip slips and she ends up falling onto the floor once more; grasping desperatly at another to keep from hurting herself! She shivers like crazy, both to warm herself up, and to get herself back into the groove, time is of the essence here! "All right, Hime, get it togeather, it's going to get bumpy from this point!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko gains composure.
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Himeko 1/--=====/=======|=======\-------\1 Zach
Zach watches as Himeko pulls a monkey. He pulls himself to his feet, and looks at Himeko for a moment. That right fist is still tucked at his side. He thinks for a moment, before bracing himself against a wall. It is then that Zach places his left hand in front of the fist. He smiles briefly as he opens the fist.
Purple sparks fly and dance around the cupped hands for a moment. Himeko knows what is coming next. The ball between Glen's palms grows untill it is the size of a beach ball, at which point he thrusts the sphere forward. The front end of it rips open into a beam of bright purple energy.
It's bound to leave a mark.
COMBATSYS: Himeko negates Burst Stream from Zach with Schoolhouse Rock!.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Zach
Himeko does know what's coming, yes. Last time she wasn't able to do anything about it, but this time around the little heroine is ready! This is shown as she slips her book from her scarf again the moment she sees the violets sparks sprinkle to life. "Ready!" she cries as she holds the book between her palms and then points her fingers out like twin handguns, and there's a massive burst of wind that sends her scarf flapping behind her like crazy! Sheet after sheet of paper comes ripping from the book like a machinegun, meeting the beam dead on and the two energies clash like none other! The ice below the beams burst and crack. The poles above them crack a little as well, making water pour out of the cracks like a faucet! The beams struggling to dominate, but then finally dissipate into nothingness.
Hime looks to the falling water. Then to the ice-free path that connects the two fighters. Pause.. Pause... And then she gives a huge THUMBS UP! "COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!"
Zach stares at Himeko for a moment, in a state of disbelief. On one hand, he just wasted a whole lot of juice to little effect. However, the upshot is that there is now a part of the floor that has no ice whatsoever.
CHANCE!
Zach charges forward, somewhat headlong with his right hand tucked close to his midsection as he sprints for the girl. When he gets in close, he plants his feet and thrusts the seemlingly empty hand towards Himeko.
It is only then that the purple beachball spins into existance for a moment!
COMBATSYS: Zach successfully hits Himeko with Impulse Flare.
- Power hit! -
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Himeko 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Zach
Ok, that time it really WAS a chance! Himeko blinks a little in suprise, as she realized a little too late how exactly Zach was suddenly moving so fast with the intent to COMPLETELY PWN! But then she catches it, "Oh!!"
Himeko takes a defensive position, holding her book more firmly as he charges and blinks as... Nothing comes out? "Eh?"
And then comes the blast, or rather and extremely short burst of psychopower point blank! The spin sends her reeling off to the side! "YAAAAAAGH!!" And against the wall just once more with a heavy thump. It takes her a second to get up, but once she does? "Rrrrgh.. It's not over yet! Here I go!" Her book dropped to the floor she draws out a second, and shoots out second blast! Another barrage of papers go ripping toward Zach, and he'd better watch out or he'll be punished by the assault! However that's all she has after that.
Hime drops to the ground then, panting heavily and starts to shiver again as she hugs herself. "Geez, that really really hurt.. I think that's all I got left.."
COMBATSYS: Himeko can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Zach dodges Himeko's Schoolhouse Rock!.
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Zach is alert, his senses all but screaming in his mind as the psychopower burns through his system. He moves like a feather on the wind, dancing and weaving through the sheets of paper as he closes in on Himeko. Glen takes a knick or two from random paper-cuts, but eventually skids to a stop in front of the Saikyo Girl.
He smiles as he yanks his sweatshirt off, revealing an Underarmor black longsleeve underneath. Just because he LIKES the cold doesn't mean he doesn't protect himself from it. "Good fight," Zach beams as he offers the University of Oklahoma sweatshirt to Hime, "Here. No point catching a cold down here."
COMBATSYS: Zach has ended the fight here.
Wow, ok that is definatly some serious speed on the part of Zach as he weaves through the attack, but her vision is a little blurry, so she thinks it was more like her imagination got a little out of control!
But moments later there he is, offering the Pink Princess his sweatshirt and for the first time he's seen, she looks a little sheepish. She accepts the clothing as she stands up again, "Um, thanks.. I'll give it back.." W- Woah wait a minute. Show no weakness, and always be stylin'! After she slips the clothing on, she grins brighter to Zach, and gives him a big thumbs up, "Yeah! It was an amazing fight, I guess that makes us even now, hah! You're on a roll now, huh? Best of luck the rest of the tournament, just don't forget to look a little more suave, and you'll be good!"
"A little more suave, eh?" Zach chuckles as he heads for the door. "I'll think about it. Thanks for the sentiment, Princess." He chuckles again as he turns to leave, "Don't worry about returning the shirt, though. I have others, and it's gonna be cold until they get the Ay-Cee fixed up in this tug."
He stops at the doorway, "Just be careful. There are some dangerous people in this thing."
With that, Zach leaves.
Dangerous people? Did Zach mean combat-wise, or suspicious characters! Hime never really took the time to look around, though she's not exactly sure how well her 'bookworm' skills would help her out in such a situation anyway. She'll have to ponder that and take a look around herself! She'll stick around in the icey room for a bit, and get used to the condition, winter will come soon so it'll be a good skill! "Ok, see you later!"
And then? Practice time! "Mortals!"
Log created on 18:52:52 09/04/2007 by Zach, and last modified on 22:09:48 09/04/2007.