Description: IN THIS EPISODE. Katana finds an equal in his line of work, and yet, they are in it solely to help! How could he possibly drive the students back under his wing before he takes them all away from him! Katana will surely be doing much to prevent that .. but what about the Principle? STAY TUNED!
This is the time. This is the place. Dr. Tran is here for reason, and one reason alone: the dorky Japanophile gangster known only as Katana. It's time for a reckoning, of sorts.
He's contacted Katana through the official Blackjack channels, requesting his presence. They've got work to do, the both of them, but before that...well, it's nice to know where the people you're dealing with stand. Where, and how. That's the essence of the events that shall be occuring this evening.
And so Dr. Tran is waiting there. Just kind of standing there, looking arond idly. Katana shouldn't be too hard to spot, right?
THE TIME : Sometime. THE PLACE : In METRO CITY. THE PLACE IN THE PLACE : METRO SQUARE.
THE JAPANOPHILE .. is not on time. OR Tran is early. Either way, Tran would be there before Katana gets there, and that's about when the large Mad Gear leader comes forth, although with a group. A group that would ensure police would make NO ATTEMPT to stop this reckoning! The sluts, slobs and s... selfish thugs, make their way around Tran as well as Katana, the larger man with shoulder pads up to the top of his helmet, stands, weaponry still sheathed.
"You were the one who requested the Mad Gear Shogun's presence, did you not?" Katana says, strong, courageous.. JAPANISH. He stands like .. some kind of large and bulky warrior, and looks upon the other member of Tran. Through the mask. That won't ever come off. Ever.
Also the Gang and Katana filtered out like rats from buildings and the such. It was a sight.
"Now what do you wish to meet for, fellow warrior! I am here, so speak, and let free your words like doves in the free blue sky!" What.
"What is this, a John Woo movie? No, no, don't answer that." Tran holds his hands out warningly, shaking his head. He steps forward, and looks...way, way up at Katana, right in the face...mask. "So, you're Katana, huh? Alright, I think I can work with you, big fella."
Taking a step back, Tran looks around the various Mad Gear dudes, but keeps talking to Katana. It's like whatever, those dudes aren't really important, at least not right now. Maybe if Tran needs some furniture moved, or something? Whatever. "I don't know how much Elle's told you, but we're gonna be busy around here for a while. Blah blah Burn blah blah drugs blah blah. I've got a plan, although it's not quite fleshed out yet, but before we deal with that..." Tran turns to Katana, holding his arms out to either side. "I wanna see what you can do. Can you handle that?"
When Tran asks, Katana opens his mouth. But Tran wouldn't see it behind the mask. It closes afterwards. "Yes. I am the Shogun leader, Katana, of the Mad Gear Gang!" And without truck for the moment but such tragedies must be dealt with. "Work with me? I am content to hear you would take the Shogun! But.."
He stops as Tran continues and looks at the dudes. Heck, Tran can have them as furniture, provided he feeds them and keeps them drunk enough. As Tran goes on to speak of drugs, Katana .. well Katana knows. He's heard of profits from the trade going down. And it's not good at all. "Any plan is welcome! However, I must know of it first!" It doesn't seem to be important because TRAN HOLDS HIS HANDS OUT ON EITHER SIDE... and asks him to rumble, to test his skill.
"Hahahah! The Shogun had doubted your skill as well.. and much like the other fellow, I will test you, to see if you are worthy to fight alongside the Shogun of Mad Gear!" Katana slips out two wakizashi's, holding them upwards and then pointing then towards Tran .. and then just holding them before him. "So I will start this .. LIKE I DO TO ALL!"
"READY YOURSELF!" That's about when the large man of meat and shoulders, as well as mask, has his sandals hit the concrete far harder and faster than he should. Basically? He's moving towards Tran pretty fast, and his blades are being pulled forwards .. to strike against his chest, two slashes, at the same time! "FIERCE STRIKE OF THE SHOGUN, WAIIIIIII!"
Desu.
COMBATSYS: Katana has started a fight here.
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Katana 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Tran has joined the fight here.
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Tran 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
COMBATSYS: Tran dodges Katana's Fierce Strike.
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Tran 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
"Take it easy there, Jumbo Musashi." There's a brief pauses while Tran addresses Katana, even as the larger man goes all Kamikaze on the doctor's ass. He ducks down underneath the twin slashes, which really isn't /that/ hard because of how Katana is a goddamn mountain of meat. Seriously, if Tran just crouched, would Katana even be able to reach him? But it's of no matter, for Tran takes a few steps to the side, putting just a bit of distance in between him and the Shogun. He's not out of the fight, he's just making sure what he wants to say gets said. After that's out of the way, things can begin in earnest.
"Anyway, while the plan's a pretty great one, I'll tell you about it later. Gotta talk to a couple people first, and I don't wanna have to tell everybody ever three or four times." That said, Tran moves forward and...then he stops again, looking Katana's armor over. This might be a little useless, but...
The doctor is nothing if not full of futile attacks, and so Tran charges forward to punch Katana right in the armor, swinging his fist forward as hard as he can!
COMBATSYS: Katana fails to interrupt Strong Punch from Tran with Light Kick.
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Tran 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Katana
As Tran addresses Katana, Katana rips forwards! .. And eats air. Curses! That's when Tran starts talking about the plan and stuff, but it's kind of droning about how things might work better if he waited a bit, and it's kind of true. Because then when Tran finally moves in.. TO ACTION.. he slams that first nicely forwards, charging and swinging that fist!
Katana makes it hit something not armory by lifting up his foot as the punch comes, the sandaled foot aiming to KICK RIGHT INTO HIS CHE-ohgod he's being punched too far too fast and clattering to the ground.
The armor, and Katana, hit the street.. but he pulls himself up like he had time and time again before, raising his weaponry as well as himself. "Hahha! A good start, but far from good enough! If that's all you hit like, then this will be a piece of cake! Come!, Show the Shogun your might!" He holds his blades up oddly, stands on one leg and teeters...
WITH POWER.
"The fun part's still a ways off, so just hold on to your plating." Honestly, Tran's a little surprised that that hit did as well as it did - he mostly kind of expecting it to hit Katana and bounce off. His hand kind of hurts, anyway.
Still, clearly some extraordinary measures need to be taken here. Dr. Tran keeps his distance, keeping an eye on Katana but mostly focusing internally. The air ripples around him, disruptions caused by internal power surging, building in on itself. He cocks his head at Katana. "Besides, I'm still waiting for you to show me yours." HOW BIG IS YOUR MIGHT, KATANA!?
COMBATSYS: Tran gathers his will.
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Tran 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Katana
HIS MIGHT IS THIS |------------------------------------------------| BIG TRAN.
But still, Katana isn't one to give up. Ever. And it looks like Katana will have to teach Tran a lesson before he'll get him to fight back at his FULL AND TRUE STRENGTH. Well then, that's just what Katana will have to do. "Hahaha! So that is what you want .. then, now, I will show you it .. completely!" He stops for a moment, in that stance he was in before, and lowers one leg .. then raises the other.
"NOW! I am ready!" No matter what leg, he leaps off, towards Tran, swinging a single wakizashi around to slam against the Doctors midsection, in a clear representation of .. SHOWING HIM THE MIGHT OF A SHOGUN.
Then again, the Doctor clearly could have already gotten his daily requirement of iron.
COMBATSYS: Tran blocks Katana's Medium Strike.
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Tran 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Katana
Man, what happened to white men can't jump? Although...come to think, it's awfully hard to tell just what, if anything, is under all that armor. Maybe it's just the armor...man, this got creepy all of a sudden! AND YET DR. TRAN, THE GREATEST FIGHTING HERO AMERICA HAS EVER KNOWN, FIGHTS ON.
You know what Dr. Tran does with the incoming wakazashi, furious with the might of Katana behind it? That's right. Dr. Tran catches it. WITH HIS FIST. They clash together with visible force, everything around them still for a moment in this titanic clash.
In retrospect, it was not the Doctor's best move. "Yeow! Son of a..." Tran shakes his hand out, sending droplets of blood flying. That hurt, damn it! "Okay, okay, pretty mighty! Just give me a minute here and I'll see what I can do in return." Dr. Tran's might is also large, but it takes him a minute to get it up, see.
In the meantime, he spins around to give his fists a break and attempts to drive his foot squarely into Katana's midsection - more to drive the behemoth back than anything else.
COMBATSYS: Tran successfully hits Katana with Light Kick.
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Tran 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Katana
As Dr. Tran catches the blades, Katana looks on, staring. Why! How was he able to .. it was simply amazing, really, even if his fist bleed, the blade still stops from Tran's might, and as Tran's might is still not as strong as it could be, perhaps he needs some sort of herbal enhancement for that, the foot that's driven into Katana's midsection seems to work good enough! Like some kind of charm!
"Huarg!" He exclaims, his body slamming backwards from the effort of the kick, Tran seemingly just plain dominating Katana! But he stumbles backwards, only to regain his composure slowly, blades being put at his sides for a moment.
"It seems like you are quite the warrior .. but I .. REFUSE TO GIVE UP! DAIMYO THROW!" Katana yells out, before charging once again, his body in motion like some kind of blur, as he grabs for Tran's arm to wrench it around, and then toss his body to the ground in a parabolic arc!
Not a Mc. Donalds arc or anything though. Katana's been his square on for a few times, and while his body doesn't bleed, he's getting a nasty bruise alright! It's certainly going to sting in the morning.
COMBATSYS: Katana successfully hits Tran with Daimyo Throw.
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Tran 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Katana
And...there we go. That's about right, yes. Dr. Tran's dander is officially up, once Katana grabs him and takes him for a trip, at least. Yeow, as they say. Yeow. The good doctor gets tossed about like a ragged little dolly man, ending with him face down on the pavement. He groans, then rolls away, smoothly coming to his feet. Tran spits to the side, and there's just a little bit of blood mixed in there, but it's cool, whatever. He's ready.
"Alright. The moment you've been waiting for..." And then...Tran just stands there. What? Is this some kind of a trap, or is it...oh, okay, there we go. Momentarily, he erupts in steam, a hot, misty haze surrounding him. "Now we can fight."
COMBATSYS: Tran switches his Mindset.
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Tran 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Katana
As Dr. Tran is tossed around like a ragged dolly man, Katana looks on at the bleeding Tran. But he seems to get up well enough, and get ready too. Because as Tran just stands there then BAMF there's a host misty haze surrounding him. " ..." Katana looks towards Tran. Staring at him, weapons lower.
"You ... are ... A SPIRIT OF THE BATHHOUSE!?" Katana cries out, weaponry raised as he looks upon Tran! "Such magnificence and such power, but the Shogun never steps down! I will fight with you, spirit that Elle has sent to work with me, and afterwards, we will go to a sauna, for the spirit will not be offended then! HYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! BEAR MY STRONGEST ASSAULT!" Katana yells out, because Tran said they could fight. And that's when Katana FIGHTS.
Blades are pulled backwards before Katana slams them forth once again, like a pump action WAKIZASHI STAB. Either way, those two swords are closing the distance fast towards Tran's gut!
And it looks like a RATHER LARGE MAN IN ARMOR is close behind, holding those weapons!
COMBATSYS: Tran interrupts Deep Strike from Katana with Strong Kick.
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Tran 1/-======/=======|=======\===----\1 Katana
The initial reaction from Tran is one of amazement. Spirit...of the bathhouse? Did Tran miss something? Is there some kind of contest in Blackjack to see who can be CRAZIEST? "I'm...what? What are you even talking about? I'm not...and..." Tran is silent, a sad, confused look on his face. "N...nevermind."
Katana's probably not even listening to him anyway, on account of all the YELLING AND SCREAMING AND STABBING. So Dr. Tran's going to have to DO IT, and DO IT HARD. How, you may ask, can a small asian doctor possibly face against the raw fury that is Katana? By being as ass, obviously.
That's right, it's time for DONKEY STYLE. Tran turns his back, even as the blades come screaming at him, each digging into his back painfully. He winces, but does not falter: rather, he leans foward, and then slams his foot straight backward as hard as he can. That alone would not probably be too terribly effective, but the accompanying explosion of steamy white chi? Yes, that's where all the REAL force is coming from.
As the blades dig in, Tran slams his foot straight forwards, the explosion of steaming white chi causing Katana to explode backwards from the force, his body burning, his armor seeming to smoke as his entire mass is sent spiralling backwards like someone who's just pissed off a whole hive of bees and THEY ARE COMING TO STING AND BIT OH GOD.
But the thing is, Katana's slammed to the ground, hitting a brick wall, before he finally gets up once more. "So .. you are a user .. of that force.." Katana exclaims, pulling himself to his feet slowly. "I .. WILL DEAL WITH YOU ... like the others! ... PREPARE YOURSELF!" Katana exclaims ONCE AGAIN, before raising the wakizashi and bearing upon Tran like a hungry lion on an antelope!
Leaping, his blades come towards Tran's shoulders, to slam into them, before he'd force Tran onto the ground with a combination of might and raw force, one from the fall, the other from his BEEFY ARMS. "TEN!"
That's when he'd charge Tran infront of him, running the Doctor straight against the cement and ripping his body against it still as he charges forth, his sandals hitting the ground with every motion. "CHUU!"
THEN Katana would lift him up, leap after, slam his wakizashi into him again and crush him against the cement street! "SATSU!" .. And then stagger backwards.
You know, if he even gets that Doctor!
COMBATSYS: Katana successfully hits Tran with Ten Chuu Satsu.
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Tran 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|-------\-------\0 Katana
Does Katana manage to catch ahold of the elusive Dr. Tran? Will his ultimate attack go off without a hitch?! Short answer: yes, oh god, yes.
The blades dig deep, and the good doctor gets taken for a ride. Slamming, scraping, and general 'oh my god it hurts' afflicts him, ending with a broken, dazed figure on the pavement. It looks like he had a nose bleed from it. And yet...Dr. Tran is not a man so easily defeated. He is a tenacious man, prone to doing ridiculous things. This may well be one of them.
Pushing himself up to his feet, Tran immediately staggers forward after Katana, already beyond words. He reaches...and then falls flat on his face, both hands flat on the ground in front of him. It's a pretty crappy final attack, honestly. It's about then when a blast of steam rips upward from the doctor, surrounding him, engulfing him on all sides, and hopefully catching Katana at the same time. Sneaky!
Afterward, of course, because he's not down yet, the Doctor pushes up to his feet AGAIN and looks for Katana through the steam. Did it work?
COMBATSYS: Tran successfully hits Katana with -Q- is for Dr. Tran.
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Tran 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Katana
As Tran staggers forwards towards Katana, Katana looks on as Dr. Tran collapses onto the ground.. and then a giant blast of steam rips upwards and catches the Shogun within it, causing Katana to be engulfed from all sides, and he's blasted pretty badly!
His armor and body cannot take the force of the blast of chi, collapsing as it launches him upwards. The collapsing part happens when his body eventually falls back to earth from the strike. His body is weak. And his weapons are dull now that they have been eaten badly by steam chi. But he gets up once more, forcing himself to his feet, before he gives himself a final hurrah.
"SO you are strong .. but I will not .. LET YOU DEFEAT ME WITHOUT A FIGHT YET! JIGOKU!" Katana yells out, his body beaten badly, but still for some reason up, rushing forth at the fallen Doctor.. to bring both blades against his backside.
And then collapse over his body, tripping and falling to the earth, well cement, behind Dr. Tran.
He sort of rolls for a bit, until he stops.
Ow.
COMBATSYS: Katana can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Katana successfully hits Tran with Jigoku Scrape.
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His vision blurring every so slightly...or is that the leftover steam? It's hard for him to tell, but regardless Tran can see Katana coming back for one last rush. Tran chuckles lowly. "You're no pushover yourself, man." Maybe it was a bad time to mention it, because it's right about then that Katana finishes what he started, blades biting deeply into Tran. Yeah, that's it. The doctor is done.
He rolls over, not quite unconcious, but pretty close. "I...urg. That'll do." Tran stares up into the sky, trying to stay awake, and continues, "Alright, now that we've got a handle on each other...I think we can do a couple things. I'll get back to you when the time comes, alright, big guy?"
While Tran bleeds, Katana himself cooks, the steam having burned his body all over, skin patches and swatches of dark red flesh. It hurts alright, but he can't really think straight. His body heaving. Doctor Tran .. Really did a number on him. It wasn't really expected.
But then he fought like a true warrior, and Katana himself lays on the ground, face/mask first. As Tran says it'll do, staring into the sky, Katana has not the power to move his body after such assaults. So instead. He gives him a thumbs up and groans weakly.
The Shogun checks out for the day.. or night .. or whatever it is. Clearly, he should train more in bathhouses, or under waterfalls.
If there wasn't a lack of Waterfalls in Metro City.
Log created on 21:39:21 09/20/2007 by Katana, and last modified on 00:02:26 09/21/2007.