Description: Psychics collide in New England! In Eisenhower Memorial Wayside Park in Crawford's Purchase, New Hampshire, creepy schoolgirl Miu Kurosaki faces off against creepier schoolteacher Kichiga Kyoufumaru, with the Psycho Soldier Sie Kensou adding to the mess. Witness as Kichiga finds himself a new target, AND pulls a miracle right out of his ass! (Winner: Kichiga)
Kichiga has mastered many facades as part of blending into normal society, but he's never been able to appreciate nature. The world, its changing colors, its beautiful vistas, they are all completely useless. They do not spark his senses, excite his mind, or evoke any kind of primal reaction within him. He stands silently, leaning on his cane, looking at a tree with pure boredom. Without emotions for him to savor, the tree may as well not exist. It holds nothing for him.
His aged hands tighten on the grip of his cane, a plain length of shining black with an equally plain gold ferrule. He has been here for some time, simply waiting.
The SNF crew is a bit creeped out.
Looking highly out of place in a place like this, the small girl in so many dark colors is escorted to the edge of the park by SNF officials, led in to join the festivities. It's still warm at this time of year, even rolling into the American Northeast's autumn months, and so she's come dressed in her slightly more relaxed attire-- even wearing the sturdy, durable leather armguards rather than those odd archery thimbles she's taken to wearing lately.
Taking a sip from a large bottle of water with the emblem of Seijyun Girl's Academy and a small keychain of some obscure Japanese mascot character hanging down from around the neck of it, she's led along to the site of the fight and to the falling autumn leaves.
The breeze is nice.
Looking over to Kichiga with half-lidded purple eyes, she stands off to the side while being told about the majority of the details for what's to come by the SNF staff. Mind calm and centered, her powers will still ring off the alarms of those sensitive to such forces-- and in a surprisingly strong way, yet.
And the last one there? Is the so-called 'Chaos Agent' for this little fracas, one Sie Kensou. The origin of the Chinese martial artist's delay is a simple one. He was eating. "Sorry, sorry!!" calls the youth's voice as he draws closer, vaulting over the barricade into the fighting area, in the wooded park. It really is a lovely place, considering they're supposed to be beating each other up in it and all. Kensou lands in a low crouch, straightening up a moment later, rubbing at the back of his head with one hand. "Just got a l'il bit sidetracked, an'..."
Wait, something's not right.
A faint frown pulls at the Psycho Soldier's mouth, as he glances from Miu, to Kichiga, to back again. There's a... Strange mood here, he can tell it. He can feel it. "Hmm," murmurs Kensou, folding one arm across his chest, balacing his other elbow in that palm and cupping his chin with the upraised hand. "There's definitely somethin' goin' on under the surface here..." And he's not sure he likes it.
Kichiga slowly turns to face Miu as she arrives, sliding his cane up one of his wide sleeves. It is clear now that, despite his advanced age, he has no need of it in order to stand around... or move at all. He calmly inspects Miu - she is focused beyond what such a young-appearing should be readily capable of... and aside from that, not at all interesting to read. Nothing boiling below the surface, no dark anxieties that he can feel... a quiet girl, and therefore boring.
Then, Kensou draws close enough. To Kichiga's heightened senses, he like a shining pillar of light, searing him and drawing him all at once. His head snaps around, eyes widening reflexively. He has... power. The same sort of power the one man, the policeman, had before him, but nowhere near as potent. The old man flexes his hands. "How... interesting..." he mutters under his breath. It is a shame they are in such a public location... Kichiga longs to drop the mask and let himself free, but this is not the place.
Inwardly, it takes an almost physical effort to wrench his focus away, but on the outside, Kichiga merely lifts his arms, palms up, setting his left foot forward in his fighting stance. He takes a deep breath. "Come then, girl."
COMBATSYS: Kichiga has started a fight here.
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The officials speak to her once more-- and then that short, odd girl is left to face her opponent and the arriving man that vaults barricades and throws out apologies. Respectfully, Miu bows her head to Kensou and Kichiga, but then as she moves toward the elder man, she draws her arms up, fingers curling into fists. They snap down in a practiced motion, palms opening as her arms reach full extension-- and a gigantic burst of black feathers blows away from either arm, each sizzling in the air with a potent amount of her unusual power. It also rises signifigantly within her-- to the point where it becomes questionable if she even realizes the depths of her own talent.
Miu Kurosaki, the urban legend of Seijyun, stands with a signifigantly bored expression-- what's the point in fighting someone's grandfather, anyway? Twisting around quickly, Miu's right arm whips out in an arc, a black feather cast from her hand. Broad, straight, and black, it has a slight glow to it, distorting it to somewhere between black and a very dark, rich purple. Twisting back around, the girl's same arm makes another wide pass, a second one veering in at him-- though at a slightly different trajectory. A fitting way to get started, isn't it?!
COMBATSYS: Miu has joined the fight here.
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Continuing to mull things over, Kensou hits upon a realisation. He can feel it, like a... Resonance. There's something he has in common with both these other fighters, though it doesn't immediately occur to him what it might be. Especially as something /else/ becomes clear to his psychic senses. His attention focuses directly on Kichiga, and he actually /gapes/ at the old man, even as the latter stares at him. Kensou's felt a presence like that once before, and only once - one night in Chinatown, when a certain Psycho Powered megalomaniac tried to stomp him and Alma into paste. Inside of Kensou, something hidden and ancient stirs, but...
...There goes Miu, with her weird-looking glow, launching herself after the old man. Well, he's supposed to cause some chaos here, isn't he? So he'd best get to work. Rolling his neck to loosen it up, the Chinese psion suddenly /moves/, showcasing all sorts of cool and impressive speed as he puts himself behind Miu, reaching to grab the Crow Girl by the scruff of her neck and then heave her back and away... Reflexively trying to keep her away from Kichiga. "Hua--!!"
COMBATSYS: Kensou has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Miu successfully hits Kichiga with Kakure Amagakeri.
- Power hit! -
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It's a little hard for Kichiga to focus, especially on Miu - Kensou's presence is blurring everything out for him, like staring into a lightbulb for too long. He notices the feathers too late, the energies crackling against his shoulders. The old man frowns, whipping forward his right arm. A small iron ball soars from his sleeve, trailing a thin chain that leads up to whereever it is connected.
A light blue mist trails from the ball as it soars in a slight arc, headed straight for Miu. The chain seems to be neverending, also with that faint mist of energy trailing away. If the ball successfully impacts, it dispenses a much thicker cloud of mist, which carries with it an unnatural mental effect, like a thousand terrifying whispers on the edge of the senses. It only lasts for a brief moment, and the external terror fades... but it may leave terror of its own.
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Miu with Quick Throw.
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COMBATSYS: Miu dodges Kichiga's Dark Censer.
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A hand suddenly grips her around the collar-- and the next thing she knows, she's being thrown through the air behind Kensou while a ball-on-chain of sorts comes whipping toward her. Nothing if not nimble, her back arches and her body twists, the strange weapon shooting just inches beyond her thin frame-- but sacrificing her ability to break her fall right.
Throwing herself into a bit of a roll after her back hits the autumn grass and leaves, the crow girl rolls to all fours and stands back up, glaring harshly at Kensou-- the eyes for daggers glare. There to disrupt the battle or not, she's got to give this her all!
In a display of speed for herself, Miu tucks low and sprints quickly ahead-- darting left, right, and then working her way to stand in front of Kichiga, her hand balling into a tight fist. A thick white feather bleeds out of her knuckles like a blade, and with a broad shoulder-to-hip swipe, she tries to use this makeshift 'energy weapon' to slash the elderly man!
And, there goes Miu! Kensou can feel the attack as it breezes past him, towards the small girl as she's thrown back. The malign intent behind it... For a moment, Kensou's eyes narrow, and then he lunges forward, right at Kichiga. He knows Miu's coming up from behind, but he's trying to keep things kind of fair here! The lunge turns into a smooth motion across the ground, and he pulls his right hand in to his waist, extending his left arm straight, hand held in a knife-hand position, finger curled in, aimed right at the old man's neck. "Yaa-!!"
COMBATSYS: Miu successfully hits Kichiga with Shubatsu.
- Power hit! -
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COMBATSYS: Kichiga blocks Kensou's Jab Punch.
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It is a common problem with people of the teacher's unique strengths - the energies of their body run counter to the energies of the world, leaving them... susceptible. Once again Miu's strike affects him greatly, the feather of energy slicing through the material of his cheongsam, drawing some blood. Well... it proves he's human, in any event. Immediately upon it's failure to hit, the metal ball pulls back into Kichiga's sleeve, with no apparent movement on his part.
He is far more capable of dealing with Kensou's punch, smoothly drawing up his right elbow to catch and divert the chop along his arm. He turns in with it, locking his pale eyes onto the Psycho Soldier's for an instant... it could be a trick of the light, but the edge of his irises may have burned red. But then he moves on, as though it was incidental, swinging his left palm forward, arm twisting, at Miu's solar plexus. "Hmph! This will not be enough, girl."
COMBATSYS: Miu fails to interrupt Strong Punch from Kichiga with Psi-Launcher.
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Miu's swift, nimble-- and usually up and ready to move. Her body rotates hard to one side, looking like she was about to do one of the most acrobatic cartwheels in the world from a normal standing position-- and yet, Kichiga's arms are a little faster than she is. Call it an error in timing, a difference in skill... maybe even the sensations given off by the man? But the small ball of girl is struck fiercely in the stomach.
Her momentum guides her upward a bit, but not in the way she had initially intended. She spins in the air in that vertical pose, then lands in a hard sprawl just to the elderly man's side, gasping for air on impact.
For a moment, Kensou's teeth grit as his attack on Kichiga is blocked. Of course, he's just here to stir that proverbial pot, so he shouldn't get frustrated about this stuff, right? But still... Trick of the light or not, he can tell there's something Not Good about this old guy. Not good at all. And then, of course, Miu gets knocked away by the creepy old dude's attack, despite her own attempt to do something about it. There's a temptation, a strong one, to continue attacking Kichiga, but that's not what he's supposed to be doing.
Instead, Kensou backs up a bit, giving himself some room and, hopefully, giving Miu enough time to get to her feet, before he rushes at her. When he's close enough, Kensou throws himself into a fully horizontal leap, extending one knee and elbow, his other hand bracing the fist of his leading arm. "Yo-!!" If he hits the Crow Girl with that first attack, then he twists at the waist to deliver a second knee strike. "Yaa-!!" The end to the combination comes from him /continuing/ to twist, without so much as touching the ground in between, extending his leg for a wide roundhouse at the girl's side. "Hyaa-!!"
Kichiga can feel it. His very presence makes Kensou uneasy and nervous, bristling his emotions. Even the policeman's power was something he was holding back, like a thin wall Kichiga had to force his senses through, but this boy... he is alive in a way he has never tasted before, every one of his emotions /stronger/. It takes all of Kichiga's will to keep the mask, to not dive at him and punish him until his fear blossoms forth like a cold mountain spring. He must remember him.
Miu is flat in comparision, nearly boring the old man. It is not the fight itself which excites him, like so many people, but everything awoken in the process, and next to Kensou she couldn't hope to satisfy him. He appears almost bored as he steps forward, holding his hand open, his black cane sliding out into his grip. Wordlessly, he springs toward her, gliding through the air as though simply willing himself forward. The length of wood spins in his hand as he jabs forward, whips it around in a wide arc, and then snaps it up at her chin. The leaves fallen around him are caught up in the force of the second swing, blowing out from around him to leave the ground bare.
COMBATSYS: Miu blocks Kensou's Ryuu Renga.
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COMBATSYS: Kichiga successfully hits Miu with Phobia.
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Standing back up, Miu's attention is turned toward the knee and elbow turned toward her. Hands turning outward, her palms strike against his offending limbs to guard herself, feathers bursting back and scattering at random. The second knee is taken across her braced forearm, and her arms come down and her body twists a little to soften the brunt of the kick thrown at her. More and more feathers scatter and spread around with each consecutive strike, throwing herself to one side to move away from the Psycho Soldier. In the middle of her evasive manuver, she meets Kichiga's cane-- and her head snaps back with a gasp.
Landing on her upper back, Miu's legs kick upward, arms bracing to push her further and roll backwards into a squat. The power within her starts to rise instinctively, the feeling going from 'strong for her size' to 'overwhelmingly strong' in a heartbeat-- and her left arm reels backwards, black feathers starting to grow in a scattered array from her fist and forearm, running ahead at Kichiga. Her arm thrusts ahead like she were holding a lance-- and those feathers likewise surge ahead as her palm turns open, drilling ahead in a large cone of black feathers and energy, more than powerful enough to drive the old man sprawling back through the park and the falling leaves. It even sounds like a hard gust of wind follows it, unnatural as it is.
Landing in a low, three-point stance after his attack on Miu, Kensou looks up to survey the situation quickly. He can still feel it, the repugnant presence of Kichiga, every fibre of his being screaming with the wrongness of the old man's very existence, Miu's rather less offensive presence only slightly harder to sense... Until the power inside of her begins to flare. "Huh... She's not bad," Kensou muses, and suddenly he's matching her flare of power with one of his own.
Psycho Power begins to coalesce, as Kensou twists to face the other two, raising his hands up loosely in front of his face, crossed at the wrists. It's /forced/ together by an act of overwhelming will, focused on a single point in an instant, and then Kensou sweeps his hands out, setting the psionic energy free, in the form of a beachball-sized sphere, crackling blue-tinged white Psycho Power, kicking up dust as it rockets towards Kichiga, with a cry of: "CHOUKYUUDAN!!"
COMBATSYS: Kichiga dodges Miu's Yomosugara.
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COMBATSYS: Kichiga auto-guards Kensou's Choukyuu Dan!
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The cane slides back up his sleeve immediately after the upward blow. Miu's power spike causes no outward reaction on the old man aside from a very slight smirk. He isn't worried... he has no desire for a win, this outing having already been made worthwhile. Still, it's not like he's not going to give it his all. Miu's feathery blast comes at him, and he moves with reflexes men half his age lack, leaning and darting away toward Kensou like flowing water.
He feels the building power of the young man much more readily. The sphere launches for him, and he is ready, his left hand stabbing out and simply catching it. A wave of invisible force bursts outward, knocking leaves off trees and blowing hair and clothes back. Blood red Psycho Power oozes from just between his hand and the orb, once again manifesting as a mist. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" His hand clenches down, blasting the orb apart. Grinning cruelly, he wipes his hand upon his clothing, then turns away, reassuming his fighting stance.
He makes no further attack, instead locking his eyes onto Miu, waiting.
COMBATSYS: Kichiga focuses on his next action.
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Watching as the elderly man catches-- and then destroys-- the sphere of energy that was fired across the distance between the two of them, it finally crosses Miu's mind that the forces used by the young man seem to be similar to her own. Similar-- but not the same. It causes her to frown, watching as the elderly man stops turn his attention back to her.
The power within her wanes slightly-- but she inhales deeply, her eyes closing to recenter herself. Think, focus. She's pulled this sort of trick off before, once while fighting Kiryuu. She makes no run at Kichiga and says nothing to Kensou, instead content with standing there in a hearty stare-down with the older man.
COMBATSYS: Miu gains composure.
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Okay... That's new.
Kensou looks pretty surprised as his attack is... Completely negated by Kichiga in a rather unexpected way. Also, there's crazy laughter. "Hmph..." mutters the Psycho Soldier, straightening up. "Okay, guess you two both got some tricks up your sleeves, huh? I'll just havta work harder to keep this interestin'." So he settles back into his stance, and he closes his eyes, focusing... And then drawing on that 'something', deep inside of himself. Energy rushes forth, pure and untainted Psycho Power, as Kensou taps that mysterious reserve within. His clothes and hair stir in a sudden breeze, one that kicks up fallen and falling leaves all around him, forming a lazy cyclone around himself; sprinkled amongs the leaves are a million points of bluish-white light, like tiny fireflies, whirling around Kensou as his power builds. "Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!!"
COMBATSYS: Kensou gathers his will.
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Kichiga can't do anything about Kensou's buildup of energy, though the corners of his eyes tighten. He wants so badly now to beat him, to hurt him, to show him what suffering is and drink of that violent terror, but he must restrain himself.
So once again, he approaches Miu with one gliding step, the small ball emerging from his sleeve. He doesn't hurl it this time, gripping it by the chain and whirling it about in circles. His power is no longer blood red, but once again light blue. A large cloud of mist rises off of the object as he flies forward, hanging in the air, burning muscles without leaving any king of actual injury. It's not something you want to move through.
COMBATSYS: Kichiga successfully hits Miu with You Will Flee!.
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Unfortunately, she moves through it.
Miu finds herself crossing through it in an attempt to flat-out avoid the oddly-colored mists, coughing and hacking as she tries to refocus herself. His powers are unusual, constantly shifting-- that blue mist, and now just moments ago, that red power. Holding the lower half of her face with her hand to try to block further effects of the scent, the small girl finds comfort in the smell of leather-- that armwarmer she's wearing, though it's heavy enough to probably take the brunt of some weapon-based attacks.
Despite the hissing pain now lodged firmly in her muscles, the small girl sucks a deep breath in through her nose, then steps forward quite boldly and confidently. Miu makes a small hop, twisting vertically in the air to let out a ferocious lashing kick at Kichiga's chest. A firm kick, but not incredibly heavy-- and as her leg swings, feathers trail after it. If it connects, another burst of black and white will radiate away from the strike. "Keh--!"
And Kensou...? Is still apparently getting ready to do /something/ else, his focus entirely on bringing out that torrent of energy, of bringing forth more and more of it. He can sense what the other two have been doing, he's felt the character of their energy, and he knows it's not just chi like most people. He knows what they're both throwing around, and the way that Kichiga uses it is absolutely revolting to him, a betrayal of everything he was taught about the power he wields. So, Kensou has a plan, see.
He's going to show Kichiga and Miu what Psycho Power is /really/ like.
COMBATSYS: Kensou gathers his will.
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COMBATSYS: Kichiga blocks Miu's Medium Kick.
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The cloud lingers as Miu attacks, doing the double job of tensing the offending muscles with superficial pain and causing Kichiga to be acutely aware of the angle of the incoming attack. His defense is unorthodox - his left arm lashes out, hand wrapping around her leg. A shock travels up his arm, but he whips himself around in a spin parallel to the ground, flying back through the air as though supported by wires.
He comes out of his spin several yards in the air, having leaped quite a bit higher than a normal person should be able to, because telekinesis is like that. He smiles eerily down at Miu, all of his senses sharpening as he prepares to do... this.
In a cloud of thick pale blue mist, Kichiga vanishes. At the same time, an identical cloud blooms around the girl.
COMBATSYS: Miu blocks Kichiga's Terror of the Unknown.
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The cloud nearly obscures all vision. Someone who must be Kichiga can be seen as a haze, his features somehow exaggerated in horrifying ways. His laugh sounds within the mist from everywhere at once, stabbing within Miu's mind. Just touching the mist is enough to induce a headache.
Blood red Psycho Power contrasts sharply with the blue mist, standing out starkly within the cloud like a broadsword around the Justice teacher's cane. He moves everywhere within the cloud, slashing over and over again, laughing madly all the while. The strikes are visible as arcs shooting out along the surface of the mist from Kensou's and the camera's point of view.
Then it's over. The mist dissipates as though on a strong wind, Kichiga appearing from mist a few yards away, leaves kicking up around his sudden form.
As the mist fades, Kichiga may come to see something a little surprising-- something that shows the small girl isn't entirely defenseless or without her tricks. Though her head is pounding, though the world has gone hazy and blue, those slashes are devistating and painful-- though not to the level or extent as Kichiga likely had hoped for.
Now, the mist clears. In a narrow space surrounding her, Miu's forearms are presented in an 'x' form, her eyes closed and teeth bared with a hiss. Feathers are scattered around just outside of contact of her body, the black manifestations of her power either protecting her from a slash or having partially done the job-- some breaking in half and scattering, some hitting the ground and melting away into nothingness. With a thin line of red running down her cheek, the girl's purple eyes open, now filled with an untold level of intensity.
"Uuuu--"
The power within her -surges-. It isn't anything like the initial rise or the spike earlier, but a sudden, dramatic increase in all the powers kept within Miu Kurosaki. And like trying to pour ten gallons of water into a five gallon bucket, the power spills over. Black and white feathers start to bleed from her arms and start spilling off her shoulderblades. A mass of the power manifests in her left arm, fingers and arm disappearing up to the shoulder in enough feathers to blot out any chance of seeing her arm, that leather guard, or even the top of her shirt's sleeve. Twisting, writhing, and swirling around within her, Miu turns and lunges on Kichiga, a large white feather bursting out of her forearm. Like the bladelike attack once before, it seeks to rip across the man's chest-- but deliver an intense numbing sensation, one strong enough to stun him for what's to come.
COMBATSYS: Miu successfully hits Kichiga with Psychic Secrets.
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The first slash is only a precursor-- the crow girl of Seijyun spins around hard, twirling with a series of slashes so swift the tip of the feather-blade creates a blur of white with each strike, not unlike the slashes of red visible in the mist. Though his were to all sides, her own are directed to one place, his chest, and each time it comes into contact with him it stings fiercely and grows numb immediately after.
Somewhere after six or seven of these strikes, the small girl's feet -finally- touch the ground, her left arm surging forward. The first time this was seen, it was a respectable size-- but this now is to a grand scale. The feathers explode from her arm and surge ahead like a lance, twisting and spiralling around harshly and ripping into him with all the power she can muster up. The ears of anyone within thirty feet of her can now easily hear the accompanying noise... the wind screaming and what sounds like a massive flock of birds, bursting forward with the strike.
Once all that force is transmitted, the cone of psychic energy focuses in just at the tip of her fist and -bursts-, blasting Kichiga back through the autumn-swept park in a ferocious way. The feathers in that little wad of power scatter and mix with leaves, but there are more than enough floating through the air on the wind to provide a distraction. Most fade in the air, the others fading on the ground.
As for Miu, she drops to one knee, arm still extended and hand balled up into a little white fist. Mouth open wide, her shoulders and chest shift with impressively harsh breaths... but still, she manages to get back up to two unsteady feet with a forward slouch. The power that she displayed is also subsiding, ebbing away to a much more stable level...
Meanwhile, what's the Chaos Agent doing? Not causing all that much chaos, honestly. Not yet, anyway. Instead, he /continues/ gathering power, for goodness knows what purpose, light continuing to flare around his form as he watches the other two fighters throw what might be their best at each other. It's a remarkable display, even with the somewhat obvious gap between himself and the two of them; Kensou has to acknowledge, at least internally, that they've both got a lot going for them as fighters. Even if Kichiga has the psychic impression of being some kind of baby-eating psychotic, or maybe a lawyer, and Miu seems to be a little lacking in her fine control, a problem Kensou knows all too well.
As Kensou's Psycho Power continues to gather, small bits of debris start to lift off the ground around him, and a faint blue light glows in his eyes...
COMBATSYS: Kensou gathers his will.
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Kichiga has his arms crossed over each other, palms out, but his defense has holes, and isn't able to do anything about this. He resumed his grin as the girl's power surged... and then tried to step forward once her attacks came at him, an abortive wave of energy flaring out from around him. Kichiga is always experimenting in his fights, constantly attempting to sharpen his skills.
He learns that this unorthodox defense is not reliable.
Leaves whirl in his wake, the long trails of his cheongsam flapping as he flies back, only able to control his path enough to dodge around trees. It hurts... but he distances his mind from the pain, something he learned to do long ago, a detachment you can only truly reach when already detached. Though his outfit has many more cuts, blood dripping down his skin, the old man refuses to let it stop him. Even though he's exhausted, he forces himself to move with all of his power. He finally twists out of his flight, soft shoes impacting the trunk of a tree, knocking leaves from it in a wide burst. Without a whisper of sound, propelling himself forward with his own powers, he runs directly up it.
His re-approach is not exactly stealthy, making quite a rustle and sending twigs and leaves twisting down, but that's not the point. It's erratic, difficult to track. Sweat beads on his forehead as he jumps around the trees near Miu, before suddenly diving down, cane-first, a blade of power once again focused through it. "Hah!"
COMBATSYS: Miu dodges Kichiga's Foul Punishment.
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Jaw tensing up, Miu turns her attention to Kensou. What's he doing...? Letting out a click of her tongue, Kichiga appears in the corner of her vision and garnering a lot of attention from the way he runs through the leaves. He starts leaping around, and she starts to shift poses, though her arms ultimately remain low and her footing stays light in those black and blue Mary Janes.
Kichiga springs in to attack, and she steps nimbly to the side, arms back and legs spreading. Her back has a slight backward arch to it, letting the blade pass harmlessly while she stops to get her footing back. Shifting her leg back as she tries to catch herself properly, Miu's thin body leans forward with her palm outturned, a few feathers trailing from her hand as she tries to plant a light, swift blow to the old man's chest to shove him back a few steps.
There it is.
Suddenly, with a rush of wind and telekinetic force, the whirlwind of power around Kensou vanishes, and then he's charging forward, crossing the distance that's grown between him and the two fighters at a dead run. But even though the gathering power has vanished visibly, it's still there, inside Kensou. Focusing in the palm of his right hand, forming a crackling sphere of almost pure white Psycho Power, and at the moment Miu is close enough to attack Kichiga, so too is Kensou, lunging and throwing both hands forward, cupping them to control the energy... "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!!"
As it EXPLODES outwards, forming an enormous sphere of blue-tinged white, crackling and pushing back on everything around it, kicking up leaves and dust and anything else that's not secure against the ground. The sheer, overwhelming, hellish force of it is intended to land right on top of the other two fighters, enveloping them in light and pain for a few seconds that may very well feel like an eternity, before the sphere bursts, residual force sending Kensou reeling backwards, and throwing anyone else in the vicinity away rather ungently.
COMBATSYS: Kichiga just-defends Kensou's Senki Hakkei!
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COMBATSYS: Miu successfully hits Kichiga with Jab Punch.
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Kichiga's cane slices a groove in the ground as he lands, and he slides for just a few feet. He feels Kensou finally coming like a flame at his back... and he does it again.
Instead of bothering to slide the cane up his sleeve, he simply hurls it up into the air as he straightens like a whip, right hand lashing out. That blood red energy, the true color of his Psycho Power, bursts around him as his hand catches (his half) of the sphere, distorting it and bending it around him. Snarling wordlessly, he slams his other hand forward, further warping the sphere around him with his own energy. Kensou has had a lot more practice than Kichiga, and has far, /far/ greater skill with his power, but somehow the old man holds him back.
The cane reaches the apex of its flight, coming back down.
Kichiga's snarl turns into a roar as he twists his fingers into claws. Thin chains burst out of his sleeves, whipping outward. With finality, he pulls his hands apart, tearing the manifestation in Psycho Power in half, blowing the energy away. By now, of course, he hasn't (or desired to) stopped it from affecting Miu. "Ha ha ha! You're 100 years too early, whelp!" The cane hits the ground, bouncing once and then spinning into Kichiga's hand, and from there up his sleeve. The ends of the sleeves and the bottom 'flap' of his cheongsam are tattered from the energy, but he himself appears fine.
Then Miu punches him in the chest, causing him to stumble.
"Hmph!" By some miracle, he's survived. Kichiga, losing his good temper and feeling the risk of losing control, steps toward her quickly, reaching out with his right hand. Chains once again launch from his sleeve, attempting to seize the girl and slam her into the ground some distance away.
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Miu with Senki Hakkei.
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COMBATSYS: Kichiga successfully hits Miu with Behold Hell.
- Power hit! -
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The explosive burst is quite painful-- even for someone as sensitive as Miu, used to the feelings of this sort of power. She can't exactly scream, though as she's blasted back out of the burst of power, the crow girl's weight is caught by chains. Unceremoniously, she finds herself sailing into the air and the resulting slam against the ground, gagging hard and arching her back.
But her eyes open, resolve unmatched. Back on her feet within moments, the girl's powers begin to rise again as her legs pump and feet pound against the ground, charging at Kichiga with all that she can still muster up. Her arm starts filling with feathers for a third time, though it seems to be about on par with the first usage of this particular talent.
Again, Miu's arm thrusts forward at Kichiga. The feathers bleeding out from her arm surge ahead and form the drilling, large lance of force... but this time, that roaring noise is that potent, hard gust of wind. But like that other attack, it carries a good amount of force-- enough force to, hopefully, blast the elderly psion off his feet and end this before her legs give out...!
COMBATSYS: Miu can no longer fight.
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Staggering back from the backwash of his attack, Kensou is, honestly, /really/ shocked to see Kichiga still standing. This guy must have the devil's own luck, or more skill than Kensou had initially assumed. He can't, like, outwardly cheer Miu on in the hopes that her final strike will take the old man out, but interally? Yeah, he's rooting for the girl. Screw fair play! Kichiga is a /bad man/.
COMBATSYS: Kensou takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Kichiga dodges Miu's Yomosugara.
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Kichiga 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Kensou
The old man is a bare inch from loss. Truth be told, a small part of him would rather he lost the fight - winning garners fame, and fame makes it difficult to move quietly. Diving into the teeth of the Orochinagi has already made him noticed, and he really should avoid that... but perhaps he was meant to be a fighter, as that feeling of pride wells up, urging him to move.
He lets Miu come close, so close it looks like it's over, but then he bends backwards, almost sliding to the left. The feathers fly over his contorting body, and he straightens once Miu passes. But it isn't her that he stares at as he lifts his hands nonchalantly, tucking them into his sleeves. He can tell that it's over... all of Miu's emotions deaden like someone threw a wet towel over her, the familiar effect of unconciousness. No, Kichiga's eyes are locked on Kensou, whose feelings are so powerful. Slowly, mockingly, he bows slightly at the waist, eyes never leaving his. He has a smile that would be grandfatherly if it were not cold as ice.
Without further ado, Kichiga turns around, walking away unhurriedly from the fight.
COMBATSYS: Kichiga has left the fight here.
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Log created on 18:49:18 10/07/2007 by Kensou, and last modified on 06:17:02 10/10/2007.