Description: [Tran vs. Himeko vs. Aranha] On the Suiryuu, chaos. One man seeks to impose his own order in a world gone mad. He'll meet friends and enemies, feel love, feel loss, and in the end, he'll get shot...out of a cannon. Will Dr. Tran survive this unlikely event? What of young Hime, so determined to follow him? And is this the last time we'll see the dastardly blackguard Aranha? Only time will tell! [Winner: Himeko]
Explosions! Fighting! Soldiers! Warriors! Helicopters! Invasion! Complete and TOTAL CHAOS!! What is happening to this world??
Many people were probably having a nice comfortable nap before the feces hit the fan, but there's no situation that a platoon of tournament fighters can't fix, right? Right? And yet.. The instructions seemed to press for anything but direct involvment with the R Trooper ambush.
Three particular fighters have been called to fight in.. Well.. A very large cylinder-shaped room; and it's completly empty, maybe it's some sort of.. Storage area? Wherever it is, the echo of water crashing against the side of the ship and footsteps storming about bounce off the walls quite well.
Along the floor are battery-powered lamps, you know the ones that look like the glass boxes with a candle in it like the colonial times? But the candle 'light' is just a bulb, and they are littered in a perfect line halfway down the room.
The door on one end comes swinging open, and Hurricane Hime, the little heroine in pink comes flying inside, upside down and flailing her arms, "mmmMMMOOORTALS!! -OOOF!" She slides a couple of feet on her back, then kip-ups to standing position, quickly looking back and forth in utter confusion. "H- Hey! Wait a minute! I thought I was supposed to have opponents!" the young fighter cries, answered only by the halls echo.
And so she sighs and crosses her arms with an annoyed expression. Geez, if she knew this was going to happen, she'd have stuck with Arika and Eva whom she had split up from just minutes ago. "Helloooooooooooooo??"
He...is a man of daring.
He...is a man of justice.
He...is a man of pure, distilled awesomesauce.
He is...DOCTOR TRAN!
And he totally just got escorted into this mysterious cylinder. Not quite as roughly as Himeko, who evidently had to be straight up THROWN in. A man's got to have a certain amount of dignity. Especially considering that Himeko's here: Dr. Tran's biggest number one fan! Probably. Certainly, he's never met anyone else who actually thought he was as cool as he insists he is on a regular basis.
The doctor raises a hand in a light wave, feeling pretty calm despite the chaos outside on the boat. He's managed to avoid most of it, in any case. Tran's been like a ghost on the ship this entire time, barely making any appearances at all. It's quite mysterious, if somewhat beside the point. He speaks, voice echoing through the room, "Howdy, Hurricane, How's it going?"
Meanwhile Aranha has been by himself. After an attempt to move around the ship while chaos was ensuing and having it go south due to 'R' catching him sneaking around. He's been moving around trying to avoid detection. His black clothing is riddled with bullets and crusting over with dried up blood as he continues his movement through the ship.
Eventually he's found. Not by Rugal's men but some crew members of the Suiryuu. Aranha is practically dragged off in the direction of where his next match is to take place.
While Aranha didn't struggle, he's still unceremoniously hurled into the cylindrical room a bit after Himeko and Tran. It's probably because they know what Aranha had /intended/ to do.
Aranha slowly gets back up to his feet and blinks for a moment his backpack, pouch, and nightvision goggles(worn up on his forehead) still on him. "Hurricane Hime, good seeing ya again... The Butler?" Aranha seems to have a bit of history with both fighters.
And so the trio are locked in. Always one to look on the bright side, Hurricane turns around quickly when the door opens again once, and then gives a piercing, fan-girlish cry, "TORNADO TRAN! You came! Awesome awesome I've lucked out a second time!"
Her eyes light up like a christmas tree, she quickly leaping toward the Doctors side, and gives a deep bow. "Wow, so this is going to be a two versus two match? This is going to be great, it'll be a dream match for su-"
Oh whoops, that's when Aranha comes in, looking very.. Uh.. Presentable. Yeah, that's the word. The pink-clad heroine stares at The Spider with an utterly baffled look, her scarf falling a bit off of her shoulder. "Uh.. H- Hi, Aranha Fisher. What the heck did you do, fall down the stairs? Are you ok?" pause. "The -BUTLER-???"
Dr. Tran, amazing though he is, still can't help but blush a little when Hime starts shrieking like the energetic young fangirl she is. The doctor lets out a brief laugh, and grins. Gotta keep up the image.
Still, Tran doesn't even have a chance to really say anything before Aranha arrives, looking like he just crawled out of a pit full of angry snakes with guns. The doctor's not terribly surprised, considering how things are going out there, but..."Butler? I'm sorry, I think you're mistaken, kid. Who are you, again?" Image is everything. How can Tran let Hime know of his brief skirmish with the dark underside of buttling? He can't, that's how.
In any case, Tran moves to the side of the room, awkwardly leaning up against the wall. "I think this is it though, Hurricane Hime. I'd tell you to get ready, but a heroine such as yourself is always prepared, right?"
"What happened? I ran afoul of the invaders while I was just taking a walk." That's the truth. It's not the whole truth but that's all Aranha's going to admit to for now.
Of course Aranha still has to address Tran and in a way he can understand why he wouldn't want anyone to know that he's the owner of the fiercest Buttle Punch this or any other side of the Pacific. "My bad. You look like some one I knew." Once again another half truth. Aranha isn't fooled but he'll atleast play the role for the time being. If he wasn't sure that Hime wasn't looking he'd give Tran a knowing wink. "I guess it's time to let the game begin."
He begins swaying left and right going into ginga dancing as he watches both Tran and Himeko waiting and watching.
Hurricane Hime looks back and forth between the two men, clearly confused for a moment but luckily it clears itself up in relativly little time. So it was all just a misunderstanding, okie doke!
Hurricane sets one hand on her hip, the other clenched in a fist, and a wide grin following. "Yeah they looked kind of tough, but they're lucky they didn't run into me! I'd give them a free trip to Oklahoma! But I guess that's enough idle chit-chat for now.. As for having to be told to be ready.." Hime closes her eyes, and her shoulders buckle when she chuckles a bit afterward. "Don't let my apperance fool you, there -is- a reason why I'm called Hurricane Hime after all, and that is one of them! Now then, since I'm the only girl here, I get dibs on calling who gets first strike!"
Obviously not taking 'no' for an answer, she raises her hand in the air, twirls her finger, and then points dramatically at Aranha, a gentle breeze tossing her oversized scarf back. "I choose YOU! Lets get this party started right! Aaaah ha ha ha!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Aranha has joined the fight here.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aranha
As Hime makes her proclamation of who gets to hit who first, Tran just keeps smiling from his position by the wall. "Fair enough. Since you two are ready, I suppose I'm ready, too. Whenever, kid." Tran taps his fingers to his temple, and then waves them toward Aranha. An indication of approval, although for what, exactly, is anybody's guess.
Other that that, though, Tran just stays where he is. He even closes his eyes and yawns. Way to not take this seriously at all, doctor.
Aranha's swaying motions flow easily as his body relaxes as the song of his choice starts playing in his head. He's instantly regretting the lack of Oakley Thumps. But he still seems to be feeling the rhythm all the same.
He looks at the two fighters deciding who he's going to go after first. He has fought Hime in earnest. Of course the only thing he knows of Tran is that he's deadly with a Butler Tray. And so he needs more info that will be in the form of an outside crescent kick whipping the foot around across Tran's face. It's not going hurt much but it'll test his defenses.
COMBATSYS: Tran has joined the fight here.
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Tran 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Himeko
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Of course Hurricane takes a glance to Tran, and she fails miserably to force back a giggle, even with her hand over her mouth. Obviously a match like this isn't going to be a problem for Tran! Look at him yawn to display this obvious situation!
Of course, he'll pay the price for underestimating Hime of course; the doctor may or may not notice that the girls fannypack is no longer yellow belted but green! "Heh heh.." So then while Aranha is distracted with the doctor, Hurricane goes ahead and makes a move of her own, she running in a 'u' curve to follow the capoeira fighter from behind! It looks like it's going to be more then one kick flying into action, but this one is aimed right at Aranha's back with flying action! "YAAAAH!!"
Observe her very cool posture, especially her wildly flapping scarf!
COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Tran with Short Kick.
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Tran 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Himeko
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Dr. Tran's eye opens a crack at Aranha's incoming kick. He doesn't seem terribly worried, and as it comes in, he pushes with his feet, causing him to rise up against the wall a short distance. It's about then that Aranha's foot impacts, pinning him for a moment before he slides down.
Both eyes open, as the doctor rubs at his jaw. "Alright, I suppose I can play for a while. Pass the time and all." His eyes flick to Aranha, then to Hime (man, she's got solid scarf flappage), then back again, and Tran reaches up above himself, planting his hands on the 'floor'. He gives himself a shove, propelling himself along, and then pushes off again, sending himself spiralling down, knees first, toward Aranha.
COMBATSYS: Aranha dodges Himeko's Light Kick.
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COMBATSYS: Aranha dodges Tran's Heavy Kick.
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Tran 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Himeko
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In the moment between his spinning kick impacting across Tran's face he begins twisting and leaning away which allows him to see Himeko coming in from his rear. The fast capoeirista then sees Tran coming down upon him with his knee. His evasion is surprisingly efficient in spite of the apparent flashiness. One evasion for two attacks.
Aranha cleanly cartwheels off to the side placing him completely out of danger and then he goes into a smooth spin with his leg extended outward before swinging himself into a handstand from the handstand he begins going into a rapid spin as he kicks Hurricane Hime, becoming a human tornado as he does so.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Aranha's Inverted Tornado.
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Tran 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Himeko
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Aranha 0/-------/-------|
This was.. Kind of weird! Himeko was definatly used to fighting with a partner when there were three people in a match she only had been in a free for all.. Once, was it? This perhaps meant then that Tran wouldn't be ignoring her to much longer- How does one strategize for a match like this? Well for starters she'll have to deal with Aranha's crazy spinning kick, that actually looks kind of, ".. Woah! COOL!"
Hmn, it'd seem at some point Tran and Hime had switched places, since he was on the opposite side of her now as well. ALAS. She reaches into her scarf and draws out her paperback workbook, thrusting the tool out in front of her so that the flurry of kick batter down on that instead of her much-needed ribs! But yes, he definatly has some moves, doesn't he? The heroine decides to try giving it one more shot, she tears three glowing sheets of paper from her book and tosses them into the air, "Watch the birdie!"
She points at Aranha, and the three sheets fly at him like heat-seeking missles. "Try dodging that, Spider man! My improved technique!"
Whiff. Dr. Tran ends up going in a full circle, as his attack is nimbly dodged by Aranha. He slides down again, smoothly going up against the curve and ending up on his back again. This probably makes it so much easier for Hime and Aranha to go at each other. Momentarily forgotten, Tran watches them, with the spinning and kicking and tearing and papering, and then stands up. Well, they look like they're having fun. Tran doesn't really want to interrupt, so he'll just...stay back a pace or two. Gathering power. The air ripples around him, strange whirls in the air current around him making themselves known.
Even as the doctor does it, he can't help but wonder. Is it a little brighter in here?
COMBATSYS: Tran gathers his will.
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Tran 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Himeko
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Aranha 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Aranha dodges Himeko's Weekend Special.
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Tran 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Himeko
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Indeed. It is getting brighter in here but Aranha doesn't have much time to acknowledge that yet. He's getting a face full of paper. He had a different plan in mind when he performed that series of kicks but he knows that one has to be flexible, if not in body, atleast in mind. Aranha shows he's flexible in both senses of the word.
Aranha from the handstand lets his body bend into a bridge, dropping him out of the way of the three pieces of paper. "Looks like I just did."
Not satisfied with leaving Tran alone he throws his body back over so he's on all fours watching both fighters and then launching himself into a back flip before thrusting out a foot right for Tran's chest.
"... Ugh.. H- He actually did it. I'm so embarassed." The little Hurricane mumbles, her eyebrow twitching and clearly very shocked- After all, how does one dodge a homing missle! Clearly Aranha was cheating! Or maybe.. Just maybe it was that she had a stroke of bad luck! "Oh yeah! Hey, that makes sense!" The girl pipes, all grins again. It's not like she's perfected it!
But then Tran has to go and make himself a target. Or perhaps he was asking for a challenge on purpose? It's hard for the Hurricane to ignore the guy. There he goes, looking so suave as he makes the air spin around him like that, and so visably!
Hime clenches her hands to fists, her teeth grit, and she growls, to fight back an outburst.. But.. But she can't! Clapping her hands as she hops lightly on her feet, the little heroine completely fangirls out again, and she cries, "Aaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Tran! You are SOOO COOOOOL!!!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko assists Tran.
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Tran 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Himeko
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Aranha 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Tran blocks Aranha's Change-Up Kick.
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Tran 0/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Himeko
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Oh, man. Hime's cheering for him, in the middle of a fight with him! It's too much! Tran's gameplan is more or less forcibly thrown out the window with this. His grin broadens, stretching his lips to the limit. With such support, how can Dr. Tran possibly fail?
When Aranha's kick comes in, Tran takes it on the arm, not giving an inch to the impact. He pauses for a moment, as is dramatically proper, and then shoves upward, attempting to knock Aranha off balance, try to get him to flip onto his back. Then he'll stomp the kid's face, jump up, and then WHAM. Backflip into a body-slam! That's what style's all about, kids.
COMBATSYS: Tran successfully hits Aranha with Dr. Tran's Summer Splash.
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Tran 1/------=/=======|-------\-------\0 Himeko
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Wait a sec... She's actually /cheering/ for Tran? It's at this point Aranha realizes he's in this fight by himself. It's also starting to become less fun for him which means the good nature he came in with despite the fact that he was thrown in is beginning to leave him.
He doesn't give voice to this thought but his overall vibe has changed somewhat as he begins swinging a glowing foot at Himeko's head in a forceful roundhouse, following it up with a spinning jump kick and then finishing it with a glowing back flip kick driving it down on her head as he lands.
COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Himeko with Aggressive Dance EX.
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Tran 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Himeko
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Himeko is cheering about it all right, but at least she's not being sneaky about it, right? The young heroine throws a couple of jabs at the air as well as a kick as Tran lays down some hurt on Aranha after taking the kick like it was nothing! Then a couple of stomps? "Oh yikes, look at that, yeo- Uh uh.."
Granted, Hurricane looks only worried for about two seconds when Aranha faces her with an obviously different change in mood, and she slaps her hands over her mouth. That probably was a bad idea, yeah. "Eh heh heh.." Her idea from that point is to just get out of the way from his kick but it doesn't quite work out for her- The capoeira fighters acrobatic kicks meet their mark, Himeko twisting one way, then the other and finally just splats face first onto the floor with a loud CLONK.
"oooOOOOOOOWWWW!!"
She pushes herself up and holds her nose a moment.. Then picks up one of the lamps and flings it back at Aranha's head, "HEY THAT HURT!"
Though it would seem she overshot that throw, right past Aranha and toward Tran instead! Whoops.
COMBATSYS: Tran blocks Himeko's Thrown Object.
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Tran 1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0 Himeko
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The lantern, soaring through the air with ease, meets a bit of resistance as Tran punches it. The glass in it shatters, showering the doctor with a mess of shards, forcing him to close his eyes for a moment. He holds still, weathering the brief, relatively light storm. Momentarily blind, he takes time to brush himself off, making sure all the glass bits are gone, before looking around again, reassessing the situation.
There's no mistaking it, now. The cannon itself is glowing. Dr. Tran grins, flexing the hand that punched the latern, and then takes a step or two forward. "If you think that hurt...just wait, Hime. Just wait." Then he hefts a latern of his own, its light completely unneccesary at this point, and hucks it right back at her.
Aranha's surprised by the lantern being thrown at him. He's even more surprised that her aim is off to the point where he doesn't even have to move to dodge the lantern. He's intelligent and observant enough to know when the result of an attack is a forgone conclusion.
Then the lantern is chucked right back at her he raises an eyebrow but he can't find that fun feeling anymore. As a result for better or for worse they are dealing with a more focused, more efficient Aranha.
Aranha reaches the ground as he twists and whips his heel across his face. The movements being as tight as possible and allowing him to see both fighters as he attacks
As for the light he has a feeling that it can't be any good for the three of them but he doesn't know quite what it is... That light is getting closer and closer.
COMBATSYS: Himeko dodges Tran's Thrown Object.
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Tran 1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0 Himeko
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"A- ACK!!" Ok, so maybe Himeko isn't half-bad on throwing paper, but throwing light-up lamps are a completely different story it'd seem! For a moment the pink-clad heroine is just /standing/ there frozen in her thrown position and just utterly shocked by her bad aim.
"I- I mean.. Exactly as planned! It seems you saw through my attack, Tornado!" Himeko stands up straight once more, and strikes a stunning sentai pose! And with one arm held out in front of her, she gestures to Tran to BRING IT. The lantern whipped right back at her is way easily ducked, she leanining backward like the matrix, and even windmills her arms as it flies by- And in her slouched back stance, notices the bright glowing. A little slow to things like this, clearly.
Blinking a couple of times, she asks, ".. What the heck is that, my burning spirit? ROCKIN!" And so the girl stands up straight again and she dashes into the fray! Her astute eye notices Aranha's guard has raised considerably. Clearly the trick here is to try to get him to lower his guard a bit- The only way she can do that is if she attacks her hero, and with tears in her eyes!!! (only not really) she leaps up into the air, rebounds off the 'ceiling' and then flies like a torpedo at the doctor, twisting feet first, "How about you try some of my Burning Hurricane Kick!!"
COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Tran with Medium Kick.
- Power hit! -
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COMBATSYS: Tran dodges Himeko's Medium Strike.
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Maybe it would've been a better idea to pay attention to Aranha, instead of focusing on Himeko for a moment - the lad's foot slams into Dr. Tran's jaw, seemingly coming out of nowhere, sending him stumbling backward against the door they entered in from. Conveniently, it also knocks him out of Hurricane Hime's path!
Catching himself, Tran straightens, and then holds still once more. Despite just getting nailed, he's still grinning. "Not burning spirit, Hurricane. I think we'll all get more than enough in a couple seconds." And to prepare for that eventuality, Tran settles back and gathers himself once again, the air rippling around him. Faint wisps of steam start to escape from his skin, adding to the haze around him. "Good thing you're both ready, right?"
Boom.
The base of the cannon explodes, more or less directly on tran, delivering some xTREME force to the three combatants, plus also the laterns. Bombs away, kiddies!
COMBATSYS: Tran gathers his will.
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COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Aranha with Change-Up Kick.
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Tran 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|===----\-------\0 Himeko
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Aranha spins out of his kick returning to the standing position and it's at that moment the flash of light is upon them and then cannon lets out a resounding boom sending a large cannon shell at all of them impacting them with pain.
As Aranha himself rides on the shell he's screaming. It's probably a good thing he stopped having fun with the fight awhile ago because he feels no shame for what he's about to say as he's liberated from the Suiryuu. "I FUCKING HATE NINJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!!"
He's entirely justified even though his language isn't quite squeeky clean. He just got fired out of a cannon.
COMBATSYS: Aranha takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Himeko with Change-Up Kick.
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Tran 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=====--\-------\0 Himeko
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CLONG!
That's the sound of Hime rebounding off the 'wall' after missing Tran, then flipping back to get her balance again. Her knees shake a little though, that was some jarring impact! However it isn't the glow that Hurricane is paying attention to this time, no she's looking to the opposite end of the room in which it's wall is gone; she sees the outside and some sort of giant, flying object.
".. Huh?" The heroine looks to Tran, not having heard a word he said, but it seemed like he asked a question, and so she gives a big v-sign in the Doctor's direction, "Oh you be-"
BOOM!!
Lets take a moment to observe this situation in the mind of Hurricane Hime. Imagine if you will, before you is a swirling vortex of time and space. And within that center of space is an image of the Suiryuu floating in the water.
Bursting from that image would be Hurricane, Aranha, Tran, and Michaelangelo, screaming at the top of their lungs and twirling, twirling twirling toward the screen!
And then away from the screen continuing down that vortex where in the center an image of the Black Noah resides... And our four heroes plunge within, as far as Hime is concerned.. DESTINATION UNKNOWN.
Meanwhile, in real life! Hime seems to have SOMEHOW managed to lasso the shell with a rope made of her trusty index cards that she dangles from for dear life. This is insane! This is nothing like she had ever exerienced before, and seeing as this is a weapon, she could be staring death right in the eye! Clearly the only word that can properly describe this situation is, "woah."
COMBATSYS: Himeko takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Tran with Change-Up Kick.
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Truly, Dr. Tran flies through the air with the greatest of ease. He's kind of used to it. Not the cannon part, mind, although he WAS expecting it...no, he's just experienced in jumping off things, generally while screaming at the top of his lungs and trying to punch someone in the face or something.
There's still nothing quite like getting shot out of a cannon, though. The wind rips by Dr. Tran, who, after a few seconds of disorientation, manages to right himself in midair, so that's he's properly oriented for a head-first suicide landing. Then he starts to steam. There's a /lot/ of it. It billows out behind him, creating a vapor trail. It's thick enough to keep his entire body concealed, so that it appears he is nothing more than a fast-moving cloud with a wildly grinning head, blazing through the air toward Rugal's battleship. Something going on down there, make no mistake, but what? Well, considering that Doctor Tran is a doctor...
Riding on the shell as he does his body along with the other rips through the hull of the Black Noah impacting the hull and then the inner workings of the craft before making a sickening crunch. His body is completely shaken by the entire experience.
He slowly gets up to his feet looks around. He's heated and it's not the heat from the shell. He's pissed off and while he's not going to act on this emotion yet. Instead he's going to quietly seethe as he looks between his other two opponents watching and waiting for the first unfortunate sap to go after him or to go after the most most tactically sound person possible. Which ever comes first.
COMBATSYS: Aranha focuses on his next action.
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Black Noah, 3 A.M.!
There are probably a few better situations that Hurricane could see herself being in right now. Not that the entire experience is unpleasent, per se, just.. Well, it's not quite as fun as it could be. She sees the Suiryuu getting smaller when she looks behind her, and when she looks in front of her she sees.. Danger! "OH CRU-"
The impact of the shell is just as jarring for the girl; she goes flying off to the side, smashes against the closest wall and then collapses into a heap. It's pretty difficult to really gauge where the group is. Wherever they are, the walls are littered with pipes, with very little lighting coming from the ceiling; and a large number of those pipes have been damaged enough to send steam spewing out everywhere! But there's plenty of room to fight, and when Hime gets up, she's got plenty of that fighting spirit left; ask questions later! Holding the back of her head and wincing as she stands, she yells, "Hey Tran, I saw that, that's unfair!" With her free hand she grips three trading cards from her holster, and she whips them this time through the fog where she -believes- is Tran's direction; the glowing cards are definatly going to hit something though, and that's good enough for the heroine!
COMBATSYS: Tran successfully hits Tran with Dr. Tran Sets Them Straight.
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COMBATSYS: Tran blocks Himeko's Weekend Special.
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Tran 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Himeko
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Aranha 1/---====/=======|
After doing a quick number on himself, it's time for Dr. Tran to prepare his sorry butt for landing, and oh he does land. It's nice that the bigass shell gave him a convenient entrance, so he'll just go ahead and use it. Angling himself to follow it up with little bursts of steam, he impacts roughly with a loud, meaty thump. He hits the floor and tumbles, ending up masked in the remnants of his steamy cloud, which is only helped by all the foggishness around. After a moment, the doctor emerges, a little worse for the landing, but still in fairly good shape, all things considered.
And that consideration does take into account Hime's attack. The cards flicker through the air, impacting in a row into Tran's arm. Their glow fades out after a moment, and then the doctor casually picks them out, discarding them. "All's fair in love and war, Hurricane, and this here's definately a war." He grins, and then casually walks toward her, not making any threatening moves in the slightest. "And, speaking of, I've got some business to take care of, so..." He gives a wave, and then just keeps walking past Hime, giving a nod to Aranha as he goes. "You two can finish if you want, I forfeit. Be careful, kids."
COMBATSYS: Tran takes no action.
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Tran 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Himeko
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Aranha 1/---====/=======|
As Tran emerges out of the steam Aranha is surprised by a few things. First there the fact that Tran came out of the crash in better condition than before the shell fired the three onto the Black Noah. It indeed tells him what that steam was for.
The other thing that surprises him is that Tran is forfeiting the fight. While it may be obvious to Hime, it's even moreso to Aranha that he's abandoning a strong position at the moment. As a matter of fact he probably has the strongest position of the three and he's giving it up?
Aranha's shocked but he's going to finish the fight after all he's aware of what happens when people leave in the middle of fights. He knows about Eva ending up in the trash compactor. Instead Himeko becomes a convient target. That isn't to say he isn't going to keep from being aware of Tran. "I guess it's us by ourselves."
Aranha performs an outside crescent kick from his front leg which then drops to his rear leg. He shifts back and swings his leg around in a rear leg outside crescent kick which is quickly followed up by a trio of kicks where he touches the ground as he swings the heel of his rear leg towards his opponent's head. On the third of those particular kicks he cuts short and turns his foot as he drops it down on the ground before swinging his other foot at the head in a roundhouse kick-like motion though it's also done with both hands on the ground. The dancing spider then shifts his weight over to the side swinging the unplanted foot up and over which though it doesn't hit, it generates momentum for the other foot to come back across. He performs a handstand and performs a series of rapid spinning handstand kicks. All kicks in this sequence are engulfed in blue chi.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Aranha's Royal Flush.
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Tran 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Himeko
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Aranha 0/-------/-------|
Did she get him? Hurricane wonders, her eyes squintings, trying to see through the fog. Well, unless her ears were lying to her, she must have nailed Tran; which means she can and will give a Saishu-esque, "Ha HA!" in victory. Though still holds the back of her head. And then he steps out, looking quite mighty, just as she should expect. It actually freaks her out alittle, the girl taking a single step back fist as he approaches closer and closer when..
The man of action.. Takes no action. At least not in this battle, it would seem, and the little Hurricane couldn't even comprehend what might be going through Tran's mind right now. What she does know, though, is that he's really cool about it, and in the end isn't that all that really matters? Tears start to well up in her eyes, and she reaches out to the Doctor. "W- Wait, Tornado Tran! Will I.. Ever see you agai-"
INTERRUPTING ARANHA! Her Hime-Sense tingling, Hime looks to her side, as Aranha speaks and attacks. Her workbook comes out for action again, and at the blink of an eye the tears are gone and the girl is grinning wildly, "Hey, I was having am moment here! Ok, lets finish this!" Never mind the fact that there's no one even recording the fight at this point; or she's out here in the middle of nowhere, the girl's got plenty of energy to burn, if she has time to worry she has time to fight and look awesome. The first crescent kick bounces right off her book, causing her to stagger back a couple of steps, and a bunch of those kicks that follow end up planting firmly into the same 'shield' of sorts. She has to move fast to keep up with the assault but in the end she's able to not just leap into the air and still keep her defense, she's handstanding against the blazing kicks!
With the momentum the girl handsprings into the air, re-sheaths her book and intends on dropping down on Aranha with a dropping, double-footed kick. "Heads down, thumbs up!"
COMBATSYS: Tran has left the fight here.
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Himeko 0/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Aranha
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Aranha with Light Kick.
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Himeko 0/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Aranha
As Himeko back flips at him Aranha takes one of the most standard responses a capoeirista has. He tries to go into cartwheel to avoid the kicks but while he tries to leans into the move he's caught by the back flip causing him to spin backwards as he tries to get away especially to show that he has respect for the kick.
As Aranha goes into the spin he goes into a handstand before unleashing a flurry of snap kicks from the handstand as he attempts to overwhelm her defenses.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Aranha's Inverted Flurry.
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Aranha
Rats, there goes Tran. Though seeing as he's walking, the Man of Action probably won't get too far, Hime's just going to have to kick things up a notch! Standing off against Aranha, Hime waits patiently for his next move before starting to plan out her ideal way of finishing the match!
Hurricane withdraws and fans herself lightly with her book while grinning, and then is on the defensive again - Aranha's acrobatics really is impressive though, that's not something she can really make fun of! Taking small steps backward, she uses her book to fend off the flurry of kicks, managing to follow each one somehow!
"You've got some crazy kicks! Luckily I'm crazy too, so I'm afraid it's not going to be very effective!" Hime boasts instead as she tucks her book away one more time. She waits until Aranha's to his feet again before she lounges forward to grasp the upper part of his shirt and twists sharply to the side with a grunt; hopefully this would toss Aranha to the side and over her shoulder so she could easily slam him to the floor!
COMBATSYS: Aranha fails to interrupt Quick Throw from Himeko with Change-Up Kick.
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Aranha
Aranha does indeed get back to his feet back and it's when he gets the young fighter lunging at him to grab ahold of his bullet hole riddled and blood encrusted shirt as he's resetting himself. He has two options. He can either try to get away or he can lash out with an attack as she's delivering her own.
Aranha chooses to take the second option and as he goes up and over hoping to snap his leg out as he's upside down atleast catching her before he hits the ground. Either he made the wrong choice, or he just moved a moment too soon. No one will ever know except maybe the Dancing Spider but he's not going to tell anyone which it is. "Oh man..."
Hurricane Hime certainly didn't notice Aranha being up to any of his tricks, even if he is flexible enough to do it! All she knows is he hit the floor hard just like she wanted, and she pumps a single fist into the air, "Hey, I did it! I'm getting better with my throws!"
But she doesn't celebrate for long, her instincts tell her that there's another opening presenting itself right in front of her, she'd be a fool not to take it! Hopping lightly on her feet, she does feel a little bad hitting him while he's down but a girl's gotta do what a girls gotta do!
She acts hopefully before he has the chance to get up fully, dropping to one hand and snaps her legs out to try and get a scissor hold at his waist, the other hand grasping at his shirts shoulder. Assuming successful, With another grunt she would twist her hips to slam him sharply back onto his back, and then slip onto his chest to scissor her legs about his shoulder. Falling back easily sets up an arm bar, pulling a few times to work at his shoulder before setting him free. "Hyah! Hah!"
COMBATSYS: Aranha dodges Himeko's Medium Throw.
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Aranha
Aranha knows all about leg scissors. It's part of the martial art he practices has a few variations on that move. However he doesn't know what's to follow but if he did he'd be even more grateful that he was able to get out of the way.
The delivery is too high for his standard response. Instead he suddenly drop backwards reclining backwards as the leg scissors passes above him. Before Himeko's feet touch the ground Aranha twists away with a spin motion which sends his foot hooking into the remnants of those steel pipes sending it at Himeko. He doesn't intend for it to hit but if it does more power to him.
COMBATSYS: Himeko dodges Aranha's Large Thrown Object.
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Aranha
Heey! Aranha is just looking more flexible by the moment, isn't he! Himeko actually tries to put a lot of effort in setting herself into a more evasive stance- And ends up completely klutzing out by the time Aranha is following up with the large hunk of metal! "Unngh!"
Her arm slips out from under her and she sends herself sliding to the side, the steel pipes crashing down hard enough to push up dust from the floor. Hurricane blinks looks to one of them that's right by her side, and then handsprings to her feet, "Yes! My Hurricane Evasion technique! Everything went exactly as I planned it, aaaah ha ha ha!!"
It'd do her good to keep the pressure on Aranha, she thinks, but no more throws for now, with a sprint forward, Hime leaps into the air curls up and spinks like wild, rocketing forward like a large, pink cannonball. Hopefully she'll slam right into Mr Kicky here! "AROOOOO!!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Aranha with Medium Strike.
- Power hit! -
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Aranha
As Aranha's leg recoils from kicking the pipe at the teenage superheroine. the position he planned his entire attack around seems to be non existant as he's bowled over by the pink cannonball's attack. He's absolutely stunned speechless by how his plans went awry.
Of course this tournament in a way is about how well you can adapt. Aranha has to show he can indeed adapt and so he quick gets himself into a crouch, his back turned towards Himeko before launching himself in a somewhat acrobatic attack as he throws himself up and over in a motion that looks almost like a flip as he attempts to jam his feet at her chest stomach, or whatever he can get his feet on.
COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Himeko with Short Kick.
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Himeko 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Aranha
"OW!!" Hurricane wasn't planning to hit Aranha -that- hard! She bounces off the boy and lands in a crouch, feet sliding along the floor a bit. Breathing starting to pick up, the girl grins to her opponent and gives a nod of her head before he counter attacks.
And blinks when she realizes he probably didn't even see it! When he flips into the air, the heroine shifts her position a bit, letting the kick come down toward her shoulder; and he comes down a lot harder than she anticipated, instantly kissing the floor afterward with a pained yelp.
She lay flat on the ground, but doesn't stay that way for long, she pushes herself off of the floor and shows off a kick of her own! It's a simple but quick back kick, she twisting around fully to execute it with enough umph to hopefully smack the spider right up against the wall! However when she does it, her scarf whips backward as she grins, "Nice, but you gotta do it with GUSTO!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Aranha with Light Kick.
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Himeko 1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0 Aranha
Simple and quick indeed. That's the exact problem for Aranha. While he's fast it's as though Himeko's got his number on the attack. He tries to weave but he doesn't lean enough for him to clear the kick and so he ends up taking the kick and finds himself stumbling backwards but not quite hitting the wall.
Instead Aranha drops down with one hand on the ground as he whips a foot in front of Himeko's face which while it doesn't land would probably set up a leg scissor takedown that he planned.
Of course while he's focused on the fight he can't help but wonder how soon someone from 'R' is going to show up. He knows he's fighting on borrowed time.
COMBATSYS: Himeko interrupts Medium Throw from Aranha with Magic School Bus.
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Himeko 1/----===/=======|=======\==-----\1 Aranha
The little Hurricane can't help but feel she got a little lucky with her successful strike- Even though her teachings tell her that very little luck weighs down on the art of martials... Or.. Something.
She hops lightly on her feet again, clearly in high spirits with the fight getting so blood-pumping! Her fingers tap at the cards on her thigh holster, and that's when she sees Aranha's kick snapping toward her cheek. Because of her position it does land solidly, however she's also in the position to grab the offending ankle, twist to the side and flip the fighter over her shoulder and down hard onto the ground on his side!
Her cards shoot up to her free hand, and with them binding like a rope, she ties his ankles and wrists togeather behind him, then slinks it around his neck, tying him up so he looks like a bow and arrow. "mmMMORTALS!" She then stands on his back, falls onto her back to hoist him into the air and pulls at the string to really stretch out his joints painfully! The binding eventually breaks from teh tension, freeing him afterward.
This move is a move that he could live without ever feeling again. It was not to be. Aranha is hog tied by Himeko with cards and the fact that this will be the second time he's felt that attack and was indeed hog tied is somewhat demeaning. He took it in stride the first time this time he's focused as he attempts his last gasp.
Aranha slowly rolls to his feet and is on one knee as he looks at Himeko. He then launches himself forward as he thrusts his head into Himeko's stomach pushing her back in a way that's meant to not hurt so much as unbalance her. If that initial head butt lands that's when the pain begins. Aranha throws a turning kick off of his rear leg before placing his hand onto the ground and then throwing himself into a handstand where he launches a series of brutal snap kicks down upon his opponent's head. He drops down from the handstand and then performs a back flip kick dropping the attack down on her head.
COMBATSYS: Aranha can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Himeko interrupts Full House from Aranha with Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
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Hurricane Hime knows Aranha's felt that move before; and is pretty certain it's more than enough to finish him off! But to her suprise when she looks down, she sees that he's still got spunk left in him, and of course with it enough power to finish her off if he gets his way!
He gets the stomach bump, she does seem to be off balance- To the untrained eye! To the trained eye, a trained eye like the heroines, he is making a mistake. "Clearly you've forgotten who you're dealing with. That's ok, allow me once more to tell you my nam- OOF!" Hime outbursts, one hand on her hip and the other gesturing in front of her as the turn kick lands, her palms thrust forward and some sort of force knocks Aranha back, rendering him unable to complete his combination!
"I am she, whom does not allow ILLITERACY!" She declares, regaining her balance and strikes a sentai pose, arms flexing out at her sides, then swing like crazy! "The Saikyo Virgin Fighter who's as cool," *whoosh whoosh* "As staying in school!"
"The defender of Knowledge, the seeker of Truth! HURRICANE HIMEEEEE!" With a final mighty pose, a gust of wind whip up from below her, causing her scarf to once more flap wildly, her arms crossed in front of her chest. Truely a pose for the non-existant cameras to capture!
Once she realizes, however, that there's no applause, and most certainly no crowd, she rubs the back of her head and gives a nervous laugh. "Hmmn, well I'm sure at least Kami saw it."
Himeko then runs away.
COMBATSYS: Himeko has ended the fight here.
Log created on 18:36:40 10/08/2007 by Tran, and last modified on 05:39:11 10/09/2007.