Description: Left unattended, the Batcave seems a prime target for two unscrupulous villains to sneak in... But wait! There's stand-in heroes for tonight's episode! It's Hurricane Hime and her lacky, Missile Fist to the rescue! But will they be enough to stop the likes of the masked CatAyame and the mysterious Femme Fatale!?! Will this log possibly survive Ayame's failure to resume logging half the time?!? ( Episode Sneak Preview: Kenji says, "y-yes oneesama i am a naughty naughty boy" ) ( Winners: Ayame + Shihong )
TO THE BAT CAVE!!!
"This evening, on a very special Saturday Night Bat-Fight, an extreme, hijinx-riddled, action packed battle is about to take place!" booms a narrative, yet clearly young and female voice. The SNF crew, nor the viewers watching in the audience or at home can't see a single thing. "Gotham City, a city no stranger to crime is protected by two brave and powerful individuals! Apparently those individuals thought it would be a great idea to have two -other- individuals guard the city while they went on vacation in the Bahamas.. And it just so happens today would be the day in which the replacements would be in for the fight of their lives against Gothams most -fearsome- supervillains... Within a locale they would have never expected..."
"The Bat Cave itself, home of the most powerful vehicle in the known universe, the BATMOBILE!"
All the lights within the area then flash on with powerful brightness, revealing the simple, yet classic set! Or is it REAL?? The 'Bat Cave' is clearly a very mighty headquarters, despite its campiness. Nice dark rocks serve as walls and ceiling (though there does appear to be a lighter area on said wall, appropriate for making an explosive entrance, hint hint!), with the ocassional pipe taking a twisty route to another section of the walls. The spacious area is occupied by three unreasonably large electronic devices, the Bat Computer, the Bat Printer, and uh.. What.. Is that, the Bat.. Lifter.. Sattelite thing with a flashing control deck. Or something. Now if one were to draw attention to the Bat Computer....
On the computer screen is the image of the grand BatMobile tearing through a tunnel, occupied by the cities protectors: Hurricane Hime and 'Missle Fist' Ashima! It turns to the left, takes a hard turn to the right.. And finally with a killer powerslide, the vehicle makes a screeching halt into the Bat Cave! Hopping from the drivers seat and over the door is the girl who probably couldn't even see over the dashboard, the pink-clad Saikyo heroine Hurricane Hime! She looks about the same as she always does really, though her black scarf does look a little more awesome than usual.
"mmmMMMORTALS!!!" she cries, striking a ALARMINGLY heroic pose. "Quickly, Missle Fist, to the Bat Computer! I may be in the nick of time to surf Ebay, a fitting way to relax after a hard day of fighting crime!" Her awesome scarf flaps wildly as she dashes toward said computer, and starts turning dials, pulling levers, and flipping switches. "Oh hey, someone is selling a mint, hardcover copy of 'How-To Subdue the Saikyo-Ryuu within You II: Electric Boogaloo' before it hit the stores, and the bids are going through the roof!" She looks over her shoulder and gives a thumbs-up to the camera. "Better place your pre-orders in stores now~!"
Now needless to say, the little Hurricane feels -right- at home in this scenario. It's no trouble for her at all of course to get into it!
The day he stood on the deck of the Spanish galleon set on fire by the likes of Alan when the Junior League Championship was on the line, the day he was the only one pressganged into following through with dressing up as a pirate, he thought that it was the day that would live with him forever as the most embarassing day of his life. He fought hard, and he sure as hell kept that stupid hat, too. He made the most of it, even if it would then become one of those stories that his sister, Sakuya, would hold over his head for all time. It was horrific, terrible, and embarassing.
But this one takes the cake.
Sitting shotgun to Hurricane Hime is her trusted sidekick, Missile Fist Ashima! Clad in a tight-fitting short-sleeved black shirt, a white jacket close-cut to his body and the sleeves rolled up halfway to his forearms, he wears a pair of thick, heavy, reinforced black and red gloves. The jacket features excessively wide lapels and silver trim with four gold buttons holding it closed from below the center of his chest to about his belt. His pants are almost uncomfortably tight, white on the outer sides and blue at the inseam, flaring just slightly below the knees as they tuck dramatically into a pair of tall black boots. Spun around his neck is a massive red scarf-- -massive-.
As the BatMobile screams to a halt and Himeko leaps out, Kenji grips onto the windshield and the door and slowly, unenthusiastically vaults himself over the door in a similar manner, his cheeks -bright- red. He follows Himeko at a little bit of a distance, leaning against that computer with his elbow atop the large console and keeping his back momentarily to the camera.
His head tips down for a moment and two fingers come to the bridge of his nose.
Tenma and Sakuya are never going to let him live this down for the rest of his life.
But all is not well within the Bat Cave, it would seem. Whole our intrepid backup heroes were out and about, evil menaces have snuck in with nefarious purposes! It might be motifying for Kenji, but to Ayame it's another weekend of unorthodox training, which is how she's come to view her participation in the odd SNF events. Stranger the better to this girl. Shameless and always one up for a challenge of wit as well as skill, the premise was something she could really dig her teeth into. Her play the villian against a couple of hapeless heroes? Glaaaaadly. That she has a partner in crime for this insanity? Even better.
As the famous Batmobile returns to its underground garage, Ayame is watching from a so very convenient nook up above. The feline hooded girl peers out as Hime heads for the Bat Computer, followed by her less than thrilled sidekick. Hmph! Time to make her move!
Black boot clad feet land hard against the ground as CatAyame jumps down from above, landing a little ways behind. Clad entirely in form fitting, black leather body armor, the girl points toward the two hero types with a clawed left hand. Her right hand bears, yes, a long, leather whip, the long end of it resting on the ground in a coil at her feet. The thought of whipping a couple of suckers around that actually signed UP for this kind of abuse is worth it alone to dress up, in Ayame's mind.
"Don't look now, Hurricane Hime!" the cat girl exclaims, "But someone has hacked the eBay sites so that every listing for the books now has a three cent Buy It Now option! Hahaha!" She cracks the whip with her right hand with expertise that suggests that she actually isn't faking with that thing. She really /does/ know how to use it. "How sad. I wonder who would DO such a thing..." The girl lifts her hand up to her mouth and laughs her best villainous laugh, "Ohohohohoho!" Oh yes, someone finally found the best SNF role for Ayame ever.
Of all the venues possible, Shihong Mao got stuck with THIS.
She takes herself quite seriously, Shihong does. A fighter and a businesswoman, she tries to hold herself with confidence and grace in most matters she tends to, her relationship with her cellphone excluded. So when she received the venue and plane ticket with a too-friendly smile from the SNF representative, there was a bit of skepticism.
Then, halfway during her flight, she came to the realization it was real. This wasn't some joke or hilarious mix-up. This was a legitimate match-up she was faced with. A match-up with children and...costumes. And heroes and villains. Kids stuff. Something about Himes and Missile Fists. What had she gotten herself into, she wondered somewhere over the Pacific.
Scene change. Bat Cave, home of two particularly odd heroes: Hurricane Hime and Missile Fist Ashima, defenders of justice. Here in the comfort of the cave, the two can wind down after a (perceived) run of do-goodery through 'Gotham City.' Little do they realize, however...
They are not alone!
For in the shadows, two people patiently wait for the opportunity to arise, when they can take advantage of our plucky heroes. When the timing is right, CatAyame makes her move. And, at the same time, another figure leaps from the shadows, landing gracefully opposite of the other trespassing villain.
Much like CatAyame, the other villain is clad in a black leather catsuit from neck to toe with stiletto-heeled boots clad on her feet, massively oversized leather belt on her hips and leather gloves on her hands. But, unlike the youthful, spirited villain girl, the woman is dressed less like a cat and more like some Avengers reject, what with the large crimson scarf wrapped around her pale throat and vintage 1950's sunglasses strapped across her eyes.
It would seem someone had a change of heart.
"Ah ha ha ha ha!" the woman chimes, a hand tossing long black locks over her shoulder before she thrusts a finger forward toward the surrounded heroes. "Yes, your dreams have been cruelly shattered! For that is not all! I have pain-stakingly seen to it that your load of whites has had an errant, NEW red sock put in it! Your backup costumes are ruined! Aha ha ha ha ha--!!"
Pi pi pi pi. A strange device goes off, and immediately the woman turns her back and puts a hand to her hear.
"Hello..? Oh! Ha ha, hi Claire. ...yeah, just busy with the usual. ...no, you don't say!"
It would appear our second mysterious (and nameless) villainess is distracted.
Poor Kenji. He is so the odd man out, which actually Hurricane Hime simply will not stand for. Sure, they made it clear in the past that 'Missle Fist' wasn't purposefully a Superhero name, but still, that was in the past! And another thing, does a computer really need so many dials and levers?
It's clear, however, that if there was any ill will toward Kenji in the past, she's super ultra happy to see Kenji in such a 'cool!!' outfit! "Hey Ashima, your cheeks are kind of red, should I turn on the bat air conditio- WHAT IS THIS??"
In her moment of concern it'd seem she hadn't the slightest idea that the Bat Cave had been invaded! She twirls around with dramatic flair, (though she actually has to cover her ears a moment to withstand Ayames 'mistress' laugh) then looks upward toward the two villianous hellcats. She raises a gloved fist to shake at the pair, "How.. How dare you! CatAyame, you fiend, do you know what you have done?? This is terrible, this is a complete and utter disaster that is completely unforgivable! Don't think that you'll get away with this, you nor.. Uh.. Uh... Unnamed Lacky #3!"
"Did you hear that, Ashima? Doesn't that just burn you up inside with the fury of one hundred thousand missles??" Hime strikes a few quick sentai poses, and then turns to face her taller partner, trying to fire him up. "Don't it make you want to turn that phone call into a... PWN CALL?!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Ayame has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Kenji has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Shihong has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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"Huh?"
He looks up a little, his eyes wide and his hand lowering from his face. Kenji's attention is pulled away from the thoughts and the dread by the cheerful little superheroine whom the last time he saw, was leaving him dangling by one arm from the side of a boat. "I-- uh-- n-no, I'm fine!! Fine!!"
But what's this, the narriator asks with a dramatic sting of music from the string and horn section of the orchestra?
Kenji's face blanks at first, realizing that the event is starting-- and he turns to face the horrible intruders into their sanctuary of crime fighting. The first thing he sees is Ayame. If all of life is an equation of some sort or another, then let girls = good. In that case, we introduce the elements of tight black leather from head to toe, then the element of the whip, then the element of the claw. In that case,
hot(Superhot) + hot^hot = the best day of his life.
The sound of a familiar ringtone, however, causes the legendary Missile Fist Ashima to cant his head, to look at the horrible nameless villain accompanying her in this epic clash of good and evil.
No, now it's the greatest day in all of human history.
Ever.
Thrusting his left arm ahead, his right fist pulls back and he assumes a bow-legged stance as if he'd been practicing this in secret for years, his arm sweeping around in a broad arc and his face simply the picture of the consummate >:O.
>:O
"To act upon one's principles-- some call this 'JUSTICE!!' Defeating you both will not be mindless violence, but discipline in the name of JUSTICE!!"
Joined by her cohort in this madness, Ayame glances to the side to study Shihong briefly. Hey, that's a pretty good idea! The red sock in the laundry trick never gets old. Hahaha. Way to stick it to them, fellow villain! Oh, wait... now she's on the phone. Ayame's brow furrows a little behind her cat hood. What is it with cell phones and her SNF events lately /anyway/? Wait a second... Her partner is THAT woman. The one she tried to rob weeks ago to no avail. One hand comes up to rest behind her head where her long hair flows out from beneath the mask. Good thing she's got this silly cat hat on!
Turning her focus back to the heroes of this story, the girl rests her right hand at her hip, leaning to the side just slightly as she studies the two. "Of course we're going to get away with our disaster causing trouble. If the REAL owners of this cave were around, maybe it would be a problem," she remarks, brushing her clawed nails against her chest idly, "But with you two filling in? /Please/."
Her smile turns toward Kenji as the young man seems to come to life. "Can the justice speech, Torpedo Boy. You two are in way over your heads here."
Fortunately for her partner in this little soiree, it would seem that Shihong does not immediately recognize the girl in the cathood...thing. Instead, the woman is more focused on her call, chatting away as the heroes call out the villainesses, and the villainesses...do their own thing. CatAyame has things under control here, surely!
"Really? No. Shut up!" the woman converses, her back straightening as she appears to get into the call, despite the fight boiling behind her. Tilting her head into the phone, the woman offers a soft laugh before she leans forward and murmurs inaudibly into the phone receiver, followed by a pause. Then another laugh.
But when her ears overhear 'Lackey,' the woman's laughter is cut short and the phone is snapped shut. Spinning around, the woman lets her hands rest upon her hips, eyes narrowed behind her large vintage shades as she snaps, "I'll have you know I'm no lackey," she states confidently. Lifting her chin, the pale woman in leather lifts a hand from her hip, thrusting a thumb into her chest.
"I am..."
Pinwheeling her arms, the woman slides a leg out and drops into a low, flashy stance. Rouge colored lips swiftly tug into a toothy smirk as she holds the pose. Noting Kenji, the familiar face of the three (or is it??) she offers him a wink from behind her shades before she shouts,
"Femme Fatale!!"
Then she winces. "christ that was awful," she murmurs softly to herself, features faltering before she softly 'ahems' and stands upright once again, jutting her gloved finger forward, toward both Himeko and her sidekick.
"No matter how hard you have prepared yourselves or trained, your efforts will be in vain. Futile! Worthless!"
Casting her head back, she--like Ayame before--offers an arrogant laugh, a hand rested at the side of her mouth.
Himeko seems.. Mildly baffled by the phone call thing. Maybe she is the villainous.. Cellphone on in the Movie Theatre girl! Or.. I am Yelling into my Phone girl! It was difficult to say.. But more importantly was providing inspiration to her now very cool partner! His suddenl outburst is enough to make her fall onto her butt. "WAH!" However she has to cover her ears again and the rather.. Painful laughs of the evil duo. Will you stop that??
Quick to her feet she mimics Kenji's bow-legged stance, though her fist is outward. Now she was fired up and yet... Why was she mildly annoyed by look he gave CatAyame? Curious that!
"Listen, you! Don't underestimate us, or you'll regret it! But one thing is for certain, as of this moment, all wrongdoings are about to be righted with my kicks of knowledge! "Ashima! Initiated attack formation AGR! You handle Femme Awful!"
And so the heroine springs into action! The smallest fighter bursts forward in an all out dash, making a race toward Ayame and makes a large leap into the air. "Greeting attack of all that is dastardly!" In mid-air she twirls around, and thrusts her foot out to hopefully strike her chosen opponent right in the chin! "MORTALS! kick!!"
Annoyed?! Whyever would Himeko be annoyed by such a stare at their mortal foes?! It was merely... analytical! Yes. It was for careful study to see where the weaknesses of their opponents lay in wait, begging to be exploited! Yes, Kenji can reaffirm to himself that he is a brilliant crimefighter, a hero worthy of the pages of the shounen manga he reads so often.
"Right!!"
And then his eyes close for an all-too-dramatic pause as now his life has hit one little slice of perfection. But then his eyes open, and his expression becomes grim. "URAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH--"
Running at Shihong, Missile Fist Ashima ducks a bit low and then turns hard to the side, sliding on the soles of his boots to get in close to the leggy Chinese woman, hooking up his arm to grab at her neck-- and with a flare of his obnoxiously bright white-blue chi, launch her into the air with it!
"HA-!!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Ayame with Light Kick.
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Oh bother, looks like the little pesky one is coming for her first. Ayame isn't sure what to think about that. On one hand, ruining that silly boy's day seems like good fun. On the other hand, the pink clad wonder really seems to dig the justice thing a lot, and stomping those sorts flat is something Ayame enjoys all too much.
Mouth curling into a bit of a smile as Hime launches herself into the air toward her, CatAyame attempts to sidestep out of the way only to find that she hadn't taken the layout of the Batcave into careful consideration - The's a pesky support beam right next to her! Ermphing as she's stopped short, she gets clocked in the chin by the MORTALS! Kick!!.
"Gah," she grimaces, hand coming up to wipe against her mouth. It ended up being a rather light kick. Himeko is a rather light girl. "I'm not so sure that attack has what it's going to take to stop the likes of me." She stands up straight, moving away from the beam as she starts to circle the little hero, flicking her whip once idly at her side as she takes her steps.
"Now for an attack just as dastardly." Not using the whip this time, the girl steps in closer after completing her next circle, clawed right hand coming up to slash out toward the little Hurricane's torso, "Cat Scratch Fever!"
COMBATSYS: Shihong blocks Kenji's Sky High Rocket.
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Despite Hurricane Hime's attempts to scare the villainesses into submission, there seems to be little effect. In fact, it seems to do quite the opposite. A broad, toothy smirk crosses the woman's lips, eyes narrowing as she gazes from behind her black shades at the heroic duo before her.
"I regret nothing, other than not being able to ruin all your laundry!" ...or something. This acting crap isn't easy, and how this girl and her boy wonder can do it is beyond her. Regardless, the woman holds her ground, even as the pink wonder makes her move for CatAyame. Briefly a glance is spared toward the girl before those eyes flicker back onto Kenji. Will he attack her, or gang up on HER sidekick.
Yes, sidekick. Seniority here!
But then, rather suddenly, Kenji bellows with a solemn expression, drawing a bemused look across the woman's porcelain-like features. The kid is enthusiastic, she recalls. How could she forget. "No matter," she muses softly. Observing as he charges, she slides a foot back, bracing herself before she thrusts a hand out. It intercepts the incoming arm, lips pulled tightly as the flare of chi erupts.
"Alright," the woman says, still holding onto Kenji's arm. The opposite hand lifts, withdrawing the shades from her eyes. Carefully she lowers a hand and unzips the front zipper before she tucks the glasses away...there. Yes there. Right in front of Kenji's face.
"You leave me no choice," Those eyes draw into a look of confident, cool amusement, black depths flickering with the faintest hits of red. "But to--" Still holding onto Kenji's arm, the woman yanks it forward, drawing him in as a leg shoots out. She attempts to kick him in the stomach, but presses into his stomach, lifting herself up and into him while turning. Midair she twists, a leg snapping out to kick him in the side of the head with the back of her heel.
"--punish you, you naughty, naughty boy!"
COMBATSYS: Ayame successfully hits Himeko with Quick Strike.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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There's a very brief pause, Hime is quite willing to stand there as Ayame evaluates the results of her devestating attack. She's pretty shocked by the results, taking a small step back in suprise, ".. Erk. I must have messed up somewhere.." She meant to say that under her breath.
Well, now she doesn't have much time to worry about Kenji, he's on the case like a good sidekick should, while the heroine has a claw coming toward her torso! Tricked! As she expected a different weapon to come into play. "Scissors, is it??" Normally rock beats such a thing!
Unfortunatly she doesn't have a rock handy, nor a rock-solid defense, Hime gives out a yelp of pain and she's sent up a bit and crashing down again as she holds her side. That.. That kind of hurt!! But in mid-tumble she is to her feet again, gloved hand resting on the slashes across her outfit. "y- You've got to be kidding me, oh man.. I didn't want to have to do this so early but I don't have much choice, I need an edge.. I need.."
Hime's arms thrust out to the side, she stands on one foot, then crouches as she slaps the floor in a very dramatic pose! "Alfred! Send me the BAT BAND!"
*KABOOM!* The area of the wall with the 'lighter' colored rocks come bursting open, five boys and two girls are hovered forward on a minature stage: It's the Taiyo High Walnuts and Rock and Roll club! Suddenly the band is rocking out a killer remix of the old Batman fighting theme, and it's really firing up the heroine! She slaps her cheeks and drops into her martial arts stance, her black cape suddenly flapping wildly behind her. "This is... The end for you! Yeah!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko gathers her will.
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COMBATSYS: Kenji blocks Shihong's Change-Up Kick.
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His fist is stopped, but the look of intensity has yet to leave his face. The strength, the anger-- the tenacity! All for the sake of striking a blow to the heart of injustice, for the sake of the world! And like any classic superhero television show or movie, he stands still with that same expression and his fist extended.
And then Shihong goes there. No, not there, but -there-.
The Missile Fist's-- no, Kenji's-- stance falters and his head snaps back, and one could swear for a moment that the manuver was propelled by a highly pressurized nosebleed.
He recovers quickly, especially as his arm is grabbed and used for nefarious purposes, like -getting his ass kicked-. His free arm swings in to catch the kick across a tender forearm, likewise bringing his arms up like a boxer to either side of his head to absorb the force of the kick before it can rightly smash him and scramble his brain.
And his fist draws back, his eyes wide as now ... the band from Taiyo High bursts into the cavern. Kenji's entire head of steam is scattered like a baseball bat hitting a glass window, leading him to grab the sides of his head and flush a severe red again. "WHY."
His hands then muss his own hair up in a blur before he finally addresses Shihong int he only proper way-- he steps in, his arm bending almost like rubber from speed and force, his fist seeking to slug her in an overhand punch directly to the stomach. "EAT THIS!!"
Her clawed strike does a number on the pink heroine and CatAyame smirks, standing up straight and clawing the air in Hime's direction playfully. "I'm just getting started, silly. No amount of-" ... And that's when she falls dead silent when a portion of the wall proves to be actually concealing a conveniently located BAND? Ayame's shoulders slouch just a little. Jeez, that's a random weapon she's /never/ thought of before.
"Oh, that does it!" Catgirl growls rather menacingly as she turns around and marches right up to the band, rips a tuba out of one hapless player's hands with an accompanying kick to the stomach to send the student tumbling back through the fake wall, earning a D: from the rest of the band that just lost a key brass player, and whirls around to HURL the metal instrument toward Himeko.
"That's enough of that cacophonous ruckus. My obviously superior sense of hearing as well as highly enlightened tastes in music couldn't take much more of that." the girl grumbles. "Now where was I..."
COMBATSYS: Shihong has saved the state of this fight.
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( **Editor's note: Oh yeah, Shihong tried to endure something or other here but it didn't happen. She also made an incredible pose, but some spaz forgot to resume the log. So you'll just have to take my word that it was one of the best poses in the history of the game. And now for a confession from the culprit: ** )
( **Editor's note: Oh, wait, there were reposes. So the pose isn't lost! Behold! ** )
Hurricane Hime, she's a little upset, she'd never really had her costume clawed before! Funny that she's more upset about that then the actual pain of being, you know, scratched across her torso! Maybe she doesn't really need it? But that's nothing compared to the violence thrown upon the poor Walnut and Rock and Roll club, though the moment the tuba player is kicked in the stomach, the trumpets go off in the traditional Batman-strike manner.
*BWAAAHN*
Before the actual stunned staring follows.
"FIEND!! How dare yooOOOOUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAH!!" Hime borrows a page from Kenji and not only gives a cave-shaking roar, she also proceeds to power up! Fists at her sides, her hair suddenly bursts into a golden color standing on end and a massive battle aura rages about her! Only.. Not really. She's just yelling. "Nobody strikes the Bat Band!! You're definatly going to get it now!" Hime bursts into action!
The heroine in pink gets a good dashing start, then with a mighty leap into the air, the girl tucks in her knees and comes rolling like a tiny meteorite toward her masked cat-baddy opponent! "Justice!!! ROLLING!!"
Kenj--er--Missile Fist's reaction to her cellular being tucked away into her cleavage goes relatively unnoticed, the woman intent on simply doing away with the device and keeping it safe. When she looks up, however...she spies him reeling back, and it draws a confused look briefly across her porcelain features. What on earth..?
Soon enough he's back to normal, swift enough to intercept her attack and prevent himself from taking the full brunt of her blow. It earns him an impish grin, rouge-colored lips drawn across her pale face before she chuckles. "Very good, but that won't be enough to stop me!" she chimes, "For I am Femm--"
The explosion from nearby interrupts her, the woman's face faltering to a look of abject shock as Taiyo High Walnuts and Rock and Roll club suddenly barge in from nowhere blasting a totally revamped Batman tune.
Shihong sighs, a hand resting against her forehead. What has she gotten herself into.
"Anyway, I am Femm--UGH!" The words barely leave her before she's struck painfully in the stomach, black eyes widening as she reels. A moment later she grits her teeth before she gently gnaws on her bottom lip. That wasn't funny!
Alright, Shihong assures herself. Time to get serious.
"HAAAH!" Dipping low, the woman drops back, catching herself on her gloved hands. With her leather-clad legs suddenly flaring to life with vermillion energy, she kicks both her heels out, right at his shins before she swings with the momentum. One leg snaps out, to clip him in the jaw with one heel, before the next staggers, doing the same in kind as she rises up in a graceful handstand before coming to stand once more.
Hurricane Hime, she's a little upset, she'd never really had her costume clawed before! Funny that she's more upset about that then the actual pain of being, you know, scratched across her torso! Maybe she doesn't really need it? But that's nothing compared to the violence thrown upon the poor Walnut and Rock and Roll club, though the moment the tuba player is kicked in the stomach, the trumpets go off in the traditional Batman-strike manner.
*BWAAAHN*
Before the actual stunned staring follows.
"FIEND!! How dare yooOOOOUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAH!!" Hime borrows a page from Kenji and not only gives a cave-shaking roar, she also proceeds to power up! Fists at her sides, her hair suddenly bursts into a golden color standing on end and a massive battle aura rages about her! Only.. Not really. She's just yelling. "Nobody strikes the Bat Band!! You're definatly going to get it now!" Hime bursts into action!
The heroine in pink gets a good dashing start, then with a mighty leap into the air, the girl tucks in her knees and comes rolling like a tiny meteorite toward her masked cat-baddy opponent! "Justice!!! ROLLING!!"
COMBATSYS: Kenji blocks Shihong's Coiled Serpent.
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It wasn't, and he wasn't expecting to catch her off-guard so blatantly, either. But Kenji's someone to take things on as they come, similar to the retort made by Shihong-- his leg draws back with the kick, setting him off-balance. The strike to his jaw is met with a degree of resistance through the way of his arms, toughened as they are and protected by that stupidly oversized glove. Her heel hits the palm of his hand, softening the blow... but still, ultimately, causing him to smack himself right in the face.
Still remaining right in the fray, Kenji looks to execute a sort of point-blank powerslide on his knees into Shihong. His arms open and one leg thrusts between her own, sturdy arms trying to snag the woman around the waist in a bearhug-- and then -rise-, looking to pick her up off the ground at a decent height, take a half-step, and then -twist-, looking to plant the Chinese woman into the floor right on her back. "UrrrrAGH!"
COMBATSYS: Ayame fails to interrupt Medium Punch from Himeko with Harvest's Reaper.
- Power fail! -
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Getting Hime riled up seems only to make Ayame's grin widen. "Those guys suck anyway," the girl remarks, pointing over her shoulder with her left thumb, fingers still curled around the handle of the long black whip she has yet to lash at any one with quite yet. Her right hand is busy though, going to her trusty Utility Belt. Batman has nothing on this!
The little hurricane leaps for the bratty teen and Ayame sees her window of opportunity to really put the hurt on the small girl. A few solid smacks with -
The compartment her right hand is prying at won't budge. Stupid cheap plastic parts!! She can't get it open to pull out whatever the heck she had in mind for the pink-clad crusader of justice. "What the-" The super leaping punch crashes into Ayame, sending her stumbing backward several steps. She's still on her feet, shaking her head, looking just a little bewildered. Stupid villain wardrobe malfunction in progress here! "Che!" she snaps, finally cracking the plastic covering of the belt's compartment off in her hand...
Himeko has defended the honor of the Taiyo High Walnuts and Rock and Roll club members. But one kid is determined to get his licks in when the opportunity presents itself. With a *CRASH*, Ayame finds herself wearing a drum around her shoulders, her cat-eared head sticking up through the busted middle. "...saa..."
COMBATSYS: Shihong fails to interrupt Strong Throw from Kenji with Savage Tiger.
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Shihong is totally out of her element here.
For one, she's the eldest among a group of kids. Two, this superhero/villain gig is not her sort of thing. She should be out kicking peoples' heads in and doing shady deals at the harbor, or taking care of business for Southtown Syndicate. Not babysitting a group of cosplayers!
Despite her best efforts, Kenji staves off the attack and the subsequent bursts of energy that accompany her kicks. When she stands upright once again, however, those black eyes narrow. What is he DOING?
Well, she'll fix that.
When he slides, the woman attempts to grab him by the arm and yank. It isn't enough, unfortunately; struck, she's grabbed by the waist and then slammed into the ground, hitting with a loud THUD upon impact, leaving the woman momentarily dazed and most definitely confused by this turn of events.
Right after the impact and Hime manages to stand upright again, she staggers back a few steps mildly dizzy. But she's back to normal in time to see the drummer get a bit of vengeance as well. *CRASH*??
"All right!!" the little heroine cheers, thrusting her fist into the air. Though really.. How embaressing. "And I'll go ahead and take things from here, then. Hurricane Hime.. Go!" It seems she has no qualms about hitting a person while they're down because she's reaching into her thigh holster and withdraws a handful of indexcards. Shuffled from hand to hand, she then slings them forward, they acting like a rope for the purpose of wrapping around Ayame's neck.
And should she successfully do that, Ayame would find herself yanked toward the smaller girl as she reaches behind her to unsheath her paperfan, "Get over here!!"
Within seconds, the fan is glowing a brilliant white at the tip, leaving a trail of glowing energy to interrupt the flying villain with a blazing, twirling uppercut! "Huaaaaah!"
With Shihong firmly planted into the floor, Kenji is quick to shift his arms, pushing up and getting back from Shihong. He literally -throws- himself backwards, landing on his back with a swirl of scarf and skidding on his outfit while he throws his legs up over his head, landing in a crouch and his fist pressed to the ground.
Himeko may borrow a page from Kenji, but nothing matches the real thing.
"HYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH--"
A column of feral white-blue energy -explodes- from his fist, engulfing his arm and trumpeting up and out from his shoulder in a perfect line, the wildly flaring chi shedding an -intense- light-- looking directly at his arm, you may as well be looking at magnesium under flame. The power within him rises a good amount, as well as lighting every corner of the Batcave.
Standing back up fully, his arm whips backwards, the ferocious energy dulling to an angry roar, hissing and burning the air itself with each passing moment.
COMBATSYS: Kenji gathers his will.
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COMBATSYS: Ayame dodges Himeko's Mulligan Stew.
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Though things aren't going well for the younger criminal, Ayame doesn't quite seem annoyed by the state of things. Perhaps because in her mind there isn't much on the line. She gets nothing out of beating the two chumps other than hopefully seeing a sad expression on their faces when it's over. Now if they were to get in between her and someone's lunch money on the other hand... well!!
Clawed hands come up to heft the drum off her shoulders and drop it on the ground, the girl casting a dangerous glare toward the band students that haven't had the sense to get off the set yet, as if considering a change in menu might be quite satisfying right about now.
But there's Hime's call to action, broadcasting her intent to attack and from what direction as clear as day. The rope of cards is side-stepped neatly, the catgirl not even glancing over her shoulder. Now that she finally has cooperation from her belt compartments, her hand slips into her pocket and pulls out a wire thin cable coiled around a reel.
Spinning off several feet of the wire, the girl drops the whip on the floor in order to pull out a metal blunt weight from another container affixed to the utility belt. A side glance is cast toward Himeko, but Ayame's attention is more on Kenji and Shihong now. Her partner seems to be having a particularly vexing time with the young man who now seems consumed with powering up in some manner.
"Hn." Clipping the weight to the end of the cable, Ayame begins to spin the meteor hammer over her head, picking up its speed quickly. Turning toward Himeko she makes as if to fling the weapon against the pink hero but the trajectory is tricky under Ayame's control, and it is sent veering off to the side early, aiming to clobber poor Kenji in the side of his head as he charges. Retracting the weight whether it hits or misses, Ayame steps forward into a spin, sending it out again to try and strike his chest before pulling it back and launching one final shot at his head again, clearly aiming to keep him busy for a moment and give Shihong a break.
Finally. A moment of reprieve, as Kenji hops back and does his yelling thing. All the while, as the young hero burns with justice and chi, the woman in leather just exhales and pushes herself up off the floor by rolling backwards, handstanding and then coming to stand.
Then she dusts her garments off. Is that??
"Oh damn," she groans, noting a stain on her rich red scarf. The scarf is eyed, a gloved finger rubbing at the spot before she just sighs and drops it, letting the long swath of cloth drop to her side. "It's ruined." Black eyes behind vintage shades flicker toward the glowing young man. Her rouge red lips pout.
"Well, whenever you're done playing around, Boy Wonder," she remarks, shifting her weight from one heel to the other before she flashes a cocky grin. "I'll be waiting here. Don't you want to play~?" With a playful smile, Shihong lifts a hand to her lips and blows the young man an airy kiss, while she otherwise bides her time. ...and tries to recover. Oof.
COMBATSYS: Shihong gains composure.
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COMBATSYS: Kenji just-defends Ayame's Dream Crushing!
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What is that obnoxiously loud roar of a sudden? Oh wait, that is Kenji, the little Hurricane realizes! But what's -really- cool is that odd glowing, if Hime weren't so busy, she'd be cheering! Very very fitting for a hero after all.
Now then, Ayame seems to have evaded her attack, causing Hime to stand there for a moment, arm still extended and a blank expression on her face. "... Uh.. Hey! Stick to the script!" Her attention is drawn toward first Kenji; Hime shifting to the side and then watches as the weapon targets whom appears to be Ayame's new target, and then her eyes go wide toward Femme Fatale. Her eyebrow twitches, and she's suddenly a little pink streak.
Wow, why did she have an urge to just kick her in the face all of a sudden? Well, she does! "Let's do it, Missle Fist Ashima!" Despite Ayames attack hitting or missing, Hime leaps and flips in the air, then springs off of Kenji's shoulders, her black scarf flapping wildly behind her, "HEY!!" she yells, twisting and twirling in the air with a very very sweet three-hit butterfly kick aimed toward the womans cheek. And she hopes she kicks those glasses off! "Get your OWN sidekick, Lackey #3!!"
COMBATSYS: Ayame has saved the state of this fight.
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( **Editor's note: Some slacker definitely totally forgot to resume the log. *AGAIN* O_O So, here's some poses slapped in with the COMBATSYS messages, but no actual meters. Suffice to say, Ayame never got hit, so that's all that matt- *message cuts off* ** )
Bright.
Stupidly. Freaking. Bright.
But now that the light is starting to die down, the legendary Missile Fist Ashima lets his opponent catch her breath, take advantage of the situation so she can be better ready to defend herself again when he starts his assault anew! But the horrible cat-eared Ayame won't be letting him go that far, since now a large steel weight is sailing in at his head!
His left hand lifts to catch that weight and stop it dead-- but was that a glitch?! No, for the second attempt at his chest is likewise stopped cold-- and it's effectively hammered into the world as his right hand thrusts forward to finally catch and grasp the weight in a dramatic stance at full extension, his face grim.
And then he -spikes- it to the floor, stomping on the weight and narrowing his eyes. "Miss," he says, eyes closing, "I think your teammate is slowly starting to recognize what it means to assist others."
And as Himeko charges in to meet her destiny with the likes of Shihong Mao-- no, The Femme Fatale-- Kenji moves in to aid this assault, arms held high over his head and his legs whipping around to throw the most devistating dropkick in the history of mankind--!!!!
To Shihong's shin.
Hey, he's gotta help somehow.
COMBATSYS: Kenji assists Himeko.
COMBATSYS: Shihong dodges Himeko's Medium Kick.
Each swing of the weight meets a dead stop... but it isn't from delivering bone crushing impacts as Ayame expects when she pulls out her meteor hammer. Kenji is actually catching the weight and all the kinetic energy it was barreling in with with absolute precision. Thinking the first catch to be a fluke, she tries a second swing, then a third, only to get the same result each time. In the end, he spikes the ineffective weapon to the ground before stomping on it and Ayame is left staring for a long moment in abject surprise. Ooookay. So this guy has got some kind of crazy training against long ranged weaponry, does he?!
Gritting her teeth, the masked girl lets go of the cable connected to the poor, stomped weight. Now it looks like her partner is having to deal with both opponents instead of just one. That's like the complete OPPOSITE of trying to get the famous Femme Fatale a reprieve. "Hey!" she snaps, "Quit ganging up on her. Aren't you heroic types supposed to be above that!?"
Speeding over to the trio, CatAyame tries to get attention back on her with one of the more classic bullying tricks in the world. Slipping her leg out, she tries to trip the little Hurricane when the small girl comes down for a landing from her flying kick on Shihong.
The moment that pink blur comes blazing for her, Shihong's gaze is immediately drawn. Frowning slightly, as the heroine rushes the nefarious villainess, the woman in black comes to realize she has precious few options in the moment. Should she try to stick it out, after just having received a moment to catch her breath? Or shall she avoid the Pink Wonder altogether and spare herself a kick to the face.
"Hmm. Such tough choices," the Chinese woman mulls.
And then she's gone.
As sweet as Himeko's triple butterfly kick is, the woman likes her shades enough to spare them the breakage. Dipping low, the woman crouches as Himeko flies overhead, letting the heroine in pink fly free and unmolested. Briefly, in her crouched position, the woman's beshaded gaze turns to Ayame, to gauge her in that moment. She's attacking Kenji. Well, that means...
"Honestly. No dignity. ...Hey, you," Those eyes are on Himeko now. "Hurricane Whosits."
Yes, you, Himeko!
"Special delivery," the woman in black calmly states...
Before she springs upwards, high, before her body flips at its apex. Coming down, she attempts to drive the heel of her boot straight for Hurricane Hime's skull--or chest, should she fall!
"HIYAAH!"
They're the villains here--they're allowed to be undignified and break the rules.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Ayame's Light Kick.
COMBATSYS: Himeko fails to interrupt Strong Kick from Shihong with Magic School Bus.
Swings and misses left and right! Hurricane Hime just so does happen to hear Ayame's words however, but she can't really answer the question.. At least not right away. As the Catwomans kick comes racing toward her, she is on the floor but brandishing her trusty textbook and well.. She's already on the floor on her tummy as well. Femme Fatale's kick, however, isn't so readily dealt with. She rolls around and reaches for her thighholser again, "Ah, but you didn't count on my-"
"OOOOF!" Well, the heel slams down onto her head all right, which drives herself back down onto the floor and knocked silly for a moment. "E.. Uhhg.. Ow." she little heroine grumbles, her free hand holding the top of her head. She's going to feel that one in the morning!
Undignified, breaking the rules-- but there's something to all that. Heroes are supposed to follow the rules, sure, to live carefree lives that are governed by Justice. They eat their three meals a day, have lots of fruits and vegetables. They drink milk, take their vitamins, brush their teeth, and get lots of rest. They study hard in school, and become excellent members of society. They get married, have kids, and magically all sorts of crime goes away while they get older, only to resurface when the next generation is ready.
But that's just way too boring.
Kenji seems to lunge to full speed from a standstill, hopping over the grounded Hurricane Hime and landing with a hard scuff of boots. He turns mid-slide, running to change directions and run -back- at Shihong, ducking his head down to her right side while his own right arm hooks up at her chest. If he can get a grip, his other hand scoops in at the small of the Chinese woman's back, jumping while tipping Shihong back and falling face-first himself, trying to give her a likewise undignified body slam to the mighty floor of the mighty Batcave! "URRRRRRRRRAGH!"
Ayame doesn't get the trip she was hoping for out of Himeko, but it's possible that her interference was enough to keep the hero in pink from being able to intercept Shihong's solid heel to the head, so the girl isn't too let down by the outcome. Brown eyes snap back to Kenji though. She isn't done with /him/. The girl isn't amused at how well he handled the meteor hammer assault.
Time to fall back on something she had had in mind from the beginning! Hopping back a little ways to where she had landed when first accosting the Justice Duo, the girl retrieves the long, black leather whip she had dropped there a little while ago. Time to put this thing to use!
"Okay, Missile Fist. Let's see you handle this one!" The first whip crack snaps out for the young man's side as the girl steps forward a couple of yards to close the distance, not exactly relying on the whip as a ranged weapon. This leaves more of its length to entangle his arm as she lashes it back at him with a second resounding crack!
COMBATSYS: Kenji successfully hits Shihong with Dirt Nap.
With a solid kick to the cranium, poor Himeko is sent sprawling to the floor of the Batcave, courtesy of Shiho--er--Femme Fatale! So pleased is the woman she lets loose a sharp laugh, black eyes widening. Take that, Justice!
"Sorry," she says with no trace of sympathy on her tongue. "Gotta do what I gotta do."
And that's when Kenji and his predictably loud attack catches her, for some reason, off her guard completely. When she turns around, there's a fist coming in for her side. And while she does her best to produce a suitable defense, it fails her; struck, she's lifted and bodyslammed into the ground.
It hurts, yes. Does she like it?
Oh hell no!
Kip-upping off the ground, the woman's eyes are slitted as she observes the youth, hints of red glowing softly like dull embers. "Okay, the first time wasn't a problem. The second time? I can deal with that. But the third?"
Red lips pull fiercely over her teeth, a wicked grin flashed.
"You're going to pay, Missile Fist!" Will Ayame's whip assault serve as a suitable distraction?
Feet suddenly ignite with energy, glowing a vibrant red as her long legs tense. A split-second later she charges forward before she flips, delivering not one, but two aerial cartwheels aimed for his face. After the second she pauses, to land in a crouch before she springs upwards and backflips, those nasty heels aimed for his chest. Contact is like a match; a sudden and impressive blast of energy erupts, to launch the youth back some distance toward the nearest wall of the cave!
Himeko is at least on her feet not -too- long after getting owned a little. Once she does, she looks pretty annoyed to say the least! "Rats, this is going to be tougher than I expected.. Guess I'd better take things up to the next leve-"
Wait a moment. Unless her eyes decieve her, her sidekick is looking like he's going to be in some serious trouble! "Apology accepted!!" The heroine cries, and it looks like she's going to have to leave Shihong for Kenji for now. She'll just have to get back to the whip-cracking do-badder once more! She makes a wide dash and a sprint toward Ayame, hoping to catch her from behind. Once close she would attempt to wrap her arms about the waist and hoise back into a sharp suplex! A staple in any schoolgirls arsenal. However it's not just that one, she's keep her hold and kick her legs into a backflip and would execute a second suplex after that!
COMBATSYS: Kenji blocks Ayame's Medium Strike.
COMBATSYS: Shihong successfully hits Kenji with Vermillion Sparrow.
- Power hit! -
( **Editor's Note: We now return you to your regularly scheduled meters. **)
Once Shihong's properly returned to the ground, Kenji does a sort of bizarro-world kip-up. His hands press to the floor and his legs lift, his weight rocking onto his chest, pushing off and snapping his legs down under him to land in a crouch. The threat of Ayame's whip is only realized when he hears the first crack of the whip. His arms lift to protect himself as he lets out a short, shrill, "Aooowowu--" and met only by a fierce stare as he hooks his arm ahead into the second crack, getting the whip caught around his forearm and gripping at it with his hand--
To get his ass handed to him.
Kicked, kicked, and blasted time and again, Kenji's grip on the whip and the hold it has on him falters as he sails back across the room, hitting the smooth concrete floor and sliding in a pile. Parts of the set and props collapse on him and make the young man disappear under a series of strange bulb lights and a placard that says 'BAT SUPER COMPUTER SIX THOUSAND WITH MR. RADAR' fluttering in the air.
The pile suddenly shatters, and Kenji's fist escapes it, his thumb proudly held high. "I can take it!"
And so he does-- cheap sheet metal and fake computer parts scatter as he runs forward, his eyes alight and his right arm drawn back. And as he charges, his voice is heard in a gutteral, "URAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA--"
His arm explodes into that same white-blue chi that he's radiated once already in this battle, the blinding energy engulfing the limb. Shihong's seen this attack before, and -- she's not even the target of it, this time. He charges at -Ayame-, that power localizing into his fist as he gets within arm's length. His arm draws back and a blue light pierces her chest, his fist meeting that line of energy.
"SET!!"
And launches forward. His fist is aimed to -slam- into the center of her chest, and though his arm itself seems to blur in movement, his fist is clearly seen-- and clearly felt, if Ayame isn't careful-- and all of that compounded energy is released-- released in one massive, violent burst. It makes the props and pieces of the set not secured or nailed down pitch over, it scatters paperwork. It's a potent, direct shockwave moving in a straight line, and fueled by a punch that transmits all of that energy right into it.
"RAIL GUN!!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Ayame with Medium Throw.
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While Kenji defended himself from the whip crack, it looks like it served the distraction necessary for Shihong to get in some solid hits against him. Which is good. The young man, for all of his feeling uncomfortable at the outset of this match, has proven to be pretty tough. "Hmph. Maybe that took care of one pest." the girl remarks, brushing her hands off, certain the loud kid is out after such a devestating combination! Of course, it looks like Himeko is dead set on proving herself to be tough as well as she goes after Ayame with a surprise grapple from the back!
The whip is dropped as the girl's clawed fingers stretch out, trying to grab a hold of anything in range to save herself from the suplex. Fighting against Himeko's backward drop proves futile though and Ayame's back gets slammed against the stage floor. By the time Hime goes for the second suplex, there's not a lot of opportunity to struggle against it, resulting in one tousled catgirl by the end. She can take it though! Twisting out of the Hurricane's grip, Ayame is back on her feet only to notice the entire sound stage rumbling...
Turning around to look over her shoulder, the cat-hooded villain's eyes widen as the young man chages out of the rubble pile he landed in. Anything not nailed down follows in a wake behind him as Kenji closes the distance between the two with frightening speed. But when the punch comes... Ayame is not there. Hanging upside down over Kenji with her legs hooked over some of the scafolding up out of camera view, the girl looks 'up', down at Kenji with a wide eyed blink that quickly shifts into a broad, teethy grin. "Hey, that's a nice light show. You're really going to save them on special effects cost in the post editing. It looks like it needed roughly three meters per second squared more acceleration to catch someone as fast as me, though. Tsk, tsk."
And with that, the agile girl lets herself fall from the scaffolding, flipping over in mid-air to try and land on Kenji's shoulders with her feet, before leaping away and putting some distance between them.
Vengeance at last.
Perhaps driven by a thirst for revenge, whatever Shihong's enthusiasm in that moment is remains a mystery. Instead, she simply follows the motions, two aerial cartwheels before she blasts Kenji away with that odd power. He vanishes in a pile of rubble, to which the woman turns to upon standing straight once more.
"I think I may have overdone it," she absently muses to Ayame.
The thumb that shoots up, however, suggests her job isn't finished here.
No, the boy gets right back up and starts screaming again, causing the woman to flinch lightly before she frowns. "Kids these days- -hey! You!" A gloved hand lifts, a slender digit pointed right for the youth as he glows with energy. "You should use your inside voice! The acoustics in your dumb cave are awful!" Briefly her gaze flickers to Himeko. "You hear? Get this place fixed!"
She probably doesn't. Himeko has been busy trying to suplex the crap out of Ayame. Fortunately she's swift enough to avoid a potentially awful punch to her chest. The nerve! Punching a girl in her chest. So offended is the Chinese woman by this behavior that she rushes in at Kenji before she stops and sharply pivots on her heel, the opposite leg whirling up and attempting to kick him quite soundly in the temple!
"Naughty boys should be punished~!" Oh dear.
"Yeaaaah!" Hime cries, springing once more to her feet and strikes a pose, a pose hot enough to put on a collecters card for big bux! Dynamic! But she can't celebrate for long, she's got to somehow pull some of the heat off of Kenji.. Whom once again is letting out an intense roar like some sort of maniac, this time it's loud enough to make her stagger back. And then WHIFF! Miss?? "Aw no way!!"
She punches her fist into her opposite palm, takes in a deep breath and then charges forward toward Shihong this time, her very cool scarf whipping wildly behind her. "Missle Fist! Don't let their talk get to you, in the end it's their socks that are going to get rocked! JUSTICE ROLLING!" while Shihong's kicking at Kenji, she'd better be on her guard or else she's going to get a human cannonball to the side again!
COMBATSYS: Ayame successfully hits Kenji with Light Kick.
- Power hit! -
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COMBATSYS: Shihong successfully hits Kenji with Medium Kick.
- Power hit! -
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The shockwave plows over smaller items and objects, props fly-- and so does Ayame! She's in the air, hanging overhead on the scaffolding and-- now she has feet on her shoulders, leaving him to look upwards just in time-- to get stomped on as she leaps away, staggering step by step until the toe of Shihong's boot collides with his temple, sending Kenji flying! And flying towards that same pile of rubble he was kicked into, though his landing is shorter and his slide is less dramatic.
Though still, his eyes closed, and-- is he bleeding from that last toe kick?!-- his chest rises and falls with deep breaths, and his hand reaches up to grab wildly at the Bat-rubble to start dragging himself up to his feet.
Kenji is tenacious, if not anything else.
He stumbles a few steps, but ultimately manages to stay on his feet. His eyes narrow, his expression looks a little more tense. "HAH! Y'call that a KICK! My SISTER can kick harder than that, the four o' you ... wusses!!"
Wait, four? Perhaps he should stop until the room stops spinning...
COMBATSYS: Kenji gains composure.
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The second jump through the air brings Ayame down on the stage on her two feet while Kenji is left to suffer the double-assault from the nefarious duo, leaving him crunched and kicked off to the rubble pile again. Maybe THAT will deal with him, the girl decides, turning around to figure out where Himeko has gone.
Oh, right. Just follow the sound of Justice Rolling! "Hmph. Heroes are always so loud," she notes idly with a nod toward Shihong as if sharing her thoughts on all the shouting and yelling Kenji has been up to, as well as the pink wonder to boot. "But I have a recipe for loud mouths."
Her right hand goes back to her utility belt, slipping into the compartment that proved to be so stubborn earlier in the fight. Pulling out a half-foot long metal tube, the girl grips the object in front of her. Pressure applied to a point on it causes the small looking weapon to expand swiftly outward into a six foot long titanium staff. Granted, it didn't seem to shut Alan up when she tried it. But the 'R' thug HAS to have been a special case!
Hefting the weapon up, Ayame goes chasing after Himeko... who is chasing after Shihong... "Come back here, you!" the girl yells, swinging out with the staff once she's a yard or so away, attempting to give Hime a solid smack to the side before spinning around and delivering a follow up strike to the top of her head with the hollow metal pole.
COMBATSYS: Shihong blocks Himeko's Medium Punch.
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Poor Kenji. He just can't catch a break from the two villainesses! Maybe he's just THAT HOT?
Or maybe they're just that cruel?
Whatever the case may be, the tenacious Missile Fist Ashima is thoroughly punished, sent skidding back into the pile from whence he came. And, after a successful kick, Shihong recoils her leg and sets it down, before idly lifting her hands up and gently brushing them against one another. "Ah, another horrible job done," she muses, eyes drifting...
What's that? Do her eyes play tricks? Deceive her? Is that...a blur of pink?
It sure is! Himeko comes flying at her again, to which the woman responds by sliding her feet apart shoulder's width and bracing herself. That incoming kick of Hurricane Hime's crashes into her body into her secure forearms. Shortly after impact, Shihong pushes off, shoving the girl back from whence she came--and possibly into Ayame's titanium Staff of Doom.
"Now, where we were. Oh, yes," the woman all but purrs, a gloved digit gently rubbing her chin. "We were in the middle of teaching bad boys how to behave. Very well, then." With those black eyes on Kenji, her gaze flickers red, eyes amused before she sprints toward him. Halfway, however, her body leaps from the ground, heels aimed for the youth's chest before they erupt with that same red energy. Her body rotates as she flies at him, the energy swelling where, should it impact, the vermillion flames will burst, launching Kenji back.
Again.
Poor Missile Fist Ashima. At least there's not two women on him. ...or is that a bad thing?
COMBATSYS: Himeko fails to interrupt Medium Strike from Ayame with Weekend Special.
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"Hhngh!!" There's the impact, but Himeko didn't quite bowl Shihong over, that's rather unfortunate. But what's done is done.. Hopefully somehow, some way, Kenji will be able to pull himself back into the game now that he's been bought.. Er. Wht about four seconds? Maybe less? Screeching back into a crouch, she blinks as she hears Ayame's voice. ".. huh? Oh I'll come back at you all right!!"
A confident grin on her features, she actually blasts toward Ayame to meet her head to head! Or rather pipe to book! Perhaps she swung a little too high because suddenly her ribs are ringing with intense pain, stunning her longenough for the hard strike with a *clonk*! to her head follows, planting her stomach down onto the floor, feet kicked up into the air for a moment. Is this is? Is the heroine done for??
"... Ow my poor head.." Hime whimpers, rolling a bit to the side and covering the struck spot with both of her hands.
COMBATSYS: Kenji blocks Shihong's Strutting Crow.
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Kenji 1/----===/=======|-------\-------\0 Shihong
No, it's never a bad thing. Never, ever. It isn't. Don't think that. Don't suggest it. Don't -mean it-.
It is yet still the greatest day of Kenji Ashima's life.
Shihong's heels meet with Kenji's crossed forearms, the energy exploding against him-- but ultimately, the Missile Fist is driven backwards still standing. The soles of his boots scream in protest, but he holds his ground! He nearly ends up falling back into the pile of broken props in the process.
But Kenji just won't go down.
"UrrrrrrrrrrAGH--"
Running in at Shihong, he tries to hook an arm under her leg, trying to heft the woman up into a fireman's carry. Rough, makeshift, and probably going to get his face kicked in during the process, he tries to get Shihong up so she lay across his shoulders, hook both arms around her leg, and then -fling- her at the floor by that one seized limb.
*conk* Down goes Himeko. Someone in the sound effects department smashes some cymbals together with a loud *CLANG* to coincide with the smack. "Huh, nifty," CatAyame ponders. She might have to have someone follow her around on her antics to provide dramatic sound effects in time with her attacks ALL the time!
The Hurricane is felled, it appears, but Ayame doens't seem like she's inclined to give the poor, light haired girl any break at all. "A book? What were you going to do with that, I wonder... You use them as weapons?" She sounds curious. The thought had never occured to her before. Well, they are blunt objects, but there seems to be so many better options to do the same thing.
Well, no time for chit-chat. "You can chose when to give up. I don't mind," the girl states, sounding like she actually hopes the kid surrenders before she has to do any more harm to her. But that doesn't mean she's going to do nothing, either. Maybe a little motivation is needed to get her to see that just giving up is the best bet.
Trying to plant her foot against Hime's back, Ayame crouches halfway down at her side, attempting to slip the staff in behind the girl's right elbow before prying back on it, yanking the Hurricane's arm harshly behind her back!
COMBATSYS: Shihong blocks Kenji's Strong Throw.
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It would appear Ayame has things under control. So, with that in mind, Shihong focuses her attentions back onto Kenji, a devilish smile slowly easing its way over rouge red lips. Though he staved off her attack, can he really last much longer? Peering at the youth, she offers a soft chuckle as he falls.
"Like my colleague in crime said to your hero, you can choose to give up! I will stop if you beg nicely~"
But it would appear Kenji isn't up for bargaining.
"Oh NO you don't!" the woman cries, as he hooks an arm under her leg. Carried. Yes. Flung? Yes.
Hurt? A little. Ow.
Landing in an awkward but cushioned roll, Shihong immediately leaps to her feet, eyes wide as she lets out a thrilled laugh. "Oh, that was fun!" she cries, charging right for Kenji. "Let me show you my ultimate technique!" As she runs, she makes a few odd gestures with her hands. Has someone been watching too many ninja movies in her spare time?
Maybe. Maybe not!
Regardless, the woman runs, the gestures made before she lets out a shrill cry, readying herself for something truly fierce, when--
--she simply snaps a leg up and forward, right for his stomach.
"Fooled you!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko auto-guards Ayame's Quick Throw!
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Himeko would actually -laugh- to the cymbal crash if she wasn't so busy seeing pretty birdies! But hey, that's not cool, she should have some sound effect action going on as well, guess it's time to rock out! At least, that's what she'd like to do!
As she starts to get back up, there is trouble afoot however! The staff doesn't quite end up slipping into place because she's grasping the front of her book and tears out of it something that looks like a four foot long buster sword! "Give up? Never heard of it!" she manages to utter with good energy, managing to twist and slam the paper weapon against the pole and knock the pole aside with enough force to get Ayame off of her as well!
The upper half of the weapon explodes, slips of paper snowing down from above and she kip-ups to her feet. "Ok!" Her book is resheathed and gripping her weapon she tries to slip behind Ayame while unwravling it. Her intent here is to sling the 'ribbon' of sorts in front of her bad-girls throat, then hop up and drive her feet into the back of the girls knees- It'd not only make her fall to her knees, but get choked in the process!
COMBATSYS: Kenji blocks Shihong's Light Kick.
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Kenji 1/----===/=======|==-----\-------\0 Shihong
The fog is clearing, the strong kicks from both Ayame and Shihong starting to wear off on the poor battered student. Kenji's face is stern and serious, even in the face of all of this absurdity-- it only helps to perpetuate the illusion of this being a clash of superheroes, what with the clothing he's wearing, scarf and all.
Flipping the massive length of scarf over his shoulder, Kenji narrows his eyes and rubs his wrists. "You have to do a lot more to take -me- down!"
And so she does. Or tries, at least, as the foot collides with his outstretched palms, his hands impacting against his stomach to pad the blow a bit. Kenji does visibly wince-- but he's not going to give in just yet.
Kenji's right arm suddenly hooks around for a powerful swing-- one meant to rip across Shihong's jaw and knock her unsteady-- and then thrust out his leg to stomp down on her toe and hold her in place.
"GATLING--"
COMBATSYS: Kenji successfully hits Shihong with Gatling Break.
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A hard crack to the jaw, a stomped foot-- and then Kenji Ashima gives a brief demonstration just how fast he really is.
Unable to use an attack like this for months, what with his arm having been broken, his fists pull back and his stance looks briefly like that of a boxer's. His arms suddenly move and snake around in a blur, sending punches with either hand, one arm at a time-- but grouped in bursts that seem like three full strikes at once. A round with his right arm, his left arm, a hooking triple to the trunk, and a few shots along the jaw.
Kenji's step on Shihong's foot releases as he steps back, stumbling back in for one -massive- overhead punch that lands square on Shihong's forehead, leading and stomping his left foot down hard. Muscles surge in concert, and Kenji -blazes- at Shihong, his body turning to shoulder-check her and send her flying across the Batcave's interior.
"URRRRRRRRRAGH!"
COMBATSYS: Ayame dodges Himeko's Reading Rainbow.
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Himeko refuses to submit! And also refuses the submission hold! Ayame doesn't stay put though. The instant the girl pulls out that scary paper sword, the catgirl is hopping back swiftly, putting range between her and the determined Hime. Turning her attention toward Kenji and Shihong, the long haired girl is witness to the punshing assault the young man dishes out on her partner. Nothing she can do about it from her position. Her eyes widen a little before narrowing. The woman did a number on the boy. He can't possibly have much left in him.
Her right hand reaches over to her left black glove, fingers slipping beneath the wrist guard to pull out a small throwing knife. It's a bit mean to try and tag the young man in the back from a distance... but that's what the girl does, flinging the weapon out for Kenji with expert aim. Hey, compared to what she's done to some people, she's been pretty tame this fight!
"Hah," she exclaims, not even following the trail of the weapon as to avoid taking her eyes off of Himeko too long. "Your trusty sidekick is going down now, little hero. You're on your /own/." But wait, Himeko is coming in with another attack! Ayame ducks down just in time to allow the paper lasso zip just over her head before standing up straight and giving Hime a very curious look. For being so small, she sure is full of surprises!
"Oh, well." The woman's features darken.
"Excuse me."
Though her kick was miraculously staved off, the woman seems relatively nonplussed by the situation; instead, she sports a toothy grin, black eyes narrowed as she merely draws it back and sets it again on the floor. Lifting her chin, she begins to say something--
Begin being the key word here. For a moment after a fist cracks across her face, drawing a startled expression across her features. How dare he..?! It causes her to lightly stagger, but before she can protest she's being pinned in a peculiar fashion. Preposterous!
And then, a flurry of punches that ultimately finale with a fierce shoulder check that sends her flying. When she lands, it draws a loud grunt from the Chinese woman, her expression one of grief. "I knew I shouldn't have gotten myself into this," she laments.
Slowly, carefully and surely does the woman ultimately rise from the ground, shaking visibly as she clutches her arm. Barely capable of focusing, she squints, blinking furiously before she thinks she has Kenji in her line of sight.
"O-okay M-missile Fist!" she stammers, sounding less-than ferocious. "You will pay!"
And then she runs...for Himeko!? Yes, chasing after the ferocious Hurricane Hime, Shihong makes a last-ditch effort to close in and thrust a palm out. Though her palm's heel is aimed FOR her abdomen, it's the burst of red energy that does the trick, exploding in a lovely, sparkling display that ends with Shihong falling back and passing out cold.
The fate of the villain's world rests in CatAyame's hands!
COMBATSYS: Shihong can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Shihong's Swallow's Wings.
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"Hah! Am I supposed to be worried? Missle Fist isn't one to go down quite so easily! I just.. Uh.. Yeah!" the little Hurricane yells, feeling a little stumped as Ayame again manages to escape from her technique. Slippery as a cat as they say! She would dash in to help her companion, but she's going to have to take things to another level in a moment! "Careful, Ashima!!" she cries, and as Shinhong races toward her, she unsheaths her book once again. "Come forth, Excalibook!" Gripping the book with both hands, she tightens her stance as the palm SLAMS into it! She scoots back on her heels, the textbook giving a brief, but amazing glow almost as if absorbing the energy that's blasted into it!
Panting a little and feeling the sting in her arms, the book is replaced, and she crouches, slamming her left palm onto the floor. "Time to do it to it! UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! YELLING REALLY LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUD!!!!! UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko focuses on her next action.
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COMBATSYS: Ayame successfully hits Kenji with Sudden Fling.
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The truth is, he doesn't have a lot left in him. He's running on fumes, pushing on only with the strength he's gathered so far, fighting with courage!! Guts!! And a fist. But his weary frame and a steel knife aren't the best of bedfellows, and the blade jabbing into his shoulder. Kenji sputters and gasps, but he doesn't fall-- no, with that knife still in him, he turns to face Ayame with serious eyes.
"UuuuurrrrrrrrAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA--"
And as he runs at Ayame in that angry death-like charge, his arm comes back to swing right at her face this time, to plant his fist right into her nose. His arm bends like rubber, but his fist travels a smooth path, and no matter what happens, one simple truth is always there:
This kid hits like a ten pound sledgehammer.
COMBATSYS: Kenji can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Kenji successfully hits Ayame with Missile Fist.
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COMBATSYS: Lazenca restarts a saved fight.
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Himeko 1/=======/=======|======-\-------\0 Ayame
The knife flung from her fingers, Ayame is busy considering Main Hero of this episode when the small girl slams her palm onto the floor and starts making an incredible ruckus. "Jeez, all you two do is keep screaming!" she remarks, hands coming up to rest over her ears. Her /real/ ears. This defensive reaction leaves her rather unaware of the OTHER primary cause of noise - Kenji's screaming death charge from behind, until it's too late.
Becoming vaguely aware of movement behind her, Ayame begins to turn around to see what Hime's trusty sidekick is up to but ends up taking a Missile Fist to the nose for her trouble. "Ow!" comes the started exclaimation, her right hand coming up to rest over her nose as she staggers backward from the boy who no longer has the strength to continue. What is it with people in these events and their obsession with trying to break her nose, anyway?!
No time to fret about it for long though. The girl whirls back around to face Himeko, lowering her right hand to join her left in gripping that metal pole of hers. Bracing behind the weapon, looking rather defensive. Maybe she's trying to keep her eyes from watering. Maybe it's trying to think about how she should start wearing a nose guard to SNF events. Either way, the girl glares back at the only other fighter remaining standing in this match. "Just you, me, and my other eight lives left to go. You don't stand a chance."
COMBATSYS: Ayame focuses on her next action.
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Well it's about time! Hime's been covering -her- ears since the two villains have been laughing! The little Hurricane done 'powering up', she gives her shoulders a jerk forward and back, "Just you and me? Sounds to me like you should be the one who's scared, villain! Sounds to me like you need a little 4-1-1! But I'm not ready to give you that kind of service just yet!"
Hime's eyes narrow very-very slightly, taking note of the other girls claw as well as the pole. But she has her book, she should be a-ok! Whoosh! Suddenly she's pressing forward, not with a mad dash but a calm step with a little bounce, and once she's close the twists around and delivers a middle reverse roundhouse kick, then twists a second time with a hop to follow up with a high reverse roundhouse! Watch out! "Take this! And some of THIS!"
COMBATSYS: Ayame counters Medium Kick from Himeko with Harvest's Reaper.
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CatAyame shakes her head at the charging heroine. "You're going to want to dial 9-1-1 when I'm through with you. But thanks for offering," the girl smirks, standing up a little bit straighter as she shifts stance in order to follow Himeko's brave leap of justice and hope in taking down the mean girl.
Unfortunately, it isn't to be. As the Hurricane bounces forward, Ayame's staff ignites with a crimson red aura. The calculating girl sees her opportunity to get past Himeko's defenses while she's committed to attacking with her two kicks. The first roundhouse kick is stopped with the resounding thud of bone against metal as Ayame slams her staff out to intersect the girl's shin with the chi-laced weapon.
"No. You take-" Spinning around, she follows up the first stop with an upward swing of the other end of her staff into Hime's chest to likely knock the other girl clean off her feet. "this! And-" The opposite end of the staff comes in for a follow up upward swing as Ayame leaves the ground. The red chi blurs behind the end of the weapon, looking almost like a trailing blade. "-that and finally-!"
Hefting the metal pole up over the top of her head, the girl brings it slamming down hard on Himeko with everything she's got, discharging a fair amount of the chi in a small explosion at the point of impact. Her signiture combination executed, the girl drops to the ground in a half crouch, staff out at her side, her head bowed. The red energy begins to fade as she no longer channels chi through it. "...that."
Just two kicks is all it'll take she's sure! Well actually, at this point she wasn't really expecting the kick to land, and in a way she wishes she were wrong! The kick hits the pipe and she seems mildly worried by the womans response. ".. Eh?"
And then she takes a ride on the pain train, the weapon sweeps her off her feet and the second swipe seems to be strong enough to knock her into the air! "NGGAAH!" the final strike seems to be the nail in the coffin,the brilliant explosion of red chi doesn't blind her but it hurts pretty darn much, she slamming back down onto the floor not too long after that! The ground craters just a little and it definatly looks like the heroine is down for the count! She doesn't move!
At least at first.
Her fingers twitch and the little heroine sits up, wiping off her mouth- Her headband blown off, bodysuit adorn in chi burns, but there's a great big grin on her features. "Rats, I fell right into that one, didn't I? Too bad for you it wasn't enough though! *cough*" she kip-ups to her feet, claps her hands in front of her and drops into a slight crouch. "And now... Don't blink, of you'll miss the best part!" WHOOSH!
Hime suddenly blazes forward, intense concentration in her eyes as she leaps into the air sticks out her foot and shoots like a dart toward Ayame's gut, quite possibly a human homing missle, "The sky!!!" She twists around, in a mid-air sobat-kick, "The sea!!" and then twirls around one more time with an upward snap-kick that is alarmingly strong for a girl of her size, "The Okinawa!!!!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Ayame counters 3-2-1 Contact from Himeko with Bright Renewal.
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"I certainly wouldn't want to miss that," Ayame states, her voice lilting with faux amusement, rising back into a full standing position. The smaller girl follows her sidekick's example and missiles toward the feline hooded miscreant. But she never gets to make it there. That malicious staff intersects the girl again as Ayame jabs one end of it into Himeko's stomach while she's airborn.
The impact shoves the weapon back through the strawberry-blonde's hands, but she lets it slide through her fingers a little before she finally whirls around in a viciously fast spin, swinging the long portion of the weapon out from behind her almost more like a baseball bat to crack into the pink hero's side!
She follows through with the spin with one more twirl before catching herself and standing up straight again. "That sounded like a list of potential destinations for you to land, kiddo." the heartless villain remarks, doing her best to not sound as winded as she feels. The staff in her hand collapses back down to a small half-foot long tube which the girl slides back into her gaudy utility belt. Stretching her hands out to her sides, she reaches up behind her head and undoes the cat mask's bindings. She's getting tired of wearing that thing.
Turning her back to the young heroine, Ayame slips off the hood and toss it over her shoulder. "This fight's over. Any additional attacks on your part will only result in you getting hurt more. And I don't really see any point to that." CatAyame offers a wave of her fingers over her shoulder.
"Wh- Wha-NNGH!" There's another blow taken from that darn staff, she thought for sure she would be able to blow past that, but not quite! Though it seems this time around someone has finally gotten to getting some CG action into the battle, with each strike comes words in blue exclamation bubbles spiraling toward the screen.
'POW!'
'BAM!'
and 'ZOMG!' once the final swing sends the little Hurricane flying back and crashing into the hood of the Batmobile! "N- No way.. I can't believe it.." she groans, unable to continue the fight.
The screen freezes, and the narrator quickly blurts in his two cents, "Is this the end? Have Femme Fatale and CatAyame truely beaten Gotham City's only heroes? Will Batman come back to the cave in time to save the day?? Will the Bat Band get the record deal they've been jonesing for since 1954?! Find out next week, same Bat Time! Sammmme Bat Channel!!"
And following that is a roll of the credits!
Log created on 00:09:50 12/15/2007 by Ayame, and last modified on 15:55:38 12/19/2007.