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The Shrine is in the middle of nowhere, yet, at the same time.. is unoccupied!?
It is true, yet people come and go, and one of them ... happens to be the SHOGUN of METRO CITY, currently just of the Mad Gear Gang but HE WILL BE ONE DAY. Of Metro City that is. GIANT FREAKING TRUCK parked in the area, Katana has taken the time to come to the shrine near daily, especially in the morning, when the sun shines bright and the world is still waking.. mainly because then Katana can simply train without much problem as the rest focus upon silly things like work and toil!
"OH shrine of Japanese Ancestors, give me blessings so that I may show those who dare defy the Shogun THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT IN THAT I WILL DEFEAT ALL WHOM STAND IN MY GLORIOUS PATH... and some of those really nice Japanese masks. I really like those. And those fans. I need more of those. Grant me a sale so that I may purchase them in bulk!" He is not being dishonorable, no, he is being quite honorable.. BY BEING .. more JAPANESE.
And he's doing it loudly, sandals and everything, wakizashi up and out, and he's certainly noticeable! .. For those who can spot trucks.
Drake can spot trucks. Drake can spot trucks dang well. Especially those of that size, out here in the middle of the effing woods. And here he was planning on doing some training and meditation before trucking out. Pun intended. But moreover, there's a highly recognizable and aggravating voice cutting through the still morning air.
Drake's dark eyes narrow a bit, frown touching to his lips. Oh yeah, he knows who's here. What he's doing here though, he has no idea. But hey, why not find out? He might actually be needed here in Southtown for a few days more.
So Drake proceeds closer, moving around the truck as silently as he can to attempt closing the distance and listening in on the weird shogun's ranting. Or.. prayer. Whatever one might call this.
AND SO DRAKE IS A -Nevermind. Katana is not so much praying as ranting, blades flashing through the air as he moves back and forth, speaking in a loud voice about nothing in particular. It, like much things, ends after a period of time, Katana leaping onto the top of one of the statues and posing. There seems to be no real point to his actions.
"IMPORTANT SHRINE OF JAPANESE, I BID YOU FAREWELL, AND I SHALL VISIT YOU ONCE MORE IN TIME." But as he stands, blades at his side, Katana looks about. "It seems .. THERE IS AN INBALANCE IN THE AREA!" Honestly he is simply speaking loudly for no reason, and accuses the still woods and Shrine of someone watching him, but this time, he's totally right.
"Come out now, coward, FOR THE SHOGUN OF MAD GEAR NOW WITH THE SYNDICATE, shall NOT back down from you!" Why yes, he is kind of stupid at times. But Katana is more courageous than stupid. "You should know not to test my patience!"
Leaping to the stone floor, Katana moves to bow infront of the shrine, before heading back to the truck.. wait .. just walking back!? Apparently!
Brow-quirk. The dark-haired model was noticed? But.. but how? He.. that.. ..screw it. He can beat the information out of this clown. That Neo League was a fluke. He got careless. Not something he'll do again! And so, Drake whirls from the other side of the truck to confront Katana as he just.. kind'a.. walks back to the vehicle.
"Hold it!," shouts the do-gooder, finger pointing to the ganger. "I've got some questions, and I'll have the answers one way or another! Then you're gonna spend a nice time in jail!" Not that he knows he's committed any crime here in Southtown, but.. come on. It's this guy. Surely he's wanted for something, right?
"NEVER." Katana yells out, being ordered to DO something. "Do you believe the Shogun will hold!? HE IS NEVER HOLDING FOR SUCH CALLS AGAIN! Last time the Shogun held for an hour! HE WILL NOT BE FOOLED!" And then that's when Drake whirls to confront Katana.
"AHA! SO someone was there.. I knew my senses were not lying this time! Hahahhaha!" And Drake is still there, wanting questions... He seems to want them really badly! Then .. JAIL!? Katana's mask looks towards Drake, the eys, if they could, would narrows.
And then he bellows out in laughter. "AHAHAHAHHAHA!" The wakizashi is pointed at Drake. "You, sir, shall never apprehend the Shogun of Mad Gear! .. For this time .. HE STRIKES FIRST! NOKO-KOBA CHIIIII!" And that's when Katana whirls about, quickly, blades flashing as he aims to slams them rather hard into Drake's side.
Who knows how much it may hurt, or work! Or if Drake gets out of the way, how much PAINT would CHIP!?
COMBATSYS: Katana has started a fight here.
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Katana 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Drake has joined the fight here.
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Drake 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
COMBATSYS: Drake dodges Katana's Fierce Strike.
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Drake 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
Paint chippage, indeed! The blades may strike Katana's poor truck, for Drake is not there when the weapon swings. See, Katana went and announced his attack. That rarely works out well, especially against folk like Drake. He weaves back from the blade, setting onto his right foot and chambering his hands at his sides. They gather energy there quickly, and once the whiffed attack goes completely awry, Drake drops forward again into a deep forward stance on his left foot. Both hands rocket out for Katana's torso, aiming a forceful double palmheel strike. But the moment his arms are fully extended, his hands ignite in a bright explosion of white concussive energy.
COMBATSYS: Katana dodges Drake's Whiteout.
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Drake 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
As the paint is chipped, Katana looks upon the marks, eyes narrowing. "My .. MY TRUCK." Katana says out loud. As Drake gathers energy quickly, before rocketing towards Katana, the Shogun's helmet saves him this time .. as he ducks under and to the side, the bright energy flashing harmlessly. How could he see from all of that energy!?
THE HELMET.
"AND I SHALL MAKE YOU PAY QUITE DEARLY!" Katana exclaims to Drake as the wakizashi rise once more, flashing backwards, away from Drake as he pulls a bit far from the man .. then simply charges forwards.
He aims to do nothing more than spear him, both wakizashi rushing forth, TO CATCH HIM. And slam him against the truck.
COMBATSYS: Drake counters Deep Strike from Katana with Blackout.
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Drake 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Katana
The explosive energy flashes a few times, and it leaves Drake in the position with his arms still extended and wisps of white bleeding from them. But the moment Katana makes his announcement of payment, dear or otherwise, Drake raises back into his stance. "Doubt that," he retorts calmly, expression stoic and no-nonsense.
As the lunge comes in, Drake thrusts his hands out to grab him by the wrists and very quickly wrench them over, twisting the attack askew and locking his arms behind his back. This brings Katana right up against the martial artist wrestler, who proceeds to crush the man in a tight, sudden bearhug... only for him to turn and ram him against the truck for added punishment in the hold.
As Katana is brought against the bearhug and then rammed into the truck, Katana cannot be contained! It certainly hurts, it does, but there is one thing that Drake will not see ahead of time! "AHahhaha! Doubt the Shogun's might!?" He moves as best as he can, aiming to pull away .. and he cannot!
SO HE USES HIS HEAD.
Quite literately. As Drake holds him, Katana drops quickly, before putting his feet against the truck after a short hop, inverting his body with force, and then, with Drake so close .. AIMING TO RAM INTO HIM WITH HIS HELMET.
"YOU SHALL LEARN, THEN!" KATANA ROCKET!
COMBATSYS: Drake parries Katana's Random Weapon!
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Drake 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Katana
Drake screws up his expression at Katana and his mask. "You're a strange, strange little man."
But then Katana is doing something he didn't expect. A headbutt, sure. Those happen a lot in these situations, as do foot-stompings. But the delivery in this case is really different. So the moment Katana starts to launch off, the hold is released and Drake twists aside. His hand raises to catch Katana at the neck to shove him askew to the ground flatly.
Relying on that being enough to stun or daze the self-described shogun, Drake leaps up atop the hood of the truck. He then immediately leaps off again in a double backflip. On the second rotation, his limbs go akimbo, pulling the muscular toning along his torso taut for impact against his opponent in a high-flying moonsault.
COMBATSYS: Katana blocks Drake's Darkside Slam EX.
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Drake 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Katana
As Drake aims to catch Katana on the neck to shove him, as Drake leaps and then heads towards Katana .. Katana simply is ready, onto his feet, he brings up his arms. Drake slams into them, and Katana is forced back enough, but in the end, the Shogun stands, forced back only a few feet.
"Now ... IT'S OVER!" The Shogun yells, wakizashi aiming to slam into the back of Drake as he lands. "DAIIIKYOUUUUUUUU!"If he can catch on, Katana is going to charge forth, slamming Drake into small rocks, rather wooden patches, and various degrees of PAIN. He runs so fat Drake may just START ON FIRE.
At which point he aims to leap up and slam the man into the ground afterwards. "BURNIIIIIIIIIIIING!" A heavy slam straight to the ground.
THE MAN WOULD LEARN, CLEARLY, OF HIS POWER.
COMBATSYS: Katana successfully hits Drake with Daikyou Burning.
- Power hit! -
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Drake 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Katana
The result was supposed to be far greater than this. Drake bonks off of Katana's arms and lands awkwardly in a crouch. It's because of this that his rise is a little slow.. and Katana catches him full force at the back, plowing him through one thing after another, resulting in an explosion of shrapnel at the end of things.
But when the dust cloud clears, Drake is pushing back up to his feet with a groan. That really sucked. But be damned if he's not going to see this through. He makes a grab for Katana's left wrist to suddenly yank him in. His other hand grips for his throat to whip him into the air and fling him back towards his truck hard.
COMBATSYS: Katana counters Medium Throw from Drake with Shiraha Catch.
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Drake 1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0 Katana
As Drake pushes back to his feet, Katana looks down upon him, laughing! "Do you see now, why.. YOU DO NOT LOOK DOWN UPON THE SHOGUN!" Katana cries, flexing, muscles under the armor .. well hard to see. Armor is armor. As Drake pulls up, aiming for his left wrist, Katana grabs the man's arm going for his throat, ripping his other arm's grip off.
"You... SHALL not TOUCH THE MASK AGAIN!" The warrior cries, even if he was not going for it. Afterwards, Drake is brought upwards, being wrenched about before being slammed against the ground, and then tossed forwards to land hard on the ground.
"You cannot hope to be on the same level as the Shogun! .. Few truly are, KAWIAII... DESUUUUUUU!"
"NEE!" He fans himself with a small japanese fan.
Wh-what? Kawaii? Something's not right here. But all the same, Drake is slammed down and hard against the ground. This gets a yelp from the fighter, and a muttered curse under his breath. Nevertheless, he kips back up to his feet and turns to face to shogun again, assuming his stance. His eyes narrow on him, assessing his movements closely and backing up just a few steps to get some breathing room. He's -not- going to lose this. No way.
COMBATSYS: Drake focuses on his next action.
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Drake 1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0 Katana
OH, COME NOW. The Shogun is just a force of nature!
But moving on. As Drake pulls to his feet, Katana looks upon Drake, and suddenly, as he simply stands there, Katana brings up ... a JITTE. But what does he do with it? He looks towards Drake, holds it infront of his mask .. AND THEN TOSSES IT TOWARDS HIM.
The jitte flies through the air, aiming for the man's midsection as he holds the wakizashi afterwards, close, arms coming up, guards ready.
"So you admit you are nothing to the Shogun? Or shall you continue this pointless fight, un-japanese man!?"
COMBATSYS: Katana successfully hits Drake with Thrown Object.
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Drake 1/---====/=======|=======\-------\0 Katana
Focused on the fight as Drake is, the jitte takes him by surprise and slices into his midsection. This elicits yet another yelp from him, and he growls at the gangster. "SHUT THE HELL UP, you poser! God!," he shouts. "You're not Japanese, you're not even Asian! You're a damned clown with crap you probably bought from China Bazaar!"
And with that jolt, Drake dashes in towards Katana again. But at the last second, he drops down to a slide and scissors his legs out to hook Katana's legs and bring the man down hard on his face.
COMBATSYS: Katana fails to interrupt Fast Throw from Drake with Light Kick.
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Drake 1/---====/=======|=======\-------\0 Katana
As Drake seems to just get really pissed off by Katana, Katana STANDS TALL, STRONG, AND IS THEN DASHES TOWARDS HOLY CRAP. Katana aims to try and kick Drake away from him, but he cannot, and then he slams the armor into Drake's leg.. he shall not feel it all that much, albeit his ankles hurt lightly!
Afterwards, Katana leaps back, away from Drake. "LIES AND SLANDER! The Shogun is Japanese through and through, and the belief that he is not ... SUCH FALSEHOODS! THE VEINS OF THE SHOGUN CONTAIN BLOOD OF THE JAPANESE RACE!" He cries out, pointing towards Drake.
And so for now, he readies himself again!
Feeling the pain through his body from the confrontation, Drake pushes himself back up to his feet quickly despite. He has to hold himself together. He's -got- to. "You've got nothing of the sort - the Japanese have honor!" Usually. Maybe.
Regardless! Drake keeps the pressure on his opponent, rushing towards him and making a grab for his shoulders. If caught, he yanks Katana forward and low, going to lock his head - helmetted though it may be - between his legs and hooks his arms around Katana's midsection. He'll then hoist him upright into the air in piledriver position...
COMBATSYS: Drake successfully hits Katana with Total Eclipse.
- Power hit! -
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Drake 0/-------/-------|=======\====---\1 Katana
With Katana locked into the position, his arms suddenly crush around Katana's midsection in a sharp, excruciating bearhug. The inverted position also allows for the man's blood to rush to his head, and he maintains this painful hold for a few seconds before suddenly springing up onto the hood of the truck again. From there, he leaps straight into the air in a series of forward flips with Katana still in the inverted bearhug. The flipping motion picks up speed as they climb into the sky.. and by the time they're descending, the two fighters blur together into an opaque swirl of motion. The growing momentum comes to a shattering, explosive end as the piledriver brings the two down upon the truck, smashing Katana's head against it backed with their combined bodyweight. Drake was hoping to plough his opponent clean -through- the truck, but.. well.. no telling how sturdy it is.
As Drake hooks himself about Katana, Katana is suddenly stuck within a bearhug, slammed into the ground a few times before slamming into the truck. The truck, however, does not break. It bend, but the truck is heavily. Katana weathers the pain rather poorly, but the armor helps. Clearly, the other man is down for the count. Having given his last.
And that is when, after slammed to the truck, Katana gets up, one foot, then the other. "Is that is, man of many useless words?" Even if it hurt, Katana yet stands. Breathing in, he readies himself, growing through the pain.
"I ... WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU LEARN YOUR MISTAKE THIS TIME!" His blades are held back up, but after the assault, Katana is dazed.. but he has time, and is certainly ready enough to do as he needs.
The man simply looks through the mask towards the other. "You are far from done with the battle between the Shogun .. THE WORST IS YET TO COME!"
COMBATSYS: Katana gains composure.
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Drake 0/-------/-------|=======\===----\1 Katana
Now standing atop Katana's truck, Drake raises back to his full height, eyes narrowed on him. Should be out now. People generally don't get up after the Total Eclipse. It's, you know, designed to discourage that kind of behavior. But then Katana is raising up anyway. Frigging armor, probably. He knows he slammed him rather hard.
The dramatic index finger thrusts out to Katana again. "It's good that you're so anxious to jabber away, since you'll be telling me everything you know real soon!"
And Drake suddenly moves forward again, hands suddenly rocketing out in another double palmheel strike aimed for Katana's torso. And again, his hands ignite in an explosion of dazzling white energy.
COMBATSYS: Katana endures Drake's Whiteout!
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Drake 0/-------/-----==|=======\=====--\1 Katana
As Drake moves forwards again, hands rocketing out to strike with a burst of white energy, Katana charges forth, towards it. One does not simply get to be a Shogun by other attempts. "You ... think I am so easily bested!?"
Pain, ignored. Everything, ignored. Katana simply acts like a bull, charging through pain, through logic, through all, and then, straight towards Drake. "You .... Are.... FINISHED!" Katana yells, inches away from drake as he moves against the river of chi.
"TEN!" Cries Katana, as he attempts to slam the wakizashi against the man's body, to bring him up and raise him with both blades, slamming him towards the ground, off of the truck. It's not a nice attempt, not at all.
"CHUU!" The Armored man, if he had gained grip, runs so fast, charging Drake against objects and the ground that real physical fire would actually sprout from just how much he does it. It continues a bit, even perhaps driving INTO the ground.
"SATSU!" Rising up, he'd bring Drake above the ground, slamming him hard into the ground, and then leaping again, attempting to simply PILEDRIVE Drake into the earth, finally.
"LET YOU LEARN YOUR LESSON, THROUGH THE SHOGUN'S ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE!"
COMBATSYS: Drake dodges Katana's Ten Chuu Satsu.
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Drake 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Katana
Eyes widen.
Heart stops.
Katana is -still- going at it? And right up in his face, to boot!
Entirely on reaction, Drake takes to flight. Not with wings or anything, but with a leap into the air, twisting and twirling in a pirouette upside-down and going directly over Katana's head, permitting him to pass right on by. Complete with Ten Million Dollar Man sound-effects. You won't see sudden, Spider Man-esque reactions like that very often. He lands behind his opponent in a crouch, eyes still widened. He.. lives!
Then the eyes narrow.
Gotta finish this.
Drake springs back up to his full height and whirls around to face Katana again. He rushes towards him and leaps into the air, attempting to hook his arms around the man's throat and fall back, smashing his back against his knees.
COMBATSYS: Katana fails to counter Fast Throw from Drake with Random Weapon.
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Drake 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Katana
As Drake springs forwards, aiming to hook his arms around the man's throat and fall back, Katana is struck, of course, and at that point, aims to try and smash the man away with the wakizashi, but such things do not happen, Katana hooked and smashed back. It hurts, it indeed does, but at the same time.. HE WILL NOT FALL.
"ZOKOOO NOO CHALLIII COOOO JAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
He yells, as he rises once more, yet not falling! IT SEEMS HE REFUSES TO GO DOWN.
That surely did it. Right? ..Wait. No, Katana's on his feet again. Blast! Drake pushes himself back up to his feet, body really starting to wear down after this exertion. But hoping that his opponent is likewise feeling the strain, he suddenly makes a grab for him. Right arm goes to hook the shogun's leg, and his left arm goes to hook over his shoulder. If captured, Drake suddenly leaps into the air in a simply backflip, driving Katana down against the truck and powerslamming his torso across him.
COMBATSYS: Katana counters Solar Eclipse from Drake with Shiraha Catch.
- Power hit! -
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Drake 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Katana
He's not one to die, and his screaming, SURELY, KATANA HAD IT PLANNED. Drake aims to end it, and as he goes to hook the shogun's leg, then hook over his shoulder, Katana .. lets it not happen. The second a higher up arm aims to grab Katana, he's all over it, grabbing the arm and whipping it away, tossing the man to the ground after whipping him about like a doll about, aiming to dislocate a few joints, then toss him off of the truck and pointa blade towards him.
"You .. are you done yet? I .. refuse to fall... not until Metro City is underneath the Mad Gear Gang's control... not until THE MAD GEAR GANG IS KNOWN TO ALL! Katana, the Shogun of Mad Gear, IS NOT SIMPLY ONE TO BE TOSSED AROUND!"
"We are both wounded... both of us shall not make it through the next assault, if you dare to continue.... If you are smart, you will not continue the assault. I am sure you are wounded as I...."
"Be sure, that if you come at me again, you will meet the same fate."
The tipsy movement sees Drake slamming against the ground again. But through dogged determination, he pulls himself back up. "Not this time, scum." He latches to the side of the truck and hops back up onto its top to face him again. Instead of being deterred by his words, he presses the assault. Drake weaves in low, aiming a sharp palmheel strike for his midsection from he right hand, and instantly follows it up with a hard left uppercut towards that atrocious mask.
COMBATSYS: Katana fails to counter Quick Punch from Drake with Shiraha Catch.
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COMBATSYS: Katana can no longer fight.
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Drake 0/-------/--=====|
As Drake slams a palmheel strike into Katana, Katana falls back, and the truck he falls on ... immediately begins to spin his wheels. Drake? Drake is going to be tossed off as a member inside of the truck grabs Katana and then begins to peel off.
The wheels on the truck go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the truck go round and round, all throuuugh the squaaaare.
And off he goes.
Drake starts to make a grab for Katana to begin demanding answers to questions. He finally seems out. -Finally-. About freaking time. But then a plot device reaches from the truck and grabs his target. And promptly, the truck is moving. This takes the already weakened and worn fighter by surprise, and he falls off the top.
WHUMP.
Drake lays facedown on the ground for a few seconds, groaning before starting to push himself back up to his feet in time for the truck to get roving off. "Wh-.. no! Dang it!" He raises to his full height and chases a few steps after the vehicle before faultering to a knee, teeth grit.
Log created on 19:17:36 01/02/2008 by Katana, and last modified on 17:54:39 01/04/2008.