Description: Did you ever notice that students at Gedo High... Are kind of abrasive? Also, Tyler's a bit of a pottymouth! Somehow it falls to Tenma to try to keep him in line, what the hell.
Winter though it might be, Southtown never gets all /that/ cold. Cold enough to wear a jacket or something sure, but it's not exactly a winter wonderland. Even in the early evening, the weather is passable enough, especially if one is a professional fighter... The elements just don't affect that caliber of person the same as they do the general run of humanity.
This would be why one Tenma Kiryuu can stand to hang out on the school roof even in January. He's switched to his winter school uniform - though it's not a /Gedo/ uniform, he's just taken his previous school's and changed the collar pins on it - and his everpresent bokken is there at his side, wrapped as it is in its blue cloth sheath. Though many other members of the Gedo Gang are out on assigned patrols, or training, or whatever, the leader of the Guardian Kings has a certain level of prestige, coupled with an unwillingness to defer to anyone that isn't Daigo himself or one of the boss' top lieutenants, and so he's up in his team's usual spot, the aforementioned roof.
Mostly just relaxing, Tenma also has what appears to be his dinner beside him - with a thermos of hot water for preparing both his tea and his instant ramen - and a small boombox is playing music, some kind of rock. The young man himself just looks content, though who knows where any of his usual compatriots are at the moment... He's not too worried about them right now, he's enjoying being lazy far too much.
It's good to be the king.
The new german-american student, Tyler or as some refer to him now as TJ, comes walking out on to the roof through the large metal door carrying a big trash bag and wearing work gloves over his hands. He doesn't look too pleased either -- infact he looks a little ticked off by the tense, angry expression on his face.
He's definately not here to hang out, but instead the new student is here to pick up the trash! Yup, that's right... his punishment was to clean the entire school tonight! And well, that's his reason for being here at least. Right now he's on trash patrol, finding his way up to the rooftop.
Tyler let's out an exasperated sigh, and whines a little saying,"Mannn...Stupid freaking principle."
The roof... Has kind of a lot of trash on it, actually. As the primary hangout of the Guardian Kings, four somewhat infamous Gedo High students, it sees a lot of food wrappers and drink cans and other such things get discarded willy-nilly. It's probably not as bad as it /could/ be though, as a few of the Guardian Kings are liable to clean up after themselves.
Tenma, though, not so much.
Only slightly shorter than Tyler, and rather slender with it, the Japanese teenager can't help but notice that someone else is on the roof, even if he can't hear the newcomer's grumbling over the music blaring in the background. Leaning back, Tenma turns his head to glance over his shoulder, one dark blue eye falling on the sight of Tyler, and Guardian King's mouth pulls into a faint frown. Someone is in 'his' territory! Someone he doesn't recognise, either.
So Tenma says, loud enough to be heard over the music: "An' just who the hell are /you/?"
Tyler had started to pick up some trash, not really caring where the source of music was coming from but when somebody shouted he perked his head up ad looked in the direction of the other student.
Narrowing his eyes on Tenma, he scoffed,"Don't fuckin' worry about it."
Tyler wasn't very good at making friends in the least, and it seemed that everywhere he went somebody was harassing him for something -- probably didn't help that he had a bit of an attitude toward most everyone he meets.
The new student continued on walking around and picking up the discarded food containers, wrappers and every other bit of trash laying about.
The response from Tyler... Well, let's face it; most people at Gedo have at least a /little/ bit of attitude. Despite the personalities of some of Tenma's teammates, Gedo students at large aren't the nicest kids in the world. So, the response Tyler gives provokes less surprise than it might somewhere else, though Tenma's brow does arch. "'course I'm gonna worry about it," he replies, with a derisive snort. "You're on /my/ roof." Yeah, that's right.
Incidentally, Tenma's not very good at making friends either.
Tyler stops picking up trash.
He then lifts his head.
He looks right at the other student.
Tyler throws the bag of trash down,"You don't want to fuck with me today, buddy. -This- ain't your roof. Sorry, but -this-" He stomps his foot down,"be the school's roof."
"And to be honest? I don't know WHO YOU ARE, but frankly I DON'T CARE." Tyler folds his arms over his chest, tilting his head to the side now, watching Tenma intently, waiting for their reaction and response.
"Aha," Tenma says, sounding as though he's just come to an amazing realisation. He even snaps his fingers! "You must be new." He's already rising to his feet, picking up that cloth-wrapped bundle from the ground at his side, dusting off the seat of his uniform pants with his other hand. "'cause you should care, newbie. An' this is my roof, 'cause I say it is." And he has a small gang of his own to back up that claim... So as he sees it, it's all perfectly legit! Besides, most other groups in the school would generally rather avoid bothering the Guardian Kings. They're a bit crazy, after all.
Tyler watches the other boy for a moment as he claims authority over the school's rooftop.
"Okay, I get it. It's /your/ roof, man." He just nods his head and begins to smile a bit crookedly, almost smirking as he reaches down and picks up the trash bag again, but suddenly he hauls back and throws it over toward Tenma, not really trying to hit them with it but rather just showing a sign of disrespect as he throws the trash at Tenma's feet and the bag busts open partially and some of it's contents spilling out.
"SO WHY DON'T YOU PICK UP THE FUCKING TRASH THEN!"
He doesn't wait long after that to start to approach the kid, he has a pretty good idea where this is leading already so he throws up his arms antagonizingly as he calls out to the other boy,"You want some of me?! You fucking faggot!"
No body ever said that Tyler was completely sane, y'know, he's got a bit of a violent streak in him and that much is obvious at this point. Tyler balls up his fists now,"Come on then. Let's see whose roof it is, bitch!"
COMBATSYS: Tyler has started a fight here.
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Tyler 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Tenma has joined the fight here.
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Tyler 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Tenma
If they were giving out marks for provocation, then Tyler would probably do pretty good. A+ for effort! Tenma, already on his feet, frowns slightly as the trash is tossed his way, the bag breaking open and spilling Buddha knows what everywhere.
Were he able to have a more objective opinion about the whole situation, he'd probably realise that Tyler kind of has a point about the garbage on the roof.
However, objectivity isn't Tenma Kiryuu's strong point, really. Lazy arrogance radiates from his posture, his stance, his every movement, and as Tyler continues to call him out, he unties the cloth sheath of his bokken, the blue fabric falling away to bare the long, slightly curved wooden blade, designed to mimic the traditional Japanese sword. And then, he bites his thumb.
Yeah, seriously; he bites into the flesh of his left thumb, drawing blood, letting it run down his hand and into his mouth, droplets of red spattering on the rooftop. Then, Tenma paints a stripe of red down the wooden blade with his bloodied digit, remaining admirably calm in the face of Tyler's shouts and antagonism. The wooden sword is then swept through the air, at which point it /lights up/ with a misty red aura, chi and blood mixed together.
"Okay, newbie," Tenma says, licking some of his own blood off of his lower lip, and grinning toothily. "Time for a spankin'." At this point, Tyler is close enough for Tenma to attack quite easily, and so he does, suddenly sweeping the chi-emanating blade down with brutal strength, lashing out with very solid wood and searing, bloody energy. At the 'bottom' of the slash, Tenma reverses the blade, following the first slash a split-second later with another, this one upwards, creating a shallow V-shape. "GRAAAH!!"
COMBATSYS: Tenma successfully hits Tyler with Ungyou.
- Power hit! -
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Tyler 0/-------/--=====|=------\-------\0 Tenma
Tyler was ready for a fight -- a small part of him hoping the kid would back off, but knowing better he pretty much knew the other kid was going to try something. As Tenma readied that bokken, Tyler narrowed his eyes on the kid, he had never seen something like that before now.
Tyler was probably a bit too cocky for his own good as he just scoffed at the kid,"You pathetic loser, you have to use a... ", then that's when he's struck by the bokken and pretty hard too -- the kid unfortunately finding a soft spot, but that isn't really a surprise to him seeing as how recently he's been taking some pretty hard hits -- especially from the former Champ, Mike Bison.
Tyler buckles some, holding his chest now as he falls back onto his ass. The kid gritting his teeth angrily, yelling at Tenma,"THAT'S DOES IT! NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT!"
With a full head of steam, after a moment Tyler suddenly shoots up off the ground and back to his feet, the kid was in perfect place for him and Tyler was going to unload everything he had on him right now to try and end this one more quickly, because honestly he couldn't withstand too many more of those shots with that weapon in his state.
Tyler almost seemed to fly off the ground as he clinched his fist tightly as suddenly it flared up with some fiery red chi, his eyes focused right on Tenma's chin as he swung his fist down from his side and straight up into the air even coming off of his feet a few inches from the momentum of his own swing. His fist like a rocket as it straight up into the air.
COMBATSYS: Tyler successfully hits Tenma with One-Hit Wonder EX.
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Tyler 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Tenma
If there's anything Tenma hates, it's people considering his weapon any sort of a crutch; if you devote yourself to perfecting a combat style, why does it matter if it's your fists or something else? In either case, the skill required to use them effectively is immense... And Tenma sure knows how to use his bokken effectively. "Okay," is all Tenma says in response to the newer student's yell, and he doesn't even like... Try to avoid the attack, or mitigate the damage, or anything. He just gets hit. It's pretty hard, too, driving the Guardian King into the air, much harder than he was expecting to be hit, but...
"NOT HARD ENOUGH!!" Tenma bellows as he lands on his feet, having /flipped backwards/ from the force of the blow. Dangerously close to the edge of the roof, the Gedo swordsman hardly seems fazed by this fact at all... Instead, he sweeps his wooden blade through the air. Of course, he does this from too far away from Tyler to /hit him with it/.
But that's not the point; in the wake of the slash, a red streak of energy follows the blade, and from that streak springs forth a crescent of roiling blood, a gruesome projectile tearing through the air towards Tyler. "Try harder, newbie!!"
COMBATSYS: Tenma successfully hits Tyler with Dharmapala.
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Tyler 1/--=====/=======|======-\-------\0 Tenma
Tyler lands back on his feet, his breathing a little irregular as he feels his chest tightening up on him again -- what's the deal? That was a good shot but it only put a small dent in this guy. He's a little tougher than he seems.
Before he knew it, the kid was on his feet standing some distance from him and throwing some huge energy ball at him ... What the hell? He's never seen anything like this before now. He has seen some oddities, people doing strange but awesome things in combat before but he's never seen somebody pull out of thin air a massive energy ball like that.
He's a little shocked and his reaction is a bit slow due to his previous one so he's pretty much left wide open as he gets blasted by Tenma's attack, it sends him flying back and to the ground, he just lays there now for a moment, trying to catch his breath. After a moment he reaches up and places a hand on his chest -- man, Bison sure did mess him up good, it doesn't seem that he's completely healed and now this kid with that attack, it definately isn't doing him any good.
Tyler doesn't get up just yet, instead he lays there trying to gather his wits as he tries to catch his breath, which right now seems a bit difficult to do, though he's still a little worried about the other kid possibly trying to attack him while he's done, he lifts his head a bit to take a peek to see where the kid's at before he lays his head back down again, letting out a tensed sigh.
COMBATSYS: Tyler drops his guard to recover.
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Tyler 1/--=====/=======|======-\-------\0 Tenma
Not just energy, but real, honest to goodness, actual /blood/. So Tyler might be a bit of a mess after that... Tenma's power isn't exactly the cleanest one in the world, you know? He watches the other guy... Not get up after getting hit, and he tilts his head to one side, looking curious. Did it take just that to take the newbie out? Somebody kneeds to toughen up a little bit!
But when Tyler looks up at him, Tenma's curious look melts away into an almost predatory smirk, and he shrugs his shoulders a little. "It ain't naptime yet, newbie," the Guardian King says, suddenly rushing forward. Yes, he totally IS going to attack Tyler while he's down, raising his blood and energy-charged bokken over his head with both hands, swinging it down in a powerful, dangerous slash. "THE FUN'S JUST GETTING STARTED!!"
COMBATSYS: Tyler blocks Tenma's Deep Strike.
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Tyler 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\0 Tenma
Tyler just lays there as Tenma comes rushing in at him, he raises his arms up infront of him as the bokken comes down pretty hard on him, he manages to block it but not without taking more damage.
Tyler pushes the bokken away and climbs up to his feet, clinching his fists and holding them up infront of him as he takes his boxing stance. It seems that Tenma is only ticking him off more as he grits his teeth angrily and says,"You punk. I won't let you bully me!"
Tyler then proceeds to unleash a boxing combination on Tenma, first starting with a jab with his right hand to measure his opponent out, a clean and straight punch to the face. Then takes a wild swing at Tenma with his left hand hooking it toward Tenma's jaw. Last but not least, to finish off the old 1-2-3 combo, Tyler draws his right fist back again and then let's lose a heavy uppercut toward Tenma's chin again.
COMBATSYS: Tenma endures Tyler's The Old 123.
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Tyler 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Tenma
And there, Tyler shows some of the spirit that it takes to survive and thrive at Gedo High. Tenma actually /laughs/ when the American blocks the vicious slash, sounding actually nod displeased by this turn of events. "Good," he says, to Tyler's declaration, and when the boxing combination starts, Tenma just goes with it. He's punched and punched, head jerking to one side as he's hit in the jaw, and then rocking back as he's hit under the chin... But will it be enough to stop him?!
Nope, not really. Instead, Tenma suddenly twists, recovering from the final blow in a split-second, and slashes upwards at the side of Tyler's torso, right under the ribs. "You might actually amount t' somethin' someday, newbie! Keep it up!!"
COMBATSYS: Tenma successfully hits Tyler with Fierce Strike.
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Tyler 1/-----==/=======|=======\===----\1 Tenma
Tyler tries to avoid being struck by that bokken again, but unfortunately takes another fierce slash from it, he just grits his teeth, a fire lighting up in his eyes as he stands there, seemingly unaffected by the attack. The new student then pushes on, attempting to throw another heavy handed strike into Tenma's chiny-chin-chin.
Same as before, like a rocket, Tyler's fist shoots straight up into the air his angry red chi flaring up around his fist as he tries to take Tenma down one more time, it might seem futile but the boy isn't giving up very easily despite the circumstances, he's refusing to go quietly as he struggles to stay on his feet and continue to push the attack...
Unfortunately he's pretty much running on empty right now.
COMBATSYS: Tyler can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Tenma interrupts One-Hit Wonder from Tyler with Dead End Breaker.
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Truth be told, Tenma is a little bit impressed with Tyler. Like he said, the newbie has some good material... He could turn out pretty strong, some day. But, it seems, not /today/. Today, Tenma shifts slightly as that punch comes his way, the force of it and the chi behind it grazing him as he... Lashes out at Tyler once again, slashing quickly with his bokken across the newer Gedo student's body, knocking him back towards the ground and out of his uppercut.
And /then/ Tenma goes to town, lashing out with his weapon more, as well as a few well-placed kicks, finishing the combination off by throwing himself into a lunching headbutt, his forehead colliding with Tyler's face, hard enough to blast him away. And then, Tenma straightens up, his energy-projecting bokken slanted against his shoulder.
"Consider that last one a compliment, newbie. You've got spirit, that's good." Tenma... Very nearly comes across as not a complete asshole there, which is kind of unusual. Maybe it's a holiday?
COMBATSYS: Tenma has ended the fight here.
Log created on 18:38:35 01/09/2008 by Tenma, and last modified on 01:26:08 01/13/2008.