Description: Thrilling action! Exciting adventure!! Can Himeko teach Dan the ways of the world?! Can Nadine show Katana... how to feel!? WHO WILL WIN THIS EPIC BATTLE OF FATE?! Who knows!! (Winners: Katana/Nadine)
People are tuning in. From all around the world, what was once a show spectated just by children and maybe their mom and dad, has become an extraveganza of an event. Thre's a bit of snow, and when that clears, the theme song of the popular Paisley Avenue plays!
'Everyone wake up! Everyone get up! Learning and adventure awaits you! There's tons of fun for -everyone-, here on Paisley Avenuuuue!' Ah yes, Paisley Avenue, the tv show where the entire setting of southtown is placed on a giant boardgame board. Why not drop by Ryu Rabbits stand and purchase a newspaper? Or heck, why not Terry the Tigers court and play some b-ball? The only limit to the show is your IMAGINATION.
After the song ends, the cameraview eagle eyes over the board and then zooms in on the starting street which is some remote, and rather plain area with apartments and trash cans; if you completely ignore the fact the place is completely infested by folks trotting around in giant animal costumes, and muppet folk lean out of their 'apartment' windows to 'check out' the current scuffle that's about to go down. The fighters are introduced, and called to the starting point of Paisley Ave.!
Nadine is already sorry she came.
Nadine is already here and already looking more than a little...uninterested isn't quite the word. 'Terrified' isn't either. 'Exasperated' is probably closest; she has absolutely no interest in being the least inspirational, and even if she did want to, wouldn't know where to start.
She did button up her shirt the rest of the way, though, which may be her sole attempt at child-friendliness. That, and she traded in her actual knives for blunted ones, something she occasionally does in /real/ fights anyway. They get less bad press.
And lo and behold, THERE HAPPENS TO BE A GUEST OF HONOR.
In his mind.
In Paisley Avenue, what more can you do, out with the old, in with the new, here on Paisley Avenue~! One of the muppets out of the windows waves their hands, getting the attention of the crowd. "Today, we have a SPECIAL show for all you boys and girls today! This fighter, from faaaaar over in Japan, is brought to us today by the letter K!" "NO IT WAS THE SPIRITS!" "The letter K, and a plane!" "SPIRITS."
The muppet doesn't seem to notice Katana's dislike of the situation, although Katana, loud, boisterous, and noisy ALSO HUGE, trots in with large weaponry. But no blades. The jitte have been .. rounded down. It's a horrible thing. And Katana, fortunately, has been allowed to wear his armor. ALL BRIGHT COLORS. Infact, the death symbol on his chest is allowed. Because it's wrong. WRONG WRONG WRONG.
"I, KATANA, SHOGUN OF 'happy town' ( A voice over is here ) HAVE COME TO SHOW THESE PEOPLE 'happiness'!" He proclaims raising weapons up high. "NONE SHALL STAND IN THE SHOGUN'S WAY, ON HIS PATH FOR 'friendship!'"
The muppets awwww.
Katana, momentarily stunned, begins to rock back and forth.
These things .. bring back memories... horrible.. horrible memories.
Somone seems to be missing from this line up. Yes, there is Katana, there's Nadine, and there's Himeko. But hmm. Who is missing from the line-up. Kids at home. It's time for that interactive edutainment you've all been wondering about. Can you spot this missing fighter? Well of course it's Dan! That's right he doesn't seem to be anywhere at all. Well, except. Alright he kinda is here but not really? In fact, hanging out of a muppet apartment window is the fighter himself.
Alright but let me explain why that's weird. Those muppet apartment windows are much to small for a normal person to just hang out of, they're muppet sized. So how can Dan be hanging out of a window when he's quite obviously larger than a muppet? You guessed it. Muppet-Dan.
Muppet Dan waves his arms wildly screaming, "YEAHHHHHHH ALRIGHT!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YEAHHHHHHH! NADINE AND KATANA!! GOIN' DOWN! ALL THE WAY DOWN YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH EXCITING VICTORY FOR OUR TEAM YAYYYYYYYYYY ORA ORA ORA ORA!!!!"
Funniest thing though. That is a spot on impression of Dan Hibiki that muppeteer is doing.
Poor Nadine.. Poor Katana.. For two completely different reasons, of course. Now it's only natural that within the group -someone- had to be into it. And one of them is racing toward the starting point as we speak! The camera shifts to a situation where two of the non-muppet cast members, L. Jenny and Little D? are playing tug of war with a gigantic toy cracker. This thing is huge, like bigger than them.
"I want the cracker!" Jenny cries.
"No, me, I got it first!" D? cries back. Please ignore the racial overtones here. The duo pause though as there is a sound of pattering footsteps and the faint hum of an 'mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm'
It grows louder and louder until suddenly a four foot tall girl, clad near entirely in pink and black comes BURSTING through the cracker, with such an amazingly sweet flying back-kick that it splits into two perfect halves. "SHARING!!" Hurricane Hime continues to dash forward until she comes to the side of Muppet Dan, and rolls her shoulders. "TEAMWORK!! It's learning time, people! Care of the Defender of Knowledge..." Hime drops into a crouch and waits for the two youngling whoms problems who have recently resolved dash up next to her and strike poses.
The three shout in unison, "HURRICANE HIMEEEEEEEEEEE!"
"And SON!" D adds.
COMBATSYS: Himeko has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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Nadine very nearly slaps her forehead, until she realizes that this would probably fit right in here and that's the last thing she wants to do ever.
"Smile," she informs Katana, mostly to piss him off, as she walks forward. She pretends not to see Dan the Muppet, although this is frankly a doomed proposition, given how much noise he's making and how much she really, really wants to stab said Muppet. She aggressively ignores Hime, having met her once before and been equally exasperated with her presence then, too.
Then she waits. "You can stop playing any time," Nadine says, "and we can finally get this [event] over with." She gets voice overs too. How cute!
There is a mental war in Katana's mind. Japanese symbols, Astroboys, and large blasts of chi roar back and forth as reason, past, and guts fight to the death. Past and reason are tag teaming against guts. It looks bad. Katana's past reasoning well.. the muppets. He remembers them. How he remembers them. Their beady eyes. their stick like hands. Their hyper attitude. There's .. NOTHING GOOD ABOUT THEM.
But he is afraid of such, beyond the capacity one might expect. That's when Guts just takes it all and rolls into the side of his head, causing Katana to jerk back to reality, and look upon..
HIMEKO AND DAN.
Dan, the muppet, is certainly a fearsome sight. Stick like hands THAT COULD TOPPLE BUILDINGS. Nearby is Himeko and her PACK OF WARRIOR MUPPETS. They cheer in ways that Katana cannot comprehend. Teamwork.. Sharing.. ALLIANCES BETWEEN MUPPET AND HUMAN.
Smile?! Nadine's looked at by the mask that cover's Katana's face, before he turns towards both of them.
"This is not a game, ally." Katana says, suddenly serious, taking both weapons up. Perhaps he has finally cracked. "This is a [fun]house ... Where the [happiest] people of the world meet to [enjoy each other's company]. " Then the jitte are raised and everything goes to normal.
"I SHALL NEVER SURRENDER TO YOU, DAN AND HURRICANE HIMEKO, FOR I AM KATANA. MY SKILL AND STRENGTH SHALL TEACH YOU A LESSON IN [happiness!]" His mask has been painted with a giant smile. It's yellow. It's really happy.
COMBATSYS: Katana has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
COMBATSYS: Nadine has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
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The Dan muppet disappears out of the apartment window, before reappearing in a flash behind a conveniently waist high brick wall by Himeko. How did that muppet get there so fast anyways? What kind of muppeteer is that.
First his eyes rise over the top of the wall then his face as his mouth flaps open and clothes and his hands wave wildly at his student, "HIMEKO HIMEKO HIMEKO HIMEKO HIMEKO! AAAAAAAH AAAAAAAH AAAAAAAAAAH AAAAAAAH AAAAAAAAAAAAH. IT IS YOUR JOB TO TEACH THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD TODAY AND I PUPPET MASTER DAN WILL HELP YOU TEACH! LET US ALL LEARN FROM YOU BECAUSE SAIKYO IS THE BEST YAY YAY YAY YAY YAYYYYYYYYYY AAWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Man, Everytime his mouth opens and closes, it looks kind of like this.
.. ..
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COMBATSYS: Dan has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Dan 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Nadine
Himeko's partner is clearly the greatest muppeteer the entire world has ever seen. In the history of history. Despite the impossibility, Hurricane Hime doesn't seem bothered in the slightest that a) Muppet-Dan just appeared by her side, and b) That she is the mother of a seven your old kid. First she just sort of stares at Katana. And then her eyes, you swear they turned into little hearts, "Oh wow COOOOOOOOOOOOL!! I've never met you before!" she cries, cupping her cheeks and blushing a little. Hime may have a crush! But the moment is killed when she turns to Muppet-Dan screaming like a maniac. And then cries out, "Daaaa~aaan, add the 'Hurricane', I'm a superhero, not some plain ol' kid! But you're right, I guess it's time for a Pop Quiz, saikyo style!"
Hime hops lightly from foot to foot, ushering her littler partners aside. And -finally- she takes notice of Nadine. She remembers her. Doesn't look like she's changed very much. "All right kids, we're counting to ten! For every hit I land, count out loud and count out proud!" The pink-clad girl bursts forward... But she ends up not striking at Nadine, but instead at Katana, springind up high into the air and twists her hips sharply to try and slam another flying back kick toward the armored warriors mask! "Immortal KICK!"
Well, if they're starting it...
Nadine draws her knife, holding it ready in case Himeko comes at /her/. She doesn't, though, and Nadine thinks that Katana can certainly take care of himself; she lets him do so and moves slightly forward instead, toward one of the buildings and out of sight of a camera. (This puts her dead center in a different camera she didn't see, but them's the breaks in show business.
The knife rockets forward as Nadine throws it, putting her full body into the motion, straight at the Danpet. It is not sharp, but it's still a chunk of metal moving quite quickly, with a gust of wind accelerating it straight forward. "One," she says, with fake cheer.
COMBATSYS: Katana counters Light Kick from Himeko with Shiraha Catch.
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Dan 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Nadine
The Dan muppet is fast. FAST LIKE CHEETAH. The shogun swears he could have seen the little demon above Himeko in the window but suddenly he rises, like a shark, nearby Himeko. This beast. This fiend. And then he flails wildly. Katana backs up a few steps as MUPPET DAN goes into a beserk rampage, flinging his hands wildly at his student, yelling loudly, his mouth opening and closing like a fish.
What greater evil exists in this world!?
He cannot think of one. He, will help Himeko teach lessons to children!? No! KATANA CANNOT ALLOW THE CHILDREN OF TODAY TO BE BRAINWASHED. Their evil will be stopped at the root, Dan-muppet, and there shall be some saved! And Himeko has been ALLIED HERSELF WITH THIS EVIL.. Hurricane Himo.
THE FACE OF THE TRUE ENEMY.
"You ... shall not have your mindgames! The children shall be [happy!]" He bellows, as the woman twirls through the air, sharply, to try and slam a back kick towards the smile on his mask.
Honestly, what causes him to do this.. is the kick towards the mask. Her leg stops just short of Katana, hands slamming about the leg, trapping it between his meaty hands. "You.... SHALL NOT HAVE THIS DAY!" And then Himeko is taken on a ride. A magical, fantasy ride of BEING SPUN AROUND. Her leg might not feel too good either as Katana whips her this way and that, before chucking her upwards, leaping up after.. AND POWERBOMBING HER..
Leaping off, Katana points his jitte towards Hime. "FOR ... THE... CHILDREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"
COMBATSYS: Dan overcomes Zephyr Dart from Nadine with Gadouken.
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Dan 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Nadine
As the knife hurtles towards the puppet, it makes the very same motion Dan would normally make with his own arms as it flaps its head around crazily, "KORE GA SAIKYO RYUU! GADOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKEN!"
And then... From behind the brick-wall, a Gadouken is lobbed up like a softball, putt putting slowly up in an arc that knocks the knife away at the last second and goes putt putting straight on. The muppet saikyo style fighter turns its face towards Himeko.
"Uhhh, Himeko?" it's mouth flaps again and again, "Mmmmaybe math isn't the best thing you can teach maybe you can teach physics? I'd like to learn about physics. Math is BORRRRRRR~ING"
A trombone plays three notes: Wop, Wop, Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhsliiiiiiiide
"YEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW HELP!" Hime isn't even going to pretend she knew what it was Katana just said. To her it was all kind of echoey and mumbly, but on the other hand, it was VERY VERY COOL! The captured leg, though, is not very cool. After a nice dose of spinning, airial traveling and serious slamming into the ground. she thinks it's a good idea to bounce like a ball and flop onto her stomach. "..... ow."
Of course, she's far from done, she manages to get to her feet and slap her cheeks, did she hear the Dan-pet? Her eyes sort of half lid and she notes, "... Hurricane!! ... Actually, sensei, mathematics is a branch of physics, as is modern philosophy, chemistry, and biology. Just for the record."
She faces off against the huge man again, her eyebrow twitching a couple of times. And then reaches into her thigh holster, "Ok then, here's a classic, a lesson on gravity!" She slings her arm forward, and from her hands fly a string of card-sized slips of paper that form into a ribbon. She hopes to snatch Katana by the ankle, and if she does she jerks her arm like a whip, sending a shockwave toward the captured limb that would suddenly snap the man into the air and whip him violently to the ground!
COMBATSYS: Dan successfully hits Nadine with Gadouken.
- Power hit! -
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Dan 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
Nadine has now learned a little bit about physics. For instance, she has learned that you cannot stop a Gadouken, no matter how adorably harmless it looks, with your bare hand.
Nadine yelps when it smacks into her open palm, exploding in a brilliant shower of sparkles that literally coat Nadine's arm. She shakes it rapidly to try to dislodge them, causing an unavoidable glowing smear on the cameras as she does this.
Once it's clear, she glares a little bit at the Danpet. "Gravity is also responsible for making things fall down," she says, grabbing a second knife and throwing it up in an arc. In obedience to basic physics, it comes back down.
It's aimed where the Gadouken came from.
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Katana with Picture Pages.
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Dan 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
As Hime gets back on her feet, slapping her cheeks, and SPOUTS THE DEVILS WORDS, or book learning which isn't too bad, but then, Katana is no mere Shogun. He doesn, however, only have a brief understanding of what Hurricane Hime just said. It's slightly sad.
But that's when she twitches, reaching into her holster and trying to teach Katana... A LESSON ON GRAVITY. Especially as she slings her arm forwards, a string of card slips that attempt to ... WHAT IS THIS!? The pieces of ribbon aim to snatch Katana by the ankle... AND THEY DO. The Shogun is taken, jerked violently, a shockwave causing Katana to be whipped into the ground.
THUD. The massive man goes down hard, but rolls forwards afterwards.
"What... WHAT SORCERY IS THIS!?" He is not happy. Yet he is. COINCIDENCE!? "You.. you are a witch! Sorceress... how could I not see it before hand!" His body against the ground, Katana does not simply force himself off the ground. He kicks up. "Only mere men .. NEED TO FOLLOW THE FORCES OF GRAVITY!"
The Shogun kicks up backwards. And begins to rush towards Himeko as he WALKS ON HIS BLADES. His body perfectly balanced as he rushes towards Himeko on the jitte, before flipping about and bringing both of them straight towards Hime of the Hurricane!
COMBATSYS: Dan dodges Nadine's Medium Fling.
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Dan 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
That muppet. That muppet looks up and scrunches his face up to create the classic Muppet fear look, before hopping over two feet to the left behind the brick wall, "Ha-Ha! That was some knife you threw?", Now how would the muppeteer know about that knife, well let's go behind the scenes on the old muppet show and it's simple there are TVs in the muppeteering deck that let them see what's going on so they can act correctly it's all very simple and Jim Henson was a genius!
Oh, right. What does the Dan Muppet do after he does his thing? He goes back to FLAILING HIS ARMS WILDLY, "ONE TIME I WAS WATCHING THIS GUY ON TV AND HE SAID INERTIA WAS A PROPERTY OF MATTER! YAYY YAYY YAYYY YAYY YAYYY DOESN'T THAT PSYCHE YOU UP I KNOW IT DOES FOR ME ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA YAYYYYYYY EVERYONE AT HOME JUMP UP AND DOWN LIKE A MANIAC YAYYYYYYYYYY!"
COMBATSYS: Dan gathers his will.
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Dan 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Himeko fails to interrupt Fierce Strike from Katana with Magic School Bus.
- Power fail! -
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Dan 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
"... Ha-HA!!" Hime cries out, in a classic Saishuesque manner. And did you think the kids have forgotten? No sirry, following that slam, the kids at home are crying out ONE! Because.. Well.. Why not?
The little Hurricane's got her hands full, though, too full to assist Nadine in throwing a little more energy into her teachings. Though in her mind she's not doing a -terrible- job, but it needs a little more yelling.. Yelling like Dan Muppet! Even yelling, however, isn't enough to pull her away from the big ol handstand man, Hime looks a bit taken aback, "Woah! Who's the one with sorcery here pal! I don't know where you come from but hear on planet earth...."
Hime whips out her beloved textbook, and dashes toward the giant bulldozer, looking to take him head on, "WE OBEY THE FORCES OF GRA-" WHAM! Apparently she thought it was a really awesome idea to run right into the large jitte and with it she just. goes. Down. This time she breaks the law of momentum and somehow goes flying backward, completely bowling over three maniacly hopping puppetsuitors that go crashing in a tumble of big yellow feathers, green, wollen mammoths and an emu.
Down for the count??? No, no not quite yet, it takes a bit of effort but she manages to pull herself up, now sporting the Emu mask atop her head, and brandishing twin folding fans. "Oh it's ON NOW!"
Nadine really, really wishes she wasn't here anymore.
She picks up the first knife she threw and just ignores Dan for now. He's way the hell over there, and he's just got a puppet; she can safely ignore him for now, right? RIGHT? (Probably wrong, but nobody tell her, she needs all the dreams she can get.)
Instead she advances on 'Hurricane' Hime from behind, holding the knife rather lazily and loosely in her hands. Forward...forward...forward...
Nadine lunges at the same time Himeko gets up, blunt knife extended for a mighty forward thrust at the other high schooler. She stabs forward, then whips it to the side; if it was sharp it would be ripping it out, but as it's blunt it mostly feels like getting hit with a stick, if she manages it at all.
As Himeko CHARGES FORTH against Katana, thinking it's a great and awesome idea to run right into the Jitte.. the woman goes down, and goes flying backwards, bowling over the puppets.. and then into larger puppets. KATANA'S MIGHTY CHARGE OF MIGHT... .. sort of knocks her flat. BUT SHE'S UP AGAIN.
And with FANCY NEW CLOTHES. "Now you dress in their number! I SHALL [give you a present] FOR SUCH THINGS!" He bellows, before.. Nadine beats him to it. "Very well, ally... I shall face.."
And then his gaze looks onto the spazzing, flailing, whipping, yelling, PUPPET OF EVIL. His smiling mask is nothing compared to the look of fear behind it.. "No..... No.. I cannot... I ... "
AND WITH INNER STRENGTH. "YES. I MUST.... I MUST BE ASSERTIVE. I MUST REACH FOR MY DREAMS... On, especially such as the shogun, should never let go of something, never give up, NEVER SURRENDER WHEN YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE!" A LESSON!?
"AND RIGHT NOW, THAT'S [playing with Dan!]"
Oh, and boy will KATANA PLAY. His charge is renewed, and towards the stick figure of might, Katana rushes. His sandals hit the ground in the streets as he aims .. to leap towards Dan. TO LEAP UP TOWARDS DAN MUPPET.. and then pin him to the brick wall. "You .. and I ... HAVE TO TALK."
"DAIKYOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Katana aims to pin him down and begin to charge he across that bring wall. The Danuppet may just START ON FIRE from the friction. Unless it's fire resistant foam.
"BURNING!' As he aims to grab the puppet and face his fears, and SLAM him back into the ground from the brick wall. Or just a higher brick wall.
Katana ... does not like the Dan Muppet.
COMBATSYS: Dan interrupts Daikyou Burning from Katana with Quick Punch.
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Dan 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
Dan Puppet's jaw hangs open as Katana begins jumping at him, before with one of his rod manipulated arms he scratches his chin, and shakes his head, "Nope. Nope, nope, nope. This won't do at all. Not a bit not a bit. Hey kids? What do you call the part of your back you put in your jeans!?!"
Some of the on stage kids laugh and giggle out, "BUTT!"
And that's what Dan Puppet does. He ducks down behind the brickwall and launches himself upwards at a huge speed, HEADBUTTING KATANA with the might of a muppet! It's time to take back the battle, Muppet style.
"THAT'S RIGHT!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Nadine's Fierce Strike.
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Dan 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
Wow... There sure is a lot of yelling going on here, isn't there? Hime is pretty boisterous, but these guys, wow, they've got a set of lungs! However one this is clear, is that Hime refuses to be intimidated, thre's a weak spot and she'll find.... It... Later on! Her Hime-Senses tingle, and swapping the paper fan so it's held upside down, she twists and the two weapons... Clash? That's right, they most certainly clash, and she brushes the opposing weapon aside as she twirls in a full circle and hops back slightly. The fans are re-sheated into her belt and she gestures to Nadine. "Citizen Nadine, we meet again! This time within the field of knowledge!" the girl bellows through her mask. "Math magic! Pick a number between 1 and 100. Multiply it by nine, then add the resulting numbers togeather!"
This may or may not be a distraction. Either way, if Nadine decides to pause and think about it or not, Hime bursts forward and curls up into a ball, with a very sweet horizontal rolling attack! "Crazy, right??!"
COMBATSYS: Nadine dodges Himeko's Medium Punch.
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Dan 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
Nadine is the non-yeller. There's always one.
Nadine does not stop and think about it; she either thinks about it very fast or just ignores it entirely. It's hard to tell which. "Heard better," she says, followed by: "Seen better," when Himeko decides to just roll at her all curled up. In fact, that gives Nadine an idea.
She leaps over the rolling Himeko, landing behind her and already turning, pivoting and putting her entire weight behind the mighty, mighty kick that she is leveling right at Himeko...well, if she wasn't rolling and thus changing what part was closest, it would be her rear.
And then Katana's stopped mid charge, HEABUTTED IN THE FACE. The mask, and KAtana, are sent sprawling backwards, collapsing on the ground. Oh. The horror. HIS FOAMY HEAD, FILLED WITH SO MUCH POWER. The Mad Gear Leader is .. not one to be afraid.
But he is. How he is.
The Muppet has bested him, tossing him to the ground with a simple shake of his head, and into his FACE. He is .. never going to live this down easily! But .. If he can make the world safer... FOR THE CHILDREN. Dan's horrible headbutting power .. will NOT SAVE HIM FROM KATANA'S WEAPONRY. And what weaponry he has indeed!
Back on his feet, the Shogun points both jitte at Dan.
And then he charges.
It's, infact, a charge. There is nothing else to it. KATANA IS HOLDING THE BLADES OUT, AND RUNNING STRAIGHT AT DAN.
"DEEP STRIKE OF THE SHOGUN. KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHNOONOOBASEA!" CHARRRRRGE.
COMBATSYS: Dan interrupts Deep Strike from Katana with Quick Throw.
- Power hit! -
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
Muppet Dan pushes himself up further as the jitte come in, the open blade of it sliding and locking onto the arm mysteriously controlling it. Breaking the illusion slightly? Nope, the arm is covered in more pink gi fabric so it's all good. It just looks like he has a really long torso. DAN HIBIKI IS NOT ONE TO UPSET THE CHILDREN!
So what does the muppet do? He leaps upward landing right on Katana's breastplate, before he tilts his head back and lets out a laugh, "AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I AM INPSIRED BY COUNT VON COUNT TODAY!! AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA" With a wide open mouth, the muppet begins choking Katana, looking like a terrible vampire in the process.
Dan Hibiki, lay off the coffee, man.
COMBATSYS: Himeko fails to interrupt Heavy Kick from Nadine with Read All About It!.
- Power fail! -
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Himeko 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Nadine
Himeko may look like she's out of control, but just because she -is- out of control doesn't mean she can't take control of the situation! Expect the unexpected, they say.. And the little Hurricane seeks to deliver, both in combat and in sharing wisdom!
Though she has to question some of Dan-Muppets actions here, it's getting kind of weird, a little too weird! And wouldn't you know it, the bespectacled Nadine just had to go and kill her very awesome magic fact! Before she can act, Nadine's -very- mighty kick proves to be much mightier than anyone else could possibly fathom. The gal in pink gets her butt kicked literally and whoosh there she goes smashing into even more props, this time it's right into Yama the Grouch's stack of trash cans. Why are they stacked? No one knows but it makes a massive *KER-CLATTER* when she bashes into them and they go tumbling everywhere.
Hime slowly sits up, holding the back of her head, and when she turns to her left, she sees the very angry grouch just staring at her right back. "... Uh. Hi."
"Hey, what'd the five fingers say to the face, Hime?"
"I dunno what, wha-" *smack*
"Slap! Hah hah!"
:(
Sucks to be you, Hime's face.
Nadine grins as Himeko goes flying, showing her amusement for a few seconds before she goes back to a more neutral expression, pushing up her glasses with her left hand. The slap is almost enough to make her laugh (/her/, laugh, in public) but she restrains herself at the last moment, settling in for a smirk instead.
She stands there, holding her knife in a guard position, glancing from one to the other. That Danbot really has to go...
COMBATSYS: Nadine focuses on her next action.
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Dan 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Nadine
And .. And.. And..
And DAN HIBIKI MUPPET IS CHOKING KATANA EVEN THOUGH HIS NECK MUSCLES ARE HUGE AND BULGING IT DOES NOT STOP THE POWER OF THE DAN.
He.. cannot breathe! His jitte almost fall limp, but the man looks at Dan.. he looks at Dan and finds his inner peace. And then a mini Dan, muppet style, comes over and kicks over his City. Yes. Metro City, run by Katana and the Mad Gear Gang.. and Mini-Muppet Dan's are all about, stealing his City Hall, promoting a Mike Hagger Mayor, and most of all..
Sapping away his Japanese.
Then he actually breaths. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. UNHAND ME, DANIMALS." Animals? Dan?! A COMBINATION OF THE TWO THAT IS A TASTY DESERT. The Shogun pulls away from the horrible hold, and breathing, and backing up. Slowly. He takes his time, slowly, slowly, moving away from the Dan. The Dan whom is menacing. The Dan who is horribly menacing. THE DAN. He backs up.
And then into Big Bird. "Hi friend!" "Yes.. Friend.." Katana goes on. "I REQUIRE YOUR KNOWLEDGE! It is urgent." "Well then, how can I help you?" "Where is the nearest bus station?" "Why, over there but w-" And then Katana is already in action.. but he's bending over the side of the brick wall.. as he PREPARES an important lesson for all.
It will be a great, shogun-esque lesson. And he's preparing for something .. VERY IMPORTANT. Which does not involve charging Dan?!
COMBATSYS: Katana focuses on his next action.
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Dan 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Nadine
The mini Dan muppet, finally having asserted his authority over Katana, turns his face towards Nadine, "A shiibbida schwaaaaaaaaa a shibbida schweee, don't think you've been forgotten by me. A habba habba. Learning is fun, and important for all, but now it's time to make you [a nice birthday cake]."
With that, the puppet gains inner peace, and zen-like concentration on his blank, one expression face (That expression is cheerful!) Before pulling his arm back once again, and launching it forward.
"SHINKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"
A HUGE Putt Putt fireball is lobbed over the brick wall, travelling straight for Nadine as the wordstorm continues to buffet the landscape and all ears who happen to be in ... uh... well, earshot. How awkward.
"GADOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU KEN!"
"... That.. That.." Hime starts.. She shakes her head as she stands up and makes it quite clear to the Grouch, "THAT WAS MEAN!! I can't believe you!"
"Wah wah wah, here's a quarter, call someone who cares, Hime." The snarky muppet in black spits back.
Well.. You know what? Now Hurricane Hime is mad. She's really mad, but she's not one to take it out on a puppet. No she's going to take things to the next level and convert him to her side. "All right, enough of this, I can teach the true lesson without the ULTIMATE crossover!" A gust of wind picks up, sending her scarf flapping back wildly as she, for some reason, gestures to her opponent Nadine. "Come on, american public broadcasting! Grant me some of that sweet sweet educational poweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!"
She strikes a pose, dropping into a crouch, and then stepping in on-screen is a large, purple dinosaur. He stands next to the girl and poses as well, "I.. Love you!" he declares.
And then what's this? A red tele.. Tubby looking thing putters on-screen on her scooter, which she lets drop to the floor in favor of posing. She utters something unintelligable.
Yama is overwhelmed.. He starts spazzming like crazy, and suddenly he sheds his black outfit to reveal a pink one underneath. "I... I love.. EVERYTHING!" he confesses. Praise Jesus!
"Citizen Nadine!" the young heroine declares at last. "We're about to learn the lesson.. Of a LIFETIME!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko gathers her will.
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Dan 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 1/=======/=======|===----\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Dan successfully hits Nadine with Gadouken.
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Dan 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\0 Katana
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Himeko 1/=======/=======|=====--\-------\0 Nadine
Nadine was prepared. She was all ready to go, probably to totally destroy the Dan puppet or something (or at least try; she's sick of looking at it).
Then a Gadouken flies over the wall and clips her again, rather unexpectedly - she didn't see it coming, really, and her attempts at getting out of the way were too little too late. Of course it also doesn't /hurt/ as much as it could, but really, it's kind of getting old and it does sting...
Nadine is interrupted in her thought process by Himeko doing...she's not even going to think about it. She just stares for a moment. "I think you're crazy," she informs the other girl, bringing her hand back and cupping it around nothing in particular. Silvery chi flows into it, along with whirling winds, compressing down into a softball-sized sphere.
She throws it, underhand, at Himeko's feet. It hits the ground nearby and explodes into a short tornado, only about four feet tall, that drives forward for several yards before vanishing in a swirl of silver chi and air. It whips up small debris from the ground around it but, thankfully, does not pick up a puppet. That would be wrong.
Hime, Dan, Both of them have beaten Katana.. Have shown him indeed, in this fight, that FIGHTING IS GLORIOUS. But they have also showed him that muppets lie, cheat, and steal. Like he had known. He has known hatred. He has known many things. And he has known FEAR.
As Dan, showing his dominance over him, has repulses him over and over, the Katanananana of MAD GEAR.. is far from down. And he is also angry ANGRY. THERE IS NOTHING BEHIND THERE. "You. Bird of Big. You have [ told much] to me ... now one of you ... will [be the winner!]" Of what, one might ask? Well. The Mini-Dan puppet is suddenly.. UNDER ASSAULT BY THE KATANA OFFENSIVE ONCE AGAIN.
Raising his jitte... he puts them away. And then leaps, towards the brick wall, in an attempt to grab the Dan puppet by the string and all.
And then launching upwards, perhaps with the hand still there, as he spins, aiming to pile drive the puppet into the brick wall, with massive Shogun strength. "BUTSUMETSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He cries out, putting his weight, and strength behind it. "BUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
He might .. EVEN DRILL TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.
OR not.
COMBATSYS: Dan blocks Katana's Butsumetsu Buster.
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Dan 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Katana
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Himeko 1/=======/=======|====---\-------\0 Nadine
Muppet Dan's arm control rods both go up and as Katana latches onto him, he begins to writhe and wrench and pull and wiggle and vibrate in pure muppet fashion. This is why muppets are excellent fighters. There is no way to control them. They are living, breathing chaos engines. Dan Muppet is no different. Dan muppet will not abide by this! Dan Muppet is an escape artist.
"Now, samurai, witness my [ enjoyable disposition and sunny demeanor ] !" Through some camera television magic, Dan muppet begins to emit steam from his back, buldging and popping as his muscles grow. There is a huge flash that blinds everyone for a split second, and when that split second is over, DAN HIBIKI IS HERE?
Almost. Instead of Dan Hibiki, it is a giant puppetsuit version of Dan Hibiki.
Oh for crying out loud, well at least he's entered the fight for real this time?
He pulls his hand back, before striking out at Katana with impossible terror!
"Ultimate Heaven or [ Hoboken ] technique, WARRIOR FIST!"
BOOSH!
COMBATSYS: Himeko fails to slow Rolling Storm from Nadine with Art Attack.
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Dan 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Katana
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|=====--\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Himeko can no longer fight.
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Dan 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Katana
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|=====--\-------\0 Nadine
Himeko is setting up for the ULTIMATE technique is what she is doing! With Three of the hottest childrens television puppet stars by her side, there's no doubt that whatever she's up to.. It will be legendary! And as the four stand there positivly BEAMING, pouring out only the utmost positive energy, Nadine does the unexpected. A little ball of chi?
Now, the little Hurricane isn't one to break out of character, but she's so puzzled by the 'softball' that she stops posing to look down at it. She then points at it and laughs as her 'teamates' make a scramble to get out of the way, "Ha ha ha ha!! ha ha, what kind of technique is tha-UNGH!" That would then be the pink-clad wonder getting completely pwned by the blast of silver and oxygen. She seems to make a reach for her book as she tries to resist the piller, she struggles, she resists, but it's officially GAME OVER. Spun like a top and whipped away into the exact same spot she crashed into last time, Hime tumbles and comes to a halt. She twitches slightly, set in a push-up position, but collapses in defeat. Quite rightly she's very embarassed. Defeated by a Hurricane! "Curses."
Good enough for Nadine.
Nadine walks right past Himeko, leaning down to say, so that the cameras can't pick it up and she won't be spoken over, "That's two for two. One day I suppose you'll learn, but I wouldn't count on it." Message delivered, she keeps moving on, toward...
...oh god what has Dan done this time. "Not quite as bad as the karaoke," she says to herself, "but still terrifying in its own right. Does he make a specialty out of terrorizing small children?" Nadine hangs back, drawing a knife up and judging her aim for a moment before pitching it right at Dan, as hard as she can.
COMBATSYS: Katana fails to interrupt Kyuukyoku Tenchi Gadou Zuki from Dan with Run Your Ass Over.
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Dan 1/---====/=======|=------\-------\0 Katana
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WHAT IS THIS. WHAT IS THIS!?
Katana watches as the Dan suit appears in all it's might. He had checked something before hand, but Shoguns... do not remember time. There is only one thing he can do. Work with everything.
He aims to grab Dan's hand as he tells out, punching him. It is a slim chance. But..
"ALL ABOARD!" The conductor yells, Katana's eyes opening. "NO! IT'S TOO EARLY. IT'S TOOOO EARLLLYYYYYYYYYY!" The muppet bus comes towards them. Katana had not waited long enough. The fist of doom slams against his head, Katana being knocked backwards from the MIGHTY FORCE, sent flailing back, and then STRAIGHT INTO THE MUPPET BUS.
It's horrible. Foam lines the sides, muppet passengers looking on as Katana is slammed into the foam, muppet transport vehicle. The onlookers stare.. but this is a kids show!?
And then the REAL bus comes in. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
A MASSIVE TRUCK BREAKS THROUGH THE WALL, and then squals on the breaks, honking, Katana in the way. And this all happened..
BECAUSE THE DAMN MUPPET CLOCK WAS FIVE MINUTES EARLY.
He should be lucky he didn't end up hit by the truck, but yet, the muppets look on.. "Remember kids .. this is what happens if you don't look both ways before crossing the street!" "Yes.... Poor Happy man." "I'M OKAY!" Katana yells, flipping to his feet. He pats the truck. "I love you .... but back up and get more speed... I STILL MAY NEED YOU YET!"
... This better end before that. Really.
COMBATSYS: Dan slows Power Fling from Nadine with Large Thrown Object.
Glancing Hit
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Dan 1/--=====/=======|=------\-------\0 Katana
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Giant Dan, quick on his feet and thinking, gives a thumbs up to the cameras, and his teeth SPARKLE, before he.. Oh god! No Dan don't do that! This is a kid's show...
Sigh. Well, let me explain. He picks up that bus full of muppets that had made its way over in the terrible Katana wreckage of double aught-eight, and lifts it high above his head like godzilla, before flinging it at the knife, liberating the muppets of their muppeteers in the process. Fortunately their hands disappear before the illusion is shattered.
Unfortunately, Dan Hibiki in giant form is seen callously flinging the heroes of millions of children, including, and especially, Elmo.
Say it ain't so Dan Hibiki. Say it ain't so.
Himeko grits her teeth.. Well, she certainly had that coming, but she's definatly out of the fight now. At this point it'd just best for her to go into the audience and take a little breather. As she gets up to a knee though, she just.. Freezes upon Nadine's words. She stares ahead, and then gets to her feet with a little laugh, and walks in the opposite direction. "Haha! So it is!"
But holy crap in the inside she is suddenly SEETHING with rage. It's true she had lost to Nadine the first time, but that really burned the hero up inside! She will have her revenge.. She'll have her vengance.. She'll have, to borrow a term from her teacher, REVENGANCE!
Nadine, successful. At least in the Himeko department.
She's having less luck with Dan, but at least she's not being run over by a bus of any sort, just peppered with muppets. Including Elmo, but as far as Nadine is concerned, Elmo had it coming to him ever since she had to put up with hearing advertisements for that toy. She's not even American!
Nadine bends over, picks up Elmo (fortunately, sans puppetmaster; he's over by Dan, temporarily out of a job due to said fighter throwing lots of puppets around) by one arm, swings the puppet around and around over her head several times, and then lets go, sending it flying.
It doesn't really hurt, being largely empty space, but it is a good distraction for Nadine to get closer in. And it might hit Dan in the face or something, who knows.
After patting his truck, Katana gets to his feet. It was a .. learning experience of the HIGHEST CALIBER. But not for Katana. He had learned all he had known. The Muppets.. do not trust them!
And now, all that was left, is this Dan. Dan, the man.
HE WOULD PAVE HIS VICTORY ON HIS DEFEATED BODY! The Shogun moves forth, slower than before, with his jitte in hand, and aims to actually.. assault him fast! Faster than normal, anyhow. His sandals hitting the ground as he moves through the muppet battlefield, ...
And then picking up Big Bird. "Wo-WOAH! That's not how I'm used at all!" "YOU SHALL BE A TOOL OF [smiles!]"
And leaping at Dan, Katana brings Big Birds BIG BEAK towards him in a swiping motion.
It .. is not a good day for muppets! AND HIMEKO'S REVENGE. IT IS NOT A GOOD DAY FOR THAT EITHER.
COMBATSYS: Dan blocks Nadine's Sudden Fling.
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Dan 1/-======/=======|=------\-------\0 Katana
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|=====--\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Dan fails to interrupt Random Weapon from Katana with Kouryuu Rekka.
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Dan 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Katana
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|=====--\-------\0 Nadine
Giant Dan hibiki like george clooney, is in a tight spot. He flails one arm up to send Elmo crashing back to the ground as soon as he's in the air, while twisting his body up tightly and preparing to unleash THE FURY!
THE righteous!!!
THE ALMI--AWGH CRAP BIG BIRD BEAK IN THE FACE!
Dan had it coming. Just like Elmo. Damn Elmo.
Nadine continues to move forward toward the giant Dan, rushing the last few steps as she charges him, arms stretched out. It's like she's trying to give him a hug! That doesn't last very long, though, because as soon as she grabs ahold (if she manages to grab ahold), Nadine spins, putting her entire body weight into throwing him to the side! The gust of wind that springs up should help her get some actual distance, too.
"Deal with him," she demands of Katana, which is coincidentally in the direction she's trying to throw Dan. Is this a DUAL TECH?
Ha-HAAAAAAAAAAAA! Katana is SUCCESFUL! ..
Wait what.
Big Bird succeeds in being REALLY BIG, and prevents Dan from assaulting him. Worse, BIG BIRD'S BEAK IS MATERFULLY BROUGHT TOWARDS DAN'S FACE. Katana is ... dropping the bird now. And there is little else that can be done, now, as the Shogun
EXCEPT HUGE GUTS.
Katana charges towards Giant Dan, his jitte up, and then.... FLYING DAN.
What is this. The jitte are brought upwards, and both of then are used, like a bat of some kind, to slam into Dan. But Jitte are not bats! BUT THEY ARE WEAPONS. "Sharing... "
He yells. "IS!"
"CARING!"
And then he aims to intercept him!
COMBATSYS: Nadine successfully hits Dan with Twister Toss.
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|=======\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Dan endures Katana's Jigoku Scrape.
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Dan 1/---====/=======|====---\-------\0 Katana
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Buffeted by fierce attacks, the Giant Dan suit head is knocked CLEAN OFF revealing. A proportionally smaller Dan Hibiki head?!?!?!? Oh wow, it really was Dan the whole time. Who could ever have guessed this shocking possibility? Well not me, certainly not!
Anyways, it looks like he's battered pretty beefily by all these gigabang blows. Soaring through the air, and landing worse for the wear. But the fight's not out of him yet. He looks from Katana to Nadine, Nadine to Katana, Katana to Nadine, before he points at the Shogun, "You."
He plants his foot down in front of Katana, and launches his fist out in a flurry of punches so crazy that one might not be able to believe them even if they were standing right in front of them, Each one punctuated with a warcry. I'm sure you all know what it is by now so join in at home!
"HISSHOU!"
"BURAI!"
"RAI!"
"RAI!"
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII KEN!"
That ken? totally punctuated with a short kouryuken. A spinning uppercut so stylish, it defies logic, time, and also space.
COMBATSYS: Dan has reached second wind!
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Dan 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Katana
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Nadine was expecting Dan to stay down after being thrown into the jittes. One does not simply get back up after that! Unless you're Dan, in which case you don't actually know when you're unconcious and keep going more or less indefinitely.
Nadine groans at the prospect of dealing with him for even longer, but at least the attacks in question were not directed at her and she can come in from behind. It's easy for her to tell that Dan is on the verge of actual unconciousness (although this IS Dan so that might not be true), she doesn't come in very hard, delivering a straight kick to the small of his back and trying to push him forward.
COMBATSYS: Katana fails to counter Hisshou Burai Ken from Dan with Shiraha Catch.
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|=======\-------\0 Nadine
As Dan comes forth, ALIVE AGAIN, Katana is .. not ready! "What... what is this!?" Katana cries out, before Dan is up, planting a foot down infront of him, launching a fist in a flurry of punches as he aims to stop one. But he can't grip any.
CAN'T... GRIP... ANY.
The Shogun is thus punched here and there, slamming fist after fist into the Shogun, the armor denting, his body tired and beaten, and all in all.. he is unable to keep it up much longer!
Tossed back and into the air, the Shogun flies head over heels, slamming against the ground .. but he is not smoking. No.
He is .. just tired. Right. And he is resting. For the moment. But darn, fighting Dan's .. It's just.. SO HARD!
COMBATSYS: Dan interrupts Light Kick from Nadine with Kouryuken.
- Power hit! -
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Dan 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Katana
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Dan turns on his heel after knocking Katana away, notcing Nadine coming in for the attack, "HAH! You guys think you've got me on the ropes but I'm about to [ enjoy a delightful spot of tea with my grandmother ]! "
As her foot goes in, Dan glides downard like a shark diving to the ocean floor. And like an orca LEAPING from the same ocean floor, he spins upwards in a hurricane uppercut that would make even mean mean Leroy Brown think twice! And it might just be a trick of the lighting when he comes up in this terrible uppercut, but I swear he seems to sparkle! He seems to shine! He seems to get things done! DAN HIBIKI / HEIDERN in 08! The only correct vote!
Nadine votes for Kurow, because a vote for Kurow is a vote for everybody Kurow decides to mind control, and some of them are pretty good at what they do. Also a vote for Nadine, because Nadine is far more intelligent than you mere peons.
Being smart does not stop you from being uppercutted, though. Nadine goes up, up - and almost away, except she uses a gust of chi to steer herself just a little. She lands on one of the buildings instead, although it isn't the neat perch she was trying for. It's more like a drop and collapse.
She picks herself up, looking down. On one hand, it would be nice to take out Dan. On the other hand, he's apparently dangerous to get anywhere near... so instead Nadine creates one of those shimmering spheres of silver chi, winds swirling around inside it as she focuses.
Nadine releases it downward, at Dan 'The Man' Hibiki. It drifts, a basketball-sized sphere, until it touches the ground - whereupon it explodes with enough force to pick up and throw a fair number of the abandoned puppets, wind whipping every which way as a tornado forms, moving forward slowly. It's short-lived, but bigger than the one before, and quite a bit stronger.
Of course. Dan is magical. AND KATANA IS A PIXIE.
A BATTLE PIXIE.
The jitte raise.. but Katana lays on the ground. Before he pulls himself up, jitte dragging off the floor. He's tired. Too tired to think. BUT TOO TIRED TO FIGHT!? Perhaps. But .. no of course not.
NEVER TOO TIRED TO FIGHT.
The warrior is winded, however, and Katana raises up to one foot. Then the other. It is a slow process. But the Shogun never says die. Never. "You .... Think ... YOU ARE GOING TO SHOW UP EVEN THE SHOGUN OF [CAKETOWN]?!"
He charges, tired, but that will not stop him. "I ... SHALL.. [WIN] YOU AND ALL YOU STAND FOR, DAN HIBIKI!"
"You .. WILL NEVER MEET A MAN MORE FEROCIOUS THAN I!" The Shogun charges despite his wounds. Despite his tired state. DESPITE EVERYTHING. He will.. have .. Dan's HEAD.
Mounted on his wall.
:o-+ana also runs STRAIGHT INTO THE TORNADO, NOT LETTING THAT SLOW HIS STRIDE.
COMBATSYS: Katana successfully hits Dan with Medium Strike.
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|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Dan endures Nadine's Iron Cyclone.
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Dan 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\0 Katana
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|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
Dan's eyes widen and he kind of wishes he had the giant foam head right now. Yeah that would be good. Or if he had remained behind that brick wall? Surely there are no more children watching this with this level of violence and gore and comic mischief and strong [ pleasant ] situations? Well, He still seems wobbly and when he's double teamed by the huge tornado and Katana cracking him upside the head, he thinks about what hurt more, and decides to get his revengeance!
Rolling across the room towards Nadine, and undoutedly leaving a small trail of magically censored blood ( They turned it into rainbows, by the way) Dan pops up right in front of the young fighter and instead of unleashing one of those massive uppercuts, he goes right ahead and unleashes two, "If this is my last strike, I swear I'll bring one of you [ fine young people ] down with me to the depths of [ Steve Jobs' Office ] .
Weird [ donkey ] censors, in any event, Dan rips his fist across the ground as he spirals up not in one of those uppercuts, but two, like I said up there. You know those three sentences above this? Yeah they're corkscrews. You wanna fight about it? In any case, they are unleashed and everything is in the hands of fate now.
COMBATSYS: Dan can no longer fight.
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|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Nadine dodges Dan's Kouryuu Rekka.
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|=======\-------\0 Katana
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|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
Nadine practically vanishes.
She has not, of course, /actually/ vanished, but as she is now hiding behind a sign, the effect is much the same. Dan's fists pound against the sign with no effect; Nadine leans against it to hold it in place until the banging stops.
Then she peeks up and around it. It's just Nadine's eyes that are visible (well, and the top of her head). And she's staring.
As Dan takes the tour'de force, Katana's blow lands... but it is Nadine whom gets his hatred. "What is this?!" The Shogun demands. "What... how could... HMPH. He was a strong warrior, but in the end, the size of his head and the amount of it I had seen all over... " He goes on and on.
And then he jumps onto the front of his truck, still there.
"GOODNIGHT CHILDREN. WE HAVE SAVED YOU FROM THE CLUTCHES OF [Nobody, we're the bad guys and we were taken to jail after this!]."
Infact, police start to rush in. "QUICKLY. TRUCK, TAKE ME TO SAFETY!"
A Loud honk, and Katana is BARRELING BACKWARDS OUT OF THE BUILDING VIA TRUCK.
HAHAH, CATCH HIM NOW, COPPERS.
They are fake, muppet police
**Dan falls backward. And while he does, he pulls out the worthwhile souvenir from the battle, MINI-Dan Muppet. He's perfectly fine. A VICTORY!
COMBATSYS: Katana has left the fight here.
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|==-----\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Nadine has ended the fight here.
Log created on 19:20:50 02/03/2008 by Nadine, and last modified on 15:46:21 03/19/2008.