Description: Jiro of Interpol attempts to round up the remaining Mad Gear thugs still running free in Metro after the dramatic defeat of Katana. Surrounding a known hideout of these gang members he confronts Naerose Delphine to put a stop to her rampage of petty crime once and for all, but little does he know the God of NESTS is watching and has a surprise in store for the new officer.
This place rocks - well actually it's more likely on the decline due to the fact that no one goes to arcades much anymore except for pool. Man, it would be just like a group of thugs to come here, cause trouble, skip going to places they should go, if they were more responsible. Somehow that probably made sense. Needless to say this arcade is full of the high tech fighting games and guitar hero and dance dance revolutions and air hockey and pool. The sort of games that still actually attract some people to arcades. Also it has its share of punks.
A little bit ago the leader of Mad Gear suffered a thrilling defeat. It was all over the news, in all the papers, cried on all the street corners and even on TV. Somehow, despite all of this, Naerose, The Red Witch and her posse of skimpy dressed woman assigned to her by Katana before his defeat, have no idea what is going on, at least, they're still on their reign of (t) error. Yes, just cross out that T. Still someone should stop them because while Naerose attempts to play pool with her broom stick (scratching up the table), her posses continue to kick machines and get her free soft drinks and the quarters from machines.
"Huh, so that twit was taken care of? Cool. Makes things a bit easier for me then. ...Great, so the last of the minions, I got to take care of? Got it."
That was the message that Jiro got from his partner in justice. Adelheid has been a big help on dealing with the Mad Gear. Now it is up to him and Interpol to pick up the pieces to make sure a cleansweep is done.
Getting Interpol to flank around the building was one matter. Getting the intel to figure out where the rest of Mad Gear were at was not a problem. Now, it is now the last phase of the clean-up.
A door creaks open...
...A small sphere rolls on the ground. Once the sphere finishes its roll, there is an explosion of smoke to fill the air, spreading through the arcade.
"Freeze assholes, you're under arrest."
A voice announcers through the smoke. As it clears, it reveals to be Jiro in the front, and behind him are four agents, each of them with a Glock drawn and pointed towards the gangsters.
"So yeah, then this guy, he was all like, 'You can't do that on television,' and I was totally like what? and then I got slimmed. The crazy part is I was sure that like Britney Spears and.. " The witch stops, watches a sphere rolls across the ground.
"Hey, you totally dropped one of the balls." One of the skimpy dressed women was about to pick it up when the smoke started, the po po arrived and then and then!
The thugs totally have their hands up and they're like,
"Woah! We surrender," but the witch is no where to be seen...
Unless you look under the pool table, which she is apparently busy hiding under, but no one would look there.
And then the thugs break for it. Apparently they were lying about the surrendering thing, but totally serious about leaving the witch to dry.
They make a break for it.
Jiro sighs at the officers, "Go after them. I deal with the biggest 'threat'." Jiro signals for the officers to pursue the thugs trying to make a break for it. They will make sure that the thugs are locked up. No point in them trying to congregate for havoc again.
Meanwhile...
Jiro is approaching the facility, looking around the several arcades. Nothing. It is a slow walk through the arcade room, his eyes shift about to inspect the area.
...Until he sees something familiar.
Sigh.
"Come out." His eyes shift towards th pool table. "Now."
Silence. . .
The first trick to good disguise, never admit you are hiding. Jiro totally can't possibly see me, the witch seems to be thinking, but wait.. Maybe he does. She will have to distract him. She decides to do something tricky. After a moment of further silence a black sphere rolls out across the ground toward Jiri, ending face up, staring at him, declaring boldly to the world, "8".
The witch meanwhile crawls out the other side and goes toward the next pool table, even making the sounds for it.
"Sneak sneak sneak sneak."
How annoying.
Seeing the eightball roll along, Jiro is starting to glance over to it, then his eyes shift towards the sound of the voice chanting sneak. He rolls his eyes before slapping his palm over the forehead. "What do you take me for...?!" He grits his teeth in annoyance, then he looks out towards the witch.
Winding his foot back, Jiro immediately slams the ball of the foot towards the ball, shooting the trajectory of the ball straight towards Naerose's head.
This almost feels like Space Invaders.
Naerose
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Jiro
COMBATSYS: Jiro has started a fight here.
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Jiro 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Naerose has joined the fight here.
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Jiro 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Naerose
COMBATSYS: Jiro successfully hits Naerose with Thrown Object.
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Jiro 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Naerose
This of course sends the witch on a crash course toward a basketball game which is far more nice to witches then say Jiro who kicked the ball at her. It's all gentleman like and catches her. She's like "Thanks" and pushes off the ball, rubbing a bump on her head while the game spits out one thousand points worth of tickets. These probably belong to Jiro.
"That hurt!" She complains and waggles a finger at Jiro from a distance and then is totally like, ow, she decides then and there it's time to get serious. She adjust her shades and pulls some pocky out of her hat, deposits into mouth. Yep Serious.
COMBATSYS: Naerose focuses on her next action.
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Jiro 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Naerose
After the ball smacks against Naerose's head and it sends her on a crash course to the game, Jiro has a pleased look on his face. There is satisfaction in other's pain. Particularly, this defender for the Mad Gear group. While Naerose is finally getting herself together, well, Jiro watches her adjustment once more.
"...Tsch." The young man takes this very moment to run up towards the pool table, leaping from the ground to soar up to the top of the table. It is a short run to make it across, and then he takes off into the sky once more. Soaring into the air, Jiro's body tilts over and he leans out towards Naerose, extending his right arm up and then outward with the arm slightly bent as he's diving towards Naerose.
His goal, is to put that arm towards her neck as he lands towards the ground for a skydiving clothesline.
COMBATSYS: Naerose dodges Jiro's Fierce Punch.
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Jiro 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Naerose
Naerose dodged his ultimate move. More specifically, as the hard rock music pulses, of the final boss fight for Jiro in the HIT game MOTM OC: Metro Maddness, where you pick either Adelheid or Jiro and fight through eight exciting stages of Mad Gear maniacs to an exciting conclusion, after spending ten dollars worth of quarters, finally Jiro is here, his end boss... Naerose Delphine.
Some reviewers at Gamespot felt this was a rather anti-climatic end boss, but whatcha gonna do? The end boss music was cool at least, but despite the rock guitars jamming out and the violins somehow playing along and the pounding bass, another complain the reviews have was Naerose was just too random. For instance, when avoiding the clothesline, she just ducked down to pick up a shiney quarter.
The reviews at Gamespot said they felt she was cheap to put it kindly, lame to put it bluntly.
Meanwhile the witch is totally like, huh, looks over at Jiro and shrugs, sticks out her palm and cries
"En Criento!"
. . .
Ensuing chi blast of white hot destruction issues fourth to destroy a basket ball game and possibly some Jiro with it.
COMBATSYS: Jiro blocks Naerose's End Creation.
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Naerose
As Naerose ducks down to pick up the quarter, Jiro is sent flying past her, then he rolls along the ground to catch and recover himself. While rolling along the floor, he pulls himself up and he spins around to see the woman releasing her powerful chi issuing out to destroy the basketball game.
There is an explosion behind him, but the energy that consumes him is guarded well against as he brings his arms outward, drawing the chi around him to ignite into view. The blazing flames die away and Jiro grumbles at Naerose.
Sprinting towards the witch, Jiro is charging out before he springs forward with a double snap kick; the left leg leading first before the right comes next. Upon landing, Jiro quickly snaps his elbow to reach across Naerose's cheek.
COMBATSYS: Naerose blocks Jiro's Jab Punch.
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Naerose
And somehow they all move in time, Jiro's crazy fast turn, his elbow and the crack which causes the screen to flash colors against Naerose's broom, sending vibrations of shock up her arm. That is totally what happens.. Totally.
At least in her mind. The flashing is actually due to the flickering of the light fixtures overhead, because lets face it. Video arcades are all about being cheap.
But Jiro is scary and the witch is scared. She totally goes like,
"Woah, woah woah, relax! Sagita Minor!"
And then the witch flings a flurry of little darts at Jiro, they're small, hard to see and pepper the area as she goes for a quantity over quality approach, and tries to leap away from him onto an arcade cabinet. This game happens to be Mister Driller! Retro awesomeness.
COMBATSYS: Jiro dodges Naerose's Sagitta Minor.
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Naerose
How annoying.
There is not much satisfaction in the fact that Naerose suddenly flashes. Likely, the flickering of the lights does make it seem a litle more arcadey than it should be! But whatever, Jiro doesn't care!
When the witch meets his gaze with fear, Jiro just snarls once the darts are flung towrds him. Although they are hard to see, the flickering lights do give them away. It was revealed in time for Jiro to roll along the ground by the side, the darts striking against the ground on each spot that he was rolling away from.
His body rolls towards the arcade cabinet. Then, Jiro sprints towards the Mister Driller arcade, reaching out to swing his right hand against her ankle with a smack.
"Tag."
It is then a slight yank to have her fall on her ass. Whether it is on the ground or on the arcade.
COMBATSYS: Jiro successfully hits Naerose with Quick Throw.
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Naerose
And fall she does. It's like the magic smash bros. banana, except the banana is Jiro and the smash bros. is .. well you get the idea. Wait what you don't? Well in *censored for randomness*. And thus the witch falls down, hitting the ground with a great and mighty (maybe not that mighty actually) flop. On doing so she is left to ponder the meaning of life, the universe and everything, or more importantly, Jiro, life, the universe and .. everything Jiro. How to stop this craaazy fella, for instance. She has an idea. She'll start with the basics.. Again. The witch gets up. Dusts herself off.
"Sagitta Minor!"
She cries this again, thinking, why not, second time the charm right? The area is once again peppered with the little darts.
COMBATSYS: Jiro dodges Naerose's Sagitta Minor.
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Naerose
Naerose, believe!
After the sweeping hand, Jiro is actually taking a step away from Naerose, distancing himself away from the older woman. His eyes narrow slightly, then he tightens his fists with a snarl. "Alright... I think I had enough of fooling around. I strongly suggest you put your hands in the air, you are under arr----"
'SAGITTA MINOR'
"---Why do I even bother?!" He is once more peppered with darts. Utilizing his speed, Jiro is rolling away from the darts away from the blazing darts. Each blade penetrates the ground that he once stood on. For the most part, Jiro is annoyed.
Sigh.
Fine. Screw it.
The young man grits his teeth, then he tightens his fists once more. Channeling the scarlet chi in his body, the young man feels the inferno burning in him. The flames become a furnace for the inferno to escape. The chi swirls along his body, then he lifts his hand up into the air.
"Arrgghhh!!" Shaping the scarlet chi into something akin to a large sword, Jiro brings both hands together and then he steps towards Naerose, bringing his hands down like a chopping slash. The scarlet blaze extends out and it swirls forth, the flames cutting through as if it was the extended Firebrand itself.
COMBATSYS: Naerose dodges Jiro's Defiance.
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Naerose
"Woah woah woah," Naerose says and gets out of the way then scratches her head.
"I totally know of people who do that.. lets see.." She reaches into her hat and pulls out some fighter trading cards, some of them are done in crayon on index cards, but SOME are actually real. One such crayon card is a stick figure with a skirt and a big sword, labeled 'Camille'.
"See?" she shows Jiro the Camille card. "Oh and this one."
It's a Kai Gabriel card, she apparently has a sword fetish too.
"See?" Then she shuffles and comes with an FF7 Cloud card,
"Seee? Do you totally see?"
See what?
"Umm.. hmm. I think I got something in my eye, can we hold on a moment?"
The witch adjusts her shades.
COMBATSYS: Naerose focuses on her next action.
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Naerose
There was no satifaction. Why? Well, when the blade was chopped down towards Naerose, it instead hit the arcade behind her, slicing through the Mr. Driller game. The blade of energy starts digging through the center trajectory of the arcade, then it short-circuits and explodes into smoke.
"...God damnit! I wanted to play that game after I was done with you!" He snarls, then he glares at Naerose, looking at her quizzedly. He looks at the picture of the stick figure, then he peers. Camille? Meh. Gabriel? ....Damnit! Jiro's eyes furrow at the mention of Gabriel. For a brief moment, he wonders what happened to her. But then, he sees the last card.
CLOUD?! CLOUD STRIFE?! Why does he always get compared to Cloud Strife?! Narrowing his eyes, Jiro grumbles a few swears under his breath, then he extends a right hand towards Gabriel. "Sure, let's hold for a moment. Infact, just hold still."
Annoyed at the Cloud reference, one can see cross-hairs along his head as the energy slowly emits a whine as the chi radiates from the opened palm. Sparks burst to life and particles are made as a ball is birthed at the center of the palm. Slowly pulsing, the energy glimmers and flickers its energy before the particles around it envelops the sphere. As if a vaccum, the larger sphere in the center consumes the other particle spheres to expand. A whine of energy is heard. Not unlike a certain Blue Bomber.
Jiro, with his deadpan face, has his left hand supporting his right leg as his left leg takes a step back, hardening its position. Underneath Jiro's legs is a well of energy that spirals along his form. Several fireflies flutter along his form, rising up as if they were cherry blossoms. They sparkle and light up as they spiral closer to the point of converging along Jiro's form.
Then his body glows.
"METEOR BUSTER!"
That well of energy explodes, bursting forth a cloud of smoke as a boom is constructed. The beach-ball sized sphere is soon launched forth. Scarlet blaze roars to life as it is orbited by a ring of scarlet firefly-spheres as the energy hones in towards Naerose.
COMBATSYS: Naerose fails to interrupt Meteor Buster from Jiro with Spellbinder.
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Jiro 0/-------/----===|=======\====---\1 Naerose
Naerose wanted to play mister Driller too, but Jiro broke it, and then he totally hit his limit break, well mini limit break, do they have those in FF games? Naerose doesn't know, she's never actually played one. She just is totally floored at all of this. I mean, you get hit by a big thing like that and it tends to do that to someone. For the moment, she's not getting up either. In all her crazy experiences lately this one fight seems to be.. way more than the witch can chew. But, she never was one to say never or die, instead she croaks.
"Ohugh. Okay, I'm done, I'll see you later huh." She smiles and smokes. A cigarette? NO! Naerose would totally never do that! That would be terrible, that would be wrong. And seriously, she's rated PG. Not even PG 13 cause there is no dirty language with her, just cartoon violence. No when I say she smokes I mean, it's likee Jiro set her on fire, the bad kind, only her red is still vibrant. She totally takes a rest.. with stars around her head. Or tweety birds. Actually the tweety bird union totally called and said they quit after she ate one the last time she failed this bad.
"Believe it!" said the pinball machine.
Jiro stares at the machine, then towards Naerose, then he glares at the machine, "Oh give it a rest." He sneers at the machine, "I swear, they put a Naruto pinball here and they use that annoying phrase all of the time." He shrugs.
He walks towards Naerose, then he glares at the woman, "No, you are under arrest. Come along quietly, and I won't make it any worse." He grits his teeth, calming himself down a little more. His expression is full of seriousness as he glances at the woman. "However, you continue the hard way, then I won't be as nice."
He sighs, then he puts his hands down, "Look, just make it easy and I will try to see if they can make your time in jail short. ...Yeah, I know it sounds like a saying, but I don't offer folks that chance. If you recall, I prefer to put them through walls and as many that I can find."
COMBATSYS: Jiro takes no action.
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Jiro 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 Naerose
The witch thinks about this really hard. She looks at the pinball machine. She looks at Jiro. She thinks about this again. She looks at the pinball machine. She looks at Jiro. This literally goes on for a little while. Then she totally says,
"I dunno.. I mean I don't really see how this deal works for me. If I stay in this arcade I totally get free food.." She points to a vending machine tagged 'Mad Gear' where she's apparently been eating junk food out of all morning.
"And umm, well the pool tables you can sleep on at night." Why hasn't anyone caught her yet? Apparently she's been spending all of her time here. Also, she's totally taking this opportunity to catch her breath a bit.
I mean would The Red Witch take advantage of Jiro's being a good guy? Would she? No of course not.. Except she is lowering her guard.
COMBATSYS: Naerose drops her guard to recover.
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Jiro 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 Naerose
His eyes shift towards the pinball machine, then he approaches it for a few moments. While her attention between him and the machine shifted repeatedly, Jiro had enough of the annoying sound. He merely wraps his left foot around and then pulls the plug, deactivating the device.
A non-destructive way of turning off the machine.
His attention returns to Naerose. "Now then, I will put it this way." His eyes narrow. "You are in a bad spot. Right now, the guys that you were with have abandoned you. The leader of Mad Gear had disappeared and they have lost their grip on the city." Jiro's eyes narrow, "And those that just ran away are likely caught, leaving you to dry."
The young man walks towards the basketball plush, narrowing his eyes, "You're not in a winning position and as you stand now? I will catch you. Either I can be a good cop.." The foot presses against the ball, then he punts the ball over towards Naerose. The ball zooms towards her stomach very quickly for her to catch. Just because Jiro is a good guy doesn't mean he is NICE about it.
"Or the bad angry cop. I'd rather try to make this peaceful for a change. The choice is yours."
COMBATSYS: Naerose blocks Jiro's Thrown Object.
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Jiro 0/-------/----===|=======\=====--\1 Naerose
As the ball comes and the witch catches it and the pinball machine, which was totally saying, "Naerose, Believe it!" stops saying anything, the witch is struck with a feeling of being totally alone in the world. Hung out to dry. No friends, no where anywhere, and then Jiro saying, come with me and you'll never be free again. He totally wants to take her broom away. She stands up slowly and decides, then and there, what she must do.
"Alright. Alright. I give up."
That except she doesn't look like she gives up. There is totally a stir of energy around her, not anything visible but a fighter would be able to totally sense it.
"I mean, I give you up on .. Wait no, I mean I give up on.. I mean.. "
Pause. . .
"You're a jerk!"
COMBATSYS: Naerose focuses on her next action.
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Jiro 0/-------/----===|=======\=====--\1 Naerose
Sigh. It was really expected that she would not give up. Oi.The young man shakes his head, stepping towards Naerose. There was a knowing smile, however, given that Jiro had the feeling that Naerose would not even dare give up. How aggrivating, on one hand. It's amusing on the other.
"Fine, I was hoping it was the hard way anyway."
That is when Jiro darts towards Naerose, aiming to leap right towards her with both hands shooting out to grasp at her shoulders, then the knee presses right towards the solar plex of Naerose, then another knee is moving towards her face.
COMBATSYS: Naerose interrupts Medium Kick from Jiro with Sagitta Major.
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And just as Jiro is kicking Naerose, the witch gets that voice in her head, it says to her, 'Believe it Naerose' and she smiles and gets kicked and is totally like Oaf, but all the while summoning a big icicle of chi and flinging it at Jiro, it's totally a javelin and it does the job, it gets him off of her and she's totally like,
"Leggo!" Except he doesn't have her and the pinball machine starts to sing, in her head, but she totally sings out loud,
o/~ I cannot lose cause this jerk will lose more, I cannot die because I have not had breakfast.o/~
She doesn't know what the song means, likely, nothing.
As the hands lay against her shoulders, Jiro finds himself under the verge of feeling the misty cold chill coursing through his stomach. His eyes widen as he can feel the frost coat his chest and the back. A grimace is made as he looks down, finding the lance of ice impaling him. Gritting his teeth, blood runs down his mouth, then the young man shakes his head with a sneer.
He clutches his chest once more, coughing up more blood before he staggers back. Jiro has had enough. With the ice encasing him, he finally draws the flames to wrap around his form once more. Jiro grunts and he uses the flame encoated hand to wisk away the frosty chi, then he brings his right hand towards the ground.
As the backknuckle plants along the ground, Jiro drashes towards Naerose before the fist launches itself up, aiming to strike against the cheek and to send her against the wall. No. No _THROUGH_ it, this time.
COMBATSYS: Jiro successfully hits Naerose with Burst Strike.
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Knocked through a wall she is. But as she is flying and flinging her last attack at Jiro in an attempt to bring him down too, one has to ask themselvse something. Something special. That thing is.. What have we learned? We learned that the damage caused by the Mad gear group. Probably a couple hundred bucks. The damage Jiro caused.. (four destroyed arcade machines.. A wall with a Naerose shaped hole through it) Several thousand.
"En Criento En!" she cries and flings the swirling white energy at Jiro which.. only serves to throw her farther into the alley on the other side and well imbedded in the opposite wall. Man, talk about hurt. The witch is totally like
"ZZZzzzzzzz"
COMBATSYS: Naerose can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Jiro parries Naerose's End Creation End EX!
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See, Jiro -TRIES- to not cause collateral damage and, well, didn't go off as well. Alas. His eyes shift towards Naerose as she is knocked back through the wall. Damnit, she wasn't supposed to go through i! Oh well. But whn Naerose leaves a hole behind it, Jiro can see the white energy shooting her further into the alley.
"Shit!" He sneers. Then, Jiro is taking a stance and he shifts his weight over, shooting himself to shoot past the wall well of energy. Then, Jiro is sprinting closer towards the unconcious/sleeping witch, who is on the opposite side.
Now outside of the arcade, Jiro growls at Naerose, "You are coming with me."
Metro City, once the stage of Katana's assault, now the stage of another strike, much more sinister and darker than the last. While Katana and the Mad Gear Gang had brute strength, it lacks the intelligence and wit to completely flaberghast the current holder of Metro City, the elected Mayor Mike Haggar.
Almost directly as Naerose is hurled through the wall and into the alley way. Hurdling backwards and out, the witch disappears. In her place, however, steps a cloaked figure almost appearing out of thin air as it steps in from the alleyways, cloaked from head to toe in a dull lavendar robe, only a small piece of his face graced by the dull light of the arcade.
With all the damage, one would expect that the confrontation would end, but no such luck for Jiro, another was watching such a fight. Slowly moving through the now dilapidated arcade, the man pauses at the entrance, looking inwards towards the Police man. A soft clap can be heard.
"Well done, Mr. Kasagi. Well done." The figure murmurs as it moves two steps forward, "I assume you are policing Metro City then?" The man asks, innocently enough, but with a purpose none the less.
Thee witch is totally sleeping, she's not in any way talking to Jiro, she's waiting for her lawyer, actually, she's snorinng and stuck in a wall. Watch as her mouth opened and her eyes lull? No wait, those are shades, she never takes off her shades, even in her sleep, but she's stuck IN the wall, I know it looks like she's standing but she's just in an indentation, a Naerose shaped indentation !!!
Growl.
The young man grumbles under his breath. This is quite annoying. His eyes shift towards the fallen Naerose. Or at least, what -was- supposed to be the fallen Naerose. It is soon revealed that there is another figure appearing to be fully cloaked in the presence. Jiro's eyes widen at the man, frowning at the individual's sudden arrival.
The teeth grits slightly, then he looks over at the figure. With two steps forward, Jiro exhales softly, "Yes." His eyes quirk slightly. This guy seems very unfamiliar. But, the posture keeps Jiro on the defensive side. "Who are you?"
COMBATSYS: Jiro gains composure.
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Ah, a match of who he was looking for, excellent. Obviously he was meant to find the man here, there was no other reason that to his luck he would find a man, in Metro, out of the many other that frequent this this area. A soft smile can be seen creeping up underneath the hood of the cloak, "You do not act much like how police should." Igniz pauses, "I was afraid I had the wrong man."
But just as such, his arms are thrust out and up, the cloak fluttering every which way as it begins to flutter by itself, aided by nothing, seemingly aloft and moving by unseen wind.
A small light even comes down, a heavenly glow to almost mark a halo about the man's head as he stands now, on Metro's street, looking towards the resting police man.
But the position Jiro takes, a bow, a surrender? "I'm God, Mr. Kasagi." Igniz continues, "And I see you've already managed to figure that out, judging by your position." The man states factually, his hair flowing behind him.
This is problemic. THe young man grumbles under his breath when his eyes focuses on Igniz for a few moments. The eyes narrow slightly when he is chastized for not acting like how a police should. Frown. God damnit. He _DID_ forget to show the badge before bashing again, didn't he? Meh. No matter.
But when the man finally makes his presence more divine, Jiro's eyes narrow at the older man as he continues to stand before Jiro. But that light, that marking of a God draws an eyebrow.
What the.
No. Jiro doesn't bow. No. Just resting. He is tightening himself as he stagger himself back up. "....God? Damnit! Another wanna-be God? First some guy who turned himself into stone and now you." His eyes narrow.
"Sorry, I don't accept you as God."
COMBATSYS: Jiro takes no action.
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Igniz continues to stand, looking down towards Jiro. His rather happy exterior continues to gleam even in the Metro City street. It's a nice place that he himself graces with his presence. Very easily actually. So this man defeated Katana? Had causes him all those problems by quelling the tide? Very well then, Igniz will take care of him.
But then the 'Police Man' decides to do something that is up there as one of those things that serves nothing more than to anger the leader of NESTS into a terrible fervor, and that one thing is to call him 'another' wanna be god. To throw him into the ranks of those such as Ingrid and others?!
The gods 'bright exterior' seems to fade into grey shadows, looking carefully towards Jiro with an unpleasent gleam in his eye. "You... you dare call me a 'want to be'? A fake?" And then Jiro doesn't accept him as his god. Doesn't accept him.
Igniz shakes his head with a laugh. "I'm afraid you don't have much of a choice!" The god of NESTS states, a sword appearing almost out of nowhere as he strikes out, covering the distance between himself and Jiro as it cuts out, disconnecting into a chainsword, biting with the many different barbs that stick out as it strikes out.
"Then I will educate you... if you don't mind." Luckily, Jiro doesn't have much of a choice.
COMBATSYS: Igniz has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Jiro counters Trans-Axial Slice from Igniz with Helldrive.
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This is a bad situation for Jiro. Igniz is quite pissed off. Perhaps calling him a wanna-be god was a bad idea? Well, Jiro calls it as he sees it. So nevertheless, Jiro is finding himself dealing with Igniz, who is more than ready to attack the young man.
That blade does not have good intentions and Jiro is not the type to want to be near that blade when the malevolent strike comes. As the chainsaw blade darts towards the man, the officer leaps forward and to an angle away from the chopping Igniz, only to draw his hands forward to wrap the hands around his throat.
Eyes narrow
Clench.
The fists hold onto the throat, then Jiro aims to lift Igniz up while the blade pierces the ground where he stood. Then, he tosses Igniz enough to where he can grab the legs.
"ARRRRGH!"
Flames erupt from his hands and it travels along Igniz's body as Jiro thrusts his weight down, slamming him onto the ground. The result from the imbued chi will be a powerful explosion for the landing impact.
Igniz' seemed to get too close. So close that Jiro is able to actually grab him by the throat, and incedentaly, slam him into the ground. Directly into the ground. The god of NESTS's figure isn't even able to take directy it otherwise. Still, as the chi explodes and the god is slammed into the ground.
But Igniz does not rise right away, instead, as the smoke and debris seems to clearly disperse to either side, the god of NESTS slowly rising, almost lifting off of the ground easily. "If that is your best," Igniz announces, "then I'm going to be terribly disappointed in you, Mr. Kasagi." And it shows.
Igniz's armor is wounded, beat up and scratched. The battlesuit is torn and dented and warped... but nothing terrible.
Watching, Igniz makes no movements at first, but it almost seems like the suit is whirring, clinking and heating up. The god of NESTS is not idly biding his time.
He's awaiting any given chance to take. Perhaps he will even make his own? "Come quickly... take a chance."
COMBATSYS: Igniz focuses on his next action.
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There was a large degree of satisfaction in slamming Igniz into the ground. Unfortunately, because that Jiro had fought Naerose at the time, Jiro did not get enough time to rest. Sweat is forming along his face as he is trying to catch his breath and deal with his temper.
The older man is getting up to his feet, showing that he is not too badly damaged. With the man and the suit heating up, Jiro blinks for a few moments. "...Someone else... There is some familiarity to that." Jiro rubs his forehead, gritting his teeth as there is a brief flash of something repressed coming out.
Gritting his teeth, Jiro growls before he tightens his fists, "...I don't know what, but..." The young man immediately sprints towards Igniz, then he sprints onward and dashes out, finally launching his right leg out towards Igniz's chest, then it recoils back and shoots forth again with a right foot at Igniz's cheek.
COMBATSYS: Igniz counters Medium Kick from Jiro with Brutal God Project.
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And the opportune moment comes without hesitation. Igniz barely has to wait for it to appear, and when it does, he's already there, striking out, taking the moment and using it for his own need. "You do not know?" Igniz asks, matter of factly as Jiro launching forward, his right leg kicking out towards the god of NESTS's chest.
And then, even before it strike, Igniz streaks out, thrusting himself forward, grabbing hold of Jiro's neck and crushing it. Hurdling across the ground without even clipping the ground, almost as if he was floating across it. He doesn't stop however, moving until he reaches a building... to slam Jiro into.
Once there, Igniz leaps back, his cake following his flowing locks as he lands one the street, hugging himself. "Let me educate you now..." He begins, his cape rising up about him, striking out at fine points. Stabbing him for all purposes necessary, sharp as razor blades.
"How useless a struggle this is..." Igniz continues the assault, the chainblade being driven into Jiro's figure once more, cutting and striking before being pulled back.
Even as Jiro moves to recver, still, as the world seems to slow down, Igniz is too fast, all four chi conductors on his cape roaring to life as they belt out mightly blasts of chi, quar pillars of white chi streaking into Jiro.
And then, Igniz raises a hand, a gleaming ball of chi searing into existance, white power swirling out in his palm. "TO DEFY A TRUE GOD!" Igniz cries, a prayer heard before the ball of blessed white chi is thrust into Jiro's figure, enveloping it as it pulse, reverberates and travels about the cops figure. And then, like all things, it comes to an end.
It may be the light at the end of the tunnel, but still, Igniz stands. Waiting for Jiro to get up.
As the foot is launching straight towards Igniz, Jiro is starting to roar as he thrusts his entire weight forward. "Arrrggghhh!" The foot is striking as hard as he can, aiming to snap it towards Igniz's face. But it is caught before it could make it. Before he could react, Jiro is caught by the throat in the most vicious manner. As he could feel the throat tighten, he is losing more of that precious air as he tries to gasp. Gurgling and trying to gain air, Jiro is then taken across the street. Feeling the cool air briskly rush against him, Jiro struggles until...
A sickening crunch is heard as Jiro's back smashes against the wall. The wall shudders in vibration before the cracks are made, looking almost akin to spiderwebs. Entacing its shape, the spider-web-like cracks break apart and they crumble down at the young man's face. Debris and the like runs all over the form. That shuddering that is Jiro's spine recoils along the body itself.
"...Erggg..." is all that Jiro can manage. As the cape lifts up and then the blades shoot out, Jiro is caught by te rapid blaces that shoot out to drill against his body. Locking against his gut, stomach, chest, and legs, the piercing draw a lot of blood with each poke and pierce as they strike. Then, once the blades cut against him, more blood is drawn from the fluid cut of the cape. It releases a stream of blood that Jiro tries to turn to suppress it, but the instinct leaves him open for more wounds. Those cuts are reveald along his arm, then he falls right onto the ground.
A gasp is given as Jiro is finally released.
For one breath.
The chi envelops a powerful blast of chi to consume Jiro, the body lighting up from the build up before consumed by the painful wrath. A scream is drawn from within.
..As the light dies down, Jiro drops to one knee.
That's right. One knee.
Blood drips. It drips some more. He can feel the tip of that blood drawn forth once more before he coughs up some more blood. As the scarlet fluid touches the ground in a single drop, Jiro can see the fresh red blood pour along the leg and the chest.
"...I..."
Jiro staggers up to his feet, tightening his fists as he feels the powerful rush of chi erupt along his body. The flames melding along his entire form as the surge of power erupt in him. Screaming in pain, the owerful wrath roars in existance before Jiro finally sending the funnel of flames to erupt around him. His determination, his will, his resolve. His defiance. The eyes lock up to Igniz as his knee bucks to prevent him from keeling any further, "DEFY YOU!" The flames soon erupt to consume Igniz like a flash.
Although bleeding, although kneeling, he is getting up as he spreads the energy from his body. Arms spread as if to give off every it of energy in his body that he can. The fury within Jiro uncages itself as it becomes a passion of fury that is directed at the man who proclaims himself God.
COMBATSYS: Igniz reflects Defiance from Jiro with Nega Genesis.
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Jiro drops to a knee. Igniz smiles, "I see you've finally understood, Mr. Kasagi. It seems you're n-" But Igniz's voice stops, listening to Jiro as he begins to speak once more. "Hmmm? Speak up, boy." the God of NESTS states as Jiro staggers back to his feet, more blood appearing.
Igniz didn't hurt him that bad, did he? Well, he most certainly did. But it was warrented. A false claim squelched by Igniz's power. Obviously Jiro must not believe him for what he is. Example was given. You can not argue against the known.
But Jiro does anyways. The God of NESTS watches carefully as flames sear up, biting and funneling forward as Jiro sends them forward, the energy swirling up towards Igniz's figure, the fury directed towards Igniz. And, within a moment, would bite into Igniz, sizzling into him.
But it doesn't happen. A single hand raises up as a shield of immaculate white chi raises, forcing its way between Igniz and Jiro as it materializes, purposely allowing Jiro to srike it. And like a wall, all the energy that strikes does not go through. Instead, it rebounds, firing itself back toawrds Jiro, his defiance directed back towards himself, quelled by mere whim alone.
"I had thought you had learned, Kasagi!" Igniz bites, "But I'm afraid men like yourself will never learn." He cringes. He cannot even remember when he was like... him. He cannot even imagine it.
High on life or life on high? That's what the motivational poster that was spray painted across the side of the bus that Horatio got off of had said. Did he feel it? Feel that way? Not quite. He had just left a situation of his own, and all to the good... he really wasn't that worse for wear. In fact, it had kind of been a rather one sided battle. Similar to the one that was raging right now just around the corner from his current position. -- But then, something was definitely wrong with all of this. He knew Metro City wasn't the type of place that was 'free of crime'... but the way people were acting was ... a tad hair-raising to say the least. Some of them were coming around that corner and hustling up to get as far away from where they'd come as possible. Others were curiously wandering on to have a good look... the kind of thing you do when you're watching a building burn to the ground at 10pm and you know that at any point it could blow and send shrapnel ripping your way.
Thus.. Horatio had to find out what was wrong.. Stepping moving first slowly, then picking up his pace to get through the crowd running the opposite way, he jogs up to the corner of a building and skips out around it.. -- And found himself staring at the same thing everyone else was... Jiro's bloodied body defensively huddled up away from Igniz... The man whom in his own right seemed like a God among men. "... Aren't you people gonna do anything?" He asks in a slow, inquiring tone, looking around... No one answers. They all look at him like he's crazy...
And crazy he likely was.
Horatio moves out away from the rubberneckers... closer to Igniz and Jiro... swallowing hard... more than a little fear and trepidation in his voice, he lifts his right hand and stares at it. "Well... here goes..." And then whips it forward, launching a ring of orange and amber light buzzsawing out towards Igniz. "HEY!" he calls out. "... I don't see any referees... I didn't hear any bells... I don't see any cameras except the local news... - And even if this is an official match.. He's bleeding. You're taking it too far."
COMBATSYS: Horatio has joined the fight here.
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It is known that Jiro is still tired from his fight against Naerose. She made him use more energy than was warranted. Nevertheless, Jiro had found himself in a bad position. His eyes narrow for a few moments, then he continues the assault. ....Until the energy is forced to repel from Igniz by the shield and it returns to him, violently swallowing him before it dies away. Shuddering back, the flames wash over his form and he falls to both knees now. He coughs.
Brief flashes of an OLD memory long ago buried is settling in place. That memory disappears as quick as Jiro is crashing against the wall with a violent thud. Gritting his teeth, Jiro lowers his head.
~ "Damnit, Kasagi! Remember your procedures! Warning _WITH_ your badge and warrant before you go fighting! Get that through your thick skull! Get! That! Through! Your! Thick! Skull!" ~
Jiro will remember that. Eventually.
If he survives.
But he staggers himself back up, his knees shaking as he is standing back up to his feet. A laugh is echoing from him, then his eyes look up towards Igniz. "...I... won't submit to anyone." He grits his teeth, blood is pouring from his mouth. Jiro's eyes glare at Igniz, "I left Kain's side... I forged my own path... I never submitted to Kurow. Or Vega. ...And I sure as hell won't submit to you!" Jiro's chi burns once more until...
...Someone else comes in to help him. He blinks for a few moments. His eyes widen, "...It's not an official match! Stand back! He's going to---" He can't finish. The blood is running course too big and he is hurting much worse. He grits his teeth before he leans against the wall. He takes a deep breath, trying to draw his energy back up as he tries to become attentive again. Inwardly, he is thankful of some help, but at the same time, he fears that the stranger got himself into something that he shouldn't have.
COMBATSYS: Jiro gains composure.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz endures Horatio's Ten O'Clock Sunrise.
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Taking it too far? Never. Igniz would never take it too far. He only gives exactly what is deserved, and in this case, it's destroying Jiro, as he deserves it the most. The very most infact. But, it seems that all things do come to an end, as Horatio shows up, a man that Igniz isn't truely familiar with.
Even so, Igniz moves towards Jiro, uncaring about anything at first. Perhaps it's because he truely doesn't care. The man was downed before him, once more, even as he cowers upon the ground, attempting to catch his breath. Igniz cannot have that. Not at all. So even as the man waits, comfortably rests upon the ground, the god of NESTS moves slowly, methodicall towards Jiro. "I'm sure you'll find that quite impossible. You're not in the position to resist." But, just as he thought everything was taken care of, another man enters the fray.
With a cry and a quick follow, the orange and amber light buzzes out towards him, searing for him. Igniz turns directly into it, striking his chest as it drives him backwards, closer to Jiro. "You have backup." The man sneers, "No matter." With a turn, and the front of the battlesuit melting somewhat, Igniz's cape actually moves forward, aiming to twirl about Jiro's leg, and if grasping, toss him into the air, hurling him up and over into a building. "I'll deal with him soon enough."
COMBATSYS: Igniz successfully hits Jiro with Blue Noah.
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... Don't you hate it when you do your best and the bad guys just don't listen? The look of irritation on Horatio's face at that moment was enough to send daggers flying from his -eyes- at Igniz as he weathers his attack and moves on towards Jiro like he simply didn't care. "HEY! ... -- Hey, stop that!" He calls, running in after the path of his previous attack. But too late. He slides to a stop and winces, watching as Igniz's -clothes-... yes, his clothes reach out and attack Jiro, grabbing for the man and trying to make swift work of him. "What the..." He was actually almost frightened off by that. That's why he turns around and QUICKLY RUNS AWAY! -- No, no only kidding. Horatio stands his ground, even dares to take up running again, jogging ever closer to the two, now well within striking range. "This isn't fair! Look what you're doing to him!"
Not that Igniz much cared. Horatio refused to be the voice of reason talking to a man that wouldn't listen and didn't care to see that reason in the first place. Thus in the way of words, less is always more. So he says nothing else.. Instead, he charges head long into Igniz, that odd orange energy of his like sparking fireworks, bursting free between his fingers as he spins full around once, thrusting both hands out towards him. A sphere of orange energy seems to just -appear- between the two of them and then rupture in a small, high yield explosion. "Stay BACK... Jeez! Can't you HEAR!? Keep your distance... -- just leave him be..." He was between Igniz and Jiro then.. actually bold enough to drop his hands at his sides, clenching them into fists... standing there with his chest pushed out. And sure he looked -so- impressive from his short stature and clearly youthful visage. Tough guy, right? Riiiight.
After taking a deep breath, Jiro's eyes widen when he sees Igniz moving slower towards his direction. Although Horatio offers existance, Jiro is still doomed as Igniz is turning towards the backup. No chance of avoiding, the cape catches him. It tosses him into the air and then he is hurled up and over a building. "Ooof..." That creates another rough landing as the chunk of granite and other debris left behind as the pavement is scarred with a crater in his form.
He grumbles, gritting his teeth and he staggers over at the edge of the building that he was tossed upon. Gritting his teeth, Jiro is slowly pulling himself back up.
"...Meh..." Blood comes from his mouth, already able to feel the bitter taste of his own fluids. His eyes drift down towards Horatio. He is still fighting for him. Jiro really feels kind of bad, but well, Igniz won't stop, so... Here goes. Jiro stands up and then he decides to make a dive. The officer falls off of the edge. His body becomes encased in the scarlet flames as he performs a spiraling dive towards Igniz. His fist draws forth, the hot flames burn to life. Then, Jiro thrusts his other fist out, aiming to make contact with Igniz. And when it comes close, it the explosive inferno aims to consume Igniz.
"IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?! YOU WANNA-BE GOD?! THIS IS MY BANG!"
Igniz says, "Should it normally do that?"
COMBATSYS: Horatio successfully hits Igniz with Kinetic Low.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz stops Scarlet Slaughter from Jiro with Jab Punch.
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That's the first thing that comes to Igniz's mind as Jiro cries out, and in turn, that's the first thing he says. There's no reason the god of NESTS shouldn't speak his mind, and that, in itself, is exactly what he had did. Still, even as Jiro pulls himself up, firing himself as the flames dive towards Igniz, the leader of NESTS is assaulted on all sides.
Horatio strikes in, causing Igniz to falter for a moment, even as the 'sparkling fireworks' dive at Igniz, connecting and detonating upon him. The God of NESTS has no time for this otherwise. He must, at the moment, be more prolific. It sears into his sides still, even as he attempts to stop them. An opportunity wasted. He will deal with it in time.
Sill, Jiro crashes inward, leving the God of NESTS to do a single thing. With his own fist, Igniz fires Jiro's 'bang' right back at him, or at least, right back into his face. Stopping it entirely with a field of white chi about his hand, melting away directy after.
"I'm tiring of you." Igniz remarks towards Jiro, which, well, pretty much explains a lot. The god holds his ground.
Even as his last attack fires in, he couldn't help but notice how -well- this guy was weathering all of what he was giving him by way of pain. There weren't too many people breathing who could swallow that attack and simply shrug it off, then turn on someone else as if it had never taken place. Frowning at the whole ordeal, he slams his fist into his palm with a glowering stare at the 'God of NESTS' and huffs, "What's with this guy..." -- Looking up, he sees Jiro coming from on high and -- getting laid low... "Ohhh! --" Wincing, even cringing a bit at the sickeningly simplistic impact, he rights himself and points at Jiro, "Stay down for a minute! You're making this hard! He's gonna keep coming after you if you keep putting yourself out there like that!"
Again he focuses on that odd orange energy and it comes to him freely, whipping around his form and coalescing at his chest where it quickly dithers away and disappears entirely as he takes to a short run. Hopping once, pivoting on his foot and turning, he whirls about in the air and comes down, first with his right foot which anchors itself against the ground, then the other foot comes from up high, stomping down into the ground with a sparking of orange energy. -- From there, from seemingly a position in the ground beneath Igniz, a sparking, blazing column of orange, crackling power rips upward in a vertical geyser, followed by another directly behind it and slightly taller, then a third, larger still than the others, enough force behind that strange energy to yank Igniz off his feet and toss him away from the two fighters... if only to give them breathing room.
As the young Kasagi makes declaration of his bang, the fist strikes true.... towards Igniz's fist. To see his most vicious technique fizzle right infront of him is rather insulting.
Jiro almost finds himself feeling rather impotent now.
He falls against the ground, then he grunts for a few moments as he lands on his ass. He grits his teeth, then he looks at the man to point at him, Jiro has no choice but to comply. He lowers his head, finding himself only just standing back. He will have to let the other fighter take over. At the meantime, Jiro is actually trying to regain himself and lock his eyes on Igniz.
COMBATSYS: Jiro gains composure.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz dodges Horatio's Rebellious Raven.
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Igniz is not a simple man to defeat, a simple man by trade, perhaps, but still, he stands his ground even as the area itself seems to strike out at him. Horatio continues to wail towards the God of NESTS, but this time finds no perchase. Igniz has learned to pay more attention, though he doesn't speak of this. Instead, he looks towards Horatio as he comes.
Even as Horatio stomps the ground, Igniz moves about and around it, the pillair of sparkling energy striking air and nothing but. The God of NESTS has other things in mind, moving quickly towards the resting Jiro. "You will be next," Igniz begins, "Wait your turn." Is all the man leaves Horatio with.
But even as Jiro rests, falling down toward the ground upon his rear, Igniz is aiding him. "Get up, boy." Igniz declares, two wrapped portions of his cape aiming to grasp Jiro's legs, "Get up and finish what you started."
If they find purchase, Jiro may very well be flung into another building.
COMBATSYS: Igniz successfully hits Jiro with Medium Throw.
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As the obviously overpoweringly strong Igniz dances away from his attack and right over to the resting Jiro, Horatio's eyes go wide, "No..." He breathes, altering his course and running towards them, "WAIT-- .." Sliding to a stop, again, he realizes he's too late. And Jiro's lifted... -- and .. Horatio's head drops. He doesn't even want to watch. Gritting his teeth, those last words Igniz leaves for him, 'You're next', suddenly play in his head. And he has to admit to himself that, at that moment? He was just a little scared. A twinge of fear tickling at the back of his brain, leaving him with that feeling all over like he'd been dipped in ice then set on fire. As if his heart were beating somewher outside of his chest, thundering away, adrenaline pumping... but not the adrenaline of action, the adrenaline of abject terror.
He had to swallow, force himself to concentrate, to set that feeling aside or it would have likely paralyzed him. Lifting a hand to his head, he ruffles his bangs in frustration and finally finds the courage to lift his eyes to Igniz.. "Mm.. --" he tries to say something but nothing comes out. Dropping his hand to his side, he breathes out a long, chilling breath and solidifies himself. "... Okay..." Energy rolls about his form, orange and sparking, like shooting streamers of light all about him that disipates into the space nearby... all but disappearing as he stands, ready... waiting.
"I guess running is out of the question at this point, huh? Hehe..." Not that he would have left Jiro in the hands of this man anyway.
COMBATSYS: Horatio gathers his will.
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Taking a deep breath, Jiro is trying his hardest to catch himself and regenerate what energy he can to deal with Igniz. Unfortunately, the cape takes Jiro by the leg once more and flat out flings Jiro up the air. It is getting annoying to be tossed around so much. Oh hey, there is that building once more.
Crash! The sound of bricks and other groundings echo in the air as Jiro lands once more. It's not a nice landing. It's one of those sickening crunches for the landing that Jiro has to deal with. Ugh. He will be dead by the time that this is over. Caught and staggering, Jiro grits his teeth and he plants his fists to the ground. Staggering up, Jiro finally makes a dive towards the ground.
After his landing, Jiro laughs a bit, looking -very- beat up and on the verge of giving up life. A lot was taken out of him, after all. But, before he 'gives up the ghost' he places his spirit down once more for a nice bang. As the hand plants to the surface, it becomes a single touch before the ground around him illuminates. Fireflies flutter along Jiro's form as he is channeling the chi.
Glaring at Igniz, Jiro says, "... One last show." He grits his teeth, the gravity becomes potent as rocks lift up from the sheer force. The debris lifts up as a blast of energy explodes from the very center of his form, then it expands forth until it covers the area, aiming to consume Igniz.
"INDIGNATION!"
COMBATSYS: Jiro can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz blocks Jiro's Indignation.
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Even as Jiro attempts to get back up, Igniz is quite set on finishing him off here and now. No matter how many times the man will rest, regain his composure or strengthen his resolve. He will be taken down. And soon enough, Jiro is felled. But not without a little work on Igniz's part. He had misjudged the man the first time.
It will not happen again. Even as Jiro laughs, the god of NESTS begins to watch, even as Jiro's spirit flares up once more. And then, as Jiro fires himself forward, a blast of sheer force of energy ripples across the ground, consuming Igniz within.
And then, even after the blast of fire, debris and even the ground itsel cratering on Igniz, the quad shields appear, defening the blow terribly. They disappear, scuffs and burns across his armor. "It does seem it always does that." Igniz sneers as he begins to walk towards Horatio, walking around Jiro as he falls, moving towards the other man in stride.
Out of his armor, a sword appears in his right arm as he moves. His foot steps become lighter and lighter as he moves, crashing across the ground as he moves towards the orange chi'd user, striking out with his chain sword, crashing down upon the man in question. Down, down down as it splits apart, barbs aiming to rip and tear whatever they get hold of. "Do not worry. It's you're turn now."
COMBATSYS: Horatio endures Igniz's Random Weapon.
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Watching all of this take place was like watching a short film about anguish and pain captured in still-frame. Igniz seemed to be enjoying himself flattening Jiro and all but devouring the attack he had launched at him. He couldn't lie and say he wasn't impressed, but then... who wouldn't be? Igniz was something to see. So was Jiro really, he had to admit, whoever that proud officer was, he was surprised at just how much heart the man had. But then on comes Igniz, turning his attentions on him. "... -- I.. I guess so..." He says slowly, nodding his head, his eyes blinking rapidly for a moment, watching him. Before he knew it, he was taking steps backwards. Why was he stepping backwards!?
He wasn't even sure himself, it almost felt involuntary... As the larger than life power comes moving towards him, he can only shrink back... back further still until his heel catches the curb. Nearly falling, he stumbles back two steps and looks up into that large sword that comes swinging down to claim him. "N-- AAHH!" It breaks apart into several barbs and comes bashing down on him, those vicious, talon-like arms coming out and catching him in a swarm of swiping, angry tongues. His clothing is torn into a bit, pieces of it flying free as thin, red lines are cut into his flesh, threatening to leak blood. He looks like he'd just got into it with a large hunting cat. Staggering back and rolling out to his right side, that energy he had been collecting threatens to burst free of him then, but he stops it, focusing his energy on Igniz's location... trying to get a feel for it... He lifts his hand, palm out facing Igniz... then clenches it into a tight fist and yanks back. As if pulling a gigantic, invisible bow string, his fingers fling open and 'release'... trying to cause Igniz's very area... where he stood and the surrounding environs to errupt into a large, sparkling, shooting explosion of orange and golden energy that bubbles outward, covering a wide area before imploding in on the center, as if all of it were drawn through a microscopic point in space, disappearing.
COMBATSYS: Horatio successfully hits Igniz with Fat Buddha.
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Igniz 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Horatio
Igniz found much to be wrong at first, however, he had decided, quite mostly, that he would not infact strike out yet. It seemed however a delayed reaction, delayed enough that Igniz would stop at a crutial moment where it would matter, and most importantly, would leave Igniz open for a brief moment, and then strikes forward. Even as the blast continues through, but it still continues through.
The God Of NESTS faces a palm of energy striking directly out at him, detonating where it is. It sears into his armor, his figure. All of it seems to be destroyed in a moment's notice. Igniz is fired back, struck terribly by the strike. He even falls over briefly before he flows back to his feet, facing off against Horatio, bleeding as his perfect features are ruined. "Quite impressive." Igniz states momentarily as he moves forward.
But he doesn't stop, he continues forward, striking out towards Hotario with a powerful strike, a kick that blurs the eye as it lances out, moving out towards Horatio's side, attempting to catch the man off guard. And with there is one secret, there's another as well involved.
COMBATSYS: Igniz successfully hits Horatio with Medium Kick.
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Igniz 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Horatio
As the amber and orange energy explodes, Horatio rights himself, panting for good reason... he was exerting an awful lot of energy just to keep up with this guy... just to try and -injure- him.. But it would probably all be for nothing. He was obviously the stronger of the two. Horatio, a mere high school student with a fair deal of talent... what was that in relation to a God? His hair billows back from the concussive force of the blast, eyes squinting, stinging from the brightness. He blinks moisture from his eyes, lifts his arm and wipes his face with his sleeve before stepping forward into a ready position, fists clenching.
But it made no real difference. Igniz came on with speed he'd never even -seen- before. The kick-- he wasn't even sure it -was- a kick, rushes in and claims his side, drawing a roar of pain from him as he's literally kicked a filp, knocked upward into the air and rolling over sideways to land hard on his shoulder blades. He's still for just a moment, groaning and rolling slowly over to first his side, then all fours... Looking up at Igniz, he realizes that at that moment he was powerless do to anything. Because he wasn't -breathing-... That kick had knocked his wind from him and he couldn't -force- himself to get it back... the pain was searing... Igniz had broken a rib... -- he just falls into himself... trying to find a center, to find -something- to motivate his next movement... Anything.
COMBATSYS: Horatio gathers his will.
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Igniz 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Horatio
Even as Horatio falls back, Igniz continues to press the advance. The God of NESTS would not simply fall backwards as the man continues, instead, he's going to easy move. Move simply to pressure the other man in either defeat, or success. But this also means that sooner or later, one of them must fall. And one of them will.
"Once more you try my patience. Do you do anything other?" Igniz asks with a sneer, grasping for anything at hand, and in turn, he moves towards he fallen Jiro. Once there, Igniz picks him up, the bloodied man with little hesitation, hefting him up into his arms.
"Take your friend." Igniz announces, hurling him towards Horatio, aimed directly at his chest.
COMBATSYS: Horatio endures Igniz's Large Thrown Object.
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Igniz 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Horatio
Finally managing to get to his feet, one eye squinted in pain, Horatio watches the man, both hands coming up to smooth his bangs back out of his face, finally managing to cough out a blast of air, blood flowing out of his mouth with it. Wiping his mouth, he gasps greedily for air, body racked with pain, all of it centralized in that broken rib. When Igniz moves towards Jiro he says, "Stop it... STOP IT-- Can't you see he's in enough pain!? ... You're gonna kill him..." But then the man picks Jiro up and throws him bodily towards Horatio. Decisions decisions... he couldn't just -move out of the way- and let Jiro hit the ground like that... But then again, he also couldn't take much more of this beating. Sadly, he's stuck doing just that. Lifting his arms to absorb some of the impact, he's surprised at how hard he'd thrown Jiro. Slammed into by the unconcious boy, he catches him as best he can, the two of them driven back, Horatio's back slamming into the wall behind him hard enough to crack brick.
Dust clouds of mortar rain down around him, crumbled stone falling into his shirt and over him as he sinks to the ground with Jiro, his rib aching anew as he coughs in abject pain... Pushing Jiro off of him and slowly over onto his back on the ground beside him... he glares up at Igniz.. "He's not .. my friend... but.. -- Even though I don't know him... acts of compassion should be in the hearts of everyone. Helping your fellow man shouldn't -BE- a chore..." Coughing again he slowly rises to his feet. "Just like I told someone earlier today..."
"An old wise man once told me..." Wiping blood from his mouth once more, he walks, crouching slightly, back down off of the curb, forcing himself to stand straight, looking Igniz in the eyes as he lifts his left hand, palm up. -- All of that energy he had collected errupted from his palm... but not like one would think. It came up in the form of a small bead of power... now bigger than a mustard seed, hovering there over his palm. Lowering his hand, he marches slowly towards Igniz, the small dot of orange and amber light following him with a halo of crackling sparklers all about it... "He told me.. -- ngh-.. He told me... when you go through a lot... You're supposed to be better... Having gone through quite a bit in my young life.. I can respect a philosophy like that. That's why it was on my heart to help him. And that's why it's on my heart to stop you."
"So... in the words of my new ... 'friend'," Horatio says with a smirk... almost laughing at himself as he pushes his chest out...
"This is -my- bang."
The small bead of light -rushes- towards Igniz with speed that's simply unmatched... it doesn't seek to impact though, no. It -slams- to a stop right in front of the man, hovering for a milisecond before the small bead instantaneously grows to the size of a small car and -still- growing. Then it errupts. Bursting like a wayward sun, flooding Igniz's entire area with a concussive blast strong enough to crumble concrete, to bend and mutilate metal, all of it that same, crackling, hissing, burning, and very odd energy... reacting like several hundred fireworks errupting in a late evening 4th of July sky...
COMBATSYS: Igniz stops Orange Julius from Horatio with Jab Punch.
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Igniz 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Horatio
Horatio had proved to been a harder nut to crack for Igniz. The shear speed of the assaults coming, the unrelenting power that stopped behind it. All it it seemed to come. But there was a weakness, and Igniz took it. The need for 'friends'. With Igniz, he has multiple 'friends'. His employee's at the NESTS cartel were his family and friends.
Here, none of them gathered. It was simply just Igniz. Just Igniz. "He knows what he had did wrong. He had sinned," Igniz begins, "Dared to strike a god. He got what he deserved." Igniz began with a smile, even as he began to move once more, even as Horati crashes into the wall, bricks falling about him, debris about, floating into the air.
Igniz listens, hears, it moves through him. He understands completely what the man is saying. However, he cares not for the value of the old man, nor his crazy thought. All at once. "Putting your heart into something? The equivalent of power?" Igniz asks as Horatio comes even as he lifts up, power appearing in his palm. Igniz watches as it comes, following the torch like chi on the mans hand, crackling sparklers coming about.
And then he states the words of his 'New Friend' Jiro Kasagi. His bang. Igniz instinctively comes back, even as Horatio fires the small bead of chi towards Igniz, the God of NESTS moves to negate it, his own fist coming up sandwich the chi between his and Horatio's strength, the power flaring violently up and around his fist, searing outwards as it explodes violently out the sides. Igniz holds his hand against the pressure, forcing the energy to stop on his very whim, his hair and cloak fluttering as the 'bang' violently deteriorates, the debris cleared in a great area bout them, and then goes silent.
Looking towards Horatio, flexing and clenching his right hand, the God of NESTS smiles. And repeats. "Is it supposed to do that?" If only to induce nightmares among the population of Jiro's.
"Honestly? ... No... no it's not." He says, nodding his head simply. There was no regret in his tone... this was battle. This was how it worked. For the better or for the worse. There was no middle ground, no 'sort of got it', only a did or a didn't. In this instance, he didn't. Grinding his teeth at Igniz's smug retorts, Horatio looks back at Jiro, realizing he'd probably be in the same position pretty soon... swiftly running out of cards to play. Turning his attention back to Igniz, he takes a step forward, and then another, fists clenched at his sides, moving in on the man.. when he'd finally gotten in as close as he dared, he hunched down...
Body curled like a snake prepared to strike. And then it was on. He burst forward, rushing the man, feet pounding pavement quickly and efficiently until the rest of that distance disappears, he skipping ahead, spinning on toe tips and moving in on Igniz. His body drops low, descending almost to the ground, one hand coming down to impact the ground, one foot snapping up as his lower half leaves the ground entirely, sending a heel kick rushing in and upward at Igniz's stomach, that odd, orange, crackling energy of his ripping outward from the onset. The first leg returns, cocking back, only for the second to snap out, and when it's finished, he pounces back forward onto both feet, plants himself, digs in and pushes upward at an angle, body spinning like a corkscrew, arms out at his sides as a burning bird made only of energy flares out around him, wingspan tremendous, it spiraling around Horatio, looking to consume this self-proclaimed God.
COMBATSYS: Igniz fails to counter Fatal Phoenix from Horatio with Void Genocide.
- Power fail! -
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Igniz 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Horatio
Even as Igniz can see the strike coming, he assumes that no matter what he does, right now, it will not matter. He has the man at the ropes, and nothing could stop him from it. Even as Horatio bursts forward, Igniz could not stop it from coming. It strikes, even as Igniz watches forward. He prepares himself, raising a hand to stop the strike from coming. He's most certain that it will not get by.
But the crackling leg strikes too quickly, consuming him in its wake, pushing him backwards at a terrible speed. Igniz coughs out blood as the chi embraced leg strikes out at him, rushing him into the ground as the man falls, the burning bird striking him clear into the ground.
For a moment, Igniz lys there, bested for a moment. He will, if possible, turn this around. He must just see it to do so. He's so close. He cannot give up yet. Not just yet. For now, he grits his teeth, pushing up against the cold cratered ground. Not everything can go according to plan.
Spiraling upward still on the crest of his attack, riding the wind so to speak, his spin comes to a slow stop and he descends, back towards the ground, arms high over his head, eyes determined, pain clear in his expression, in his little and quite beaten body. Even the impact against earth when he touches down again brings a cough from him that spatters blood over blacktop. Growling, he wipes his mouth once more, the back of his hand stained in dried blood, watching Igniz fall. Staggering, he leans to his left, panting hard, knowing he had to push it... push it harder and farther than he ever had before if he intended to make any leeway whatsoever. "Ah...hah-- here goes.."
Grunting to himself, pushing the pain aside, he pushes off towards Igniz's prone figure, rushing three steps forward and again dancing in on him, spinning on a foot to give himself power position to jam his left foot down, energy collecting around him as he spins, coming down to first anchor his right foot, then bring the left down, hard. It stomps the ground with an audible crack, like air bursting free of a plastic bag, then that same odd, orange, crackling stirring of energy bursts free in a trifecta of geysers, one after the other seeking to claim purchase on Igniz's downed form. One after the other, each geyser larger than the last, the three burst one, two, three, sending spiraling dots of crisply sparking energy whipping off in rolling bottlerocket like patterns away from the main jubilant explosion.
COMBATSYS: Igniz blocks Horatio's Rebellious Raven.
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Igniz 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Horatio
Perhaps a terrible mistake can still be salvaged if one tries, and so, Igniz does try. Even as Horatio comes again, Igniz will not let him. The man is pushing himself hard, a perfect time to strike back, destroying all hopes of a retaliation. But first, Igniz must deal with the man dancing in towards him. Quad forcefields appear as they strike up, forcing the man back from him, slowing his strike down to something much less of what it was.
With a thrust, Igniz rises again, bloody, battered and in pain, he arcs out with a single hand, swelling of imacculate white chi. And without sparing a moment, speaking or otherwise, the burst is sent, huring across the air and down towards Horatio, aiming to strike the man in the chest, and finish what Jiro had begun.
COMBATSYS: Igniz successfully hits Horatio with Divine Arrow - Air.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Igniz 0/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1 Horatio
Watching on in almost ... horror as his precious Rebellious Raven is again shuffled aside, swallowed by Igniz's raw power... seemingly eaten by his presence alone, Horatio half slumps forward.. exhausted to no end, knowing he had little to nothing left behind -any-thing he could throw at this man... but also knowing that he had to, if for no other reason than to assure he wouldn't further harm Jiro, push himself even harder. Had to keep moving. -- Shortly after the attack, he was marching in on Igniz, forcing his feet to move. Forcing himself to stay grounded, to ignore the swimming pain in his head.. in his aching body.
But this was not a merciful God, no... This wasn't the God that you prayed to and asked, nay, begged for some type of salvation, for some type of peace... This was the type of God that didn't want to open up the windows of heaven and pour out blessings. This wasn't the type of God that saw fit to lay a divine hand upon an ailing body. This was the type of God that sought only self-gratification... and your demise. And so it's with a sore body and a stricken heart that he looks up to see Igniz launch that next attack. His head almost drops.. only determination keeps him looking Igniz in his cruel and unyielding stare. The arrow of chi slams into his chest... tears him off of his feet and throws him back through the air. He clears the entire street and slams -back- into that wall he'd been pushed into earlier... and through it. The disgusting sound of impact, of flesh painfully bashing unforgiving brick...
There's a long pause... a long silence... and Horatio climbs back out of the hole... his eyes tight, hard orange orbs in his head, focusing hot anger on Igniz... "You're a monster," he spits out... running on adrenaline and nerve... pure grit. He walked towards Igniz, unhurried, as if there was no pain, there was no urge to simply black out... He could barely even see and he'd made it all the way across the street to stand before the man and glare at him. From his short stature, he looks up into his face, near close enough for their bodies to touch. "... You'd better kill me. I'm not walking away. And you're not putting another hand on him..."
-- Horatio's hand moves outward then, suddenly glimmering with that odd energy.. he reaches to snag Igniz... to grab him by the wrist... ... ... Far from unconscious... should he find purchase, what follows is his left leg rising, bursting to life, slamming forward into his chest. Releasing, he'll come on with a pair of windmilling kicks, laced with that crackling, jubilant power, driving upward through the air, only for that bursting wingspan, that glowing phoenix to overtake him in the air, rushing down on Igniz, spiraling down upon him to drive him into the ground and attempt to end him completely.
COMBATSYS: Horatio can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz reflects Chaotic Clutch from Horatio with Nega Genesis.
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Igniz was a loving, caring God to his followers, as long as he had his way, and an angry god to all others. Even as Horatio seems to feel that Igniz is the angry God that smites all, he had struck the first blow in the conflict. The defeat Jiro and Horatio directly after had tested Igniz's limits to the greatest, and yet still the man had come out, fighting to dominence over the god.
Igniz was touched, only for a moment, as the man began to speak. "I don't even know who you are," Igniz begins, "Your anonimity proves only to be tiresome. I will not kill you or him. I had come to teach him a lesson. I had finished my goal eons ago." The god begins, a smile trickling across his face as Horatio climbes, firing himself forward. But the hand is stopped by a field of force. The chi reflected into nothing as it stops the man's hand cold. And then, as fast as the field of imaculate chi appears, it disappears, Igniz looking towards the defeated Horatio. "Good bye then, sir." Igniz says, bloody figure and suit included. He turns, aided by the battlesuit itself, and disappears once more into the alleyways, leaving both Jiro, Naerose and Horatio to be picked up by Jiro's aides.
The God of NESTS has other things to do.
Log created on 13:10:00 04/21/2008 by Naerose, and last modified on 10:08:24 04/22/2008.