Description: The NESTS Cartel bus once more shows up at a different school looking for Shurui. This time, it's Seijyun High! But Seijyun looks to be ready for them! Find out, and the NESTS BUS's next stop on its Summer Murder trip 2008 order your T-shirts now!
Becase the NESTS bus never waits for no one, Seijyun is on the list of places to track downed their lost experiment. After Shurui had fell off the radar, perhaps due to he good nature of K' which should be non existant, the few had seemed to work together. Igniz only knows that the most likely of suspects may very well be the ones he has to deal with in turn.
But not for now, during this rather complacent day. Right after dinner, about 5:30 PM, a bus begins to make its way towards Seijyun high, weaving through the secluded forest, moving closer to the gatehouse. One would expect the NESTS bus to stop there like everything else, but the bus itself seems to be let in without hide or hair of conflict.
Igniz had made sure that if anything, the front gates would not be a problem. With the speed of Foxy and Diana, switches were easy game, and to let the bus into the campus no less.
Unmarked and with brand new unsliced tires, the bus moves towards the front court of the campus, parking directly in the center of the street. From there, the doors once more opened. NESTS had arrived.
Getting off the bus in a most normal way, the man with a dull purple cloak over him began to take in the prestigous school. Expansive, beautiful. A place seemingly fit for a God, save the fact that the god must be a goddess.
Luckily Igniz may qualify for both.
With the recent hubbub about what happened over at Taiyo High, Igniz's appearence isn't just news. It's stunning the exact same enterance he made in Taiyo High.
Except all the Kyo clones on the bus? They're all wearing girl school uniforms. And wigs.
Well you got to get in somehow.
Another one leaves the bus.. or rides, as it were, and not one of the Kyo clones in drag. This one was an actual woman, stepping off the bus and waving to the Kyo clone driving it. The woman's tall, and dressed oddly, in a blueish outfit that spans at least half of her body. Or less. She's not dressing conservatively at all, that's for sure, with her stomach completely bare, as her legs and her arms as well.
The tatto on her stomach doesn't help much either.. but with Igniz walking out first, Diana follows, the blade still under her cut away skirt, that has holes in the side as well. The trained just might see the blade.
Much in the same.. she's not dressed in the uniform, however, and whistles, the amazon calling forth a 'class' of Kyo clones.
Who have pom poms.
They begin to cheer. "Goooo GOD! HURRAY!"
She nods to Igniz afterwards, before leaning against the bus.
Inside of the school, the glee club looks out from the music-room windows facing towards the front. Sada Asai, club treasurer, narrows her eyes at the curiously masculine figures in the skirts and wigs as they start cheering. She can't make out their words, but the voices - they seem familiar somehow...
One of the sassier freshmen, standing behind her, says, "Hey, Asai, don't they sound kind of like - IAAAAAAAAAGH!!"
Sada takes her hand off the girl's wrist and says thoughtfully, "I think this is probably a bad sign... Someone should pass the word along, in case it's some kind of Pacific Resistance trick." With this, she crouches down to pick up the instrument case with her chosen implement of destruction, and steps towards the hallway.
"Club, dismissed!" says the titular head of the club, and the members fan out to spread the news to those who might have been 'eating dinner' or 'studying' or 'smoking behind the art building'.
Zach is not a student of Seijyun; he is, well, a he. Nor is he really a student of any of the local schools, though he could pass for one if he felt like it. However, he had heard the rumors of a bus bearing malcontents causing trouble at Taiyo while working at the YFCC.
People tend to talk a lot around janitors; they blend into the background.
So when he was on his way to his favorite place in the woods for some outdoor reading time, Zach heard sounds of trouble coming from the nearby school. Glen made his way carefully, and surprisingly quietly, to the brick wall surrounding the campus, and sees the source of the confusion.
Zach growls as he hops down and starts sprinting towards the melee. Just doesn't seem right, picking on a bunch of girls. Yeah, Zach's a bit of a chauvinist like that when you get down to it. He hates seeing women in trouble for some reason.
Upon hearing the cries of the Kyo clones, Igniz cannot help but smile. Today would be a good day. He would not hide anything. He would not hold back. To find information here, even if he must forcibily get qustioned answered, he will.
And with the cheering of the Kyo clones, once cannot help but feel a fatherly, godly aura about them. Knowing only the resouces the research brought up, a small roster of students that go their could be seen with help from a few spies and informants. Yet still, the single person he was looking for was not there.
With the robes flipping about, reconfiguring themselves to show that Igniz was indeed floating, the God of NESTS hovered above the sidewalk, the battlesuit's robes fluttering in a wind that blows even without a blowing wind. His hair as well follows suit.
"Ah, Diana! I have a good feeling about this place! I'm most certain that our quest to find one of the children of eden will come to an end!" Igniz exclaims, his face bright, his arms wide and his hands poised to the heavens.
He does not care if he is noticed, perhaps that's the entire purpose of this excercize. To catch this child by smoking them out.
While the students begin to move, Diana isn't particularly watching them, but instead sitting on the front of the bus, leaning across the hood, hands back as her legs drape over the grill. It warmed her legs at least. Vision switching from one building to the next, she doesn't focus on any too long.
But doing this allows her to notice a man sprinting closer. Perhaps he's a pervert looking for favors? .. That's better to her than his real reason, the amazon detesting such things as 'chauvinists'. Jocks fit there as well, you can be assured.
Waving her hand, the clones continue their cheer, before breaking out into a low rendition of 'Joy to thee our holy savior', alot of oooing from the chorus before the title of the song is sun.. and sung over and over.
NESTS should probably outsource their music more often.
Looking to Igniz as she's called, the amazon stands, streetching out on top of the bus. "Hopefully. If not, I will have located her soon otherwise." The girls .. do make it a promising prospect. "Company." She notes, and hooks a thumb back to Zack, "I'm not sure if they want to celebrate with you."
*rattle* *rattle* *rattle*
A haunting, echoing sound of chains rattling echos down the halls of Seijyun High, down the halls of the Main Hall and all the way outside. The chains, as any student at the school could easily guess, belong to one Aoi Himezaki-- the daughter of the wealthy socialite Himezaki Family, one of the many girls that attend the academy managed by staff that would rather their girls graduate knowing how to knit and sew and bow their heads to every man before they learn anything, in her opinion, useful or practical. In this instance, she's better known by the moniker she chooses or else she'll punch your sorry face in: Zaki.
"Himezaki-senpai!" the girl cried, nearly getting a heel to the chops. "There're strange people coming onto the campus, and they don't look like they belong here!"
Or, that's roughly what the girl managed to get out-- an explanation to satisfy the angry redheaded heiress, and send her off to do this-- stomping out to the front doors of the school.
She literally puts a boot to the doors to open them with a screaming protest of locks and buckling, aged wood while it seems as though she's never going to miss a beat. She storms down the path toward the gate, toward the lot-- toward the source of all the noise that's going on. Sure, there're fellow students out there watching or snapping pictures with cellphones, but when Zaki comes to a halt and folds her arms, hopefully -someone- will respond when she makes her voice clear through the leather mask strapped to her face.
"What the -FUCK- is going on here?"
Zach skids to a halt, and almost plants his face in the turf when he sees the K-Clone Cheerleader Squad. He frowns. He did not care much for Kusanagi, and here was a whole bunch of them.
But that's not the important thing here. There's no point in diplomacy, clearly. These people are here for a reason, and are not about to leave unless forced to leave or given what they wanted.
Zach is all for the first option. Zach pulls a hand back, summoning up a small fraction of the energies that are his birthright, forging a basketball of purple psychic energy.
Which is promptly flung at Igniz. God Complex + Girly Looking? Clearly evil, or insane. Quite possibly both.
COMBATSYS: Zach has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Zach has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz dodges Zach's Warning Shot.
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Zach 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Igniz
Ah. Kyo clones. Music to the ears of Igniz. They will live at least another day before being thrown off a cliff, desroyed due to their terrble shelf life. This may be the height of these Kyo clones lives.
Then again, they don't have to live in shame of being the real Kyo. It's a trade off.
But things begins to quickly escalate infront of Seijyun High. At first, Zaki appears. And not a simple walk either. Breaking open the front door, the locks buckling off the building itself seemingly as she storms down towards the front. Igniz moves to greet her, turning towards the woman even as she storms down from the front gate.
He smiles, arms out, as if he was a teddy bear. He would not harm a fly. "Hello there, Mrs... Zaki if I'm correct? I'm not too sure, but I've heard your name around." The god oF NESTS explains, only able to respond there as a bolt of psi is quickly hurled his way.
But not quick enough. Igniz is under assault before he could explain himself, stopping him in mid speech? A rather terrible idea. Floating out of the strike of the basket ball of energy, Igniz's own hand begins to glow with a powerful white chi, thrumming as it does.
"I am rather sorry for the intrusion. I'll be able to explain myself after I take care of this interloper." The god explains, a ball of white chi thrumming as he releases it, making its way across the ground, hurdling for Zach, moving to carress him gently against its emaculate white bussom.
"A God must have his time." Of course, he's been on the 'watch' list. And teenagers talk. A lot. Constantly. "Diana, would you assist me?"
The rattle of Zaki's chains encourages Sada. One day she'll be able to equal the great warrior of Seijyun, she's sure. Or at least come close. It's hard to really think of yourself as an equal to someone with that kind of a style.
She comes running out behind Zaki's kicked door, still carrying her instrument case, her long skirt whirling around her calves. When she sees both the clearer image of who this is - and who's WITH him - as well as the fact that some white guy just threw a blast at him - she unlatches the case and whips out her kusarigama with another lengthy rattle of steel links.
When Igniz casually moves away from the incoming blast and then turns to address Zaki, Sada stands stock still, about two paces behind and to the left of the masked woman. She glances towards her, as if hoping to see just what she'll do. At least she has support! And an emergency backup weapon, if need arises.
The sound of chains catches Diana's attention, and an odd dressed student, wielding chains ( as if it was a surprise ), kicks a door open. Compared to her belief in this pansy all girl academy, the amazon approves of this. Zaki is what all of these young women should strive for. Except for the language, but that's her choice, and theirs.
And then the chauvinist is back, and sticking up for the women who had not asked for his help. Especially as Zach decides to pull back a hand and summon that strange energy .. and send it straight for her leader.
No, she wasn't really worried, and she actually leaps off the front of the bus somewhat lazily, dropping more than a leap, as Igniz takes care of himself. He was the one with immense amounts of modifications, and the suit.
It seems that the Seijyun resistance is beginning to grow as well. Looking to Zach, and to Igniz, the butterfly listens.. and listens well. "I would.. but it seems as if he is the least of our problems.. and facing the girls, Diana holds her hand out towards them, before a quick grasp, the tip of a blade sliding out of the skirt and traveling to point at those who are behind them.
She stands at her side, keeping the girls, hopefully, at arms length.. the blade perhaps deterring them a slight bit. "Please wait... this isn't your problem."
COMBATSYS: Diana has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Diana focuses on her next action.
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There're a few flaws in the logic presented to Zaki by Igniz. She addresses things point by point, in fact.
"-Mrs.-?" The question, if that, is raised with high brows and eyes filled with disbelief. "Do I look as though I've got a fucking husband? Do I have a ring on my finger? Do I look like I want to deal with that bullshit?"
Second point.
It's almost as if Zach doesn't register on her mental radar, too busy focusing on the man with the busload of drag queens attacking. "A -god-?" This, likewise, taken with a similar expression. This time, though, Zaki points directly at the blonde self-styled ruler of all things -and- NESTS with a half-cocked arm, her voice taking a downward-sliding pitch full of anger. No matter how they dress or how they act, it always works out like this. "You listen here, you vain, self-absorbed, melodramatic -bitch-, you are -going- to answer me."
And -then- she notices the half-dressed woman.
"SHUT YOUR GODDAMN MOUTH, YOU DISGUSTING SKEEZE."
And then her right hand reaches into her left sleeve, pulling out a length of chain. Even as her arms fall back to the side, the length continues to grow-- at least three feet, a bit of it wrapping around her fist with a snap of her wrist.
"The whole lot of you are gettin' out, or so help me god we'll -make- you get out."
COMBATSYS: Zaki has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Zach 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Igniz
COMBATSYS: Zaki takes no action.
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It would be nice if she could say she's never seen anything like this before. That she had no idea what the bus load of NESTs projects and the mysterious blond man in the battle suit would be about. That she'd have no idea why they would be pulling up into the campus and launching what appeared to be some kind of assault on the all girl's school.
Unfortunately, this is the second time in just two days she's seen this caravan of trouble and Igniz in particular. Rushing out along with a bunch of other Seijyun students to see what the commotion is all about, the girl slides to a stop, blue eyes widening slightly. "Oh no..." she murmurs to herself. /Him/ again. At first glance she scans around for signs of K9999, quite aware that he seems to really have it in for her if he gets his chance, but he's no where to be seen.
Charging forward again, she comes in closer, drawing near to the line formed by Sada and Zaki. Glancing up at the taller red-head, the girl seems to be looking to her to make the first move. And make it she does, in her typical fashion, provoking a wince from the pig-tailed girl at her side. Well, someone's sounding even more cheerful than /usual/, isn't she.
A glance is cast toward Igniz and Hotaru sees fit to murmur, "The man in the battle suit is incredibly tough..." though her voice may very likely be drown out by Zaki's rant as the Seijyun Tough Girl carries on. Didn't she just go through this already? But still, this time it's her /own/ school being invaded, making her even more invested than last time. Taking in a deep breath, the Kenpo artist steps up to Zaki's side. She doesn't issue any threats, no warnings, simply lingers there and lets the girl already talking handle the, ah, pleasantries.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Zach fails to slow Divine Arrow - Ground from Igniz with Warning Shot.
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Zach's eyes go wide as the chi-blast comes screaming towards his face. He is not going get out of the way in time... and that thing looks like it would =hurt= to get hit with.
So Zach does, in his mind, the next best things. He brings the other hand forward, and slings another sphere of energy at the incoming attack. The sphere goes wide, slamming into Zach's chest. The young man yells out in pain as both of his shirts are shredded, his chest coated with his own blood as he slams to the ground.
He stays there, gasping for air. Zach was right, that =hurt.=
She is so awesome, Sada thinks as Zaki screams at Diana, feeling somehow embarrassed at the thought as her cheeks color. Of course, they're reinforced; she glances at Hotaru with a grunt of acknowledgement, and then looks back ahead to the enemy.
"Our problem is a bunch of transvestites and a slut on our school grounds," she informs Diana, voice rough. "I don't remember hearing that you were invited!" Of course neither was Zach, but if he wants to die for the glory of Seijyun...
Of course, then Zach seems to actually obey Sada's vague thought. Her eyes widen slightly as her head tilts, watching the young man get floored. But - wait - her eyes narrow. /Him/. Sympathy quickly gained is immediately lost!
She points her kama at Diana, then. "Pack up your gang and take it back to Tokyo. We aren't going to warn you twice!"
COMBATSYS: Sada has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Sada takes no action.
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Igniz almost forget about the blast of emaculate white chi that's send in the direction of Zach. Almost, but not quite. He waits for the cries of agony to sing out behind him, shrill cries that can only mean one thing. Igniz has simply dealt with the man. It's a rather simply equation. But he still moves. That will need to be changed sooner than later.
But Igniz has many things to deal with. More and more students of Seijyun High begin to make their way out of the building. His face moves slightly over towards Zaki once more, "I apologize. I thought your presentation meant that you were busy and that is why you were so unwelcoming." Igniz states, with the effort behind it that proclaims itself the truth. The only truth ever. But then he's called at, told to shut his mouth. Well, that seems to startle Igniz. The woman was being quite rude.
Igniz even watches as Zaki's length of chain falls out of her arm. It's an impressive length, but he's unstartled. He has his own weapons.
Eyes dancing back towards Sada that's behind her and then, if revenge was the last thing in Igniz's mind, Hotaru. "I see that you do mean busines." Igniz exclaims, turning about towards Zach once more.
Out of his hand, a weapon appears, a single sword. One that Igniz strikes at Zach with from a distance. But it doesn't stay at a distance for long. Instead, it spikes out, breaking about as it whips out. A chainsword, with sharp barbs that travel down it's side. It is, if anything, something one would not like to feel.
Oh, they seem to be kept at bay.. and they also seem to go on and on. First, Zaki proves herself in Diana's eyes.. not that that seems to matter, as she quickly loses it, partially by Zaki yelling at Igniz, and partially calling her a skeeze. Not that she truly pays attention to this, it's just skeeze? She sounded so tough a moment ago.
The rapier holds up, moving back and forth as the line grows larger, attention fluttering between the three girl line. They don't seem to be .. quite simple. Far from it. Troubling is what it is. But the chain is more so, and Diana's eyes widen.. just a bit. Hotaru of course.. seems to know about Igniz before. It makes sense that she would, considering what she had read in the report.. her stance bringing her slowly closer to the group of girls.
Zack's yell of pain brings a bright smile to Diana's face. "I see things have already started for the better..." And then, a slut, she's called. Raising an eyebrow, the amazon shakes her head. "Oh, but we're just passing by.. seeing if you have something of ours." She adds in, as the kama is pointed.. and apparently, taken as a challenge.
Her motions are sudden and quick, the blade sliding forwards towards the woman, striking as quick as possible.. blurring in speed, actually, towards the group in this motion, to attempt to drive most of the blade into Sada, before leaping back, putting herself back at length again, but it's a quicker leap, far easier to kick back from than the drive forwards.
Ka-BAM. And Zach is introduced to the world of pain in a most horrible way-- and then Igniz decides to deal with him more with a more direct assault... or as direct as a sword like that can be.
But more to the point, more directly, Zaki's been flanked by two fellow students-- one she's heard of in passing, the other Futaba. Issuing a quick glance to either of them seems to be the dramatic moment-- the moment when Diana lunges in and throws her first attack of the battle. Regardless of the situation, regardless of if Sada is struck or not, her arm wheels back. The chains sing a beautiful song of composite metal ringing on composite metal as it reels back like a great whip-- and then she tries to snap it around Diana's ankle before she gets too far away. It moves with great precision, and if it can ensnare her leg, the chain goes taut almost on it's own.
And then she grunts, muscles tightening up, and -pulls-, trying to rip the woman's feet out from under her and take a few steps back to drag her across the concrete path for a bit.
"You don't own a fuckin' thing here!!"
Hotaru winces again, this time from Zach getting blasted by Igniz. Last time there was an annoying little clawed midget to draw fire. This time Zach Glen gets to occupy Igniz's attention, it seems. The exchange of words between Diana, Sada, and Zaki are barely acknowledged as the girl tries to keep her attention focused on what is happening all around her.
But then the battle is entered, Sada having to contend with an attack coming her way while Zaki charges the sword handler, putting her deadly chain whip to use. Clenching her hands tightly, the uniformed student exhales softly. It looks like there's no avoiding yet another fight. At least K9999 doesn't appear to be around, with his savage chi bullets!
Slipping off her bookbag to let it drop to the ground with a hefty thud, the girl spins around, charging in after Zaki. While the chain user is looking to yank her feet out from under her, Hotaru attempts to slip in and wrap her arm around her waist, twisting the woman to the ground, hoping to buy time in the confusion to shift gears toward the one she deems the /vastly/ bigger problem.
COMBATSYS: Diana successfully hits Sada with Fierce Strike.
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The incoming sword strike makes Sada twist to the side; this means that instead of being skewered right through the guts, she instead recieves a deep bloody gash along the hip, eyes going wide as she lets out a vicious curse, blood soaking into her uniform almost immediately.
She shakes, but only for a moment, before blind fury washes into her and makes the pain an agitation, not a weakness. Her face pales and sweat glistens on her forehead as she straightens up - "You BITCH!" she shouts. "You're going to leave here in a damn box!"
She twists the kama around then, letting it hang out on its chain as her grasp chokes up, the chain tinkling with improper merriment. She then steps in as the other two girls act, twisting the sickle on a chain viciously downwards, aiming to slice into Diana as much as she can!
COMBATSYS: Zach blocks Igniz's Trans-Axial Slice.
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Zach slowly pulls himself somewhat upright, into a crouch. He puts his vast resevoir of energy to work, slowly but surely starting to patch himself up, a little bit. He may not have time to shake off the effects of that chi blast, however. Death comes in the form of a terrible swift sword that comes crashing towards his neck.
Zach grits his teeth. Not today, he thinks as he grasps that tiny piece of control that he had discovered. Purple and red energy flares to life as Zach brings up an arm. Surely, this is a foolish move; that sword has more than enough force and edge to cut clean through the simple limb.
There is another flare of light, and the sword stops on what appears to be a gauntlet around the arm, keeping it from doing serious harm.
"Yer damn right I do," Zach growls as he shoves the sword off of him and pulls himself to his feet. For someone with little to no actual combat ability compared to Igniz, Zach closes the gap surprisingly fast. A moment later, Zach is powering that purple and red glove into Igniz's midsection.
COMBATSYS: Igniz reflects Burst Strike from Zach with Medium Punch.
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Three little girls from school, and yet Igniz focused his attention on none of them. Zach Glen had aggroed the beast, and Igniz, rather annoyed, decided to make sure that the mistake he had made at Taiyo High would not happen again. He would, in essence, completely negate the man's presence. A terrible move.
But the other portin is that no one else draws his attention. His unwarented attention. Instead, each of them, all of them decide that they would strike out at his accomplace. "Diana." Igniz begins, "If you get in over your head, please, ask, and I will aid you." The God of NESTS dictates. He doesn't know if Diana could really succeed versus all three of them, but the time will come. Instead, he has something more pressing to deal with.
As Zach pulls himself up, even fighting against the sword and managing to deflect it away, Igniz is brutally effecient about it, the blade snapping back and disappearing as soon as it came.
But Zach doesn't stay away. He makes himself known, striking out at Igniz as he does, closing the gap, psychic energy darting about his fists. Even if Igniz doesn't know, he can tell the color looks different. He doesn't mind. The systems of the battlesuit aren't even summoned. He's worked with the stuff before.
"I grow tired of you, child." Igniz chides, his own right hand enveloped in a glove of emaculate chi, aimed towards Zach's own fist. Striking out, the god of NESTS drives his fist on purpose into Zach's, driving back the boys own power into him, sending his own punch colliding through the energy, and into the kid itself.
"I wonder why no one else comes to aid you. Perhaps, these girls do not need your help?"
COMBATSYS: Diana dodges Sada's Shinryukan Correction.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Diana with Quick Throw.
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COMBATSYS: Diana blocks Zaki's Chain Flip.
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Zaki attempts to get what she wants, at least.. but the telltale call of the metal drags the attention of Diana.. whom is able to watch it snag around her ankle, instead bringing a foot around to snap against the leg, the chain trying to wrap about it.. it could have went worse, but the tug certainly causes her to stumble slightly..
Enough at least to grab her waist and then twist her to the ground, the amazon hitting hard.. before at least keeping an arm up .. which is the only reason she's able to get out of the way of the sickle, slicing too close to her hair to be ignored, body nearly vanishing as the sickle slices down.
And landing on her feet, Diana holds the blade out infront of her again. "I see talking's out of the question now." She comments.. before she makes use of Hotaru's already in close activities to swipe the rapier, butterfly handle and all, in a long flowing arc, intending to slice across her form.
It's not exactly the fastest, but it requires nothing of her at least. The motions a bit wide as well. Perhaps it has a chance. "I'm doing this for a far better cause.. I really don't want to hurt you .. but you don't seem to be giving any other way."
With Hotaru in the fray in a most personal sense and Sada's attack avoided, it brings the chain-brawler to be forced to carefully consider her next set of options-- what cause would have the most favorable effect? What would allow her to slow this woman down so that Hotaru can be clear of danger and the likes of both herself and her junior are safe from harm?
If she can even be kept out of harm's way like this?
Zaki has a common thought to this, one that a whole lot of people have probably shared in the past: If she can get inside Diana's effective range, she can't swipe or thrust the rapier and it keeps her ... relatively safe. And in that moment, she demonstrates for Sada and the others present the versatility of having a weapon like chains, taking the offensive by charging straight on after Hotaru's lunge and during Diana's retaliation. Her arm whips out hard to the side and her wrist curts a path in the air, sending her chain out into the air and wrapping around her fist in swift concentric circles. Effectively, she now has a heavy metal gauntlet! And with her fist wrapped as such, her right arm curls and hooks low with the intent to drive her fist into the small of the woman's back.
"Go put some FRIGGIN' CLOTHES ON! UrrrrrrrrAGH!!"
COMBATSYS: Hotaru parries Diana's Memory of Gaia!
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And it looks like Zach is having an all around awful time off to the side. Hotaru manages to assist in the ganging up of Diana, but she's aware that the lone male defender really needs some help off to the side. But right now she has a dangerous attack being slashed her way, with a sharp point intended to slash her something fierce. "I think your arrival at the last school indicated talking wasn't a priority," Hotaru remarks quietly, blue eyes focusing back on the swift woman, the rapier slashing out for her torso.
Not even a novice weapons user, herself, the girl can still defend herself against them with unarmed strikes and very precise timing, as demonstrated by the way the girl manages to smack the side of the rapier in the midst of side-stepping around Diana, avoiding what would have been a nasty slash. Spinning out of the defensive maneuver, the girl darts toward the battle suit geared blonde, attempting to blind side him as he administers death upon Zach.
He might be wary of the technique the girl tries for, her hands trying to grasp out and get a hold of one of his arms so that she can stomp her way up the front of his torso before leaping down over his shoulders to land behind him. "Ya, ya, ya!"
Zach is sent tumbling across the grassy pitch as a direct result of Igniz's... interesting counter technique. Zach lands in a low crouch skidding away from the NESTS Leader. His arm lies at his side, broken and useless to him. Still, he stands. He still looks defiant.
"Hard to explain a good catfight," Zach growls as he leaps skyward. His good arm is pulled back, a bright red-purple globe forms in the waiting palm. Zach considers as he starts his descent. Even if he doesn't land a single attack on Igniz, Zach intends to make the blonde pay for this.
Zach throws his hand forward, the sphere breaking into a veritible stream of power, which he rakes not only across Igniz, but the Kyo-Clones, and that bus of theirs. There may be explosions. The most surprising thing, perhaps, is that Zach is still on his feet when he lands.
Such flexibility! Sada thinks, seeing that style. Her chain's not as thin-gauge; she feels a great shame at this. She doesn't think she could pull it off. Does - But fortunately, she's kept from too much inner nattering by the pain in her side. Zaki's going in close against the tall woman and Hotaru seems to be darting off to the side, even as she's parrying that blow.
However, Sada may be limited in her ability to run in and administer a brutal chain-fist. This doesn't make her helpless; she steps back, hand going back to grasp the kama as she spins the weighted end of the chain around in three rapid, quickening rotations. "Stop whining about picking a fight! You're after our people, you deal with all of us!" Even if Hotaru's moving off - anyway, focus, Asai!
She hurls the kusari forwards suddenly, casting the chain out with a rattling echo, aiming to snap the ten pound weight and associated length around Diana's sword arm and, from there, yank her to the unforgiving school grounds!
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Igniz with Shin-Jou Tai EX.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz reflects Burst Stream from Zach with Nega Genesis.
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There are things that Igniz dislikes. One of them are people that don't want to stay down. Here, it's namely Zach. The other are Hotaru's that think they own the play! Those damned Hotaru's! They're taking our jobs!
But to be seriously, Igniz doesn't see the blonde coming for her. Instead, he only hears her cries until it's too late. Strike after strike lands upon him, breaing through his guards, kick after kick sent directly into the man's chest, up the battlesuit and then kicking off, darting behind him. Igniz is rocked, the heavy suit being almost forced to he ground but recovering. There are great dents.
"I see you've come again. But this time, it will be different." Igniz announces, turning once back towards Zach. But this time, he's not playing about. "You should have stayed down, boy." Igniz announces. "It would have hurt much less." And even when the sphere comes towards him, bright red-purple in all it's glory, Igniz awaits for it to lazily float into his area, and then, with a wave of his hand, a barrier of immaculate chi appears, the white wall being struck by Zach's strike. Even as it breaks into a stream, Igniz isn't allowing the NESTS bus to be struck. It's infuriating to have to puch so much effort to stop him, but choices need to be made, and busses needs to be saved. After all, when Zach's own stream double backs on him, it as work the effort.
"Why do you hate a god as much as me so?" Igniz explains, "Do you find yourself jealous?"
COMBATSYS: Diana dodges Sada's Odani Foundation Art.
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COMBATSYS: Diana dodges Zaki's Deep Strike.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz successfully hits Zach with Reflected Burst Stream.
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It's a battle field. There are somethings you can prevent.. and others you can't hope to. Such that, as Zaki charges in .. she's right. It's just that Diana has kept close eyes on that one.. perhaps she's too loud? Or perhaps it's her looks. Or the giant chain, but as Zaki comes close.. the blade is forced to fall, pushed aside by Hotaru's strike and held lower as the chain slides out in the air. She can't get through that gauntlet.. not now at least.
Especially if she's coming from the side. But the woman blurs to the side, leaping, the effect seemingly still lasting from before, something like butterfly wings left where she once was, before she lands somewhat behind the group. "No thanks." She answers, straightforwardly, holding the blade out once more, keeping it in motion. "I'd prefer to wear what I like .. which happens to be this." She almost poses for a moment.
Something, however, catches her eye, and that's Sada.. especially as she speaks up again. "Oh I nearly forgot about you .. thank you for speaking up dear." The amazon somewhat taunts, "It really seems to be a waste." Against them all that is. "We just want to see if you have a particular student." That chain is the one that grabs her attention most of all.. and as it's hurled forwards, casting the chain in a rattle to snap around her arm.. it gets close, but the butterfly takes to the air again .. flipping backwards.. which happens to be where Zaki is standing.
The blade, lengthy as it is .. is sent towards the small of the girls back as she falls, Diana planning to rebound after the quick strike, to keep them both where she can see them.
Zach would have some kind of pithy reply here, except that he is getting knocked clear across the clearing by his own attack.
Zach hurdles across the yard, slamming into the wall that he had leapt over to get there in the first place. This time, Zach does not stand again. He stays down, his right arm broken at his side along with more than a few of his bones.
COMBATSYS: Zach takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Zach can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Diana successfully hits Zaki with Medium Strike.
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"No class at all."
Battlefield or no, there's a limit to what Zaki sees as appropriate. There's a limit, and a thing called "taste." To her eyes, Diana is one of the embodiments of all the things wrong in the world-- wearing clothing like that, showing that much skin. It isn't personal-- directly, per se-- but it's a nattering annoyance that drives her up the wall to neverend.
So when Zaki's fist is avoided, it only serves to further annoy her, her fist drawing back in the throes of her swing. The chain comes loose, but the weight is still there-- heavy enough that it throws her weight off and prevents a proper dodge-- she tries to move, step to the side, but comes to know Diana's rapier in a more painful way instead. "Khh-!!"
Twisting, the chain slacking off her fist, Zaki moves in to intercept the rapier-slinging woman from a distance-- greater than the reach of her sword, almost, but it's nothing for someone like the red-haired heiress to the Himezaki family.
And then she -lunges-, whipping the chain around to catch the opposite end with her other hand. With a sharp motion, she tries to get to the woman's off-hand side, trying to loop it in the air and catch her with a sort of brutal, makeshift garotte. If she can snag Diana's neck with it, she's going to pull-- hard-- and then try to step behind her to add insult to injury by lifting one foot up and stomping down to make the strangulation effect that much greater!
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has saved the state of this fight.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: GLaDOS restarts a saved fight.
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"I've come again?" Hotaru asks as her feet touch down after the kicking stompfest up the front of the mighty battlesuited Igniz, sliding to a stop as she swiftly turns around to face him again. "This is my school, I belong here. You're the ones that keep showing up places!" she points out quickly. That doesn't mean it won't be different though. She knows full well that last time she and Choi were messing with someone far better than either of them individually. And this might end up being the case once again if the group of students can keep their act together well enough to fend off the attack. Of course, with Sada sent off begrudgingly to call for more help, they are left a little underhanded at the immediate moment.
Zach's powerful attack gets returned right back toward him with Igniz's technique, an ability Hotaru herself can respect in light her own propensity for driving energy back toward those who attack her in fights. The impact of the returned energy is enough to take the YFCC custodian out of commision rather brutaly, as he lands hard and doesn't appear too be able to get back up quickly.
Worst off, it seems to leave Hotaru facing Igniz by herself. Staring up at the taller fighter, the girl holds her breath for a moment. This doesn't look promising at all. But Zaki is having to contend with Diana alone now, which means there's really no choice but to try and press on. "I wish these things could handled more peacefully," the girl murmurs as she goes back on the offense after Igniz.
It's reluctantly that she takes to the air against Igniz, trying to catch him with a move that she tricked him with last time - knee dive to the shoulder into a follow up kick that allows her to hop back off of him, hopefully at a safe distance.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Igniz with Rengeki Shuu.
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Hotaru does make a point. He does keep coming to their school. After all, that was the entire point of the excersize, isn't it? To move from school to school, ruthlessly moving to destroy all in the way? It was most obviously the main ideal that Igniz had been planning. He either found what he was looking for, or learning about a great deal of the fighters.
And today, he would be able to gauge Hotaru more effectively than before. Even as he finished off Zach and Sada moves about and around Diana, towards the bus of Kyo Clones to make sure that they don't strike out themselves, Igniz is left to deal with Hotaru.
And, for once, as Igniz comes towards Hotaru with fervor, Igniz does not strike back. Not instantly, more reluctant to strike out mid shot as she delivers knee dive and then strike after strike, kicking off his back. Once more Igniz would not budge. Instead of striking out, he attempted to get out of the way. A gamble that did not instantly appear.
But that didn't matter. The battlesuit was rather still solid. It could take much more abuse.
"Oh. So this is your school?" The god of NESTS explains, "I'm so glad that you told me. I will make sure to remember that." And with that, a powerful strike is aimed towards Hotaru, slicing through the air towards her current position as she lands. Ruthlessly effective, yet still powerful all the same. It's almost faster than the eye.
COMBATSYS: Diana counters Chain Strangler from Zaki with Zion's Retort.
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Perhaps.. but while Diana may not have 'taste', she certainly has spirit.. and with Zaki angrier, Diana can play keep away .. it seems to work well enough, at least, some other times. Holding the blade out infront when she lands, the NESTS researcher smiles. "You know .. I kind of like you." Diana goes on to say, the Amazon holding the blade up, other arm raised as a sort of counterbalance. And when Zaki lunges, whipping the chain around to catch her.. Diana shakes her head.
The blade is lowered slightly, raised up towards the chain so it slides down and off, first deflecting the blow.. before Diana suddenly spins, body moving altogether.. and quickly, the blade still bent.. and suddenly rising when the force of the chains depart from it, a quick arc towards Zaki's chest, putting the force of the chain behind the blade as it bites into her chest.
Worth it, for sure, to the researcher.
"But somewhat predictable." Taking a few steps backwards, she holds the blade out once again infront of her, thrusting at the air a few times, raising and lowering as it moves gracefully infront of her.
The smile is a rather smug one that Zaki would see. Honestly.. this is a nice training exercise, and while she isn't one to question Igniz ... no, there wouldn't be a simpler way to return the clone, she consoles herself.
The clone's already met one of the others. Tainted. It knew not what it really wanted any longer.
She likes her? Well, that's fine and good-- it causes her to hesitate for a moment with a squinting stare. She misjudges the swordswoman's skill and dexterity, as well, resulting in her chains being cleverly deflected away and a sword trying to puncture one of her delicate vitals. The chain hanging down from her neck rattles as it scrapes up against the sword, set with the sound of an irritated, angry hiss from under the redhead's mask.
Reeling backward, Zaki spins the chain around next to her in a habitual way, as if catching a second wind or getting her steam built back up. "Who cares," she says while red pools through her clothing at the wound, "I just see a stupid prattling twit and his lackey with the most sorry, godforsaken bunch in the world." Is she buying time? Perhaps, while her free hand clasps the reddened point and she catches her bearings. No, blindly charging in on this one won't work at all... she's too fast, and Futaba's going to be busy with the pretty boy, pretty soon.
So, then... what's next?
COMBATSYS: Zaki focuses on her next action.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru blocks Igniz's Medium Punch.
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Connecting with her two strikes, Hotaru lands quickly again, spinning around as Igniz speaks. Of course, for him it may seem a moderately fast attack, but for the young fighter, his fist comes crashing in with blinding speed. Not even seeing an opportunity in which to escape being struck, Hotaru raises her hands at the last second, her arms absorbing the brunt of the strike though not terribly well as she gets driven backward, limbs knocked out to her sides, the girl barely managing to keep her footing before she rights hersrelf.
Ow. He might not have hit her cleanly, but she just got taught a lesson in the power off the enigmatic leader of this very strange group, and her forearms are aching for it. "Yes, this is my campus," the girl declares firmly, not afraid to admit it, though also not quite sure what the implications of speaking up about it would be. A side glance is risked to see what is going on with Zaki, but Hotaru has trouble of her own in trying to stall Igniz, so she can't really back her up against the skilled swordswoman.
Blue eyes shift back to focusing on Igniz, "You don't have the right to go around attacking schools like this!" she adds, "I'm sure more students will come along soon too. Seijyun High has its fair share of strong fighters. You should just take your leave already." Exhaling and shifting back into her ready stance, the girl tries to clear her head, her mouth tight lipped, her attention dedicated entirely to Igniz as she tries to figure out how to stall him a little. Victory, on her own, is a hopeless proposition.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru focuses on her next action.
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There was chaos.. Destruction.. Pain.. Suffering.. Explosions.. And just all around disorder. And whenever there is a threat to peace, and a certain heroine is paying attention.. Hurricane Hime will be there!
In this particular case, Hime had been testing out her swass new Hurri-Cycle, which is basically a pink bmx that has a flattened sodacan jammed in such a way that it flaps rapidly against the spokes. It also has really sweet 'Street Sharks' stickers on it! And now a song:
"The scent of evil is in the air! When one focuses on a heart of good, the seas of the devil will surely tremble! Why settle for the lesser brand?? The tug-of-war of the century is about to begin! She is Hurricane Himeee! o/~"
Hime is pink clad as always, oversized black scarf flapping wildly behind her and strapped to her back is a bookbag-sized wooden ramp.
It's all pretty simple, really, as she just comes tearing into the courtyard and sees two sets of people: Students, and grown-ups. Her job was clear. The girl reaches behind her and lobs the triangle out in front of her, and flies off it with a very very sweet wheelie. *bddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddt WHOOSHUNG*
Hurricane Hime pulls some serious air, and hoists herself off the seat while holding onto the handles, then comes flying in at Diana's side, both feet extended and making a dangerous(???) beeline toward the amazon's head! "BICYCLIC! ENTRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko has joined the fight here.
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Igniz? Not having the right? The right to attack anything and claim anything on this earth as a God? A prospect that does not sit too well with Igniz, even as Hotaru simply backpedals, telling the man that he cannot do this. That others will move to stop him here. Even Sada contests the Kyo clones, who admittedly, don't really fight well in drag!
Maybe the real Kyo can't fight well in drag either. Still, the bus is going to need some renovations. It's not looking good in there.
Igniz doesn't back down, even as Hotaru defies him, trying to pay attention to whatever he will do. Igniz can see it in her eyes. She's looking for an opening. Good. But Igniz will give her none. Stopping, his cloak floating behind him, he shakes his head. "You act as if I do not already know that. That is the reason I am here. To lure some one out that I have misplaced." The God of NESTS declares. "And I do have the right. The divine right to see this world through, and mold it as I see fit. You see that man, K9999, was created by me." Igniz smiles, knowing fully K9999 didn't act up for nothing the last time they had met.
But in this brief moment of revalation, Igniz does not simply let Hotaru come to the conclusion. That would be far too easy. The cloak seems to grasp hold of a small statue, one of a beautiful lady, before whipping it towards Hotaru, aiming to catch her with the object of art.
Diana, he thinks, should be able to handle herself. Even with the new entry to the field. Igniz looks towards Hurricane hime, which does raise some eyebrows. It as very bicyclic. He has to admit. Why doesn't he have bicyclic things?!
COMBATSYS: Diana parries Himeko's Medium Kick!
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Zaki just can't seem to get a break, it seems. As she reels backwards, spinning the chain around in an odd way.. "Oh?" Daina asks, holding the blade out infront of her, continuing it's sweeping motions.. and it seems it bothered Zaki enough so that she wouldn't decide to pull towards her.. and she seems to accomplish this well enough, Diana causing the girl to hang back.. just as she had wanted.
But as Zaki clasps the point and seems to be watching her, the Amazon researcher stands at a more relaxed state, the blade sliding under the skirt for a moment. "That's such a nice thing to say.. but you don't even know what he stands for. How can you be the judge?"
But that doesn't matter because a second later DUN DUN AAAAAH. The loud cry gets Diana's attention, and with the beeline straight towards her, it's hard to be ready for it .. especially with both feet on the ground, and the rapier away .. but the Amazon's body suddenly spins about, a single motion, a moment before the foot strikes, her skirt flares upwards and the rapier is held up, butterfly handle and all holding, pressing against Hurricane Hime's foot. "Another? .. Well there isn't any short of school spirit." The Amazon quips, before she pushes Hime away, and sliding out from under her wristband an odd curved blade.. which, as she spins her entire body, is flicked towards Zaki, spinning dangerously.
It all happens so fast, she's almost a blur, in between the time she stops.
COMBATSYS: Zaki blocks Diana's Blade of the Amazon EX.
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What. The fuck.
Zaki stands there, the spun chain falling limp and wagging back and forth. There's a bird somewhere that turned to watch this and smacked into a wall. Somewhere, a child is crying. Igniz and Futaba don't matter anymore, not even Diana to a certain extent. For a moment, the eyes of the Ladies Team leader are locked solely on the blob of pink that screams through the air and ... get smacked away like nothing.
"... Huh?"
But then Zaki's swept back up into the path of the battle with Diana's attack, the blade flipping end over end toward her. Whipping her chain around in a quick, almost panicked way, the lengths of links coil and hiss through the air, the gang leader thrusting her arm through the spin to catch it around the forearm-- and make a makeshift gauntlet of sorts. The blade recieves a bit of deflection-- jabbing into her forearm, yes, but not burying itself as deep as it should, as well as being knocked a little bit off course. Pulling the blade free with a hiss and a small splatter of blood chasing the edge, her hand flexes in and out of a fist a few times. Nothing was severely damaged, she notes to herself, but it'll probably hinder her a bit until she can get used to it...
Re-entering the fray, Zaki's eyes are on Diana one more time. Running ahead, she brings her chain around in an attempt to whip it around the NESTS swordswoman's waist and let it coil close-- then try to violently yank her off-balance, to send her staggering past the two of them. If anything, it could potentially set up their new superheroine for the next volley?!
COMBATSYS: Igniz successfully hits Hotaru with Thrown Object.
- Power hit! -
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"YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAA- Huh??!" the moment Hime's feet press against the rapier, time just stops; it freezes, so that Hime can really just let the moment sink in. Before her very eyes is skill that she'd never seen before with a rapier. It's very
"So you mentioned," Hotaru replies as Igniz talks about trying to lure someone out. That Shurui girl. What's got him seeking her? Hopefully the notice the Chairperson of Taiyo put out gave her a heads up about this crazy band of trouble out looking around for her. But that's all Hotaru knows of that. He mentions K9999, a project crafted by his mastery over science, and Hotaru frowns faintly, picturing for a moment the strange things she saw the youth do with his arm. His savage fury, his morphing limb... Created? "Do you mean you taught him?" she asks. Surely he was a real person, right?
But her question is poorly timed, the girl becoming aware far too late that in her brief lapse to get her bearings straight, a stature has been sent hurtling her way faster than she can see. The impact is about as savage as one might expect, the small fighter getting slammed backward and dropped to the ground on her back, sliding to a stop a few yards past. She doesn't even really know what hit her as she starts to sit up, blood seeping from a bad gash in her forehead, the girl's vision a bit blury as she tries to figure out what just happened, the only clue the shattered stone at her sides as to what it was that struck her.
Her right hand coming up to press at her head, the young fighter starts to push herself back up to standing, but knocked dizzy by the powerful impact she simply stumbles forward down to her hands and knees for a moment, fingers digging into the dirt. "I don't understand what this is even about," the girl murmurs as she rises again, the blood running down the side of her face in stark contrast to her paling complexion. She looks a little wobbly on her feet to say the least.
Gritting her teeth, she fixes her focus back on Igniz again, only vaguely aware that she and Zaki have been joined by a small third heroine to the party. There is that tempting desire, that urge to fall back on the technique that had carried her so far in recent months in spite the brutal cost, but she pushes aside the thought with a shake of her head that only dizzies herself a little further.
Instead she draws upon chi, while avoiding the twisted technique she had aquired, pulling together a blue aura along her arm as she draws her limb out to the side then swings it forward, unleashing a small, churning ball of blue pure force targeting Igniz's chest. The motion alone has the girl stumbling forward afterward, still struggling to get control of her balance.
"YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAA- Huh??!" the moment Hime's feet press against the rapier, time just stops; it freezes, so that Hime can really just let the moment sink in. Before her very eyes is skill that she'd never seen before with a rapier. It's very ':o'-worthy. But nudge aside luckily does not result into a catastophic bicycle accident! With amazing athletic skill she's able to re-seat herself on the bike, land on the front wheel and then come to a screeching halt with a well-timed power slide that leaves her back facing her opponents, her oversized scarf flapping wildly! "Spirit? Hmn hmnn, hmmm hmm hmm! ha ha! Haaaa ha ha ha haaaa!!!! If only you were so -lucky- to be facing spirit alone! Behold, Seijyun High School has no more reason to fear because now Hurricane Hime: Virgin Saikyo Fighter is here!"
She pushes herself off of the bike to face Diana and Igniz, then pays a quick glance to the other fighters. Zaki.. Looks kind of familiar, she can't remember why. Hotaru.. That's Jiro's snugglebunny! And she needs a hand! Well, the pink fighter must assist, as she ends up blazing past the dueling Zaki and Diana, in favor of confronting GOD himself and a manner that only she can. She just leaps, leaps RIGHT off the ground with fantastic air, and just pours her very soul into a twist, and then an astounding flying back-kick in Igniz's general direction, "Fall before the might of my 'Immortal Kick', fiend!!"
COMBATSYS: Igniz blocks Hotaru's Hakki Shou.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz counters Light Kick from Himeko with Fierce Punch.
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"I taught him nothing." The god of NESTS answers, "His power is his own. His growth didn't go as it should have, you see," Igniz continues, but trails off, dropping the subject almost completely. It leaves to wonder exaclty what sort of growth Igniz is talking about. Mastery over science and machinery, Igniz is a god in both wisdom, strength and even ingenuity.
Even under the savage strike, Igniz's gambit had proved acceptable. The God of NESTS watches as Hotaru is sent hurdling across the ground. It was a rather nice thing to watch, to put it bluntly. Even as Hotaru wobbles back to her feet with a terrible gash, Igniz seems complacent either way. Even if Hotaru called Jiro. Igniz can deal with his bang. Oh yes.
"This is about everything that I have strove for to succeed." Even if he's beating up girls plus Zach at a school, "A simple test to see if she will come when she is called," Igniz continues, even as the ball of energy rushes towards him. It comes, but with a price. The four fields of chi pop up to slow the weapon down, slowly breaking it down as it runs out of energy before it collides into he battlesuit. To say the very least, it left a gash upon it.
"And yet, you've shown up even more than she has." Igniz announces, turning to hear Hurricane Hime. It's very hard not to hear Hurricane Hime. Very, very hard. But Igniz does, even as the super Virgin Saikyo Fighter Hurrican Hime plows towards his direction with a flying back kick.
But it never makes it that far. As Igniz turns, his speed increased in his right hand, whipping it around to gain momentum before plunging it powerfully into the girls small of her back, sending her bouncing towards the concrete.
"I do not think that will happen today, Hurricane Hime." The businessman says softly, "But it was a very good try."
Never mind the bus of Sada and Kyo clones and their fighting smoke! Who knows what may be happening in there!
COMBATSYS: Diana blocks Zaki's Medium Throw.
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As Zaki takes the blade head on, she'll perhaps find the drilling action to at least make a bit harder to do that again.. not that Diana is going to complain at all. Especially as the girl shows herself growing weaker, the small splatter of blood .. and the sudden running off of Himeko, leave the Amazon to face Zaki by herself. Hotaru's question gets an answer from Diana as well. "Oh.. K9999? No, he was created. I've made a few myself.." But she'll never mention Kula.
My, how fortunate. But Zaki comes straight forwards, even after the blade, the chain brought around to whip it around her waist.. and again, it falls short, a gloved hand, and arm, moving in the way of it, grasping the chain as it wraps about her own arm.. and deals with the yank, pulling back against the girl's strength.. it certainly is something alright.
Shaking her arm off and dropping the chain, however, her rapier arm is left un-attended... but she doesn't actually use it. Running towards Zaki, the scientist kicks off the ground, before arcing upwards into the air, her skirt blowing upwards as she almost looks like she has cloth wings for a moment, a foot aimed straight down towards the chain using girl's body as she floats down.. but with both boots aimed squarely for her body.
"Oh, I think she's charming.. so much effort, but so misplaced.. just where did you keep her before?"
COMBATSYS: Diana successfully hits Zaki with Strong Kick.
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When her chain doesn't wrap around Diana's waist as intended, Zaki already realizes that there's a problem-- a pretty big one. The chain ends up around the swordswoman's arm, and Zaki ends up looking down the barrel of a proverbial gun: What do you do when your weapon is seized?
Diana casting the weapon to the side is a slight relief in this case, but it won't last too long. Already she's moving forward to execute a counterattack, and Zaki jerks the chain backward in an awkward motion. Given the hefty, powerful kick, the Seijyun student sprawls backwards and lands flat on her back. Skidding a small amount, a hand is used to prop her up before she pulls up into a squat, gritting her teeth behind the mask. The irritation grows, but she tries to hide it with what little of her face actually shows...
"Tch!"
Lowering her head and grinning, the chain in her hand begins to whip around at a steady pace. Aoi calms herself down a bit, centering in and taking a moment to carefully consider everything that's happened so far. There's a bus full of drag queens, this lady's not wearing enough clothes, and that man's got a better stylist than anyone she knows of on the campus... and that sword is really annoying.
"You stupid, shitty adult. You think someone like that goes here?"
And then Zaki takes a few steps ahead, charging forward as though the action was one of her only strategies. She moves in close-- closer than her chain's maximum reach and definately well within the strike range of Diana's rapier. And then her arm uses the pent-up momentum of the chain spinning around and whips it forward in a direct, angry stream of metal. All of it looks intent on smashing the woman right in the center of the chest, the links piling on top of each other and -shoving- hard, trying to propel Diana off her feet and throw her violently to the ground.
"Piss off!!"
Igniz manage to contend with the power of her little chi blast rather handily, leaving Hotaru to exhale slightly. But what is of stranger consideration is the statements he makes regarding the furious, obnoxious K9999. He sounds like a project of some kind, like an experiment not gone fully to plan. All of that is far above the girl's comprehension. She knows nothing of what mad scientists might be up to around the world at Igniz's behest.
"I don't understand," she admits rather plainly, her hand coming up to wipe at the gash on her forehead. She's got a splitting headache now, and the more she thinks about it, the less reason she can think of to fend the two dangerous pair off. He does have a point about her being stuck in the middle of their 'friendly visits' two times in a row. "Y-yeah," Hotaru admits a bit hesitantly. "That girl must be stubborn."
She winces as the Hurricane heroine takes a nasty hit and gets slammed back after her daring attempt to lay a foot on the likes of the god of NESTS. Well, she can't leave the younger girl trying to deal with him on her own! As Igniz finishes punching her away, Hotaru charges in fast, attempting to catch him in a moment of distraction, hoping to find an opening in his effective defenses.
A shoulder slam starts the attack, before the girl twists her torso forward and strikes out with both of her hands in a strong double-palm strike aimed toward his stomach, hoping to push him back a little and hopefully keep him from following up against Himeko.
Somewhere.. Sada is an Army of One?? Admirable, very admirable! If Hime were aware of it, she'd definatly give her a standing applause! Alas, that simply is not that case. %
More importantly, however, Hime is feeling pain. Deep deep pain! When Igniz's fist plows into her back, her eyes bug out, spittle flies from her mouth and just like that she's slammed to the ground viciously, bouncing off her front to crash onto her back; the back of her left hand quickly favors it as tears stream down her cheeks. Ow ow ow ow ow ow OW OW OW.
She won't even pretend to try to understand what's going on, but through complete, sheer WILL she's back on her feet, tears still flowing but hands clenched into fists by her side, "H- Ha.. Ha-HA!!" she blurts with a cringe. "You boast some strength, you're definatly worthy of being a foe of mine; however! Nnggh.. That was but a taste of what is to come.. HO!!"
Her arms shoot into the air, striking a dynamic pose and then bursts forward again, then drops to the ground, sliding along to swish past both Hotaru and Igniz; though along the way the tries to slap the blondes ankle. Once a few feet away again, a long rope of paper may be recognized to be tied about his ankle, which she snaps like a whip. "Take THIS, villain!" the shockwave, once reaching his ankle, would snap him into the air and slam him violently to the ground!
COMBATSYS: Igniz dodges Himeko's Picture Pages.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz counters Strong Punch from Hotaru with Void Genocide.
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It's okay Himeko, the bus full of cross dressing Kyo clones and Sada is completely covered in smoke. It's wacky and useful! Like a Gedo cloaking device. Ho ho ho I made a funny.
Still, the God of NESTS only moves when it's needed, rather to floak above the ground weakly. A prime example of how he enjoys effeciency over style, a view many do now share with the leader. But still, the effeciency is just that. Even as Hurricane Hime gets up by PURE SPIRIT, it's not enough. As she lashed out after a dramatic pose, the SAIKYO is too late, causing Igniz to side step it as the slap comes.
His ankles are free from malicious paper cuts and other paper whip accesories. "A god has no enemies, only the misguided masses he must manage." Igniz explains, his voice soft but powerful in its own right. Turning then to deal with Hotaru, Igniz smiles warmly.
"I must agree. I've given her ample time to think. It seems we agree on something, miss." But even that seems to draw Igniz's attention as Hotaru charges in, attempting to catch him while he's caught in thought.
But it doesn't happen. Instead, as the girl twists foward, striking out with both palms, Igniz gives her only a single one, a hand blurring into position, white emaculate chi forming in an instant. "You will understand." Igniz leaves her with, the violent chi flaring out to fire Hotaru back once more.
"Sooner or later the entire world will understand."
COMBATSYS: Zaki successfully hits Diana with Hakai no Tessa EX.
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As the chain begins to whip about, faster and faster.. Diana isn't ready for what's going to happen in the end.. as Zaki goes on to mention she's .. not here. Or at least, play like it is. Diana hasn't been quite touched yet .. what should she worry about? .. Well, that makes itself known well enough when Zaki charges forwards, moving in close.. and then whips it towards her, the rather quick fencer.. unable to simply get out of the way..
Eventually, it was going to happen.
Crashing backwards, the links of the chain begin to pile, before she's tossed away with the sound of chains striking against each other. And slammed to the ground .. Diana gets back up slowly, smirking a bit.
"So maybe if you just had an outlet for it.." The Amazon raises her blade once more, pointing it back to Zaki, "You aren't so worthless. Now all you need is a reason."
The goggles are slid over her eyes, the scientist of NESTS paying close attention to the girl, and everything that's about her. The amazon taking in her stance, the length of the chains, the width, and the way she throws them.. and keeps it all to herself, the smile staying, despite the rather terrible wounds that are seen .. she's bruising on her stomach already.
There is no grace to crashing, but there is always a somewhat sad beauty of the falling of a butterfly, pinned against something, dead, but living in the moment. Something simply unmentionable, but it is there.
COMBATSYS: Diana focuses on her next action.
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After the strike, after the chain piles in, Zaki whips her hand back and drags her weapon along with it. While the chain reels backward, so does Zaki-- lunging backwards a step and trying to clear herself a little breathing room in order to properly plan her next move. The metal links rattle and ring in the air, as well as the one that hangs down from around her neck-- though a bit of a mingled, garbled noise, the sound is still rather calming to the likes of Aoi Himezaki.
"What the hell are you talking about? Or is this some kind of trick to go ahead and harass me? Annoy me to death? Christ, all you people do is talk!"
Verbose herself, yes. But Zaki looks a little winded by the fight so far, the stabbings and the knife driven into her arm having taken their toll. Still, her spirit is strong-- sucking in a deep breath of air and forcing herself to stand straighter. She's catching her breath, unlike her two rag-tag comrades that can't seem to catch a break.
"C'mon, you stupid old hag," she says, her voice getting a rather fierce edge to it. "I'm gonna make you -bleed-."
COMBATSYS: Zaki gains composure.
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If she thought she had a shot at slipping in an attack past Igniz's guard, Hotaru is taught otherwise rather clearly. Just as her hands come slamming forward, intent on delivering a powerful palm press, he retaliates with what comes across as remarkable ease. His own hand extends forward, and then the girl finds herself being blasted back with more than ample counter force to render her own attempt to hit him ineffective.
The abused Seijyun student tumbles and crashes to the ground a second time, not taking the landing too well at all as she comes to rest once again. Pushing herself up with her hands again, the rebuffed girl winces, eyes coming back to focus on Igniz again as she tries to ignore the painful energy still wrecking havoc with her body's ability to continue fighting. By now it's pretty clear to her that she can't really contend with the likes of the self-proclaimed god. Without the infuriating distractions caused by one Choi Bounge, her abilities to get attacks in past his guard seem to be rather doubtful.
But as she slowly pushes herself back up, wiping her arm across her mouth, the girl has determined to get past his defenses with a powerful attack... it would hardly fell the vastly superior fighter... but if she can just land one decisive attack, it might give Zaki time to finished contending with the sword user, or Hime a shot at doing something Hurricaniffic...
Digging deep for a burst of determination, the girl charges forward again, the build up of chi around her easily detected as she prepares to use her most powerful technique on the battle suit armored executive. From a couple yards out, she crouches low, sliding in the last little bit in a low stance, before pouring everything she has into the energy infused flip kick the uniformed girl goes for next, a swath of blue chi trailing in the wake of the strike that she attempts to hit the powerful fighter with. "Ten-shou..."
"Hyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- oops." Hime continues to grasp repeatedly, despite having missed her target, and does so quite futily! But.. Alas, at some point even she has to stop and get to her feet again with a snap of her fingers. ".. He's good. He's really good. You there!! Just what is your name anyway!!" she demands, even if he may not be in the best position to answer.
Heck, she doesn't even give a reasonable amount of time to respond as she's reaching into her scarf to whip out a textbook, which she tears not three, but five sheets of paper, fanned out like a hand of cards. She's not entirely sure what Hotaru is up too, but this shouldn't interfere too much, all while she still can be left looking very very cool!! "Ok, here we go!" she cries, throwing the sheets up paper up into the air, which twist and fold into paper airplanes, and then proceed to soar toward the self-proclaimed god, "I hope you brought band-aids, because you're going to need a lot of them after this technique!"
As the planes streak toward Igniz, they ignite into white, glowing chi and intend to slam into him kamikaze style! Though should they hit the papers crumple near instantly, leaving the energy to do the rest of the work.. And leaving her plenty of time to strike another pose~. ".. And if you don't, hey, I have some!"
COMBATSYS: Igniz endures Himeko's Art Attack.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz stops Ten-shou Ranki EX from Hotaru with Jab Punch.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz has saved the state of this fight.
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Now, now. What is a god to do in such a terrible position. From both sides Igniz seems to find himself under assault, but from which would be more devastating? Igniz must concentrate for that. Could it be the terrible Hurrican Hime or the fast Hotaru Futaba?! Igniz isn't quite sure at first, but it becomes apparent rather quickly that Hotaru is attempting something.
Just what Igniz isn't sure of, but he is only sure of one thing, and that would be to make sure to finish it before it starts. She even stays silent save for the mentioning of the name, but that may be due to the painful energy that he had infused her body with forcefully.
As Hotaru moves, digging deep, Igniz turns towars Hurricane' Hime's crazy chi airplanes! "My name you ask?" Igniz wonders, "Well, it is a fair trade for your own." The God announces, musing with the thought at first even as the planes crash into him, the chi burning against the battlesuit, actually pushing him and rattling him back. But not without his own allowance for it to happen.
Using the momentum of the planes, Igniz once more turns towards Hotaru. Beaten and rattled, the God of NESTS does not back down in the face of Hotaru's strike. He rushes towards it, even as he crouches off, and fires herself forward, delivering a mighty flip kick towards Igniz, chi trailing behind it as it spikes towards him.
But just as soon as it started, it was finished. The NESTS cartel leader had stopped Hotaru's leg firmly, ending the technique there and then, his hand surrounded by excess chi, white in color, fading quickly after called. Pushing Hotaru away before it ends, Igniz stands, head swiveling back towars Hime.
"You may call me Igniz," The man begins, his head swiveling towards Hotaru, "And who might you be?" He awaits, for now, a smile still upon his face, without a hint of anger in his voice.
COMBATSYS: Zaki has ended the fight here.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru restarts a saved fight.
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Temper temper. As Zaki speaks up, the Amazon looks towards the girl. "I've done more than my normal
Temper temper. As Zaki speaks up, the Amazon looks towards the girl. "I've done more than my normal share of talking." Diana comments, and then shrugs after, raising the blade up, and smiling. So she wants to do this .. the hard way, does she? With Zaki taking her time to recuperate, Diana doesn't waste her time and let her have any more time to herself. Especially as she stands up, straighter.. and that voice growing far fiercer. My, what a soul in such a girl.
But it might just not be enough. The time that Foxy has had to prepare has already been far too long, and for Zaki to insinuate that she'd be bleeding in the end, why.. it's enough to make her actually try.
Which is, of course, what she does. The smirk growing wider, into a grin, Diana falls back into her stance that she generally holds. But then she blurs a moment later. Zaki might be able to tell something is coming.. but it might be too late.
The Amazon's already leaping skywards, towards Zaki, even with the girl's attention clearly on her.
And then almost appearing before her in the air, the rapier is swung in a rather heavy arc as she comes in close.. and following the blade, an eruption of chi comes from the ground, as if the air had decided to glow silver and leap towards the blade, a sharp curve upwards as it's swung towards Zaki.. perhaps a response to her rather brutal words.
COMBATSYS: Diana successfully hits Zaki with The Silver River.
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'I'm gonna make you -bleed-,' she said, so angrily. The master of genetics reverses the situation on Zaki in a surprising and rather painful way, springing up high into the air. The redhead attempts a patchwork defense, throwing her arms up with her chain stretched between her hands, looped to double the amount of metal the blade has to go beyond, yet--
Ow.
Diana's slash rips across Zaki with a brief spray of blood and a short, "Augh-!!" escaping her. She even staggers, the immovable titan of Seijyun Girls' Academy, and it looks like for the first time she's -acknowledging- the fact that she's injured.
If she could spit through that mask, she'd do it right on Diana.
But then she starts to straighten up, her eyes narrowed. If a stare could be a weapon, Aoi Himezaki would be ripping through every defensive layer the NESTS agent possesses, trying to scorch her soul with the fire in her rage.
"That's-- fucking--"
And then the chain whips back around her fist, taking a hard step forward to try to slug Diana square in the middle of the face with a metal-laiden limb... and send her staggering with no immediate hope of recovery.
"IT!!!"
It is with seemingly great ease Igniz brings a decisive stop to Hotaru's attempt to get past his guard. The chi of her strike is nullified, her momentum carrying her upward into a slow arc above the god of NESTS. But she expected that. Expected that his defenses would be untouchable with the first strike. She had been watching him for two fights now, watching how with great control he redirects the attacks of his opponents to keep himself safe from harm's way. She needed a trick for getting around that. That's why she begins part two of her plan now. From up high she has a chance to correct her trajectory into a second attack.
He asks her name, but Hotaru is diving back down, shoulder first, arms hooking out with an attempt to loop around Igniz's neck as she descends so that she can spin around behind him and hold on with her arms wrapped around his neck into a bit of a stranglehold. It isn't a very refined technique at all, but she does have a lot of practice swinging in behind the backs of larger opponents to try and keep from getting hit if possible.
Oswald would, perhaps, appreciate the deception in the first attack being a feint for the second, should she have a chance to tell him about this battle later on. For now, Hotaru's just trying to hang in there for dear life. If this trick buys another minute, then maybe Zaki can finish up what she's doing and come help? Igniz will have to excuse the impolite schoolgirl from not sharing her name just then. She's a bit preoccupied trying to get a hold on the powerful fighter!
"Ha HA!!!" Hime cries, pumping a fist into the air, "And it's a bullsey-.. ..... Huh.. He's still standing." That is worthy of an 'D:' face, and Hurricane Hime does so, throughout Igniz's introduction. Sure, that wasn't her technique of certain death but geez, no mushroom clouds, explosions, cries of anguish, no nothin'. What makes her jump is Zaki suddenly losing it, she quickly covers her ears thanks to the Ladies Team leaders pottymouth! Geez, was she sure she was fighting on the right side, here??
"Hmmn, I see.. Very well, 'Ignikron'!!" that sounded much more menacing! "Prepare.. For Do-Gooding!" Hime slaps her hands together then leans to the side, then holds her arms out like airplane wings while running in place. "Prepare... For Action! Prepare.." And the pink clad heroine bursts forth once more, noticing Hotaru's technique of choice, and tries to aid in her own manner bursting forth with a mighty dash and again slides toward Igniz and this time aims to grab his ankle fully. Her booted foot would push into the back of his knee, to make him drop to it, and then she'd proceed to twist his ankle sharply to the right a few times. Well, maybe more than a few, depending on how resistant he'd be. "Justice.. Ball and Chain!!"
COMBATSYS: Igniz blocks Hotaru's Hantentou EX.
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COMBATSYS: Igniz dodges Himeko's Quick Throw.
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For a God, it's only nice to strike down those who constatnly attempt to strike down you. And in this case, both Hurricane Hime and Hotaru, to knock down all three H's in a domino game of evil godhood was his ideal.
He eagerly awaits Hotaru's retort, her name, if anything. But she doesn't give him anything. No name. No moniker. Not even a secret identity. But the worst of all, she didn't even speak towards Igniz. She openly defied him in her silence.
But her actions are the reason Igniz is rather astounded. She continues to come, even as wounded as she is, she refuses to let Igniz turn his attention towards the Hurricane. But Hotaru comes, striking down towards the god's neck and wrapping herself about him head, strangling, holding tightly. But Igniz doesn't allow her much comfort, as with a simple movement, the god of NESTS aims to hurl her off, using his hands instead of the forcefields.
And just in time he's able to escape her clutches as Hime's strike comes as quick as ever, "Do gooding? It depends on your stance. To me, I am here to do much more. Perhaps more good than you are capable of." Igniz announces as he shifts sideways, floating away from Himeko's mighty dash, even as she aims to grasp about his leg.
He was not being covered in girls today. That would be too straight. Wait, er, no that would slow him down too much.
Now above the asphalt, Igniz still hovers, eyes peeled toward Hotaru. "So you refuse to talk." Igniz announces, "To give me your name. I'm afraid I must get it from you my own way." The god of NESTS explains, a sword appearing once more out of the air, leaving Igniz to slice forward, before mid way, hurl himself into the air. The chain sword follows his manipulations, once more disjointing as it lashes out to slice and grasp Hotaru in it's force, and send her spiraling high into the air.
COMBATSYS: Diana counters Gantsuke Hyakunijuu Percent EX from Zaki with Ultimatum.
- Power hit! -
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|
Landing, Diana turns about to face Zaki once more, the blade lazily extended once more upon landing to the girl who cries out, staggering away .. the rapier lined with some drops of blood here and there. Today .. it's had more than it's fair share at least.
And as Zaki, Aoi Himezaki, straightens up, the NESTS researcher does as well.. her arm straining from the constant motion she's being forced to keep the weapon in.. Zaki has shown her today that it's hard work blowing off the children of tomorrow.. and honestly, sometimes such a thing happens. This girl is TOUGH.. if she lets herself be struck by anything else...
But those eyes burn, and her defenses go up as well, the blue haired Amazon still smiling, calling her to come forwards. And the chain whipping around Zaki's fist.. it means something is going to happen. Especially when she puts everything into it.. she can see the strength, see the speed.. see everything that is going into Zaki's movements.
And she can see where she falls, as well. The weight has unbalanced the poor girl, and the rapier is brought forwards, towards the fist, the metal bending rather easily against the force. But it never directly opposes Zaki's motion, Diana sliding to the side, re-directing the force, the fist going a few inches wide.. before Zaki will realize just what has happened.
And it'd be too late. In the moment she could blink an eye, the force that she used against her opponent is repaid, the rapier bending the opposite way, bouncing back .. as Diana brings it around twice, starting low on the girl's left leg, and bringing it across to the girls right side, twisting about.. and then bringing it down her left and to her right leg, before finally moving past her, wand walking a few steps away.
"You're right. It's over."
COMBATSYS: Igniz successfully hits Hotaru with Sagital Edge Slice.
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Hotaru 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Diana
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Zaki 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Igniz
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|
Issues with balance? The weight throwing her off? No, like other people devoted to their weapons, Zaki's used to the weight of her chain around her fist, she knows where to stand and how to stand-- she knows where to hit to deliver the right amount of bone crunching power, and even little tricks like how to make the chain twist or pile in and cause a little extra damage to the target. Only a raging idiot wouldn't know their weapon.
The chain-wrapped fist impacts with the rapier and tries to pile up against it, push through and completely eradicate any defenses put up by the weapon. The chains respond promptly as Diana shifts, and she tries to twist her fist, curl in her wrist and try to correct the course of the punch. But... whoops.
With each strike, a bloody gash chases after the sword, across her legs, shredding through her waistjacket and her long dress. Bloodied and beaten in such a way, the next noise that someone should hear in that position is the collapsing thuds of someone hitting the walkway-- but it doesn't happen. Not yet.
Metal-plated boots scrape on the walkway as Zaki turns herself profile with nothing short of fierce pride keeping her upright. Pride, anger, and the desire to do this woman more harm than she's visited upon the campus, her and her male model and her bus full of crossdressers. Her arm tightens up although the grip on her chain doesn't seem to get any more tighter, the girl's posture still reading as though she has another weapon-lashing attack in store for the NESTS agent. Will it go up? Down? All around? Or will it be a direct, head-on attack again?
The chain whistles a few times as Aoi habitually spins her weapon about, her voice gone a whole lot more calm and quiet. "Tch... I still hate shitty adults like you."
And then she springs into action in a manner more agile than her fighting style should actually allow for, twisting in the air and hooking up her right leg-- and then trying to plant a harsh, brutal kick with a metal-plated high heel right down on Diana's head.
After that, we can talk about her losing consciousness from those injuries.
COMBATSYS: Zaki can no longer fight.
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Hotaru 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Diana
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Igniz
For a moment she thinks she has him, her arms getting a grip around Igniz's neck for a fleeting instant. But that daydream is shattered rather quickly the moment Hotaru finds herself plucked right off Igniz's back and sent rolling to the ground with a grunt. Rolling up into a crouch, the girl slides one foot forward, arms out at her sides, remaining quite low as she gets ready to defend herself. He points out she has been quiet as to her name, and quiet in general after his revelation as to being the creator of one K9999.
Her attempts to slip in past his defenses were foiled completely, leaving the girl convinced that she has little option of getting through him at all without some more backup. The pink Hurricane is doing what she can, but some bigger firepower would really be useful right about now. Sparing a glance to the side, the girl notices Zaki attempting to make her final attack against Diana before collapsing, and Hotaru pales slightly. The attempt at defending Seijyun doesn't seem to be doing too hot in light of this latest assault at all.
"Hotaru Futaba," she replies, eyes shifting back toward Igniz just in time to see see the blur of the highly flexible weapon snap into existence and brought speeding in her direction. Barely able to see the narrow chain-sword, her attempts to guard herself against the strikes are a hopeless affair as it cuts into her arm and sends her stumbling to the side, out of her low stance. Shaking her head, the pig-tailed fighter tries to get a fix on where Igniz is, but his ascent into the air was easy to miss in the midst of being gashed so hard, and when the chain sword comes whipping down to ensare her, it is as if out of no where.
Hefted off her feet and up into the air, the girl spirals back down, trying to correct her descent but failing to do so before she crunches against the campus ground hard with a pained gasp. Groaning, the girl rolls onto her side, pushing herself up, her head bowed, her twintails hanging down over her shoulders. Dirty and bleeding profusely from her arm gash and the slashes across her stomach from when she was flung into the air, her arm trembles in trying to keep her supported.
Gritting her teeth, it is with determination that her blue eyes fix on Igniz again. She'll get past his defenses, she tells herself. She just needs to last a little longer... Uncertain as to how long she even has left, the girl hops forward, dipping low back into her earlier crouch, before springing up and at Igniz, aiming two windmilling arm strikes at his chest in a feeble attempt to strike him. Should she land out of it, she'll try to drop back down into her stance, intending to spring out of it into a follow up combination of attacks, only to find that she lacks the wherewithall to actually maintain it and ends up just falling into a seated position on her rear, leaning backward to prop herself up with her hands with a gasp for breath, staring up at the blonde god of NESTS, no longer able to fight him.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru can no longer fight.
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Diana
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That Igniz is certainly a slippery foe, yes the odds make more sense to the young heroine now.. Hotaru and herself will have little choice but to work togeather to defeat this.. This foe! Because she wouldn't want to have to resort to her ultimate form. No, not her ultimate form! Not here! She mustn't! ".. Nngh.. Yes, I must pace myse- Wait a minute.. Wait.. WAIT A MINUTE!!" Hime yells.
Nevermind the ubercool sword that just came out of thin air and laid down totally awesome effects upon her partner. That.. That didn't matter, because of one very big problem! "What do you -mean- 'More good than I am capable of'?? Are you.. Are you doubting Thomas?? You've completely lost your concept of reality to dare think you can out-do-good moooooooooi! You have no idea, not a clue!"
The long-scarfed fighter points dramaTIQUEly toward Igniz, a new fire in her eyes. A blazing, firey fire worthy of a saikyo fighter for certain. "Allow me to make things clear then..! The girl who's hobby is doing the impossible! HO!!" And Hime rushes forward again, trailing out of Hotaru's way so she doesn't get caught up in the assault, in fact she makes a loop so that she'd be dashing from the side in which she leaps off the ground, curls up and turns into a pink cannonball of doom, threatening to slam into Igniz with force neverbefore seen by man? "Justice.. ROLLIIIING!!!!"
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Igniz with Enryuu Banda EX.
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Diana
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COMBATSYS: Igniz fails to interrupt Medium Punch from Himeko with Brutal God Project.
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Diana
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There are only so many things one can do when they set out to do it. And Igniz finds this out the hard way, as watches Hotaru. Oh he watches Hotaru, very closely, until she even hears her name. "Ms. Futaba then, thank you. I'll make sure to pass it onto K9999." Igniz states, even as the girl lurches back towards him, attempting to strike out once more. Igniz attempts to get out of the way.
But it fails, the floating too slow for the windmilling arm strikes, slapping against him. One after another as they strike. They're terrible, but they still take effect, crashing and smashing. Igniz is thrown backwards, his armor dented. But not enough.
But now, his eyes are on some one else. Hurricane Hime, and as she rushes, Igniz attempts to simply grasp a hold of Himeko's ball like figure and take advantage of it.
But her scarf gets in his face mid way, causing Igniz to grasp at nothing, Himeko slamming into his face not too long afterwards. "Out doing you is very easy." Igniz exclaims, bleeding here and there as he does, wiping away some fresh blood from his mouth. "But there is always time to see what you are capable of."
COMBATSYS: Zaki successfully hits Diana with Kokou no Pride EX.
- Power hit! -
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Diana
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Turning away was perhaps a silly thing to do.. as Zaki propels herself towards Diana, the researcher isn't ready for when the chain is swung about.. and she miscalculates as she turns, leaping away... and then as she twisting into the air and hooks the right leg into her.. the brutal kick with the metal plated heel slams right into her head, nearly cracking the darn thing.
"Nghh!" She complains, staggering backwards nearly falling over, the strike to her rattling her mind as she pushes away Zaki, the goggles which absorbed most of the blow cracked more than in a few places.. she's lucky she didn't get struck any more often by the girl. Luck or not, it worked out how she hoped. The Amazon's able to stand still, even if barely.
But in the end.. all that matters.. She's down, and Diana's not.
"And I like the feisty ones like you ..." She comments, before wincing and leaning against the bus, throwing down the rapier into the ground, one hand on her side and the other one resting, rubbing her head. "Damn...." The Amazon doesn't like that foot, not at all. She's going to need some aspirin.. but she then sees her boss fail against the child, and gritting her teeth. She wants to get to that aspirin faster. Tired as all heck, she leaps and blurs once more, appearing above Himeko from behind, who bounces off as a ball of rolling DEATH.. but a ball is still a ball! "No hard feelings.. alright?" It's a bit of a smirk, as the blade itself is swung with such ferocity that it .. gives Hime a nice breath of fresh air!
And then from behind, eruptions of the sharp silver and blue chi manifest, striking out towards Hurricane Hime, attempting to catch her and toss her into each other .. and finally the blade that's swung out to summon then!
"It's for a good cause.. you'll understand."
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Diana's Prayer of the Planet.
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Himeko 1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0 Diana
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"LIES!!" Hime outbursts from her rebound, spinning like crazy in the air; as Diana lashes into the combo, the first strike slams hard into Hime.... 's textbook! A freezeframe as the weapon is perfectly in contact with a textbook held in her hands, knees still tucked in safely behind her; and she sort of bounces like a pinball off the energy afterward in a very.. Very awkward resistance of chi. Then lands on her feet with nothing less than a POWER pose, with a bit of steam raising from the singed back of her costume! "YEAAAAAAAAH!!" She of course continues to face Ingiz with a broad grin. Finally! She's starting to lay down some smackdown of her own! "Allow me to give you a little protip: Deluding yourself into thinking you can even -register- on the same radar as my awesome.. My cool. My do-gooding.. Well.. Ha.. Ha-Ha!, that is a sad thing to do! There is no shame in believing in your own level, I can tell by looking that there is something SOMETHING special about you. I will crush you flat and then you will join my ranks.. There will be PEZ! Huh?"
She double-takes upon realizing that Diana is.. Is still standing! Ack, how did she manage to defeat Zaki that's pretty impossible! But that does explain what those additional attacks were, doesn't it? In fact she's still feeling that burn in her back pretty bad. "Hard feelings.. Hmph, all right but the same goes for you, Supermodel! But first..." Hime blasts forward, reaching behind her to unholster an oversized harrisen from the back of her belt, holding it by the handle as the tip drags along the ground. "Don't blink, or you're going to miss it!" her pace picks up and it's tip ignites with bright white energy. She then ROCKETS upward once close, attempting to golf-swing the bright energy under Igniz's chin and carry him up with, spiraling like a corkscrew with the motion. "Ghooooost Writeeeeeeeeeeeer!!"
COMBATSYS: Igniz dodges Himeko's Ghost Writer.
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Himeko 1/------=/=======|-------\-------\0 Diana
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Igniz was not going to play the fool again. Even with the bus beginning to settle down, both Sada and Kyo clones exhausted (albiet the Kyo clones have started small fires and some have started on fire inside) Igniz would not simply throw himself against Himeko's most obviously tailored attacks. Even as she bounces down and Diana strikes out, Igniz shakes his head.
"I shall handle this from now on, Diana. Console the Kyo clones and prepare the bus. This shouldn't take me much longer." Igniz exclaims even as Himeko continues her call, her gloating, her do-gooding. "You misunderstand, Hurricane Hime." Igniz begins, even as Himeko charges, the oversized harrisen rising towards Igniz's chin. But out of it all, Igniz is focused on mostly one thing.
The golf swing.
Out of everything, the Golf Swing is the most abbrasive thing to the NESTS leader. He loves a game of golf, and to see one that isn't to his perfection, well, he quickly floats away, leaving Himeko to come down, where he waits like a shark.
And even before she lands, Igniz grasps a corner of his cape, and begins to spin towards Himeko, his cape expanding out greatly, reaching with sharp edges laced with chi, aiming to pick Himeko up and actually carry her through the air.
"I will do all the good for the world, and myself included. I will do more good than you could ever possibly comprehend."
It seems like Himeko is .. more than she bargained for. As Hime weathers her assault, Diana stands down.. especially as Igniz tells her to. Shrugging, she waves to Hime, in a way of saying 'goodbye' and 'nice to be knowing you'. Turning towards the bus, Diana re-attaches her blade under her worn down skirt, and heads in to deal with the mostly beaten down, or weakened, Kyo clones. Sada probably is done with them too.. and there's fires all over.
"Hey!" She yells out, immediately, and rushes inside. The bus is a rocking, and soon, the sounds of a fire extinguisher and some yelps can be heard. Probably from the clones.
No, she's not beating them. They're probably hurt and she'll make it all better :(.. before they die that is. Which is in a few hours.
The process is rather horrible after all.
COMBATSYS: Himeko fails to interrupt Cape Sweep from Igniz with Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
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COMBATSYS: Himeko can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Diana has left the fight here.
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Himeko w- waughs! Man that Igniz. That Igniz is FAST! Just when the heroine thought she had him in her clutches, he just makes that swerve out of the way leaving her looking just a little less cool than she could have looked otherwise SADFACE. However while she decends from her attack, the fan-reholstered, the heroine could only smirk in his general direction of the blurring blurr of utter death headed her way. "You just don't get it, do you!!" she yells, clenching her hands into fists and a burst of wind of her own launches upward, sending her scarf flapping even more wildly into the sky, "I have no choice then, but to tell you the -REAL- difference between you any myself! First, I have my WHEATIES TODAY!" She then thrusts her palm outward, daring to grasp at the sharp-chi'd attack, "The second is that my name i- oops."
That was the worst possible oops ever. In the history of mankind is the disasterous oops at that very moment. Next thing the heroine knows, she's dragged into the unusual (but admittadly AWESOME) attack and there's the cry of pain. Just complete and utter ouch that is assaulted upon the heroine that leaves her eventually flying at the ground like a meteor, crashing into it, and then tumbling until she comes to a halt as a smoking ball of Saikyo. "..... ow."
Really, that's about all she can say, it hurts so much she can't even really yell it! That energy is better spent trying to get to her feet and scold Igniz just a bit more but.. But she can't manage it. She reaches outward, "I- Is this the end.. of.. lov-?" and then flops to the ground. If only she ate one more bowl she may have survived that.
Igniz watches as Himeko charges against his assault, only to end in failure. Admittedly AWESOME failure, but failure none the less. The god of NESTS watches her as she finally striks the grond, the last of the Seijyun High defense force beaten down for the most part. Now with Sada disappearing, Igniz is rather happy with the outcome.
Some wrinkles were otherwise smoothed out, since no one is perfect.
Leaving the girls upon the ground, the God of NESTS is rather sure they'll be aided sooner than later. He just makes his way for the bus, a smile on his bloody face. As he moves up the steps, he sits in the first row.
"Let us leave, Diana. You did very good work today." He exclaims with a nod. The battlesuit once more becomes a cloak as the NESTS BUS begins to continue its road trip...
... To PACIFIC HIGH.
DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Chapter 2: Seiyjun Stalkin' END
COMBATSYS: Igniz has ended the fight here.
Log created on 20:08:58 04/30/2008 by Igniz, and last modified on 03:16:01 05/03/2008.