Description: A Neo League Fight between Horatio and Igniz done in the forest! Horatio decides that it's a perfect time to Cosplay as K'. Hilarity ensues! ( Winner: Igniz )
At the start of a new season, things were once again in full swing. Quite to his surprise, he had ... some fans now. Not possibly the greatest following of fans, but the underdog hunters were at the very least supportive. It was appreciated though, and considering what he'd gone through last season, trying to book his own flights and absorbing most of the costs, for finishing in the top ten, his travel and expenses were free this time around. -- Horatio Alexander would not disappoint. Moving into the forest, following one of the Neo League fight coordinators, he looks around at the place in the dark of late evening and shivers a bit, "Kind of a strange place to start a Neo League match isn't it?"
Satoshi, the ever busy Production Assistant and part time Fight Coordinator gives him a look and Horatio only shrugs. -- He had already changed into the outfit he'd be fighting in this time, and ironically enough, his opponent Igniz would probably recognize it.
Stepping out onto the Forest Path, his eyes focused on the burning torches that line the tracked road... wide enough for a small vehicle to pass, but mainly just lengthy. The trees around it were spaced out enough to allow a freedom of movement.. he could kind of understand why they'd chosen this place. -- But his opponent, "Mr. Satoshi...?" -- The PA glares at him as he and a few camera men join in the process of assembling cameras. "Sorry but... who is Igniz?"
Satoshi's response comes with an eye twitch, "... Why do you keep wearing costumes?" He asks peevishly.
"B... because! ... I like to Cosplay. I'm the Cosplay King of Southtown!"
"Self-proclaimed."
"Whatever, still." -- And true enoguh, he was there in another costume... one familiar to the NESTS King Pin, no doubt... because Horatio stood there in the tight leather of none other than Kay Dash himself. An all black leather Jumper over a pair of black jeans worn beneath, the zipper pulled down all the way past his crotch, with a crucifix snugly wrapped around his neck, the only difference was that Horatio was a might bit paler than K', and had brilliant orange hair, cropped in lazy spikes with two long streamers of hair that ran down in front of his ears to the middle of his torso. "I ... I know I'm shorter than he is... and not as big but--.. It's the spirit the counts, right?" But damn was he authentic. Very quality Cosplay. Right down to the black sunglasses over his eyes.
Lovable Igniz they should call him. Lovable. Why lovable? Perhaps because Igniz himself was quite that. Terribly, ultimately lovable. Who else would be so lovable? No body. Nobody but Igniz.
And that is why the God of NESTS had arranged himself to enter the Neo League with a bang, or perhaps, two bangs. Something of the sort. Cloaked in the same gray purple cloak he usually wears, the man is rather slow to entr and even slower to make his way. As Horatio wanted to start things off with a quick bang, Igniz himself would also do the same. To make sure everything is in its place.
With a smile and a grin, the god the NESTS made his way into the forest path, trees about and a nice distance between for everything to take place. Good. Igniz could work with this. And work he will.
As the god of NESTS arrives, and he simply looked around towards who he thought was 'K'', only to find that, well, he looked much different. Well, much much different. Easily enough that Igniz could see the many differences, subtle or not.
Stepping forward, the god of NESTS looks over. "That would be me." The cloaked figure responds. "Glad to meet you."
Surprises being what they are, Horatio was in no way prepared for it... Not for this particular surprise anyway. While Igniz may have been loveable... he still had a reputation. At least with Horatio anyway. He wasn't aware of what the man got up to in his own good time with NESTS, wasn't really even aware of the presence of NESTS. That was all... pretty much outside of his scope. As far as things went, he fought in tournaments, but never for any kind of significant outcome outside of victory. He'd never been involved with some grand plot to take over the world, never seen any long dead spirits returned to life in tangible form, never even seen mythical fighters from someone's past-- or even his own. He'd only seen the normal side to fighting, that's why Igniz didn't ring any bells... the name anyway.
Hearing the voice of his opponent, Horatio smiles, his eyes still fixed on Satoshi. For a moment, he continues smiling, even as he says that he's pleased to meet him... but then his smile fades and he proceeds to go into the motions of Kay Dash. It was creepy... as with all of his performances, he had mastered the physical aspects of K', right down to his body language, his gestures, even the callous way with which he spoke, "...Tch..." Shifting his weight to turn to one side, he throws his head in the opposite direction, spitting upon the ground... - And what's likely most surprising is what follows:
He warps his voice to almost pitch-perfect match the infamous Kay Dash, "Doitsumo koitsumo!" ... -- Even Satoshi gives him an odd, awe inspired look. However... when Horatio turns around, removes his sunglasses and pushes them into a pocket, his head turns up to look at his opponent... And his mouth drops open. "N...n-- nnn! ...Y- you... .." He swallows. Hard. "You're Igniz? ..." A feeling like being dunked in water and then microwaved comes over him, his arms dropping to his sides, shoulders bowing visibly, "You. You tried to kill us..."
The cloak that Igniz wears sort of shifts at the mention of his name, slipping off of his head, spreading about before simply lifting off behind him, into the air and much farther, flowing gracefully through an air that cannot be seen by man kind. Even his hair mimics such a great technological advancement.
Even if Horatio has mastered everything of K', Igniz could use a stress relief button here and there, and right here, there would be a rather easy way to reieve stress. To fight the K' clone of a clone. Well, admitedly less than a clone, but still technically one.
The God of NESTS simply floats off the ground now, looking towards Horatio with a rather casual look, a smile and a gleaming vision. "Yes, I'm Igniz." The man begins, "And I didn't really try to kill you. If I had tried to kill you, you wouldn't be alive right now." The god of NESTS explains. "There's no real point to kill those that could not effect me. It would be wasteful for a God to kill his future servants." Igniz ends with a 'my word is truth' feeling behind each and every word.
But in the forest, Igniz floats, simply... there.
"A ... what? .." Horatio asks, his head tipping back at the man's words, truly astounded. Eyebrows high on his forehead, he crosses his arms over his chest and stands rigid. Shifting, he begins to pace slowly back and forth before Igniz, their distance made of nearly twenty to twenty-five feet of road... He walks back and forth two... three... four times before his head turns towards the man, continuing to pace, staring at him. Everytime he turns he keeps his eyes on the self-proclaimed 'god'. "A god...? Tch... There is only one God I serve and sadly you are not him... I think you're mistaken... and perhaps a little dillusional to think so. To me and to everyone else- especially to the righteous- you're just 'Igniz', a sad, strange little man with a complex." Big words, but there was weight behind them.
"I'm not even gonna begin to preach to you about how wrong you are... Cus people like you, it just doesn't matter. I'd be wasting my breath." Turning to face him, squaring his shoulders, Horatio clenches his fists. "And I hate doing that... So maybe I should just forget you just opened your mouth and let something that -stupid- roll out of it. Because for a second... just one tiny.. little second... I thought you were intelligent."
Sliding his feet apart, he drops all of his weight back on his left foot, his right pushed forward, spaced shoulder width apart as he lifts his hands, fingers curling into fists, one- the right- armored by a red, reinforced glove, lovingly reproduced by hand no doubt by some local craftsman who'd done a -very- decent job of crafting it out of metal and bits of clinging material. "Let's just do this..."
Igniz just listens to the man as he makes his multiple passes bck and forth infront of the God of NESTS. Most obviously the man must be crazed to infuriate Igniz. What good could possibly come of it? But Horatio does, as he moves back and forth, looking towards him as he makes comments about Igniz being less intelligent and not a god.
Well, that's all fine and dandy. Igniz doesn't go after the man, instead, he watches his movements closely, letting the man he's dealing with reveal his secrets even before the fight begins. Even before Igniz begins. "I see. Perhaps this is right." The god of NESTS explains. "Perhaps." He leaves it at that.
"I'm not exactly sure what you think will come of this," Igniz states, "But I'm sure you will find out." Igniz explains, a rather tattered smile, weighing heavily as he looks toards Horatio, even as the man gets into position. Igniz...
Igniz is already there.
COMBATSYS: Igniz has started a fight here.
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Igniz 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Horatio has joined the fight here.
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Igniz 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Horatio
COMBATSYS: Igniz focuses on his next action.
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Igniz 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Horatio
He would find out, true enough. He could already feel it really... a hint of fear. It wasn't overwhelming, but it was present. He'd felt it back the last time they'd fought... Igniz, while meaning only to harm them and not kill them, had come very close to doing just that. Be it by accident or not, Horatio and Jiro both had severe wounds that needed tending to. Horatio was sure he'd never been in that much pain in his life, and now here hew as facing down the very mammoth that had put him in that position before. This time however, there was no police, there was no help... they were in a setting that pretty much allowed Igniz to do whatever he wanted. The thought alone had Horatio swallowing nervously.
As the elder fighter speaks, Horatio tries to ignore it, to put a cap on those words and leave them in the back of his psyche but to no avail. They filter in and he frowns, "I guess I will," is his only reply before he leans full forward and rushes Igniz, charging across that twenty-five feet in a matter of seconds. Pushing off of the ground, his body leaps high, knees rising as he comes in on Igniz from an upward angle, his body leaning back in the air. As he reaches the man, he tips himself over backwards in the air, flipping over, only to come down with a knee falling swiftly towards his head. "We'll see what we see!"
COMBATSYS: Horatio successfully hits Igniz with Heavy Kick.
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Igniz 0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0 Horatio
Igniz looks towards Horatio still, even as the man is assaulted by the kick of Horatio. Well, it seemed that the God of NESTS himself didn't truely expect it, as it comes down, striking through his own field. Igniz's heavy suit falls backwards out of some force, of the god of NESTS truely isn't that powered back.
"We shall, won't we?" Igniz exclaims, even as Horatio comes down, striking at the god of NESTS with some force. Struck and still there, the battlesuit floats back with the god inside, his right hand glowing with immense power. It was just what it was going to be. Terrible strength infused into a man of NESTS.
And simply put, Igniz fires the weapon forwards, sending the glowing power racing across the ground towards the other man, gleaming from its power.
COMBATSYS: Igniz successfully hits Horatio with Divine Arrow - Ground.
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Igniz 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Horatio
Slamming into Igniz, Horatio uses the impact to bounce back onto his feet. Skipping backwards once from the force alone, he smirks, quickly falling into his battle stance, staring ahead at Igniz... -- but he doesn't do it for long. Nearly the moment his feet root to the ground and he gets a good bead on Igniz, his eyes are suddenly flooded with light rushing towards him down low on the ground. He had to get out of the way of it, he could feel it rushing towards him like sitting next to dynamite in the middle of a bad dream. The foreboding sense of doom splashing over him with the initial wave, the sheer feeling, of the attacks power. Trying to step out of the way, or turn and run, whichever, he's caught mid-pivot on his heel, the blast slamming into him, bodily hurling him back and away from Igniz into the forest proper.
Whirling through the air as if flipped about by a human slingshot, he bounds through at a low angle, slamming into tree trunks, thunking off of them, only to meet another, and another until snapping a sappling in two with his body, his back thudding into a thick, old elm, the sound carrying back to the road with a weak, "UGH-ghnn...." slumping to the ground in a seated position, he's almost knocked silly. In fact, there's a long and pregnant silence before he makes any noise at all.. any stirring. Grass and dried leaves rustle as he pushes himself back up to a standing position, leaning against the tree, his back arched, slumping forward, the black leather of his costume creaking audibly as he looks back out through the long expanse of shrubbery, trying to see if he could even -see- Igniz... He knew he couldn't take another attack like that. "He's... so strong..." Coughing, he tastes blood, his red gloved hand lifting to cover his mouth, only to pull it away dripping with dark red fluid...
"Damnit...--" Swallowing, he pushes off of the tree and marches forward. Forcing his way back out onto the road, he pants, staring at Igniz... "Wish I knew what I did that pissed you off that much... -- couldn't have been just what I said... You probably hear plenty of that with beliefs like yours... -- ... Guess this just isn't my match, huh?" Roaring, Horatio pushes off of another tree with his hand and launches himself, probably even foolishly, towards Igniz, charging the man, getting in close before he spins in towards him, pivoting off of a toe, trying to cut his defenses as he leaps from the ground, right leg whipping forward and upward in a windmill fashion, dragging with it sizzling waves of orange and gold energy, seeking to scorch Igniz with that odd power, his left leg following after the right finishes it's course and catches him with the landing. Twisting off of his right foot after the completion of the left windmill kick, he spins and thrusts his left leg back, hard, aiming at Igniz's chest to finish the combination of moves.
COMBATSYS: Igniz reflects Fatal Phoenix from Horatio with Nega Genesis.
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Igniz 1/=======/=======|=======\======-\1 Horatio
Somethings are graced. Others are curse. But a god is forever. And Igniz is most certain that he is an entity that is forever. Unable to be moved from his position of power. From his graced pedistol that raises high into the heavens where he sits. The NESTS base itself is rather made like this as well. It's just a matter of time to truly know where it is.
But who would really look for that? Some might know where it is, others, not so much.
And then Horatio fires himself at Igniz, moving to deliver strike after strike, blow after blow. But most certainly Igniz watches Horatio as he scuttles across, tree to tree, coming towards the god of NESTS like a backwards crab.
But Igniz just smiles, awaiting for the man to come to him, unmoving like a stone. "I think you already know what you did." Igniz exclaims, without a hint nor reason to give a reason at all. "And to ask me to echo myself time and time again is a terrible thing. To think I would be so cruel to kill without reason... That is quite barbaric. Why would a god kill with no reason? No treachery against him? There is no reason." The God explains as Horatio finally fires down towards him with a strike...
Which is stopped, dead. A wall of force raises, moving to provent Horatio from striking further. The emaculate white chi only collides with his orange chi, negating and searing out, hurling the man back from which he came.
"I trust you understand." %
By now the people at home were likely cringing... The first blow had half killed the boy, and yet he, sadistically enough, came back for more. When he tried, this time he failed all the more, his attempts, as powerful as they may have been, completely negated by the wall of energy that Igniz creates, it only hurling him right back towards the forest, though this time he has the 'fortune' of hitting a tree dead square center just off the road, his chest slamming into it, body folding about it, forced to hug it from the impact alone, his face slamming into the bark. Striking it hard enough to bounce off of it like a pinball against a rebound arm, his body comes to rest on the ground some ten feet away from Igniz, his eyes staring skyward until they ultimately roll backward.
Staring at Igniz through that upside down gaze, Horatio wasn't even there enough to make the connection... he had blacked out almost entirely... Laying on the ground, twitching as blood ran from one of his nostrils, down to drip, drip against the ground, another set of lines running from the corners of his mouth, his foot irradically moves against his own will. The tips of his fingers fidget. Laying there in leather so very like one of Igniz's own former charges, the K' clone doesn't move for nearly thirty seconds.. just stares at Igniz, his eyes unseeing. When finally he does return back to his body, his eyes blink once, then again hard, rolling back all the further before he suddenly sits up and sucks in a breath. -- Pushing himself back up to his feet, he stumbles back from Igniz, lifting his ungloved hand to wipe his face, smearing the few thin lines of blood into a vague red patch about his mouth... Looking at his palm, he looks back up at Igniz. "... What happened...? -- Wha-- what..."
A brief spot check-- cameras... Satoshi-- Igniz.. his outfit-- he was fighting.. Yeah, he was fighting. Beyond that reasoning, that was the only thing that kept him moving. He rushes Igniz again, closing the short distance, spinning around off of a foot and launching himself into a hop that brings him up to an eye level with the taller man, his gloved fist balling up and cocking back, only to swing down towards his jaw with all of his strength loaded behind the move.
COMBATSYS: Igniz endures Horatio's Strong Punch.
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Igniz 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\======-\1 Horatio
There are things to be said about Gods. That they dress funny. Their strength is obscene. But one simple rule is that to strike at one, it is not smart. The worst of it all is if the god itself is preparing to show you exactly how hard life may be. And Igniz, lovable Igniz, delicate Igniz was not going to let everyone down.
Simply put, even as Horatio got up once more, not moving for thirty seconds, the god of NESTS pushed his advantage even furthr, floating towards the downed man as he finally gets back up. Even if Igniz was struck before, he's obviously still in good enough health to continue his advance. And he does.
Only for Horatio to finally find out the hard way, coming face to face with the god of NESTS. A cruel smile enveloping him and the world around him. And then, as brief as it all was, Horatio got up, performed a rather fancy move, all directed towards Igniz's jawline. One that, if you could believe, accepted his blow, rolling it towards his chest where it would find complete purchase. Igniz had not moved at all.
"Now then, I think it's time to find out who you are dealing with." Igniz exclaimed, and without a moment to spare, bursting out towards Horatio, aiming a single opened hand towards man's neck, floating quickly across the ground as if he was propelled.
For all clear purposes. He is.
COMBATSYS: Horatio fails to interrupt Brutal God Project from Igniz with Fat Buddha.
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Igniz 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Horatio
COMBATSYS: Horatio can no longer fight.
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And just like that, Igniz's hand clamps around Horatio's throat, no matter how he would attempt to stop it, the god of NESTS drives him backwards, all the way into a tree, a solid object to cause Horatio to momentarily be unable to act, leaving him more confused and dazed than one could imagine. But that is the best part about it.
The worst is as he kicks backwards, the world seems to inverse itself, Igniz grasping his sides as his cape lurches forward, cutting and stabbing towards Horatio, the cloth being sharp as knives. But it doesn't stop there, pulling out a blade from nowhere, Igniz delivers a great strike with the chain whip, crashing it across Horatio's figure.
Even still, it is not done.
"To think that you deserved this. Didn't deserve this. It is all a test against another. You serve as just the man to practice against." Igniz announces as all four of the chi aplifiers rise, firing off columns of white chi directly into Horatio.
"To experience my true potetial is an honor." The god of NESTS exclaims, "You will not forget it!" The man cries as he raises his arm to the heavens, a ball of white chi growing, almost blessed by the heavens as Igniz thrusts it into Horatio, shocking, coursing through the man with unidentifiable heavenly rage. Even as it strikes Horatio it grows, becomming larger, actually ingulfing him.
Afterwards, Igniz is content, the world returning to normalcy, and the heavens quieting.
The light of the attack seems to disappate last.
As he comes down from the air, landing on his feet, expecting to be overbalanced by the strike, his entire- though that much isn't exactly that considerable- weight behind the blow.. his fist slams into Igniz's chest...-- and he doesn't move. Eyes pinched shut for the impact, they slowly.. ever so slowly open. Looking down the length of his arm to the point where his knuckles had collided with Igniz's battle suit. Finally, he dares slowly roll those orange orbs upward, first to the man's chin, then nose and finally eyes... "H-... how d-...!" His hand pulls back away from Igniz and he looks at it, fingers opening, turning the hand over to stare into his palm. Did he miss him? Maybe he'd misjudged the impact? Something went wrong... Maybe he-- there was no more time to consider the whats and whys, "HRRNNK---GHK... GH-GHAAK!" Fingers tighten around his throat and he's lifted off of his feet. Much shorter than Igniz, it was an impressive sight to be sure. Lifting his hands to struggle, to fight against the grip around his throat, Horatio's head tips back from the press on his windpipe, teeth gritting, bared in an eternal grimace as Igniz threatens to choke the life out of him.
It hurt so badly that he didn't even notice the feeling of motion. At least until his back collides with that tree, "AAHH! --Nnn..." He groans out, fresh blood running from one side of his mouth as his eyes slowly open to stare up at Igniz, sliding down the tree to lean agaisnt it on his feet. Coughing harshly, his eyes go wide as the brutal assault continues. Those animated, stagging knives that reach out from Igniz's close slam Horatio back against the tree time and time again, peppering his body with a brutal series of stabs and slashes, pock marking his leather in small wounds, the tight material holding up fairly well against it, but leaving the body beneath it unprotected. Horatio yells out, screaming for his life, his voice staccattoed by impact, and cracking from pain and absolute terror.
Blood flies freely from several open wounds in small spurts until it ends and he's dropped back to his feet. For a moment. The chain whip whips across him, yanking him back upward, his arms flying wide as his back slams into the tree once again, followed by columns of chi battering him, sending his body into an awkward and obscenely painful flailing motion, his back beating the bark off of that side of the tree before he stumbles back forward onto his feet... -- and then Igniz absolutely ruins him. As if the attack weren't enough by itself, that large ball of chi is leveled on him, slammed into him and his breath evacuates his chest.
Wheezing out in abject pain, Horatio's head tilts back, he forces himself to suck in a blast of air and it comes out as a scream that sets people on the edge of their seats watching in the comfort of their home. The disturbing sight that plays out before the world was of a frail bodied young man forced to take more pain than should have been allowed by any one tournament.
The ball grows and so too does the pain until Horatio hasn't the voice to scream anymore, body engulfed in a sea of Igniz's power until mercifully he's allowed to drop to his knees, slumping forward. Stretching out almost peacefully on his stomach at Igniz's feet, Horatio's face lands on his boot, eyes open, staring into the middle distance.. his breathes coming in shallow, rapid and pathetic gasps, no doubt due to a host of shattered ribs that pain him to breathe against... "Ug--gh.... kh--" he tries to say something, but only answers in a violent fit of coughing and hacking, blood sputtering from his mouth and onto the ground, his eyes pinching closed against the pain in his little body. "Y..you..."
Are no-- not..." again he coughs, gagging on the taste of blood, dry heaving against pain, "-- a god..."
Igniz stands still, even as Horatio's defiance continues until the very end where Igniz was then told he was not a god once more. It almost makes him titter to see a man in terrible pain declare that he isn't a god. "Oh, no, I'm most certain I am." Igniz exclaims without a moment to spare, beginning to turn about, pushing his cloak back up around his figure, coveringly him completely.
From there, it was most certainly the end of the fight. Igniz would leave and let the Neo League staff deal with whatever is left of poor Horatio in this state. He does not seem to care about his presence being needed there or not. He still, however, begins to make his way off, content for the most part.
"Please, stay away. You don't need to go through that again." Igniz exclaims as he simply takes a combination of floating and walking away, back, back to wherever the god of NESTS had orriginated of.
His throne room.
Log created on 00:08:40 05/04/2008 by Igniz, and last modified on 13:23:36 05/04/2008.