Description: Recently, Taiyo’s Burning Phys-Ed teacher had to fend off forces from his school. And now, once again, he must do the same. Shadaloo’s Dolls Juli and Juni have been dispatched to Taiyo to advance upon the school and seize control through any means necessary. At its gates, Hayato must fend them off--but he has help once again. Guardian King and demon hunter Hakuya Suigetsu is there to help him stand against the fearsome Dolls and protect the students held safely within. But...are they really safe as they seem?
Southtown for quite some time has just been nothing but chaos. And not any of that 'usual' chaos, this is just a big ol mess that -someone- is going to have to clean up when it's all over. Taiyo is smack dab in the middle of one of those giant messes, the attacks upon the high school have been constant, not leaving much time for the defenders to recover from losses. While the opposing forces seem to have been constantly fended off in the past, this time would be different.
Promise.
Seriously this time!
Right now, while things aren't exactly 'Peaceful' at ol' Taiyo, it is a little more 'quiet' than usual. This may only be because the lookouts haven't yet spotted a sleek, black vehicle making it's way from Chinatown and through Southtown Village toward it's destination. One could call it an 'armored van' but it's a little cooler looking than that. And within are not only the driver and a few soldiers, but most importantly the dynamic duo known as Juli and Juni.
The strawberry-blonde Doll, Juni, hasn't had any particular feelings about the whole 'takeover' thing. Her job is just to take orders from Vega, and she's quite happy with that. However when she's not being pointed to seek and destroy like a dog, or when she's in transit for such missions (like now), she enjoys passing the time with, "Ambulance."
Shiritori! The bastardzied version that is, where one says a word using the opponent's words last syllable. Obviously starting a game like this out of the blue is getting Juni some incredulous, but silent looks- But rest assured, she's a lot more sane than many of the girls in that squad.
Another day, another mission-- and she won't ever be caught complaining about it.
Taiyo High, next on the list of schools and locales that she's had to be sent to. There was an air of urgency to the mission that she was sent on, at last teaming up with her partner, and perhaps the closest thing that the mind-wiped Doll could ever consider to be a "friend." Make no mistakes, though, Juli will do whatever is nessicary in order to accomplish a mission, and like any of the other Dolls, they could easily be replaced.
Seated in the back of the van, her eyes are closed with folded arms and crossed legs. One could almost mistake it for being impatient, perhaps anticipating the battle that is yet to come. Once the blonde blurts out the word, though, one eye cracks open to look across to the opposite side of the vehicle to regard Juni with a degree of indifference. "We have arrived," she says, glancing out toward the front of the van and the driver as the vehicle slows to a stop. Sliding to the end of the seat, she pops the door open with a pull of the handle, and steps out onto Taiyo's peaceful-by-comparison grounds. "You may play games when we have accomplished our mission," she reminds Juni aloud.
Inside Taiyo, Hayato is looking pretty ragged. He hasn't shaved in days, and his track suit is looking pretty rumpled. At least there's still running water and showers on the school campus. But worst of all, he hasn't been able to have a drink since this whole thing started. The gym teacher isn't an alcoholic, but there are times when getting drunk and forgetting everything that's going on would be really nice. But he can't do that when there's so many people counting on him. And despite it all he's still kept up a good natured enthusiasm about their situation whenever anybody else is around. Morale is definitely one of Hayato's strong suits.
But then the shouts start coming in about the car that's driven up, and people in uniforms. The Burning Phys Ed Teacher rushes to the window, peering out to the front of the school. Oh, he recognizes that uniform all right. And he's already had to defend the school against it once. "Get everybody together, and be ready to evacuate if the defenses fall." And with that Hayato places a hand on the windowsill and vaults himself right over it and out into the air. Hey, it's only the second story.
He lands with a loud thump, feet placed wide apart for balance and curled over to keep his center of gravity low. It would not do well to botch the landing. And then he slowly straightens up, cracking his neck as he looks at the advancing Dolls with an implacable expression on his face. "Leave. Now."
Chaotic is a good word to describe things. Particularly for Gedo High students and faculty; their entire school was now overrun by god-beings, soulless killing machines and soldiers alike. Displaced to the far corners of the city, those who could actually FIGHT for Gedo have little in the way of communicating with each other. Hakuya certainly hadn't spoken to anyone from Gedo for going on a week or two now. The very last thing he'd gotten had been from Daigo, which was 'go scout out and defend Pacific High and report back'. The 'report back' part had been somewhat difficult, given that he'd been captured by a certain mercenary directly after pushing back Igniz from taking over the school.
And now? Well, it wasn't much different. Except now Hakuya was under orders from Rolento.
They amounted to more or less the same thing. Just replace 'Pacific' with 'Taiyo'.
So through the streets Hakuya had run, taking back alleys or even more unconventional routes in order to circumvent the soldiers occupying the city. It'd taken him a little longer than he'd wanted to, but eventually the Guardian King had found his way to Taiyo High, some place he'd never been before. When the young hoodied teen pulls himself up over the wall to the parking lot, however, the scene is all too familiar. A lone defender standing against a group of soldiers. Only the Ojike no Oni and Igniz were replaced by two young women in leotards.
Kicking his feet over the brick wall, Hakuya lands, some distance from the fight, for now observing from the distance, as if unsure what to do.
What? They've arrived at the destination already? Juni had thought that there was at least 2 minutes to ETA but.. Then again that certainly is part of why Juli is the leader, isn't it? A much better grasp of time. Though in the end, the only real complaint she has as she follows her partner is, in a somewhat quiet tone, "It is not a 'game', by the way, it's a 'vocabulary exercise'." she reminds with a straight face, hops onto ground and proceeds to march forward with a touch of a curious expression on her face.
She was a bit impressed, that everyone had managed to hold up for this long. It almost seemed like a shame that this would be the end. She's promptly ordered to 'leave' as she stops at the gates and continues to stare at the legendary 'burning teacher'. Her stance is straight, hands folded behind her back, and in her own neutral way, she seems quite proud. Obviously there is only one proper response here, and determined to beat her partner to the punch she blurts, "Negative. /You/ leave." Oooh, dissed??
Impressive, yes. But their hold on the school will only last for so long, or so their superiors are letting them believe. Food, supplies, and evacuation to safer parts of the city, if not right out of town? No, that just won't do. At least, not without the careful, considerate, and kind hand of Shadaloo ensuring they pick every single resource, human or material, from the property first.
Corrected by Juni, the brunette German only lets out a grunt-- especially now that Hayato himself has stepped forward to instruct them to depart just as quickly as they arrived. Her partner speaks first; Juli relents for now, standing to the side and allowing her arms to slowly, carefully fall to her sides, her feet spread at shoulder width. Scathingly analytical, her dark eyes shift beyond Hayato, toward the sound of an approach-- the approach of Hakuya. Immediately, she lets the gears start turning, to memorize the terrain and possible points of interest, to carefully focus upon both teacher and young punk in a hoodie. "Non-compliance will result in more damage than there needs to be," the Doll adds.
There's a creaking noise as Hayato's hand tightens around his shinai, and both hands strain the athletic tape wrapped around them. The Burning Phys Ed Teacher lets his head hang down for a moment, taking a deep breath. "You think you can come in here, order around my students, my coworkers, all the people who've taken refuge here? You think you can just run around this city doing whatever you like? Do you? DO YOU!?" Hayato's voice starts rising as he speaks until the last question comes out in a roar, his head jerking up to let him glare at the Dolls with flashing eyes.
With a wordless shout of rage the teacher dashes across the ground toward the invaders, making no effort to hide his intention. His right arm rears back as he charges in and aims a full bodied strike at the face of Juni, the Doll who decided to mark herself as the one in charge by speaking first. There's enough force behind the blow that it's going to be hard for Hayato to stop after throwing it even if he /doesn't/ miss.
COMBATSYS: Hayato has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Juni has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Hakuya has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Juli has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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It's pretty obvious, approaching this setup, to determine who is the bad guy, and who is the good guy. Driving up in a black armored vehicle and getting out with a bunch of soldiers kind of just says it all. But regardless, Hakuya has learned a thing or two during this 'war', and the most prevalent lesson is that not everything may appear as it seems. Rolento, for instance, was supposed to be Pacific High's savior. And yet in the end he turned out to be kind of a flop - though Hakuya wouldn't say so aloud! He'd wanted to leave the second he got there. What kind of good guy was that?!
But considering Hayato's words, well, it's difficult to say he isn't a good guy. The Burning Teacher declares his intentions - a little, to Hakuya's starry-eyed approval, like a Western action hero - to defend the school in the face of the invading forces. And really, that's all Hakuya needs. So, now that everything is black and white and squared off in the Guardian Kings' mind, it's time for action.
Crouching low, the Suigetsu heir drops his center of gravity and tilts forward, getting his feet set to an impromptu sprint. And sprint he does. As Hayato charges the strawberry-blonde girl, Hakuya decides to attack the darker haired girl. While he's pretty sure that Hayato might be able to take care of himself, he was sent here to defend, and that's what he intends to do! Rushing for Juli right off, the Guardian King seeks to simply catch up the girl about the waist with an arm bar, sweeping her off the ground. Then, digging his heels in, he'll sweep all of that built up momentum into turning the Doll a quick, brutal 180, and then slamming her back down into the ground. Surprise allies, to the rescue!
COMBATSYS: Juni blocks Hayato's Deep Strike.
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Hayato 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Juni
Hmn ok so Juni may have beaten Juli to the punch, but also beaten her to getting punched. Not that she was a rival for such attentions, but every now and then the strawberry blonde wants to come forth with the 'cool' lines. Does Juli ever worry about keeping her reputation as the 'cool' one? Of course not, so what's the point? Only Juni knows. The Doll stands, unmoving, as the teacher charges forward with the intent of knocking her block clear off- This provides enough of a distraction to keep her from warning Juli about anything! However the smaller of the two colliding forces responds with flawless movements, the fist slams alarmingly hard into her fist and her eyes follow the arm as she shifts but a touch to the side, gloved hand then slips along said arm, and the opposite of her hands finds Hayato's back, further assisting him in his post-staggering with all of that momentum.
"There is no need to 'think', I can and will relay orders to you and your fellow insects both." Juni replies, looking to take advantage of what appears to be an opening. She leaps forward with two spins, her right hand glowing brighter and brighter still with mixed white-violet energy and whips a backhand toward Hayato's side. The strike itself stops just short as said energy abruptly explodes with alarming power. "If you will not obey, then you will be eliminated. Simple."
COMBATSYS: Juli blocks Hakuya's Tidal Crush.
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Hayato 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Juni
But, of course, Juli is always the cool one-- cool under pressure, and cool under the fiery, passionate speach of the phys ed teacher that lugs around a shinai. While Juni engages the Taiyo teacher, however, she finds her own little problem to deal with-- that being the form of Hakuya Suigetsu. Moving much faster than she had initially anticipated, the Gedo student's arm whips around her and starts the process of the throw... but Juli proves to be nimble in her own respects.
Rather than being slammed onto the ground, Juli's legs find position quickly, and her weight sets down flat on her feet-- if anything, only pushing her down into a bit of a squat. The heels of her boots scuff loudly as she thrusts out her arms, pushing herself away from Hakuya and sliding on her heels-- just far enough away to not let the youth get an immediate follow-up attack going!
From that position, a large spark of azure energy flares at the soles of her boots, Juli suddenly rotating around in a circle fast enough to kick up dust... All while, it seems, her body does not seem to bend and rotate with the action, more like she were animated by a sudden, high-speed turntable beneath her feet. Launching out at Hakuya, her leg sweeps in a broad arc, heel thrust out to deliver an odd kick-- and transmit an even stranger energy through the blow, should it land.
COMBATSYS: Hayato dodges Juni's Axle Spin Knuckle.
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Hakuya 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Juli
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Hayato 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Juni
Hayato can hear Hakuya coming in from behind, but he's too caught up to actually look back. It seems that the newcomer is attacking somebody other than him, though, so that's enough for now. The gym teacher draws his fist back, still glaring fiercely at Juni. If she's going to put up a guard he's prepared to keep punching until those bracers and even the bone beneath them crack. Nobody threatens his school. Nobody!
He does stagger after his headlong charge, but he's quick to plant a foot and use it to twist himself about and back to face his opponent. The action itself causes him to duck down slightly, and he goes even lower as Juni's arm swipes at him. He's a tall man but he's able to compact himself surprisingly well. He's also able to spring back up with incredible speed, sweeping his right arm up in a rising uppercut aimed straight at Juni's jaw.
COMBATSYS: Juli successfully hits Hakuya with Sniping Arrow.
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Hakuya 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Juli
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Hayato 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Juni
Hakuya might be faster than his opponent suspects, but Juli is rather faster than even Hakuya would've guessed, too! Light and nimble; completely unlike the other girls he's used to fighting, except maybe Hotaru. Still it's not like the Suigetsu heir is any kind of stranger to having his throws broken out of, and as the Doll shifts backwards out of his immediate range, he rightfully doesn't jump in immediately to try and follow up his attack with another, instead shifting into his own fighting position, readying himself. Eyes intent on the leotard-clad woman in front of him, he doesn't really pay attention to Hayato, either; he's here to help, not introduce himself and make nice!
The attack comes in a... odd manner. And Hakuya would normally be prepared to deal with it by blowing through it, even /with/ the accompanying energy. But there's something different about it, that the young Suigetsu heir wasn't quite expecting. It doesn't feel like the same kind of 'chi' energy Tenma and Kenji use a lot of... more, it feels like the energy Stasya puts out. Regardless, even though he's familiar with that kind of attacking energy, the suddenness of it is enough to throw him off his game, and the foot slams into him, knocking him to the side, staggering.
Wheeling in place, Hakuya catches his balance by performing an odd twisting movement that looks like he just does a 360 spin on one heel. Settled again, the Guardian King shakes his head, brushing off the energy strike - then leaps back to the attack. His left arm cocks back, and then lashes out in a closed-fist strike at Juli's face -- only for that to be pulled before it can actually hit. Instead, the motion is turned into another spin of the young Gedo boy's body, and his leg sweeps out, intending on sweeping Juli's legs from her and depositing her onto the floor.
COMBATSYS: Juni dodges Hayato's Fierce Strike.
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Hayato 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Juni
Juni recognizes that look. It's the look that says 'I'm going to punch this wall until it falls down'. Her answer to that is simple enough, the Doll isn't left that wide open after her strike. Hayato's strike doesn't meet Juni's gloves at all this time, leaning back just enough to evade the blow, it's wind enough to make her cute little tie flutter a bit, and her eyes continue to focus on her opponents'. ".. Understood, 'be eliminated' it is."
In the same moment, Juni springs upward and clasps Hayato's extended arm, using it to vault herself upward and twirl around as if she were using a dance pole. But don't get any funny ideas, as soon as she completes her spin she drives her feet toward the large mans face, then would backflip off, only to dash forward again with a palmstrike right toward the solar plexus.
COMBATSYS: Juli dodges Hakuya's Waning Dawn.
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Hayato 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Juni
Watching the young man's movements, even as her foot hits home, Juli cannot deny the presence of training. He's skilled, albeit young-- and allowing him to gain too much of a foothold with this fight, let alone any times they encounter each other in the future, could prove to be dangerous.
His fist swings in, and Juli falls for the feint. Her head jerks back as if to avoid the attack, but then he drops, goes in for the low assault. This is where she ISN'T fooled, back arching and legs pushing off from the ground. Palms striking the ground, her wrists twist a bit and keep her steady, elbows bending to get enough force to push off and land immediately on her feet.
Twisting around on her heel, Juli's right leg hooks up nigh-vertical, whipping up into a curved kick fully intent on crashing down onto the Suigetsu heir with enough force to get him down to a knee. "Surrender!"
COMBATSYS: Hayato endures Juni's Strong Punch.
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Hayato's head snaps back as Juni's feet crash into his face. It's pretty hard to deal with something like that, but he actually looks a bit more staggered than one might expect... and then as the Doll comes rushing in for the palm strike it becomes apparent that he was faking. He lunges forward, shrugging off the blow to his chest and already bringing his right arm around in a long sweep. He lets out a grunt of pain from the impact, but it doesn't cause his attack to slow down in the slightest.
The shinai comes in to hit Juni right at the base of her ribs, then be dragged across her torso only to be smacked back into her from the opposite direction. Hayato then whips his arm arm up before bringing the weapon crashing down toward the Doll's collarbone, then a quick snap to the side in order to build up some room to hit her in the side of the head.
COMBATSYS: Hakuya interrupts Falling Arc from Juli with Silent Crescent.
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Hayato 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Juni
Hey, that's not what was supposed to happen! Juli snaps her head back from the punch, as if expecting it to strike - and then rather than getting fooled by the sudden shift in the attack from high to low, she just springs away in more of that same display of lithe grace. For a moment, Hakuya has to look impressed. He's never really fought anyone as agile as this, man or woman. This was going to take a shift in tactics, undoubtedly.
Juli swings around for her kick, and any normal person's inclination would be to get the hell out of the way of the axe kick. It was going to be nothing short of brutal, assuredly. But Hakuya doesn't. Instead, the Guardian King crouches slightly and raises his arms above his head. And there? He -catches- Juli's ankle. From there it's a smooth motion of twisting his body around by feet alone, then pulling the darker-haired Doll off her feet into a throw by that captured ankle.
Though normally Juli would just be treated to a spike into the ground, that's not all the Suigetsu heir has in mind. Before she hits the ground, the young man's knee comes up and slams into the woman's torso, sending her back into the air. And once that's accomplished, he grabs her, then lifts her back up and over into a punishing suplex, head first into the ground.
Rolling away from Juli, Hakuya rises from the throw, then pauses to wince, rubbing at his bandaged wrists. Counter attack or not, that kick wasn't exactly pleasant on the bones.
COMBATSYS: Juni just-defends Hayato's Scolding Slash!
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".. Hm." Juni's audible response to Hayato's feint; that was a very unusual one for certain. Just what kind of training allows one to take a full blow to the face and then charge forward like a train? Perhaps dealing with the teacher isn't going to be a waste of time after all! Dealing with Hayato's next blow is yet another change of defense, from redirection, full evasion, and this time a combination of evading the first strike and then slapping her hands to capture the shinnai before it strikes her beloved collarbone, "You are wasting your time." she notes, "If you cannot land even one strike on me, eventually you are going to have to deal with the both of us. Consider your next few moments carefully. Live a dog or die a dog."
Juni kicks her leg backward enough to lift herself a touch off the ground, then swings forward, her feet ablaze in that delicious psycho power. During her swing she spins like a vertical top and once again just throws herself at her target!
It wasn't supposed to happen, but it did-- to Juli's advantage. What should have been a picture-perfect kick, however, ends only in a degree of failure: She connects, but not how, where, and with the force that she had wanted. Though his wrists buckle under the strength of her falling leg, he begins to throw her-- then knee her directly, the Doll letting out a hiss of air and with what could be construed as anger before being caught, suplexed, and driven into the ground.
Juli's taken her fair share of throws, however... and she's doled out just as many, in the past. The impact is jarring, but her arms throw out hard to the sides to slap against the ground, twisting her hips immediately in an attempt to mitigate the damage and roll in the opposite direction from Hakuya.
Letting out a slight breath as she rolls into a crouch, Juli throws her weight forward into a cartwheel, using the sudden gain in momentum to charge toward the Suigetsu heir, not letting him get an inch of rest for a second. Arms and legs pumping, the psychically-enhanced German throws her weight into a forward flip, legs scissoring out to lock her knees around the young man's head. Muscles contracting in practiced concert, the Doll tries to pull Hakuya off his feet with her legs, hands planting on the ground, and brutally slam him headfirst into the school walk!
COMBATSYS: Hayato blocks Juni's Spiral Arrow.
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Under normal circumstances, Hayato would probably try to pay a bit more attention to what's going on in the fight between Hakuya and Juli. Right now, though, he's very, very angry. And it's hard to concentrate on anything other than crushing Juni. That has to wait for just a moment, however, as the Doll comes at him with whirling legs and Psycho Power. The teacher sets his shoulders and brings up a cross arm guard, weathering the blows and keeping his feet firmly planted. He just has to wait for her momentum to run out.
And once it does Juni is going to have to drop back down to the ground, giving Hayato an opportunity to strike. He quickly uncrosses his arms, yanking his right arm back and then taking a lunging step forward in an attempt to drive a punch into the Doll. It's hard to aim while she's flipping about, but Hayato's got enough power to get along without perfect accuracy.
COMBATSYS: Juli successfully hits Hakuya with Frankensteiner.
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No rest for the non-wicked, it seems. Hakuya barely has time to shake the tension out of his wrists before Juli's bounding up again, and racing towards him. The young Gedo student blinks, and shifts back into his normal fighting stance, trying to get himself mobile - but no luck there. There's only one real recourse, now, as the girl's knees lock around his head. And unfortunately, despite his attempt to be prepared to defend himself as he's spiked into the ground, he just can't do it. And he's not Tenma or Kenji, so teenage hormones can't be blamed on this one!
His arms try to catch himself before his head slams into the asphault, but it's to no avail. He's spiked, bounces once, then flops a little ragdoll-like onto the ground, face-first. A slight pause, and then the young man presses himself up from the ground, bits of gravel stuck into his face, a couple trickles of blood here and there showing. But while he's obviously hurt, he isn't down yet! "Huhhngh..." he grunts out. Then his sneakered feet dig into the ground, and he bounds forward.
Gloved hands snap out, and the Guardian King attempts to grab ahold of Juli's hip and shoulder. Then, his lower hand presses while the upper one pulls, and he attempts to quite literally pull Juli into a flip, forward from her perspective, and past the Gedo student. Twisting around, he'll then kick his leg out as Juli falls to the floor, should it work out, then slam his heel into her, a variation of the move he just pulled.
COMBATSYS: Juni just-defends Hayato's Power Strike!
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Juni is only glancing to Juli now and then. According to her own analysis, that teenage boy should be little trouble for her partner.. Should be, at least, the students, no matter what school, shouldn't be underestimated when they're backed into a corner. As for the Burning Teacher, well.. He's just kind of fun to make upset, he's burning mad, and there's no doubt that should Hayato land a blow on her, it's going to hurt very very badly. As such, it'd be best to keep the psychological advantage and keep him wild. Hayato's aim is right for her collarbone, and she's flat on his back when he strikes. And the slippery thing she is, the fist impacts her palm for just a moment and she shifts to the side allowing the strike to smash into the concrete, the hard material spiderwebbing out wide. Her eyes, of course, remain locked on Hayato's. "You do realize what will happen should you fail here, Mister Burning Teacher. There is no telling what me or my partner will do to your fellow pests should you fail," she notes, tucking in her legs and presses them against the mans chest. Assisted with her psycho power, the smaller terror grunts and attempts to launch the man into the air, then handspring up after him in an attempt to capture his head between her thighs. With a shift of momentum she flips backward and descends, "Is it really worth it, sir? Personally I believe there is no shame in realizing the futility of it all and running away. Bodies are replacable. You can get a new job."
COMBATSYS: Juli blocks Hakuya's Blind Crescent.
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"Submit. I wish to cause you no further harm."
Or does she?
Hakuya's on the move again, already, and Hakuya performs a rather sudden, surprising manuver that has her flipping head over heels-- literally. Still with a good deal of focus, her hands hit the ground first, her fingers pressing down as though she could rip right into the asphalt and anchor down, as if she could stop all of her momentum in an instant. Scrapes mark her fingers, and Hakuya's kick presses into the small of her back as she brings her body forward-- moving with it, perhaps, and keeping herself well enough away from the full brunt of this young man's combination attack.
Throwing her weight to her right, she tries to throw herself with the master of a lifetime martial artist, to put herself right beneath Hakuya at his weakest point-- in the midst of his kicking. Hands press to the ground as that same energy sparks up around her in a circle. It leads off from her boot, even, as she suddenly blasts up into the air at an angle that defies logic and physics, declaring: "Cannon Spike!"
COMBATSYS: Hayato fails to interrupt Air Frankensteiner from Juni with Devastation Kick.
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Hayato gets launched up off his feet, but even then he's far from helpless. He violently twists his body about in order to whip his right leg around, keeping it tucked in until he can lash out with a devastating kick at the rising Juni. Fiery orange chi surrounds his foot as it descends, burning to a bright white at the center of the energy, and along with that the kick comes with the full weight of Hayato's body behind hit...
But then Juni flies feet first right over it, not stopping until her legs are wrapped around Hayato's head. And without any footing to brace himself against, there's not much Hayato can do to avoid being flipped around and sent crashing into the ground with a dull thud, sprawled out flat on his back and with stars in his eyes. "Ugh... You're right. So it's a good thing that we already planned this. They're all ready to evacuate. Even if you manage to get past us, they'll already be escaping."
COMBATSYS: Juli successfully hits Hakuya with Cannon Spike.
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It's a good thing it was a twisting side kick and not an axe kick like Juli did earlier, or this sudden upwards rush might be a little more painful that it could've been. As it is, it's more like getting tackled, only being sent flying up into the air rather than across the ground. And, you know, getting kicked rather than shoulder slammed. Hakuya is sent flying, energy and boots slamming into him. He lands hard on his back some distance away, but immediately kips his feet up, forcing himself into a roll with the momentum of the fall. As such, it doesn't hurt... quite as much as it could've, all things considered. And, as he rolls onto his feet, he hears what Hayato says - they're ready to evacuate already? Well... that's a good deal better than Gedo High's students were!
This just gives him more enthusiasm to keep fighting. The Guardian King plants his feet, then begins to charge forward, as though set from a sprint's position, racing back in towards Juli. It's clear the Gedo Student doesn't intend on listening to the Doll's words at all, but rather doing everything he can to fight until they fall. Closing the gap, Hakuya will set to slam his shoulder into Juli's middle, to set her off balance. At the same time, his hands come up to try and grip the woman's forearm. Then, using his hold, and his shoulder placed against the woman, he'll twist and try a simple over-the-shoulder throw, spiking Juli into the ground.
".. What?" is Juni's response, springing off of Hayato after hitting the ground and slides back a touch upon landing once more. The news didn't really bother her, it was more that he shot down her 'ammo' for making him anxious.
Poo.
Her hands raise quickly into lightly bouncing stance, seeing as the teacher doesn't appear to be in the position to strike again quickly, she'll go in for another strike. "I underestimated how well organized you can be in both a state of panic and exhaustion. I commend you," Juni says, taking another short hop and kicks her leg straight up into the air, cupping the heel of her foot with her hand for a brief moment. Upon release her foot snaps down toward the ground, with the intent of stomping Hayato's head into the pavement if he isn't already back up!
COMBATSYS: Juli dodges Hakuya's Quick Throw.
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With all of the sudden momentum gained in Juli's kick, the Doll has no problem twisting around in the air after Hakuya is sent flying, legs coming together and arms out to the side with a deft twist. Her body spirals in the air before she lands, knees bending and feet spreading to soak the impact of the attack. Hayato and his league are already set to evacuate the building, and prevent it from being taken over as planned? As it -should- be? Such a situation would be problematic, for the Shadaloo agent.
If it isn't completed exactly to specifications, she may as well have just failed her mission entirely.
Hakuya's charge comes in swift and strong, but the Doll's footing is too quick. Her arms bend back, her legs tense, and the Doll simply -blurs- from sight.
Coming back into view proper behind Hakuya with a loud scrape of her boots against the asphalt, the Doll is chasing after the young man's steps, waiting for him to stop, change his own momentum, and otherwise prepare himself. Twisting through the air with a swift hop, the motion is practiced, almost flawless-- a tightly-wound spin, a step, legs spread, knees bending to set her stance, and her clenched fist comes sweeping out at Hakuya, crackling with azure energy. "Rragh!!"
COMBATSYS: Hayato blocks Juni's Falling Arc.
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Hayato doesn't manage to get up before Juni before she can hop over to him, but in the end it doesn't matter. He starts to roll as she stomps down, sweeping out with his left arm to knock her foot aside. It's deflected off his thick forearm, letting the boot crack the pavement rather than Hayato's skull. He continues rolling for a short distance before popping back up to his feet. The teacher then reaches up to his face, wiping away a bit of blood trickling down his forehead and getting close to his eye.
"I don't need your commendation," the teacher growls, "All I need is for you to leave here and never come back." His muscles tense as he clenches his hands. "As long as I'm standing you won't harm one hair on any person in this school!" Hayato's body begins radiating a flaming orange energy that matches the heat of the fire burning in his eyes. "But even if I fall, it doesn't matter. You can't defeat the spirit of Taiyo!" And then the energy surrounding Hayato suddenly pulses, getting even stronger. If there's any situation that's going to ignite his Burning Spirit, this is it.
COMBATSYS: Hayato gathers his will.
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COMBATSYS: Hakuya stops Axle Spin Knuckle from Juli with Solaris Sunder.
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Hakuya's charge is avoided, leaving the Gedo student to dig his sneakers into the asphalt of the parking lot, coming to a sort of sliding halt. This girl was WAY too fast! And truly, the speed of it was a bit beyond the Guardian King. He wasn't used to such high-speed opponents. Come to think of it, Kenji's opponent had looked pretty fast, just like these two Dolls were. Clearly, he needed to think like Kenji in this fight. So, as the woman across from him begins to turn and summon up her energy to punch him, he just does what comes to him. What Would Kenji Do?
Hakuya's hand comes up, and he simply catches Juli's fist.
Then, there is an explosion of energy that creates cracks in the ground.
In truth, it isn't Hakuya doing this, but a combination of the dissipating energy from the punch Juli directed at him, and Hayato's own Taiyo Spirit burning nearby. Azure and orange energy flares up everywhere, while Hakuya holds Juli's fist at bay with a single hand, all of that energy flaring out in a corona around his hand, but never touching him. And then, soon after, that azure light fades, and Hakuya skips backwards a step or two, shaking his hand, giving a heavy breath. "He... he's right! Taiyo won't fall... and we will reclaim Gedo from you!"
Oh that Hayato, he was one tough nut to crack; there doesn't seem to be even an ounce of dispair in his voice. It was curious, where was it all coming from? Juni's brows raise, getting an up-close view of the very spirit he mentions, but she doesn't appear impressed. On the other hand, there doesn't seem to be a lot that moves her expression. "Negative, the both of you will be eliminated and we will proceed with our given orders." a pause, "That said, I believe you are finally starting to bug me. Let's go."
And so the assassin darts toward her target, again for a brief moment casts a glance to Juli whom, in her opinion, looked a little odd. Was that Gedo boy tougher than he looked? She turns away before Hakuya goes into his defense, instead she's just all over Hayato yet again. For a brief moment she's a blurr, getting behind Hayato in the air wraps her arm about his throat, attempting to place the other at the side of his head and twist sharply. She drops to her feet, should she keep that hold and then delivers four sharp knees to his spine and would slam him to the ground after that!
Her fist comes around like the portent of death, ready to crack the young man right across the face with a powerful backhand-- and it comes into contact with that student's grip and feels a sudden, powerful discharge. The ground cracks beneath their feet, and even Juli's knees bend a bit further to keep her steady, though her fist remains almost stuck to the student's, as if she were trying to push against it and simply COULDN'T.
"Your combat data will be valuable."
The "lock" of limbs is broken, and the Gedo student springs backwards-- and in turn, so does the Doll. A large skip backward followed by a smaller, hopping dash, the German reassesses her situation carefully-- the teacher still to be fought, the student who doesn't seem to want to stay down. Juni seems to be holding her own quite well, and by this point, there's only the matter of finishing this young man off-- then moving on to handle the teacher, and accomplishing their mission, as far along as they claim to be or not.
Releasing a slow exhalation of air, Juli draws one arm out to the side, standing a little straighter and allowing her eyes to half-lid. Her long bangs and short necktie catch in a sudden wind, rippling upward as that same odd azure energy crackles lightly around her feet. It isn't so much an aura, or even a visible one-- but there's a sheer presence there, one so undeniably thick that it can't be passed over or forgotten so easily. Building up on that power, drawing upon both latent and forced psychic potential, the Doll seems to catch her breath in her own sort of way.
COMBATSYS: Juli gathers her will.
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COMBATSYS: Hayato counters Combo Grapple from Juni with Counter Thrust.
?!? Weird Hit! ?!?
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Hayato's only response to Juni's assessment is an angry growl. And she's feeling /bugged/?! The gym teacher takes a step toward Juni, intending to punch the arrogant attitude right out of her, but then she suddenly vanishes. Or at least, to most people she would seem to have vanished. Hayato's wits are fast enough that he can just barely keep an eye on her as she slips around to the side and tries to get in behind him. But as she reaches out for his neck he's already spinning around. And so Juni finds herself looking right into Hayato's rage-filled eyes as he punches between her grasping arms to slam his fist into her face.
Unfortunately, Hayato's momentum is worked up pretty high by the spin and sudden lunge, and with Juni in mid-air she doesn't provide much of an obstruction to his punch. His hand goes slightly askew, hitting her in the cheek rather than a straight on blow to the face. And as she starts to fall Hayato crashes into her, taking them both down awkwardly to the ground with the gym teacher's face on her chest. Under other circumstances he might even be in a mood to enjoy it.
In the face of Hakuya's reassertion that he'll be doing all he can to defend Taiyo from the invaders, he gets told that... his combat data will be valuable. Which causes him to blink. Uh, okay? That was something kind of weird to say! But there wasn't any time to comment on it. As the two of them spring back from the clash of energy and reflecting energy, the Doll begins to focus, and energy flares up around her. If the Gedo Student weren't so used to his friend Kenji doing something similar, he'd almost assume that the woman was going to attack again, possibly with a huge strike. But he recognizes it for what it is... a building up of energy, a preperatory action.
Taking in account the fact that neither he nor Juli were in the best of shapes (though he was a good clip worse off than Juli was), the conclusion here is simple. Juli intended to finish him off, as fast as possible. The next blow or two would be decisive. ...And so, Hakuya too decides all he can do is also prepare. He had to survive a little longer. If only to wear Juli down a bit more, so the Burning Spirit behind him wouldn't be overwhelmed.
Shifting his stance, Hakuya solidifies himself. Feet plant, hands held up. His traditional fighting stance. Eyes lock on Juli. It was like a gun fighter's duel in those Western movies.
But would Hakuya be able to overcome the bullet that was Juli?
COMBATSYS: Hakuya focuses on his next action.
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No one likes getting clobbered in the face or the cheek; not that Juni is really on top of her looks or anything like that but when she saw the fire in the man's eyes, she actually felt something she hadn't in some time: Dread. Which was odd, why the dr- Oh yes, the power of Hayato's fist hitting her that'd certainly do it!
And so after a brief little entanglment she finds herself in an even more compromising position. Juni rubs her face and glances down to the burning teacher, blank eyes blinking a couple of times, and then her cheeks burn. The redness of said cheeks soon spreads out over the 'soulless' dolls face, and this is one of those times where emotions become quite the hinderance, Juni shrieking out, "KYAAAAA!!"
And what shortly follows, her knee shoots upward in an attempt to catch the large man right under the chin, should that connect, the doll proceeds to handspring to her feet, and finally proceeds to lay a series of senseless stompings and kickings upon his would-be carcass! Unfortunatly she doesn't have access to a dimensional hammer, so this will have to suffice.
Drawing in a breath, Juli sweeps her arm out to the side, then sharply down to her side as the energy gathered ends in a burst. She's left standing a little refreshed and ready to go, narrowing her eyes and carefully watching Hakuya's actions. His stance, the way he carries himself-- it lends itself to a style she's not familiar with. Still, she studies the nuances-- the rate of his breathing, the angle of his arms, the position of his footing and the bend of his knees.
Her weight drops, legs spreading further than shoulder-width apart. Juli -moves-, darting forward in a powerful blur of speed. Hands snake out to grip him by the collar of his hoodie while she vaults herself directly over his head. The idea is to use the garment as an anchor while she twists in the air, legs spreading in an attempt to scissor both around one of the Guardian King's arms, using the whole of her weight to drag Hakuya to the ground and -wrench- the limb in a vicious arm-bar.
COMBATSYS: Juni successfully hits Hayato with Medium Kick.
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The fall leaves Hayato in a pretty unbalanced position, and then the scream startles him. What, did someone get past him and attack someone at the school?! No, wait, that was way too close- and then a knee slams into his chin, knocking him up and back as he tries to get back to his feet. Unfortunately he doesn't get his balance before Juni manages to close back in and start repeatedly kicking him. However, while the kicks hurt they aren't enough to keep Hayato from steadily rising to a standing position.
He draws his arm back, taking a deep breath, and then lashes out with a horizontal slash of his shinai toward the side of Juni's head. The bamboo becomes a blur as the teacher puts his full force into the swing, apparently trying to take the Doll's head right off of her neck.
COMBATSYS: Juli successfully hits Hakuya with Strong Throw.
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Hakuya and Juli stare each other down. It's a moment of pure stillness between the two, while the fight nearby between Juni and Hayato is anything but. Despite the comical antics going on nearby, the mood between the hoodie-wearing Gedo boy and the leotard-wearing Shadaloo Doll is anything but comical. If a tumbleweed were to blow past, and a musical score by Ennio Morricone were to start up, they'd be set. But there's nothing like that, because this wasn't a movie. Instead, there's only stillness.
That is until Juli blurs.
Though Hakuya had been watching Juli closely, observing a standing person, and then watching them transition to speeds that make them difficult to see, is something else entirely. Still, there's a valiant effort to defend himself. An arm snaps up and swipes at Juli's own grasping arm, but she gets too firm of a grip settled in before he can knock it loose. From there, she leaps over him, twisting, and while he makes a stumbling step backwards to try and keep his balance, the momentum and leverage are against him, and the Guardian King tumbles backwards, landing hard, with Juli more or less wrapped around his other arm.
Then the wrenching comes... and there's an audible, not very wholesome-sounding popping noise followed by an alarmed cry as Hakuya's arm is dislocated at the shoulder from the wrenching. Flopping around from the startling pain, it's all Hakuya can do to fall back on those old ingrained senses Granpa Suigetsu thought apt to teach the boy: fight through it. With a grit of his teeth, Hakuya makes a loud cry as he reaches over with his non-locked arm to grab ahold of Juli, and then rolls towards her, onto his shoulder. Twisting the grappled arm, he'll grab her with that hand as well, and then seek to lift her up into that air, dislocated shoulder and all (and oh does it hurt!). From there...
COMBATSYS: Hakuya can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Juni blocks Hayato's Power Strike.
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COMBATSYS: Hakuya successfully hits Juli with Midnight Sun.
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After a moment Juni starts to calm down. A moment after that, the doll goes back to her 'normal' self, quite pleased with the amount of kicks she had placed, even if in the end Hayato ended up standing again to bring down the hammer of God upon her once more. Luckily, however, much like most of this battle, Juni had been ready. The only issue, though, is now that she has a better idea of just how powerful this man is, she concedes she'll need help- She can't keep her defenses forever and this man simply refuses to go down and stay down. The Burning Spirit, how troublesome!
The weapon comes at her like a blurr, but her arm snaps up, letting the weapon not only smash into her vanderbrace, but her own motion is so fast, one would miss the subtle lift of her arm that changed the horizontal blow into a diagonal one. Hax? Possibly. Regardless she does end up cringing, because it still ended up numbing her guard-arm briefly. "Hmn." She uses her opposite hand to strike instead, reaching for the large man, moving to pinch the man at a nerve just above his shoulder, which'd force him to bend down further to her level. If that is accomplished, the quick assassin flips herself up into the air, using him as a vault and then lands on his head to once more try and smash his gruff face into the floor!
From there, the pain begins. But not just for Hakuya.
Hauling Juli up with both arms, dislocated and not, Hakuya surges upwards, lifting the Doll into the air... then crouches back down, with her on top. This, so he can sweep his foot out, twisting around in a rough 360, to 'draw' a circle with the heel of his sneaker. Blue light streaks after the foot, establishing a zone around the two. And that's when Hakuya starts throwing. First, Juli is simply spiked into the ground, slammed hard into the asphalt of the ground hard enough that she literally rebounds off it. Caught once more, the process of slam-rebound-throw is repeated twice more, though after the third catch, the direction is suddenly reversed. Throwing up into the air, instead, Juli sees herself catching a good deal of air for a brief moment...
Before Hakuya swipes his (good) hand through the air, outside of the circle. Blue light comes crashing down onto Juli, slamming her into the ground harder than any of the previous throws, as if all the build up kinetic force from the previous three throws had been stored up and now used to shoot the Doll into the ground like a cannon.
For a moment, Hakuya stands tall, looking grim as he delivers his family's ultimate technique. ...But then he wavers, and simply falls over, blacking out from the pain of using his dislocated arm so much.
She grabs him, she twists, she wrenches that arm so violently that she draws it right out of the socket without any hint of hesitation or restraint. Juli starts to slacken up her grip on the student, and perhaps that is where she fails-- with Hakuya grabbing her with that arm, using all of his strength, and she begins a painful process of being slammed into the ground-- until all of that force peaks out with a powerful, downward force that even her analytical eyes couldn't measure.
Letting out a gasp, eyes as wide as saucers, she falls still for a few moments while her chest heaves and lights dance about in her eyes. Did he... just do that, despite the condition of his shoulder? He didn't break any ribs, did he? Juli grits her teeth and slowly sits up, looking the worse for wear due to all of it.
Standing slowly, the Doll staggers a few steps before rubbing a bit of blood away from her mouth. Turning toward Juni and Hayato, the German takes a moment to straighten her back despite the injuries and assess the situation.
"Do you need assistance, Juni?"
COMBATSYS: Juli calculates her next move.
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COMBATSYS: Hayato blocks Juni's Medium Throw.
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It would make things so much easier for Hayato if Juni would just stand there and trade punches, instead of flipping all around the place. It makes it hard to aim a good hit at her. It also makes it somewhat hard to defend, as demonstrated by the Doll once again managing to grab Hayato by the head and flip him downwards. This time, though, he's ready to slam his hands into the ground and prevent himself from actually making a full impact. Still hurts, but it could be worse.
It could, for example, be worse by Hakuya being defeated, leaving Hayato to deal with two Dolls all by himself. He glances over at Juli when she calls out, quickly noting the fallen Gedo student. Most people would be disheartened right about now. But long odds aren't enough to conquer Hayato's Burning Spirit! He slowly stands up, gripping his shinai tightly and glowering at the two Dolls. "I may just be buying time at this point, but you're not going to hurt anybody in that school!"
COMBATSYS: Hayato's Burning Spirit keeps him going!
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Juni bounces off of Hayato like an oversized springboard, twists in the air and lands cooly, waiting patiently for her opponents next attack. She gets a bit of good news, however, as her partner appears to have completed her part of the mission. Her gaze shifts to her partner for a moment and then back to the Burning Teacher, "Assistance would be appreciated." ... "The loudmouth does make a good point we should be a touch more swift." she then notes.
Her hands spread outward and as her eyes drop to a squint, they suddenly are alit with psycho energy, and with a shift of her feet, her boots follow the same behavior. Ladies and gentlemen, Juni has just gone blazing. "Or we'll be at a disadvantage post-battle. ... Shall we?"
She wasn't going to wait for a response, of course, just trust that she and her partner were on the same page. If Hayato thought Juni was fast, she's even faster now! Just a step forward and then she's past sight of the average mans eye, screeching to a halt behind the gym teacher after striking a heel to his solar plexus that would, hopefully, stun him.
A salute is given, and she continues to cross up with energy-powered kicks with dizzying athleticism, where would one even start to defend!
Gathering all of her psychically-powered mettle, focusing her will, it seems as though Juli has caught her second wind in all of an instant-- and then Juni calls for her assistance. This is the essence of their partnership: Knowing, it seems like, what the other is thinking before either can voice it. It comes from all of their time working side-by-side, be it an effect fueled by the Psycho Drive that Vega knows full well about or an unexpected surprise.
It just makes them all the more lethal.
As she seems to wobble, her pupils and the soles of her boots spark with that same azure energy before she blurs, darting across the campus grounds to start at a position in a perfect mirror to Juni's own, launching by to strike at Hayato from the other side. The cross-up of kicks will continue, darting back and forth, angling upward as though to carry the PE teacher into the air and finish with one last powerful kick.
If it all goes to plan, she'll land in a crouch, sliding across the asphalt with a furious roar of her bootheels upon the ground.
COMBATSYS: Juni and Juli successfully hit Hayato with Final Death Cross Dancing.
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Well, when fighters start moving faster than the eye can travel, we all know what battles are supposed to look like, right? Unfortunately, for all of Hayato's athletic ability, he's more about power than speed. He can /see/ the Dolls rushing at him, but he's not up to keeping up with both of them. He might be able to fend off one, but with two of them one can get in a hit while he's defending against another, breaking down his guard and leaving him wide open. Glowing feet kick into him again and again, knocking him about before eventually launching him into the air and sending him tumbling skywards.
Hayato actually blacks out for a moment, but recovers while he's still in mid-air. And at this point he's a bloody mess, running on solely on his Burning Spirit without pesky wastes of time like thinking to get in the way. He manages to twist about and hit the ground on his feet, not even waiting for the shock to finish travelling up his legs before he springs toward Juli in a crazed lunge in an attempt to drive his fist into the back of her skull before she can get up from her crouch.
Unexpected.
It'd seem Juni made a critical error; somehow, someway, Hayato is still standing, and not only that he is still moving about like a wild bull, likely to smash anything that gets in his way. After screeching to a simultaneous halt though, the strawberry-blonde doesn't let up. Not long after Hayato throw the punch to the back of Juli does Juni show up- Hot or miss, she intends to use that momentum to deliver a throw of her own, moving to wrap her arms best she can about his waist and then lunge backward, intending to drive him once more into the concrete below.
COMBATSYS: Hayato successfully hits Juli with Fierce Strike.
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The amount of power and strength used to conjure an attack of that nature is intense-- high, and it leaves her prone to openings, especially when the intended target up and -gets up- faster than either Doll could possibly account for. Even with Juni coming in to attack him from behind, Hayato's fist comes crashing down on the back of Juli's head. In her careful stance, her balance is utterly annihilated, and the Doll slams face-first into the asphalt with a disgustingly loud SMACK.
Pulling herself up from the ground with a long, wide scrape across the right side of her face that bleeds more than it actually hurts, the German bares her teeth in a rare, welling sign of her annoyance. That same energy wells up in the air one last time, even as her right eye closes up. Twisting in place, she tries to dart to the side, to duck herself underneath her partner's intended attack, curled up into a ball. A suplex, yes, but instead of being driven into the ground, the Taiyo teacher may find himself at the wrong end of the brunette's psychically-charged bootheels. Juli darts vertically into the air with a surge of psychic energy, twisting like a drill and fully intent on finishing the man off.
In either event, she'll tumble a little bit when she hits the ground, splay out to one side, and barely manage to keep her head up.
COMBATSYS: Juli can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Juli successfully hits Hayato with Reverse Shaft Breaker.
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COMBATSYS: Hayato can no longer fight.
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After Juli goes tumbling from the blow to the back of the skull, Hayato spins about to face Juni, the end of his track jacket whipping out behind him. The large fist at the end of one heavy arm comes swinging in toward the Doll's head, flaring up with the flaming chi summoned by Hayato's Burning Spirit... but he falls prey to the fact that Juni is considerably shorter than he is. It ends up being enough of an advantage for her to slip under his arm and then get her arms around his waist to wrench him up off the ground... just in time for Juli's boots to slam into his skull before he can hit the ground.
A groan of pain escapes the battered and bloody teacher, as he attempts to lift himself up again. His body, however, just won't listen to him. He crashes back down, flat on his back. But even with the last of his energy he reaches out, attempting to grab Juni by the ankle. He has no strength left to even try to pull her foot out from under her... he just wants to buy even an extra second for the people in the school to escape.
And so, it would seem that was finally enough. But Hayato couldn't say it wasn't an impressive showing, it was a frightening, actualy, to see how much a gym teacher of all things could be a monster! That would certainly explain why the students look up to him so much.. Or obey him to avoid his wrath, whichever comes first. The hand on her ankle doesn't go unnoticed, obviously and Juni pauses, "... You are extremely annoying, Mister teacher."
Her other foot raises with the intent of smashing it down upon the Burning Teacher once more, but nixes the idea in favor of.. Assisting Juli. In the opposite scenario, the brunette probably would have pushed on, and waited for her partner to catch up later, perhaps, but in this circumstance, Juli owes her a 'Language Exercise', and won't let blacking out or something lame like that be a viable excuse. "Let's get going. I have a really good first word." she says, offering a hand if needed.
COMBATSYS: Juni takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Juni has ended the fight here.
Log created on 21:17:27 04/17/2009 by Hakuya, and last modified on 13:43:49 04/25/2009.