Description: Gedo's outer defenses are assaulted by a team of Southtown's defenders, in order to fully reclaim it from Shadaloo and NESTS. Mass carnage ensues.
Gedo High. It's been a while since Hayato has been by here. Might have had something to do with being a significant part of the defenses over at Taiyo. That's kept him kind of busy. But now that his school has been secured Hayato isn't about to just sit idly by and let villains control one of the other schools in his town. And it seems he's not the only one, as a number of fighters have managed to gather together and plan a full out assault on the school. Let's see how the bad guys like it!
It has fallen on Hayato's team to unleash a frontal assault. Under normal circumstances, a bad idea. But today the forces inside will be rather busy, and thus unable to provide assistance to the front line of defenses. Of course, Hayato would still charge in even if that wasn't the case. Sneaking around isn't really his thing, but if you need someone to be a distraction, look no further!
Akira and Dan can do as they wish, but Hayato is striding purposefully right down the street toward the front of the school. If the defenders there have any sort of honor, they might be able to appreciate that. Hayato's not completely suicidal, though, so he does take note of potential cover as he approaches, in case somebody tries to go with the 'lots and lots of bullets' method of holding off attackers.
Akira Kazama has, officially, seen better days. The Girl Kamen Rider is still in her motorcycle leathers, but weeks (months?) of hard living as a third-world insurgent rebel soldier has taken its toll. Her jacket has tattered holes, and a huge rip extends down one thigh of her pants, exposing skin that would be smooth and pale if it weren't mottled by scratches and bruises. Worst of all, her helmet is cracked. A big split runs down one side of her visor, an irregular hole letting one dark eye be seen when the light allows.
Akira rides alongside Hayato, her motorcycle sputtering and occasionally making a noise like it might suddenly die of Advanced Motorcycle Immunodeficiency Syndrome. The bike, too, is on its last legs, but Akira knows that it might be their only shot at escape, if it comes to that. To tell the truth, though, she's a little sick of running, and being a teenager, she's prepared to be extremely melodramatic about it.
No cameras, no crowds. Just the burning fight that lay ahead. For Dan Hibiki, helping to take back southtown was a reason to fight. He'd spent the past several weeks training in his dojo. Totally training, not just hiding out and biting his nails at the news on television. It was definitely training. Honest. Now, the time for training was over. It was time for him to take back the streets, and take back Gedot. He is vengeance. He is the night. He IS...
Rolling down the street like a wheel, damn, look at him go. It's a pink blur of zoom. Well, at least he's enthusiastic?
Meanwhile, outside of Gedo High is a big. Goddamn. Red. Tank.
"Man, did you catch American Idol last night?" asks a man sitting at the tank's movement controls, eyes absently glued to the monitors before him.
"Uh, no? Why the hell would I watch girly garbage like /that/?" the gunner grouses.
"Because it's a staple of American culture!"
"We're in /Japan/, you moron."
"ARGH Shut UP you two!" a shockingly feminine commander snaps from the seat of her controls. A middle-aged woman with a cigar dangling out of the corner of her mouth and a scar over one eye, the woman just chews angrily on the thing, smoke rolling up from its lit tip. "It's like I'm stuck in a goddamned tincan with two underage girls."
"That wouldn't be a bad place--"
"If you finish that thought I am going to cut your balls off a Swiss Army Knife. GOT IT?"
"Y-yes ma'am."
Meanwhile, the bright crimson tank outside of Gedo's gates idles.
Inside Gedo, chaos has already erupted. A task force sent to recapture the school putting up, by all reports, a massive and impressive battle. It's NESTS personnell, however, and Sagat? Sagat has his orders, and his priorities. Not to mention a fair grasp of tactics, diversions, and the necessity of preventing any reinforcements from getting out or in. Just let them try to declare Gedo High liberated while he still stands guard. Ignoring the massive war machine that accompanies him at the main doors, the only unbarricaded entrance in or out of the school just now, the massive Muay Thai master sitting with his treetrunk legs crossed, his hands at his sides, his good eye closed.
Sagat meditates, sensing the flow of energy around him, building up the power within himself. He focuses anger, he focuses strength, will, the memory of pain and the determination that drives him inexorably forward. It's a feeling as if the one-eyed warrior can actually see what's coming, but it's only a feeling. No one could forsee the odd, haphazard team that rolls up on Gedo now. But Sagat can feel them coming. The mountainous Thai rises wordlessly, opening his single useful eye and staring down the street towards the roar, and the pink blur rapidly rushing up on them. His only communication to his partners in the steel coffin?
"They're coming, you fools. Keep your fire away from me and try not to all die at once."
COMBATSYS: Sagat has started a fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Hayato has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Dan has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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So. They've got a tank. Hayato's got a bamboo sword. Not very fair. But then, Hayato's not going to wait around for them to get reinforcments to even it up! He cracks his neck, a grin growing as he sizes up the opposition. But then Dan goes rolling right past him. "Ha! That's the spirit, pal! C'mon, Kazama, let's show these bastards what for!" Normally Hayato would try to watch his language around teenage girls, but, hey, it's Akira.
Even so, as a teacher Hayato does have some responsibility for her wellbeing. "I'll distract the tank, why don't you two show the cyclops he's not welcome here?" And then, without waiting for confirmation, Hayato charges forward, running full speed toward the big red tank with a grin on his face. Tanks are slow, right? A small moving target shouldn't be easy for it to focus on... right? Oh well, too late for that! The important thing for Hayato is to find out just how much of a dent he can put in that armor with a full-bodied punch with all of his momentum behind it.
Akira doesn't respond to Hayato -- not verbally or in any way that could be construed as 'paying attention.' Except she does exactly what he asks. The girl revs her motorcycle loudly, hoping to signal some kind of ensuing brutality, or at least psyche Sagat out. Akira knows she's out of her league -- so she's got to really try and make it look like she's not. Or, at the very least, look like she's not scared.
But then, Akira isn't scared. Not really. Mostly she's just angry. And anger leads to crazy things sometimes. Like, say, killing someone's dad. Or using a destroyed section of fencing like a ramp to jump your bike directly at a seven-foot-tall Thai monstrosity, attempting to ram him with it directly in his scarred chest, regardless of the consequences to one's own well-being.
Dan either hears Hayato's plan or just doesn't want to fight a tank, as he rolls his way towards Sagat like a monstertruck, crushing row after row of inchworms like so many cars in the dirt arena. As he gets close, his roll stops perfectly with him on one bended knee and his other foot flat against the ground. It's now apparent that he knew he was in for a real fight, as a kendo helmet of purple molds to his head with his ponytail sticking out the back, while similarly over his body is a turtleshell style armor of the same color.
His right fist juts out and he points at Sagat, "...You."
Nothing more is said as he springs into action leaping towards Sagat with a fierce disregard for the giant motorcycle also on a collision course with the God Emperor of Muay Thai. There's a score to settle here. A score that comes out in a series of aerial roundhouse kicks. The pink-pantted man's body moving in complete poetry as he sails through the air for avengement. Kick, Dan, Kick!
COMBATSYS: Sagat dodges Dan's Dankuu Kyaku.
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COMBATSYS: Hayato successfully hits Kraken with Fierce Strike.
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Outside the tank, lots of excitement is happening.
Inside the tank, not so much.
The transmission is more or less somehow received by its commander from Sagat, who simply grits her teeth before she rips the cigar from her lips. "Okay, we have orders. Man up and man your stations, got it? If one of you so much as gets a scratch on this baby I'm going to have your testicles strung up and give them to your girlfriend for her birthday!"
"Ma'am," the controls coordinator manages. "I think that's a form of sexual harassment, and, well, you know, I signed a waiver when I joined Shadaloo, and I don't have to take that fr--"
Shooting the driver a glare, he immediately shuts his trap.
"Uh, we have a problem--!!" the weapons operator barely manages before Hayato drives his punch into the outer husk of the Kraken, the resulting impact leaving a massive dent in the machine. The outer husk shimmers, its surface turning an odd, darker shade of red.
"Already?" the commander wonders aloud, sinking back into her chair.
"Okay, let's get this over with. Fire off the machine gun in pod three."
"Roger."
The husk of the Kraken suddenly shifts, revealing a pod--from which a sleek looking barrel shoots out, aimed right at Hayato. Then, it fires its load, a staccato of gunfire erupting in the street.
Sometimes, reckless abandon pays off. Unhesitatingly rushing into the fray, throwing caution to the wind, rolling like an insane neon pink beachball on a skislope... sometimes? Sometimes there's a motorcycle crashing full bore in at that same exact spot. Sagat hears Akira revv her engine, he hears it all too clearly. It's his eye that's damaged, not his ears, even with the music that Mike Bison blasts in the Shadaloo base until Vega inevitably comes out and mindwipes him yet again. He's starting to develop serious brain damage, by the by, but that's a whole different story. Our story is that Akira's revving does not particularly threaten Sagat - it just warns him, and Dan's heroic assault does not phase him - he just gives the pink and purple predator the ground he clearly, so desperately wants.
With alacrity that belies his size, the mountainous kickboxer simply extends one massive leg backwards, and leaps. It's a powerful, sudden thing, leaving Dan's whipping roundhouse lost in translation, whooshing through empty space that's about to be occupied by the high-flying, nearly dying motorcycle the wartorn Kazama rides into the fray. Sagat? Sagat steps back towards the well guarded doors of Gedo high, watching the potential trainwreck with his arms crossed over his chest, silent laughter shaking the whole of his torso with hearty abandon.
COMBATSYS: Sagat focuses on his next action.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken successfully hits Hayato with Rapid Fire.
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After punching the tank Hayato flexes his fist a few times, looking at the dent in the armor. Hmm. This might take a while. Then there's a sound of moving machinery and an unfriendly looking gun barrel turns to point toward him. So what does Hayato do? He leaps right toward it, of course. He's not able to close in quite fast enough, though and a few bullets tear through his flesh sending a spray of blood from his shoulder and the side of his torso, but in the end he does manage to get right up next to the pod.
The gym teacher then proceeds to grab the thing with both hands, planting his feet firmly against the exterior of the tank and then he begins pulling and twisting in an attempt to wrench the gun right of the pod. And he'll then proceed to reach in after it and pull out any wires or gears or whatever the heck is inside these things that he can get his hands on.
Sagat gets out of the way, and through the crack in her visor, one might be able to see Akira's visible eye widening in shock. "--!" the silent crusader gasps, leaping off of her bike and trying to wrench it off-course as she does. She tumbles as she hits the ground, rolling roughly until she slams into a wall.
Not a wall.
Akira Kazama looks up from her position, sprawled on her back, to see she rolled into nothing less than the legs of Sagat. She silently hopes she's ready.
COMBATSYS: Akira focuses on her next action.
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COMBATSYS: Akira successfully hits Dan with Huge Thrown Object.
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Kick, Dan, Ki--Dan! Watch out!
As he fails to watch out, Dan is treated to a wonderful surprise backbreakfast of cold steel and hellfire. That's right, he gets clobbered in the middle of his back by a motorcyle. That's not the way to win back Gedo, Dan.
He lays crumpled in a heap for a second, before pushing the motorcycle off his thankfully armored body and glaring around.
"Hm," he mutters a bit dazedly, before locking his eyes on Sagat from his position. What was it his father always said that he never paid attention to until after it was too late to remember it, something about calming your mind and thinking it out or that the brain is the most powerful weapon... aah, what was it. In any case it looks like Dan too has fallen deep into meditation.
COMBATSYS: Dan focuses on his next action.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken just-defends Hayato's Strong Throw!
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The tank fires, leaving poor Hayato a mess of bloodshed and bullets--not that the occupants within are at all aware. Instead, the young man at the controls of the tank's weapons notes they more or less suppressed the offending tank-puncher and turns in his seat.
"Hey, we got him!"
"Maybe he's dead?" the driver wonders.
"Unlikely!" the captain grouses, tapping the ashes of her cigar off onto the floor of the tank. "Far from likely. These people are freaks here in this city. You've seen what they have done to other models! But my lovely Kraken, she won't go so easily!"
Though he's momentarily stopped, it doesn't keep Hayato down! He moves, attempting to grab the barrel of the tank's gun. Immediately noticing this, the young man at the weapons pushes a button, releasing a small, harmless spray of steam to momentarily disorient the fighter while its gun retreats back into the pod, the red husk hissing shut over it. Afterwards, he offers a light 'phew' and wipes his brow.
"Don't relax yet, you idiot!" the captain cries. "Fire again! Shoot that bastard! I want him dead for trying to touch my beautiful tank!"
"Y-yes ma'am!"
And that's when the Kraken suddenly unleashed a massive burst of electrical energy--all up in Hayato's grill.
Sagat enjoys his hearty chortle as Dan is run down by the broken helmeted girl, watching the collision with a grim sort of satisfaction. Kids.
"You swarm like locusts." the rightful Emperor of Muay Thai declares, looking down at Akira as she skids up at his feet, "But numbers will not help you. This battle was never about you." The one-eyed man smiles, darkly, with the enigmatic declaration, as he draws a mighty arm back to his side, flexing the thick limb mightily as he drops to one knee, "You should not have /come/!"
With the declaration, both of Sagat's tightly wrapped fists heave forward, a crescent of flaring, cleaving fire bursting forth with the motion, the waning moon threatening to burn over, rip through Akira, and launch her back from whence she came, with a bellow that expends all of the air in Sagat's lungs with one meaty, resonating, "TIIIGERRRR!!!"
COMBATSYS: Hayato interrupts Killing Field from Kraken with Devastation Kick.
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%Now, Hayato's not privy to the conversations going on inside the tank. All he knows is that he got a spray of steam in the face and then the gun he was planning to yank off suddenly retreated behind a sheet of metal. Really, it's all this metal getting in the way that's a problem. Hayato's going to have to do something about that. But because he doesn't hear what's going, he doesn't know what's coming next. Doesn't bother him, though.
As the giant electrical cannon is taking aim on him, Hayato... jumps straight up, tucking up both of his legs tightly beneath him. And then as he starts to fall he thrusts his arms up and his legs down, smashing two blazing feet right into the armor of the tank. This could actually be problematic if he manages to penetrate the armor, but he didn't think that far ahead. And it's a little hard to make further plans right now, what with being electrocuted and all.
COMBATSYS: Sagat successfully hits Akira with Low Tiger Shot.
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Akira starts to try and scramble to her feet. The Tiger Shot helps, as she does successfully get to her feet -- but not after skidding across the road. Longways. On her butt, and then, after some tumbling, on her head, until she hits a pile of rubble and is again halted. Her helmet now has road rash; the seat of her leather pants is nearly worn through. Somehow, Akira does not get the message to give up, though.
Dashing back forward, she moves with surprising grace for someone who, by all rights, should probably have been crippled just now. She sprints, hopping over obstacles and parkouring crumpled walls, gaining momentum and speed as she tries to zero in on Sagat -- not that he's a hard target to find. When she's near enough, Akira puts her momentum to use: spinning, and swinging a long, limber leg out to try and catch Sagat with a succession of brutal tai chi kicks.
Dan rubs his thumb under his nose, after pushing himself to his feet. The time for thinking is over, now it is time for action! From the opposite side, Dan sprints toward sagat, his palms flat and rapidly alternating the cheeks they're near as he really commits himself to this run. Almost like he's late for lunch or something! As he gets close enough... the hand farther back balls into an almost fist, a c-shape that glows Cyan as he runs even closer.
"GADOUKEN!" the pink and purple punisher of pernicious persons shouts at the top of his lungs as that cyan glowing fist comes up and opens, letting a little cyan egg of energy out to putt-putt towards Sagat at an AMAZING pace. Not amazing for it's speed but lack thereof. Look, amazing is amazing. Shut up.
"Ha ha ha I think we got him!" the guy on weapons laughs.
"..." The captain, however, remains less certain.
The driver, on the other hand, is secretly watching something on his iPhone.
Outside, the Kraken's electric discharge fills the air around the Kraken--but Hayato basically ignores this danger and slams his feet into the external source of the energy. The cannon crumples a bit and its static dies almost instantly, causing its husk to ripple fiercely.
"D-damn it, we're hit hard," the gunner informs his crewmates.
"Nonsense--we're FINE. Quit being a baby and HIT HIM!"
The heavy and MASSIVE main cannon of the Kraken whirs around rather sharply and suddenly, its exceedingly long and shiny barrel attempting to smack the hell out of Hayato by crashing into his side with considerable force.
COMBATSYS: Sagat blocks Dan's Gadouken.
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COMBATSYS: Sagat interrupts Dancing Cyclone Kick from Akira with Tiger Uppercut EX.
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Ah, Dan. We all know the time for thinking never really begain. Sagat steps forward once, twice, to the top of the steps leading up to the main entrance. He barely looks to the Kraken squaring off against Hayato. As he's shown before in this little operation, the Shadaloo Elite is an old-fashioned man. His fight is right in front of him, in the form of the pair of remaining fighters who charge fearlessly back into the fray. Both corded arms come up, flexing before him as his good eye narrows, and a deep breath fills him. His timing is nearly perfect, Dan whips the little sparkly piff of energy that would shame even pre-X-Men Jubilee, and a powerful backhand all but crushes through it, the stinging eruption blasting outwards across the back of his hand.
"You care so much for a meaningless crusade, very well..." Akira launches in, the first of the flurry of kicks knocking him back, sending him reeling, dragging forth an angry, "TIGER.... -" and then he's down, near the ground, applying a technique born of inspiration from the attack that nearly crippled him, that cost him his crown, his honor, his very life. There's an anger that wells within him to even wield it, a rage of unpleasant nostalgia revisited in the scarce instants it takes him to throw himself back into Akira's attack, his fervor drowning out the pain, his wrapped right fist devouring the attack, even as it crushes up along Akira's chest, directly into her skull, "UPPERCAHT!!!"
... it's enough force to send the massive kickboxer up, up, and away, launching skyward with a much larger measure of grace than Akira is left with.
COMBATSYS: Hayato blocks Kraken's Heavy Metal.
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It's kind of hard to hide something the size of a cannon barrel, so Hayato is able to notice when it comes swinging around toward him. It covers a rather wide area, though, so Hayato's defensive options are limited. In the end, he waits until the last moment and then just jumps. The cannon smacks into his chest, but he's already off his feet and doesn't get thrown down. Instead he clings to the side of the cannon, being carried along as it continues the swing.
After a brief moment to catch his breath, Hayato scrambles up on top of the barrel, clinging to it with his legs. He then leans forward, spreading his arms wide to wrap them around the barrel and dig his fingers into the metal for the best possible hold. He then takes a deep breath and tries to sharply lean back, face turning red and veins standing out on his head as he tries to actually /bend/ the cannon. Not an easy task, but it doesn't actually take much distortion to make something like that useless for its primary purpose.
POOM.
The uppercut strikes Akira dead in the chest, sending her flying and flailing into the sky; the only reasons her lungs weren't instantly collapsed was the padding of her motorcycle gear, even in its current threadbare state. Akira's upward travel, in defiance of the laws set down by Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo and other men of science, finally peaks, and what went up must now come down.
And come down she does -- Akira lands, spine-first, on a broken wall, bending the wrong way before toppling off and landing, again, on her head. Her helmet breaks further. Akira herself, one presumes, must be broken entirely. Until she twitches.
The teen girl refuses to take off her mask, and the cracks in her visor ooze blood when she suddenly coughs up a fair amount of it, lining the inside of her mask. She hobbles toward Sagat again, limping and possibly crippled, before putting her weight back into a signature stance -- and swooping low, putting all her strength into a blow to the side of the Muay Thai master's ankle, her palm thrusting downward as her body spins. He's got an awful lot of weight to carry; it'd be a shame if that burden became more difficult.
Fireball fizzled? Kicks Kaput? Saikyo-Ryuu House of Fixins has the solution to any problem. Being this close to Sagat, able to see the face of 'that man' so nearly is enough to make Dan decide to try and put the hurt on him. (Like he wasn't before?)
So when Sagat rises up into the air and hammers Akira, Dan follows suit. Corkscrewing his body down tight to the ground, and gathering up all the anger and hatred he happens to hold for this particular jerk with the eyepatch in front of him.
He rips upward after Sagat screaming only one word.
"Oyajiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" ...Is he crying?
COMBATSYS: Kraken interrupts German Suplex from Hayato with Suppression Fire.
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"Sir!" the gunner cries, looking with muted horror at his readouts that make sense only to him.
"What is it," the feminine captain grouses.
"T-the guy, he's like..."
"Sticking to it like a goddamned booger," the driver idly remarks, not looking up from his iPhone.
Biting idly at her lip, the captain just considers her options for the moment. They NEED that cannon, damn it--losing it would be a costly loss on their part. The silence lingers heavily for those fateful seconds...before she sharply gestures.
"Arm the suppressors!"
"Roger!"
As Hayato begins trying to BEND the poor cannon barrel like a pretzel or something, a few pods suddenly open up on the front of the machine. Revealing a set of light caliber machine guns, they all open fire at the Phys-Ed teacher to blast at him and force him the hell off their cannon barrel.
COMBATSYS: Akira successfully hits Sagat with Reflex Stance.
- Power hit! -
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COMBATSYS: Sagat interrupts Kouryuu Rekka from Dan with Tiger Crush.
! VENGEANCE !
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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Sagat's ankles are meaty, powerful tools also essential for movement. So it's quite damnable when not only does the biker girl from Gedo get back up off the wall that should have served as her tombstone, but she decides to harm... his legs! Sagat drops low, trying to get his arms in-line with the thrusting palm, even as his good eye snaps around, his eyes going to the charging Mr. Hibiki.
.... is he crying?
Akira's strike slams in hard, the Thai titan's leg buckles, and he crashes hard to his knee on the unforgiving concrete, a slow series of cracks erupting outwards from the impact of that ironclad appendage, the bruising impact forcing Sagat to grit his teeth, though he doesn't even look back at Akira. The sobbing slaughter is still spiralling his way, soon adding a literal twist to the emotional rollercoaster as the uppercut heaves in. To see it in slow motion, Dan cleaves his mighty fist up the kickboxer's granitelike chest, his fist clipping off Sagat's jaw, but in the same motion... the Shadaloo Elite is shoving to his feet, and then off them, and before being launched airborne by the fierce notShoryuken, Sagat takes offense to the attempt, "TIGERRRRR..." he's launching in at Dan, his knee rising, crashing full bore into Hibiki's solar plexus, and launching Dan backwards in an explosion of pink and purple, perhaps blasting moulded plastic hither and yon as he hurtles forward like a Thai-tipped torpedo, "CRUUUUSH!!!"
After the first burning pain in his back, Hayato quickly rolls off the side of the cannon barrel, but not before a few more sprays of blood fly up from his back. Good thing he's got a lot of thick muscles there. But even then he has the presence of mind to throw out his arms and cling to tank's armor as he slides down it. Falling to the ground could be bad when this close to the treads. Still, all of this seems to be getting him nowhere fast. There's so damn many guns, it'll take /forever/ to disable them all. And the armor is so thick. But wait... isn't the entrance to a tank usually a hatch on the top?
The Burning Phys Ed Teacher quickly scrambles back up to the tank, climbing to the very top of it and looking for anything that at all resembles a hatch. Once he finds a target, whether or not it's actually the entrance hatch, he rears back, tightens his right hand into a fist, and slams it down with all of his might. Flaming chi surrounds his fist as it descends, flaring to a brilliant white at the center. Sure, there's reinforced armor in his way, but Hayato doesn't intend to stop until he's sunk all the way up to his shoulder into the tank. Torn skin and possible broken bones are considered an acceptable trade.
Akira struck Sagat's ankle -- and now, as the Muay Thai marauder promptly kills Dan Hibiki, the young thug is left to consider 'uh, now what?'
Certainly, her plan didn't go this far, but Akira is strangely okay with that, having mostly decided that death is possibly imminent either way; if she can stay alive to maybe put out his other eye, she might... no, no, bad plan, she decides. She knows what happened to the /last/ guy who knocked something loose from Sagat's skull. Everyone knows.
So Akira thinks. Sagat: distracted. Dan: possibly dead. Hayato: will kill her again in Hell if she doesn't at least go out fighting. Tank: tank. Akira grips the sides of her helmet, trying to figure out what to do -- and then she realizes the answer is right between her hands.
If this were a cartoon, the skull on her helmet might wink, eightball eyeball and all.
Akira hangs back again, brewing between her palms what looks like a monstrous hadouken of energy -- but purple and crackling with dark lightning, as if black magic or some other form of sorcery banned from most competition. Pure chi manifests itself in her hands -- dark and menacing to match her couture of choice. And in its center blossoms something, a shape swirling into form.
Akira then begins...
SHOOTING SKULLS.
Dan refuses to let up his assault. This burning anger in his heart. It inspires him! Makes him feel like he can take on the entire world army of Sagats and Sagat like subsidaries. Once again, he gets back to his feet after being plowed through by the Thai fighter.
He slaps himself in the temples a couple times, and shakes his head quickly, before dashing forward and throwing out a single punch.
"HISSHOU!"
After that single punch, regardless of if Sagat's inside of it or not, about eighteen more follow in rapid punchcession. A flurry of blows that would make any man shake his head and say, 'Whoa, that is too many punches guy. Calm it down a little.' Each one punctuate by Dan's shouting.
"BURRAI"
"RAI!"
"RAI!"
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIII KEN!"
This. Is. Living.
COMBATSYS: Kraken blocks Hayato's Burning Cross Counter.
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"Oh my god what is going on!?" cries the Kraken's gunner as, for some reason that is entirely freakish to him, Hayato manages to still be able to stand. He fumbles at the controls, forcing each of its guns back into their pods before the husk closes and shields them. But, somehow, Hayato is STILL GOING.
And he's trying to scramble onto the tank.
"What the hell is the guy doing?" wonders the driver.
"Tch!" Biting at her knuckle, the captain just glares at her display. "He's--"
"He's gonna try to breach!"
Immediately the driver scrambles from his seat, rushing toward the hatch before he grips tightly. Twisting it, he screws the thing shut harder than before while, at the controls, the gunner seems to manipulate the tank's exterior husk. It shimmers, glowing an intensely bright shade of red while Hayato punchparties (with fire!) the tank's shell. It dents. It bends. It actually loses a layer of thick steel, followed by another. But somehow, SOMEHOW, it manages to not lose its hatch.
"Hurry!" the captain cries. "Get him OFF!"
Around the hatch a set of vents open...and go about attempting to release an intensely HOT gout of steam RIGHT IN HAYATO'S FACE.
COMBATSYS: Sagat auto-guards Akira's Destructive Barrage!
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COMBATSYS: Sagat blocks Dan's Hisshou Burai Ken.
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What can stop the mighty Sagat? What can put a stop to the Shadaloo Elite and his eccentric tank friend and their loitering outside Gedo High? When in doubt, there is only one way to go: tons of skulls, and tons of punches. They swarm indeed. Energy inspired by Masters of the UNIVERSE erupts in at the malevolent mountain of meaty Muay Thai maulings, meeting fists, feet, and explosions of invisible, superheated energy that erupt around Sagat's form, swallowing up and dissipating each with an almost too-practiced ease. He intercepts each as if this were some sort of bonus stage experiment, glowy symbols of evil and pain erupting outwards in flashes of dark energy, the rightful Emperor of Muay Thai all but tearing through them with the series of proactive strikes, positioning himself... right in Dan's barrage.
The first pop from the purply pink pugilist pummels hard... into the Shadaloo Elite's forearm. His single eye narrows, his brow furrows, and he crosses his arms, shoving back against the onslaught as Dan just keeps hitting again, and again, and again, and again, and more against than Sagat counts in the split second of blurring, relentlessly jabbing fisticuffs. As it subsides, Sagat shakes out one arm, glancing to Akira, then frowning at Dan. Frowning big.
"Pathetic." The Muay Thai emperor intones, giving it a 2.3 and snapping his other, mighty arm out for the front of the 'armored' Hibiki's gi, looking to haul him up bodily, and use both thick arms to impose him on a rising knee again, and again.... well, you get the idea. Then, he would huck Dan clear, perhaps into the hard brick wall of the school, with a mighty roar.
COMBATSYS: Hayato counters Disaster Area from Kraken with Counter Thrust.
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"Nnnrgh..." Hayato is forced to momentarily cease his pounding on the hatch. It's dented in quite a bit, but his hand is dripping with blood and he actually can't even feel it. He's not even sure if he's actually capable of uncurling his fist right now. But he doesn't have long to think about it, because right away he has need of it again. When little hatches start popping up all around him Hayato knows it can't be good, so it's time to start playing Whack-a-mole.
Both fists are a flurry of motion accompanied by the sound of crunching metal as Hayato pounds the vents back down into the tank. There are wisps of steam escaping them, but they spray off up into the air rather than Hayato's face. But even though he avoided getting injured by the defensive measure, a fair bit of Hayato's blood still ends up getting splashed about. The bandages surrounded his right hand are soaked through with blood and it's dripping anywhere. He might well have some broken bones, but it's hard to tell with the wraps and the fact that he can't even open his hand to check. But it still feels solid enough to bash things, so he goes right back to hammering at the hatch, although this time he works in a bit more of his left hand.
Her skulls -- vanquished!
Akira Kazama watches, wide-eyed, as the man-mountain Sagat simply smacks her attacks away. She stares in shock -- what the hell can she do now?!
It's a brief process of deliberation before Akira makes her next move. Sagat is going after Dan almost exclusively; probably not wise to tempt him, but she can't just stand back and let the Master of Saikyo-Ryu get torn apart. So using her tai chi agility, she attempts to momentary get between them.
And put her palm right into Sagat's solar plexus.
COMBATSYS: Sagat knocks away Dan with Tiger Rage!
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Well. That wasn't what Dan planned at all, to get stopped so suddenly and also get wracked across a bicycle rack from the MIGHTY THROW of Sagat. He sits up, and rubs the small of his back for a moment before assessing the situation. This isn't a prize fight. He's got to think and he's got to think now. So does he? Of course not. He gets back up, and glares at Sagat.
Then he gets into his stance shakily and puts his hand up, palm upward. His fingers curl towards his body as he smiles at the thai, "...C'mon you bastard! That the best you got? How the hell'd you get to be god emperor of nothingtown anyways. I'd say you hit like a little girl but it'd be a lie. You hit like... like a mollusk. Like a sea anenome. Like a plankton. You must've got lucky long ago cause you ain't jack. You're barely even j!"
Utter...nonsense.
COMBATSYS: Dan focuses on his next action.
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Just when it would seem that the Kraken and its crew have the upper hand on Hayato..!
He begins punching the vents and otherwise destroying the armor of the tank. The result is a sudden and jarring BURST of the machine, the Kraken rocking on its treads as all that built-up pressure and steam is forced back into the tank.
Inside, the crew begins to panic a bit.
"What'll we do!?" cries the gunner. "We're losing power against this guy! We're no match!"
"Let's just unload everything we got," the driver suggests with a shrug.
"No!" the captain cries, slamming her fist against the armrest. "We're going to be bold. We're going to take this man out with everything we have!"
"Right now we have the big gun," the gunner informs.
"Yes! That weapon! Use it!"
The tank's sides suddenly open up. From EITHER SIDE the unit presents two large rifles, crackling with energy. Building up, the two guns point right at Hayato, slowly gathering its energy before--
BOOM. They fire.
Unfortunately, the tank overloads. Inside, everything goes black.
"Wh...what?!"
"We lost power..."
"Thank god I have my iPhone. Who wants to watch American Idol while we wait for help?"
A soft, distinct 'snkit' of steel leaving its sheath can be heard in the dark.
COMBATSYS: Kraken successfully hits Kraken with B.F.G. 9000.
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COMBATSYS: Kraken has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Sagat interrupts Strong Punch from Akira with Tiger Genocide+.
-* LEGENDARY HIT! *-
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What can Akira do now? Not much more than what she does. The brave Kazama charges, all out, forcing what strength she has left into a palmstrike that would crush the ribs of some lesser men. Sagat, however, is not a lesser man. He is, in fact, one of the world's foremost powerhouses. He steps into the strike, meeting it moments before it was meant to impact, as the force and chi focused into it all but dissipate with the premature meeting with Sagat's mighty, meaty abs. His entire chest tenses, and for a moment, Akira might feel as if she'd just slammed full into a titanium bunker. The rightful Emperor of Muay Thai glares down at Akira, even as Dan calls out his taunts, the accusations, "Fools." His rumbling voice intones, and an elbow is the next thing Akira sees, crashing full bore, squarely into her face.
What follows is a flurry of knees, snapping kicks, flying knees, crushing elbows, knees to the ribcage, kicks to the shin, kicks to the face, roundhouses to the temples, and side-kicks to the ribs that drives the barely-helmeted Gedo enforcer back, back, back some more. Sagat wets his fists, colors the wrappings around hands and feet with Akira's blood, does his best to break bones, shatter helmets, take all the fight out of the younger Kazama... and leave Dan with no doubts that he just pissed off the mightiest of Shadaloo's Lieutenants.
His scowl is still firm on his face as he kicks Akira away, stepping to turn halfway to face Dan, still the only opponent who counts in his world, with Hayato not having interjected itself into Sagat's battle, "Come, peasant. Come and be knelt."
COMBATSYS: Hayato dodges Kraken's B.F.G. 9000.
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Hayato has been pretty busy with the tank, but now he's given some reason to change his target. When two massive guns are pointed at him Hayato finally has little choice but to leap. And just in the nick of time, too. The explosion just behind him propels him forward, sending the teacher flying toward Sagat at high speed. Both of his fists are pretty damaged, so leading with a punch doesn't seem like a great idea... but he can still twist his body in an attempt to slam into Sagat shoulder-first with all of his explosion propelled force.
It's a testament to Akira's toughness that she is not red vapor sticking to Sagat's body right now.
His beating does everything /but/ accomplish that, though. Her hand outright breaks when it hits Sagat's abs, and in that moment of pain, he introduces her to a whole new world of it. Everything that he hits shatters; it's sheer luck that he doesn't punch her directly in any vital organs. Still, the final blow explodes her helmet and breaks her jaw; she has long since been knocked out when this happens.
And Akira Kazama falls to the ground like a ragdoll, useless -- out of the fight.
COMBATSYS: Akira takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Akira can no longer fight.
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Everything Dan does is stuffed. And he's certainly feeling it. Rivulets of blood flow from heavily bruised flesh as Sagat goads him.
"Heh. Pissant. Look at you. You used to be a fighter. You used to have a soul. Your spirit has darkened and your ideology is to take over what, schools? It doesn't matter if you win here or not, you're hollow, Sagat. When you killed my father you were on your way there, now you're just a used-up shell. You're not even the man I came to fight. Useless. That's all you are now. Not even worth my time."
Dan points his finger at Sagat and booms out, "You say tiger a lot, but you're NOTHING BUT A PUSSY!"
COMBATSYS: Dan successfully hits Sagat with Chouhatsu Densetsu.
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COMBATSYS: Sagat dodges Hayato's Crushing Strike.
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Hayato hurtles in, launched by the near-miss of the massive weapon platform's most massivest weapon. The teacher torpedo carries impressive force indeed, but the Emperor of Muay Thai is quick on his feet, long legs heaving as he lurches to the side, shoving his hefty weight into an abrupt, smooth leap. He touches down hard, legs bending before he recovers his stance, massive fists lifting before him as Hibiki... taunts him.
The Shadaloo Elite's good eye narrows, flashes dangerously, as he turns to face the pink-and-purple pugilist with evident ire in every tensing muscle, "Hibiki." He recognizes, and recollects, "Are you actually suggesting that ending your father for his stupidity
was a righteous act? That your useless war fighting over a meaningless building while the real battle erupts elsewhere is somehow full of spirit and insight?" He's angry, but it's far easier to redirect it on Dan than consider what the Saikyo warrior implies, "Much that I had has been robbed from me - but at least I tasted it, weak son of a weak warrior with a weak style... a farce, and a poor one, is all you will EVER amount to!!" Veins bulge on his neck, muscles tense, and the Tiger of Muay Thai all but /roars/ his disdain.
COMBATSYS: Sagat gathers his will.
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With Sagat no longer in his path, there's nothing to stop Hayato from continuing to fly along his trajectory until he finally hits the ground and then continues on for a short distance, rolling painfully. He grunts in pain as his right arm impacts with the street, but he's still got enough presence of mind to protect himself as he rolls and finally comes to a stop. After a moment the teacher manages to shove himself to his feet, ignoring the blood dripping down his body. He glances in the direction of the tank, but it doesn't appear to be moving. And that means he can focus his attentions on the other massive obstacle.
The jolt of pain that shoots up Hayato's arm as he moves his hand is what determines his next course of action. He comes dashing up toward Sagat from behind, aiming to drive a kick into the back of one of the man's knees. The purpose of this is to hopefully cause him to drop down, making it easier to follow up with a sweeping high kick to the side of the skull. Still possible if Sagat remains standing, but somewhat trickier to accomplish.
Dan begins weaving back and forth on his heels as Sagat tries to turn his taunts back on him, "Robbed from you? You gave it away. And if you think this building is meaningless you're dumber than you look, which is pretty damned dumb from where I stand,"
He leaps up into the air, still talking as he sails towards Sagat with a jump-kick, "It's not about titles or wins, it's about your spirit. You're a broken errand-boy! Look at the gym-teacher, up against unrealistic odds but still fighting for what's right. What he believes in. Do you have beliefs anymore?"
COMBATSYS: Sagat blocks Dan's Light Kick.
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COMBATSYS: Sagat blocks Hayato's Strong Kick.
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As focused as he is on Dan's accusations, it's easy to forget about the fact that the Burning Phys-Ed teacher is still in this fight, whether he went rocketing past Sagat or not. Easy to forget, but the Tiger is quick to remember. Hayato rushes forward at his vulnerable back, dropping into a crouch with a sudden twist, his seemingly granite-reinforced thigh braced and imposing itself on the kick levelled at his legs, which crashes home moments premature, with much of its force dissipating into the rightful Emperor of Muay Thai's solid musculature. A wrapped fist snaps upwards as the second kick whips in, taking this one early as well, a solid blow that reverberates against his forearm.
Sagat's only initial response to the continued, relatively accurate diatribe levelled on him by Dan Hibiki is a grunt, his other fist lashing out and around, colliding with Dan's shin and twisting the momentum of his jumpkick away from the Shadaloo Elite, leaving him landing dangerously close to the massive mountain of Muay Thai muscle, "You know -NOTHING-." the Tiger bellows, his retorts broken in the face of his own doubts meddling against Vega's influence, and what he once was, could have been. What he blames Dan's one-time training partner for causing. It's easily covered over with raw violence however, an unrestrained heave of one broad shoulder carrying all his weight as he rises, slaming an elbow-led uppercut for Dan's jaw, with bone crushing force, "I WILL BREAK YOUR ENTIRE LINE!!"
Hayato puts both his feet back on the ground, feeling the tingling in his leg after connecting with Sagat's rock solid limbs. But everything except one hand is still functional, so there's no stopping this fight yet. "I think you're underestimating him, Sagat. And a lot of other people. If your spirit is strong enough, in the long run nothing is impossible. And that's why those schools are important, because of what they stand for and the spirits of the students who go to them. And you people are not going to take that away!"
With Dan continuing to hold Sagat's attention, Hayato has no compunctions against once again attacking the Muay Thai master from behind. He reaches out and tries to wrap both arms around his massive opponent's torso, grabbing his right wrist with his left hand to secure his grip. He then pulls and leans backward, attempting to lift Sagat up and over him and then slam him down head first into the ground.
COMBATSYS: Dan fails to interrupt Fierce Punch from Sagat with Hisshou Burai Ken.
- Power fail! -
*KNOCKED AWAY*
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COMBATSYS: Dan has reached second wind!
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The man in pink and purple brings his fist forward as Sagat's elbow comes in on his jaw. It's a race against time. Time Dan doesn't have. As his fist sails just past Sagat's arm and he begins to utter the cry of hisshou, That elbow comes into his jawline and knocks him off of his feet sending him backwards at a terrible speed and sprawling against the school's bicycle rack.
For a moment it looks as though he's not going to be getting back up, his sparring helmet having been knocked clean and his jaw looking terribly battered. His chest not rising and falling....
Then he sits straight up and looks at Sagat, rubbing blood from his chin and grinning through pinkened teeth, "...Hit a nerve, did I?"
COMBATSYS: Sagat endures Hayato's German Suplex.
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And Hayato joins into the mix! Not that he'd admit it, but Sagat is well aware of the spirit in Southtown's defenders, particularly this high school. The fervor with which they defend their territory, which continues to make his job all the more difficult. No, he doesn't like it - but he does it. Why? That is a more complex question than the Muay Thai warrior cares to answer, just now. Hayato grapples in, and the mountainous meatman is lofted high, slammed back to the ground with an impact that cracks the concrete stairs, sends Sagat tumbling down them... in a fashion that's all too controlled.
He relishes the pain, embraces the momentum, goes rolling free as he cracks the ground and comes up on his feet, blood streaming from his broken features as he roars and rushes in at Hibiki once more.... one thing Dan can certainly say he accomplished, is to draw ample Sagat aggro. He has no retort this time, he needs none: he answers with his knee, launching it upwards in a blur at the last moment of his charge, slamming upwards in an attempt to fully dislodge Dan's ribcage by way of a brutal blow to the center of his chest.
Even with everything that's been thrown at him, Sagat still doesn't seem to be slowing down. But both Dan and Hayato have more to dish out. Hayato stands back up after releasing Sagat and starts to turn, only to have the larger man suddenly rocket past him and back towards Dan. The man in pink is certainly putting on an impressive show, being able to stand up through all of this... but then, that's what a burning spirit does for you. But Dan has been taking a serious beating, so maybe Hayato can manage to distract Sagat for a bit.
The teacher once more runs up behind Sagat and tries to hook his right arm under Sagat's and then reach up and press a fist down on his shoulder. This, though, is just to try and slow Sagat down a bit and keep Hayato in close for his real attack. That being to curl his left hand into a fist and repeatedly hammer Sagat in the kidney, with no intention of stopping until either he's forced to or Sagat starts to crumble.
COMBATSYS: Sagat successfully hits Dan with Medium Kick.
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Dan's eyes go wide as he feels Sagat's knee dig into his ribs, the sound of bone snapping ripping through the air as he coughs in surprise and anguish. In a way, he knew he couldn't win this match but his eyes look to Hayato, before he sails backwards in an arc. Almost magically he manages to land on the balls of his bare feet wheezing as his vision blurs. Steeling himself for what could be he final assault, he begins running in on Sagat like a madman. Do what you can, Gymteacher. It's up to your burning spirit.
"Kouryuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"REKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Dan can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Sagat endures Hayato's Crushing Strike.
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COMBATSYS: Dan successfully hits Sagat with Kouryuu Rekka.
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Sagat rages, Sagat lashes out with that rage, but the fact is... the seed of doubt is planted. There is little righteous or noble about fighting a teacher, a student, and Dan Hibiki for control over a school. A school that's already been occupied, and is presently being liberated from within to begin with. Sagat's strength may be focused: but this is not a crusade that holds his heart. He doesn't even fight against Hayato's assault, grappled and hammered, his abdomen tensing fiercely to prevent the crippling blow from penetrating, his jaw clenching, teeth gritting as he absorbs still more pain, relishes it, uses it to fuel the fury within him to ever-higher levels. Perhaps he isn't the man he used to be, but these upstarts will be...
WHAM! WHAM!!!! Dan's furious fists of ferocious fanaticism crash in on Sagat as he launches the ULTIMATE SAIKYO UPPERCAHT and actually dislodges the mountainous Thaiman's feet from the ground. It's a moment of clarity, of more pain than he can immediately shake off, and when Sagat crashes down, it is to one knee, one hand, painting heavily for breath, "Very well." The Tiger of Muay Thai concedes, sounding in the passage of an instant calm once more. Resigned, "Your school is yours once more. We are done here." He's hurt - battered badly - but still just -barely- refusing to rise and fight on. The proud kickboxer does manage to push back to his feet after a passing moment, and several deep breaths, however... walking bloodied out towards the streets of Southtown, and an undisclosed rendevous with his employers.
COMBATSYS: Sagat takes no action.
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Hayato was planning to cling to Sagat until he fell, but when Dan comes in for the awesome uppetcut Hayato quickly releases his grasp and ducks to the side, allowing Sagat to be blown right up and off his feet. The teacher quickly springs to his feet and turns to face his opponent, but... it seems that the fight is over. Hayato relaxes his guard, slightly, taking a few deep breaths as he watches Sagat warily. But it seems that the man is true to his word, getting up and just walking away.
Now, Hayato /could/ go chasing Sagat down, but even in the Muay Thai warrior's weakened state that would probably not be an easy task. Besides, there are injured people here to check on, and then perhaps other fights going on within the school that could use Hayato's help. So Sagat escapes... this time.
COMBATSYS: Hayato has ended the fight here.
Log created on 20:27:43 05/25/2009 by Sagat, and last modified on 17:15:27 06/01/2009.