Description: Word on the street was, the Soldier 'Ullr' and the Psyker Zach had some choice information. So it seemed apt that the Guardian Kings went to shake things up a bit. Finding them through a convenient if mysterious GPS program uploaded to their phones, the battlefield turned out to be a lake of lava, with eternal lightning bolts thundering on the ground, and the only thing that lets people get past it is a few cars, too stubborn to properly melt. Yet, anyway.
The heat is quite intense. The atmosphere is bright and daylight. For the most part, the rough world offers no support for the harshland.
There was a specific goal that the mysterious soldier ULLR had, that was checking out the Nenzhao Metalworking Facility within the Huangyan region. Of course, the convenient 'Matchfinder' app popped to the cellphone. They have a small problem. That form is of the lightning melted the street and nearby the buildings in a large radius. Unfortunately, that means that the lava that has formed from the melted ground is created by the electric pillars cocking the streets with the foul smelling magma.
Moving towards the top of one of the vehicles, Jiro is looking ahead towards that factory. Zach is likely not too far behind.
To this, Ullr says, "...God damnit."
Zach had been patiently following Ullr without asking any questions, of which he had a great many. He eyes the terrain with a faint frown. "This could get ugly pretty quickly," the psyker says quietly.
He glances at the helmeted fighter with a bit of concern before asking Ullr the first question he's asked the entire tournament. "Everyone thought you were dead, huh? What was that like?" Okay, so maybe that is two questions.
Their last match had been more or less a wash, though it didn't seem to matter any. Meeting a very nice lady named Vanessa, the Guardian Kings and her decided not to fight because her team mate was no where to be found. They had played pocket Boggle for a bit, talked about the oddness of Jinchuu and the Pervert Kidnapper Ninja and whether he was really alive or dead, and then all three of them parted on good terms. Then the two Guardian Kings had simply crashed for a week. Then new postings had been listed in the Sanctum. And then...! 'Ullr' and Zach couldn't friggin' be found. Woe. It had taken Tenma and Hakuya like, all week to find the two, but then conveniently their Hip Kid Cellphones had downloaded an app to help them, in the form of a little GPS. 'You Are Here' it pointed out. 'Your Opponents Are There'. And from there, the rest was cake.
And now Hakuya and Tenma had found the Metalworks, and found it to be basically a sea of magma. Already incensed about the week-long search they'd had, the two had decided to show up in style. Chiefly, by riding cars down a flowing stream of magma like a surf board and showing up right in the way of Ullr and Zach! "Hey!" Hakuya shouts, waving his arms. "We've been trying to find you!" The kid actually seems happy, despite the long wait.
The best part about this horrible, war-torn abomination of a location is that the /street/ has /melted/.
Seriously, that is actually the best part.
Since the whole ridiculous dune buggy / riced out ATV chase involving robots, Tenma Kiryuu has become increasingly convinced that this was a horrible, horrible idea and that he and Hakuya Suigetsu never should've come; of course, he would never admit fault in anything, so the only person who knows what he thinks about this fracas is himself, and it's going to stay that way.
Also, he never played any Boggle, although he might've boggled... At Vanessa's boobs! Ha ha ha.
Again, no, seriously.
Tenma is on the back of a half-melted utility vehicle, something of the Jeep persuasion, and he leaps off the back of it as it crashes into a larger car and comes to what might be generally considered 'a halt'. Alighting on the back of the second vehicle, the King of Blood straightens up to his full height, the heat convection tossing his hair artfully as he points his bokken - already alight with the misty crimson aura of blood and chi that is his signature - right at Ullr and Zach.
While Hakuya ruins all the drama of their entrance; Tenma leaves a bit of a sigh, before turning a glare at the other two once again.
"Hey, ASSHOLES! Word is you two might have some useful info about this shithole, so... How about you just fess up and tell us everything you know, so we can skip the part where you cry and beg? 'cause honestly, that part gets annoying fast." Tenma Kiryuu, everybody. He's an expert at diplomacy!
"...Yeah." Ullr comments towards Zach while he looks over the rising lava filling the ground. This is really going to hinder the trip to the Metalworking Facility quite a bit. Given the lava's presence, everything is quite hot. Thankfully, the armor that was designed is resistant to the heat, but it can handle so much.
"Well, we will have to figure out a way to get in there. There is something inside of the Metalwork Facility." He grunts under his breath.
However, when he mentions about his 'death'.
"..Jiro -is- dead." Ullr notes pointedly. Pointedly in the sense that the discussion will not continue. Of course, an arrival is making their way over. It catches his attention as the young man is excitedly waving their way. Inwardly, Jiro actually smiles. For some reason, Jiro can already tell that the kid is one of their opponents. However, he doesn't mind it.
...And then the other one talks shit.
A sigh draws from him.
While the bokken is pointed towards him and the man demands answers, the soldier, whose face is obscured by the helmet, merely frowns inwardly. His hand, however, manifests a set of black flames.
"Mmm... Fuck you."
%tAs he lifts his arm up, the black flames are shaping itself like a flying blade right towards Tenma.
COMBATSYS: Jiro has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Tenma has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Zach frowns in that 'we'll talk about this later' way. Right now, there are Guardian Kings to deal with. Tenma is already doing a light show. Zach slips that metal glove off as he eyes the teens. "I don't know anything useful about this place. Just want a piece of the guy who hurt my boss," Zach says.
"What about you, Helmet?" Zach says to Ullr as he stirs up his own psychic energy, cloaking himself in pale violet light. It's not like the two have had formal introductions, and Zach figures he shouldn't call Jiro Jiro while things are going on.
COMBATSYS: Zach has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Zach gathers his will.
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COMBATSYS: Hakuya has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Jiro 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Tenma
Hakuya doesn't really know what's going on. /Apparently/ this Ullr Helmet guy knows something. Or the guy with him does. Or they both do. And Tenma wanted that information, so they were going to try and get it from them. The gentler Guardian King probably would've, you know, actually tried asking nicely. But that would be less fun. So while he does greet the two more properly, Tenma gets right to the point, which has always been Tenma's strong point. Hakuya likely would've talked a bit about the crazy weather. Seriously, /eternal lightning/. That was as crazy as it was cool.
And then black flames are rushing Tenma. That's a good signal to start throwing hands.
"Oh, I guess we DO need to fight. I mean, it is a tournament, right?" Hakuya asks. And then he's leaping from a car to another car floating by, then one more, and then leaping up towards where Jiro is at. Since that guy attacked Tenma with little provocation, clearly he /does/ know something. So Hakuya does what anyone with this line of thinking would do. He attempts to grab Jiro and throw him into the lake of lava!
Leaping up onto where Ullr and Zach are, Hakuya's foot comes down in an aerial kick. But it isn't nearly as hard as one would expect it to be - that's because, defended or not, the grappler's actual attack comes as he lands, smoothly dropping into a crouch, and then attempts to sweep Jiro's legs out from under him, sending him towards the edge of the lava lake.
COMBATSYS: Tenma fails to slow Balefire from Jiro with Dharmapala.
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Tenma
It's true, Tenma is very good at cutting through the bullshit and getting down to business, usually by offending people. It's sort of his forte.
"No thanks," Tenma Kiryuu replies to Ullr, quickly swinging his bokken back and then sweeping it in a wide arc; a red afterimage follows the blessed wooden blade, and from that afterimage a crescent of blood and chi is born. Apparently, though, Tenma's aim is off, and rather than intercepting the black chi flames hurled by Ullr, the crescent glances off and careens in a random direction.
Having about half a second to develop a comically unimpressed expression, Tenma then - naturally - gets hit by Ullr's attack, with a loud exclamation of: "Fuck!"
The force of the fiery blow knocks the Kiryuu demon hunter backwards, though he turns it into a one-handed cartwheel onto the boot of the car he was on, rather than an uncontrolled fall into /magma/.
"What the hell was that shit?!" Tenma demands, angrily, though he sounds less upset about getting hit or whatever than about... Something... Else? "Is he related to that stupid Pacific Monkey?! Is that why he's wearing that stupid mask?!"
COMBATSYS: Jiro dodges Hakuya's Waning Dawn.
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Zach 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Hakuya
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Tenma
That felt so much better. After all, there were some people that needed to be shutted up. What better way to shut the loud mouth up was making him eat chi? While that was going on, Jiro had noticed that the other young man had started off towards him. So when Hakuya is about to leap over towards their area, he awaits for Hakuya's arrival tocome forth. After all, the young man actually brings a knee down, having his body follow to fall underneath the aerial kick.
And when he lands, Jiro immediately steps up and deftly takes his feet off of the ground to have the sweeping leg strike nothing but air. Of course, Jiro then takes a step forward, aiming to bring the left forward. It is thrusted out, the clenched fist tightening as he seeks to make a nice left cross against Hakuya's cheek.
Zach edges past Jiro, leaping towards Tenma with a burst of psychic energy to launch himself forward with a slight frown on his face. He lands in a low crouch before getting up in Tenma's face. "Sorry about this," Zach says quickly as he drives a fist into Tenma's midsection while grabbing Tenma's arm just above the elbow. Psychic 'fire' lights along the limb as the punch drives home.
Of course, Zach's not done there. Using the grip on Tenma's arm, Zach twists and shoves his hip into the swordsman to use as a fulcrum before slamming Kiryuu into the car roof!
COMBATSYS: Jiro successfully hits Hakuya with Medium Punch.
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Zach 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Hakuya
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Tenma
Hakuya looks a little surprised as his leg sweep misses. All the more surprised as, when the teenager starts to stand up again, he is met with a stiff punch to the jaw, turning his head to the side with a sharp exhalation of air. Staggering back a step or two, the demon exorcist seems a little surprised, rubbing his cheek. And then, he laughs a little bit. "Wow! You kinda hurt." Clearly wearing helmets makes you /awesome/. And, well, they are fighting on a bed of lava. That was pretty awesome all by itself. Where Tenma didn't think this was a good idea, so far, Hakuya has seen /nothing/ but awesome things.
So. Continuing with the awesome, then, the Suigetsu heir steps up towards Jiro, seeming to not really mind the first punch so much after a moment's recovery. Hands lash out, the kineticist seeking to drive palm strikes into 'Ullr'. Two palms striking at either of Jiro's sides, then two more at his chest, followed through by a shoulder rush, meaning to knock the man off balance.
COMBATSYS: Tenma interrupts Charged Combo from Zach with Initial Breaker.
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Zach 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Hakuya
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Jiro 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Tenma
While Tenma may have temporarily confused the masked Ullr for his long-absent Pacific High rival, Zach is somebody that the Guardian King does, in fact, recognise. He remembers the psion's unusual and dangerous abilities, and as Zach hurls himself forward with psionic power, Kiryuu's mouth pulls into a broad, challening grin. Okay, fine by him.
"What're you apologising for?" Tenma wonders, already moving as Zach attempts to strike him.
Tenma's right arm pulls back, and he quickly assumes a stance; bokken pointing forward, held one-handed and steadied by his left hand by the point, right at the incoming Zach. The punch grazes over Tenma's gut as he turns, and the other man's hand grabs his leading arm...
And then Tenma explodes into motion, driving his bokken out in a stab, bloody chi and blessed hardwood joined together in a perfect combination as Tenma abruptly puts an end to Zach's attempt to throw him by thrusting his weapon into Zach and breaking the grab the hard way.
"We're here to fight," Tenma elaborates. "Save your apologies for after you lose!"
COMBATSYS: Jiro interrupts Howling Harvest from Hakuya with Heaven's Diminisher.
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Zach 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Hakuya
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Jiro 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Tenma
There is something about fighting that is so damn exciting. It feels good to be doing field missions again. However, this field mission is apparently a necessity. They want information. That is all fine and dandy. However, Ullr will make the kids earn that information. That is if they can beat him and Zach. Though, he admittedly wanted to deal with Tenma since it involved beating the crap out of him.
When Hakuya takes the blow towards the face, Ullr chuckles, "Thanks. You're pretty good so far." He furrows his eyebrow underneath the helmet. He doesn't stop. When he attempts to strike the two palms, the armored soldier is rushing straight into the blow of the palms. A sting is felt by the impact, but it isn't too bad as both of his hands are launching upward to swing across Hakuya's face as he springs off of the ground. With both hands rising up, he immediately slams both of his hands down towards the head with an overhead hammerfist smash at the man.
As the hands are coming down, the black flames burst forth to help the impact.
Zach grunts as he takes the bokken to the chest. He uses the force of the impact to launch himself to another car. He lands again in a low crouch, keeping his eyes on Kiryuu while grinning a bit. "Now, you think this is crazier than the last Jinchuu?" Zach asks as he pulls himself upright, forcing psycho power into his hands. "Because this whole thing has been nuts."
Speaking of nuts, Zach thrusts both cupped hands forward, and slightly together to launch a massive stream of violet energy at Tenma. Zach's fairly certain that Tenma will get clear. Or somehow brace up to /not/ get chucked into the lave by the five foot wide beam of energy.
Well, that wasn't what was intended at /all/. Palms impact Ullr, but that armor clearly isn't for show. Jiro just blazes past Hakuya's attacks, and suddenly, hey! The ground! Hakuya is pretty familiar with the ground, being someone who primarily seeks to throw people down into it. But he isn't often introduced to it himself. And then, on top of that, Jiro /slams/ fists into the back of his head, along with black flames. Loud grunts of pain can be heard, but the youth isn't to be deterred by this! He shifts - and then the ground beneath him, cracked as it already was, is further disturbed by the rough pounding Jiro has given him, and then further more by Hakuya's rolling. It crumbles, falling away--
And then Hakuya's hand just barely catches the edge of the platform, dangling over the lava. "Uh." He says, clearly a bit surprised. "I don't think that's very stable, sir!" Hakuya calls up to Ullr. "Maybe somewhere else?" Feet kip up, and then plant against the platform he's hanging from, and he kicks off it - to land on top of a fairly sizeable Humvee in the middle of the lava lake. Because that's clearly better. He gestures over to Jiro, asking him to follow him over. Cordial, ain't he?
COMBATSYS: Hakuya gains composure.
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Jiro 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Tenma
COMBATSYS: Tenma dodges Zach's Burst Stream EX.
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Zach 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Hakuya
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For a second, Tenma looks thoughtful, as though he were considering Zach's question. "Dunno," he says, finally. Which is really helpful of him, don't you think?
Moments later, that massive beam of energy tears through the space where Tenma Kiryuu was standing on the hood of a car, the sheer force of Zach's Psycho Power crumpling the roof and hood, warping the frame so that the windshield - miraculously still in place - shatters violently. And when the beam vanishes, the Gedo swordsman is nowhere to be seen.
Did... Did he just die?
"Up here!!" Tenma calls helpfully, and he is, indeed, in the air; having focused chi in his legs, he was able to spring off of the hood of the car in time to leap right up /over/ the beam, catching enough airtime to outlast it, but now he's on his way down and, quite coincidentally, his arc is bringing him towards Zach. Funny how that works. As he gets close enough to Zach, Tenma whirls around, slashing first with his chi-emanating bokken and then aiming a thrust kick right at the center of Zach's mass, pretty much intending to kick him right off of the vehicle. "Hua-!!"
If there is one thing that Jiro is good at, it is dishing out power. He is a bruiser by trade. After knocking the young man to the ground, Jiro is noticing that the lava -is- starting to wear and tear against the vehicle that they are currently on. His opponent is right, considering that they are at a location that isn't particularly stable.
"...Yeah. You're right." He considers, then he springs himself off of the one vehicle, springing over to the top of the sizeable humveee. "Thanks. Now, let's get back to the match." He shifts his stance over, now dashing towards Hakuya. He needs to press onto the moves. That is why Jiro is lunging forward, aiming to thrust his body against Hakuya. The way that he shoots out is akin to a spear shooting forth. He is aiming to slam him down against the back of the humvee.
COMBATSYS: Tenma successfully hits Zach with Fierce Strike.
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The bokken gives Tenma some good feedback, all the way up to the shoulder as the weapon slams down on the shoulder of the smaller man. The kick launches the psychic off of the car he is on, and into the windshield of another, collasping it into a bowl shape that holds him for a moment.
Zach pulls himself out and tries to shake the cobwebs loose, while his rampant energy seems to twist and wrap itself around him. "I think this one's crazier. First the bomb bikes, now this..." Zach whips an arm around, as if trying to hurl a baseball at Kiryuu. Well, it /resembles/ a baseball. At least superficially. It's really more psycho power.
COMBATSYS: Hakuya blocks Jiro's Power Throw.
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Jiro 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Tenma
Cars melt in lava, too. It might take them a bit longer than asphault and rocks, but they melt. So, changing cars was a good idea! And fortunately they got a good one. Hummers were huge. Jiro lands on the car in front of him, and Hakuya offers a smile, cheerful in all things. "Right?" He says, confirming the sentiment. And then fightings begin again. Only this time, while Jiro might be a bruiser, Hakuya was quite familiar with throws. Rather than actually 'blocking' per se, the grappler just lets himself get hit, rolling with the attack. It doesn't hurt so much due to the fall being more controlled than the armored fighter may've wanted, but stinging it does. Hummer roofs suck.
Still, Hakuya is aimed to take advantage of the momentum built up, driving a raised foot into Jiro's gut, and attempting to push him straight up into the air, away from Hakuya himself. Should this be succeessful, the Guardian King second will flip up to his feet and attempt to drive his particularly nice sneakers into Jiro's falling form, spiking him harder into the Humvee's rooftop than a mere fall would've done.
COMBATSYS: Tenma blocks Zach's Warning Shot.
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Jiro 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Tenma
The fact that Zach gets back up after that impresses Tenma, at least a little bit. The Japanese youth tilts his head slightly to one side, regarding the other fighter on the hood of another car, casually shouldering his bokken in the process; as messy as it is for anyone /else/ it touches, the blood chi around the wooden blade doesn't even seem to touch Kiryuu at all... Which seems sensible, since it's his own chi.
"Yeah, those stupid rolling bombs were a pain in the ass," the Gedo swordsman agrees, nodding his head a bit. But he's ready and waiting for Zach's next attack, and as that smallish Psycho Power ball is hurled at him, Tenma steps in, getting his bokken in the way; the sphere bursts as it strikes the chi-emanating weapon, residual energy spilling over onto the Guardian King himself, but it's much less than a direct hit.
Still stings, though.
A heartbeat later, Tenma leaps off of the car he's on, bull rushing right onto Zach's, heedless of the damage just dealt to him; he lunges bokken-first, blood chi focusing at the weapon's tip as he goes. As he gets his feet on the hood, he tries to catch Zach with the point of his practice blade, where the chi will 'stick' to the other young man.
Then, Tenma twists around and swings the weapon in a wide arc - ideally taking Zach with it - before releasing the other fighter to go flying.
COMBATSYS: Jiro blocks Hakuya's Blind Crescent.
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Jiro 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Tenma
Jiro had tried to tackle down Hakuya. It did not work how he intended, admittedly. While Jiro had tried to tackle the man down, he did find himself in the position as to where he was able to be kicked off by the raised foot. However, he quickly reaches over for one of the bars of the humvee to help steer his fall before he releases it.
This is going to keep the man from trying to spike him into the humveee's rooftop. However, the impact from the initial throw to the rooftop has him stinging. "...Fuck!" He growls underneath the armor. Stepping up towards his feet, he immediately turns to face Hakuya and he immediately winds his body back. Instead, he immediately springs off of the ground, aiming to swing the right leg against Hakuya's face.
COMBATSYS: Zach dodges Tenma's Asura.
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Zach's eyes narrow as Tenma comes leaping in. His response is straight forward; Zach ducks and lets the bokken sail over the top of his ballcap. He casts a swift, flickering glance upward even as he flexes his right hand open. Energy collects with the swift ease of long hours of practice.
"Tag!" Zach yells as he thrusts the spinning globe of soul power directly into Tenma's gut. It may or may not send the Gedo High student flying. There's a fair amount of energy collected there.
COMBATSYS: Hakuya interrupts Strong Kick from Jiro with Silent Crescent.
- Power hit! -
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Catching the rim was awesome. Hakuya even seems pleased it happened. After all, he isn't /really/ trying to kill Ullr. Because, you know, he has some information they need. And besides, this way it's more epic. So, even though his kick doesn't connect, Hakuya is still on his feet to intercept the counter-kick as it comes. He's totally ready for it, too. The foot impacts against the Guardian King's side, and Hakuya just wraps an arm around it. Then, he'll be yanking Jiro forwards, towards the grappler, and twisting him into a throw. But that isn't all: Hakuya turns, and before Jiro can really be thrown into the roof of the Humvee, he gets kneed right back up into the air, caught, then brought right back over, and suplexed into the metal roof of the truck.
COMBATSYS: Tenma endures Zach's Impulse Flare.
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"Hn," Tenma mutters as his weapon sails uselessly over Zach's head; he glances down at the other young man in mid-motion, but there's no time to quickly recover, to turn the psion's strike against him. As always, however, the Guardian King feels the need to do something... Audacious. So as Zach unloads that blast of pure Psycho Power into the Guardian King's gut, Tenma Kiryuu...
Stands there and takes it.
There's a brilliant flare of energy, a tremendous light as Tenma's back arches with the psionic force slamming into him, and he skids back along the hood a few terrible inches, a horrible metallic scraping audible as it happens; he's focused his chi in his legs and feet again, though, all but gluing himself to the hood, preventing a deadly flight through the air. His shirt is tatters, the skin underneath lightly seared.
But he's still standing there, right there, over Zach. Tag, huh?
"You're it," Tenma says, swinging a knee up towards Zach's face in what is less a demonstration of style and flair than it is brutal, immediate violence; a moment later, his bokken - by now pulled back and quite under his own control - is swung down at Zach's shoulder, and then, assuming all goes as planned, he simply moves to pick Zach up by a handful of his shirt, jacket, whatever... And then smash him right back down into the shattered windshield.
That was something unexpected. Ullr had aimed to knock the grappler against the face with an incoming foot. Hakuya, however, proves that he is no slouch. THe grapler wraps an arm around the leg and he yanks Ullr forward. THe young man is about to be flung until he is actually flying into the incoming knee.
As the knee strikes against his chest, "Hrk!" He grunts as the feeling of the knee caves in against te ribs slightly. The impact not only damages the body to cause the bones to cave in, but his body is launched into the air. Caught in the air, the eyes widen before the helmetted soldier is slammed against the humvee. A large dent is made as glass shatters rfom the impact.
"Heh... Nice..." He rolls over along his back. Cursing to himself, he is rolling back up to his feet before he straightens himself up. "Heh... alright. Time to step things up a bit." Ullr lunges forward, bringing his fist towards the ground. As the fist grinds against the humvee, the black flames ignite. Then, he rises close, launching the uppercut to strike Hakuya in the chin.
COMBATSYS: Tenma successfully hits Zach with Charged Combo.
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Zach crumples under the assault, slamming through the windshield. He stays down for a moment, trying to blink the lights clear. Quickly, he gets his legs under him, almost standing on the driver's seat. A violent flare of psychokinetic energy blasted through his legs sees Zach hurtling through the air. He eyes his landing pad with grim focus; he underestimated how much he'd need to make that flatbed.
(This had better work,) he thinks as he thrusts his hands behind him. Another quick burst launches him in an almost double-jump-like manner, depositing him face first on the back of the flatbed. He struggles to his feet, wobbling as he wipes the sweat off of his forehead. He labors to catch his breath. That was way too close.
COMBATSYS: Zach gains composure.
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Jiro 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Tenma
COMBATSYS: Hakuya blocks Jiro's Burning Hell.
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Taking a moment to breathe, Hakuya steps back a pace or two to let Jiro back up after spiking him into the roof of the Humvee. The teenager doesn't seem to be in too great a shape, himself, really. He's definitely winded, and he takes just a moment to try and catch some of that breath. "Heh, well, I have to go all out, right? You're pretty strong, mister," he says, smiling again. Though whatever amount of time he needed to properly catch his breath, Hakuya isn't getting it, because Ullr is on the assault. Fist slams, and the Guardian King shifts his feet as the Humvee rocks. "Whoa!" And then after that - an uppercut. In truth, the kineticist wanted none of that. Black flames looked scary. So, he crosses his arms in an X shape, tenses - and the fist impacts on his forearms. Hurts, but not nearly as bad as it could've!
Taking the initiative from there, the grappler attempts to step closer to Jiro, an arm lashing out to try and grab about the young man's waist, then give him a quick hip toss, back down onto the roof of the Humvee.
You know what? Stuff like that never actually gets less satisfying.
Tenma allows himself a confident smirk as he finishes slamming Zach into the windshield again - as if he ever fails to allow himself anything - before his dark blue eyes widen at the psion's sudden demonstration of Crazy Ass Psycho Power. The leaping escape leaves the Kiryuu demon hunter with little choice but to watch in dumbfounded amazement as Zach faceplants on the flatbed of a truck before getting back up and... Not attacking?
"Heh, man, for all that flash and show... What? You're just gonna run away and hope I give you the chance to lick your wounds?" Tenma shakes his head in rueful amusement, briefly looking over to where Jiro and Hakuya are battling. If there's anyone Tenma has full confidence in, it's Hakuya Suigetsu; the other 'demon hunter' can handle himself against anybody, freaky masked guys included. As such, Tenma's attention quickly settles back on Zach. "Okay, break's over."
The car Tenma's standing on nearly flips over as he leaps off of it, the front end sticking in the elecrified, superheated magma that used to be the highway while the tail end is stuck in the air; a heartbeat later, Tenma lands on the flatbed, racing across it towards Zach. His running motion turns into kind of a baseball slide, but rather than actually try to hit Zach with his feet or anything, at the last moment Tenma slams his foot onto the bed of the truck and redirects his momentum UP, turning the motion into a rising slash with his chi-emanating, blessed wooden sword. "GRAAAAAAH-!!"
COMBATSYS: Jiro fails to counter Quick Throw from Hakuya with Strong-Arm.
- Unbelievable Failure! -
>> Decisive Hit!! <<
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This fight is getting good! Ullr had aimed to deal with the kineticist when he crosses his arms to block against the flaming uppercut. He hisses forth, drawing a glare over towards the young man beneath the helmet. That competitive edge is starting to take over. However, it is time to up the ante.
As Hakuya is tatking the initiative to step over towards Jiro, the arm aims to lash out against the waist. Ullr had planned to stop that by shifting the weight over and pulling the man -his- way so that he can give the young teenager a powerful punch towards the ground.
Unfortunately, Hakuya is quicker. The eyes widen as he loses his balance, thus, losing his stance. Ullr is tossed off of his feet and back onto the rooftop of the humvee with a loud thud..
COMBATSYS: Tenma successfully hits Zach with Power Strike.
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Zach's shirt shreds as Tenma's chi strike tears into his torso. The fist-sized scar in the center of his chest sprays blood as Glen staggers back. Zach looks at Kiryuu, his eyes getting blurry as he stumbles to the edge of the flatbed. His breathing is ragged, but he still seems unwilling to stay down.
"Play to your strengths, right?" Zach rasps. "No good at close fighting, so..." Zach twists at the waist, bringing his hands around in a wide arc before aiming roughly in Tenma's direction. It's getting hard to tell, hard to make out anything really aside from the pain and the heat from all the lava. The first 'beam' attack, as impressive as it may have been, has nothing on this one as the bottom of the strike cuts through the flatbed the pair is standing on only to carve a temporary trench through the lava for a good five seconds before fading out.
Half a second later, Zach wobbles to one side and collapses. Now he stays down.
COMBATSYS: Zach can no longer fight.
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The fight WAS a good one. Ullr, for his armor and helmet, was strong. It wasn't like this was easy, at all, for Hakuya. He was having to play defensively, relying on his natural defensiveness in order to get past Jiro's offensive power, striking here and there where he sees an opening. And all while balanced in top of a melting Humvee in the middle of a lake of lava and lightning bolts that don't just strike and go away /everywhere/.
But apparently, Hakuya is a bit better at grappling in this instance. Perhaps it's a subtle shift in the Humvee balance, maybe it's just luck, but Hakuya gets his tired attack in before Jiro can get that punch in, and the teen is so surprised by the motion he actually shifts his balance the wrong way, flailing his arms wildly while moving towards the other side of the truck. He juuuust barely avoids falling over into the lava, for which he's grateful. "Whew. Uh. Wow." Looking around, he doesn't -immediately- see Jiro, so Hakuya does all he can think to do: he half turns and seeks to drive his foot backwards in a stiff mule kick, about breadbasket height. Whether Jiro's there or not, well, that depends on Jiro! Hakuya doesn't really know where he is!
COMBATSYS: Tenma dodges Zach's Storm Flare.
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At the top of his slash, Tenma flips over, landing on his feet on the back of the flatbed about halfway down, thusly putting some more distance between himself and Zach... Although the psion is staggering around dangerously, which probably isn't good.
"Whoa, hey, don't fall off, man. That would be ba--" And there's another huge-ass blast of Psycho Power, of course. Cutting right through the flatbed, scything it in half and digging a trench through the remains of the highway, though the molten asphalt soon starts flowing back into its earlier position, and it's with a wide-eyed expression that Kiryuu leaps backwards, landing in a low crouch on the hood of an unfortunate Honda Civic, its ridiculous aftermarket spoiler slagging from the heat, along with most of the plastic body kit. Right now, though, Tenma doesn't notice, instead...
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT, YOU ASSHOLE, WERE YOU TRYING TO GET US BOTH KILLED?!" the King of Blood shouts, waving his bokken threateningly and leaving a red trail in the air, before he notices that Zach has collapsed on the remains of the truck, and may be unconscious. "Oh," Tenma says, a bit awkwardly.
Straightening up, he looks over towards where Hakuya and Jiro are still having it out, and sighs.
"Hey, Hakuya!" Tenma calls out, settling back on his heels and shouldering his bokken again, crouched on top of that riced out Civic as if he were at his ease, a lion on the hill. "You need any help with Darth Whatsisface?" He trusts Hakuya to handle himself, but, well... You never know.
COMBATSYS: Tenma focuses on his next action.
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COMBATSYS: Jiro fails to interrupt Heavy Kick from Hakuya with Scarlet Slaughter.
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Jiro 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Hakuya
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The Fury grows. It is such a grand power that isthe inner workings of the chi. Manifested through pure fury, the chi is connected to the young man's feelings. THings have not been going too well for the Soldier. Unfortunately, that soldier had been getting himself in a bad situation. From one maneuver that he had not been able to get a hold of, he had tried to prepare himself for something else.
Hakuya is launching for a foot to strike out at the back. Ullr is lunging forward to reach for Hakuya while the flames ignite like an inferno in the right hand. When he is preparing to send the other arm out towards the younger man...
He is stopped dead when the foot plants right into his gut. Both eyes widen before he starts to stumble back against the rooftop of thehumvee.
..The lava continues to tear.
Shit...
Seems his mostly blind hit connected with- something! There's a pained grunt accompanying it, though, so Hakuya can guess fairly easily he had hit the mark. Turning, the grappler confirms that, indeed, Jiro had been behind him and ready to pitch him into the lava. Or punch him really hard. One of those two. The blind hit getting home surprises him, so he takes a moment to pause, and reach out a hand towards Jiro in placation. "Um, wow, that looked like it hurt. Are you alright?" No, wait. That wasn't what he was supposed to ask. He recalled all the times he'd done that to Marisol. It had gotten him Effing Punched afterwards. Some sort of ego thing, Tenma had tried to explain. Hakuya didn't really get it.
"Uh!" Hakuya calls out over to Tenma as the other Guardian King seems to finish his match. "I think I'm okay, Helmet Guy is pretty strong! He can take it!" And, well, following in the tradition of fighting Marisol and not wanting to get Effing Punched for being a nice guy, Hakuya attacks. Of course, he's starting to notice the Humvee the two of them are on is getting a little, uh, melted. So it's about time they moved on, he thinks. Stepping forward, Hakuya once more attempts to hook Jiro around the waist, and then charges forward, leaping off the Humvee. Should all go well, the Soldier will find himself getting totally pile driven into the back of a nearby pickup.
"Okay," Tenma calls back, and just stays there; the riced out Civic looks like it's going to hold together for the moment, and the Kiryuu heir is disinclined to go jumping around from car to car when he doesn't have to. So, instead, he remains crouched on his heels, ready to spring to action if necessary but, at least for the moment, keeping an essentially relaxed posture. He's just chillin', and watching the continued clash between Hakuya and Ullr with a bored expression that masks his very real interest in what's happening, completely confident that his best friend can win the fight all by himself.
COMBATSYS: Tenma takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Jiro dodges Hakuya's Tidal Crush.
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The pain? Mildly annoying. The fact that he had the intensity up and that feeling went away? Definitely annoying. While not as pumped up as he was, he is making his way to deal with the grappler. He tschs at the question, "I had worse..." He grunts for a moment.
The fist tightens, then brings hand downward. As the soldier is about to get tackled by Hakuya, Ullr actually takes a leap over the charging boy as he tries to pretty much take Jiro down with the tackle. Actually behind Hakuya now, a hand reaches over to the teenager to whip him back from the next pick-up. Partially to keep him from falling into the lava. Other part?
"RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHH!!!"
An inferno bursts from the body, swirling around like a bonfire. The black flames surround the body, swirling around him as the explosion seeks to burn against Hakuya.
COMBATSYS: Hakuya Toughs Out Jiro's Defiance!
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Hakuya has had a lot of reactions to him charging people. People got hit, people spun to the side, people fell backwards to avoid the grip, people just twisted away. Very rarely did people -leap over- him. And even before the grappler gets to the edge of the Humvee, does his step falter, the boy blinking a few times, clearly surprised by the nearly effortless looking dodge. He doesn't quite say 'whoa' but it's on his face. That is, until Jiro grabs the hood of his hoodie and hauls him backwards from getting to take a magma bath. And then, of course, tries to incinerate him with black flames /anyway/.
There's not much defense against being exploded on fire, so the Suigetsu heir just tries his best to deal with it, tensing and letting the pain rush over him like a wave of OW GODDAMN. But before the flames even finish trying to burn him to ash, the Guardian King kicks his feet down, temporarily letting those sneakers touch the top of the Humvee, then pushes back up, using Jiro's grip on his hoodie as a fulcrum to flip right around, and for a moment, look directly into the Helmet's eyesockets.
And then, Jiro will likely get bicycle kicked in the back of the head. Assuming that hits, hopefully knocking Ullr to the roof of the Hummer once more, the teen will then seek to grab his opponent, and once more flip over - with Jiro in tow, so he might be spiked into the heavily dented Hummer roof.
COMBATSYS: Jiro parries Hakuya's Twin Moons!
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This is getting pretty intense.
Even Tenma, cool and disaffected as he is, can't help but show a little demonstrable interest in the fight between the dynamic duo of Ullr and Hakuya Suigetsu, leaning forward a bit and resting his chin on his left fist, while his right hand keeps his chi-emanating bokken slanted against his shoulder. His posture changes, slightly, a bit of tension entering his limbs and shoulders, but compared to 'actually fighting', this is pretty relaxed.
"I guess that guy's pretty good," Tenma allows, talking in a voice only he can hear - particularly with the LIGHTNING APOCALYPSE happening in the background - but he's still betting on Hakuya being able to edge him out. And if not, well...
COMBATSYS: Tenma gains composure.
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It is rather difficult to keep Jiro down for long. Even when the going gets tough, Jiro has some way of surviving the way. After all, he has to keep fighting. When Jiro keeps a grip, the young man actually flips right around and comes forth with the bicycle kick.
What Jiro does is swoop his body over towards the side. As he is moving forth in an angle, he is sweeping himself away from the rapidly kicking legs as he slides the hand over to direct the movement over. Ullr takes a step back, bringing the right hand down.
Charge....
Then, he steps forward to slam the fist right towards Hakuya. Another hand reaches out to grip against the hoodie again. One, to keep him from accidentally falling off of the humvee. Two... to make him REALLY feel the pain.
COMBATSYS: Hakuya blocks Jiro's Strong-Arm EX.
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That's new, too. His feet connect to -nothing-. Hakuya barely is able to catch himself onto a crouch as he seems to miss Jiro's helmeted head entirely. What the hell, man, you wear armor when you're a slower type, armor just weighs you down! Or so the Guardian King had believed, but clearly that wasn't the case here. He's effortlessly batted aside, and there's little more for the Suigetsu heir to do except get -totally punched-... which he seems to deal with in an okay enough manner. Quickly turning, with a slight crouch, the hoodie pull is negated due to the new position, but the fist impacts hard against Hakuya's arms, sending the teen skidding back a short few inches. Pretty close to tipping over, again! But he admits he's pretty damn winded at the moment. This guy was tough, and it was only by pure force of BRICK that Hakuya was able to keep going this long. So he does what seems appropriate at the moment. He just... tries to slug Jiro upside where his jaw would be beyond the helmet, straight up.
COMBATSYS: Jiro interrupts Quick Punch from Hakuya with Firebrand.
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Still watching, Tenma's expression of interest slowly starts to metamorphose into one of... Vague annoyance. His dark blue eyes half-lid, and his mouth pulls into a frown, as he watches the rapid deterioration of the battle between his best friend and some weirdo in a mask, who he previously suspected must be Luc Schroedinger, but who isn't shouting nearly enough, or making enough of an ass of himself, either.
Tenma sighs, tilting his head to one side as Hakuya's sheer tenacity seems to be the only thing keeping him going and...
Oh for...
"DAMMIT, HAKUYA!!" Tenma shouts, standing up finally. Here he was, content to let the other Guardian King handle things, and /this/ is what happens? "STOP LETTING THAT FREAK WALK ALL OVER YOU! DON'T BE NICE TO PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY HORRIBLY DISFIGURED AND WEAR A MASK TO HIDE THEIR SHAME FROM THE WORLD! THIS IS A /FIGHT/!!"
Yeah, seriously.
COMBATSYS: Tenma assists Hakuya.
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Tenma is on his list of getting punched. Seriously.
However, Hakuya had been the opponent that he had been concentrating on for some time. The kid had a bit of tenacity. That is something that he respects.
Hell, Hakuya has already -earned- the information about the place in his eyes. Ullr is, unfortunately, winded and tired from the battle. THe man is trying to slug Ullr across the jaw. However, Ullr is dashing into the fist.
That is then that his hand glimmers with the black flames. Formed like a blade, the chi is roaring to life along the hand. He swings the arm across, slashing the chiblade cross Hakuya's chest while he is dashing past him.
His fist connects, but not nearly the way he had wanted it to. It likely hurt Jiro, sure, but not badly. That helmet did protect somewhat, after all. And in return for the punch, Hakuya gets his chest slashed with a blade of black flame. A pained grunt, Hakuya wavers - and then Tenma starts yelling at him to kick more ass. And when the Guardian King leader tells you to kick more ass, you /kick more ass/. That was Hakuya's thought, anyway, since he couldn't let his friend down, no, no. That would suck. So, attempting to move quickly, Hakuya's other arm lashes out as Jiro tries to run past him, and seeks to grab about the man's waist. If he can do it, Jiro will find himself lifted, tossed, and then Hakuya turning to try and spike Ullr back into the Hummer's roof with a sneakered heel drop.
COMBATSYS: Jiro fails to counter Blind Crescent from Hakuya with Helldrive.
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COMBATSYS: Jiro can no longer fight.
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Things are going down... As the fight intensifies... So does Jiro's resolve. He is trying to continue to fight in spite of it all. While he did attempt to take another motion of dealing with the grappler who reaches over towards his arm. He is attempting to counteract the movement that the grappler is performing on him.
Unfortunately, one does not tango with a grappler who is an expert in their field.
Jiro is caught, lifted, and tossed into the air. The spike comes with a devastating impact. As the foot plants against the form, he is blasted to smash against the hood of the vehicle with a -thud-. A crunch is heard upon impact.
....Despite of it all...
..He slowly starts to get back up.
"...Alright. You earned your information."
As it happens, Tenma Kiryuu's ability to make almost anyone want to punch him in the face is one of his charm points. Seriously, it's why people love him.
No, really.
The crushing finality of Hakuya's attack on Ullr makes the Guardian King leader let out a sudden, sharp bark of a laugh, tapping his bokken against his own shoulder. "Yeah, see? That's what happens when you stop dickin' around so much," Tenma informs the Suigetsu heir, as if he really needed to be told. Casually, he hops from rooftop to rooftop, as if there weren't horrible superheated asphalt just below, until he's on the next car over from the Humvee.
"Heh, at least you're a tough son of a bitch, huh?" Tenma says of Ullr, alarmingly conversationally. "So spill. What's goin' on here?" He asks because he's pretty sure that whatever the Pervert Kidnapper Ninja is up to... It's probably bad.
COMBATSYS: Tenma has left the fight here.
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It's almost a physical strain to actually get Ullr thrown, then kicked. Hakuya is that tired. If the young man didn't have that move ABSOLUTELY ingrained into his very muscles, that move would not have been able to go off like that. But it does. And then after that, Hakuya sways, wavers, wobbles... steadies for a moment... then laughs a little. "He is tough," Hakuya confirms. And then, with that, the Suigetsu boy topples over the side of the Humvee!! --Into the convenient pick-up truck's flatbed next to the Hummer, spread eagled, and mostly asleep. He'll let Tenma do the questioning and tell him what he needs to know... in the morning. Lake of lava, what?
COMBATSYS: Hakuya has ended the fight here.
"Alright." He seems pretty casual about this, depite of the loss. He looks over towards Tenma and Hakuya. Breathing a bit, the armored soldier tries to get his bearings. First off, he is reaching for a cellphone before he points over towards Hakuya and Tenma.
"Prepare for receiving transmission."
Beepbeepboop.
While the data is processing itself, Ullr explains, "Essentially, as you already know, shit has gone to hell. From what I was told, a man, Seishirou, is still alive. Second, another person had tried to stop his plans, an assassination of some kind. I don't know much of the details except that the jackass is alive. There was actually supposed to be something nearby that has more information." He points over towards the Metalwork Factory.
"It would be good for us to try to get through the lava hell to get to the location."
Log created on 20:15:51 05/11/2010 by Hakuya, and last modified on 15:38:32 05/17/2010.