Description: For Pepe, it's a ruined date and a miserable night thanks to the YFCC fight promoter's trickery. For Ibuki, it's a missed chance at a real date for the same reasons. For Naerose, it's...a happy ending? The witch enjoys a well-deserved sleep after helping bring a young man and a young woman to better terms through combined ass-kicking. Also: TNA on the silver screen! (Winner: Pepe + whoever got to second base at the drive-in theater)
The sky is dimming as the sun sets the empty lot with the large screen, begins to stir to life! Lights start coming on and cars start arriving, shortly this place will have a large crowd of people here to watch some movies, go on dates, and various other things...It is into this half lit world of shadow and light that something a bit unusual is about to begin, a show of another sort!
Stationed atop the concession stand, Ibuki clad in her normal ninja dogi, sits scanning the crowd below for any fighter types, she'd been mysteriously invited and was curious whom had done it, though at the moment she was unaware of whom her opponent would be so she was hoping to catch a glimpse before making her entrance.
The ninja girl's eyes scan the marquee and she blinks as she mouths to herself, "Free Witch Cakes?" Shaking her head she wonders what the heck that's going to be about, then she notes the 'ring' being set up with a nearby film crew and a crowd of fight watchers gathering around it and still no sign of her opponent as of yet, "Hmm best to make my entrance I guess..." With that she leaps off the roof and lands, "I'm here to fight let's do it!" She roars partially wishing that she was in the crowd of people here to watch the movie instead, though she's blissfully unaware of the oddness that is going to be displayed on the screen tonight.
Indeed, all drive-in movies are free to some extent! It's hard to stop people--especially ninjas--from just up and spying on a giant screen that's set out in the open. Oh, sure, the audio only comes through on little speakers at the parking spaces, but eh! It's an art film, who /really/ cares about the dialogue?
People are here to see some witch cakes and the lack of pricing thereof.
With the trailer reel having ended, the title of the film fades in in horrible Copperplate font, deep red on a yellow screen. Another camera fade presents a quite fetching (and curiously scarcely-clothed) woman in black attire, fragments of cloth whipping in the roil of a flame at her feet, her body held fast to a huge, oddly modernly-carved plank of wobbly wood. She looks so VERY SAD, all frowns and dour eyes, her head canted to one side as she recalls the events that led her to this horrible fate...which is where the scene dissolves to that of a 17th century settler-wife and her doing some domesticated chores or another in the same clothes, pre-shredding.
But you know, that's not all THAT important to Pepe! He'd been loaned a car to enter the drive-in theatre in, but mostly left to his own devices after that. A beneficial event, they said. A rivival of the theatre life for young couples, they said. "Man, where is the 'couple' in this?" he wonders aloud, sitting on the hood of the royal blue El Camino loaner, all dressed up in his tight jeans and button-up shirt, his hair /less/ shaggy than usual and a couple of decorate bands around one wrist, one of which has a watchface for obvious reasons. One leg jitters up and down in a quick, rhymic bounce, setting the car jostling a little bit. The motion gets ideas in the heads of some of the other people, who don't bother waiting for the movie to get racy before they start making out in their own cars. The Mexican, still, looks at the movie only occasionally. He glances around, often standing up to search for the girl he was told would be here. This 'Ibuki' chick. Already, he'd been here half an hour--purposely told to come early, just to make the 'bad date' that much worse. "Well, this is off to a great start," he mutters to himself, scanning the ground and not, for a moment, thinking that the ninja may be UP somewhere.
Amongst the many who come, one shows up late, later than everyone else. Having heard of the free witch cakes being offered and having promised, oh yes, promised .. who did she promise? The Red witch thought a long time and concluded, obviously, that she made a promise to herself. Of course, who else would she promise something like free witch cakes too? So the red witch.. Promised.. Right so we're past that.
The problem is when she arrives, well, there is a ring, a movie and.. where are the witch cakes? She knows there must be witch cakes somewhere, like a whole lot of boxes of them (because they come in boxes).
And what are Witch Cakes (tm) ?
We'll they're like scoobie snacks, but cakes, in a box, Naerose is pretty sure they're shaped like little witch hats with frosting coloring them and perhaps there is a filling, perhaps it is fruity? Like Justice fruit snacks? Maybe. Well Naerose will find out today! The only problem is.. Where are the free witch cakes?!
She finds a couple of teens and asks them, "Hey, umm, do you like know where the free witch cakes are?"
They respond, unhelpfully, "No man, you have to feel the free witch cakes, that's what the message is all about." Naerose is confused. But that ring does look like a big platter. The turnout doesn't surprise Naerose, the movie? Probably just silly entertainment. Surely they'll roll out the cakes soon. Very soon.
For her part, Ibuki stares at the screen as the movie begins, "Huh?" She is momentarily lost due to the images on the screen but she figures its got to make more sense with audio going with it, though the in media res opening makes some sense what exactly is going on is a tad lost on the ninja teen. She blinks her eyes slowly as she tries to figure out the story...all the while standing in the ring while the crowd gathers.
"Nevermind!" She whirls around and tries to find the nearest person on the film crew, it was getting late and her opponent had obviously not shown up yet, "Hey you! Where's the person I'm supposed to be fighting they chicken out or something?"
The response from the crew member is simple, he merely shakes his head and points to a nice car outside the ring with a rather nice looking guy in it.
Ibuki narrows her eyes and spins to look at whatever the crew member is pointing at, "Well finally....." Her eyes widen ins surprise while mentally yelling, 'Hello Mr. Cutie!!!!' Yep the guy in the car was definitely a hottie, crap why was she in her ninja dogi again?!! She looked so ugly in that...it was too late to change right? Running over to the car she waves cheerfully pulling down her mask so her face can be seen, "Hello! I think I'm supposed to be your partner for the evening."
While she's speaking her eyes are scanning Pepe and his nice car and she's finding it harder and harder to remember that she's supposed to be trying to get him to the ring with her and that they're going to be in a fight, the only thing he can do to snap her out of it really is having a bad personality in her opinion.
Man, for all the need for people to be quiet in movie theaters, they sure are noisy here! The ring and the camera crew only get cursory glances now and then. Usually, he'd be a lot more interested in the goings-on, but not tonight! He was given a picture, a name, and one hell of a lot of talking-up about the outing. Expenses paid, a romantic movie, dinner--generally a night on the town, even if the whole dinner-and-movie thing is awfully outdated. But hey, what do forty-something fight promoters know about romance, anyway?
At least the movie isn't a TOTAL loss. There's something about a pastor's wife, the husband being lost on some hunting trip, no children to watch after. A widow, to whit. By the look of it, a rather pretty one! Oh, how the other man in the village would come a-courting, impressing her with...with huge, bulging muscles and tight pants? THAT causes the young man to stop and stare at the semi-faded picture. He doesn't know what it means to really be an art flick, but this may not be so bad of a distraction while he waits! Ibuki comes up just as one of the more strapping villagemen has taken to stripping off his overcoat in some sort of Chippendale's number, and she has the wonderful timing to see Pepe's head turned and mouth slightly agape, a look of utter befuddlement on his face. The voice causes him to blink and glance over, and when he does, his eyes are just locked. The eyes alone would have been enough to catch his attention, but the face exposed, ah! The awe in his features are clear, with his lips spreading into a pleasant smile full of pristine pearly whites. "Ibuki?" He hops off of the car, landing on his feet and taking a moment to bat the palms of his hands against the sides of his pants. It would be crass to wipe off his ass, after all.
Another couple of moments are taken as the 'partner' glances down quickly and back up, taking in the girl and her odd little outfit. His eyes snap back up quickly, not to gawk! "Man, they really are spoiling me! You look, ah...great!" Okay, so the clothes are dumb, but the girl is /cute/. A second look would scratch that out and replace it with /hot/, given the whole exposed-hip thing.
The witch is incapable of seeing anything on the movie that would offend, she really is. She just walks toward the stage and decides to climb on it, staring at the magnificent light. Soon she alone is on the stage, basking in the brilliance, oh the lime light. Surely this is a place worthy of Witch Cakes. The witch, realizing people are enjoying the movie gets to be first in line, oh yes, having figured out where the free Witch Cakes (tm) will be delivered, she will have, as many as she can stuff into her mouth and into her hat. Why even some of her friends might get some at some point. Maybe. Who knows? So this brings her to the center stage where the crew is kind of scratching their heads.. But rather than tell her to get off.. Mostly there is staring and head scratching. Maybe they were expecting this?
Well she thinks so anyway. There probably are other people around the stage. Whatever, she'll be in the top five ! Witch cakes! She's practically drooling.
Ibuki grins flirtatiously as the boy asks if she is Ibuki, "Yes that'd be me." This is totally not a bad situation, cute boy, car, and movie. Things were looking up...if only she weren't in her ninja clothes but beggars can't be choosers plus there was the whole fact they were there to fight, she frowns for half a second, then her eyes catch the screen as he gets out of the car, and while he's giving her the once over, she's just blinking and wondering if the movie was some sort of cheesy porno? But that couldn't be there were kids here right?
Then he speaks up again and Ibuki's eyes snap back to meet his own and he compliments her, and there's her flirtatious grin again, "I can't look good in these dirty old things." She makes a show of dusting off her pants giving him a good view of her exposed hips, "You're definitely pretty nice looking yourself." She winks before she sighs remembering their purpose here and hooks her finger over her shoulder, "Ready for the next part of our evening?" Sounding oddly depressed all of the sudden.
Meanwhile the stage crew are whispering to themselves trying to figure out who the heck the girl standing on the fighting stage was and how to get her off before she got in the way of the fight.
You know, Pepe was /just thinking/ that same thing! Granted, he hasn't seen any kids here yet, as art films hardly get any sort of mainstream audience. In fact, most of the people here seem to be in their late teens or early twenties: high school and college-age kids, using it as an excuse for fun. Then again, maybe that's what this matchup is all about: improving the theater's selection to make it accessible to a wider audience! What a great thing that would be, wouldn't it? As it is, nobody's going to bring their kids to see would-be firemen constantly trying to slip the widow out of her conservative dress, nor to serenade her in the bathtub.
That's just mommy and daddy time.
But ah, man! Pepe rests a hand on the back of his hip, leaning a little as he waves the other hand before him. The flattery does wonders to wipe away the previously dour mood he had going on, the extra waiting unimportant in the face of a date's good start. When asked about the 'next part', his brows perk up! She doesn't waste any time, does she? His eyes shift sidelong over toward the screen, lips twisting in an odd sort of frown that dissipates when he looks back to the ninja. "Yeah, let's get out of here. It looks like a pretty awful movie for a first date." Everyone knows you go with light romance or romantic comedies. The depressed look, however, causes him to lift both hands! "Oh, but don't feel bad! It's all on me tonight, and we'll find someplace that doesn't have a dress code!"
Meanwhile. . . On the stage.
"These witch cakes are going to be great. I mean who wouldn't want a cookie shell with chocolate frosting, colored red and black, in the shape of hats and fruit filling. Witch cakes (tm) are the perfect snack and motivator for anyone, anyone, especially witches. Giving out free boxes of them, as many as you can carry, is a great way to reach out to a community." Yep, just rambling about witch cakes, while standing in the center of the stage with the light just blaring down at her.
"So where are the witch cakes?" Naerose asks the nearest person, then the next nearest person. She starts to peek into things. Does this camera have witch cakes in it? How coool of a trick would that be? Or maybe they're under the stage. Yes that must be it.
"Oh I figured this out.." She starts trying to pound on the stage with her broom. Well the ring.
Once Pepe agrees to head back to the ring with her, Ibuki turns and starts to make her way there. However, as he mentions that date part, Ibuki suddenly stops dead and turns around to face him, "What did you just say?" Her eye showing the fact that she's slightly surprised as her gloomy look starts to disappear. He, however, continues on and hits a sore subject for the teen ninja, her ninja clothes, "Well I'm not the sort that doesn't pay her way on the first dat..., you're right I probably /can't/ go anywhere /nice/." Here features scruntching up with mild annoyance now as she pulls her mask back up, "Whatever! Let's get in the ring and get this night over with!" Now that they're a bit closer her 'partner' might realize that it is a fighting stage...
The stage crew are getting edgy especially once the girl starts asking for 'Witch Cakes' and they shrug at each other trying to figure out what those are, but once she starts searching and finally beating on the stage they try to wave Ibuki over with her match partner.
Ibuki catches the waving motion as she finally reaches the stage, "What do you think you're doing?" She asks with a slightly annoyed tone, still feeling a bit irritated from the cute boy pointing out her clothes weren't appropriate for a date, "He and I have a match, I don't want you messing up the stage till we're done." She continues having realized she was being rude and trying to be a bit more reasonable despite her frustration with the whole thing.
Sure, it's a little odd that Ibuki's going AWAY from the car. Maybe she came in her own? Whatever, it's the twenty-first century, girls can drive wherever they want. Sad to have to leave the El Camino behind, but whatever! Besides, with a butt like that, Pepe would follow her anywhere. That is, until she stops. "A date?" The answer is quick, but wholly unimportant once the topic of clothes come up. "No, not like that, it's--the reservation, the place has a dress code, and they don't--!" Try as he might, any explanation will likely fall on deaf ears. It's not until he's actually IN the ring that he stops and takes notice of his environs. Cameras? Lights? He looks up and around, looking just confused as hell. One of the crew has a good laugh at it all, on top of that! "Enjoyin' yer 'date', kid?" he asks, bringing a short round of chuckles at the Mexican's expense. With a slightly slacked jaw, he looks over toward Ibuki and...and whoever that other girl is. He looks back at the car he came in, at the crew, and finally, digs out the letter he'd gotten from the YFCC promoter. "Hey, hold on! What match? This is supposed to be a night on the town, what's...what's going on here?" He looks so crestfalen, with slouching shoulders and a terrible pout-on!
Nae Nae looks over at the woman yelling at her then at the stags and moves to the edge, " Hey, what are you talking about these are free witch cakes (tm), I am sure there will be enough for all, because witch cakes, free ones especially (tm), mean love, they mean goodness they mean free stuff. Clealy you want these, I want these, everyone wants these. I understand how you feel, but the witch cakes (tm) they are clearly under the stag.. I mean ring, you see? And the movie is to make people entertained.. while ahh, they wait for us to find the free witch cakes."
Naerose gestures around with a hand with pretty red painted finger nails, "So don't just stand there, help me get these. No I mean -liberate- these free witch cakes! (tm)."
Somehow Naerose looks really convinced taht this was convincing to Ibuki, because she returns to trying to bash her way through the ring.
Busy at first dealing with the mad stage wrecker, Ibuki only vaguely hears Pepe's mild freak out due to the fact he just realized this was a fight. Though she's able to catch the very last bit of it and the pout he starts up in response and she realizes he had been tricked into thinking it was a date...and more over that had she caught on to that fact sooner she might've been able to have a date with a hot guy! Thus she raises up a hand and cups her forehead with it, "...I hate fight organizers." She mutters under her breath.
Naerose's attempt to convince her of the existance of Witch Cakes (tm), however, cause her to drop her hand and stare at the odd girl, "What are you talking about? Isn't that the name of the movie? I don't think there is anything edible here...." She sighs, "How about this, he and I fight then once we're done you can search for the cakes till you're content? You can wait right there," She points at a nearby out of the way section of the stage, "So you can see we're not trying to take them from you."
While the two ladies go on about cakes and matches and whatnot, Pepe is already being filled in by some obnoxious guy with a clipboard and sunglasses, despite the current lack of sun! Well, the overhead light IS pretty bright, so maybe it's /somewhat/ justified. It's still not fashionable in the least, but don't let a certain Ikari head that. The young man LIKES having his spine intact.
"That's a real dick move, you know that?" the irritated young fighter asks, now all frowns and scowls. He scratches the side of his head, then lets his fingers run through his hair. All that work to get his raven locks to behave themselves are undone just like that, their fragile hold failing as the cut returns to its usual, somewhat shaggy look. "Man, if this weren't for restoring the city, you guys could just kiss my butt goodbye." God. He feels like an utter tool. Rubbing his face with his palms for a few seconds, he lowers them and cups around his mouth. "Hey, Ibuki! Sorry about the dumbass thing I said! Let's make the best of this for the city, at least, okay?" He pauses, briefly, and stares at Naerose. "Is she part of the fight too?"
This is awfully confusing to Naerose, what is she talking about, the movie name? That doesn't make any sense and a fight? Why are people always trying to fight?
"I ahh, guess I don't really care if you want to fight or anything, I'm just here for the free witch cakes (tm), you know, witch cakes? They're really tasty, one of a kind and frankly I can understand why someone would try to take them from me, by Varvara is going to feed her whole family them, I remember like it was yesterday, she said, about the starving Varvaras," Now Nae speaks in a higher pitched voice, "Let them eat witch cakes (tm)" This Naerose nods to like it was exactly what she needed to say and it made perfeect sense. "See? So you can fight, but there are free witch cakes (tm) here and I plan to use them to feed the starving Varvaras.. After I , you know, get my fill." No shifting her.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Pepe has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Naerose has joined the fight here in the center.
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Apparently dealing with Naerose is a exercise in frustration, luckily Ibuki keeps her cool and doesn't try to throttle her or anything, "I honestly have no idea what you're talking about, I've never heard of Witch Cakes." She blinks before turning away from the girl and facing Pepe as he speaks to her. She still can't help but notice how good looking he is, "Yes, let's do our best for the city...." She pauses for a moment, "I still haven't caught your name yet though?" She smiles underneath her mask...she was going to make the best of it and totally get his name and maybe a real date!!
Naerose catches her attention again by continuing on her rant about the uses of Witch Cakes (tm) to feed starving Varvaras but she a) still has no idea what witch cakes are or if they are real and b) what a Varvara was...maybe some sort of rare beast? Either way she was going to give the girl one last opportunity to get out of the way, "Okay! We're about to start, so if you don't want to accidently get hurt I'd suggest you getting out of here!"
With that she instantly drops down into her fighting stance, puts one foot behind her, pivots mid step, and tries to drive her fist home into Pepe's gut. It seems she's ready to get the match underway right /now/.
COMBATSYS: Pepe dodges Ibuki's Medium Punch.
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Really, what IS Naerose doing there? Tonight is just full of things that he's not being told, apparently...but at least, this time, Ibuki looks to be out in the cold too! That's some small consolation. "She's right, this could be dangerous! She's pretty good at this!" But how could Pepe know? Why...by now, Ibuki's gotten kind of famous for being at the top of the Neo Leagues. Just being to watch matches of TV is good enough, but man, who wouldn't watch the ninja just to see her? Come on.
Ah, but the name! He smacks his own forehead, then runs the palm down over the side of his face. "Pepe, mi bonita!" The interest is enoguh for him, and that smile, even if it's covered by her mask! It promises a second chance, and he's not going to waste it. But right now, there's this stupid fight to take care of. He rolls a shoulder and lifts himself up onto the balls of his feet, flexing the cold muscles a couple of times. One might even call it bouncing! When Ibuki comes flying in, his foot kicks against the ground, his body turning as the fist nicks the seam of his shirt. A button is pulled, then popped off completely, zinging off under a car somewhere. Man! He just BOUGHT this! A few more bounds take him backwards, a moment taken to stuff his fingers in the new gap. "Guess that's what I get for wearing good clothes to a fight..."
Keeping his distance, he keeps his eyes on the girl, which is an easy task to begin with, but now it's more to make sure that he can unbutton his shirt from the top down, then peel it back and off, leaving him bare-chested and exposed. Hey! It's just like what's happening in the movie right now!
COMBATSYS: Pepe focuses on his next action.
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And for her part, Naerose is totally like, not going to be convinced in any possible way to back down from the witch cakes, she decides to just keep trying to break a whole in the center of the ring. Chaos ensues all around her, things are thrown like punches or something and people are dodging and stuff. She's trying her best to not get herself killed. I mean.. find witch cakes (tm).
"I dont' see why anyone would want to fight when there are free witch cakes (tm) and starving Varvara's of the world. I'm just trying to do a nice thing for people and you're just trying to hurt people."
COMBATSYS: Naerose takes no action.
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As her fist finds nothing but air, Ibuki smirks, this wasn't going to be an easy fight it seemed. The ninja girl gives a small playful salute with her right hand, "Nice to meet you then Pepe." She then winks at him, he did just call her beautiful after all right? Naerose gets a quick turn of her head, "This fight is for charity and rebuilding the city!! We're trying to do a nice thing too!" She informs the girl before turning her head back to Pepe...
Well, that was a nice sight, "I don't mind your shirt's sacrifice at all!" She enthuses to the hunky fighter. Giving him the once over again, she stops herself after a moment and tries to focus on what she came here for...the fight.
Putting her weight on the ball of her foot she kicks forward and comes racing towards Pepe, she twists slightly bringing her right elbow up in arc looking for all the world like she intends to smash it in his face, at the last moment, however, it seems she loses her balance and falls back in an attempt to slide through his legs, should he not move out of the way or stop her, he'll find her popping up behind him and her arms suddenly wrapping around his neck...which leads to a massive wrenching motion that'd leave a untrained person very dead!
COMBATSYS: Pepe blocks Ibuki's Kubiori.
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Pepe's shirt is bundled up and tossed at one of the stagehands. It's still good, after all; it just needs a button! Plus, it fits /really/ well. Now that he's lost the burden of clothing on his upper body, he draws in a deep breath, swelling the pecs that deflate slightly with a quick puff of heated air. He laughs, though, as his disrobing is complimented! It's a nice change; usually, he's being hit for it. "Well, maybe--" Whack! "--next time I'll--" Whack! "--just...man, what is she DOING over there?"
As the young man looks over at Naerose trying to beat her way through pavement, he's distracted enough for Ibuki to slide in, slide up, and get up on his back, almost. The arms around his neck are pulled by his own hands as they snap up, all muscles tense to try and keep from, he expected, being choked. Not having his neck snapped is good enough! His head still turns, however, as he tries to hold the ninja where she is, grinning back at her while looking out of the corner of one eye. "Hey," he says, his voice low and silken, not a moment before he snaps his torso forward to try and slam the girl over his shoulder and onto the ground!
Okay, the fighting really starts to get crazy distracting, here Naeroes is trying to dig up some witch cakes (tm) and everyone else is throwing punches and stuff and the first person to earn Naerose's attention? Ibuki!
The red witch turns and says, "Alright! That's it.." She brings her broom in a broad circle, making a swing as it to knock Ibuki back before saying,
"I don't know about rebuilding stuff, but I'm talking about witch cakes (tm), how can we .." She shakes her head,
"How can we forget about witch cakes (tm) for a fight and cleaning stuff up?!"
COMBATSYS: Ibuki parries Pepe's Medium Throw!
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COMBATSYS: Ibuki parries Naerose's Clean Sweep!
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"I really have no idea what's she's doing other than hunting for something called Witch Cakes..." Ibuki replies just as she attempts to get her arms arond his neck. Her attempt to snap his neck, however, is halted by Pepe grabs her arms and keeps her from applying pressure, "Awww, I didn't realize you wanted to hold my hands so badly." Ibuki purrs in his ear just before he turns to look at her.
Out of the corner of her eye she notes Naerose suddenly closing in on her with a broom...oh what now?!!! "Hey! Don't make my fight harder than it has to be!!" She calls as the broom makes it way towards her, "Because there aren't any witch cakes here?" Ibuki's response is smooth and collected, "Maybe you should ask the film crew!!" Yeah let those jerks deal with the crazy girl...still didn't solve the issue of the broom and juding from the feeling of his muscles ripple below her, Pepe's attempt to throw her.
Waiting for the right moment Ibuki swings her feet up as Pepe starts hurling her over his shoulder, her feet find a solid surface as they contact the broom head, which she uses as a spring board to change the momentum of the throw so she lands to the side of Pepe instead of on the ground in front of him, rolling up into a ball she then springs back to her feet and faces the more dangerous of her attackers!~
Suddenly presented with Pepe's side, Ibuki grins viciously, twisting her body around to build momentum and a surge of chi to launch the attack even faster, she targets his beared ribs whipping around and around trailing streams of chi from her increasingly powerful and speedy series of roundhouse kicks, if they land clean they're going to hurt a great deal!!!
COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Pepe with Tsumuji EX.
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Swinging brooms, flipping girls, unbashed pavement... This whole event is really one big clusterfuck! Imagine Pepe's surprise when he throws the girl down and she BOUNCES OFF OF A BROOM, slipping free of his grasp and just--just doing her ninja magics to be GONE. His eyes are wide, his mouth agape, as he literally can not believe what he just saw! The world is running in slow motion when he looks over to the side, and there's Ibuki, just out of nowhere, and already rushing forth to take advantage of his disadvantageous state. He tries to pull up and away, he really does, with lifted arms and a springing leap, but all he manages to do is land right in the way of those awful kicks! A normal attack would have sent him flying on the first strike; it just goes to show how mysterious ninja are that she can pummel him so before he goes spinning to the ground! What's worse is that he lands on concrete, and he'd only just healed up friction burns and scratches like, yesterday, from a previous fight. Now they's all fresh and raw again!
Groaning and grimacing, the young man gets up, a hand resting on his ribs. He sucks in a sharp breath through his teeth at the touch; they're sore. Not yet broken, but they really hurt! A little twisting of his torso helps a little bit, but not much. "No wonder you're number one," he praises, only now knowing that Ibuki's not the only opponent! Naerose isn't being kicked out of the fight, which /obviously/ means that she's a part of it too! "Hey!" He takes a couple of steps forward, then breaks into a dash toward the witch. "There ARE no cakes! They lied to you too!" That doesn't mean that he won't fly at her knee-first, mind you. After all, he can't afford to suffer surprise attacks on two fronts, can he?
COMBATSYS: Pepe successfully hits Naerose with Arriba.
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Ibuki 0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0 Pepe
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Naerose 0|-------|----===
THE CAKE IS A LIE?!
Impossible. Naerose was not going to believe that something so terrible to happen. Why would someone lie about giving free witch cakes (tm)? It's just too cruel. So what does the witch do about this.. So she's totally not expecting to be hit with a crazy knee. As she gets kneed. But then it strikes her.
"Wait. If the cake is a lie, then why would you hit me! That really hurt!" complains Naerose, but then she sees Ibuki and it all makes sense,
"She's doing it, she's the one making it so you try to stop me from getting witch cakes." The red witch moves toward Ibuki again and swings her broom at her. Full swing.
COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Ibuki with Fierce Strike.
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Ibuki 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Pepe
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Naerose 0|-------|---====
Ibuki has a tremendous grin on her face as she finishes her final rotation and sends Pepe flying, that had been an amazing hit on her part, she was particularly proud of the way he'd landed in the concrete. She raises her eyebrow as he gets up, "Been watching my fights I guess?" She chuckles lightly and beams a bit more beneath the mask.
Then he goes after her attacker and Ibuki throws up one of her fists, "Go Pepe!!!" Even though he seems to be explaining the situation to the oddly dressed girl all the while pummeling her for getting into the fight! Then without warning the girl gets up and comes at her again swinging that broom, "Huh?" Is Ibuki's oh so intellectual response before she finds her face full of bristles and stars!
Rocked back by the blow Ibuki staggers around a bit dazed for a moment before gathering her wits and pointing at the red witch, "Look I've done nothing but try to be nice to you, so if you're going to go and attack me twice be ready!!" She yells before charging the girl, launching her fist forward with all her might, and following it up with her elbow right into Nae's chest if she doesn't do something about it!
Oh! And right in goes Pepe's knee! He lands just behind her with bent knees, crouching slightly as he's hunched over and gripping his side once more. Christ, moving like that hurts! But then again, hearing Ibuki cheer him on might possibly let him start to ignore it. Yeah! How can he be such a big wuss like this when he's supposed to be impressing someone? He stands upright in a bolt, his shoulders up and back. "Hey, what do you say we call a truce and--"
And that's when Naerose just brooms the hell out of the cuter of the two. His nose wrinkles with disbelief. A /broom/ did /that/? But thankfully, it doesn't look like it stunned her for long. As the ninja comes flying in toward the witch, Pepe gets an idea most devious! No, he can't...it's not right! Then again, this other girl IS being a nuisance, and if she'd only stop talking about cakes and leave, he could finish fighting Ibuki and then, only then, can he finally try and get her number! So you see, witch, something very important is at stake here! The shirtless man steps in behind Naerose and tries to coil his arms about her face and arms, an attempt to hold her in a strong grip, to keep her still for Ibuki! Gotta knock her out before she hurts herself, you know?
COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Naerose with Fierce Punch.
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Ibuki 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Pepe
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COMBATSYS: Pepe successfully hits Naerose with Combo Grapple.
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Ibuki 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Pepe
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Naerose 1|-----==|=======
Are you kidding me? Moving out of the way of the first attack takes priority, but unfortunately she's getting grabbed, just as she starts to and you know Naeroes had such grand plans here, as in, you know, witch cakes (tm).
"That is it! I have had it with these monday friday snakes on this monday friday plane! I'm going to open up a window can of window on you two, and by that I mean, I'm going to find out why you won't share the witch cakes!"
Cause that's how she rolls.
Trying to turn the throw on Pepe, The witch is all about doing her best, darnest really to bend foward and hurl the fighter off of her, maybe even toward Ibuki. Cause then they could be all, non-witch cake together.
Ibuki fist slams into Naerose and hits pretty hard apparently, not that it's all that easy to tell since the witch keeps spouting more and more nonsense about her witch cakes and then something about snakes on a plane...and gah Ibuki stops keeping track, all she knows is the other girl was prolonging the fight by standing in her and Pepe's way by randomly attacking the two of them!
"Let me say it again so you really understand..." Ibuki winds up and flings herself at Naerose while Pepe holds her but hopefully before she can throw him, "We!" She spins around, "Don't!" building momentum, "HAVE!" and then tries to connect her knee with Nae's head, "any witch cakes!!!"
COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Pepe with Medium Throw.
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Ibuki 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Pepe
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Naerose 1|----===|=======
You know, at first Naerose was just confusing. Then she was a little annoying, but bearable. After all, she was probably just confused. Since she stuck around, she MUST have been included in this match as one of those freak agent things; he's seen it before, on the teletubes. But now? Now, she's just downright frustrating! Both he and Ibuki have told her time and again that there are no cakes, and yet she continues to prattle on about them! He had hoped that the ninja would knock her out, just to keep her safely out of the way, but the witch can, surprisingly, take some hits! Even more impressive is the fact that she just threw him over Ibuki's head, but is it in time for her to avoid the inevitable fury of those rib-smashing feet?! One can only hope.
Once more, Pepe lands on the pavement in a rough way. His chest, back, and upper arms are really getting all scratched up by the rough-pebbled pavement, and it certainly didn't help the throbbing in his side. He crawls up to his feet and pauses at the one girl's outburt of denial. Witch...cakes. Oh, christ. He smacks his forehead and then yells, "'Ay! Free Witch Cakes is the name of the MOVIE, it's not...they don't have /real/ cakes, loca!" He gestures toward the big screen...right when said witch/widow is getting all stripped naked in front of a witch trial's jurors. ...Uh. Wow, that's a bad time to draw attention to it.
COMBATSYS: Pepe takes no action.
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Ibuki 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Pepe
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Naerose 1|----===|=======
COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Naerose with Strong Kick.
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Ibuki 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Pepe
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Naerose 1|=======|=======
Lucky for Naerose, she can't see stuff that is naughty, it just doesn't exist in her world. Unluckily. . It's because Ibuki is kicking her at the time.. In the face. And that.. Sucks.
Still, having heard, not a word Pepe, just said, it seems to Naerose, an excellent time to shake those witch cakes out of the ninja and being that she just managed to shake him off of her, she decides to move in on the ninja next. That is after recovering.
'oooow" she complains, fixes her shades and tries to get her hands on Ibuki's shoulder before totally would be shaking so hard you would think she was trying to stop a baby from crying, all the while shouting.
"Where are the witch cakes (tm) that are supposed to be free, there are many starving Varvara's, I know you have them and just do not want to share!"
Actually she starts with the shoutting, then tries the shaking.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki dodges Naerose's Medium Throw.
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Ibuki 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Pepe
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Naerose 1|=======|=======
There is something about smacking someone in the face when they are being difficult that is very cathartic, thus after she hits Naerose in the face, Ibuki suddenly feels really guilty about having done it, "Sorry about that...I just got upset since you won't believe me when I'm telling you the truth." Then suddenly the red witch is trying to grab her and shake her like a maniac, all the while shouting at her like crazy!
The ninja girl gets grabbed but the minute the shaking starts she jerks back giving herself just a little room from Naerose, "I really wish you'd just gone away...but I don't hold back on anyone in a fight, and you're in the fight now!" Slides one hand back to line up her shot, an orb of chi growing in it as the arm swings backwards for the strike then she steps into the attack, putting all her weight on her right foot and slamming the orb towards Naerose's ribs!
Should it hit the orb turns into a spike of chi that stabs into the other girls internal organs with explosive force, which is totally not a pleasant feeling at all!
Man. Hell hath no fury, eh, Ibuki? Now, Pepe's still new to this whole "professional fighting" thing, so the girl's reaction seems a bit much. In fact, even /he/ feels bad for throwing a knee in her face and holding her still for the ninja to torment. Is that right? Oh, woe be to Quetzalcoatl, whose guiding hand is a constant pain in his ass. This, it's with a deep sigh and a heavy heart that he has to say, "Hey, maybe we ought to leave her alone, she's obviously not going to listen to us." But no! It's like some sort of catfight, which honestly Pepe's quite used to seeing, but he's not the cause of it this time!
"Sorry for this!" The young man's voice comes at Ibuki from her side all of a sudden. The Green Dragon has closed the distance in a long hop, landed on one foot, and his upper body swings back as his right leg lashes out in a violent side kick to the girl's side! He may only strike once, but that arrow-like thrust is made even more dangerous by the sudden presence of a long, lance of electricity, jutting outward from the base of his foot like some sort of elctropneumatic spike.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Naerose with Raida.
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SMASH! Naerose totally gets nailed by that chi attack, because, well because she's not really trying to fight per sey, she's trying to get witch cakes (tm), and witch cakes (tm) is exactly what she gets. you see, as soon as Naerose is struck.. she collapses. Like a heap! Of red and then what? well witch cakes (tm) dance through her head. Because in the dream world you can't control what you think about, and Naerose in her dream finds witch cakes (tm). The only way you can take those witch cakes (tm) away from her is if you did some sort of inception and forced the witch cakes (tm) to be a lie. Even in a dream. Well you can't do that, because these witch cakes (tm) are not a lie, at least not a lie in her head. So what does this rant about witch cakes (tm) have to do with this fight? Nothing! Only that.
As the red witch collapses, she has a smile on her face. And while she snores.. continues to smile.
COMBATSYS: Ibuki dodges Pepe's Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli.
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A lot of things happen in the span of a few seconds for Ibuki, the first of which, Pepe's attention calling gesture draws her eyes to the screen just as her fist connects with Naerose's chest, the other girl goes spinning away, Ibuki is horrified by the bizzare porno scene on the screen, suddenly Pepe is there, and his leg is covered in electricty as it streaks right for her side.
The ninja girl instantly goes loose and falls to the grown letting the kick whizz by her head, at the same time Naerose is falling to the ground mumbling something that to Ibuki sounds like, "My god it's full of Witch Cakes (tm)." But Ibuki will never be completely sure of that as she rolls away from the witch and the green dragon before popping to her feet again.
"If you're fighting Pepe, you don't hold back or be nice to people...that comes after it's all over!" Ibuki's response is quick and hard, her trainers in her village would torment her ruthlessly if they caught her saying or doing otherwise. With that said she tries to slide within Pepe's defenses, grab him by the neck, slam her hip into his and flip him roughly to the ground!
COMBATSYS: Pepe dodges Ibuki's Quick Throw.
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Ibuki 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Pepe
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Naerose 2|<<<<<<<|<<<<<<<
Ah! Too little, too late. Pepe's valiant action isn't enough to save Naerose from her fate...though at least she looks quite content where she is. But that's good! That's good... With her down and...snoring? With Naerose out of the way, the only person that he has to deal with is Ibuki...and that is by no means a bad fate whatsoever.
He lands on the balls of his feet, giving the fallen witch but a moment's glance before the ninja's lesson comes in behind him. He whips about, just in time to see the flutter of brown fabric! While he'd normally be all for having her hold his head, in this situation, it would be a terrible, terrible thing...and it seems that his engines have finally warmed up after having discharged a bit of excess energy. His head turns as he scarcely pulls free of the grasp before she can fully capture him. With the two bodies being so close, it seems like the perfect time to lean inward and drive his fist into the girl's stomach, just as she tried to do with him earlier! Again, the difference is in a glut of voltage, a brilliant blue ball of arcing sparks squealing noisily and eager to ground themselves in nice, soft flesh! "Who's holding back?" is all he has the time to breathe out, so quick is the exchange!
COMBATSYS: Pepe successfully hits Ibuki with Istak.
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Naerose 2|<<<<<<<|<<<<<<<
Ibuki not only finds that her target has slipped her grasp but she finds that her gut is being hit rather hard and shocked at the same time by a very effective and nasty counter offensive from Pepe. She realized what was about to happen and tried valiantly to jump back but it was far to late as his knuckles slammed into her hard and then her muscles froze up from the shock.
Her muscles don't completely fail her however, as she leaps backwards the minute the voltage running through her system peters out, they may even do a too good of a job as now she's much further away than she'd intended, smoking slightly from her tummy, breathing a bit hard, "Ouch, I didn't realize you wanted to grope me that bad." She teases playfully while a couple of kunai drop into her hands from some hiding place on her body.
Taking aim the girl charges them with a bit of her chi, rushes forward, and leaps high above Pepe, releasing the first Kunai to strike a half inch from his face, and then the other to impale him in his bare chest...should they land home at the very least.
COMBATSYS: Pepe dodges Ibuki's Kunai.
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Naerose 2|<<<<<<<|<<<<<<<
As soon as Pepe sends the hot little ninja flying, his fist is left crackling with residual blue arcs. A shake of his hand and loosening of his fingers dissipates the effect, as though literally just shrugging off a bad case of static cling. The flirtatious remark is met with a short laugh and a smirk that dimples one of his cheeks. "A girl as cute as you, how can I resist?" Yeah, this is actually kind of fun! So what if it's not a /real/ date? The company's mostly good and he's getting to do what had been taboo for so many years. To fight publicly and, better yet, for a good cause, why...it's enough to make him downright hyperactive in his mirth! It's a good thing, too, what with two deadly weapons coming flying right at him!
The smile on his face wipes itself clean in an instant while he leans to avoid the first dagger, and then jerks his torso to twist aside to avoid the other! It's so very close, and for all of Ibuki's trouble, all she gets is a couple of holes in the movie screen...right on each cheek of a man's bare ass. How unfortunate. The Mexican fighter can't help but snicker at the sight, but it's only a brief distraction. However, even small lapses have given the ninja room to move before! As he turns back to the girl, he hunches down and, for the first time, she gets to see what happened to Naerose earlier: he leaps up and forward, but it's so quick, like the rushing of the wind itself! One knee screams in toward her chest, instead of her head. It's a hard choice, but he would be heartbroken if he were to break that pretty face!
COMBATSYS: Ibuki blocks Pepe's Arriba.
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Naerose 2|<<<<<<<|<<<<<<<
Well her missiles failed to hit home this was looking to be a tough fight for the girl, additionally the hitting of the ass on screen was insult to injury, she was slowly but surely getting her ass kicked and she knew it. She smirks underneath her mask, "I figured as much, maybe I need to play harder to get!" She muses outloud as she watches his actions closely, she was having fun but her pride demanded she do her utmost to win...hidden away on her person she has two things that might just do that but she shakes her head, "It's for charity..."
Then all of the sudden he's racing for her and she holds up her arms and using her arm guards for all they are worth, the hit stings pretty hard and her arms slam into her chest slightly but she manages to stop the majority of the blow's force. Her close proximity decides her next action for her, "Tora!!!" She roars suddenly.
Her hand swings back just like it did a few moments ago against Naerose, a visible blue ball of chi clutched in her fist as she rams it forward towards the center of Pepe's chest, it looks as though she's getting ready to give him one heck of a valentine as her attack seems to be aimed at his heart!
COMBATSYS: Pepe parries Ibuki's Raida!
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Naerose 2|<<<<<<<|<<<<<<<
Oh, man! This is just...ah! "Man, I'm actually glad they brought me here. You're a lot of fun!" He bounces on his feet constantly now, both arms lifted into fists. The fact that his ribs were smashed and his upper body is covered with scratches and scrapes from the ground don't matter much at all anymore. He's feeling in his groove, losing himself to the natural energy that more commonly fills him. Fighting is /fun/, and the flirting on top of it! He didn't even know that was /possible/.
His good mood and huge smile are dampened someone by the sudden yell. He springs back a mere foot just out of pure reflex. Ah, he's seen this one before. It put Naerose under, and while Pepe is big and tough (or so he thinks,) there's no sense in chancing it! His left foot plants down and his right lifts up, straining the seam in his pants to do so. He doesn't have that problem in the jumpsuit...which really makes this a little awkward. Instead of lashing out with high kicks, his leg bends at the knee over and over, snapping out in a flurry of blurred strikes. Each time his foot flies out, it's coated in a wash of voltage, a brilliant blue light that mixes and dissipates the roaring ball of chi until it's little more than a wisp of smoke riding on the wind. With the threat gone, the last kick tries to meet her bare fist directly, instantly discharging a fresh channel of muscle-jarring voltage on top of the harsh strike!
COMBATSYS: Pepe successfully hits Ibuki with Wind Kicks EX.
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Naerose 2|<<<<<<<|<<<<<<<
Ibuki again finds her attack coming in extremely short as Pepe leaps back and away from it before she can slam it home, not only that he seemingly overpowers it, she frowns beneath her mask as much as she gripped about being a ninja she was proud of her abilities and he was evading everything she threw at him. Then before she can rely on her own reflexes to take her out of the way of his attack, Ibuki finds herself struck again hard as she feels a few bones in her hand stress, pop, and finally break without being able to react as again her muscles lock up due to the electricity.
Taking a step back and nursing her now extremely damaged hand, Ibuki grits her teeth and focuses on the fight in front of her, she decides that she's going to go all out and when she does she's going to give this guy one heck of a hit! "Hmm, really trying to hit on me pretty hard aren't you?" She holds up her other hand in a protective gesture, before her eyes start to almost glow blue, the air around her swirls with energy and she's surrounded in a sphere of bluish light. She reaches down and pops the broken bones in her hand back into place flexes it a few times then looks up, "Let's do this!!!"
COMBATSYS: Ibuki gathers her will.
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Naerose 2|<<<<<<<|<<<<<<<
"If you're fighting, Pepe, you don't hold back or be nice to people. That comes after it's all over!" Pepe pauses where he stands, his eyes lifting upward. "That's pretty much exactly what you said, right?" His arms drop to the sides and extend outward a bit. His skin bears a faint sheen from all the exertion, but he's not yet panting. "See, I was listening! And, I've seen you fight, so I know how amazing you are. How rude would it be for me to go easy on you, after we were both embarassed by these guys?"
His answer, it seems, is an amazing whorl of chi: blue light that outmatches anything that he's shown tonight. His eyes are wide, lips loose and slightly parted as he takes in the display. He's very much in awe, and the way that his mouth widens into an open smile portrays just part of how impressed he is. "Hahaha, holy crap, that's--oh, wow!" He maintains his distance, once more lifting his arms and keeping his stance light and easy, because he has /no/ idea what to expect. All he can do is watch!
COMBATSYS: Pepe focuses on his next action.
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"Hmph! I did say that." Ibuki admits, "I might wind up regretting those words if I'm not careful though..." Her eyes are very focused as she looks Pepe over, she is really trying to pick her next attack as he's shrugged off pretty much everything she's thrown at him so far as though it were nothing. Thus she decides to go all in on this attack, if she's going down she's going down while impressing everyone!
It seems that he's focusing on what she's doing but is that a good idea, only time will tell. With that thought Ibuki pushes her speed to the max and rushes forward toward the young man that's her opponent, trailing a bit of bluish chi as she closes the distance between the two.
She swings her right hand into his ribs, releasing a micro blast of her own chi in a manner much like the raida, but this is inturn followed up by her slamming her elbow into him, and surrounding them both in a sphere of chi like she just showed a moment ago, before absorbing it all back into herself and channeling it through Pepe's body and organs explosively before launching him hopefully quite a ways from her. That is if she can connect!
COMBATSYS: Pepe blocks Ibuki's Yoroi Doushi.
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Naerose 2|<<<<<<<|<<<<<<<
Well. This is something entirely new.
"Hey, you've already shown me a great time. You could knock me out now and I'd be cool with it!" And he just may get what he'd asked for! The ninja comes in quick, once more aiming for those ribs she'd assaulted earlier. It's a weak spot now, and she just keeps trying to capitalize on it! His hand comes up and catches her own, weather the painful glut of chi as it travels through his arm, fraying the news and introcuding him to an entirely new sort of pain! The elbow comes in, but he leans in to cut the effective strength short, pulling an arm around the girl in an effort to keep her from swinging any further. It doesn't matter much, though! That blue energy hurts like hell, a deeper aching than mere bruised ribs and compressed muscles. When it all fades back and she just seems to absorb it, it may look for all the world as though he's embracing the ninja. He has a pained face on, but manages to force a smarmy little grin. "G...gotcha." He can't say much more than that, as woozy as he feels as it is. Still, what he has in mind isn't wholly pleasant! In such close proximity, he's in the perfect position to try and drive a knee into the poor girl's gut, but the question is: how spry IS she after expending energy like that?
COMBATSYS: Pepe successfully hits Ibuki with Strong Kick.
- Power hit! -
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Ibuki finds her powerful attack blocked again by Pepe, it just seemed that she couldn't land a clean blow against the guy at all not since that opening attack! As she tells her gotcha, her eyes widen surprised that he could still manage a smarmy grin after taking that in the arm.
Perhaps its the surprise or the fact that she just unleashed a lot of her stored up energy in that last attack, it's impossible for her to dodge the follow up as it slams right into her stomach, "Gah!" She lets out a little pained cry as consciousness begins to leave her...she starts to fall to the ground....
Then one last time her eyes flash with bluish light and she manages to arrest her fall stand up straight and swing her left fist at Pepe's ribs, "Toooorrrraaaaaa!!!!" She lets out her massive roar as her fist follows the same exact routine that her right had a moment ago when he'd blocked her fist and again the duo are surrounded in a bluish aura of her chi!
COMBATSYS: Ibuki can no longer fight.
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Whether she hits home or not, the ninja girl's eyes roll up and she drops to the ground unconscious. It seems she had nothing left after that and passed midway through the attack muscle memory the only thing that had kept her upright and attack at that point.
COMBATSYS: Pepe endures Ibuki's Yoroi Doushi!
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Naerose 2|<<<<<<<|<<<<<<<
It was bad enough that poor, sweet Ibuki nearly fell to the ground! Pepe, despite being so battered from without /and/ within, lurched a little to try and keep her from dropping. Imagine his surprise when she stands back up for another attempt at doing exactly what she'd just tried! Ninjas are dangerous folk, even while unconscious! But this time, it's different. It's the girl's empty, unfocused gaze, the lack of life in her face that tells him that Ibuki isn't exactly in it anymore. He has two options: toss her aside and escape to safety, or endure it; weather the storm of chi and hazard a fractured rib or two to keep her from falling down.
Pepe, bless his heart, goes for the second option.
Oh, it hurts. His world is pain, and even as he braces for impact, he's just not USED to that kind of thing! Pained sounds come freely from his uplifted mouth, his body stuck as the blue aura recedes and sinks back into its owners unconscious shell. Pepe still his an arm around Ibuki's back, and when she starts slipping, he has just enough presence of mind to lift her back up, to scoop her up with back and legs over his arms. Really, what's she going to do about it? She's unconscious! It's a fact that's confirmed by the fight promoter when he comes by. Pepe's too weary now to kick the guy in the face as he deserves...all he demands is someone to check the ninja out for injuries! Okay, and Naerose too.
All the while, that crazy witch is dancing naked on the movie screen in a depiction of her satan-riddled witchcraft rituals. Who's to say which event got the most attention in this theater tonight?
COMBATSYS: Pepe has left the fight here.
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Log created on 23:16:40 01/08/2011 by Pepe, and last modified on 18:38:50 01/14/2011.