Description: Does Good triumph over Evil?!? Let's ask the Kamen Riders and their nemesis, Mishima! In this fight, MayLee (Kamen Rider Gatack) and Shenwoo (Dark Kabuto) must face their nemesis, Mishima (as portrayed by Terry Bogard.) (WINNER: Terry)
The Saitama Super Arena is a huge indoor arena, notable for the movable seating and extremely flexible locations that it can be used to represent. Seating for up to 37,000 can be crammed in at top capacity, and with Terry taking part in this week's SNF... AND the world's Kamen Rider fans geeking out over it as hard as May Lee is... well, they need every inch.
Commemorative necklaces have been handed out to the audience, who now sit around the set. A large laboratory strewn with wires and tables. And May Lee? May Lee is in heaven. This fight has revealed to the world that May Lee has a Kamen Rider Kabuto cosplay outfit. She hasn't stopped beaming from ear to ear ALL DAY as she helped the Saturday Night Fight staff get everything just right.
If it wasn't for the fact she had the helmet off, it'd be impossible to tell she is actually... her. But she does, as she tries to explain it all over again to her fellow fighters. (http://static.hlj.com/images/ban/ban955951.jpg)
"OKAY! Uhm, this is like, the climax of the whole series! Last episode, the main character, seemed to be killed! But actually he didn't die. But we don't know that!"
She's actually bouncing on the spot. "Basically! Uhm, well, Mishima, that's you Terry, he's evil, but misguided not super evil! He thinks that humans are violent and will always kill each other. He's part of an alien species called The Native, that we humans call The Worm. We, that's me and Dark Kabuto." She winks to Shenwoo, "Want humans and natives to live together peacefully, but Mishima thinks that can't be possible, because of all the war and violence and stuff."
She claps her hands together. "So he decides to turn all the humans into natives with these necklaces and the power of Dark Kabuto! We're going to be veering a little away from canon because in canon, I get my butt kicked and Dark Kabuto lays there and goes 'argh' a lot as his power is drained, until Tendou turns up to save the day! But that's okay! We're recreating one of the best scenes in all of Kamen Rider history! Just make sure you try and beat me down as hard as you can, Terry, 'cause everyone is going to expect me to be all bloody by the end. Oh, and one more thing."
She beams from ear to ear, "I'm the God of Battle. You have a totally awesome line, uhm, right before you smash me down. Its 'The God of Battle should die in battle!' Don't forget that one!"
Terry is going to have to have a -talk- with the SNF people. Casting him--Terry Bogard--as the evil guy? C'mon now. No one who knows fighters at all is gonna believe -that-. Still, he plucks at the outfit given to him, dubiously, as Maylee explains the whole thing. Well, he's probably more willing to play along than, say, Krauser, or... any number of other fighters. They should've gotten Geese, he thinks, in a brief moment of uncharitability, but then, Geese would probably try to kill these guys outright.
Still, he can't help but smile a little at Maylee's enthusiasm. What the hell, why not? Terry tips his hat--already off, but not out of his hands--to Maylee, and chuckles a little. "Well. I guess I'll try not to disappoint then, 'Kamen Rider'..." Turning to Shenwoo, wondering if the guy's really gonna play along.
5t"'Dark Kabuto'," he says with just the slightest grin. And then he turns away and walks towards his place, tossing the hat casually, where it lands on a hat hook, neatly hanging.
Over his shoulder he calls, "Better get this show on the road, huh?" with a wave of his hand as he turns to face the crowd and the would-be 'heroes'.
"Show me what heroism is!"
Shenwoo did not grow up watching Kaman Rider. Nor did he grow up on Sentai or any other sort of thing that was meant to instill the ideals of truth, justice, and the power of of a righteous soul.
So all you have is a somewhat surely looking man seated on the floor, arms and legs crossed as he watches the bouncing May Lee. The atmosphere and general nerdery of the set-up grates on him... the fact that he's done up as some kind of robot bug thing doesn't help any either! (You can believe that more than one person was threatend with a beating in the attempt to make him wear it.)
Still... her enthusism is... Catching. So he sat and nodded his unhelmeted-head along as she explained while making the odd note of dissent here and there. Questioning the plot or calling it stupid.
It's all going well until she explains the last line. This causes a single, blonde slash of a browto launch upwards.
"Oy, oy...." the seated man nearly growls. Pulling his broad frame upto it's full height, a thumb jabbed into his armored chest. "I don't care what this is. There is only one god of battle in this world and that's me!" he objects severely!
However... the chance of getting to fight Terry Bogard is very, bvery enticing.. even if he has to dress up like some weirdo!
May Lee might be the only fighter *totally* happy with the setup, but frankly, she'd be ecstatic even if the organizers had just said that she could wear her Kamen Rider outfit in ANY fight. Getting others fighters to play along (or at least wear a similar getup) is basically the best thing ever, and no amount of sourness from Shenwoo will ruin it.
"That's why they call it acting!" May Lee enthuses to Shenwoo. "I'm not really the Kagami type in *real* life. He's always jumping into things without thinking them through and he's really hot blooded." Which, obviously, is nothing at all like May Lee. Nope! Not at all!
Pushing her helmet on, May Lee turns to face Terry.
"OKAY!" She declares. Now. How did it go again? Oh yeah!
"I won't let you have your way with this world!"
And with that, and a roar of approval from the crowd, May Lee hurls herself across the set. Lightning bursts into being behind her heels, up over the outside of the bright blue armor, and through into her knuckles as she attempts to punch Terry right in the chest as hard as she can!
COMBATSYS: MayLee has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Terry has wandered into the fight here on the left meter side.
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Terry 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 MayLee
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: MayLee has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Terry dodges MayLee's May Lee- Lightning Blow!.
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Right. Well, unfortunately, Terry doesn't know -anything- about this guy... and it's not like he's got some sort of gargoyled wireless setup to look shit up on wikipedia or whatnot. So... he's a villain... right. Gotta get the mindset going. Think like Geese. But not -too- much like Geese. The helmet goes on and here comes Maylee, coming at him with all that enthusiasm crackling in a literally electric punch. And that powerful strike...
Terry sidesteps it, letting the indomitable Kamen Rider pass by him while he works to get that disdainful sneer on his lips. He gets it partly right, as he reaches up and adjusts his non-lensed glasses. "Hmph," he says, "As if you could -stop- me," he says. Letting MayLee come to a halt and come back around to face him, he waits for that before launching his own attack, taking one long step and reaching out with a puncn of his own, his right fist aimed in a compact, smashing hook for the side of MayLee's helmet. Shenwoo isn't in the fight--*yet*--but Terry'll have to watch him momentarily...
To say that Shenwoo isn't in a fight is entirely untrue.
Infact, the five feet surrounding Shenwoo at any point in time should and always will be considered 'a fight'. If there is a fight within eye shot of Shenwoo, he is in it, invited or not.
So, while Terry may be busy with the exhuberant May Lee, he should not forget the costumed wildman of Shanghai.
The character he portrays may be calm, menacing and devastating. Shenwoo is wild, powerful, and neigh uncontrollable.
To illustrate this, Shenwoo yells.
"Haaaagh!!"
He lunges forward, heedless of even pretending to be in character, the mad boxer rears back one fists and lets fly. A powerful blow to make sure that Terry remembered the blonde.
COMBATSYS: Terry successfully hits MayLee with Strong Punch.
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*THKOOM*
That's the sound that May Lee's armor makes when Terry's fist slams into the side of her helmet. There's a bright fountaining of sparks and the unfortunate Kamen Rider wannabe is sent hurtling across the room. She hits some of the equipment on the other side, and bounces off. She actually rolls a couple of times before she manages to stagger back up to her feet.
"Hah... hah...!" She breathes, "You might be strong!" As though that was ever in any doubt whatsoever. "But I'm not going to let you do as you like!!"
May Lee is burning up with dramatic tension. With where she's landed, she's right next to the glowing meteorite which (as any Kamen Rider fan would know) is crucial to the narrative! As Shenwoo presses the attack with a punch right at Terry, May Lee picks up the meteor--
Oh god this is heavier than she expected, did they use actual rock!?
"HYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHRGH!"
And she HURLS it at the head of Terry Bogard!!
COMBATSYS: Terry blocks Shenwoo's Gekiken.
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Terry 0/-------/-----==|=======\====---\1 MayLee
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COMBATSYS: Terry dodges MayLee's Large Thrown Object.
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*WHACK*
*WHACK*
Thus are the sounds surrounding Terry Bogard. Or, er, Mishima. Shenwoo's rushing fist smacks right into Terry's... left hand, the blond turning towards Shenwoo as the punch comes just close enough. And then, the second whack--
--that's the sound of Terry catching the meteor thing. Not willing to use actual rock in actual violence (as opposed to, say, sending Rock into an alleyway and watching how he handles the drunks and molesters), he simply tosses it aside, and grins.
For he remembers something about Shenwoo--that he prefers to call himself the "God of Battle". So he can actually deliver the line and he does so with a good amount of sneer. "A god of battle should die in battle!" he says, as he shoves Shenwoo's fist away, and in one smooth motion, rockets his own right fist for Shenwoo's fast--this lunging punch accompanied by a burst of golden chi. Perhaps not exactly a Kamen Rider-approved attack but, really, these things only go so far.
His battlecry is sharp, wordless, as he seeks to punch clean through Shenwoo's face--his momentum set to carry him past the Shanghai God of Battle.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo endures Terry's Burn Knuckle.
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Terry 0/-------/---====|=======\====---\1 MayLee
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The blonde... The OTHER blonde man should feel bad. Here it is, only a few seconds into the fight and he has already stolen the spotlight of a young girl who may or may not have had her heart set on this moment. Just waiting for it to occur.
She will have to suffer this disappointment without the salve of the Mad Boxer's sympathies however. When Terry comes at him, his fist aglow with it's own light, Shenwoo could care less about her desires.
A manic grin splits 'Dark Kabuto's' face a moment before Tderry's face makes impact.
With heels dug into the floor and body braced with expectation, Terry might not get the fly away foe that he had sought when he applied his fist directly to Shenwoo's face. He dos snap away however, face threatening to become unglued from his skull as spittle and blood fly free in the wake of the passing Bogard. It leaves him with a moment of starbursts erupting in his eyes... but just a moment.
A toss of his head and they're gone!
"Hah, that was a good one..." appraises Shenwoo as his few thoughts reorder themselves. That manic, wolfish grin has not dimmed... if anything it is all the brighter. Rows of rwhite teeth displayed as he turns after Terry, dragging a knuckle across a crimson trickle that leaks from the corner of his mouth.
Now it's his turn again!
Pressing for the offensive once more, Shenwoo ignores any props or set pieces in favor of the most direct method of combat! He charges after Terry again, starting in with a left hook that flies in at the other man's cheek. He follows it with a sudden thrust of his knee, leg bent as it snaps up towards Bogards middle. To top it off, Shenwoo seeks to take Terry head on! Literally! His thick skull propelled forward like a battering ram just as soon as he can plant the foot of the kneeing leg once again!
May Lee? Disappointed?
No, not at all. Terry could have knocked her out with that single punch and this would *still* have been one of the best days in her life. She's not disappointed at all! In fact, behind the mask, she's grinning like a lunatic. Truly ecstatic to be in the moment, even if she's horrendously outclassed by her opponent. Hey! Kagami was horrendously outclassed by Mishima, too! So this is only right!
"I won't stand losing!"
The bellowed shout is exactly what Kagami shouted in response to Mishima's declaration. Sure, Terry might be calling Shenwoo the God of Battle rather than May Lee... but she's not going to let that get her down at all! She's still standing, and still living her Rider dream!
Her hand comes down, and she presses the button on her belt three times.
"CLOCK UP!"
And suddenly, May Lee is leaping in from atop her companion. As Shenwoo's headbutt finishes, May Lee descends from above with a swinging roundhouse kick! Which is, of course, coupled with that iconic cry. Sure... maybe she's going in too hard too fast, but this just *feels* right to her!
"RIDER KICK!"
COMBATSYS: MayLee successfully hits Terry with May Lee- Dynamic!.
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COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Terry with Combo Attack.
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*WHAM* Terry gets rocked by that Rider Kick, which unbalances him enough to throw him into Shenwoo's combination strikes--punched, knee'd, etc.... the combination throws him to the ground, and when he rises, it's without the glasses. And with a trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth. Grinning wickedly, he wipes the blood away with a fingertip. Seems he's kind of getting into the role--he actually looks a little sinister.
"So this is your 'justice'..." He laughs, heartily, sounding a little sinister too, and then he sets himself--a strange stance, not his usual, a little lower to the ground, a little wider in the feet, twisted around to his right, his left shoulder tucked in.
"... well... try -MINE!-" And then he's leaping, right for May Lee, in a low arc, bringing all that torqued-in power in a single, devastating roundhouse kick for MayLee's head.
Shenwoo will just have to wait a moment... not that he will. Terry knows the man will attack again. But if he can lower the odds...
Shenwoo has just headbutted a hungry wolf.
It felt wonderful.
Rearing back up from the inadvertant bit of team work. (He may have fixed MayLee with a look that implied he forgot she was here when she popped back into his line of sight).
Terry takes the risk of dividing his attention between the two and Shenwoo wades right in to take advantage.
He doesn't know any lines to throw out to tickle the teeming masses in the stands, or even any relevent moves.
May Lee did say that this Kabuto guy spent a lot of time on a table saying 'arg' on a table though...
Whatever, fighting is easier than thinking!
Shenwoo locks his hands together as he comes in on Terry, fingers interlacing with one another, creating one fist where once there was two! This powerful double-fist is lifted up and over the brawlers head and brought down with all the kindness and grace of a sledge hammer! A giddy, vicious laugh is all that Terry gets as warning regarding the rush of the smiling goon in plastic armor.
COMBATSYS: Terry successfully hits MayLee with Medium Kick.
- Power hit! -
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May Lee doesn't even try to dodge. What she does try to do, is stand firm in the face of Terry's INJUSTICE KICK.
This does not work quite according to plan.
The girl is smashed brutally into the ground, and her helmet shatters. For a moment, it doesn't look like she's getting up. In fact, there's some blood in with the shards of metal and plastic that suggest Terry might really have hurt her!
"Humanity... can create... great guys... like Souji."
May Lee actually sounds like she's choking up as she forces herself to get back up through nothing more than sheer willpower. She's only been hit twice, but she can't remember the last time she's been hit as strong! Probably because being hit as strongly as she has been tends to leave these wacky memory gaps, especially when smacked in the head.
"Humans... will never lose... to The Worm!"
As heedless of her partner as he is of her (though in her case, this is more due to the fact that May Lee is putting most of her concentration into reminding her body how her legs work), the exciteable teenager comes forward once more. It is time to show the world what she's got! This is her, walking the path of Heaven, her own way!
May Lee charges, arms to either side in dramatic fast-running style. At the last possible moment before it looks like she's just going to run /into/ Terry, she *blinks* out of existence.
And then she's above him, suspended in the air in a dramatic rotating ball of Kamen Rider goodness. She falls like the fist of heaven, descending with an axe-heel kick that aims to smash into Terry, and then swing back up and around, to throw him into the air.
Which will then be followed by May Lee raising both hands above her head...
And the upper roof of the stadium, whether it contains Terry Bogard or not, will EXPLODE in a bright fireball which illuminates the entire set.
Before she sinks to her knees, panting for breath. "Hah, hah, that, is *my* Justice." And the mask crumbles from her face, to reveal a beaten, bloodied and battered May Lee... beaming a smile so white and brilliant that it would make Kim proud!
COMBATSYS: Terry dodges MayLee's May Lee- The End!.
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COMBATSYS: Terry dodges Shenwoo's Fukuko-Geki.
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Is his fate to be sandwiched between the two again, destroyed by sledgehammer fists and axing kicks? Apparently not. Drama aside, Terry is a masterful judge of the fight, and he proves it in this moment, as he takes a single, almost pirouetting spin, first MayLee's axe kick and then Shenwoo's fists slicing through the air where Terry used to be. Now, MayLee is the easy target. But Terry understand that drama demands that the heroes last as long as possible. So he shifts his attention.
"Nothing to say, Mr. God of Battle?" he says, mockingly--as he opts for a simpler attack vector this time, stepping in and grabbing for Shenwoo's upper body with his left--it'd be a way to destabilize him for the followup, a quick uppercut to the chin to knock Shenwoo off his feet and onto his ass. It might be deceptively simple but it's also deceptively powerful, the simple movements packing a lot of punch.
COMBATSYS: Terry successfully hits Shenwoo with Grasping Upper.
- Power hit! -
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He'll say one thing for May Lee.
The girl's flashy.
His fists plow through recently vacated air so hard that the people that once breathed that air... or whos particles make it up or something, feel it!
Napolean Bonapart just felt this wiff!
Shenwoo reacts with a bark of laughter, a single note of mirth as he rears up, ready to pursue Terry once more, only to have himself blinded by the sudden eruption of light that has become May Lee's justice!
He gives a startled bark, eyes cinching shut before the glare, a arm thrown up to guard them.
This is Terry's opening.
Lights still dance before Shenwoo's eyes when he feels someone grab hold of his shoulder pad and pull him forward. This was going to be good.
Any attempts at defense are short of the mark. Terry's knuckles plow into the mad boxer's jaw and the God Of Battle is sent flying!
It is a short flight, one way, no connections. Not even enough time for peanuts and a movie,. He drops heavily to the floor, landing with out even the slightest bit of grace, a grunt of impact escaping him as his body hits the floor.
He is not undone of course, far from it!
The Wildman of Shanghai scrambles to his feet. "Good, good! Keep it up!" he jeers as he comes in at Terry again, running back across the space he had just flown through. Trying to return the favor of a free trip with a good, straight punch right to the man's mouth.
May Lee is hurting, and she's uncomfortably aware that, after her dramatic finishing move... she's still conscious. Which is not exactly how these things usually go. She's not about to give in just because she's not fallen unconscious at a dramatically appropriate time, though. She'd have to hand in her scarf if she did that!
To say she is getting desperate would be an understatement, though. She's tried fast. She's tried flashy. She's tried dramatic speeches. Nothing seems to be getting through! In the face of Terry's godlike skill, there's really very little that the would-be Tokusatsu heroine can do other than bank on luck to save her.
From her kneeling position, May Lee throws herself into action. She jumps, flips, and as she lands with both hands, she uses the position as a coiled spring. She has no idea if this has even the slightest chance of working, she's certainly never trained in this before, but Shenwoo is going for the front...!
And May Lee dives forwards with both feet leading the way, aiming straight between Terry's shoulderblades like some kind of small Dynamic Missile. (Hey that would be a cool move name, in fact...)
"DYNAMIC! MISSILE!"
COMBATSYS: Terry blocks Shenwoo's Strong Punch.
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COMBATSYS: Terry interrupts Strong Kick from MayLee with Rising Tackle.
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Limited repertoire of moves, huh Shen? Well, Terry knows that's not entirely true. But the incoming punch is stopped again, Terry spinning and deflecting with his left wrist against Shenwoo's punching arm--it grazes, but that's it. Enough to raise a welt--Shenwoo is a Man of Power--but hardly the solid impact he'd like. Terry can feel May Lee coming in...
... and so he suddenly, violently, increases that spin, turning it into an upside down lunge straight upwards--and that impact stings, for sure, but she gets the worst of it, as Terry scythes through the air up towards her, his strong arms held out to batter her with a clothesline-like attack.
The rotation slows as he reaches the peak of his flight, and as it comes to an end he flips over, landing on his feet, light as a feather. May Lee may not be as lucky.
No, it wasn't as sound a strike as he would like but he still had his ground at the end of it.
Terry whipped away after the block to handle MayLee. That one looked nasty. He had no time to coddle weaklings however, this was a fight. A fight with someone strong... maybe even stronger than Shenwoo himself!
This is likely the case but he doesn't care. it is not the win or the loss that excites Shenwoo. The God of Battle lives only for the fight itself, not the outcome!
So when Terry lands, Shenwoo is waiting... Well, waiting implies a sense of paitience. Shenwoo is far from paitient.
It is just fortunate that Terry came down before the other blonde decided to go up there and get him!
The brawlers weight shifts to his left leg, the right crooks upwards and fires off, Shenwoo's entire body working around behind the heel that is driving towardsthe other man's middle, hips working every ounce of muscle and force he can into it. It's not fancy. The technique was likely learned from a donkey rather than any traditional teacher.
*SMASH* tinkle *crunch* *thud*
May Lee hits some of the set that was designed to look like very expensive machinery. She's not exactly sure she could explain what just happened to her, but as she gets up, the Kamen Rider armor she's wearing falls off. Thankfully, she's still wearing normal clothes underneath it. In fact, she's dressed like Kagami! White dress shirt and all. At least, it was white. Poor May Lee has taken quite a beating in this fight, and it is now a white and red streaky mess.
To her credit, May Lee does get up one more time.
"My evolution is faster than the light!" She slurs, shouting the words out as forcefully as she can. It should also be noted that, as beat up as she is, the ever-present smile has not left May Lee's face throughout the entire fight. It is just now more obvious because her armor has disintegrated. (And she will be SO UPSET about her lost cosplay costume when she can think clearly).
"Nothing in the whole universe can keep up with my evolution!"
Sure, she's quoting the wrong Kamen Rider, but she's also barely conscious, give the poor girl a break.
Sprinting as fast as she can, May Lee is notably slower than she was the last time she came at Terry like this. She stumbles over the ground, and throws herself forwards into a clumsy overheaded kick.
If it connects, by some miracle, Terry will find himself being lifted into the air, and a SECOND explosion of enormous energy will rip through the upper rafters of the stadium. Well. That will happen regardless. May Lee's burning spirit cannot be contained.
It can, however, be betrayed by the weakness of her merely mortal form. Which she demonstrates by, whatever the outcome may be, faceplanting the ground and collapsing into Tokusatsu-themed unconscious dreams.
COMBATSYS: MayLee can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Terry dodges MayLee's May Lee- The End!.
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COMBATSYS: Terry blocks Shenwoo's Fusen Kyaku.
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Terry 1/=======/=======|=======\=====--\1 Shenwoo
Sorry, May Lee. Terry can't let you hit him with that, not this close to the end. But he does catch her by the shoulders after the clumsy kick, guiding her down to a resting position before turning and taking Shenwoo's foot--right on his crossed forearms. Terry grimaces lightly, but turns his forearms aside--and switches the line of his attack, briefly, to keep May Lee out of it.
"Guess it's just about that time, isn't it?" he says, rotating his shoulders, then grinning again.
"Guess it's time to give it all I got!" At the lsat word, his chi suddenly flares, audibly, visibly, and to the senses of life, blazing up from his feet in a writhing circle. It lasts for only a moment before the aura internalizes... and without any real transition, Terry goes from standing, to moving--lunging forward with his weight behind his right fist, his left hand bracing the wrist.
"ARE YOU OKAY?!?!?" he shouts, as he launches off, and because it's traditional, he finishes out with the usual.
"BUSTER... WOLF!!!" If he hits? Well, not only does Shenwoo get slugged--but he gets to withstand, or try to withstand, an explosion of raw chi that'll rake forward from Terry.
COMBATSYS: Terry successfully hits Shenwoo with Buster Wolf EX+.
>> Decisive Hit!! <<
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With one last flash, May Lee is out... she had spirit to the very end. But spirit without power means little in the end.
This leaves him facing off with Terry. He couldn't be happier. Noone else in the way, just him and someone strong. Someone very, very strong.
The kid gloves are off, he's coming.
Shenwoo stands his ground, smiling from ear to ear. Looking for all the world like a man gone mad. There is no attempt to escape or even block. Shenwoo tosses his arms wide open.
Give Me All You've Got!
Terry Bogard does not disappoint.
The blow lands squarely, a powerful strike of it's own accord. Then comes the eruption of life from the Bogard. It sends Shenwoo ROCKETING AWAY!
Bits and pieces of his costume are left in his wake, shards of plastic armor and spandex suit litters the trail left behind the man that was supposed to be Dark Kabuto.
He ends up crashing against the table his namesake was strapped to. It does not suffer the impact well but it manages to halt Shenwoo's flight.
He is still for a moment. Battered and worn... but after a moment there is laughter. It bubbles up like a engine trying to turn over, hoarse and jagged as he wrenches himself out of the ruined set. His torso is laid bare, thankfully the pants have remained intact!
"Am I okay...?" he utters through the fit of laughter. He settles, quiets. Hands ball up into fists, gloves creak in protest. "I'm... GREAT!" It's a roar.
His head snaps upwards. His eyes are wide in delight, a horrible bliss that threatens to affix that wolofish grin upon his face for all of eternity!
Then the man lets loose, a fist comes flying... at himself.
It crashes hard against his cheek, face snapping away with the impact only to fly the other way when his other hand comes around to copy the first. Just two strikes before he takes a breat
and ROARS!
A massive eruption of chi explodes from the mad boxer. It streaks towards the rafters in a piller of unleashed battle lust.
Then he attacks.
He moves like a man posessed, hurling himself towards Terry in a horrible flood of blows. Punches, kicks, elbows, knees, and headbutts. Sooo many headbutts.
It is furious... but ultimately short.
This last gasp will leave him crumbling to the floor just like May Lee unless Terry sends him flying again.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Terry just-defends Shenwoo's Bakuma Assault!
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Terry 0/-------/---====|
Terry got May Lee's best. Now he's gonna get Shenwoo's best. The man took the Buster Wolf and is still standing--and that's impressive enough on its own. For Shenwoo to then come at him like a crazed wolverine, well, that's not unexpected--but the speed and the power he retains are impressive. Truly, Shenwoo would destroy a fighter of less skill than Terry Bogard.
But he didn't get to become the Legendary Wolf by just being good. Terry Bogard is the Legendary Wolf because he's -great-. And also, sometimes, very lucky. In this case, however, it's a bit of both--for parrying that first strike was luck. The rest, however, comes down to skill, and remaining calm in the face of the wild onslaught, deftly and calmly turning aside each strike to the minimum needed. It isn't a dismissive defense--Terry takes it seriously and, though he probably could blow Shenwoo off his feet with a strike, he chooses not to.
"Good fight, God of Battle," Terry says, a hand resting on Shenwoo's shoulder for just a moment before, heedless of the cheering and the lights and the announcer trying to spin this the 'right' way for the Kamen Rider fans... he walks off stage. He wants to change into his usual clothes and get his usual bottle and drink it. He's earned it.
COMBATSYS: Terry wanders on to find the next challenge.
Log created on 21:30:30 01/21/2012 by Terry, and last modified on 12:10:43 01/23/2012.