Description: What was supposed to be a drill on proper proceedures on how to behave in school, rapidly devolves, and Vice channels the power of the R10 Kool-Aid Man to prove a point.
9 PM. Southtown City. Pacific High Auditorium.
The auditorium is a small one, when compared to the rival schools. Only capable of seating 200, what it makes up in size is comfort. Plush carpeting, excellent lighting, and a clean, raised stage, it embodies the practical simplicity of Pacific High. The auditorium is set up with camera and crew, but surprisingly, no audience to fill the seats. This is a matter of safety, of course; as the frontend for this fight is the infamous Vice, who has been causing trouble across the Saturday Night Fights.
But that's what Hall Monitor Kensou is for!
The Chinese psychic stands in the middle of the auditorium, waiting. Dressed in his high school uniform, the hot-blooded Psycho Soldier wears a red sash, bearing the insignia of honor. Puffing his chest out proudly, he works hard to conceal his smile with an intense glower of a proper hall monitor. After Athena was attacked in that Devil's Tournament, Kensou has made a promise to start going out for promotional venues like this. Dangerous ones! If Athena took this, she could be very well attacked again. When Ken Masters asked for the help of the Psycho Soldiers for this very important fight, and Kensou had a responsibility to take it! What if Athena showed up, and Vice attacked her! Pulling her hair, making her cry? Or WORSE?
Kensou trembles in rage at the mere thought!
Raising a fist to his chest, Kensou makes a VOW. As long as he had a breath in him, he would uphold his duties as Hall Monitor. By taking this role, he not only has successfully protected Athena from taking on dangerous promotional roles, but had given his duty to Ken Masters. He would protect Ken Masters from the troublemaking Vice, under the pain of DEATH! Wait! Kensou stops, running through the speech in his head. If he died, then who would protect Athena? Chin? No, he was too old. Momoko? No, she was too young? Bao? No, Athena was too good for him. It was at that moment, Kensou raises his fist again. He would vow NOT to fight to the death, but fight just enough to make sure he lives, in order to ensure that he could protect Athena later. But what if it isn't enough to protect Ken?
Kensou carefully considers the proper ratio of protecting Ken vs protecting Athena.
While generally SNF matches are meant to enjoy the masses, there are times when they serve a higher purpose. Like when Ryu and Terry had their famed bath house showdown. Or the time when Athena put on a show for the Orphans who were left without a home during the great blizzard of Oh-Six. There are times when the SNF is left doing more then just being a show for the worlds weekly carnage.
Ken isn't really keen on taking part, mainly because the other participant in this showdown seems to think its okay to go blindly killing people whose paychecks he cuts. One would think that the world would know better then to do that after Vega got punched in his oversized chin a few times for it. Alas, some people just don't learn from the mistakes of others. So as Ken enters the auditorium of Pacific High, a loud yawn escapes his mouth. It seems that once again he's gotten a lack of sleep due to the stress this kind of job brings. Then again, he could have just woken up. Who knows!
A slight wave is given to Kensou as the crimson clad man wanders over to take his place, stretching to get his blood flowing. "Good luck fighting Vice, Kensou. I hear she's a tough cookie."
Vice is a murderer. Hardly a cold-blooded one, but a murderer nevertheless. In truth, it had been Ken's decision that this murder is punishable by a mere two-week ban that had thrown her into yet more of a rage. As though she'd been a naughty girl who needs her wrist slapped. It isn't that Vice thinks it is okay to kill people - she knows it is 'wrong' - it is that she /doesn't care/. What's the worst thing that could happen? She dies.
As though that is a deterrent.
So when Vice arrives, that in itself it is no surprise. This whole setup is a trap to catch her, and she was always bound to blunder into it. She is not the brains in her dynamic duo; she is a barely controlled animal, but when she says she is going to do something, and that something is violence, there's a good chance she'll follow through.
When the wall behind Ken explodes, however, that, is probably quite surprising.
Striding through the dust and debris left by the explosion is the figure of Vice. All foreboding malice and the promise of pain to come. The woman gets no more than two steps in before she hesitates. This isn't what she had been expecting at all.
But then her eyes lock on Ken, and she /smiles/. A smile that could give any psychopath pause. Oh. Oh this is even better than she had been expecting.
"You're stupider than you look to come here." She growls, starting to stalk towards the blonde fighter. "I hope you saw what I did to Chun-Li." And her eyes slide to the cameras. A wide, wolfish smile. Completely ignoring Kensou, who... honestly, hasn't even registered on her radar yet.
"Because in front of all the viewers at home, I'm going to make that broken mess look like /heaven/ compared to the /hell/ I will DRAG YOU TO!"
And she's off and running. Oh dear.
Ken's words draw Kensou out of his silent debate.
"What? O-o-oh right! Thanks Mr. Masters!" He exclaims, tensing his fists eagerly as he smiles and nods. He was in the zone. He had decided that, if Ken and Athena were tied to the train tracks, and if Kensou could only save one, he would ultimately save Athena. THUS, if it was a matter of life and death protecting Ken, then he would fail Ken, because ultimately, him dying would prevent him from protecting Athena. Resolved by his decision, he turns to the entrance. He was ready for ANYTHING that Vice was going to pull out!
But then the wall explodes.
"BUGAAAAAH?" He shouts, flinching and stumbling to the side as Vice just comes exploding out. "You can do that? Hold it! I need to, I mean, where is your hall pass!" The teenager shout out feebly. Clearly, this looked like it was going to end up as a fight between Ken and Vice. Kensou was just a teenager, playing pretend while the adults get in line for the real show. Vice hasn't even noticed him.
So when Kensou takes to the air, it might catch the audiences at home off guard.
Flipping through the air with acrobatic agility, he lands on the fixed seats of the auditorium. Running along the backs, he swiftly closes the gap between himself and Ken. Athena was watching him, so he couldn't afford to get slowed down stumbling around the chairs! As he reaches the end, he takes out last giant leap, hurtling through the air perpendicular to the charging Vice. There was hardly any time. "KYAAAAAA!" Was the shout as Kensou shoots straight to Vice.
To catch the rampaging serpent before she can get the first strike.
Leading with a sharp elbow jab to Vice's abdomen with the right, he quickly attempts to chain this into an elbow thrust with the left, aiming right for the chin. "RYUUUUUUU" He shouts, using the cries to fuel his power. With the first two blows unleashed, he throws through the third strike, a short, switching kick, attempting to follow through the stunning combo by knocking her back. "RENGAAAAA!" Whether or not successful, he would be landing right in the path of the rampaging beast. One hand with a palm out, the other clutching the badge on his sash.
"Halt there, evildoer!"
COMBATSYS: Kensou has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Ken has joined the fight here in the center.
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Kensou 0/-------/------=|
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Ken 0|-------|------=
COMBATSYS: Vice has joined the fight here.
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Ken 0|-------|------=
Once more, a loud yawn escapes Ken's mouth as he watches Kensou fidgit around. Part of the blonde warrior wonders if its all teenagers or just the ones he keeps running across that're wound tighter then a spring. "Just relax, and you'll do fine. Trust me. It's not like Vice is going to come busting through the wall like some deranged rabid Kool-Aid man."
Almost as if fate itself were transpiring to prove Ken a liar, Vice does just that, bursting through the wall and declaring that she's going to force all hell to break loose. Especially on his face. There are times where he normally would worry, but he's not the one fighting her! Kensou is. Maybe she'll realize that technically there's two Kens here. Here's to hoping she isn't that intelligent.
But, Kensou does indeed attempt to prove that he's ready and willing to protect Ken at the risk of his own personal safety. How adorable. Maybe the toung teen could use an extra boost to his confidence. "Go for it Kensou! Teach Vice the error of not having a hall pass!"
COMBATSYS: Ken assists Kensou.
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kensou
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Ken 0|-------|------=
COMBATSYS: Vice dodges Kensou's Ryuu Renga.
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Vice 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Ken 0|-------|------=
But Vice isn't listening.
Kensou makes an admirable effort, he really does. But the fact is, Vice is far, far too enraged to give a damn what he is talking about. Or that he's apparently trying to get in her way. He comes in for the jab, and Vice simply leaps over him, leaving him to whiff through the air where the demonic woman had been, and carry on towards Ken.
"Are you fucking RETARDED, MASTERS?"
"YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME?!"
Perhaps Ken didn't think that he was her opponent, but Vice isn't playing the game any more. She isn't playing around. She'd given it a shot on the first week, but since the decision to have K' try to ban her? Oh no, we are far beyond games now. This is about proving that there isn't a force on the earth capable of making Vice do a thing she doesn't want to do, other than Rugal. And if that means murdering one of the most beloved men in America on national television?
Then so much the better.
She comes in hard on Ken, tearing towards him with reckless abandon. The intent is to simply grab Ken's pretty face, and SLAM it into the floor. She grinds it in deep, running /away/ from Kensou and fully intending to take Ken with her a good ten feet before hurling him back and over her shoulder. Maybe Ken thought she was joking around before?
But there's no joking here. Vice is a monster, a horrible monster that feels personally slighted by him... and although she might not be as powerful as Vega, she's /far/ more intent on killing him than that psychopath had ever been.
And she leaps over him.
"H-H-HEY!" Kensou erupts, stumbling his feet around as Vice simply ignores him. What was that about? Kensou was a legitimate hero! He was just as good as Athena! Well, not as good. But in many ways as good!"Yeah! Okay Mr. Masters! Thank you!" He shouts out, looking downright intense. Vice still didn't care about him. But he had a duty to make her care! As he swings his arms about in a controlled fashion, he gets his center again, his balance returning. "Hey! Hey! Hey! Miss Vice!" He calls out. "Get away from Ken Masters, you, you"
"You jerk!"
Kensou hopes that his language does not make Athena upset. But Kensou was getting really tensed up! While he wasn't in time to stop Vice from making her attempt on the Ansatsuken fighter, there was time to work together with Ken Masters to bring down Vice. If she wanted to fight Ken? Well, she would be fighting the pair of them. Leaping high in the air after Vice, he flips with remarkable agility. Winding back a fist, he lets Ken set the plate for him. Fist burning with Soul Power, he swings it down hard, shooting back to earth".
And rockets straight for Vice's back.
COMBATSYS: Ken interrupts Gore Fest from Vice with Shinryuu Ken+.
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Vice 0/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Kensou
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Ken 0|-------|-----==
Thinking back to his last spar with Geese, Ken merely smiles at Vice. The mafioso had a lot of choice words to say in regards to how he views things, and while he never outright declared that he believed Ken is any of those things, it's obvious to anyone that Ken rarely takes things as serious as he should. So its no surprise when he simply nods his head towards the woman, obviously intent on making her a bit more agitated then she already is.
Of course, it isn't a laughing matter when Vice utterly evades Kensou's attempt to keep her at bay and rushes towards the blonde haired man, seeking to grasp ahold of his face to mangle it like she's already promised to. "I don't see a hall pass! I guess I have to punish you for disobeying school rules!"
While Vice may be throwing out the whole idea behind this match in order to exact revenge on the person she feels that slighted her, Ken's going to keep to the spirit of the 'script', and exacts the proper punishment in the famed school systems Japan seems to enjoy.
Ducking down low as Vice's hand nears him, Ken rises upwards to catch her in the jaw with a slight uppercut, merely to throw the poor woman off balance. Taking advantage of that he then releases a brutal flurry of battering kicks, each one slamming into Vice as if she were being hit with logs. Of course, Ken isn't going to let it end there, only to once more duck down low, this time rocketing upwards, dragging Vice up towards the roof of the auditorium with his fist as crimson flames encircle them both. It's really flashy, but very painful.
"SHINRYUU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Vice endures Kensou's Ryuu Sohgeki EX.
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Vice 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Ken 0|-------|-----==
Vice takes the blow to the chin, but there's nothing in her right now other than terrible fury. The fact that she's now fighting two people (one of whom she doesn't even know) doesn't do much to deter her. If anything, it just makes her more determined to make this count. To deliver the vengeance on Ken that she wants to deliver before he can take her out.
The blow hammers into Vice, and sends her hurtling backwards. She's quite aware of the young man behind her, though. That... energy, he wields, is like the antithesis of her own power. It screams at her, and she ... is actually /smiling/ as Kensou comes in for her.
"Stay out of my way!" She roars, as Kensou hammers his fist into her back... and she uses that momentum, propelling herself down with it, to ricochet off the floor, and come tearing in again for Ken. She springs from the point of impact, a terrifying bullet of Orochi-blooded violence and hate.
This time, if she gets her hands on him, he'll be in for a totally different world of pain.
Just as she had torn Chun-Li apart, she aims to do the same here. Swinging Ken through the auditorium, smashing him into chairs and splintering the wooden floor as she smashes him around once, twice, three times! A truly TERRIFYING howl on her lips as she throws him into the air, her energy surging out around her in a bright red ooze; the color of blood spraying from a fresh wound, everything that Kensou ISN'T!
And if all goes well (for her, at least) she'll snag Ken by the throat in mid-air, and *CRUSH* him into the ground, letting out all of that power to explode around the pair, momentarily swallowing them both in the sick power of Orochi - a giant skull shimmering over them before it dissipates and she growls.
"Stop smiling, and DIE already!"
Wow, Ken was handling this pretty well!
In a joint attack, Kensou roars into Vice as Ken unleashes a bone shattering flaming uppercut. "Great work, Ken!" The kung-fu artist erupts. And finally, finally, Vice notices him. "Stay out of your way? Never! Not until- get back here!" Kensou belts out as Vice is already firing towards Ken, veiled in blood rage. Sure, Ken taking the brunt of the assault might be good for the Psycho Soldier's health.
But Kensou was here to be a hero, gosh darn it!
As Vice goes on an utter rampage for Ken, the other Ken doesn't lose his cool or his composure. Vice was a dangerous lady, and Kensou had to shut her down! Recovering from the feisty attack, he swings his arms about, refinding his center again. With his balance back, he tracks Vice. It was time for the ultimate in his training.
The Psycho Ball!
He was tracking Vice through the chaos, through the assault. Taking aim, he focuses his own psychic power. He could sense the hate, the utter rage of the Orochi roaring from within. A painful presence, cutting to the teeth. But he would focus. He would do this for Athena! For Ken! For all the good in the world. Someone like Vice was a monster that had to be put down. Opening his eyes, he finally sweeps his arms apart. From within, a purple ball of pure Soul Power is unleashed, flying across the auditorium, surging forth towards Vice.
To knock her out cold.
COMBATSYS: Vice successfully hits Ken with Withering Atlas.
Glancing Blow
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Vice 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Ken 0|-------|----===
Like a scene out of some bad korean animated cartoon, Ken finds himself being flung around slammed into things by Vice over and over. Normally he'd be rather upset by this, but considering that he's already pissed Vice off more then a nest of paperwasps, he kind of had this coming. So trying to enjoy the ride may seem like he's doing, but really he's just waiting for the proper time to strike back.
Unfortunately, that time never comes for Ken, especailly as he feels the power of Orochi swallow him once again. This time however its different. His body still remembers it, and his mind still reels from it. It's enough to nearly drive a person insane really. "...If you're looking to make me angry.."
Ken forces himself away from Vice as chi starts to swell within his body, obviously reacting negatively once again to the power of Orochi. If she wanted to see what happens when Ken finally decides to get violent, she's about to find out first hand.
"You've really done it."
COMBATSYS: Ken struggles against the killing intent.
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Vice 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Ken 0|-------|--=====
COMBATSYS: Vice endures Kensou's Choukyuu Dan.
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Vice 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Kensou
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Ken 0|-------|--=====
Vice doesn't seem to be listening to Ken. Surprising, isn't it? That she might not care what he has to say whilst she's trying to rip his face off. Once again, it is the moment that is surging in Vice. The desire to destroy Ken, and the fact that she has another talented fighter trying to bring her down is enraging all on its own. Kensou throws that ball of energy at her.
And she once again embraces his attempt to bring her down. The ball detonates, and it flings Vice towards Ken with all the rage that she had been channeling powered into it.
Once again, her hand tries to snare him by the chest. This time, though, she doesn't /stop/. She'll sail well past the man who is lost in his own struggles, and land. Her arm having stretched sickly long past the man...
Before whipping around, and aiming to hurl him with all of her Orochi-blessed strength... straight at the would-be hero who keeps getting in her way!
Why wasn't she slowing down?
Kensou was really turning into a bit player here. Can you imagine Athena watching the TV, wanting to cheer on Kensou, and instead, has to put up with Vice ruining everything by playing with Ken?! Kensou had a really nice sash and everything! Stamping his foot, he doesn't let it bother him. Tensing his fists, he just stares down across the way.
And then, he sees that look in Ken's eye.
Just the glower was enough to give Kensou a clean read. Throwing his arms up, he backs off. "Whooooa Miss Vice, it looks like you woke up a sleeping giant! Ken.... Mr. Masters?" Kensou says, before Vice goes in for the kill. "Don't... don't kill her. She's a bad guy, but she is still human. And you aren't a killer." This fight was now clearly out of Kensou's hands. And would be over very, very soon. Kensou steps off to the side, where the ruins of the wall remain. He reaches into his uniform....
And draws out a meat bun.
Opening his mouth wide, he takes a break, snarfing down his delicious treat.
Heroes needed to have breaks too!
COMBATSYS: Kensou gains composure.
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Ken 0|-------|--=====
COMBATSYS: Ken endures Vice's Deicide.
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Vice 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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A low growl escapes Ken's mouth as Vice nears him once again, this time allowing himself to be grabbed by the woman, only to be flung by those strange arms that someone else seems to have. Vague recollections of destroying over half of Downtown Metro City comes to mind, recalling the siren call of Orochi. This just seems to piss Ken off even more.
So as the blonde battler flies, Kensou decides to take a snack break, allowing the crimson clad man to not slam into him. That would put a hamper in his current plan on shutting down Vice. This will not end well.
"I'd really like to say before hand, that your haircut? It's horrible. It's like some blind guy threw a bowl on your head and went to town. Also. I think you'd have been better with Crayola red instead of that color you have now. It'd suit you a lot more, because deep down.."
Ken moves towards Vice, his body forming neat cartwheels as flames trail after him. Seeking to draw her into a brutal flurry of kick after kick, he won't let up on the chi-powered flames. He intends for her to burn some, mainly because thats the only way he feels his fallen staff will have been avenged.
"I just think you're a horrible clown lookin' for attention!"
If he's managed it, the last hit will be a pop-up kick, as he rises upwards with a cyclone of flames surrounding him, seeking once more to enclose Vice within those mighty flames of his.
"GUREN SENPUUKYAKU!"
COMBATSYS: Vice fails to interrupt Guren Senpuukyaku from Ken with Nail Bomb.
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COMBATSYS: Vice can no longer fight.
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Vice is a little bit beyond insults about hair. She wants to rip Ken's throat out with her teeth; the fact that he isn't immediately reciprocating this desire is only a minor disappointment, really. It doesn't register on the scale of 'things that have pissed off Vice'.
"You're WEAK."
The words come as Vice throws herself into the flames. There's no regard for her own mortality; no care if she is horribly burned, even killed. Her arms lash out, aiming to snare Ken, and for a moment, it looks like she might even do it. The burning kick, however, breaks her momentum, and throws her away.
The Orochi-blooded woman impacts the wall hard, and she bounces. Shaking, trailing ash and flame, she actually laughs, throatily. "Is that, the best you got?" She spits, "To call me a clown and set me on fire? Idiot."
She takes two steps forwards on shaky legs. "You're a joke. Laugh your little laugh. Play your stupid fucking games. Because you don't have the *guts* to finish me." One finger lashes out at Kensou, mid meat-bun.
"You humans are so, pathetic. That's why you'll all die in the end."
And that is the end of Vice's speech, as the consuming flames finally burn the fight out of her. She goes down face-first and hard into the dirt. But she's still breathing, and her natural resilience means that she really will be back on her feet before too long.
If Ken had hoped this would teach her a lesson? He is going to be sorely disappointed.
Well, this was a bit of a bust.
Kensou takes cover as Ken comes flying his way. Sitting back, he lets the carnage unfold. Ken tears into Vice, while Kensou just chews away. But when the accusing finger comes, Kensou suddenly gags. Choking on the Meat Bun, he pounds his chest. "GGUUURK. GUUUURK. GUUUUUUURK" Comes the cry, before after one final beat, he swallows the meat bun down. Smacking his lips, he looks around accusingly.
Hopefully, Athena was looking away at that point.
Hands in pockets, he gingerly toes his way back beside Ken, looking at the woman nervously. "Wow, jeeze Mr. Masters. I guess this wasn't much a show for me. I was hoping to fight her myself!" The Psycho Soldier puffs out his chest. It wasn't bravado, that was for sure. Kensou just shrugs, in the end. " But you took her down real good! That's too bad. What's going to happen to her now?" Kensou briefly considers poking her with his foot.
Then he remembers he needs that foot for walking.
Ken stares at Vice for a few moments after he's finished, contemplating just what exactly he should do with her. Leaning down low, he speaks. "Me? Weak? I thought you were going to rip my face apart. Come back and challenge me when you find your true self, and not the obviously addled one you hold so dear." The blonde man rises upwards, only to glance over at Kensou.
"I'm going to make a couple of calls. I think theres some people who are specialists in this kind of thing, and could take her into custody. Then again..."
The blonde man shrugs his shoulders as he walks away, the crew quickly cleaning up. It seems that there is more things on his mind then what to do with a crazy woman who seems hell bent on wrecking him. That's kind of how his life goes at times. Maybe he should talk with Geese again. That might prove to be beneficial.
Log created on 13:46:26 06/04/2012 by Ken, and last modified on 09:22:13 06/05/2012.