Description: After many delays, the enigmatic Yoshimitsu does battle against the loud Takako and the reserved Munin. Not only that, but the very forces of magnetism itself! Can he hope to emerge victorious from such a stacked struggle? (Winner: Takako and Munin)
The Rusty Dog Scrapyard.
Sunset.
There are few times when a scrapyard looks dramatic, but a vague attempt has been made tonight. With the bright colors lancing through piles of scrap and stacked cars, the magnet gives a warning hum and a thumbsup is given from the technical crew towards the gathered fighters.
"Disgusting." Takako sneers. Irritated by the delay which had prevented this battle from coming to a head on schedule, she steadies her stance, and raises her bokken high. A glance is shot towards her erstwhile 'partner'. The girl has been sullen and quiet since she arrived here, probably because of the inability to get to the fighting.
"Just try not to slow me down, Arshe!" She says, loudly. "We're still not /friends/. I haven't forgiven you! But I'm going to claim a VICTORY here." Because victory is a taste she has not experienced in far too long.
A smirk, and slight chuckle is heard from Takakos 'partner'. Munin is currently dressed very differently from her norm. She is dressed all in black with the exceptions being her brown duster and gloves. Jeans, shoes, shirt, all of it. On her face she has on a pair of purple-lensed shades.
As for the environment, she has to agree, it IS a disgusting wreck, but it has many tactical details to keep note of to use for their advantage in the coming match.
"Forgiveness doesn't matter so long as the right thing is done, morally. As for slowing you down....." her head cocks at an angle, the runes on her gloves pulsing with violet light ".... i shall try not to disappoint. Any information you know of about this opponent?".
But what of their opponent?
The scrapyard is quiet. Almost too quiet. It might not seem like anything is wrong. Certainly, the crew was in place, garbed in complete black. Why were they in complete black, working the cameras? Perhaps it was a new cost-cutting measure; or maybe a way of drawing attention away from the crew. Those black-suited men were everywhere, evening manning the giant magnet. Some weren't even doing anything, just standing by the sidelines amongst the filth and rubbish.
And then, the horrible sound breaks.
It was as if a cat fell into a Dalek, and made horrible hate sex with it. It was like a vocoder's death rattle. A horrific, single cough. And then, again. On the second attempt, it became revealed. what it truly was.
The sound of a clearing throat.
Before the pair of Munin and Takako, there was a flash of light, and wild, rapid spinning. Legs crossed in the lotus position, a creature in the shape of a ninja.... samurai.... robot..... alien suddenly ceases its spinning on the ground. Rising up, it holds back its glowing, alien blade, eyes burning with a sinister green light. Its horrible, skull-like face is locked in a grimace, looking at the pair. And then, the grating, harsh voice rips forth.
"It is I! Yoshimitsu!
Truly, what a jesting challenge!
Two swordwomen, joined together in destiny?
Such novelty of the style!"
Yoshimitsu pauses, seemingly awaiting the response of the two women.
"Tch. I know he's some sort of ninja, I don't have any respect for--"
And then there is the horrific coughing, and Takako's head swivels around to observe Yoshimitsu. It isn't as though she has any care for what he looks like, really. She'd attack anyone who they put in front of her with equal vigor, but it sounds like he is trying to regurgitate a radiator.
For a moment, she just stares at him.
And then, she apparently decides enough is enough. "What?!" She shouts, glaring at the ninja. "WHAT did you say?! You think this is some sort of joke?! You think SHE is my destiny?!"
"ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME?!"
That bellowed shout takes the place of the usual kiai, and Takako throws herself into the offensive. Her bokken is leading the way with all the reckless abandon that she is known for - fully intending to attack Yoshimitsu by plunging the tip of the wooden weapon into his mask. For Yoshimitsu has committed the most grevious transgression of all.
Bad poetry.
COMBATSYS: Takako has started a fight here.
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Takako 0/-------/-------|
Hhmm.... a ninja? Most interesting.....
Then the cough is heard, and like Takako Munin zeroes in on the source of the sound. His appearance does take her off guard a moment, as she has never seen anything of his like before. However, she isn't intimidated, nor afraid. (If he IS a ninja, he'll have some nasty tricks up his sleeves.... hope mine are better).
As expected, Takako RUSHES in, bokken first, interpreting the cyborg-ninjas words as she so chooses. On her mentally-prepared cue for such, Munin starts to move around Yoshimitsu, hoping to pincer him between the two of them and make it harder for him to coordinate his attacks.
AT least, she hopes!
As she does so, her gloves sigils and glowing lines begin to smoke with drifts of purple-black chi.....
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu has joined the fight here.
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Takako 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yoshimitsu
COMBATSYS: Munin has joined the fight here.
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Munin 0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 0/-------/-------|
Coming in, she aims her palm at Yoshimitsus lower back, a lance of dark purple chi the length of her forearm suddenly projecting from her gloved palm!
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu dodges Takako's Power Strike.
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Munin 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu dodges Munin's Eclipse.
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Munin 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 0/-------/-------|
Yoshimitsu tilts his head, cocking it to the side as Takako roars to life. Shaking it fiercely, he brings his sword before him, seemingly dropping his guard as he thrusts his palm towards Takako. Rolling his head, the ninja skeleton robot seems to carry himself with the grace of a kabuki actor. Finally, as Munin just stares in awe, he responds to the angry young lady.
With that harsh, mechanical voice.
"Takako of the Fujiwa Family!
Such arrogance! Such haughtiness! Such thin skin!
There is no greater show of weakness,
Then to fall so quickly to anger!
You are fated to fight together,
Already you move in harmony!
Accept that you are the yang to her ying,
And that she is the ying to your yang!"
And then, Yoshi begins to spin.
Tucking in his arms, he holds his sword straight up before him. Surging with purple energy, the ninja seems to be wait for Takako to hurl in. As the wooden sword is thrusted towards the mask, Yoshimitsu suddenly flashes into a spin. Whirling around faster and faster, he begins to flash around Takako, and then, Munin, moving with such speed as if he was even teleporting. Circling the pair as his form crackles with energy, he finally breaks from the spin in a dizzy collapses. Falling to the ground with a light, mechanical gasp, he hits the ground flat on the ground. Sparwled on the ground, he seems tumbling forward a bit...
Before exploding in a pouncing attack.
Leaping into the air, Yoshimitsu uses the ancient Manji Clan technique of the Shark Attack. Firing through the air, Yoshi spins through the air like a football. Attempting to bowl over the girl, it seems like an unusual attack for... for anything really. He wasn't even using his sword yet. Perhaps he was saving it for a dramatic moment? Or was he restaining his own power? In any case, he was hurling straight for Takako, and should he land with the spinning headbutt... he will tumble to the ground again, and finish with a kangaroo kick, to send Takako straight into the air.
But what of the magnet?
The black hooded stage hands, run along the sidelines, hopping into the great machine that ran the massive magnet. The machine itself begins to whirr to life, gradually building up in power. It would only be a matter of time before the magnet would begin to unleash their chaos on the three fighters... Or if Yoshimitsu's scheme comes to effect...
One fighter.
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu successfully hits Takako with Power Strike.
?!? Weird Hit! ?!?
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Munin 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 0/-------/-----==|
Really, Takako is more frustrated by the fact that her blow fails to connect rather than the words. The words are very annoying too of course. But trying to figure out what Yoshimitsu is babbling about is beyond her right now. This man seems to have some very strange ideas about her relationship to Munin, and she won't have it!
She has no idea what to make of the assault, as Yoshimitsu is just too erratic to keep track of. When the kick hits her, she is flung into the air, where she twists, and rolls. For a moment, her foot connects with the magnet above... but trying to keep Takako out of striking range is something not easily accomplished.
Springing back onto the offensive, the girl descends from above as the magnet is still charging, and her wooden sword leads the way. Veering down like a vengeful bolt from the heavens!
"STOP TALKING LIKE THAT!" She bellows. "I'M NOT HERE TO TALK, I'M HERE TO /DEFEAT YOU!/"
Munin tilts her head as Yoshimitsu does all his shennanigans. His words intrigue her, just for the thought of yin and yang. It IS an interesting, and amusing, comparison. However, his technique does indeed impress her as her strike misses his erratic movements.
Feeling like mixing it up a bit, she decides to try mixing it up. See what he can sense from attacks when their done, maybe throw off his ability to detect her from an odd angle.
She moves in directly towards him, lashing out with a firm palm strike aimed at his face!
Meanwhile, the REAL Munin splits off, and goes sideways, coming in with a low slashing attack coming up at his torso, chi-blade glowing brightly from her palm! However, visually, both look indistinguishable from one another! (Keep talkin.... get Takako mad enough, and it may drive her to give just enough to win this....).
Munin herself is completely silent so far, though.
COMBATSYS: Takako successfully hits Yoshimitsu with Raging Tornado.
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Munin 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 0/-------/----===|
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu dodges Munin's Mirror Image.
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Munin 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 0/-------/----===|
Was Yoshimitsu annoying Takako on purpose?
Yes.
As the Ninja launches Takako into the air, he rises back up from a tumble to face the oncoming Munin. The shadow warrior's illusions do not work against the ninja, however. As the palm strike comes, Yoshi simply laughs loudly in harsh, mechanical tones. Off to the sides, the magnet machine begins to roar to life, turning on. As Munin comes in with the low slash, Yoshimitsu raises his sword in the air, ready to fly into the air....
And suddenly, he shoots up into the air.
Bowling through Takako and her sword, he takes the blow cleanly. But he doesn't stop. Slamming hard into the magnet, the metallic ninja is pinned down against the surface of the great pull. And there, he lays, motionless. After a moment, he begins to struggle, raising his arm against the pull. Sword forward, he looks at the others, bracing for the impact. And there, he speaks.
"Alas! I have been trapped,
By cruel fate of a magnet.
A metal ninja like myself,
Is cursed by such absurd twists of fate!
While you have much to learn Takako,
To lead the Fujiwa Family into glory,
I must be a good ninja,
And attack your fated partner instead!"
And Yoshi's wrist begins to spin.
Struggling against the magnet, Yoshimitsu begins to spin his sword faster and faster. Whirling into a blur, the fan-like spinning begins to draw up a small tornado. Sucking sand and debris upwards, scrap begins to fall into the path of the tornado... and also get drawn up by the magnet. Body getting hammered by the scrap, Yoshi simply sustains the whirlwind as he tries to draw Munin up into the air....
And into the whirling blade.
Takako is getting more and more frustrated with this. This is just ridiculous! Even after she smashes into the metal man, his spirit remains undiminished. He keeps... talking in that irritating fashion, and she can't make him shut up!
Rather than dwell on it, the girl digs her feet into the ground. "Damnit Arshe!" She shouts, swishing her bokken around--
Until it is yanked clean out of her hands.
"What the- THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE!"
Furious as Takako might be, the fact is that the magnet has activated... and the bokken, despite being made of wood, is caught in its pull. The incredibly angry young woman is quite handily disarmed, and the practice sword? Well, that is careening straight for Yoshimitsu!
COMBATSYS: Munin fails to interrupt Sword Poke Windmill from Yoshimitsu with Light Random Weapon.
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Munin 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 0/-------/----===|
(Dammit...) is Munins only thought as her attack is evaded. She watches the metal ninjitisu monster fly to the magnet, and blinks as he outright exclaims that he intends to attack her! The wooden bokken flying towards the metal-drawing device doesn't escape her notice, either, though she will worry about inquiring about THAT later....
As metal objects are drawn towards the magnet, as she herself is, she tries to think fast. With a quick spin, she grabs a piece of sharp metal that's already flying towards him, and once facing him again, doesn't even fight the suction he produces. Giving a warcry akin to Takako, she attemps to jam the sharp jagged piece of metal right into the middle of the storm!
That being yoshimitsu himself!
Sadly, this doesn't go so well, and his sword strikes her before she can strike him, sending her flying off to the side with a nice gash in her arm, where she rolls to a stop and regaining her bearings.
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu Toughs Out Takako's Thrown Weapon!
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Munin 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 0/-------/---====|
Truly, there was no other like Yoshimitsu.
The bandit ninja fights against the scrap storm. Pinned against the magnet, the combined hammering of debris with the force finally makes him cease his whirling blade. Poor Munin is caught up in the whirlwind of violence, knocking her away. But Takako is the one that suffers the most. As she loses her sword, she finds it sailing straight for the ninja. Unable to move, and unable to dodge, Yoshi had only one choice. He does nothing.
And it impales Yoshimitsu through his chest arm.
Yoshimitsu looks down at the blade in his chest, the bokken having impaled him. Delicately, he reaches for the blade with his free arm. Eyes burning, he unsheathes it, with nary any sign of damage to the great ninja. Could he have... toughed it out, despite being trapped? Clutching the wooden sword, he inspects it quietly. Holding it out forcefully, he begins to let it spin like a propeller in Takako's direction. Certainly, he wasn't going to try the same attack again?
But then he draws back his sword arm.
As the blade builds to a whirr, he begins to aim his sword at his own arm. As the magnettic pull struggles against the ninja, he finally makes the cut. With a single, powerful slice, he hacks off his own arm at the elbow joint, severing the whirling arm from the body. As the bokken continues to whirl, it begins to create its own pull. As the propeller sword continues to act, it flies away from the magnet, away from the force, flying straight back towards Takako with the magnificant power of Yoshimitsu's alien technique. Aiming to crash straight into Takako, as Yoshimitsu remains pinned. And at least, to that end, the leader of the Manji Clan has only this to say.
"~NAMU~"
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu successfully hits Takako with Thrown Object.
? Strange Hit! ?
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Munin 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 0/-------/-======|
Takako faces down the oncoming arm with no fear at all. A man willing to cut off his own arm to continue the fight? She might not like Yoshimitsu's speech, but his actions are definitely something she approves of! Tightening up her stance, she reaches out, intending to grab her sword and unsheathe the wooden implement from the flung grip...
But instead, she winds up getting punched, in the face. By an arm. Severed from its owner.
"AIYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
One sandal-clad foot crashes down onto the appendage as she retrieves her weapon. "ENOUGH SCREWING AROUND!" The young woman bellows. The camera crew definitely look unsure of themselves, too; what the hell did Yoshimitsu just do? And... should they let this fight carry on?!
For Takako, the answer is clear: Yes. And she demonstrates this by charging forward, face leading the way, as she lunges upwards. Aiming to smash into Yoshimitsu whilst he is pinned - or more accurately, to introduce her forehead to the maimed ninja's own, and glare into those baleful eyes.
"TAKE BACK WHAT YOU SAID! ADMIT I AM INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO HER, OR I'LL *DESTROY YOU!*"
Violet-glowing eyes, hidden behind lenses tinted the same coloration so as to hide them from casual view, blink at Takako, then roll....
(Is that ALL she cares about? Geez....).
The removal of the strange mans arm almost makes her doubletake, but her training lets her simply accept it, and move on. If he couldn't handle it, he wouldn't have done it. Either way, it isn't her problem.
As Takako performs her roar, Munin moves into position. Her gloved right-hand glows with thick black-purple chi, and with a throwing motion, sends a wave of shadowy chi at Yoshimitsu, hoping he won't evade it being stuck where he is.
She does frown, however, at the thought that Takako may start getting out of hand, and a single thought sticks in her mind....
(If we win, i better watch out. She may turn on me to 'prove something')
COMBATSYS: Munin successfully hits Yoshimitsu with Shadow Wave.
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Munin 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 0/-------/---====|
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu interrupts Kami's Roar from Takako with Huge Thrown Object.
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Munin 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 1/-------/=======|
And despite it all, Yoshimitsu continues to carry that skeletal grin.
Hanging high in the air, Yoshimitsu is in no position of defense. In fact, as he lets his arm fly away, he simply hangs there. As Munin comes roaring in with a slash of shadowy energy.... the ninja simply hangs there, taking the blow cleanly. It was as if he was a stationary target. And yet, his attention was fixed on the young angry lady beneath him. As the chi burns across his robot body.... the ninja begins to laugh in grating, stilted tones.
"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
You are not superior to her!
In many ways, young Fujiwa,
She is even stronger than you!
And yet, that is the source of you incredible inner spirit!
To endlessly fight uphill
To struggle with endless boulders,
To only grow stronger!
And yet, is that all that you believe in young Fujiwa?
True, to you as well, Young Munin.
Can you accept Takako's drive?
Her love of fight, and eagerness to advance?
Cut the power my Manji Ninjas!"
The last line of the verse seems to be the signal, as the magnet comes to a halt.... As Takako lunges upwards. She smashes her forehead against the ninja, yes. But in tandem, all the debris, all the leftover parts, come roaring back down to meet her. Scrap metal and Yoshimitsu combine to hurl back down into the frenzied warrior, attempting to bury her under a mess of scrap metal. Was this Yoshimitsu's entire plan?
Or a series of happy coicidences?
The world falls down, and Takako finds herself being buried. The crushing stuff itself she doesn't care about too much, and she continues trying to assault Yoshimitsu because, honestly, she wants to make that voice /shut up/. He's enraging in a whole new kind of way, and for someone with as much experience with rage as Takako, that says an awful lot!
But the trouble with the scrap is that there's not just a mass of metal that is smashing into her; there is a mass of metal that is many times her physical weight crushing her into the ground. A full /car/ chassis is amongst that stuff! And as it noisily ploughs into the ground, it takes Takako with it.
As the dust and debris settles, Takako groans, and sighs. She's not /dead/. She's not even really badly hurt! But getting that car off her is just... too much. She's exhausted. She'd make Yoshimitsu eat his haikus later.
"... so going back to Japan when I wake up." She grunts, and the young woman lets herself lapse into unconsciousness, where the world at least pretends to make sense, sometimes.
COMBATSYS: Takako dares time to continue passing.
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Munin 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Yoshimitsu
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Takako 1/-------/=======|
COMBATSYS: Takako has left the fight here.
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Yoshimitsu 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Munin
With a blur of shadowy motion, Munin vanishes from where she stands, appearing at the mountain of metal. She digs out Takako, ignoring Yoshimitsu for the moment, and checks for a pulse. Finding Takako merely knocked out but good, but alive, she nods, and stands.
Looking towards Yoshimitsu, she tilts her head a bit "To answer your question, i accept anyones purposes to fight, so long as they do not cause unneeded harm to those who cannot fight back. If two master martial artists want to slug one another to kingdom come, so be it. The moment someone uses that knowledge to harm an untrained person unwilling to fight for whatever reason, they cross the line".
She takes off her shades, and slips them into a pocket, as her eyes begin to glow a bright violet color. The glow of her gloves also brightens "Now, unless you have more questions, shall we continue?". That blackish-purple mist begins to drift off her hands and forearms again, and she smirks at him evenly.
COMBATSYS: Munin focuses on her next action.
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Yoshimitsu 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Munin
Such style from Yoshimitsu.
Such grace.
Crashing to the ground with a thunderous crunch, the wreckage smashes down upon poor Takako, smashing her underneath. Yoshimitsu looks very much worse for wear. Dinged up and missing an arm, Yoshimitsu seems to be barely held together. And yet, as he gazes across the way towards Munin, the skull's eyes burns with an alien green light. Grin locked in place, he listens, he waits. And finally, as she begins to let the energy roll off her...
The ninja responds in that grating tone.
"You accept anyone's purpose?
As long as they do not do unneeded harm to the helpless?
Perhaps you have not reached the foulest purposes
For even monsters can have scruples!"
Yoshimitsu sits down on broken car frame, that was pinning down Takako. Crossing his legs, he begins to assume the lotus position. Focusing grimly, he sits in place, meditating. Holding his one good hand to his side, the blade begins to burn. And to that, Yoshimitsu begins to chant the same word, again and again, focusing his own energy in response to Munin's own focus.
"~NAMU~"
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu gathers his will.
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Yoshimitsu 1/--=====/=======|=====--\-------\0 Munin
"I said i can accept someones reasons for fighting in such cases, NOT that i AGREE with them....". Munin shudders at the memory of Vega, then gives an intense look "..... NOR that they are excused from their karma. At least then it's against people that WANT to fight back, and present by choice".
With that, she blurs forwards, aiming a fist aided by her accelleration at Yoshimitsus face. Short, and to the point, but with a careful eye for him to move at the last moment. his actions and movements, after all, HAVE been extremely unexpected so far at times.
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu blocks Munin's Fierce Punch.
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Yoshimitsu was focusing within, and soon was approach an apex of power.
Gazing with faraway eyes, Yoshimitsu lets Munin approach. Her words showed some wisdom, some intelligence. Whether he was content or not would not be seen on his face, however. As the shadow warrior finally comes roaring in with a punch, Yoshimitsu calmly rises back up, speaking in that harsh, robotic tone.
"You speak with the tongue of Budda!
But compare to Takako;
Whose skill is gained from fighting above her skill
Is she a fool, or Budda like you?"
Gracefully, Yoshimitsu draws his sword back. His other arm, despite the lack of a forearm, comes forward to stop the incoming strike. The blow knocks off the arm, Dislocating it cleanly as it flies through the air. Despite the injury, Yoshimitsu was reading Munin cautiously, the cunning ninja following her technique with dilligence. The ninja was unpredictable, that was true. But he was dangerously intelligent and perceptive. Blade glowing with flame and green light, Yoshimitsu face was locked in a grin. But a red light suddenly bursts from his eyes, a sinister light rolling out.
And with a thrust, he attempts to drive the blade into the chest of Munin.
COMBATSYS: Munin counters Sword Impale from Yoshimitsu with Shadow Strike.
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Munin blinks as the rest of the cut arm flies off after deflecting her attack. However, Yoshimitsus words bring her back to her senses rather quickly. Her response doesn't take long:
"In a way, we are both fools, and both Budda. She simply walks a different path to the same intended destination". She smirks "Takako is just louder and more direct....".
By now, he makes the thrust, which she effortlessly piroets around. A single strike with one of her blade-shaped chi projections can be heard as she dashes past him, her spin ending with her facing him from the other side, hand raised in front of her face, chi rippling from her palm "....while i'm generally quieter and more precise".
Her eyes pulse as she watches him intently for his response.... did that do it?
Perhaps that was it
Yoshimitsu stands in the wake of the counter cut, stunned. He takes a stumble back, not even turning around to face his opponent. Unbalanced, there is no final words. Maybe that was it. Maybe Munin had finished off the ninja robot, and have successfully slain him. And slowly, he raises up his cursed blade.
here is no hesitation.
Spinning his blade around, Yoshimitsu suddenly thrusts the blade into his own torso. Piercing through the other side, he attempts to simply impale Munin through himself. Tapping into his own energy through the ritualistic assault, the blade surges even brighter, building into an apex of alien might, as countless ancestors are tapped into the mystic blade. The Manji Clan Leader finally cries out as he falls to his knees, the fatal damage have been done.
"SEPPUKU!"
COMBATSYS: Munin endures Yoshimitsu's Suicide.
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Yoshimitsu 1/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Munin
As Munin watches, she blinks as he raises his sword, guessing what he's about to do to himself. Without thinking, she moves towards him, concerned "That isn't REALLY necessary, is i-"
*STAB!*
She didn't expect him to drive it so far in as to strike HER! As a result, she is impaled cleanling right in the stomach, and into one lung.
She coughs up a mouthful of blood, and grabs onto Yoshimitsu to try to keep him from escaping. Focusing her chi as best she can, it EXPLODES around her body in a concentrated burst of dark purple energy, with streams of black within it.
The blast lasts a few seconds, damaging anything close, until she pulls herself off the blade with a step back, regardless of what happens.
She then puts her hand to the wound, and struggles to keep her balance from the pain as red begins to plap the ground at her feet....
COMBATSYS: Munin successfully hits Yoshimitsu with Twilight Rising.
-+- CALCULATED HIT -+-
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Yoshimitsu 1/---====/=======|=====--\-------\0 Munin
Executed.
Yoshimitsu, fallen on the ground, blade still buried deep into his abdomen. And yet, Munin was not done. The ninja has only moments to roll away, to evade the blast of chi around Munin. However, in the wreck of the scrapyard, there is little places to hide, and plenty of debris scattered about. He is swiftly consumed by the wave of energy, trapping him under the weight of the blast. For a moment, it is as if he truly gone. Armor is melted away, turned to slag against the vaguely humanoid frame underneath. But Yoshimitsu rises like a corpse, eyes turned into red embers of hot flame. And then, he speaks.
"WE HAVE TASTED THE BLOOD,
ACURSED BLADE MUST BE SATIATED.
THE RITUAL HAS BEGUN!
NONE OF YOU ARE SAFE"
And he begins to spin.
Whirling in place, again and again, Yoshimitsu continues to wretched ritual of blood and death. Screaming, the verse is gone, the poetry replaced by the anguish of his acursed family blade. "WREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! WHREEEEEEEEE! WHREEEEEEE" Was the shrill, mechanized scream as again and again Yoshimitsu spins around. Flames burst from his body, and yet no fluid bursts forth from him. THe energy creases his form, hurling force from his body as he spins harder and harder until finally, and this truly was finally, the ninja collapses on the ground, the demonic air gone, the anger faded.
The red lights of his eyes flickering out.
COMBATSYS: Yoshimitsu can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Munin counters Manji Blood Dance from Yoshimitsu with Shadow Strike.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Munin 1/-------/=======|
Even with the injury, Munin does her best to take in her opponent.... could he still be alive after that?
She is unprepared for the sight of him rising. The eyes actually make her take a step back by their intensity. The words are terrifyingly unerving.....
When he begins to do his attack however, she watches the pattern of his attack, and strangely, it all clicks in her mind...
Tapping into what little chi remains in her body, she blurs forwards, a shadow among his flaming blade. She moves within the pattern of his dance, almost seeming to dance with him, and at the same time, dance a series of steps of her own in a ring around him!
Finally, she sees an opening within this razor-edged, incinerating pattern, and flashes past in a blur, aiming to end his madness and finish this match. She reappears nearby, down on one knee, steam from the flames and heat mixing with the black chi drifting off her form. However, the strain has it's toll, and she coughs up another gout of blood from her pierced lung. Wiping her mouth, she pulls herself to her feet with a nearby piece of metal, using it as a makeshift cane as she turns to look at the downed ninja.
She says nothing as the medics and other staff move in to assist, too stunned at the severity of that last attack Yoshimitsu used....
... and by the fact she just managed to do what she did without a scratch on her.
The medical team was on the move. Moving towards Takako, who was trapped under the rubble. Munin, who was ruthlessly impaled by Yoshimitsu with extreme, and likely nearly lethal, prejudice. But how to deal with Yoshimitsu, who was not even clearly human. A limb missing, warped into slag, and utterly unconscious. Or... dead? In any case, it seemed that a team of medics were on him.
Except, of course, the fact that the medics around Yoshimitsu all have black hoods.
Dressed in black from head to toe, the same stagehands that helped with the giant magnet were busy setting up medical curtains around the ninja master. Three of them begin picking through the scrap debris, drawing up the forearm of the ninja, and the rest of the arm that Munin had cleaved off. Lifting the pieces, they rush towards the medical curtain, rushing within. The half-dozen of the strange Kuroko begin to get to work, disappearing behind the medical curtain. The sounds of buzz-saws and tools are heard from within the curtains, and suddenly, an explosion of smoke. Billowing from within the curtain, the curtains finally fall away....
Revealing no sign of Yoshimitsu, or the rest of the Kuroko.
COMBATSYS: Munin has ended the fight here.
Log created on 15:14:07 08/07/2012 by Takako, and last modified on 02:37:27 08/08/2012.