A Jousting match (Ryuu/Trizen/Spectators)

[Trizen Takano]

Trizen stayed behind everyone for the most part. David and Break had the common idea of tossing her off balance by throwing stuff at her... or him. Interesting. Best part about the idea was that it worked, those two really had her going because now she was on foot... or feet? Her boots just flew off and didn't break much of her stride at all. Sure it broke Trizen's stride, but he slowed down to a full-stop and picked up the boots. His leather bag was big enough, and he grimaced as he knew how dirty it would get, but he put the boots inside his shoulder bag, strapped 'em down then went on to join everyone. The three boys were going to tear apart if they got the chance, though what of her movements?

By the time Trizen got there, she had run into a dead end. Her hand moved to her hip, though he was certain it wasn't for a pressure point. Whatever for? Trizen had to keep sharp as he didn't know who else was here. Who knew. For anything, there would have been more assassins in the school. PHS 42 was weird for that kind of thing.

Instead of attacking, as he was behind the group of three, he stood and waited for the more eager beavers to attack her. That being Ryuu. David was tactful, but he was angry. Certainly he would also go for the attack. As for Break, he was new. He had never seen him much before except on the odd occasion. Either way, he would let them go first. Three on one was enough, and the woman was certainly confident in her abilities not just as a sniper, but as a fighter. Before Trizen got his hands in the mess, he wanted to see how and where she would maneuver.

[Ryuu]

It seemed David and Victor's idea of chucking pieces of concrete worked, for it forced the culprit not only to swing the medium-sized paddle that he or she had grabbed from the side of the building, but also sent the person off-balance, and forcing them to escape on foot, as Ryuu ran past the pair of boots left behind. By the time he reached David, the culprit had reached a dead end, as a hand moved to push a button on the hip, before assuming a defensive stance, his or her face hidden from view, and the clothing worn looked like it wouldn't rip easily. Ryuu, although he was angry, was also not as eager to rush into an attack as Trizen thought he was. All four of them knew absolutely nothing about the perpetrator's fighting skills, but it was pretty obvious the person was confident in their abilities to take on all of them at once.

"I hope you have a plan in mind," Ryuu muttered to David, keeping his focus on the sniper in front of them, "Because whoever he or she is, looks ready to take on all of us at once." Ryuu, having fought Victor prior, knew that Victor wasn't going to wait for his opponent to strike, he was going try and get the first strike in. "We can't rush in to this fight," Ryuu continued on, "We know absolutely nothing about the fighting skills of our opponent. We have to figure out what to do, and how to go about it." It was one of those fights where strategy and logic would help greatly. Because although the culprit had reached a dead end, and the only exit was blocked by all four of them, it would be useless if all of them got knocked out. "We have to surround him or her, cut off their escape routes. You may not listen to me Blaze, but you can't deny, it's one of many plans to put into motion."

[Victor "Break" D'Armond]

Victor enjoyed seeing the girl get tripped up, stumbling abouts and finally kicking off her shoes, she was in a defensive stance and ryuu and david stopped. usually ryuu would have been correct and victor would have rushed in attacking but after seeing two people that he knew to be reputable fighters stop dead in there tracks before this woman he also decided to slow down and come to halt besides them. clearly they where going to strategize, but the time of strategizing was far behind them, if they wasted their time now then she would get away somehow. "alright, I'll test this asshole's strength then, I'll be a distraction while you guys make a plan, I just won't let her get by me" he explained, assuming her from its physical size in comparison to them, in his moment of being stopped by them and then jumped up in preperation. when his feet hit the ground he burst forward in a mighty lunge, grappling time go!

he would grab at her head, and if succesful in grabbing it he would slam it downward so her cloaked face would smash into his uprising knee. should he miss her head he would use his long arms to simply wrap around her and force her into the wall behind her, hopefully bashing her head up against it.

[David Blaze]

Plan?

David watched as the kid rushed forward to attack. He looked to Ryuu.

"I have something to say to you, while we got a distraction going." He kept his eyes on the fight, making sure that the female would be going no-where.

"I love Emily. She is like a sister to me, and more. She was my very first friend, and i will always be here to protect her." He turned to look at Ryuu, his eyes cold. "I can see you care about her, so know this- I'll tear apart anyone who hurts her, whether physically or emotionally. That includes this shooter. And that includes you. Take it as you will, but i will only give the warning once. You break her heart i'll break your neck." He cracked his own neck, looking back to the shooter. "And as for that plan of yours, you wait here, the kid fighting her is going to join you. Meanwhile, i'm going to kill her."

David walked forward, reaching out with his ample strength to tear the boy clean off the masked figure and throw him back at ryuu with one arm. With his other arm, he would grab the individual around the neck and lift her into the air. He would squeeze with his right hand, enough to easily close her windpipe. No fancy martial arts, no flashy moves. He would rip her limb from limb. He threw his right arm downward, hopefully chokeslamming her into the tile floor.

[Ryuu]

"Victor, wait!" Ryuu shouted out, his arm outstretched to try and stop him, but it was too late, Victor had already shot forward to attack the masked figure. When David turned to face Ryuu and told him he needed to tell him something however, he looked at him with a look of mild confusion on his face, though he, just like David, was keeping an eye on the culprit, to make sure he or she didn't go anywhere. Ryuu kept silent during the entire time David spoke, though he took everything he said in. Yes, Ryuu did care about Emily, though he didn't realize at the time that he loved her. "Is that a promise Blaze?" Ryuu retorted lightly, his eyes cool and calm, "I will always stay by Emily's side, no matter what. You can count on it." Ryuu then faced the culprit fully once more, as he cracked his knuckles.

"Fine, you can kill the culprit. Just leave some for me when you're done." Ryuu then caught Victor, after he had been pulled off the culprit and thrown back by David, all with just one arm. Ryuu watched David then attempt to grab the culprit by the throat and lift he or she into the air, though Ryuu had no idea if he'd succeed or not. The perpetrator had proven how quick their reaction time was already, having batted the piece of cement away. "Be prepared for anything Victor, Trizen," Ryuu muttered softly, "Because I highly doubt that one move Blaze pulled will end this." The perpetrator harmed Emily. Ryuu was going to hurt the perpetrator later. That was a promise.

[Victor "Break" D'Armond]

what the eff? Victor wondered in anger as his hands laid around the perps, someone elses grabbed his collar throwing him back. he backpeddled, stumbling a little before ryuu slowed him down with his arm. David was PISSED! Victor was not big on love, (except friend love) but he had been beaten by people much weaker than him just because they where fighting for someone they loved (that he was usually trying to steal from them). so it made sense that these two... ryuu and david, whom both felt so strongly for emily, would be endowed with super human determination and strength. Victor thought it was a little funny, whishing for a moment that he could feel that kind of strength. Ryuu said to be ready. Victor spread his wide arms, along with his huge shoulders his arms easily reached 6 and a half feet from fingertip to fingertip. he was ready to stop the perp from passing at any cost. He knew he wasn't meant to be here, but he was here dammit, so he was going to help somehow or another...

[I. Sin, M.D.]

OoC: >_>;;;

This woman was not stupid. For one, she didn't expect her get away to be this slow. Damn, well that was a mistake she will have to rectify later. It amused her how these kiddies think they could handle her with just the four of them.

She was, first and foremost, a graduate of PHS 259. How could she not be strong?

Even before the kid had headed up to her to bash her head against the wall, the cloaked assassin would merely take the stick of the paddle she was using and she would give the young man a rather hard, rough and merciless "prod" (albeit stronger, I just don't have a word for it) at the sternum, right at where CPR was done to those who had undergone cardiac arrest. Should it work, it would make his heart pump blood for ONE stroke so powerfully that his body would most likely be overwhelmed and he would find that he had lost his breath, and at the same time, find himself with a rather excruciating headache. Talk about high blood pressure!

Next, while she was busy with that kid, that guy came up and basically tried to grab her neck. Yeah, right - as if Sin was going to get caught now! Not when she was so close to completing her first step towards the fulfillment of her sweet vengeance. She twisted her hand so that her paddle would hit David's hand hard, right at the side of his palm. Then, she would duck, and pull herself upward to double her force as would try to give David a rather hard uppercut to the gut.

Of course, these students were powerful - she didn't have much of a chance with fighting them head on like this for long. The assassin would then try to slip under David, moving on to get past Ryuu and Victor to find a new place to run off to.

Posts before reinforcements arrive to take her away: [2/3]

[Trizen Takano]

She was smooth. Very smooth. It was almost as though her precognitive senses were heightened in all senses. She had a good handle on the various forms of attack and even managed to slip past David. What impressed Trizen the most was her use of the human body. Hers and that of her opponent's. Using their emotions against each other was certainly a way to enhance her own readings of movements and manipulate their reckless actions. It was classic. Textbook. Interesting.

'Not very strong... she's like Ryuu, just smoother... and in control.' the raven-haired boy thought to himself as he noted more of her actions.

She was in control of the fight. It had seemed in rage and other emotion, they had made stupid moves, or in light of reflection or mind-reading capabilities, they decided to stand. Interesting.

Now was the time. Trizen was far enough, he knew he had to gain momentum and toss something that would shake everyone whether it was a hit or miss. Ah! His eyes landed on a metal garbage can. He grabbed it with his hands and carried it over his head. The boy then started running towards the group and the assassin that had seemed to pass straight by them. He needed the right timing in speed in accuracy.

The young boy found the opened space he needed, with a hard leap to his right, he pushed he made to push off the wall. As he did so, with asserted force, he launched the garbage can towards the assassin. The goal here was to aim low. She seemed to have low tolerance there on seeing her earlier.

If the can hit her below the torso, the force would have knocked her back a few which would allow for Ryuu or Victor to get the rebound they needed to get a handle on her.

If not, she would have to dodge the can, slowing up her momentum and giving the airborne Trizen time to be in her immediate area. Being more legs than torso as he was, the boy made sure to launch his left leg in full extension. His waist leading his shin on being the driving force behind the Muay Thai styled kick.

((Dexterity and Wisdom check plz!!!))

[Ryuu]

Impressive. Very impressive. She had managed to counter David's attack, and what's more, managed to slip past him too. But Ryuu had expected anything to happen, and this was no exception. Ryuu had managed to get a handle on his anger, because his anger wasn't going to help him in this fight. He needed to be calm and clear-headed in order to get anything done. His gaze focused solely on the culprit, he briefly noticed that Victor had stretched his arms out, to try and block the culprit's escape route, but that would only be a bit of help, the culprit could duck under Victor's arms after all. To ensure that he or she would not be able to get through, Ryuu backed up slightly, and spread his legs, slightly shoulder-length apart, as he went into his stance. Only when he saw Trizen come into his peripheral vision, did Ryuu notice him, and the metal garbage can he held over his head in his hands.

Ryuu watched Trizen leap to his right before pushing off the wall, and threw the garbage can at the culprit, aiming for her lower torso. If it connected, Ryuu would surge forward, wasting no time to try and stop him or her. If she managed to dodge it, it would still slow his or hers momentum down, at which Ryuu would strafe in the direction the culprit dodged to, effectively blocking her escape route. Hopefully Victor realized what Ryuu was doing, and would block the other escape route. This would give Trizen a clear path, allowing him to complete the attack he had launched into. If, by chance, he or she managed to dodge Trizen's attack, Ryuu would be ready, and would leap back, before springing into a kick, aiming for the lower torso. He or she wasn't going to escape so easily, not while Ryuu was here.

[I. Sin, M.D.]

Argh.

If anything, Sin didn't expect things to become like this. At first she just planned to make a quick get away to someplace the students didn't know around the school - but god damn it, it seems that these students have a good head on their hands in spite of what they just saw. Quite impressive, but they have a lot more to learn.

There was more to life than emotion.

There was Ambition. There was Glory.

All of which Sin wanted for herself. Yes. She was a childish, selfish and rather snotty bitch who wanted everything for herself. Anything that didn't go her way was something to be be rid of.

Unfortunately, she wasn't probably meant for that. A trash can was thrown in her way, aimed right at her legs. The thing is with trash cans, is that they are quite noisy to deal with. Sin was notified right away and looked behind her. She wasn't fast enough, unfortunately as she was thrown forward and onto her knees.

Damn, that hurt like a bitch.

As soon as Trizen came close enough, she would twist her body - ignoring the pain her legs were currently in and swing her legs in the way of the young Takano to trip him.

And in the distance, the sound of a helicopter would come to ring in their ears.

She would get away, no matter what!

She swore by it.




Posts before reinforcements arrive to take her away: [1/3]

[David Blaze]

David would turn and watch as certain interactions took place. The girl wasnt trying to run- why? He pondered for a moment. David threw his back against a wall, and, using both hands, tore two chunks out of the wall. He would hurl one at her body and one at her body again as she moved, hopefully hitting her in mid-step. After launching the second, he would take three quick steps forward and grab hold of her once again. roughly, by the neck. Should she be on the ground he would mount her () and begin raining blows.

Should she be standing, he would just latch hold and extended his arms, holding her out and locking his elbows to prevent the use of pressure points. He would turn so her body would be facing those kids, and he would wait.

Any moment, they would begin pummeling her.

Or so he hoped.

[Trizen Takano]

((Hmm.. I sense a short post from me.))

As the garbage can hit his target Trizen smirked in celebration, but didn't see the incoming result of her clearly ignoring the amount of pain she was in.

'This is gonna--' WHACK!

Out of his body's charge and dash, the boy was tripped and landed on his left shoulder first. That would hurt, but he watched in surprise as David made his attack towards the mysterious culprit.

"Someone unmask her!" Trizen shouted as he found the pain in his legs shot through his body. He had forgotten he fought Ryuu just a little while earlier. The pain from his tipped finger strikes hurt to move his arm.

[Ryuu]

Well the trash can did connect, though it was pretty noisy, alerting the culprit to it, but either way, he or she was thrown forward and onto their knees. But as Trizen closed in, he saw the culprit twist their body and swing their legs into Trizen, who landed on his left shoulder. But then David charged in to attack, two chunks of wall in his hands, as he hurled one after the other at the body of the culprit, trying to hit her in mid-step. After the second one was launched, Ryuu saw him take three quick steps and try once more to take hold of her neck, and try to get her to the ground, before straddling her, attempting to rain blows down on her. Exactly like what Ryuu had done to Sara before.

Though if he or she was still standing, he instead tried to latch and extend his arms out, to hold him or her out, waiting for them to rain blows down, which is what Ryuu did. Dashing towards the culprit, Ryuu heard Trizen shout out to try and unmask her, as Ryuu took that into mind, and reaching David, his left arm would shoot out, to try and get the mask off the culprit, as his right arm soared out from behind, to give her a quick hook to the stomach. He or she had hurt Emily, and now it was time they hurt him or her back. Hopefully, Victor followed Ryuu's lead, and would take the chance to attack now, while he or she had their arms held back by David.

[I. Sin, M.D.]

When one defies the natural form of physics, basically - one can expect someone else to be able to do that. In the Blaze's case, this would be it. For one, Sin wasn't all that weak - just significant enough to consider these children to be a threat.

Hearing snaps from a direction, her ears led her to it right on time. She was able to catch it flying towards her and to notice that chances are there may be another follow-up throw on the way. Man, these kids like to throw things around.

It was quite pleasing to know, that they did not know that she had a Qi - and a rather impressive one at that. Albeit, of rare use in a fight it was a good thing for use in situations like this.

Still slightly crouched after her trip on Trizen, and with the David having thrown two large chunks of cement onto her, and then with him and Ryuu both milliseconds away from grabbing hold of her she had little choice.

Gathering her Qi onto her feet, she would make a gigantic leap onto the air - around more or less 10 feet high, reaching for the ladder that the helicopter had dropped onto her reach.

Maybe it just wasn't time for these children to see who this assassin really was, and for now - it was best to leave it as it was.

They would be powerless, as the helicopter quickly flew away from sight.

They did not know that, around a few days later, they would encounter it again - this time, there was far more suffering to be found.

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Quest points standing as of this thread!
Please note, these are not awards, but rather - your standing on the quest in terms of participation.


Ryuu Hikari
Number of posts: 7
Special points for:

• Late Confession - +1
  

  "...I love you Emily..." Picking Emily up and carrying her in his arms, bridal-style, Ryuu turned to face the crowd.

  
  
  
• Desperarity - +1
  

  I won't let you die... I won't let you die... I WON'T LET YOU DIE!!! With water running down his face, it was hard to tell if Ryuu was crying or not.

  
  

Current Total: 7 + 2 = 9 points

Trizen Takano
Number of posts: 4
Special points for:

• Late reaction - +1
  

  
  Trizen didn't have words. He looked in the direction of the shot. Though with the smoke still around, his could only try to pinpoint with his ears

  
  
  
• Ever Ready - +1
  

  Dashing over, he went to his bag and got his stuff. By grace, he managed to put them on rather quickly.

  
  

Current Total: 4 + 2 = 6 points

David Blaze
Number of posts: 4
Special points for:

• Absolute Rage : +1
  
  

  "The shooter is mine."

  
  
  
• Planning: +1
  
  

  "And as for that plan of yours, you wait here, the kid fighting her is going to join you. Meanwhile, i'm going to kill her."

  
  

Current Total: 4 + 2 = 6 points

Gabriel Seran
Number of posts: 1
Special points for:

• Redeemer - +1
  

  He could help Emily... Perhaps redeem his pas deeds against her though he knew Ryuu wouldn't allow him to come near. He'd have to deal with it.

  
  

Current Total: 1 + 1 = 2 points

Victor "Break" D'Armond
Number of posts: 3
Special points for:

• Good friend - +1
  

  All he knew at this point was there was one man chasing someone with a gun. Not good odds. "I'm going to help that guy get the gunman" he said with a righteous beaming in his eyes to tash before smiling and running off the bleachers after blaze and the gunman.

  
  
  
• No connection with Emily - +2
  
• Assistant - +1
  
• Distraction - +1
  

Current Total: 3 + 5 = 8 points


As a note, these points are counted only from the time of Emily's shooting onward. These points do not exactly show or guarantee you any amount of exp, but they will increase your chances of getting items. How these points are handed out depends on factors, including the RPer's ability to get themselves involved in another RPer's storyline.

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Thread ends here, but should you be interested in posting as a reaction to Sin's escape, please feel free.