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Thudthudthudthudthud shii-iick thudthudthudthudthud shuu-uu-thud.

"Guh!?" Yankyank... YANKYANK! "Gahdammi-Uuck... YOW!"

Swishishishishishishi-SMACK!-thud... twitch.

Shick shick shuffle. "...Grr..." Swish! "I am gonna kill you for thaa-aat!!" Shing! Gururururururu-"URAGH!!" FLASH! ... "Come, damn you. Actually attack, not counter and dodge."

Now. In english.

Halycanos kept his run full tilt right up until the end, his hands holding his set of weapons at an X across his chest. And he made his almost masterful slash just as one would imagine, but what the cocky murderer guy didn't realize is that Ryugi would defend. And quite well.

"Guh!?"

So. Like a really angry twit, Halycanos tried to yank his weapon free twice. He then looked to Ryugi with a look of surprized annoyance. With a shift in his feet, left to right this time, he yanked harder, again twice. No avail. "Guhdammi-Uuck..." Halycanos pauses at the enitial hit of the blast, his eyes growing wide in shock. "...YOW!"

Literally speaking, Halycanos was sent sailing. His blades came slipping out because the force of the blast was stronger than the hold of Ryugi, but not greater than Halycanos' psychotic kung-fu grip. So, there went sailing a star shaped human being literally spinning like a shuriken through the air before slamming his side into one of the stone pillars before making a hard thud into the dried out dirt. His banged up body lay there for a moment, just sorta... hurting. And, on a humorous note, his foot twitched.

So, there lays Halycanos for a moment. His teeth actually grind for a few seconds before he brings the two swords and his knees up. "...Gur..." A jump to his feet and a loud cutting of air to point his weapon at Ryugi. "I am gonna kill you for thaa-aat!!" A second of stillness, before he lowers his arms. His pendant had begun to shine. Full out shine. Like a ruby over a flashlight. Even from the distance, Halycanos could be seen, making a smirk. Bending his knees and curling his elbows, Halycanos closed his eyes and appeared to be concentraiting. With only three total seconds, the ground began to shake and it seemed to be eminating not from the earth, or even his body, but solely that pendant.

"URAGH!!"

A quick flash, and then a reappearance. There stood Halycanos, however different he had become, engulfed in flames. tails of it whipping about him, a crown of flames laying on his head. A transformation made by his pendant? It appeared his temper was quickly picked, or perhaps it was the heat radiated from the blast fueled his pendant to grow into a great flame, without Halycanos' will. "Come, damn you. Actually attack, not counter and dodge."

"Haaay! Reiko in the house!"

And yes, Reiko was indeed in the house.. um... void.

Dash stands tall and defiant atop an elevated point out in the middle of nowhere. Dash then glances about, surveying the scenery. It was unanimous: He didn't know where the hell he was.

"Uhm..."

He looks from side to side.

"Anyone here?"

As if in response to his question, he hears a voice announce its presense. It's somewhere off in the distance, though. He cannot exactly identify the speaker, nor see him.

Good enough.

He starts walking in the general direction of the voice at a steady pace. He adjusts the hood of his red jacket shortly before shoving both hands into the hand warmers. The climate was temperate, but he really liked the jacket.

He slowed up his steps to note the stance. Internally, Laz grinned. The stance had so much energy and potential. He drew a few mental conclusions about the stance, but never stopped moving.

When in range, he flashed a street fighting stance- loose boxer, whatever- and threw a quick right jab to reiko's chest that would be pulled back immediately, hit, or miss. his left hand was back doing the usual protection thing. it was a very safe move, but with reiko, one coudn't let their guard down.

With an inward-turned open palm, the left hand was there to block the punch, and lifted up just a bit when Reiko showed intent to use his right. He turned, though, and that made for a need for readjustment.

Laz stepped forward into Reiko's body and thrust out his left, turning it palm-out. When Reiko's hook came around, Laz was deep enough so that his left hand could not only take the brunt of the attack, but he could actually parry. While his left hand grabbed at Reiko's hooking right and interrupted with the intention of pushing it back out, he took a stutter step forward with the lead leg. The partly retracted right pistoned forward again as his right foot slammed down but with more power than the previous attempt.

Minimal spin to hook, step back, spin to kick. Reiko had him well enough, because he was a little prone, having dedicated himself to the second punch. Expecting retaliation, Lazenca quickly drew his body up- a slight twist to the right, right side forward with his left hand just under his own chin. He had just enough time to cover himself during Reiko's return spin that he was able to block the attack.

Surely he wouldn't leave the foot sticking out there, so Laz had move in that short moment of imbalance. Upon impact, he untucked and stepped forward again, continuing the advance. His step was immediate, intent on pushing against Reiko's foot. He repeated the blasting punch, aim to Reiko's chest.

Left arm was still there to halt the plans. While Laz's arm couldn't completely stop the incoming blow, he could certainly lessen the blow and use the situation to his advantage. His arm simply moved up and made contact with Reiko's leg, and the right came with this. This effectively softened the blow enough so that while the force his arms took would make Laz step back a couple of steps, he was able to keep his ground. When he finally skidded to a halt, he was leaning forward just a bit on his left leg- to lean back would mean letting the momentum carry him more.

Decision time. Should Laz move in to attack, or let things reset? Both were struggling for a hold on offense- Laz was making Reiko move back, but he was also taking the harder counterattacks. Reiko was constantly forced to retreat a bit, but was able to throw a counter. By now, Reiko would be just touching down on the ground. Regained distance meant that they couldn't attack each other without someone moving forward.

What the heck.

Since Reiko wasn't going to be landing on his feet after that horizontal spin-kicking move, Lazenca pushed off quickly, dropping his body for a baseball slide into Reiko's lower abdomen. Because of the proximity, he'd actually be stepping on and pushing into Reiko, than a true quick-hit slide. His right foot was the lead.

Yay for not being a toothpick, like the rest of those fighters. Seriously, what was the deal? Why the heck wouldn't they want to look as strong as they were? Damn toothpics. Yeah, I'm talking to YOU.

Stepping away from the fourth wall, now.

Though Reiko likely wasn't aiming for him at all, being kicked was avoided by mimicking his getup- his legs swung around to the rear.



...And came back around to sweep Reiko back to the ground. For just a few seconds, Laz was almost breakdancing. He couldn't tell you the move he just did- windmill or what, with the right leg coming first, followed by the left. On that second pass, he put his legs back under him.