CHAPTER 1: A DUEL IN THE NAME OF LOVE and I'll only allow you to call me "Marcus", Ally, as I love you :3 *kisses Ally's nose* get a room my eyes hurt XD LMAO @ Nik :< Sorry, it's just... I'm always waiting for an opportunity to say that, and now he beats me to it because I totally forgot about it. Not to you in particular, mind. And I love you too, Marcus. :D weba Ally * TLA-Teila|Oddloo-oolddO breaks open a pair of chopsticks. :D * TLA-Teila|Oddloo-oolddO pokes Marc in the face with it. :O ...muh Heh. I'm guessing that Livejournal tests prove themselves to be right for a change, eh. ;P So, when AM I gonna be the bridesmaid? .. Muh! (No seriously. I look pretty in broken white and frillyness.) XD; .. Oh dear Well, a while ago I took a quiz that says I'll be married to H and we're gonna be rich with like... 50 kids * H_Hog tilts his head a little And Marc has like.. 37? I....I....Aiaiaiai. XD that's when I took it and you became bridesmaid, H :P I remember that one. XD;; But... wait a minute! If this is true, then... then I'm supposed to be her wife! >=o .. XD Muh Obviously you're not all you claim to be then, H ;P Am I, now. >=o AND SO.... WE DUEL. It's time to D D DDDUEL ... * Marc is now known as Cinossu yes ;| Muh Uh ohhh. * H_Hog grabs his cards in a fierce swoop Bring it. >=D * Cinossu revs up a spindash Yoink! * Cinossu launches at H * Teila-Fox uses her funky sky powers! * H_Hog jumps up, as his cards flutter through the air Fisticuffs, eh? * Cinossu stands back up, and looks up at H Ahahahahahahallrighty then. *breathes off a fireball* .. Haha, I remember my old battle quote "ITS PUMMEL TIME!!!!" * Cinossu jumps out of the way * Cinossu takes out his Gold Emerald and Chaos-Controls to the other side of the room Smooth dodging. But can you handle th... Wha? .. XD god, I haven't RP'd in ages Muhh Me neither! feels good *stretches his back* I forgot what my powers were * H_Hog looks around a little in confusion .. Uh, shock people? H, up here! *Chaos-Controls onto H's head* AH! :D *jumps off* * H_Hog raises his bodytemperature, heating up Cinos'feet Muh too late, jumped off already, H ;P Rawr. I was typing when you jumped. XD * Teila-Fox tosses at H an exploding pineapple soda bottle Eep! * H_Hog catches it in his mouth *it explodes anyway* ...moh *runs for cover* * Teila-Fox jumps on a cloud and floats away Owies. Pineappley exploding goodness. * Cinossu homing-attacks the cloud and it disappears :o Muh No way! TEILA! WATCH OUT! YOU'RE GONNA CRASH! AH! * H_Hog diverolls over to the general direction where the "fallshadow" appears Muh * Cinossu jumps and catches Teila in the air, and sets her back on the ground before running at H Hoh! * Teila-Fox dusts herself off and makes a spear out of ice, tossing it at H * H_Hog runs over at Cinossu's direction as well, preparing a running firepunch. "Playing Chicken, eh. Fine by me." .. Muh ;] hehe... *charges up with the gold emerald and starts running omg-fast* * H_Hog is about to punch Cinos, as he's impaled by the ice spear GAKK! * ZZT steps into the middle of the Marc v. H fight. God, I'm starting to have the urge to write fanfiction.. XD Zeeky boogy doog. Muh. * H_Hog coughs up a little blood, then raises his bodytemperature so that the spear melts * Cinossu runs back at H and jumps off of his already painful back * Teila-Fox jumps over to H and lands a kick right on H's face, knocking him down. "Not so fast, bad guy!" Hit him with your Pretty Soldier Apparal, Ally! RRGH! GAK! SUDDEN SOUND OF PAIN! Muh * H_Hog lays still. "Ganging up on me then, eh." * Cinossu chaos-controls with the emerald again and ends up sitting in a tree Fine then. If this is the way it's meant to be.... ah... relaxing.. * Teila-Fox strengthens Cinossu with an arrow of rainbow love! zomg! Muh. ... I can see who's obviously in the preferring side. In that case... it's best if I don't force things. ... * H_Hog throws down his gloves I give up. yaay Muh. * Teila-Fox stands over H and looks down. * Cinossu chaos-controls on H's head again * H_Hog looks above him "Been a while since I've fought like that. You're a good opponent. * ZZT says "KHAAAAAAAN!" and runs off. heh, been ages since I used this baby *holds his gold emerald* * Teila-Fox croutches down to the ground and pokes H's still form. Omg. Muh. * ZZT runs over to Cinossu and attempts to snag the golden emerald. * Cinossu warps next to ZZT o.o nuh uh, mine :P * Cinossu warps away * ZZT turns and attempts to steal the emerald again Nuuuu * ZZT runs after Cinos. too slow, sucker ;P ;.; I want teh emerald. * Cinossu warps next to Ally, picks her up under one arm, and warps away again * ZZT pulls out the green chaos emerald, and grins. Well then... It was fun while it lasted. Rematch sometime? Still have this one. * ZZT puts it away. anyways... brb *warps to the loo alone, a small "insert cinos here" card in his place* * H_Hog finds himself talking to a card o_o Muh * H_Hog takes the card, and stuffs it in his YuGiOh collection I CALL UP CINOSSU IN DEFENSE MODE >=D * Teila-Fox gets a whacked out hairstyle * Cinossu is called up by H, in defense mode, whatever the hell that is I summon.. DARK MOOGLE In attack mode! Hmmm. This calls for... * H_Hog turns into a firey cyclone, then gets out of it suddenly wearing a large green cape, brown boots, red facepaint, and a few feathers lodged tightly between his quills. UWEE HEE HEE. DARK MOOGLE, USE LIGHTNING FOG! * H_Hog is now known as Kefka_Hog UWEE...Hee...hee. >=D ...stuff it *grabs his away message card* I work alone ;P *a gust of wind knocks H over* * Cinossu warps away to his seat on the branch of a tree Muh * Teila-Fox floats up to Cinossu's perch and looks over. :O ... ... ... He snapped. H Hog, in his new Kefka-wear, stood silently as he turned around, his back turned to the tree Cinossu was in. "This battle... Cinossu, I feel I must thank you." Unaware of what was happening, Cinos jumped off the branch and hugged the approaching Teila. "You see... Part of me grew stronger today." H Hog continued. "However.... this part that grew stronger... is not something you'd be all too happy about..." he said, as he walked over to Cinos. "Thanks.... for bringing me to life!" With those words, Kefka Hog gives Cinos a quick, unexpected knee in the gut. "Uwee hee hee." As Cinossu falls to the floor holding his stomach in pain, Teila's eyes start to tear, seeing her precious Cinos hurting on the floor. "Hmhmhmhm. Don't you know... my friend... my... rival... that little scrap we went through just made me stronger?" Without talking, Cinos composes himself and quickly warps back to the tree branch, standing up and rubbing his stomach. "That wasn't very nice, H." H Hog smiled. "I know. But then again..." In a dramatic pose, H Hog lets the wind blow through his cape. "I'm not a very nice person when I'm... like this." Cinos looks at H Hog strangely. "Nope, not nice indeed... But then again, neither is this..." he says, as he jumps off of the branch and spin-launches at H, homing attack style. Foreseeing a move like that, H Hog swiftly turns around, and with a loud "HA!" he holds up a large bright gem, as it launches a beam of ice into the sky. "As if I didn't see that coming. Magirock... Gotta love it." Expecting a move like that, Cinos warps out of the air and appears back on the ground, standing with his arms folded. A frozen-solid bird drops to the floor just inches behind him. Defiantly, he says; "...And as if I didn't see that one coming either, H." Slightly disappointed, H Hog puts the Esper Shiva's gem back in his cape pocket. "I suppose that was a little... predictable." Seeing the battle that's taking place, Teila Fox walks up to H and... does nothing, her expression blank and dedicated. Cinos sees this, and sits up. "Be careful Ally, he's dangerous..." With a disinterested "Muh", Teila stares at H, her posture stiff. "You wanted to say something to me, Teila?" H Hog says. "Right... enough in here..." Cinos says, as he grabs his Gold Chaos Emerald, and Chaos Controls them all over to a desolate landscape with little features aside from a few mountains, a lone tree, and some artifacts here and there. CHAPTER 2 FRIEND TURNED FOE From out of seemingly nowhere, a green fox appeared. Clearing his throat, he wandered around a bit, wondering where the heck he suddenly was now. Finding herself in the overall same location she was before being warped, Teila takes another step towards H slow, her posture as stiff as before. H Hog turns to Teila. "Don't worry. I don't intend to hurt -you-, after all." Slowly, Teila raises an eyebrow and drops her guard... "Who do you plan to hurt, then?" Smirking, H Hog answers. "Plan? I have no plans. I'm currently living in the moment." A loud tapping sound is heard. Tapping his foot defiantly, Cinos frowns in disbelief of H Hog's former statement. "Suuuuure." H Hog raises his eyebrow, hearing Cinossu's taunt. "Plans... are merely made to be followed. I don't intend to stick to patterns." "Hmm, you have a point." Cinos says, understanding the point. "Predictability is never wise." The green fox appears behind Teila. "...Hey, I'm ZZT. Whatcha doin'?" Not paying attention to the question, Teila folds her arms and snaps her finger, a cloud puff appearing as she sits on it, the hidden mark on her forehead glowing slightly. "Why do I get the feeling something is wrong with this picture..." she thinks. "Are you concerned, Teila? Concerned about the outcome?" H Hog speaks, the evil audibly growing in his voice. He turns his head to Cinos. "Concerned I'll... hurt this fellow?" Cinossu spins the emerald atop of his finger. "Just try it." Unsure of who's being referred to, ZZT worriedly asks "Erm, wait... which fellow?" H Hog smirks, yet again. "I don't -try-, my friend. I aim to succeed in my actions." Teila looks slightly surprised, but then narrows her eyes, not replying as her fur bristles. Cinossu smirks back. "Heh, you may aim to succeed, but that doesn't mean you will..." ZZT walks up behind Teila, and taps her on the shoulder. H Hog looks back to Teila. "I see you have no reply. Is that... an unsure answer I'm sensing?" Teila blinks and tilts her head to ZZT. "Hm?" She then turns one eye over at H and glares. "I don't have to answer you." "Heh. Very well then." H Hog replied, grinning widely. Cinossu drops the emerald into his hand again and grips it tight. "Very well then..?" H Hog turns to Cinos. "Seeing as she doesn't seem to have any qualms, alternatives or even simple words for this... Let's rock. One on one, this time." Cinossu smirked, and warped a little further forward, replying "Fine by me..." Menacingly, Teila hopped off of her cloud, landed inbetween the two, and let a bolt of electricity shoot through in between her two fingers, ready to jump into the fight at any moment. "If you dare hurt him..." she warned H Hog. Unimpressed by the threat, H Hog tossed his cape to the floor in a dramatic motion. Cinossu looked over to Teila. "Don't worry... I'll be fine." he comforted. ZZT followed Teila around a little, now asking what her name was. Teila turned to ZZT. "My name is irrelevant." ZZT blinked. "That's a funny name... oh well. My name's ZZT. It's nice to meet you, Irrelevant." he said, not really understanding what Teila really meant. She smiled and rolled her eyes a little, before her expression became as grim as before. In the meantime, Cinos looked over to H Hog. He didn't want to take the initiative this time around, and waited for the first move to be made. Noticing this, H Hog took a few steps forward. "You leave me with no other option. Prepare for the inevitable!" His walking pace turned into a sprint as he ran over to Cinos, his arm preparing a punch while flames covered his hand. Grinning, Cinossu shaked his head. "You're all the same... All talk, no action!" He easily jumped over H Hog's mad dash, and turned around. Speeding up a bit, H Hog simply turned around and continued sprinting. "More taunts. You're not much different either...!" Jumping over H Hog once more, he smirks and says "The difference here is... I can act upon my statements..." In the meantime, Teila stepped on her cloud and started rising up, several thousand feet into the sky. As she watched the ongoing battle from there, the sky gradually turned darker... With a mighty chaos-enforced throw, Cinos flings a pair of binoculars up to Teila. Not needing them, she aims and attempts to conk H Hog on the head with them - however, they incinerate upon contact. "What statements? All you do is make attempts to put me down." H Hog says annoyed, now standing still. A warm glow covers him, as the grass burns up around his feet... "Heh, true..." Cinos replies. He grabs his chaos emerald again, and as the power courses through his hand into his entire body, a feint white glow comes off him. Realizing he's not gonna get far by merely dashing and attempting to punch, H Hog slowly walked over to Cinos. "C'mon. Give it your best shot." Cinossu shakes his head. "I'm not looking for a fist fight. If I wanted one of those I'd go to the slums of the Chemical Plant..." Disappointed, H Hog put his hands to his side. "Hmph. No one appreciates good ol' fisticuffs, anymore. Allright... fine then!" He throws his hands forward, as a glowing beam of fire leaves his hands. Seeing this coming, Cinossu waits until the last possible second, and warps to the side of the beam, it missing entirely. "You missed, care to try again?" The beam grazes along a cornfield. ZZT cheers, as popcorn fills the field. Without stopping, the beam zaps over to Cinos' new direction. "All sizzle, no steak. Are there any more moves up your arsenal then mere dodging?" Teila bursts into hardcore laughter, spinning in the air. Cinossu jumps, avoiding the beam again. "I prefer not to fight unless absolutely neccessary. If you wish to shoot at me, be my guest. But unless I need to, I will not retaliate." H Hog raises an eyebrow, stopping his attack as the beam dissipates. "I suppose you don't want to get back at me for the cheap knee, th...Eh?!" Warping right behind H Hog, Cinos continues; "...besides, watching you make a fool of yourself is always fun." He then shakes his head. "There's no point in getting back at you for that. It'd just lower myself to your level..." Cinos revs up another spindash, leaving himself open for attack. Turning around, H Hog sees the opening and makes a pistol-gesture with his hand. "That's too bad. 'Cause chances are there to be TAKEN!" With those words, a minor, but high velocity fireball escapes H Hog's finger. ZZT 's eyes go wide, as Cinossu is hit by the flames, and his revved up spindash accidentally sends him spinning off in the direction of ZZT, who in turn ducks and covers, but is suddenly picked up and carried up into the air by a mini-tornado that appeared around him. It lowers him a few feet away, as the popcorn around the landing area is scattered. Jumping out of his spinning attack, Cinossu stood still again. "...Now that wasn't nice..." he said, as he warped back to where he was, then came running at H, absorbing Chaos energy from the emerald, breaking the sound barrier. In a defiant facial expression, H Hog closes his eyes and grins widely. "As I said before... I'm not a nice person when I'm like this..." Upon opening his eyes, he sees... nothing. Cinos had disappeared. "What th-..." Before he could finish, Cinos rammed into H Hog with full force, knocking him back, as he screeched to a halt. Rolling along the floor for quite a bit, H Hog finally came to a full stop in a sandy area. He stood up, wiped a bit of blood from his mouth, then smiled. "Finally! Here's me thinking you'd never make an attempt to fight back!" "You finally pushed me to it..." Cinos replies. H Hog smiles, as he prepares to make a rolling motion that's not completely unfamiliar to the hedgehog race. "That's exactly what I was going for..." With those words, the rolling motion speeds up. As H Hog's body increases in heat, what remained of his shirt was burnt clean off, leaving only the pants and the feathers on his head. Cinos frowns, as he sees H Hog spinning in his direction at not nearly the speed he was capable of. Teila saw this, and suddenly she had an idea. "Hm... A battle like this needs a little rain!" Her eyes started glowing, and she outstretched her arms to the sky. Almost instantly, the sky fills up with large, dark clouds, pouring down icy cold water on the battlefield. On the ground, the sudden drastic change of weather had not gone unnoticed by the three... As ZZT complained about his popcorn getting soggy and his fur starting to smell like wet fox, H Hog wasn't happy either, as the cold water surrounding him gave him a disadvantage in using his fire powers. He stopped spinning, and instead, looked to the sky, annoyed. "Aw, man... now all the popcorn's soggy, and I'm going to stink for an hour or two..." ZZT complained. Feeling somewhat sorry for the green fox that had to endure the elements for Teila's fun and profit, she created a large waterbubble, and enclosed it around ZZT. Seeing this, Cinossu laughed a little, then remarked that ZZT was probably more worried about the popcorn then himself. Before letting his guard down, he looked back at H Hog, who was still annoying himself by the rain. A warm wind blew through the bubble, drying ZZT's fur and making it poofy, as he watched the battle continue. Smirking, Teila floated down a few hundred feet, her eyes glowing yellow. Soon after, the rain started getting heavier around Cinos - making him soaked, effectively giving him some protection against fire. Teila grinned playfully, then made herself a bit more comfortable on her cloud perch. Getting a little wetter then he hoped to be, Cinos shaked himself dry a bit. Seeing Teila float around on her cloud, H Hog realized who was responsible for the downpour. "Hm... undoubtedly -her- handiwork... Ohwell, it's only a slight disadvantage." Hearing this, Cinossu laughed. "Disadvantage? You're telling me someone like you has yet to master the elements?" He warped nearer as he said this. Disgruntled, H Hog muttered a lengthy answer. "Despite my total mastery of fire, there's nothing that can be done about the fact that water doesn't help me to wield it correctly." He goes back into a full-paced run. "But only merely..." Cinos starts running as well. "Merely? More like mostly..." he says, playfully. "Very imaginative comeba-AAA!" H Hog slipped on the wet grassy soil, making an unintentional, but not entirely unneffective sliding move as he neared Cinos. Cinos nearly tripped over his own feet as well, but managed to dodge the sliding at the last moment, mud going everywhere behind him as he skidded to a halt. "Sliding, eh?" Cinos commented, as he revved up another spindash in the general direction of H Hog, mud again flying all over the place. He then launched himself at H Hog. H got up, the mud drying off his heated torso instantly. As it crumbled off like hardened sand, he looked up to the sky once more. "This downpour isn't helping..." he thought. Suddenly, in the corner of his eye, he noticed a faint blur heading his way... and quickly held out his foot, attempting to trip Cinos... Seeing it coming at the last moment, Cinos slightly changed his dash course, skidding to a halt and standing up right next to H Hog, wagging his finger with a patronizing "Tsk tsk... That won't work on me...!" Grinning, H Hog makes a forceful, but quick elbow jab to his side, knocking the air out of Cinos' lungs. "I didn't expect it to..." Teila watched in shock as Cinos was once again victim of a cheap, unexpected torso hit. Lurching slightly, Cinos quickly recovered from his dizziness, and jumped back into a standing position. "Oof... You're gonna pay for that one..." he said, still a little short of breath. Teila concentrated harder, as the downpour just kept getting heavier. It was a storm like none of them had seen before. Lightning struck in the distance, a bright flash in the darkness. Rain poured down on the two fighters, ZZT still protected in his bubble, and Teila atop her cloud perch, high and dry. She did everything in her power to give Cinos the largest advantage possible, and it seemed like her efforts were working, as when H Hog released another ball of fire, a suddenly -very- local downpour caused it to be extinguished before it even got a chance to get near Cinos. He snickered at the failed efforts of his opponent. "Face it, you're not gonna win this one!" he said. As discouraging as it may have been, he was right. The rain gave H Hog no chance of causing any damage from a distance. Cinossu however, tried a hand of his own ranged attack, as when he jumped in the air and grasped his emerald another time, a small rain of sharp Chaos energy bolts homed in to where H Hog was standing. The "Chaos Spear" technique made contact, and H Hog was thrown backward a little, the energy bolts making small gashes in his face and arms. "OOH! That had to hurt!" ZZT commented, wincing. Standing up, H Hog brushed off another heap of mud. "She's making a good attempt to turn the stakes in my disadvantage... but if you think I'm gonna let a little rain stand in my way... you're sadly mistaken!" H Hog reached in his pocket, as he grabbed another Magirock gem. "You're not the only one that can use pretty rocks to power up." The magirock he was holding was that of Ifrit, the Esper of fire. Channeling his fire power through the gem, H Hog concentrated himself as the glow around him grew larger, causing the rain directly around him to evaporate a bit. Seeing this, Teila hissed and made her eyes glow brighter, as she focused more... starting to glow herself, too. "Come oooon..." Cinossu also noticed the sudden increase in H Hog's power. Warping back a little, he looked on while keeping his guard up, expecting retaliation for his attack. "That ought to do it." H Hog said, now completely untouched by the water as his heat formed an evaporative shield directly around himself. "I've just raised my bodytemperature some more, you see... since as I grow warmer, so do my attacks...!" With those words, he flung a barrage of small fireballs in Cinos' direction, heated to such an extent that they too, were unaffected by the rain. In the meantime, Teila lowered herself down to the surface, and landed next to ZZT. Cinos looked behind him to see what was happening, then turned his head again to see the fireballs aimed at him. He made an attempt to jump out of the way, only to be hit by a few on his posterior. "YEEOUCH!" He stands still, the rain dousing his burnt butt. "That was low..." he said, pinching out a small flame still on his tail. H Hog snickers at the comical sight. "I hate resorting to clichés, but mess with fire, and you're gonna get burned..." For a slight moment, his voice starts to change. "For that matter.... I invite you to join my barbecue!" Having said this, H Hog charged up for a large, but very slow moving fireball, causing him to lose much of his heated glow, as the absorbed Magirock Esper energy gets sent into the oncoming outburst. Cinossu grins. "We'll see who'll be getting burned tonight..." he says quietly, as he runs away from H, and dashes toward a rock, with a conveniently placed horizontal springboard attached to it. He kicks off of it, launching himself at H with his fist out in front of himself. "Ah man, that thing's never gonna hit Cinos..." ZZT comments, as he watches H charge up and fire the oversized, but slow fireball. Teila nods, while having gotten herself some South African stew to enjoy. Grass scorches in the flame's path, as H Hog grins insanely, watching the fireball home in to its target, slowly, but surely. With the incredible speed momentum caused by the spring, Cinos kicks himself off the floor, and with a mighty jump, he leaps clear across the fireball. H Hog realizes his error too little too late, as he realizes that he's letting his rage take over for his rational thought. This thought doesn't last long however, as Cinos, not losing any speed, absorbs more Chaos Energy from his emerald as his body gains a blue glow out in front of him. The blue-flamed fist slams with incredible power into H Hog's gut, causing him to fly backwards, head-first into a far off mountain. Needing to slow down, Cinos warps back to his original standing position, coming to a quick full stop. "Don't mess with fire, eh?" The mountain trembles. Enraged, H climbs out of the tunnel he unintentionally dug with his forehead, noticing a small amount of blood trickling down from it. "Geez... They're getting farther away to the point where I can't tell what's happening... I wish I had some binoculars." ZZT complained. Slightly out of breath from his dashing punch, Cinos glares over at ZZT. Once again producing a pair of binoculars from seemingly nowhere, he tosses them to ZZT. They bounce off the bubble and into the mud. "Ugh..." Breathing heavily and his remaining clothing reduced to rags, H Hog makes a mad dash toward Cinos while he's busy tossing the binoculars over to ZZT. Anticipating this however, he quickly warps out of the way again, appearing behind H once more. "I don't make the same mistake twice." H Hog stands still and turns around, realizing his rage isn't going to help him. Breathing deeply, he tosses away what final shreds were left, as not to hamper his movement. All that now discerns him from his regular appearance are a tattered bunch of feathers attached behind his ear, and glowing red eyes, burning as fierce as his rage. "You're getting too cocky for your own good." Cinos smirks. "I guess. It seems to be working, though..." Exhausted, H Hog collapses to the floor on his hands and knees in a somewhat feral pose, looking up at the sky. CHAPTER 3: THE BATTLE ENDS Cinossu looks back at H, and Teila lowers herself down from her sky leverage. Almost completely powered down, the rain hits H Hog's face again, washing off the blood and dirt. Thoughts run through his mind... "I'm... not gonna let this... punk beat me! I've got more fighting experience! I've got full control of the fire elemental..." He stands up, and looks at his hands. His gloves are tattered. "I've been immortal, once! I was a demigod at one point! Demidus Aeros Hoguera, the Divine Hero of Fire! And what does he have?" He slowly raises his head, looking at Cinos and the emerald in his hand. "Chaos Energy... That's what he has. Making him... as tough as any hedgehog is supposed to be. But there's more to him then just that..." Teila blinks and stares down at H, landing a few inches over his head while hovering upside down. His job seemingly done, Cinos spins his emerald on one finger, then warps himself back to his tree perch, laying out on the branch. ZZT in the meantime, looks around as the pupils in his eyes shrink. He appears to be running out of fresh air. Cinossu grabs a sharp thorn from the tree, and tosses it at the sphere. Teila turns around and braces herself for the pop of the enormous bubble. "Uh oh..." With a loud BANG, the bubble explodes and launches ZZT high into the air. It also causes Cinos to fall out of his tree. During the moment of confusion, H Hog sees his chances. He looks up, as he notices Teila hovering over him defiantly. "Heh. There's more to that kid, indeed. I don't normally want to have to stoop this low, but...the need cancels the rule." He quickly stands up, and snatches Teila off her cloud perch. Holding her shoulders tightly, he firmly keeps her in front of him. "I'm just gonna have to ensure that I get out of this one intact. Sorry, Teila." He charges up again, slowly causing his forehead wound to close up. Cinossu stands up and brushes himself off, before noticing that H has grabbed Teila. "You. Let her go. NOW." H shakes his head. "After I'm done charging. Trust me, I don't want to see her hurt, either." Teila struggles to get loose, as Cinos starts scowling. "...Nuh uh." he says threateningly, as he absorbs more Chaos energy. A white glow intensifies around him and his red eyes glow with it. "Now... means NOW." ZZT finally lands back down. He has a whirlwind appear under him as he back falls to the level that the rest are at. Somehow, he's able to land on the top of the whirlwind's funnel as if it were solid. "Erm... What'cha doing?" Succeeding in getting an arm free, Teila reaches backwards, and immediately whacks H upside the head. She then growls, and starts to spark with electricity. "Let. Me. GO." H Hog shrugs off the punch, but lets Teila go as he gets shocked. With a dull "whomp", Teila's dropped to the floor. "Oof.." Noticing Teila's been released, Cinos sees his chance as he begins to walk toward H, leaving a white trail behind him. "I just needed to make sure you weren't having any thoughts of attacking me while my guard was down." H Hog said, as he clenches himself together to concentrate his cleansing fire powers around himself. The powered glow is almost completely restored, though his wounds aren't fully regenerated yet. Cinossu gives H an indignant look. "Did I look like I was gonna attack you in my tree?" "You have the ability to warp. I can never be sure of WHAT you're planning." H Hog says, closing his eyes in a justified expression. "Besides..." he thinks to himself. "My physical strength is restored, but my fatigue certainly isn't..." H Hog's inner monologue is quickly interrupted as he recieves a roundhouse kick in the face by none other then Teila. He drops to the floor. "I suppose I did deserve that one. No more freebies, though." Teila grabs H by the collar of his cape, and stares him in the face. "Whatever. Try that stunt again and you'll see what happens when I'll actually -try- to hurt you." "I'll take that advice to heart... but I don't intend to have to do that again anyway." H Hog replies. With those words, Teila pushes H Hog to the floor. Quickly improvising, he performs a leg sweep upon contacting the ground. Teila's eyes widen as she trips, landing on one of her hands and balancing herself to drive her foot into H's stomach, sending him back a few feet before she completely falls down. ZZT is hit by the flying H Hog and they both tumble backward. "Sorry about that." H says, as he stands up. He thinks... "Didn't want to have to attack her, but 2 against one aren't odds I'm happy with..." Teila grins. "You're lucky I've got somewhere to go for now. I'll be back." With that, she jumps into the air and flies off. Cinossu grins and shakes a finger at H. "You shouldn't mess with her, she'll knock you up baaaaad." ZZT stumbles to his feet, and shakes his head. "Was I just on the deck of the starship Enterprise...?" He blinked, then realized what Cinos just said. ... "She'll knock you up? Isn't it the other way around in your case, Cinos?" He ducks and covers, tittering. Cinossu and H Hog just blankly stare at ZZT. "Where does a little kid like you learn about stuff like that, anyway?" Cinos asks, puzzled. ZZT blinks. "...Other kids say stuff like that in school all the time nowadays..." H Hog takes advantage of the small moment of confusion, as he throws his hands above his head, turning the area above his hands red, charging up a projectile attack that most resembled a fiery buzzsaw. Cinossu changes his stance in a ready position. "What's this? That move you were trying to do earlier?" H Hog's projectile finishes charging, as in a move of desperation, he throws the flat disc of heated energy over to Cinos' direction. ZZT watches the disc sail towards Cinos. "So it's flat eh?" Cinos begins to run at the disc-flame, and slides underneath it, doing the splits in the process. He feels the flame disc barely tinge the top of his head, slightly nicking his ear. H Hog turns around after having thrown the disc, expecting Cinos to appear behind him, then is surprised as he doesn't... He then turns around again, to see Cinos on the floor. Grasping his ear with one hand, and slowly helping himself stand up from a painful split with the other, he mutters "Aiee, that hurt...". Having had just about enough of seeing these guys in so much pain, ZZT clears his throat. "Uhm... question..." Both Cinos and H Hog look at ZZT, wondering what he has to ask. "...Why were you two fighting in the first place, anyway?" Cinossu stared dumbfounded, looked over at H, then back at ZZT. He grinned a little. "...Not meaning to be childish, but... He started it." Cinos points at H. H Hog doesn't pay attention to Cinos' accusation. He realizes that he almost completely forgot that it wasn't his intention to actually kill Cinos in the first place... ...Yet he still allowed himself to let such a lethally razorsharp move leave his hands. "I... I'm glad he managed to dodge that... Teila'd be devastated if I actually killed him..." H Hog thought to himself. Audibly, he muttered a small "Hm..." Cinossu looks at H, as he continued. "I started it? I.... may have." ----- * Cinossu smirks, and warps beside him * "you did" * warps away again * The duel actually started out as a joke, but we just got so involved in it that it just... continued. =P I guess your evil tendences took over Basically, I noted that the outcome of a livejoural test Teila made (where she'd marry Cinos) actually seemed to be true for a change, as LJ tests are usually pretty random. I was surprised it clicked so well between them. She then noted that a similar test had me paired up with her as well. H, Teila and I have been close for a while :P ... speaking of Teila * Cinossu pokes Teila-Fox I don't remember which test was done earlier, though. Cinos taunted a little, and a joke duel began - me actually intending to duke it out with Yugioh cards. (Teila's been away.) But technically... You, Cinos... made the first spindash toward me. (I know) ...heh, so I did I guess you felt more threatened by me then I originally intended, eh. ;P ;D actually, I was just revving up a spindash Still, it's preparing to attack. ;P You can't prepare an attack and expect your supposed opponent to shrug it off. ;D ;P and the cards? They're CARDS. What was I gonna do, give you a papercut? XD YuGiOh style cards but anyway... you're the one who decided to be Mr. Evil Hmmm. *blinks* Well, yeah. After our little scrap, I... meh. I think I lost my cool a little bit. * Cinossu spins his emerald on the tip of his finger, before dropping it into his hand and warping to the tree where he sat again, laying out on the branch * * Kefka_Hog 's feathers fall from his head, and the cape that had been on the floor fades away... * Kefka_Hog is now known as H_Hog So is the fight over, then? seems like it, unless H wants to continue? ;P * H_Hog smiles. A friendly one, this time. "What's the use? Even if I did defeat you, what would it gain me?" heh, true you'd gain the fact you've beaten someone from another dimension :P ----- "See, for a second there, I really thought I could win this one. But then I realized... I'd lose so much in the process. All it could gain me was two lost friends. I... failed to realize that Teila didn't want this, either..." Cinos blankly stared at H Hog, who was staring at the sky melancholically. "See, this battle just got me to realize... that it's not my place to stand in anyones way if they're supposed to be happy together. I guess my vision of how it -could- have been..." He lowered his head again, and faced Cinos. "...clouded the cold reality of how it -would- have been." With those words, he extends his hand. "I admit defeat - for real, this time." Cinossu shakes H's hand. "I'd call it more of a win on both sides, actually." H Hog agreed. He forfeitted the match to Cinos, but had beaten a part of himself he didn't like in the process. Teila lands next to Cinos and stares at H Hog, tilting her head to the side. "H..." H Hog turns to Teila. "Shh. Don't say it. I owe you a major apology, as well. I got so caught up in my blind jealousy and rage that I just... turned blank. A bad part of me took over, and... I'm glad it stopped. To be honest, I don't even want to think of what I may have done had I actually beaten Cinos..." Teila stares at H, and slowly steps up to him. "I'm not really sure what happened back there, but I do know that you're a good guy on the inside. There is an evil in all of us, you just need to retain it.. you know, use the force and all that crap." "Yeah... you're right." H Hog agreed, his head hanging. "I need to watch myself in the future. I just... have a hard time believing I let it get that far." He raised his head to face Teila. "Heck, I was even attacking you at some point! I just... hope you can forgive me for the trouble I caused you all. And if there's anything I can do to make up, feel free to name it." Teila smiles and outstretches her hand. "You can start by being my friend again." A single tear drops from H Hog's eye as he smiles back and slowly locks hands with Teila. "You can count on it." "Erhm... what about me?" ZZT asked. And you, ZZT... I owe you a thanks. Thanks for reminding me how futile and needless this battle was. ZZT blinked. "Wow....did I actually make the fight stop?" You sure did. Also, I smacked into you pretty hard back there, so I'm sorry if that hurt you or anything. And again, thanks... for making me realize... just who my friends really are." H Hog smiled, as he patted the young fox on the shoulder. "You're welcome, then." ZZT replied. "And Cinos..." H Hog continued. "You've been more then a worthy opponent today. Thanks for being such a good challenge, and a good sport about it in the end. I hope we can have a little friendly training again sometime in the future." Cinos grins at H. "Heh, name the time and place, and I'll be there." "You got it." H Hog says, smiling back. "Next time, on better terms." "...Yeah, so are we all friends an' stuff now?" ZZT asked once more, to make sure. "Yes. We sure are." "Neat." With those words, Cinos and H Hog both went their respective ways, turning around to smile and thumbs-up at eachother one last time before walking off, as ZZT just stands there. ----- THEY LIVE HAPPY EVER AFTER CREDIT SEQUENCE AND HIP HOP REMIX OF ONE OF THE TUNES YAAY *the credits are splitscreen, with ZZT just standing there, blinking occasionally on the animated half* (y'know, this end reminds me slightly of a badly dubbed 4kids anime... no offense, H :P) Of course it does. The majority of the battle, too. XD XD; woo, haven't RPed in so long, 'twas a good laugh It was. Yeah, that was fun. I'm gonna save this, and probably put this on my site or something. There were some pretty well written moments. heh, I hope you have all three-channel's worth :P Sure thing. IRC's set to autolog. I'm just gonna have to copypaste. ah and possibly cut out the needless banter. Also, inbetween stuffs back when it was in #srb2. XD heh Are you going to delete the parts with ZZT? >.> I hope everything is okay.. c.c yeah You are? ;-; Of course not. You were an important part of the roleplay, especially at the end. =P Besides, every story needs a little comic relief ;p and besides, the only reason H got to hit me was because you distracted me *hit* XD 'tis a shame not many people roleplay anymore... Not only. The elbow was your own fault. ;P XD true.. oh, and your "final move" wouldn't have completely beaten me, you'd be surprised what a little Chaos Energy can do :P *flips his Gold Emerald in the air* Whatever, it missed anyway. ;D yeah, and lucky for you it missed, or the m would be changing to a p ;P Hah. You're lucky the battle ended or I'd SHOW you pissed.... ;D Moh. *laughs it off* Heh. :| * Cinossu sits up in the branches of his tree and polishes his emerald * H_Hog walks around a little, sending a small firey wave along the ground, in order to dry up the fallen rain * Cinossu watches H from his tree. "what're you doing?" Meh, almost slipped. Don't like wet feet. ;P XD ah *NOTE: Teila and Ally are two names for the same person. Cinos and Cinossu as well. H Hog turns into his Kefka-based form, but will still mostly be referred to as H Hog.