[Yuri appears in a fine English fencing club, richly adorned and obviously quite swanky. She see's Edge with the point of her sword at her opponent's neck. The opponent has a glowing hightech looking blade in her hand. Well, half of a blade, the other half lies on the floor.] That was quick. Match Edge! Ah, welcome Yuri. Ready? * Yuri_Nanirabo is weaering blue shorts and a purple t-shirt and looks a bit startled, and sweaty, as she takes in the scene. She has a bottle of water in her left hand. She responds, "Uh... er, yes." [The two combatents give a salute to one another and walk off.] Right, just a moment. ::she gets out her phone, puts it on speaker, and puts in the call.:: * Will picks up over the phone. "'ey. I take it my hour has come at last?" * Yuri_Nanirabo rubs her head with her free hand, almost as if she were stroking her hair back, except, of course, she has no hair. This should be fun. ::she frowns:: And hopefully longer than ten seconds. * Yuri_Nanirabo swallows before letting out a slight chuckle and glancing at Breaker. "I'll try not to disappoint too badly." * Breaker grins. "See if you can get his shirt off with some special ninja technique or something. Saldin was fun and all, but he's no Will." * Will pretends not to hear that. "So, where shall we fight?" * Warlow looks askance at Breaker. * Yuri_Nanirabo flushes faintly and says, "Well, Master Qian does have a... ah..." she pauses, as if searching for the word... then looks over at the phone instead. "Uh... nothing too fancy, I think. We're both martial artists here, right?" That we are. * Yuri_Nanirabo seems to be thinking... Could always do a church. * Warlow seems less than enthralled with that idea. ... a church? Yeah, some partially broken down one. Like in "No time to die." Ah, you honor me with the reference. * Yuri_Nanirabo takes a drink of the water, then looks over at Breaker with a slight smile. "Hey, that's not... er... well, I guess I wouldn't be playing anyone..." * Will laughs. "Yes, I suppose I did both win and lose in that one, so there's no psychological advantage." * Yuri_Nanirabo seems to have a thought occur to her, and she shakes her head. "No... something simpler...." she smiles a little to herself, "A nice beach somewhere." * Breaker looks slightly disappointed. "Aww, I wanted to see a church trashed." Warlow gives her a look, but she just grins. Sure. I'll bring a pair of sandals. * Yuri_Nanirabo laughs a little and says, "Well, I'll have to too. Maybe I'll even go traditional. Um... see you there." [The arrangments are made and not long after Yuri appears at a nice equatorial beach. It's several meters wide and full of fine sand. There's a small series of dunes a bit farther in and beyond that a rocky cliff face.] [Will is wearing a rather light looking shabby suit. Oddly enough the suit somehow looks better because it's rumpled and inappropriate. He does have on a fashionable pair of sandals though. There's a small Yatch that Warlow and Breaker are standing on.] [We'll go with the same room for watching. Today there's a spread of middle eastern food. Yay humus!] [Currently Prudence Kinsha is standing and watching the monitors. She's holding a chissel and a hammer. Hector, the cyborg, is standing by her.] [The beach is on screen.] [So, the fight is being watched from the Yacht. It looks like an old converted coast guard type ship. It's near, but a safe distance away from, the shore. Breaker and Warlow stand on the deck and watch the fight.] * Yuri_Nanirabo has managed to change into a yukata in the break time, and seems much less startled to arrive on the beach as she walks closer to Will. * Will smiles and bows. "Very elegent." * Yuri_Nanirabo bows slightly. "I try my best..." she looks at him with those gold eyes and says with a hint of an amused tone, "Can I call you Will, and you can call me Yuri, to make this easy?" Is she blushing again? * Will, incidentally, has carries a shoulder holstered sawed off shotgun and a leg holstered pistol. Neither is obvious, but they're there if you look. Anything for a lady. Obviously you'd managed to come prepared rather than from one of your never ending duties. I'd made preparation in that case, but you're welcome to take advantage of them at a later time. ::Will gestures to a crate on the boat:: [On said crate is a two-piece swimsuit that actually manages to combine some level of freedom of movement with fashion. It's black and doubtless expensive as hell.] * Yuri_Nanirabo blinks, and says with a chuckle, "You've been reading up on..." the chuckle fades as she looks over at the crate, and the flush is obvious. "... U... Oh my..." * Will grins. * Yuri_Nanirabo is now known as Yuri Right, ready to start? And remember what I said Yuri! * Yuri looks back at him and says, "Maybe later... okay, Breaker!" She looks at the guns. "You're not going to... uh, need those, are you?" * Yuri smiles a little teasingly. "The guns, I mean." * Will smiles. "Well, I thought not, but then I watched the tape of Saldin's fight and it seemed I should respect you sufficiently to keep a backup. They are all loaded with rubber bullets of course, and thus far less dangerous than what you're used to facing." * Yuri looks away slightly. "You... honor me by comparing me to Master Qian." I think you'll honor yourself by your actions. But he does have a few years on you I suspect. ::he looks pensive, well, he looks like he's trying to be pensive. It's actually cute in it's own sort of way:: * Yuri stretches a little, and takes up a combat pose, looking at him. "Just a few." She smiles a little. "I... I'm ready." * Will strikes a pose that's also a not half bad starting stance. "As am I." Ready and.. go! * Will settles into his defensive stance and beckons for Yuri to start. * Yuri smiles slightly and begins to circle a little around Will, not taking his bait... immediately. * Will circles as well, watching Yuri's defense. He moves slightly slower than her, as walking on sand is a bit of a pain, except for Yuri apparently. A few white birds, gulls mainly, fly overhead, screaching. [Yuri, oddly, could swear she heard a coo mixed in with the screaches of the seagulls.] * Yuri continues to circle, her golden eyes fixed on her opponent. * Will keeps slowly circling until he loses his footing and stumbles slightly. * Yuri gets a slight smile as she steps, almost leaps, in and, with a very classic, "Kii-yah!" brings up her knee to hit Will in the stomach. * Yvonne rolls out from under a nearby dock. She sits up, rubbing an eye. "Huh?" She's wearing a red two-piece bikini that doesn't quite seem to fit her. * Will ducks the attack and returns it with surprising speed, seemingly well prepared to attack from his post-stumble position. * Will comes up with a kick that undercuts Yuri's legs, causing her to spin slightly in the air costing her an agile landing. He follows up with an open palmed punch to the chest that doesn't exhibit supernatural strength but still sends her backwards. * Yvonne gets to her feet and stretches. She walks out onto the beach. * Breaker looks down and looks amused. "Morning." * Yvonne looks up, squinting. She points. "Aaah! You're that lady! What are you doing here?" * Breaker looks very oddly at Yvonne. "Damn, first time I've been called a lady." Reeeeally? It's the Yuri Nanirabo and Will Cheng tournament fight. Oh. Where? [Yuri does however manage to control the force of the blow well and can easily avoid flying back farther than she'd like. * Yuri falls over and says to herself, "Not so lucky..." as she defensively gets back on her feet, watching Will. * Will decides to followup on this advantage, he leaps forward trying a series of open palmed blows. * Yuri makes a much better showing of herself, her arms deflecting his open palm strikes as she lets herself be pushed back... before she strikes back with a roundhouse kick. * Yvonne looks around. "Oh. There they are." * Yvonne grins. "Hey, he's a hunk." * Warlow pats Breaker on the back. "Don't worry dear, you're no lady." Warlow is wearing a lighter version of her normal priestly garb, Breaker a one piece swimsuit. * Yvonne makes her way onto the yacht deck so she can better watch the fight. She smiles at Breaker. "Don't listen to her. I think you're pretty hawt." * Breaker to Warlow. "Aww, you do care." She then glances to Yvonne. "Uh, thanks." * Yvonne keeps her grin. "You're welcome." She looks out towards the fight. "So, what'd I miss?" They circled, Will feinted with a stumble, Yuri charged in but he managed to knock her down with his counter attack. Oh. * Will almost manages to bring his arm up in time to block the strike, but Yuri is too fast for him. She lands a kick to his head. He quickly recovers and wipes blood from the corner of his mouth before leaping in the air while kicking up in an attempt to return the favor. [Yuri notices not long after Will took the dramatic kick to the face that a few doves started circling with the gulls.] I told her to try to take his shirt off, but that may be tougher than I hoped. * Yvonne grins. "They should both take their clothes off." * Warlow rolls her eyes. What? If they're naked they can't grab each other's clothing. It's a tactical advantage. Eh, movie stars look better with something on, if I want knock off Will Cheng porn I'll just get a bootleg. But then he'd be on TV, not here. * Breaker shrugs. She doesn't seem to find that line of reasoning compelling. * Yvonne gives up. Her loss. * Yuri twists slightly, dodging and letting the kick send Will into the water, then she follows him in with all due haste, saying with a little teasing tone, "Well, I may not be able to remove your shirt... but it's almost as good!" * Will gives a slightly pained snicker. [He does make a solid landing and the water does indeed splash up and considerably dampen his garb.] * Breaker stares over the side. "Huh, it is almost as good." Yeah, wet T-shirts. * Yuri then steps forward from slightly under the water... up onto the surface of the water as she sends a driving punch, with another, "Kiyaa!" right for Will's chest. * Will falls back slightly, grabbing at Yuri's arm with one hand but he isn't quite able to halt the attack which knocks him back further into the water. * Will twists and strips off his soaking jacket. He swings it towards Yuri and then splashes up a kick from the other direction at the last minute. [Will's attack does risk hitting Yuri's shin, and so she needs a defense roll.] Shame I haven't been innocent enough to walk on water for some time. [Will had not kept hold after the defense was concluded.] * Yvonne appraises. "They're not very good." Unless that guy is holding back or something. * Yuri dances back slightly from the kick, now very much on the surface of the water, and laughs a little. "Saldin would take issue with that..." she says, just before stepping forward and striking at Will with a crescent kick with her left foot. [Will once again almost dodges, his move to the side through water isn't quick enough to deal with the greater mobility of Yuri, whose standing atop the water and doesn't have to deal with friction.] * Yvonne watches Yuri stand on the water. "I could do that but I don't wanna." Oh? * Yvonne nods. My, it would seem that you are just a bit better than I am. ::He suddenly follows with a kick that comes close to Yuri but then comes crashing down into the water, resulting in a large splash of water towards Yuri (who needs a defense roll). As the kick finishes he pass his hand over his leg and grabs his pistol out of his holster.:: And so now he brings out the gun. Boo! Guns are so stupid. Real fighters don't need them. He's known for his gun technique, what did you expect. * Warlow eyes Yvonne. * Yvonne is eyed! But doesn't notice. I thought he was known for being a movie star. * Yuri sees the gun pull and her eyes widen, causing her to step forward quickly and strikes her hand out in an attempt to disarm him. [Oddly enough, most of the gulls have dispersed at this point, just doves overhead.] Well, he uses guns in the movies normally. Except for that arty thing. I don't know what he was thinking. Awww. He should have a sword. Swordsmen are so sexy. He disarms a swordman with a bayonetted rifle in "Far side of Hell". it was sweet. * Warlow actually smiles slight at that. "Really?" Yeah, not all that good, but if you fastforward through all the slow bits it's pretty cool. * Will suddenly twists out of the way and leaps out of the water towards the beach. As he spins he puts both hands on the pistol and fires it at Yuri. She's not good at dodging bullets. * Yuri tries to dive out of the way, after her disarm attempt, but it doesn't quite work and not only does she take the rubber bullet in her side, she lands in the water, not on the water. However, she quickly gets to her feet without a cry of pain and leaps at Will, soaked yukata and all. See? This is true, I should really work at that. The trick is cover. * Will seems to anticipate Yuri's attack and he ducks out of the way while aiming his gun single handed as she moves past him, he then fires a shot towards Yuri's head as he finishes tracking her. * Yuri gets a rubber bullet smacked into her skull and her head snaps with the impact, however, she jut manages not to fall over as she turns to Will. The point of impact is actually bleeding as she looks at him for a split second. "Yow, that HURT." * Will lowers his gun for a moment. "Sorry, instinct, you..." [While Will's talking he's divebombed by a dove that slams into the back of his head. He stumbles slightly but stays up. "Damn..." * Yuri's left arm comes up and brushes the blood... and her golden eyes are suddenly fixed on him in... what can only look like a cold anger, right before she takes a leaping step forward, her arm tucked to punch at just the right point... * Will manages to bring his gun up just in time to get in the way of the punch, but the force of the blow still hits him hard and he spits blood as he doubles over and staggers back. He then proceeds to rip down his shotgun, ruining the holster and leaving a larger tear in his shirt. The cooing from above begins to become oppressive as a flock of doves circle the two of you. One tries to land on Yuri's shoulder. * Yuri snaps, the fury still in her eyes, "What is with the BIRDS? What kind of deal did you MAKE?" * Will looks up at Yuri from his slightly hunched position. "What price would you pay for everything you want?" Isn't that a trick question? If you had everything you wanted, it wouldn't cost anything! Huh, that's right. He probably met what you want most. But he's not really the bright bulb I fear. * Yvonne nods. * Yuri laughs a little than says in a very rote tone, although still snappish, "Desire makes one stray from the middle path." She then lashes out at him with a quick roundhouse kick. The middle path is dumb. * Will suddenly parries with his shotgun, letting the gun take the bulk of the hint which severly dents the weapon causing it to fly out of his hands. * Will grins. "Trouble is, standing in the middle of the road can get you hit. Yield?" * Yvonne watches. "Ooooh, she's not even paying attention anymore. She's gonna get it." Doesn't seem all that fun, but then I wouldn't have thought stripping to exorcise was a middle of the road thing. * Yvonne chuckles. "Oh yeah! The middle of the road IS pretty cool!" * Warlow puts a hand to her forehead. "I think you'll know less philosophy when this is done than you did at the start." [The doves do appear ready to move in for the kill.] * Yuri has already started moving into a punch. "If that's you asking..." she throws the punch. * Yvonne giggles. "I like monks." Monestaries must be fun places. * Will seems ready for the attack and brings up his pistol underhanded to block while pulling the trigger. His aim is true. * Will smiles slightly. "That'a girl." The bullet flows through the air at great speed but Yuri's punch was launched first and brushes aside the pistol that attempts to block the blow. Even when she is hit by the bullet and loses consciousness she keeps up the attack which knocks Will off his feet and he slumps to the ground. * Yuri falls forward into the sand/water, despite the bullet that hit her in the chest because, after all, she DID knock Will off his feet. [His gun was knocked just below the high point of the tide, the water rolls over it and then receeds once as the two lie on the ground.] So who won?! Uh, not sure. Neither seems mortally wounded, let's give them a chance to get up. [The two of you begin stirring simultaneously. Will has a dove on his forehead that's pecking at his nose. Reroll init!] * Yuri struggles to consciousness, sees Will start to do the same, and makes a weak, desperate leap for him, her elbow pointed down so as to, hopefully, finish him off. She, of course, does not look well, least of all due to the bullet hole in her yukata and the blood and muck on her face... and lands on him elbow-down! But will it be enough? * Will sees the attack coming and desperately reaches for his gun trying to drag his arm across the sand by sheer force of personality. His fingers touch it and begin to grip as Yuri completes her "attack" only to then release the grip as he turns his head flops to the side, unconscious once again. * Yuri collapses weakly on top of him as she lands in a most inelegant manner, still breathing, still... perhaps... conscious. * Will stays down, he's obviously badly bruised behind the rips in his shirt. Oddly enough, the bruises just seem to give him more of a rough and ready allure. Huh.... I guess we win again. It appears Yuri is the victor. Yep! * Breaker grins. "You could say she ended up on top." Yes, but I wouldn't. [The Yacht moves back much closer to the fight itself.] * Yuri is breathing heavily and says weakly, in Will's ear, "Forgot to tell you Will... anger... is straying from the middle path too..." She then coughs as she gets water in her mouth and tries to roll off of him. [Yuri succeeds just in time. Meanwhile a series of doves begins landing on Will and pecking at him. A few draw blood.] [About now the Yatch returns. Yvonne, Breaker, and Warlow can be seen looking over the side.] * Yuri looks up at them, if she can see them lying on her back in the surf, but doesn't wave. How rude? Maybe it's the being almost unconscious thing. * Breaker smiles down. "Nicely done. That was pretty cool." * Warlow leaps over the side and makes a steady if not entirely graceful landing. She hurries over to the two of you and puts a hand on Will and Yuri's legs. * Yuri smiles weakly. "... thanks... hope you're getting to see... enough... Will..." *cough* * Yvonne peers down. * Breaker peers over. "Yup!" * Yuri tries to pull herself up to a sitting position. "Now that's not fair... I did all the work..." * Breaker shoots a v for victory sign at Yuri, or maybe it's the other way. Yuri can't quite tell cause she's out of it. Breaker is grinning though. "Well, hold your own tournament and inspire some hot fighters." * Yvonne snaps her fingers. "I should do that!" * Yuri looks at Breaker's v-sign for a second, then tries to focus her eyes on Will. "And when am I gonna find time to do that?" * Will stirs slightly under Warlow's touch. The welts from Yuri's hits are fading, if not disappearing. Don't know. Can you file a request with the universe or something? * Yuri leans on one of her hands and takes a deep breath as she continues, not bothering to look away from Will. "If you can, Saldin hasn't told me about it. Maybe when I earn my... uh..." she pauses for a second, then says, "Wings?" * Yvonne watches Will, too. "He's not so handsome when he's being pecked." * Warlow shoes away the doves. They linger initially but when she makes the same gesture again, with one hand gripping the small cross she wears as a necklace, they scatter. He's actually still oddly handsome once the doves are out of the way. You get wings? Neat! * Yuri 's left hand comes up and brushes her bullet wound then she chuckles faintly. "I don't know about that." She tries to regain her feet. "Er... isn't that a... phrase? Get your wings?" Her left hand drifts to the tattoo smack in the center of her forehead. "The tattoos are more than enough, I think." * Yvonne giggles. "Tatoos!" Oh.. yeah, right. I knew that. * Yuri smiles a little down at Will. "I got the best of Will Cheng. I almost don't believe it, excecpt I've got the blood to prove it." * Will's eyes slowly flicker open and after a second they manage to focus on Yuri. "Huh, made it to heaven after all. Who'd have guessed." * Yvonne giggles. * Yuri blushes. Apparently, head wounds don't manage to get rid of that much blood after all. I... I didn't hit you that hard. Did so! You bent his gun! * Warlow smiles slightly at that. "Don't count on it. Although, teach me a few of those parry moves and I'll try to put in a good word for you." * Yuri chuckles faintly to herself, and says, "Ah, you'd just be reincarnated as a dove or tiger anyway. Nothing to be worried about." * Will starts to sit up but doesn't quite manage, he props himself up on an arm. "Yuri, love, I don't think you know your own strength." He then smiles and nods to Warlow. He then glances back to Yuri. "Not a dove I hope, hate the damn things, they have any natural predators?" * Yvonne looks thoughtful. "I'm gonna go this way," she says. And she heads off in a random direction. No clue. * Warlow shrugs. * Yuri blushes a little and says, "No hard feelings... I... I can still keep the swimsuit, right?" I'm going to have to look that up and get one as a pet. ::He then grins:: Only if I get to see you in it. * Yuri blushes a little more, looks away, then looks back at him with a little of a sparkle in her gold eyes. "I... I think... that can be arranged... just don't tell Master Qian." * Warlow grins slightly and walks away. "Just so long as you keep the suit on." * Yuri blushes even MORE. I wouldn't be a gentleman if I did. [End!]