Tropical Encounter

[Zach]

As Zach gathered energy and formed his immaterial body armor, he watched as the Captain drew his sword. The teen was about to say that using a weapon like that both wasn’t fair, nor was it appropriate for a simple sparring session. However before he could make the comment, the man in red seemed to cut a hole in reality it’s self with it. Zach recognized the portal for what it was, since he’d seen the man send the bird through earlier. However he couldn’t see where it was leading because of the shallow angle he was viewing it at, practically side on.

“And what are you planning to do with…” Zach was asking when the Captain launched a bolt of energy through the portal. Zach realized what was happening but not with enough time to do anything about it. He glanced left, then right in an attempt to see where the blast was going to come from but didn’t spot it until he finally included the third dimension in his frantic search. Looking up, Zach caught the blast right in the face and ended up getting tossed off his feet. Landing hard on his back, Zach let out a groan and rubbed his face with his right hand and he tried to prop himself up on his left elbow.

“Cute. I should have seen that coming.” he commented.

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"Dont worry about it, most people aren't able to figure it out until I manage to get a hit in with it." Ryota said with a grin having been extremely amused by Zach's attempt to find where the rift had popped up only to find it at the last possible second for just pure comedic gold as the blast nailed him square in the face. Ryota smirked to himself before taking another slash at the open air.

This slash however opened a much larger rift, one most definitely more suitable for something just about human sized, or rather Ryota sized as Ryota charged through the rift, once again the rift would open up a bit above Zach though now rather than an energy blast out through it came Ryota himself with his arm reared back in preparation to nail Zach with (hopefully) surprised punch to the chest. He would then follow out up by back flipping off of Zach's stomach. After that he would actually let Zach back up so he could properly defend himself.

[Zach]

“Yeah, well I won’t fall for that aga...oooooph!” Zach was replying and with his hand still over his face, he hadn’t seen the Captain maneuvering through another portal and then leveling a punch into his chest. The punch thankfully didn’t devastate him as it could have, being his body armor was up. Then of course there was the impact of the Captain's feet in his already wrecked stomach which made the blonde teen gag and drop flat on his back again. He spent a few moments there, trying not to throw up before getting the gumption to roll over and climb back to his feet.

“Errrr... I shouldn’t have eaten before coming here.” the boy commented and took a few more deep breaths before bringing his hands back up. “Ready to go when you are.” he added and routed power to his body armor to sure it up after the punch.



{Sorry about the general poo-ness of the post. I'm on my laptop.}

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"It's a double edged sword to eat before a fight, on the one hand if you don't you will be too hungry to be effective but on the other someone might kick your lunch right out of you. Honestly its just better to take the chance of puking." Ryota said with a chuckle as he watched Zach get back to his feet.

"Hey I was waiting for you to be ready, I'm always ready." Ryota said with a laugh before launching a hard right aimed at Zach's face, he would then quickly follow that up with a swift boot aimed for Zach's stomach, the boot however was intended more to cause Zach to double over in either an attempt to catch the hit or simply because of the pain of the blow.

If Zach did double over Ryota would act as quickly as possible to clas both of his hands together over his head and then bring them down upon the back of Zach's head or neck whichever he could manage to land the hit on. If Zach was still up after that Ryota would simply prepare to defend himself against Zach's inevitable counter-attack.

[Zach]

With his arms up, Zach was in position to block the Captain’s punch intended for his face quite easily, the man’s fist striking and slipping off of the bracers around the boy’s arms. What he wasn’t ready for was the follow up, a boot to the gut the folded him right over. Zach gagged and tried to straiten up, only to take the double hammer blow the Captain had chained into to the back of his head. The teen was driven face first into the sand and laid there for a moment as his body shook from the impact.

The kick to the stomach had made the ache in his innards even worse and he was now so close to throwing up, he didn’t want to get back up. But he wouldn’t just stay on the ground from a belly ache, even if this was just a sparring session, he was going to see it through to a proper end. Bracing his hands against the sand, Zach pushed himself back up onto his hands and knees, pausing for a moment to take a few good breaths.

“Wow… You’re fast…” he observed, having nothing else to say since he didn’t want to tell the man he was on the edge of losing his lunch. He knew though that it’d probably be better to just let another punch sink in and go ahead and lose it, at least then he wouldn’t be a nauseous. That in mind, Zach hauled himself the rest of the way to his feet and brought his arms back up.

“Ready for round forty seven?” he joked and took a step forward, attempting to launch into a quick series of punches aimed for the face and chest, then switching things up at the end with an attempt to hammer a strait right low into the Captain’s stomach.

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Ryota watched as once again Zach dragged himself back up onto his feet, no matter how much he threw at the guy he just kept coming back for more, heck he was pretty sure that Zach would keep trying to get up even if he used the Makaioken to make himself hit even harder than he was now. "You just don't stay down, do you." Ryota said with a laugh before taking up a defensive stance once Zach was ready to fight again.

Ryota raised his arms to block Zach's attacks letting a few slip through and hit his chest in favor of moving his arms to better block the attacks to his face, a strike to the chest while painful was usually less annoying than one to the face as if the hit was hard enough ti could leave him a bit disoriented and leave him open to an even worse attack.

Ryota raised an eyebrow as suddenly Zach's tactics switched and he came in for a fast and strong looking strike aimed for his stomach. Ryota acted quickly moving his hand to block the attack, he managed to effectively 'catch' the fist causing him to grunt in pain as he did so, releasing the hand Ryota grinned as he shook his hand to relieve some of the pain.

Ryota then swung a hard kick aimed for for his abdomen an area that he'd noticed Zach didn't seem to protect very well if at all once the shot connected Ryota then pulled back immedietly after taking up a defensive stance once again. "You really should protect yourself there a bit more, you've been basically giving me free reign to smack around your guts and if that's how you usually fight it's gonna get you killed one of these days." Ryota said awaiting a physical and/or verbal response from Zach.

[Zach]

As Zach threw his barrage he replied with a jovial “Of course not, I don’t give up until you knock me out, or senseless.” Some of his punches were getting through but it was apparent that they were only the ones the Captain was letting through, the man was much faster then him at this point. Not disheartened though, Zach kept up his attack and followed through with the strike for the man’s stomach. He couldn’t believe it when his fist was literally caught mid punch. Then, another crushing kick to his gut that lifted Zach clear off his feet and then stumbling back.

His eyes went wide as he cupped a hand over his mouth and doubled over, twisting away from the captain and dropping to his knees. The poor teen’s body went into spasms as he lifted his head and vomited into the sand. Zach’s muscles tensed and loosened as he emptied the contents of his stomach and then gagged for a few moments more. His strength was failing him but the boy still didn’t want to give up.

“If I were in better shape… it wouldn’t be that easy… for you… I’m still recovering from another fight I was in.” Zach replied and climbed back to his feet, kicking sand over the mess on the ground.

“Sorry about that… But you knew that was going to happen didn’t you?” he asked with a half hearted grin and raised his arms. “Forty eight?”

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"Perhaps but even still it seems you don't protect yourself enough, if I'm wrong then I'm wrong but just keep that in mind. I have to respect your willingness to keep going until you cant go any longer and the fact that you're able to keep going even after being in another fight is even more impressive. If you don't mind me asking why is it that you seem to push yourself so hard. Is it just a matter of wanting to become as strong as you can as quickly as you can?" Ryota asked simply remaining in a defensive position in order to allow Zach to make a move or at the very least refresh himself a bit after having just thrown up.

"Perhaps it might be better if we end this fight here, your not looking very good and this fight seems to have reached a point where neither of us are gaining much out of it anymore since you're to beaten and exhausted from your previous fights to even protect yourself properly and I'm still basically at one hundred percent." Ryota said hoping that Zach would accept the end of the battle if only because Ryota was a bit worried for the guy's health after taking all of those hits from Dao and then the few he'd already taken in there spar.

[Zach]

“Revenge.” Zach stated simply and took a few more breaths to build up the wind to reply more properly. “My home and everyone I knew was destroyed and I’ve vowed to kill those responsible for it. So yes, in a way I am pushing myself to get stronger as fast as I can.” Zach continued. “As for my not protecting myself, it’s part of my fighting style. But as you can see it doesn’t work too well when you’ve already had the snot kicked out of you.” the blonde added.

He paused and considered the Captain’s offer to end the fight where it was. He knew he was beaten but still wanted a but more out of it. However having thrown up already there was no way of telling how long he’d be out of the man knocked him out and he still had his sample collecting to finish up. The battery in the main container would only run for a few hours more so there was that time constraint to factor in.

“Very well… A draw then. You don’t want to finish me and I don’t have the time to lay around on the beach after getting knocked out.” Zach replied with a bit of a grin and lowered his arms. “You seem like the well mannered sort anyway. Perhaps if we meet again you can show me around your ship, you know I’m here every few weeks for specimens so you’ll be able to find me. And also maybe then we can have a proper fight. What do you think?”

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"Hrm.. I can definitely respect the fact that your out to kill the men responsible for your villages destruction but If i might make a suggestion. Don't let that control you. If you do then when the day comes that you finally do kill them, you won't have much of anything left for yourself." Ryota said choosing not to say anything on how he felt about Zach's choice in fighting style, while he disliked how it sounded it might perhaps be better for Zach to learn on his own if the style really was a benefit for him.

"That sounds like a good plan to me, hopefully next time we meet I won't actually have done something to incur the wrath of my first-mate so that you can actually get a chance to see the ship." Ryota said with a chuckle before putting out his hand for a handshake. "I hope that next time we face one another that you'll be able to give me as good a fight as you seem to believe you can provide at your full capacity." Ryota said giving Zach a grin.

[Requesting PL increase ^_^]

[Zach]

Zach paused and scowled for a moment when the Captain suggested he reconsider his mission of revenge. He knew the man was probably trying to do what he knew was right, just like how Zach was trying to keep Diane from following him down that dark path, but he was already on that road. He’d committed too much of himself to it to stop now, Diane at least would be saved from being consumed by it, but not him.

“When you’ve lost everyone and everything you know and care about to the recklessness of some savage, space going barbarians, then you can talk to me about revenge…” he paused and made sure he wasn’t sounding as angry as the Captain’s comment may have made him. “But, you are right about one thing. When my task is complete I will have to find something just as consuming to do with myself afterwards, otherwise I might end up getting myself killed.”

Seeing the Captain extend his hand, Zach grasped it firmly and smiled as the subject shifted. “Good, I’d like to see it some time. And as for our next fight, I can assure you it will be much much better, heck this one probably would have been pretty good too if that first guy hadn’t punched my innards into pudding.” the boy joked while shaking Ryota’s hand.

“Well, I won’t hold you any more. I’ve got some lizard eggs to dig up. Come look for me here again soon.” Zach added and stood back, giving the man room to open another portal if that was his desired mode of departure.



{Topic concluded. Requesting Power Level Increase.}

[Gray Callahan]

Dao gains 1000 PL, Zach gains 2000 and Ryota gains 1800.