rakuen | Battle, last day of round -1!

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Battle, last day of round -1!

Suzaku Kururugi vs. Mei Chang
Weapons: Euphemia li Britannia and Gino Weinberg
Location: At the docks
Time of day: High Noon

Unfortunately Suzaku had agreed to this battle with Mei before he had fought Tsuki and lost Lelouch. That meant that since Kotarou was still recovering not that he would use the kid anyways after what happened last time and he had promised Lelouch not to use Nunnally in battle he had to use Euphemia's weapon. He didn't want to, he didn't want to hurt her; he didn't want to hurt anyone. But no one had been rendered unconscious in the last battle, so he was hoping that that was something rare. As long as they were careful.

Suzaku looked at Euphemia, "Are you sure this is alright, we can still forfeit if it's not..."

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"It's okay," Euphemia says, smiling at him reassuringly. "I can nearly remember what my weapon is... but not quite. So I'm curious."

That was just like Euphemia, curious and not always thinking of the dangers. Suzaku gave a small smile, and pulled on the Exaclan glove. It wasn't as strange now seeing the glowing patch appear on someone's chest and Suzaku reached forward to grab the weapon.

He almost dropped it, his eyes widened, tears filled them and he trembled as he held the gun in his hand. "No..." He choked looking up to meet Euphemia's eyes. "Euphy!"

This couldn't be... This place was twisted.

She watches with big eyes as he pulls the weapon out of her-- it's a strange, strange sensation that has her stagger back and gasp slightly as it comes out. It doesn't hurt, not exactly.

When it's pulled out, the metal of the thing gleams in the light. Dark and ugly. A tool of war, of killing. Of course it would be a weapon. Of course it would be something to kill with. But something so ugly coming out of her... she hadn't expected it, even if logically she knew. And then. Suzaku's reaction to it. Her heart hurts. She steps forwards and touches the gun with one hand and rests the other on his shoulder.

"It's... it's ugly," she says. "It's so ugly... I'm sorry."

Suzkau pulled gun out of Euphemia's range, he did not want her to touch it. He knew she couldn't remember and that was for the best but he didn't want her any where near this, he didn't want to be anywhere near this. If he didn't know how much it would hurt her he would have thrown it. But instead he held it protectively even as he hated it because it was part of Euphy and he had to protect her.

"It... It's not that, It's alright Euphy, it will be alright," his voice was calmer. He was getting better at hiding his distress around Euphy. He touched the hand that held his shoulder and gave her a pained smile.

"I don't know why something like this came out," she says quietly, hands falling to her sides. "Are you okay, Suzaku?" He looked like he was going to cry, even if his voice has since leveled out. He's putting on a happy face for her, she realizes.

Suzaku did, but he wasn't saying anything. Euphemia would never remember, if he had anything to do with it, and so probably would never understand. That made him feel bad but it was better this way. She did not deserve the pain of remembering what she had done.

"I'm fine," he lied, "Mei should be here soon..."

[A distance from the dock, Mei is watching Suzaku and Euphie, peeking around the corner of a building to keep out of sight. Sure, that might be like spying, but it's really more of a reluctance to go down there and pick a fight.

After the mess she made with her last plan, what if she messed something up for those two? Or for Gino? Though she did need more tokens, seriously, like, a lot, to try and make things up to Fletcher and his brother and even Grenn...]

...this isn't fun anymore. [Sulking and lamenting child goes here. Hi.]

[Gino's just sort of leaning against the wall next to her by this point, waiting for her to resolve her deep inner conflict.

Or something. It's a shame their plan didn't work out, but he wasn't really that invested in it.]

Yeah? Between you and me, that guy's pretty fun to fight.

[It wouldn't have been an issue if only she had gotten in trouble for it! But the others! Well.]

Is he? [She hops away from the wall corner and looks up, up, uuup at Gino.] I guess... I just hope Miss Euphie doesn't have a sword. He's really good with those. [Mei returns to peering around the corner.] Nnn... I can't just not show up. This isn't like with Fletcher. This is a fight between real warriors!

[GIVE HER A MOMENT, SHE NEEDS TO PEP-TALK HERSELF.]

[she's so serious about this that he has to laugh.]

Right! [if it's pep she needs, he can deliver that in spades. Plus he has the advantage of owning Euphie as a weapon before. He crouches down again, grinning.] Euphie's weapon is long-range. No problem for you!

[SRS MEI IS SRS.]

Long-range? [She thinks about it for a second.] Yeah. That's no problem at all. [she can do this, she caaaan, she has nothing to fear here.]

[Deeeeep breath.]

Okay. [The tiny girl pulls the Exaclan glove on and turns back to Gino. She may as well get that weapon out while his chest is actually within reach, y'know?] Let's see...

[Mei goes through the motions of retrieving the weapon, curious to see what'll come out.]

[so is Gino, to be honest. His dream wasn't the most lucid. He glances down as the patch of light flashes on his chest in response to the glove, and laughs again, because watching a seven-foot polearm come out of your own chest, ornate halberd tip and all, is a truly weird experience. The sound is a little strained, though, the sensation isn't exactly a pleasant one.]

Whoops. Want me to carry it?

[aaaand oh dslanfg this thing is huge]

[Getting the polearm out at all manages to knock the kid down.] ...ff. [thud] Um. [She'll just stare up at the sky for a moment, getting over the general embarrassment of getting knocked over. Then she'll roll over, setting the polearm on the ground, and get back to her feet.]

[HAULS the weapon upright after she has her own balance figured out.]

I...

[tiny stumble backwards, a bit of a wobble forward right after, as she tries to steady the blasted thing.]

...so got this. Uuh. [Mei stares up at it.] Wow. It's really big, Gino.

[stands up once it's clear and the glow has faded, and catches it about three-quarters of the way towards the blade once she's managed to get it in the air. Partly to support it for her, and partly because he's curious about whether he's allowed to touch his own weapon without triggering some kind of hissy fit from their captors.

Apparently he is. He looks at it, then back down to Mei's dismayed face, then back up.

... yeah, there's no way anyone that short is gonna be using this. He has the grace to look just a little embarrassed through his widening smirk, but he's back to laughter at her reaction.]

Ha, sorry about that! You want me to go find Grenn instead?

[where's the Knight of Six and her camera when you need her.]

No! [Mei let go of the polearm, deciding that Gino could carry it after all. How unwieldy that weapon would be for her.] It's fine. If he's using ranged, I can go hand-to-hand.

[...and she doesn't want to bother Grenn a second time. Aaa.]

I'm hard to hit at a distance, so once I get close, it'll be over.

Suzaku did not want to use this gun. He felt sick even touching it; not to mention there was no way he was going to shoot Mei. He turned around until he was a safe distance away from where they were going to fight and lay the gun on the grass where it couldn't get damaged. He had promised Mei a fight, and they had to have the weapons out but he would fight unarmed. He was pretty sure that wasn't against the rules.

"Ready?" He asked slipping into a ready stance.

This worked out just fine. The weapon Mei had pulled from Gino would have been ridiculous for her to try and use, which is why she has left it in his hands instead. She had planned to go hand-to-hand just the same and knowing that they were both trained in some combat, though not how much, was going to make this in interesting fight.

The tiny girl fell into her own stance the moment she saw Suzaku do so.

"Ready!"

Suzaku nodded, he was ready. He noticed that Mei wasn't useing a weapon either but glancing to Gino who was stood at the side a Britannia Halberd in his hands the mystery was solved. So unarmed fight it was, Suzaku nodded.

He knew the little girl was a decent fighter, their training with swords had taught him that even if she hadn't been used to sword fighting. She was ready and Suzaku moved forwards throwing a punch downwards at her.

So it would be a fair fight, as far as Mei knew! Someone had forgotten to mention the weapon upgrades that came with a certain halberd, so...

Whoops.

Mei weaved to one side of the punch, moving to latch onto the arm he had thrown the attach with before he could reel it back. A foot is in place to essentially trip the knight should she manage to make the grab. Her intention? To throw him. Normally she would be using his momentum against him to do this, but...

Apparently the halberd added strength, even with it being held off to the sideline. Without realizing it, Mei wouldn't even need the momentum. Nor would she be able to control the force behind the throw. Uh. Surprise?

It was quite fair to say that Suzaku was surprised when he found himself flying through the air after being thrown by a ten-year-old girl who barely reached his waist. He had trained with her; she had not been that strong then...

He rolled on landing and managed to get to his feet relatively easily just very shaken. He faced Mei again and resumed a ready stance, he had learnt his lesson, he would not make the mistake again. He waited for her to come to him.

Mei was as surprised as he was. "Ah!"

She stared, then looked down at her own hands. Wait. Was Suzaku just really, really light or...? The tiny girl threw a suspicious look to the sidelines. Weeeell. It could be an upgrade, but it wasn't like she could put the weapon away. Mei focused back on the battle.

Not about to keep him waiting, she dashed towards him and leapt, aiming a flying kick at chest level.

Suzaku was glad that Mei looked as utterly confused as he felt. He also glanced at Gino, was it an upgrade? Waiting ready in a crouched waiting stance he saw the girl run towards him and leap to kick at his chest he stepped out of the way, letting her jump past him and turned to face her again.

What he'll witness upon turning is the last thing that could have been imagined. Mei never landed. Once she went past Suzaku, she kept... going. In a straight line out towards the water, ignoring the law of gravity in general.

"AAAAAH!" The girl flailed at this. "WHAAAT!" Oh geez, she was running out of dock. Uh, uh. Um. There! Mei grabbed onto the last lamp post of the lights that rose up alongside the docks, stopping her uncontrolled flight out into the harbor. Sorry, Suzaku. The fight was on hold while she clung to the lamp and tried to figure out how to stop this crazy thing.

"Ah, Mei!" Gino perked up as she zoomed off towards the end of the jetty, pulling his left hand out of his blazer pocket to reveal two rings, "I forgot! You can fly now, okay?"

She could what?! Fly? Suzaku watched as she clung to the lamp. This made very little sense, but so far nothing in this world, and yes he had finally admitted this was a different world, made any sense whatsoever.

He just waited still, in a ready stance; watching as Mei tried to make herself steady. How was he supposed to fight a flying person? A flying person who seemed to be ridiculously strong...

Suzaku Kururugi vs. Mei Chang

Suzaku and Euphemia pre-battle

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Mei and Gino Pre-Battle Awesome Hangout Time

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