Battle, last day of round -1!

[swordofzero]

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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[idkmybffxiao]

Ha! Now she had-- okay, nope. Suzaku's right. She doesn't have the weight to keep someone pinned. "Wah!" The knight flips, momentarily onto her before he sits up. It gets her to let go of his arm and he gets a few seconds of respite while she gets over being squished.

And then he gets a child on his back. Look out, the tiny princess is aiming to put Suzaku in a headlock. If that could be called a headlock. Maybe it's better off classified as a headcling...

[swordofzero]

It worked, Suzaku got up and the pain in his arm started to subside. Then Mei flung herself onto his neck and he was trapped again.

He reached up and grabbed her arms, her grip was strong and so Suzaku wasn't too sure if trying to prise her off while spinning sharply to the side was going to work.

But it was either that or fall backwards to trap her, and he couldn't do that, because he wasn't going to hurt her.

[idkmybffxiao]

Mei clung onto his neck throughout the spin. Once that was past, though, she switched her vice grip to the fabric of his uniform, around the collar of it. It wasn't so much moving her arms, which he did have a grip on, as switching what her hands were clamped onto.

See, she couldn't leave them around his neck, because then she might strangle him when she zoomed up into the air.

[swordofzero]

This was ridiculous; he thought he was a better fighter than this. But he had never fought someone who was flying before. As it was, when he found himself being lifted into the air by his coat he really couldn't do anything but laugh and kick his legs trying to wriggle out of her grasp.

It was ridiculous and though his laugh was brittle and bitter sounding it was genuine. He tried attacking her hands again, putting his hands behind him and trying to prise her fingers off him. Hoping that she would let go of his uniform.

[idkmybffxiao]

"Can you swim?" Mei asked cheerfully while he uselessly tried to pry her fingers off his uniform. Not that the answer mattered, because they were already flying out towards the harbor. Zoooom. They were getting lower and lower, towards the water, and farther and farther away from the school...

So Suzaku's laughter might be bitter, but Mei's? Yeah, hers was so cheerful. She was having fun with this.

"This is so great! I wonder how far out we can get!"

[swordofzero]

"Uh Mei," Suzaku stopped wriggling, stopped attacking her hands. He could swim... but that didn't mean he wanted to.

So he just hung there, there was nothing else he could do. This battle was already lost; Suzaku tried not to think of the fact the person who had beaten him was ten years old.

"Alright Mei... You win, I lose, now let's go ba..."

Then he was falling, "Mei!" Had she dropped him?

[idkmybffxiao]

"Huh? Really?!" Mei looked down at him, a huge smile on her face. "You're giving u--" She'll have to celebrate her first win later, because the very second Suzaku forfeited the match, the weapons back on shore vanished.

So did the upgrades that came with them!

Which meant Mei could no longer fly.

"Aaaa!" No, she hadn't dropped him. The girl was falling right after him. It was a good thing she'd brought them down so close to the surface, so the fall into the water wasn't going to be too bad...

So, SPLASH. Hello, water.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku hit the water with a splash. He struggled to get up to the surface and get his head above water, then treaded water looking around. He noticed Mei wasn't in the air. What had happened?

"Mei?! Mei?" Could she even swim, he swallowed some water as he shouted. "Mei!"

[idkmybffxiao]

Mei burst up through the water's surface nearby and, after a few seconds of coughing out water and getting some air, she complained, "Ah! I forgot they disappear when you give up!"

Stupid, stupid, stuuuupid, she scolded herself. It looked like she could swim, though, so that was good. The girl pouted and looked back towards shore.

"...oooh no, why did I fly out this far..." She turned back towards Suzaku. "S-sorry. I got carried away!"

[swordofzero]

This was all his fault! He had forgotten that giving up meant that the weapons automatically disappeared. He was stupid and this was the second time his idiocy of not knowing all the rules had hurt someone, Mei could have drowned!

"I'm sorry Mei," He swam until he was level with her, "I forgot..."

He was an idiot.

[idkmybffxiao]

"So did I! So! We were both being stupid, okay?"

Mei would seriously have to beat up Suzaku (again) if she knew what was on his mind. Mei, drowning? She wouldn't die so easily! What a doof. She drifted over to where he was and treaded water.

"We should start back!" Despite the abrupt and terribly wet outcome of the fight, she was smiling again. "This is cake compared to crossing a desert!"

See? Mei, Built Ford Xingese Empire Tough.

[trollofthree]

A third splash, and Gino had dived into the harbour to join them. Seeing as his was actually planned, he'd taken off his blazer before running along the jetty and jumping in.

He surfaced a few seconds later, treading water about a metre away from Mei.

"Did we win?"

No, it hadn't been too clear what had happened from shore.

[themerryway]

And then a fourth splash! Euphemia isn't a particularly strong swimmer, but she's worried enough about her knight that she doesn't mind. She's slipped off her vest and shoes and socks before hopping in, shirt and skirt still on.

Swimming out, she goes to Suzaku. "Are you okay?"

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded at Mei; he knew she was tough, but crossing a dessert did not mean that you knew how to swim... Still she seemed to be having no difficulties and they started back to shore.

Just to be met by Gino and Euphemia who had decided to jump in the water as well. He treaded water and gave Euphemia a small smile. "I'm alright," he stayed close, he didn't know how good a swimmer Euphemia was, he looked over to Gino. "Yes you won," he sounded slightly embarrassed about that.

[idkmybffxiao]

Of course it means you can swim. Deserts are just like oceans, except with sand, right? Yeah, it totally made sense.

When they met the other two on the swim back in, Mei threw her arms up and joyously answered Gino's question. "We did!" Aaand she sinks a little, because she stopped treading water. Uh. Flail, splash. There. Back above water again.

"Um, why did you two jump in, too? Now we're all wet!"

[trollofthree]

Oh, shoes and socks. Yeah, those too.

"Well do-- ah, don't drown, okay? That'd look bad on the tape." He swam over to Mei, in case she wanted to grab onto something for further celebrating - flailing was serious business, after all - and flicked water at her.

"Because it looked like fun!"

[themerryway]

"Ah, well," She laughs a little. "Yes, it's as Gino says. I was a bit worried, and-- it looked like fun, so... And I'm glad you're both okay."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku had been thinking the same thing; why had they decided to jump in. But then again why did Gino need a reason to do anything?

"Yes we're fine, we just forgot the flying would stop once the battle was over," he sounded embarrassed about this as well. "We should probably get back to shore?"

He really didn't want anyone drowning.

[idkmybffxiao]

"I won't!" Mei was going to wait to do any other celebrating while on shore. She blinked at the Knight of Three. "What video-- ah!" She flinched away from the water flicked at her, but only out of surprise. She immediately retaliated by splashing Gino right back. Take that!

"Yyeeaah, we should get to shore. I don't want to lose my shoes out here!"

She's been using her own shoes this entire time. The ones that were part of the uniform? Not her thing.

[trollofthree]

"Right, right." Gino grinned at the revenge assault, then ducked under the water long enough to swim over to Suzaku, surface, and drench him with a rather more enthusiastic splash.

In his defense, that technically involved swimming closer to shore.

[themerryway]

Euphemia giggles at the splashfight that erupts, adding her own splash to the mix-- aimed at Gino, and a bit unsure. She doesn't want to get water in his eyes, after all. "Yes, to the shore!"

[swordofzero]

Suzaku gave a half smile that was not completely chearful. He merely wiped the water out of his eyes that Gino had splashed at him and nodded at Euphemia, time to get back to the shore.

[idkmybffxiao]

Sorry kids, Mei isn't noticing those looks Gino and Euphie are trying to communicate with. It might be on purpose. Dunk Suzaku? Really? He's already been beaten by a little girl and dumped in the harbor. Nothing can top that. She swam shorewards along with everyone else. As fun as swimming is, she was just as happy to get back onto shore.

"Bleeh. Squishy socks." Yeah, those shoes and socks get pulled off once she hits dry land.

[trollofthree]

"Man, that's no fun..."

But his complaint wasn't serious; Gino trod water for a little longer, in case anyone changed their minds about heading back to land, then swam back to his discarded shoes and blazer when they'd all gotten out ahead of him. There'd be other chances for swimming, anyway.

He made sure to flick water at the buzzkill Knight of Seven anyway.

[themerryway]

She pouts a little before quickly joining Mei on shore. No fun at all. Euphemia gathers up her shoes and socks and vest, holding them carefully away from her wet body. "Squishy everything..."