David Johnston wrote:
Donny Cheng wrote:
"We can reschedule this fight till tomorrow or later. I'm in no
hurry," Chun Li said as she looked at Ranma. She had been surprised to
find out that Ranma was so young, though it was not unheard of and she
had seen some just as young at this level. Ryu, Ken, Sakura, and
herself had all attained A class World Warrior level before they came
out of their teens. They did not however shoot past the other 4 levels
with just one fight against a level E opponent. She had expected to
Exactly how did that happen?
>From the last chapter. Vega raised Ranma's level when he saw the fight
against Barry Horowitz.
Chun Li found herself on the defensive as she blocked and dodged
the hundreds of punches she found aimed at her. A technique similar to
Honda's, so she was not totally unprepared for it. It was faster, but
It's even closer to Deejay's rapid punching technique.
Deejay's seems slower than Chun Li or Honda's technique (animated on
screen I mean not actual hits), but the range is closer to Deejay's
yeah.
he had at first given her credit for. Her next attack was easily
dodged as soon as he saw her prepare her hands in a familiar cupping
gesture. The oddly formed chi blast that emerged flew harmlessly by
him. What was also odd was that the blast had a shorter range than
most he had seen, fizzling out at about ten meters.
OK, so he turned his head to see how far past him that blast went.
Why doesn't she clock him while his attention is diverted?
Will reword description. Meant for him to be about 10m away himself,
far enough to see the fizzling and far enough that a glance away from
her wouldn't be disadvantageous.
*I need to get closer and take the battle to him. He should be
down by now but he seems to be in the same condition that he was at the
beginning of the fight even after I hit him a few times,* Chun Li
thought as she watched Ranma stall from a distance away. The boy was
trying to rest up she could tell. No unnecessary movement was wasted
as he kept out of her range.
With Chun Li's leaping ability, he wouldn't be able to do that.
Leaping actually is slower than foot speed for both fighters of their
caliber. Well at least it's true for Ranma and to him running away is
in itself an art.
Chun Li however was not at all shabby, showing the power of a
class A fighter in the Street Fighter Tournament. Genkai couldn't help
but wonder if the Chinese woman had anything to do with a tribe of
amazons that she was acquainted with. The woman's style was very much
like them.
Oh please. Her style's nothing like theirs. They use punches, weapons and
grapples, and she primarily relies on her kicks.
Maybe my playing of her biases me, since I use the punch buttons as much
or at some time more than her kicks. Her throws, ground and air, and
her jabs into combos, and her chi enveloped fist and her 'push' fierce
are favorites of mine. Her being Chinese and style of dress and hair,
remind me of them too. Maybe will just change it to "Strong Chinese
women she was familiar with."
However, Ranma was still at a loss at how to proceed. His arms
and legs felt like dead weights. While she was tired, she was hardly
injured and a quick attack on his part would do more harm to him than
to her. He considered, attempting to anger the woman by taunting her
or touching her, but even he could tell the difference between this
experienced fighter at the teenaged girls he was used to being around.
Ranma routinely taunts his opponents. It was, after all, how he was trained.
If he's stopping that, then Genkai must trained that habit out of him.
Mainly having him recognize that wasting his breath would not work right
here.
loose the Raging Demon, yet different somehow. There was also
something strange with Ranma's own chi. Which was strange in itself,
since she had drained it all out of him with the needle exercise before
she sparred with him.
*The match will end in the next minute,* she predicted to
herself.
Excuse me? Ranma and Chun Li are being possessed and she's just worried
about the effect on the match?
Ranma's not being possessed, just that he has a noticeable glowing of
chi when he shouldn't. And Chun Li isn't exactly being possessed at
least on the spiritual level as Genkai notes to her later on. Just that
her regular aura is tainted with something dark. And it's pretty much
in character for Genkai to be a commentator on what's happening even if
the person she knows is dying or whatever :P
* * * * *
Chun Li hopped lightly from one foot to the other and back again.
She pushed up on her toes a couple of times, feeling the condition of
her leg as she stretched and strained it. She was not in the best
condition to attempt this technique, but it couldn't be helped. She
couldn't afford to let Ranma stall for more time as the boy seemed to
recover faster than she did. A single burst of speed that Ranma had
not yet witnessed from her, coupled with immense power should do him
in. It should.
Ranma tensed. The way Chun Li was stretching indicated to him
that she was getting ready for another attack. His aching ribs made it
nearly impossible for him to move, but he forced himself to strafe
To what?
Ah, action game term meaning walk sideways. Should probably reword
that.
Thanks for the C&C! ^_^