[COMPLETE] Rumia Quest V Cont: Everything comes together

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin slightly. "Heh, this sure has been a fun one. I think we understand a little bit more about each other, wouldn't you say? After all, you can learn a lot about a person by fighting them. Doesn't matter if it's with Danmaku or fists."

[Raikaria]

>Grin slightly. "Heh, this sure has been a fun one. I think we understand a little bit more about each other, wouldn't you say? After all, you can learn a lot about a person by fighting them. Doesn't matter if it's with Danmaku or fists."

> "Yes, but you've still got a better punch than that. I know it. I want you to show me the limits of your power." Tenma says. "I know you can do more than just channel your spiritual energy into a punch. Don't worry about holding back, I'm too tough. Hit me with everything, after all, your aim is to show enough power to impress Yuuka."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Add some dark energy to the mix, but not too much. Just enough to show that we're putting more into it. Then punch him with our other hand, putting everything we have into that hit.

[Hanzo K.]

>Look over to Yukari. "Hey, you might wanna have some boundary-hax on hand, this next move might really wreck my arm y'know!"

[Raikaria]

>Look over to Yukari. "Hey, you might wanna have some boundary-hax on hand, this next move might really wreck my arm y'know!"

> "Don't worry. Tenma will change the air pressure to make there be cloud cover again after." Yukari says.

>Add some dark energy to the mix, but not too much. Just enough to show that we're putting more into it. Then punch him with our other hand, putting everything we have into that hit.

> You coat your fist in some dark energy, adding it to the Qi gathered, before you swing your left hand. It feels... different, however, combining the two attacks.

> When you hit Tenma's other, outreached palm, there is a good sounding thud, and Tenma's elbow flexes, before his shoulder flexes, and his arm is forced back, only just managing to block it.

> The dark energy around your hand doesn't explode, in fact, it seems more stable than usual, like for once that it won't blow up in your face.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Huh. THought that would explode."
>The Qi must be helping stabilize it. We'll have to work on that. There's potential there.

[Darkoda]

>Maybe that's how Seiga got her constructs to stay stable.
>Huh, maybe with our Qi in the mix we can pull off a proper Dark Bomb now.

[Raikaria]

>Maybe that's how Seiga got her constructs to stay stable.
>Huh, maybe with our Qi in the mix we can pull off a proper Dark Bomb now.

> Maybe. That said, you're not even sure if Seiga uses Qi... and if so, if it's anything like yours. With what she mentioned Yoshika told her, she's using something to do with her very desires.

> Maybe.

>"Huh. THought that would explode."
>The Qi must be helping stabilize it. We'll have to work on that. There's potential there.

> "So did I." admits Tenma.

> You decide to practise with Qi-infused dark energy at a later date.

> Meanwhile, on the sidelines:

> "Looks like she's grown again." Yukari says.

> "What do you expect?" Remilia comments, holding an umbrella Yukari gapped for her to shield herself from the sun before you had made it dark.

> "I didn't expect her to be giving Tenma a time this rough, that's for sure." Byakuren says.

> "Stress makes people advance. The same holds true to all living things, the threat of death, and the shame of defeat." Yuuka says, before her face splits into one of her 'grins'. "Let's see how quickly she can adapt."

> Before any of the others can react Yuuka has aimed her parasoul and fired a Master Spark of a caliber beyond Marisa's Final Spark towards you and Tenma.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Oh shit incoming get out of the way!"
>Get out of the way.
>"Hey, no interference!"
>Wonder how she saw us through the darkness well enough to aim that.

[Darkoda]

>Oh come on Yuuka.
>We could dodge or we could try to be badass about it
>Well with our Qi trick in place let's try charging as much power as possible into our sword and slashing it down on the beam.
>Of course if we can't charge that quickly by all means move. Getting sparked is bad.

Yes I'm trying to pull Toyohime's stunt and slash a Spark in half. Come on, we had to try that sometime

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Not with Yuuka's. We'd probably die.

>Just get the hell out of the way.

[Raikaria]

>"Oh shit incoming get out of the way!"
>Get out of the way.
>"Hey, no interference!"
>Wonder how she saw us through the darkness well enough to aim that.

>Oh come on Yuuka.
>We could dodge or we could try to be badass about it
>Well with our Qi trick in place let's try charging as much power as possible into our sword and slashing it down on the beam.
>Of course if we can't charge that quickly by all means move. Getting sparked is bad.

Yes I'm trying to pull Toyohime's stunt and slash a Spark in half. Come on, we had to try that sometime

Not with Yuuka's. We'd probably die.

>Just get the hell out of the way.

> You briefly contemplate attempting to slash the spark in half, but then you recall this is not a spark by Marisa, but by Yuuka.

> So you do the sensible thing, and the same thing Tenma does. Get the hell out of the way. Even missing you can feel the power of the spark through the air.

> "Since when did I say there was no interference? I wanted to have a little fun." Yuuka says.

> You presume she just heard you and Tenma talking. Either that or her instincts when it comes to murder are spot-on.

[Hanzo K.]

>Facepalm. "Oh great. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Today's been just one headliner after another, eh?"
>Maybe by using our Qi with that earlier trick, the one that royally messed up our hands earlier, we could finally stabilize it enough to use it without damaging ourselves.

[Raikaria]

>Facepalm. "Oh great. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Today's been just one headliner after another, eh?"
>Maybe by using our Qi with that earlier trick, the one that royally messed up our hands earlier, we could finally stabilize it enough to use it without damaging ourselves.

> "Nah, I don't think I could sneak out another shot now the others know it's coming~" Yuuka says, slinging her parasoul over her shoulder.

> You form a gauntlet of dark energy around your hand, and gather dark energy into a small notch in it, while using your Qi to make the gauntlet seem more stable. The gathered, compressed energy is supposed to explode, so you don't mess with that.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Sheesh...I don't think I'll ever get how you think."
>Hmm....If it's more stable, then let's try making a full set of light armor in the same way as well. May as well make it match the gauntlets too. And add in a nice little visor for the helmet too, make sure it's semi-transparent too. And make sure our hair pokes through the back of the helmet too.
>And once that's set, reduce the darkness so it's just swirling around us, and then dispel like a whirlwind coming apart. And by that I mean the darkness field we've set the battlefield to.

[Darkoda]

>Only do that if we're sure we can keep it stable in the middle of a fight. We don't need to blow ourselves up.
>Would that even hold up to a strike or would it blow us up anyway? Armor's no good if its explosive.
>We really need to work on our darkness a bit, everyone can see through it somehow

[Raikaria]

>"Sheesh...I don't think I'll ever get how you think."
>Hmm....If it's more stable, then let's try making a full set of light armor in the same way as well. May as well make it match the gauntlets too. And add in a nice little visor for the helmet too, make sure it's semi-transparent too. And make sure our hair pokes through the back of the helmet too.
>And once that's set, reduce the darkness so it's just swirling around us, and then dispel like a whirlwind coming apart. And by that I mean the darkness field we've set the battlefield to.

>Only do that if we're sure we can keep it stable in the middle of a fight. We don't need to blow ourselves up.
>Would that even hold up to a strike or would it blow us up anyway? Armor's no good if its explosive.
>We really need to work on our darkness a bit, everyone can see through it somehow

> You decide it's probably not a good idea to suddenly clad yourself in a substance you know tends to be explosive. One wrong move and ka-blooie. You still do the whole darkness dispelling thing, just got cool looks.

> Darkness is darkness. It only obscures vision. Keen ears and noses can still work around the sight being impaired, and Remilia as a vampire doesn't care about darkness.

[Hanzo K.]

>Well, we'll just work on it a bit more later on after all this. We'll have more time for experimentation once all this is resolved.
>"Shame those four'll never get along again. There's probably a way to get 'em to change their minds eventually, even stones change shape over time after all. And bein' as tied to darkness as I am, I'll probably be around for the whole thing."
>Grin. "Hell, for all I know, I might've been around even when they had their falling-out. Mind you, that would've been as the old me, not the current one."
>Look to the others. "So, we keep going? Or is this good enough?"

[Raikaria]

>Well, we'll just work on it a bit more later on after all this. We'll have more time for experimentation once all this is resolved.
>"Shame those four'll never get along again. There's probably a way to get 'em to change their minds eventually, even stones change shape over time after all. And bein' as tied to darkness as I am, I'll probably be around for the whole thing."
>Grin. "Hell, for all I know, I might've been around even when they had their falling-out. Mind you, that would've been as the old me, not the current one."
>Look to the others. "So, we keep going? Or is this good enough?"

> "Those four hardly got along in the first place." Tenma says. "I'm pretty sure it happened before you showed up."

> "You seem to have something prepared. Show me what it is." Yuuka says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, alright then. Yukari, you might wanna have that border stuff on hand for Big Guy here just in case. Even I'm not sure how much punch this trick's gonna have.

[Raikaria]

>"Well, alright then. Yukari, you might wanna have that border stuff on hand for Big Guy here just in case. Even I'm not sure how much punch this trick's gonna have.

> "Don't underestimate me..." Tenma says, before everything around him turns silent. You can feel the wind being sucked in around him, however.

> "Since he can't explain like this, this is his ultimate defense. He's increasing the air pressure around him so much that the air itself forms an armor, with two layers, and a vacuum between them." Yukari says. "And if you somehow get through both layers, Tenma himself is tough too. The fact that he's pulling this out shows he accepts this attack is possibly dangerous, eh, Yuuka?"

> "I recall him using it to withstand a Master Spark from me once. I broke through it." Yuuka says.

> "Oh, and as advance warning, if you fail to break his armor down enough, he'll unleash all of that air in a counter-attack which will probably knock you out." Yukari warns.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Looks like this is the make or break, eh? Better put all I've got into this last strike!"
>Let's take that unmodified Dark Energy we've got primed to blow, and focus it further, while cramming more and more Dark Energy into it as we do so!

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "Looks like this is the make or break, eh? Better put all I've got into this last strike!"
>Let's take that unmodified Dark Energy we've got primed to blow, and focus it further, while cramming more and more Dark Energy into it as we do so!

> You keep condensing the dark energy gathered in your gauntlet, while adding more. It gets to the point where you can't, because of the size and the fact that you literally can't draw on more dark energy due to the amounts you've already used. [This first time you've used this much, to your memory]

[Hanzo K.]

>"Heh...First time I've had to draw on this much Dark Energy....Here's hoping this'll do it, because I've put all I can draw for this!"
>Time to unload!

[Raikaria]

>"Heh...First time I've had to draw on this much Dark Energy....Here's hoping this'll do it, because I've put all I can draw for this!"
>Time to unload!

> You punch Tenma, and your fist meets what feels like a solid wall, in which cracks form on the impact.

> Then the dark energy gathered explodes, and you are thrown back by the force of the explosion. Your gauntlet is pretty blown apart, although small bits remain, and your hand, while not totally unharmed, is not mutilated like last time.

> The smoke clears, and Tenma is floating there, seemingly unharmed, with many cracks in the air around him, which then vanish, as a soft breeze flows from the head Tengu. The exception is a small crack that remains where you impacted.

> "The force of the blow resonated and destroyed my first layer, and penetrated the vacuum to damage the second..." Tenma says, the vacuum no longer blocking his words.

> The cracks then spread, and Tenma looks shocked, as crackles of dark energy cross the shield. The spread stops quickly, and then Tenma dispels the shield.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let out an impressed whistle while looking suitably pleased and surprised. "Now that's what I call one hell of an attack. If it was just about anyone else, they probably woulda gotten really messed up from that then huh? I didn't quite come outta that unharmed, but nothing a little rest in the shade won't cure."
>We still gotta refine that move so our gauntlet isn't blown up with it, but eh. Details details. There'll be plenty of time for that!
>Beat.
>"...Hey Yukari, think that coulda busted Yumemi's barrier?"

[Raikaria]

>Let out an impressed whistle while looking suitably pleased and surprised. "Now that's what I call one hell of an attack. If it was just about anyone else, they probably woulda gotten really messed up from that then huh? I didn't quite come outta that unharmed, but nothing a little rest in the shade won't cure."
>We still gotta refine that move so our gauntlet isn't blown up with it, but eh. Details details. There'll be plenty of time for that!
>Beat.
>"...Hey Yukari, think that coulda busted Yumemi's barrier?"

> "Actually, most others would have probably counter-attacked while you prepared it, you need to work on your speed." Tenma says. "I didn't because my pride as a Tengu demanded I take your force head on after asking for it, in addition, that previous attack is paining a little still, I can't move at full speed, nor am I that fast without reducing the air pressure around me, due to my size."

> You're not sure if it's more of an issue of making the gauntlet better or just using less dark energy. Or both.

> "No. On contact the absorbsion of Yumemi's cross would have absorbed the energy around your fist, and then the raw magical energy coming from the cross probably would have disintegrated your hand on contact." Yukari says flatly.

[Hanzo K.]

>When in doubt, the answer's always both!
>Nod. "I'd say that's enough then, eh you guys?"
>Beat.
>"Think of what I coulda done if I used the Booster too! I bet that'd be enough to cause a lot of damage!"

[Raikaria]

>When in doubt, the answer's always both!
>Nod. "I'd say that's enough then, eh you guys?"
>Beat.
>"Think of what I coulda done if I used the Booster too! I bet that'd be enough to cause a lot of damage!"

> Everyone looks at Yuuka.

> Yuuka looks at everyone. "OK, OK, I'll admit the runt's as strong as you guys." Yuuka says, holding her hands up. "If it'll get you lot off my back."

> "I'm not sure if you'd have injured yourself more, or inadvertently weakened your blow due to your seeming limits." Tenma says. "But my shield would not have been in such a good state, if it worked out."

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Guess that means I'm in huh?"
>Then smirk. "You guys know what that means? Party time! Let's all gather everyone at the fields near Misty Lake and party until we can't see straight!"
>Beat.
>"Or keep down our lunches. Whichever comes first~!"
>Beat(Again).
>"Hey, uh, before we do start the party though, Is Makai doing okay now?"