Brute Bash

[Ken Shirogane]

It was a nice day to be at the park. At least it was for Yama, although he was being a little obnoxious driving his bike through it, albeit slowly. He was just cutting through the park for a shortcut because he could not be bothered to drive all the way around it.

Eventually, he stopped to get a drink of water, pulling his bike along beside the fountain as he did before hopping off and letting his bike rest right there before lighting up a cigarette for a quick smoke break. Taking a long drag, the bike and man lean together on the water fountain like it was made for it, even though it certainly wasn't and it was certainly rude of him to use it like that. But no one came near him to try and get a drink so he didn't care at the moment. Besides he only planned to take a few minutes to smoke then he would be gone again.

Of course the biker stuck out as an obvious threat to anyone with any sense. He was as imposing as anyone would expect someone of the Yakuza to be, not that he was, but he certainly fit the bill. Tall, strong, shady, and dangerous. Wild black hair, an eye patch covering one destroyed eye, leather jacket, T-shirt, jeans, boots. He had bad news written all over him that anyone could see from a mile away.

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It was rare for Tora to be walking through the shade of the park trees without a full load of dog leads in hand, but sometimes it was nice to just get out without having to worry about anything, just enjoy the feel of jogging through the green space, seeing how high up a sturdy tree she could run up, that sort of thing. But right now what she needed was a quick drink, which was okay because there was a water fountain right around the corner... with a big ol' motorbike leaning against it so no-one could actually use the damn thing.

Frowning and growling at the sudden obstacle to getting what she wanted, the tiny schoolgirl weighed up her options. She could try and move the big hulking thing out of the way but even for her that was a tall task, so instead she caught the attention of the other big hulking thing polluting the park air with smoke (albeit cigarette smoke instead of petrol fumes) standing the other side of the fountain. "Hey," Tora called out, poking the side of the leather jacket the massive man was wearing "Is that your bike?" She asked before demanding he "Move it."

[Ken Shirogane]

Yama was just minding his own business, having gotten a drink and smoking a cigarette when he was bothered by some little shrimp of a girl. Glancing in her direction as she poked him in the side, and directing his attention towards the bike she wanted him to move for her.

He didn't have a problem with what she wanted, but in the way she asked it. Which was to say, she didn't. Instead, she tried to demand he move his bike like he was obligated to do as she said. He wasn't.

He considered how to respond to her. Ranging from just doing what she wanted; to telling her to fuck off. But he settled on, "Say please." Was his own return demand. Though at least he wasn't doing it to be an asshole. He was almost certainly being an asshole, just not intentionally, this time. He'd been inconsiderate in putting his bike where it now sat in the first place, but it was there, and if the girl wanted him to move it she had to be a little nicer about asking him to move it. His expression was bland, not really finding any pleasure in making his little demand, but if she did do as he wanted he would find at least a little satisfaction.

He dropped his cigarette and stepped on the remaining bud of it, waiting to hear the girls response.

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Tora probably should have known better than to phrase her demand without tact when dealing with someone twice her size but the fact that he'd put the motorbike there against the fountain in the first place and was smoking in public away from any of the designated smoking areas had made her inclined to be an absolute brat to this guy. Although this could all be happily resolved if he just moved the bike with an apology and oh, here he was turning his head to look at her, now came at the very least a grudging-


Oh. Please? He wanted the delinquent to ask nicely about that hunk of hot metal? He was clearly in the wrong here in Tora's mind, she didn't owe him squat! How did he even get that bike into the park in the first place? That had to be illegal... not that Tora had cared much for rules before now but that still counted for something "Please," She began mulling her words carefully "Please can you stop being a douche and move your stupid bike away from park infrastructure." Not that carefully, clearly. It hadn't taken much to set the little girl off but boy was she now! Craning her neck up to try and stare this giant down.

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[Ken Shirogane]

It seemed the little girl was something of a hellcat, at least in Yama's opinion, hearing her deliver her little diss.

It just amused him though, a grin spreading across his lips as he looked to the girl. "Guess that depends. Can you say please without giving me attitude?" He questioned back in reply.

He also wondered if the girl knew what a douche was. He always did when someone her age used that word. Sure it was often used as slang for an asshole like him, but that wasn't its original use it was? And she looked too young to know. But then he was neither a girl nor a mother that would have to teach her daughter about that sort of thing. So maybe she was old enough, but he was ignorant of that.

However as the man and girl quarreled a new presence was making it's way through the park, having caught the scent of two strong souls that would serve to help fill it's void.

Yama and Tora were also making enough of a scene that people were actively moving away from them now, not wanting to get involved with a guy like Yama, and the girl who seemed to be prodding him.

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Tora #3

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"Grrrr!" Tora let out as the giant continued to not do what he should and was even enjoying not doing it! Or he was enjoying watching the much shorter schoolgirl fume about the whole situation, either way it was a thing jerks did. He was being a jerk.

As if this scene wasn't enough, something flared her 6th sense and in a bad way. There was a Hollow somewhere in this park and here she was just trying to get a damn drink. There could be people in danger! "I don't have time for this..." she mumbled under her breath before pulling up with a defiant "Fine! I'll move it then!" the delinquent huffed as she moved around the fountain, looking at the motorcycle as she gripped on to one of the handlebars.. Lifting it was still a no-go but it had wheels right? It could be pushed around a bit, it wasn't going to be done that quickly but it had to be quicker than dealing with this guy.

That she could have just asked nicely at any point seemed to elude her.

[Ken Shirogane]

Yama was amused up until she said she would move it herself. That was very much a no-go zone for him. Mock him, insult him, he didn't care about that. But touching his bike was crossing the line especially since she was doing it without his permission.

The bike was also modified with some extra armor when facing hollow threats, making it even heavier than your average bike thanks to those extra durable parts.

Yama also took note of the throb that appeared in his empty eye socket behind the eyepatch, letting him know that there was a Hollow nearby. Damn, what a time for one to appear.

He was annoyed with the girl for touching his bike, and he wanted to beat her ass for thinking it was okay to touch his stuff, regardless of how rude he was being. Under normal circumstances he wouldn't hesitate to punt the little twerp around the park for her audacity, but if there was a Hollow to kill?

"Fuck it, fine. Get your dirty hands off my bike, I got something I need to take care of now." He said moving to grab the handle of his bike and giving Tora a little shove to get her away from it. It was a little rough but would have only been enough force to make her land on her ass or have a small tumble if she didn't just dodge the shove before Yama hopped up onto his bike.

Starting it up quickly, the back wheel spun out for a moment as he performed a little donut getting a quick look around the park searching for the Hollow, and also making a bit of a mess around the fountain as his back wheel left skid marks on the cement, and tore of the dirt and grass as his bike passed over it.

But he caught sight of his true prey now. And it looked like it was going to be fun to take down.

The Hollow in question was big, not Menos big, but the thing was a twelve-foot-tall wall of muscle in the shape of a gorilla with a mask that looked rather orcish to Yama, resembling a pig face on a gorilla body.

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Tora #4

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Tora could find some solace in that by threatening to take matters into her own hands she finally spurred the big guy into action, the downside was that he was still a big guy who could shove little girls like her out of the way. "Oof!" She grunted as she was sent stumbling back from the shove, staring daggers at the man as he sped off into the distance and allowing her to finally get a drink. She was going to need it if she now had to deal with a hollow...

...That the biker was driving straight for "Crapsnacks," the schoolgirl cursed, quickly taking a drink so she wouldn't be distracted by how thirsty she was during the inevitable brawl against whatever freak shape this one took before sprinting after him "Get back here!" She yelled, running as fast as she could, hoping to get him to stop in time.

[Ken Shirogane]

However fast the girl might be without some superpower to move faster than his bike tearing across the park it was going to take her half a few seconds to reach the Hollow. It had already been rushing their way, chasing their scent before being detected by the pair.

It was rather surprising when Yama seemed to be coming straight at it, but didn't hesitate to lift a massive fist in a hammer blow aimed to catch him and his rapidly approaching bike.

Yama stood on the seat of his bike before leaping from it as that large fist came down. His bike slid past the Hollow, while that fist came crashing down to leave a big indent in the grass.

Yama smiled wildly, flying through the air and going at least sixty miles an hour, and he used every drop of momentum to bring that knee against the chest of the Hollow like some kind of living missile. The result sent a painful-sounding crack through the air as his knee landed, perhaps breaking something there as his knee dug deep into the large Hollow.

The monster gave a grunt of pain but seemed able to push past it to lift his hand from the ground where it had smashed it to slap at Yama, catching the man mid-fall and sending him flying to the side with enough force to send him sliding across the grass for a number of feet, his clothes were going to be seriously grass-stained, but Yama only looked even more delighted when he finally sat up to face the Hollow once more.

"Crazy human, how annoying. Can't you see you are outmatched? You can't hope to defeat me. Accept your fate and become my food." The Hollow said, apparently an intelligent one.

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Tora #5

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As much as she'd like to have thought it was possible, there was no way Tora was going to outrun or catch up to a motorcycle even if it was going a little slower through the park "Ugh..." She groaned as she gasped for breath when the sprint ran its course. So much for that drink of water being refreshing.

Okay, time to take stock: She could still sense the Hollow pretty strongly so it couldn't be too far, and the noise of the bike's engine had quickly faded... into the clatter of metal. That was probably really bad for the biker and as much as the schoolgirl thought that he'd been a jerk, not even jerks deserved to get eaten by giant monsters and that meant she had to get moving again.

It took a bit longer for Tora to get close enough to see the two, but it looked like the big biker could see the bigger Hollow and was already trying to fight it! That was her idea, dammit! But if a guy his size was struggling to leave a dent in that thing without getting dented then she needed to think of a better approach. A higher approach. Tree high. "Please don't die while I'm climbing," she said mostly to herself  before getting a good position for her dynamic entry.


"HIYAAAAA!" She screamed, diving out of the branches with her foot raised up high to leave a dirt imprint of the underside of the delinquent's sneaker right on the hollow's mask as she bounced off the big monster, landing in a near-perfect crouch when she hit the ground. Her kick having rattled the hollow enough to shove him back.

[Ken Shirogane]

Yama picked himself just in time to catch the girl jumping out from the tree to kick the Hollow in it's masked face. Apparently with enough force that it caused the Hollow to stumble back. "Oh nice kick!" He laughed before rushing forward, cocking a fist back for a Haymaker.

His boots dug into the grass and soil, his body twisting as he brought his chain wrapped fist to smash into the side of the Hollows knee, the force of the blow sounded a meaty cracking thud as the force of Yama's powerful strike caused the Hollow's leg to buckle while gripping it's face after being kicked there, and toppling over onto the grass with an even louder crash.

Between the kick that Tora dazed the Hollow with, and the punch Yama delivered to the side of it's knee, the big Hollow was in quite a bit of pain. "Agh, damn humans, how dare you!" It cried out in rage, hardly able to do more than flail on the ground for the moment as it failed to get it's legs back under it. And leaving Tora more or less free to attack the fallen foe, at least assuming she intended to after Yama went through the trouble of helping her knock it down.

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Name of Technique: Haymaker
Description: Cocking back his fist for an immense punch that can knock just about anyone off their feet. Yama puts everything he has into a skull shattering punch, perhaps taking a blow or two himself to return one in triplicate.
Attribute/Skill Make Up: Strength (4)
Trait/Aspect Usage: Unrelenting Endurance

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Tora #6

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"YEAH!" With the powerful impact of the Haymaker making the Hollow's knee be in another prefecture, the masked monster came crashing down in front of the two fighters, what once was an intimidating figure now looking a lot more manageable as it flailed around "Shut the heck up!" Tora yelled as she dashed forward, swinging her elbow in as close as she could get to the hollow and driving the point into the Hollow's neck in an attempt to shut it up. One sickening thud and a lot of choking noises later and it looked like she was getting her wish as the flailing stopped and the beast lay silent. The combined assault from the little and large powerhouses had seemingly put him down for the count

"Ugh, it was better when they just growled," the schoolgirl complained as she walked back to the other thing that was much bigger than her: Yama, taking a deep breath as she tried to think of what to say to a guy who's face she'd gotten in less than five minutes ago "So... you punch those things as well?" She asked.

[Ken Shirogane]

"Haha, you can say fuck and you can say hell you know! I won't judge!" Yama laughed hearing the girl say "heck" when she could have used much more foul adult words.

When the girl slammed an elbow into the throat of the hollow and it stopped moving, Yama gave it a couple of kicks in the side and clicked his tongue with dissatisfaction. "It was big, but it went down too easy. I was expecting more." He complained.

He went to pick up his bike while the girl walked up to him, asking her question, her question amused him. "Damn right, I do, if you could not tell by looking." He said with a flick of his head to the fading hollow. "I don't usually get help dealing with them, but I guess it's nice having a sidekick for once." He noted simply with a crack of his neck.

"I guess you do the same. Doesn't seem like this was your first rodeo. A girl like you going around fighting these monsters, huh? That's pretty cool." He said simply, though some might have said it was horrifying.

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Tora #7

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For all the Hollow's boasting and bluster about being stronger than humans, these two humans had solidly put it in its place, kinda. Its place was in the bin but fading back to wherever it came from was a close second as she watched the biker put the last few boots in to make sure it wouldn't be getting back up any time soon. Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"I didn't know you could see those things, let alone punch them," Tora pointed out pointing to the fading Hollow "They were pretty scary at first but I think a lot of them just aren't expecting people to fight back against them so even when they're strong enough to rip things like trees apart they can't take a hit that great. Especially if you get them in the mask. Basically ghost bullies that normally eat other ghosts, but sometimes people." She explained, nodding as she went along with Yama. Only there was something in the big guy's speech that she did object to.

"A-And I'm not your sidekick!" She huffed, folding her arms as "Anyway, why the hell did you bring a motorbike into a park? Aren't there rules against that?" The small girl demanded, upgrading her language from 'heck' to 'hell' as she went back into stubborn brat mode with the biker.

[Ken Shirogane]

"Hm, scary..." Yama mused, trying to remember if he had ever thought the Hollow were scary to him. He supposed he had, briefly when the one that had taken his eye had appeared. It was one of the few times he had even been scared, though for him it was more like a jump scare. It was brief.

However, at that moment he had quickly transitioned from scared, to angry, and then to delighted. The fact was that Yama wasn't going to be scared of anything he could hit back. Put him in the same room with some chainsaw psycho and he was going to charge into them head-on. He wasn't scared of dying, and wasn't scared of being hurt, he'd gladly go down in any situation where he could fight back.

He didn't have much of anything to say in reply to the information she was trying to dish out at him. He already knew everything she was telling him, so it wasn't anything new to hear. And as far as he could tell none of it sounded wrong to him, and he doubted she knew more about Hollow than he did at the moment. But he also didn't know that much more than she did to make what he knew worth sharing. At the moment his extended knowledge really only included the home of the Hollow. But it was pointless knowledge to share with the kid.

"Do I look like the kind of guy that cares about some stupid rule about where I can and can't take my bike? I'll take my bike anywhere I feel like." He asked with a chuckle, but the answer was pretty obvious in his mind. Especially since he'd already committed the act in question. Clearly, he didn't care. He just did what he wanted.

"Anyway, my bike was moved, and the Hollow was dealt with. You can get your drink of water or whatever and get back to whatever you were doing. Unless you want to do some more Hollow hunting with me or something you probably got your own business to deal with." She was free to come with him or not, although it was a very strange offer coming from some biker guy like him. "The name is Yama, by the way." He decided to offer his name, guessing a stranger should not be offering a ride to a kid if she did for some insane reason decide she wanted to go fight more Hollow. Assuming he could even find more to fight anyway, he usually had pretty good luck when it came to encountering them. They seemed to be popping up more and more around the city, which was fine for him. More monster ass to beat.

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