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Jun 1, 2009 10:41:52 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 10:41:52 GMT -5
Sun Wukong had recovered from his previous position and managed to pull himself on top of his staff, which was plunged into the floor. He then somersaulted off the staff and over the vertical blast of wind.
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 10:47:32 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 10:47:32 GMT -5
Lu Bu nearly roared in frustration at that point, but another plan came to him. First, he made a sweeping motion with his right hand, sending a wave of Earth energy along the ground which would knock Wukong's staff away, hopefully before he could land on it once more. Lu Bu then in the same motion slammed his left first upon the floor, sending a follow-up attack towards Wukong. This caused a rock spike to thrust itself up towards Wukong from where his staff had been a few seconds previously - assuming the first attack went to plan, of course.
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 11:00:04 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 11:00:04 GMT -5
Wukong leapt and held onto his staff with both his hands and feet. The Earth energy knocked the staff spinning out of the ground, and Wukong screeched "Weee!!!" He laughed and screeched some more, before on the turn of another spin stuck his staff into the ground and used it to pivot himself onto the floor. He crouched over laughing. "Woowhee! That was fun!"
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 11:04:09 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 11:04:09 GMT -5
Lu Bu just stood there, taking deep gasps. A growl built up in his throat. "It's useless!" he declared angrily. "I can't hit you! You're too damned agile!"
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Jun 1, 2009 11:04:56 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 11:04:56 GMT -5
"Damn straight!" Wukong yelled across the arena, before laughing obnoxiously.
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 11:10:11 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 11:10:11 GMT -5
"Then why the hell did you ask me to do it in the first place?!" Lu Bu cried out in intense frustration, before sitting, or more collapsing, wearily down upon his rear and wiping sweat from his face roughly.
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 11:13:28 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 11:13:28 GMT -5
Sun Wukong quickly leapt right up to Lu Bu and crouched over him, poking him on the head with the tip of his staff. "Because y'can't beat me." He said smiling.
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 11:14:46 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 11:14:46 GMT -5
Lu Bu glared up at Wukong. "So this was just for your amusement, was it?" he growled. "I thought this was supposed to be training!"
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Jun 1, 2009 11:26:26 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 11:26:26 GMT -5
"Quiet down dipshit." Wukong said calmly, whacking Lu Bu around the head with the stick before sitting down and crossing his legs. "Of course it wasn't for my own amusement, that was just a bonus." he chuckled, baring his teeth. "What were you doing in that fight? What were you focusing on?"
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 11:28:04 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 11:28:04 GMT -5
"Hitting you of course, bonehead," Lu Bu shot back impatiently. "What else would I be focusing on, eh?"
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Jun 1, 2009 11:38:37 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 11:38:37 GMT -5
"Learning. You people have it easy, the Gods gave you lot a heck of a lot of slack. You were brought back to life for nothing, I've lived since the dawn of time." Sun Wukong said, pouring himself some wine into a cup and drinking it. "I was human a while ago. I was born to humans back in the time of the people that lived before the big bang. About a hundred years after the dawn of time. I was born like a monkey." He reminisced, smiling. "What do you think of me, Lu Bu? Tell me honestly."
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 11:44:35 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 11:44:35 GMT -5
Lu Bu frowned. "You're a great fighter," he answered in a slightly calmer, though still gruff, tone. "The best I've ever met. A good drinker, too, which is important for a true warrior." He paused, then added, somewhat reluctantly, "I suppose you've also got that annoying, smug, humbling attitude like all those legendary teachers who are supposed to turn farmers into the greatest warriors of their time in a few days."
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 11:49:49 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 11:49:49 GMT -5
Sun Wukong laughed aloud. "Not quite true, wasn't a farmer, she was a peasant's daughter. her name was Joan of Arc, I think. Unfortunately the people of France took her definition of God wrong." he said, laughing again. "So you think of me highly? That's funny, back then they called me a freak, and a monster."
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Jun 1, 2009 11:57:37 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 11:57:37 GMT -5
"Makes two of us," Lu Bu grunted dismissively. "Doesn't take monkey hands and feet and all that fur to make people think you're a freak. Just need to be different. And talent does that just fine."
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Jun 1, 2009 12:03:08 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 12:03:08 GMT -5
"Oh trust me, back then it was worse. Didn't have democracy or need for me in my time. They weren't scared of me like they were scared of you." Wukong chuckled, not once had he looked sad telling this story. "But, I ran away into the forest. And there, with all the trees and fruit and all kinds of monkey-like things, I grew up. And I honed my skills, and found out about my jumping and my strength. Throughout the years the Gods threw test after test at me. It made me stronger and stronger, and I found out I never aged." He said, pouring Lu Bu some wine. "But then, Orochi broke loose for the first time."
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Jun 1, 2009 12:04:31 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 12:04:31 GMT -5
"Orochi..." Lu Bu frowned. "That big snake Oda summoned? I suppose you mean the last time before that?" He drank the wine gratefully as he spoke.
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Jun 1, 2009 12:25:20 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 12:25:20 GMT -5
"Yeah. Man... I got pulled together with all these other guys. Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong and a couple others." He said, still smiling, just not as broadly as before. "That was a heck of a battle, before it, they gave me ol' Whacky here." He said, gesturing his staff which he held in his tail. When we won, the Gods made us the mystics." He said, sighing cheerfully before saying something which seemed awfully formal to be of his own words. "You are the beings who will never age, you will be blessed with abilities to make yourselves higher than the human race, but you must use these abilities to protect them, and always them." He chuckled "Good ol' Aether, always thinking of his creations. The lesson is, greatness is never given, potential is given, greatness comes from potential. If I'd not tried and tried to beat the tests the Gods threw at me, do you think I'd have been more than just a fly to Orochi?" Asked Sun Wukong, one eyebrow raised and a cheeky grin across his face.
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Jun 1, 2009 12:31:09 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 12:31:09 GMT -5
"Alright, so I've got to practise," Lu Bu replied in a rather impatient tone. "Like that's news. Is that really all there is to your big moral on this entire tangent?"
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Jun 1, 2009 12:32:40 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 12:32:40 GMT -5
"Are you questioning the lessons of the guy who just whooped your ass three times in a row?" Sun Wukong asked cheekily.
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Jun 1, 2009 12:33:47 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 12:33:47 GMT -5
"Hey, just because you can fight doesn't mean you can teach!" Lu Bu retorted, apparently going back on his words of a few moments ago. "I know I have to practise, damnit! Tell me something I don't know!"
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Jun 1, 2009 12:34:58 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 12:34:58 GMT -5
"Xuanzang didn't shave his head for buddhism he's naturally bald." Sun Wukong blurted out.
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Jun 1, 2009 12:39:41 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 12:39:41 GMT -5
Elsewhere, Xuanzang was sitting cross-legged upon Liu Long's head, fanning himself gently, apparently meditating. Suddenly his eyes shot open. "Hey!" he yelled to no one in particular - at least, no one in particular who could actually hear him. "I heard that!"
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Back in the arena, Lu Bu was looking at Sun Wukong with a stupefied expression. For at least ten seconds, he just sat there, not comprehending. Then realisation struck. "I MEANT SOMETHING USEFUL, MONKEY-HEAD!" he roared at Wukong at the top of his voice.
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Jun 1, 2009 12:43:05 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 12:43:05 GMT -5
"THAT WAS PERFECTLY USEFUL NOW YOU CAN INSULT HIM." Sun Wukong said before rolling about on the floor with laughter.
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 12:45:51 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 12:45:51 GMT -5
"AS IF I'D BOTHER WITH PETTY TAUNTS LIKE THAT EVEN IF I DID KNOW WHO THE HECK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT!" Lu Bu roared back, standing angrily, although he promptly sat down again when he realised there was no point in going anywhere.
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 12:48:45 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 12:48:45 GMT -5
Sukong let out a sigh, then wiped a tear from his eye. "Anyway..." he said, chuckling a few more times, "It's not about the practice, really. It's more about the facing any challenge until you beat it. Practice is easy, you can quit any time. But if you can't quit, and you win, you'll come out of it stronger."
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Jun 1, 2009 12:50:56 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 12:50:56 GMT -5
Lu Bu's expression soured a bit at that. "Alright, alright," he muttered after a few seconds. "I guess that's true enough. But how the hell am I meant to beat you with just magic? It's not my thing."
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 12:52:37 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 12:52:37 GMT -5
"At what point did I mention me?" Sun Wukong replied, that cheeky mischievous grin back on his face.
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Jun 1, 2009 12:53:59 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 12:53:59 GMT -5
"When you told me to hit you," Lu Bu shot back, his colour starting to rise again. "I thought that's what you were talking about with all the challenge crap - for right now, anyway."
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 13:10:23 GMT -5
Post by Mushi Moto on Jun 1, 2009 13:10:23 GMT -5
Sun Wukong paused for a moment. "... now then." he said, sompletely ignoring Lu Bu and standing up. "Forget the weapons training, I want you to go all out on me, right now. No powering up, no being patient, no tactics, just go nuts." Wukong ordered.
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Arena 2
Jun 1, 2009 13:12:14 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jun 1, 2009 13:12:14 GMT -5
Lu Bu looked up at him with a raised eyebrow. "... alright then," he answered after a few seconds, standing up also. "No weapons? Just fists and magic?"
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