Thunder King

Crimson Tiger nodded. "I'm really glad I could help, and I'm glad you were here, too. I don't think I could have taken that guy down by myself." She shook her head. "Guess I still have a lot to learn about fighting." This Steel Shrike person sure was strange. He wasn't a bad kind of strange, he was an uncertain kind of strange. He was trying to act all mysterious and cool, but she knew he was as much of a newbie as she was, or at least she thought he was. He had a super power, at least one, maybe more. He seemed to be a decent enough fighter, but he wasn't as practiced or efficient in his movements. She considered offering to teach him, but that seemed a bit mean. Oh well, maybe he'd practice more. "Well, I'm certainly up for fighting more ninjas..."She said with a grin. "If you ever need more help, well...we'll be in touch I guess."

"I just spotted a bunch of ninjas and followed them here. I mean, I'd never fought any ninjas before. Why not see where they were going? Then I ran into you, and got into this fight. It was a good night, I gotta say." She smiled. "Why were you following them? Were you following a case about art theft? We should stay until the cops arrive, wouldn't want to save this art and then have it stolen by someone else..."

She laughed. "Crimson Tiger, my name is Crimson Tiger. It's okay if you don't have a fighting style. Some people are naturally gifted fighters, others train. I train a lot, constantly really." She got up and stretched, before cracking her neck and her knuckles. After that, she dropped down and began performing stretch routines. "Ah, better, feel much more limber now." She said. "What's your name? Your superhero name, I mean."

"Hehe, that was fun." Crimson Tiger said, running her fingers through her hair. "I'll call the cops, they'll take care of this." She plopped down on one of the nearby chairs and sighed. Her shoulders sank a bit, she was tired. Fighting ninjas was fun, but man was it tiring. And their Master! What a fighter. She'd never fought a ninja before. She wondered if her grandfather ever fought ninjas. "Invisibility cloak? That is sooo cool. I almost want one." She grinned. "That guy was pretty strong, but I doubt he ever fought anyone who could go invisible before. "What fighting style do you use?"

A very failtastic 3

GM He growled, and then roared. Somewhere inside of him was the mind and body of a trained killer. But now? Now he was hurt, and tired, and very angry. The girl, couldn't be much more than twenty, twenty five years old, beat down an entire regiment of trained shinobi like they were nothing. And the man, he used invisibility and stealth, couldn't defend against that. Part of him thought to surrender, to give up. Then he shut that down. Regardless of what happened next, he would go out on his feet, like a warrior. He lunged where he thought the invisible man could be...

He decides to swing where he thinks Shrike will be... But gets nowhere near him

Crimson Tiger walked up to him, ready to finish the fight. She knew the fight was over, he just hadn't fallen down yet. Shrike's attack had nearly laid him out. She didn't know what kind of skills he had. He was already back to normal, having shaken his head loose of the cobwebs enough to resume fighting. Her knee smashed into his abdomen, causing him to gasp for air. He grabbed his abdomen in pain, again, as she danced out of his reach. "Look, it's over, you can barely stand." She said

Crimson Tiger going for a full-shifted All-Out-Attack for 26 Then backing up away from the obviously injured man And he fails spectacularly with a 13 He is now dazed, staggered and bruised

GM Unable to sense his foe, the Ninja Master reeled from the strike, eyes wide with pain. He reeled from the pain, his vision blurry. He could barely see. He stumbled forward, trying to focus, but he could not. He saw two Steel Shrikes and two Crimson Tigers, he shook his head, trying to regain his composure.

Ninja Boss tries to save, and fails spectacularly with a 10

"That is NOT going to happen...". Crimson Tiger shouted, going for a swing to his head. Her strike went wild and she stumbled forward. She growled, she was better than this. How was this man evading her so effortlessly? Was she being stupid? Careless? She tried to think back on her actions in the fight. She'd done everything she could, this man was simply better than her. Well, she decided, she'd have to be even better then.

Crimson Tiger goes for a strike and narrowly misses

GM The shinobi master chuckled and delivered a fierce kick to the side of Shrike's head, causing a bit of noticeable damage. "It was done for profit, that's all it is. I wanted money, and they were worth a lot of it. It's just business, you see." He grinned and glanced at the two heroes. "Neither of you is a match for me, I've been studying ninjutsu since before you were born. Now, why don't you just lay down and die for me. Do that, and I promise your bodies will receive a proper burial..."

Shrike is dazed and injured...

Attack on Steel Shrike, success

Crimson Tiger growled and brought her left knee up hard, and fast. She expected him to buckle over in pain. She expected him to wheeze and breathe hard. She would settle for him to flinch. He did none of those things. Instead, he grinned like a madman as if her strikes had no effect.

Crimson Tiger goes for the attack with a 28 And NinjaBoss Saves with a 23

GM "Too slow!" He roared, charging forward. He grinned as he came at Crimson Tiger. He brought his right arm across Crimson Tiger's face, his eyes gleaming with a sinister bloodlust. Crimson Tiger's head rocked back instantly. She felt his hardened, calloused knuckles on her cheek. She knew that he was a trained and deadly warrior. Were it not for her reflexes, the attack would have hurt noticeably.

NinjaBoss attacks crimson Tiger, hits with a 20 Crimson tiger saves with a 22

Crimson Tiger's initiative 8 NInjaBoss's initiative 19

GM "This is quite shameful..." A voice said, coming from the darkness. My men, my shinobi, fall before you like wheat. They are weak, pathetic. I trained them better than this...ah, well." Suddenly, a large, muscular man dropped in from above, where he had apparently been observing. He wore a black robe, tied around the waist. "You two are quite skilled fighters, it seems. I doubt that either of you has really tasted the blood of your foes. Neither of you know what it means to be a ninja." He walked forward and undid the sash on his robe, letting it fall. His legs and arms shifted as he entered a martial arts stance, he grinned. "Well, come on then, let's see what the two of you can do..."

Standing back up straight, Crimson Tiger brought her knee up to the ninja's midsection. Unfortunately, her momentum was off and the strike missed by a mile. Realizing that they were getting too close, she flipped backwards and out of the crowd. Upon landing, she raised both hands to defend and balanced herself on one foot while keeping weight off the other. It was a classic Muay Thai stance, one she had adopted hundreds of times before.

Crimson Tiger goes to hit a ninja, misses Moving away from the crowd a bit to avoid getting surrounded

GM Immediately, one of the ninjas slashed across Crimson Tiger's midsection, her body jerked out of the way, ensuring the strike only grazed her costume. A second ninja came at her head from behind, but she managed to duck beneath the strike, effortlessly evading it. Meanwhile, one of the ninjas charged Steel Shrike, blade flashing. He went for an upward swing, but Shrike managed to back away from the attack. Another ninja went to cut Shrike's abdomen, but the attack went wild and went nowhere near him.