Cookies in the Woods (Ohkara)

[Brandon]

Brandon gave her an odd look, then proceeded to look her up and down after she joked about having to take him down if he was evil.

"I get the feeling that your not taking me seriously..." He said, as he looked back to his camping supplies. Reaching over, He grabbed a small carving knife and looked back to Ohkara.

"Ill show you..." He said, as right in front of Ohkara, Brandon pricked the end of his finger. Black blood slowly came out of his finger tip and dropped to the ground.

And to Ohkaras surprise, Brandon wasnt kidding when he said his blood killed plantlife. Becuase as soon as the blood hit the ground, the grass turned brown before her very eyes. Flowers withered, and died.

When the fairies saw this, some gasped, and flew to teh site where the grass died and started to use their magic to slowly revived the killed flora. Brandon sighed, as he looked to the fairies and apologized to them. "Sorry my friends. Wont happen again." He said, as he looked back to Ohkara as he wrapped a bandaid around his fnger.

"Beleive me now?"

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Accusing Ohkara of not taking things seriously, the man offered to bare an example of his tainted blood. The young woman’s eyes widened as he proceeded to prick his finger and destroy the fauna with his black blood. Shifting uncomfortably, her hand shot up to the back of her neck, and she bit her bottom lip nervously. She’d never seen anything like that before. Did that mean he was truly evil? Did she need to keep an eye on him?

“Yeah…” she answered, her tone far away in thought. Suddenly an idea would strike her; snapping her fingers, she jumped onto her feet, “I know!” she exclaimed, pointing a finger to the man in front of her. The best way for her to learn exactly what she was dealing with in Brandon would be to bring out his power with a sparring match. And the idea of fighting someone she knew so little about was exciting; it got her hidden Saiyan blood boiling, her heart pumping, and her bright yellow eyes sparkling with excitement.

”How about you show me what you got!” She suggested, her hand shooting to her hip, which she pushed out to the side. Learning forward in a somewhat show-boaty way, in such a low cut dress; ”Use ‘em if you got ‘em,” as she’d always say.

”I purpose a match! The rules are very simple: if your back touches the ground, you lose. No weapons. Best two…” she explained, putting her left index and middle fingers up for emphasis, then rose the ring finger as well, “…out of three!” Placing both hands on her hips, she bent over once more, eyeing him playfully, ”You’re not scared of having your butt kicked by a girl, are you?~”

[Brandon]

Brandon perked up a bit as Ohkara issued a challenge to him. It was fairly obvious where Brandons eyes went as Ohkara was showing herself off a bit, but his eyes went back to Ohkaras as he replied "Interesting... Even though your at a huge disadvantage this time of the evening... Will we be betting on who will win or lose?" as a grin crept across his face.

Standing on his feet, He started to put away his supplies so that nothing would get damaged when they did start their sparring match.

The mention of a fight actually attracted more fairies in the trees, as they were all excited to see Brandon battle in his prime element.

Turning back to Ohkara, he eagerly awaited awaited to see if Ohkara just wanted to fight, or if she wanted to make things more interesting. The last time he fought when there were bets, he was quite successful. Hell, he got a girlfriend out of it. He could hardly imagine what Ohkara could bet, but curiosity made him wonder...

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Huffing at his mention of her being at a disadvantage, she shook her head, ”Don’t underestimate me just because I’m cute!” she exclaimed, then raised a hand to her mouth to give his idea of a wager some thought. Last time she’d posed a wager it was with Shun, and in return she’d received a free meal. What might she be able to get out of this man? She’d already had more than her fill of cookies…

”What exactly do you have in mind?” she asked, perking up curiously.

[Brandon]

"What exactly do you have in mind?"

Brandon was stumped. He didnt want to cheat on Rascal with Ohkara, so a kiss was out of the question. He was silently panicking as he looked around for ideas. When he saw all the fairies around them, he quickly asked them "What should I bet? Any ideas?"

For a few moments, the Fairies were discussing the question that Brandon posed to them, when the fairy from before came forward, and emulated her kissing sounds again.

This caused Brandon to facepalm. "Your not helping the situation at all..." He said, feeling embarassed.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

”Purpose a wager with no ideas, hm?” she teased him, ”Tsktsktsk,” she playfully scolded, shaking a finger at him. In reality she didn’t have any ideas either, but she could think of something after a moment. With the fairies response of kissing noises, Ohkara eyed the man suspiciously for a moment, ”A kiss if you win, hmmm?” she pondered, ”I knew you were a pervert…”

After a moment of selling the tease, she would burst into laughter once more, shaking her head, ”A kiss for you it is; but don’t plan of ever receiving it. If I win, I want…” her eyes moved from side to side as she pondered for just a slight second, before she quickly threw her hand out with her index and middle fingers raised, ”200 Zeni!” she exclaimed mischievously.

Seductively eyeing him once more, she held out a hand, ”Deal?” she asked. If he accepted such an offer, she would assume he was crushing on her; an important piece of information for the manipulative Ohkara. Was her affection worth a little bit of cash to the man? How confident was he really of his own skills?

[Brandon]

Glaring at Ohkara for a moment, He said "Don't call me the pervert, it wasn't my idea..... Plus I have a girlfriend." as he then looked back to the teasing fairy and threw a glare so ominous at it, it caused it to 'eep' and fly away quickly.

Looking back to Ohkara, He heard her agree to the wage, and asked for 200 Zenie if she won as she extended her hand. Looking at her hand for a moment, He sighed as he replied "Im not even sure I have the money on me... But incase I do...Sure." as he accepted the wage and shook Ohkaras Hand.

"IF I win, Word of what happened here does NOT get out. Alright?" He asked, with a half serious look on his face.

The sun continued to set as the evening went on. Even though Ohkara was beautiful, Brandon had no intention of going easy on her...

[Ohkara Minamaru]

His mention of a girlfriend made Ohkara giggle, ”Oooooooo…” she cooed playfully teasing him.

Extending his hand, he gasped hers and shook it firmly; they had a deal. Of course, his comment of keeping things a secret brought a mischievous look to the woman’s face, “Hehe! Awww! Are you scared your girlfriend might find out you wanna kiss me?” she teased, giggling, ”Don’t worry, I bet she’d wanna kiss me too!~”

Jumping back from the man, Ohkara took her low stance and smiled, ”Easiest 200Zs I ever made!” she exclaimed playfully, then grew serious, giving him a nod, ”Bring it on, big boy!~” she exclaimed, motioning him to strike first with her fingers.

[Brandon]

Shaking her hand, Brandon made a bit of a sour face as Ohkara teased him. "Wasnt my idea for a kiss, remember? I couldn't think of anything. It was the fairy who came up with the idea." He replied, but what she said next made Brandon smirk a bit. "She does seem like the kinda girl who would kiss ya to... Which is kinda hot actually." he added, as his smirk turned into a playful grin. He then had an idea what his side of the deal would of been now, but it was too late to change it now.

'Bring it on Big Boy!' Were the words she spoke to begin the spar as she took a low fighting stance. "You make things too easy Ohkara. Allow me to show you what I mean!" He said, as his eyes glowed more brightly. Ohkara's own shadow, cast by the nearby fire, suddenly seemed to rise up behind her, and attempt to put Ohkara into a full Nelson. Brandon watched, as he hoped his sneaky tactic was successful...

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Ohkara stood ready for anything as the match began. Even so, as Brandon spoke about her error and that he’d show her, she had not been expecting what transpired next. There was movement within the darkness behind her; but she couldn’t see it. Suddenly, two tendrils reached out from behind her, drawing a very loud, high pitched squeak of surprise to the young woman’s lips.

The sudden betrayal of her shadow caught her completely off guard, the tendril arms easily able to slip under her arms and behind her head. She grunted, struggling against the shadow at first; however after a moment she would find her struggling to no avail. Taking a deep breath, she would steady her thoughts; it was pretty obvious that the shadow wasn’t going to let go of her that easy. Swiftly, like an arrow from a marksman, an idea struck the young lady:

”These are shadows... All I need is light!”

A sly, cocky smile crossed her lips; sure, this may give away her element of surprise, but after such a sneaky trick from the purple-eye Brandon, she was through playing stupid. Her hands balled into fists, her teeth gritting together; her bright, toxic-green aura sprang to life at her feet, the fire-like ki cycling around her like a tornado. ”Raaaaaaahhhhh!” she exclaimed, releasing the full power of her base power level; the energy at her feet exploded into chaos, cycling around her brightly, tearing through the shadows as it whirled around her.

Yellow eyes setting on Brandon, Ohkara held out a hand, shaking an index finger at him; her aura illuminating her like a military spotlight in the center of the dark forest.

”Now I know you’re a perv!” she scolded him; however, her tone was more excited than angry, ”I’ve seen enough anime to know better than that, Tentacle-Boy!” she giggled, then shook her head, dropping back into her stance and growing serious, ”I will admit, its a really cool trick, but I won’t let it get me again!”

This time the green-haired girl would not wait for Brandon’s attack. Darting forwards at full speed, she would feign a wicked right hook to his head; only to spin on her heel at her arrival and send a heavy left-kick towards his right side. Moving fluidly, regardless of hit or blocked, Ohkara’s body would instantly spin upward, lashing out with a second kick from the other leg.

If it worked as intended, Ohkara would be stationary, horizontally in the sky; aiming her index finger, in the shape of a gun at Brandon, ”Bang!~” she exclaimed, a blast of powerful-toxic green energy rocketed towards the man- aimed for his feet. If it connected with anything, including the ground where it was aimed, it would explode; hopefully knocking the purple-eyed man onto his back in the process.

[Brandon]

Shielding his eyes from teh burst of light the woman gave off, He heard her call him a pervert. "I have no idea what you are talking about..." He said, as his eyes adjusted to the new light source in time to see Ohkara dart towards him.

Taking a gamble to catch her off guard, instead of blocking or getting hit, Brandon ran straight towards her. He saw she tried to punch him, but Brandon smirked as his body turned into a dark mist, allowing her fist and her kick to pass right through him. But as he had been running at her, Ohkara got a full facefull of Brandons mist. To Ohkara, the mist would feel as cold as ice, but smell like smoke as she passed through it.

Once he was past Ohkara, He maintained his mist form and tried to put some distance between him and Ohkara before she fired off her next attack that made a decent sized hole in the ground. Luckily, Brandon had put some distance between him and her, so the blast had little to no effect.

Staying Silent, Brandon would just watch Ohkara, hoping that she would realize a few things about Brandons other technique. One, She wouldnt be able to sense him at all, and two, physical attacks couldn't hurt him while he was in this form...

[Ohkara Minamaru]

This only being the second bout in the match; Ohkara couldn’t possibly have guessed what the man she faced was capable of. Of course, the Saiyan blood that unknowingly flowed through her veins was enough to give her that signature cockiness that the race was infamous for. With that same cockiness, and confidence in her abilities, Ohkara barreled forwards; only to be greeted by a face-full of black mist.

The sensation was a chilling one; one that sent chills down her spine, and goosebumps running across her skin. And yet, this was enough for the girl to realize both points Brandon wanted to prove. The first being that this man was no longer solid matter; as such, he likely couldn’t be harmed with physical attack, yet there was no evidence that in such a state he could produce physical attacks either. The second point took a moment, as the young woman felt the area out for his signature- she’d felt it vanish the second he took his less-than-solid form, but know that she was solely feeling out for it, it was nowhere to be found.

Cursing, Ohkara whirled around in a circle, and stomped her foot, ”Oh, come on!” she pouted, sticking her bottom lip out, ”That’s not even friggin’ fair!”

Whether this was an act or not, Ohkara had indeed expected a fair fight, only to be greeted with an opponent that she couldn’t even see. In this case, there were very few possible outcomes that may emerge. The first and most likely would be a surprise attack from her opponent; and that would be something she would be ready for.
Steadying herself, Ohkara closed her eyes and took a deep breath; focusing all her attention to her ears and channeling ki throughout her body to prepare her for what was most likely to happen next. As he ki radiated through her body, she could feel a sudden amplification of her sense of hearing; any sudden, physical movement would now be obvious to her, and her body remained ready to react.

Technique Requested:
Perfect Composure-
User calms their physical body by channeling their energy evenly throughout it. This amplifies the user’s senses for a total of four posts, as well as allows them to counter one physical attack while active.
Five post cool down. (Can be used as a buff to other players)

[Brandon]

While Brandon wasnt completely invisible, he would appear to Ohkara as a dark mist with two purple eyes. So he was easy enough to find physically.

"Alls fair in love and sparring." He said, as he saw her seemingly meditating where she was standing. Figuring out that she was trying to figure out a way to find him and take him out in his mist form, Brandon quickly became solid, as Ohkara's ability to sense energy kicked in and 'told' her that he was right infront of her.

Holding up his hands, Brandon grinned as he suddenly fired off a volley of large energy blasts. Each radiating his own evil energy, as nearly two dozen of these projectiles were headed in Ohkaras path. Although, if Ohkara were to see Brandons face, She could see that he was actually struggling slighty to produce the energy blasts.

Technically, this was Brandons first time utilizing a ranged attack. He was curious to see what would happen after he fired his volley. Would Ohkara block them? Dodge them? Or even get hit by them?

[Ohkara Minamaru]

As soon as Brandon made his location known, appearing before her, Ohkara’s eyes jolted open. Holding his hands out in front of him the man began firing a volley of blasts. With all the skills of a master-samurai the young lady’s left hand gripped the hilt of her yellow umbrella. Ripping it diagonally out of her weighted belt just in time to slice one of the blasts in half; without wasting a movement Ohkara would slash at each and every blast in the volley; destroying them all.

Though Brandon had no way of telling, young Ohkara was at twice his power level; to her, his attacks were fairly slow, and easy to destroy in such a dramatic way. Of course, if one were to look closely at the woman they’d see her straining as well. Coupled with the drain from effectively being a human flashlight, and the precise timing of each and every movement, she wouldn’t be able to keep it up much longer.

Taking a few steps forwards between slashes, when her umbrella connected with the last one she would likely be standing fairly close to him- face to face. With a cocky grin, her hand would be aimed in yet another handgun. ”Bang!~” she’d exclaim cutely, firing a familiar bright-green explosive blast at the man. At such close range Ohkara say no way for the man to avoid it this time; if it connected, the explosion would likely be enough to knock him backwards- yet at the same time she was just as much at risk of getting caught in the blast radius.

(Perfect Composure: 1/4)

[Brandon]

Brandon watched, as Ohkara used her umbrella to slice through his weak attacks with relative ease. "Wow...Thats spooky..." He said to himself before she stopped infront of him, and made her 'hand gun' again. "Ah crap..." He said, as she said 'Bang'.

The next thing he knew, and explosion ripped between them. The force of said explosion propelled Brandon backwards and he slammed into a tree, letting out a grunt of pain as he was somewhat embedded in the tree.

"Bloody hell that hurts Ohkara!" He said.

But a few moments later, He started to continuously chuckle to himself.