Bell in the Night

[shenta]

After Ryu jumped back to invade the hunchback he watched as the monster of a man grabbed the minks sword and pulled it out of his shoulder, he then tossed the sword to the ground as he placed his foot on the sword and pressed down. It seemed that this man was trying to keep ryu from receiving his other sword so that he would not not have both of his blades, but as a swordsman ryu could fight just as well with one sword as he could with two even tho he exiled better with two so he would not be able to preform some of his Techniques unless he had both of them. 

Ryu heard the hunchback hiss as he spoke about feeling worse pain then a stab from a sword which did not surprise ryu cause looking like that it was no wonder people would treat him badly if not hurting him physically which could make some one become very bitter with the world around him. from the way which he heard the hunchback speak before he would assume that he was a bounty hunter which was a shame cause he could use a man like that on his crew. 

" Its a shame your a bounty hunter hunchback, with your kind of strength it would be great having you as one of my crew mates. Tho i doubt i could get you to change your idea about it."

Just then the hunchback began to swing his hammer around but it was not to hit ryu it seemed but more to make sound emit from his hammer each time he swung it, unfortunately ryu's great hearing was actually becoming a great disadvantage right about now. With each dong that came from the black hammer that the hunchback welded the sound echoed whiten his head making it very hard for ryu to concentrate as it caused him to drop to one knee. Ryu looked around with his eyes trying to find any thing useful that he could use to help his self out, just then he noticed a broken piece of wall from where he landed into it before. Luckily it was large enough that it could be used as a decoy as well as big enough for him to hide behind, so picking up the piece of the wall ryu tossed it at the hunchback and at the same time ryu ran behind it using the wall to block his movements, as the piece of wall got close to the hunchback ryu jumped up into the air as he came down with his sword raised high as he brought it down upon the hunchback aiming to slice the monsters chest. 

He was not sure if this move would work but at least now the hunchback had two targets in which he would have to figure out what to do, if he ignored ryu and focused on blocking the chuck of wall then ryu would hopefully manage to strike him but if he ignored the wall and blocked ryu then he would hopefully be smashed by the wall tho there was other possibility's also but he would come to that bridge when he had to cross it.  

[hunchback]

When the mink spoke about Oswald becoming one of his crewmates, the hunchback gave a small scoff through clenched teeth. "Me? Become a pirate? Not in a million years!" He would be a disgrace of a bounty hunter if he went and joined a pirate crew. After all, the entire point of bounty hunters was to capture pirates like him.

As the half disarmed mink charged at him, Oswald braced himself, watching as he suddenly threw up a piece of wall at him, before leaping over the flying debris at him. So, he was trying an attack from two angles. Not a bad strategy, but Oswald was a quick thinker. He knew how to deal with this situation.

He swung upward.

The hammer caught the flying chunk of wall first, and launched it upward. This ended up carrying the wall, and the hammer, upwards at the mink who was flying overhear towards him. If it worked, the pirate would be smacked out of the air by his own projectile.

[shenta]

Ryu could tell that the hunchback got mad at his comment about joining his crew, but at least when a person is mad it makes them make mistakes. The hunchback was pretty good at fighting but ryu was no slouch either, the hunchback brought his hammer up as it smacked his wall right back towards ryu but thinking quickly  ryu took his sword which was already coming down and sliced the wall in half as each piece missed ryu as they each went past him. But now he was in the middle of the air so thinking fast ryu kicked off from of the broken pieces of wooden wall as he lunged and landed behind the hunch back. 

Ryu needed to find a way to get his other sword back as the hunchback was still standing on it, so he would need to think of a way of moving the monster off his sword so he could have both his weapons in hand once more. So reaching up ryu would attempt to grab the hunchback from behind as he would try to lift him up off the ground as he would try to perform a back suplex which would cause the hunchback to land hard on his head. 

[hunchback]

Shenta's attack would have been effective were it not for one thing. Oswald was a HUNCHBACK! As such, the supplex wouldn't cause Oswald to land on his head, but rather on his hump. Painful, yes, but not as bad as if he landed on his head. Sometimes his deformity had some benefits.

The hunchback quickly spun to get himself back on his feet, just with enough time for Shenta to grab his sword again. He quickly lashed out with his bell hammer, trying to catch the mink in the side and send him flying into the wall. He was not going to give this pirate a chance to recover.

[shenta]

As ryu was lifting the hunchback up over his head he noticed that he made a slit miscalculation in his plan, since the person had a hump on his back he would not be hitting his head instead the monster hit his hump, but this slight amount of time allowed ryu to grab his sword which was stuck on the large monsters feet. He was not sure why but he did not feel the same unless he was holding on to both his swords and not just one, it was like he was not fully complete with out them both at his side.

All in all it was still good cause ryu was still able to deal some damage to the hunchback even if it was not the amount he was hoping for, Looking up just in time ryu saw the big black hammer swing right at him and unfortunate ryu did not have the time to dodge it or block it so he was smashed in the side which sent him crashing into a nearby building. Ryu's earlier cracked rib was now a full blown broken rib which would make it harder to breath which also would result in a slit movement downgrade tho even him being a little slower was properly still faster then that hunchbacks bulky and uneven body. 

By now with all there fighting going on in the middle of the night people was starting to come out of there homes and shops to see what was going on, when they saw it was two people fighting and destroying the town ryu heard one person tell another that they should call the local police or even the marines to come break this up. If the police or marines was being called in ryu either needed to finish this fight up or try to escape and hide out for the night until things calmed down then leave logtown for a new location cause it did not seem like he was going to find any one here to join his crew. 

It's true that a bounty hunter collects bountys from pirates then they turn those bountys into the marines for money but that did not mean the marine's or even the police would stand idly by as the two of them destroyed public property. The people was now droned around like vultures   as they was there seeing what happened, there was still dust all about from where ryu landed into the building so he used that as a smoke screen as he ran into the crowed with his swords sheathed as he attempted a tactical retreat within the crowed hoping the since the hunchback was so bulky and large he would not be able to follow. He was also taking into account that since he was out when there no people about at all that he hoped that this hunchback was scared to show his self to people. 

[hunchback]

The attack had landed, sending the pirate flying into the wall, bringing it down and kicking up dust. However, their fight was starting to draw the attention of the townsfolk, and there was now talk of calling in the marines or the police. Neither was exactly a good option for Oswald. Mainly because his appearance had the tendency to give people the wrong idea. He turned to where the pirate had flown, noticing he hadn't come out of the dust. He made his way over, swinging the hammer to clear the dust.

The pirate was gone.

Oswald growled. Dammit, he had slipped away! And with all these people coming, it would be too problematic if he pursued. Hopefully the authorities would catch up to him. Gripping his bell tightly, Oswald turned to make a hasty retreat.