[X] Deal with the approaching mooks in black suits holding guns trying to sneak up on you all. Because bullets are annoying to dodge and sting when you miss.
Right, you guess you should deal with the yakuza wannabes trying to subtly sneak up on you guys. Trying, and failing. Because they suck. They suck sooooo bad; it was funny, in a pathetic kinda way. Still, they did have guns and those tended to get really annoying if left alone. Plus, you didn't want to join the clusterfuck proper just yet.
Given how weak these guys were, you decided to try something different for once. Something you think you recall either Kasumi or Nabiki mentioning once. Something called 'diplomacy'. Given how weak these guys were and given how you're the best and can pick up things pretty damn fast, you think you've got this one in the bag.
So, you head right on up to the fake yaks and cut them off before they can reach the brawl the rest of the guys were in. You then proceed to diplomate the crap out of them, "So...I know this looks bad, but give us a bit and we'll be outta your way, alright? I mean, if you guys try and cut in you'll be massacred in an instant. I mean, it's not that your weak and lame; though you totally are, but we're just that good, ya know? So it'd be in your best interest to leave this to the professionals, because we know what we're doing and unlike you, we can handle it."
Hmm...yup; that sounded good to you. You give yourself a mental pat on the back on what you assumed was a exemplary attempt at diplomacy.
Unfortunately, the wannabe yaks didn't see it your way and decided to pull their guns out on you. Pfft, alright then; their funeral. You get into a stance and prepare to move the moment they start firing. Likewise, they all level their guns and start to pull the trigger.
Before they even finish you blur into action, with speed earned through the vigorous training of the Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken and further refined by the Umisenken and Parlay du Fois Gras you strike. You disarm them all and toss their guns aside, far enough away that none of them can retrieve them. Not without going through you, that is.
You then proceeded to initiate the ass-kicking. They didn't even have a chance to react; one second they were pulling the triggers to their weapons, the next they're sent flying from you foot being shoved up their asses. You even took the time to scrawl doodles on their faces as you beat them to a pulp, simply because you could and because they were that boring to beat up.
You sigh; really, you didn't expect much, but damn. You sure as hell expected at least a little more than that. Even Kuno was more of a workout, and he was the bottom of the rung when it came to the martial artists in Nerima. Still, they were out of the way and the guns were removed from the fight; meaning no having to worry about getting an eye poked out or being distracted by the stinging of bullets pelting off of your skin.
Well, with the mook brigade down and out, might as well check up on what everyone else is doing. Hmm, Herb seemed to be fighting off two women; twins, with some stupid kogal accent and looking at him with smoldering eyes full of lust and desire. You shuddered, grateful that you dodged that bullet; you had more than enough of that back home. Not that you didn't mind the attention, but the aftermath was something you could do with a bit of a break from. For now, at least.
What could you say? You were always a sucker for the chaos that entered your life and a glutton for punishment, so long as it meant training or self-improvement of some sort.
As for the main brawl; Happosai seemed to be doing his thing and manhandling the rest of the guys, the only notable difference was some blond chick and a doofus with a stupid looking baseball bat had joined the fray too. Blondie seemed to be enjoying the fight, whereas doofus was probably the fake yaks leader and was probably freaking out at what was happening to his club. With Ryoga breaking the dance floor into shrapnel, Taro uncaring of property damage, and Mousse and Kuno cutting everything to shreds you can't really blame him.
You see Herb finish off the twins, noting that they were around Shampoo's level if not a bit below it. They were at least better than Ukyo though, you can tell that much. As he decks the twin in red, Herb turns to you and nods; his subtle message clear to you. This was just a warm-up, and maybe a bit of a marriage interview given Musk tradition and all. Now though, the Dragon Prince was getting antsy and wanted to get to the main course.
You motion your head to the main brawl, and Herb nods in reply; focus on putting the ancient letch down first, then get to the fight. Between the strongest of the group; you, Herb, and Ryoga, with interference from Mousse and Kuno, you could take the old perv down quick. Herb joins the fray by launching some ki blades into the fray, while you get ready to ambush the wrinkled midget.
*Shing!* *Snip!* *Rip!*
...Huh, where did all the yellow come from? Some of said color floating in the air lands in your mouth, causing you to start hacking. Once you pull it out and stop coughing, you immediately realize what it is.
Hair? The hell was hair doing floating around here? And why was there so much of it?
Then you felt the fire, and immediately all you instincts were brought to full attention. That ki; burning, erupting like a bonfire, just shy of burning everything in the area, a fire just barely held in check. It was too much like Saffron to not take seriously. You immediately look to the source of that ki, and see who it was.
Blondie; eyes red and full of fury, her buxom frame shivering under both the sheer amount of ki she was outputting and the pure rage she was under. The source of the hair was also obvious now; because several locks of hair were missing from her head, along with several inches from her golden mane overall. You can also see what caused the hair to be gone in the first place; Taro had several locks in his tentacles and hooves, Ryoga looked absolutely mortified as he held a bandanna limply in his hand, and Kuno was covered with strands of yellow along with his katana. You think it was Herb who sheared the five or so inches from the bottom of Blondie's hair though.
And just like how Akane was pissed when Ryoga cut her hair with his belt sword, Blondie was fucking furious at everyone for messing with her vibrant yellow locks. And she made sure you all knew it, starting with Taro.
She barreled into the hulking monstrosity, ignoring the blows from his hooves and tentacles; in fact, it seemed as if she was getting stronger with each blow Taro landed. Finally, when Taro tried to land a haymaker on her, she actually caught his hoof, stopped him at his feet, and flung him through the opposite end of the building and far out of sight.
You immediately went to defcon-1 after seeing that; Taro was the physically strongest of all of you, and she just trivially manhandled him like he was a baby. Only Happosai could pull that off, and he was a Grandmaster with over two centuries of experience to his name. She turned to Ryoga immediately afterwards and started to lay into him like the fist of an angry god. He tried to fight her off, but wasn't doing any better than Taro was.
Then Kuno had to open his fucking trap and made things worse, "Ah, my flame-haired valkyrie; truly your burning valor and beauty are worthy of one such as I, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High, Tatewaki Kuno! As such, I bestow upon you the honor of dating me. Now, come to loving embrace, my warrior maiden!"
She took that about as well as you expected, flinging Kuno off of her and flaring her Ki even hotter. Unfortunately, this only spurned the idiot on, "I see...to conquer one such as you in love, I must do the same in combat! I strike!"
He then proceeds to attack with his newfound 'Aoi Ikazuchi Bunkatsu' technique; striking Blondie with thousands of slashes in seconds with his live steel katana the fucking idiot! It was even more surprising that Blondie managed to come out from all of that uninjured; not even the endurance from the Bakusai Tenketsu training would grant that kind of endurance. To make matters worse, you could feel her ki expanding and growing from each blow; it's sheer quantity starting to rival Herb's at that point.
You suppress a shudder; you couldn't even begin to comprehend how such a technique could work. The best you could think of was an advanced application of the Soul of Ice, except she was clearly flaring out hot ki and the Soul of Ice was the antithesis of that. The Hiryu Korin Dan comes to mind, but that required you to pull of a Hiryu Shoten Ha and draw in the ambient ki for an energy blast; drawing it around the body instead of inside it.
You focus on the fight again and scope out everyone; Ryoga was barely hanging in there, Mousse was staying far away and trying to figure out how to take Blondie out from afar, Happosai was readying to grope her, Kuno was out of it, and you can see Taro coming to from the corner of your eye. Herb was also observing things, clearly interested in the woman who could apparently match his might blow for blow from the look of things.
Things weren't looking too hot, pun not intended. You were up against a pissed off girl martial artist, with a frankly stupid powerful technique that only made her stronger the more she fought. Direct combat was a no-go unless you wanted her to get stronger than Herb; which left you with limited options. You could use the Saotome Secret Technique, but with Blondie as pissed off as she was and in the middle of a city in...somewhere, that sounded like a terrible idea. The Hiryu Shoten Ha was made for this kind of situation, but was also pretty destructive; meaning you'd have to lure her into an open area to pull it off, and she looked a bit too furious to fall for any attempts to lead her away.
There was another option, but you really didn't want to use it; you had sworn never to use it again. The Umisenken. In the base stance you could maneuver around her undetected, and use the Goshin Ryūsei Fu combo to choke her out. But the Umisenken was forbidden for a reason, and unsealing it left a sour taste in your mouth.
...You could leave it up to Herb, but there were three reasons you weren't going to do that. One, you still had that match against him once this was all done and over with. Two, Herb could get pretty destructive when he got going in a fight; which wasn't a good thing when you were in the middle of a city. And three, there was no way in hell you were gonna admit that you couldn't handle this; much less let someone else fight for you.
There was also Happosai, but it would be a cold day in hell before you let him of all people save your ass.
Still...you have to figure out what to do...
[X] Saotome Secret Technique! Run away Commit a tatical retreat as to save your own hide better formulate a strategy to take down your foe. Not because you're worried, or scared; nope. No siree, nu-uh!
[X] Enter the Soul of Ice and lead Blondie on a chase; she's radiating enough hot ki that pulling off the Hiryu Shoten Ha will be a chinch. Leading her somewhere to pull it off...not so much.
[X] You had sworn to seal it away forever, but desperate times called for desperate measures. Unseal the Umisenken; become the Silent Thief and subdue your foe unawares and with ease.
[X] ...Though it galled at your pride as a martial artist, you had to admit the truth; this was not a battle you could win, not in these circumstances. No, today it would be up to another to save the day:
-- [X] Herb
-- [X] Happosai
[X] There had to be something that you were missing here...(Write-In)
NEW TECHNIQUE DISCOVERED! - Aoi Ikazuchi Bunkatsu [Blue Thunder Splitter or Incompetent Thunder Splitter] (B): An actually somewhat competent attack derived from Kuno's stupid watermelon splitter training, it's simply him managing to train himself to attack at that speed without needing watermelons around. He's around as fast as Ranma when using this technique, but cannot keep it up for long.