The Stalking Begins.

*The warm, crimson light of sunset finds Ayanami Rei and Hugh Davis strolling through the streets of EG City, having left their booth at the Bar behind for now.  The young couple have chosen, quite wisely, to take their walk in a part of the city untouched by the Roach Wars.  (True, the Wars are quite expansive, but EG City is infinite.  ^_-) They walk arm in arm, quite alone--as the streets have been abandoned by any and all traffic due to fear of roach attacks.  Despite this, there is an air of absolute tranquility about the two; the paranoia of the other residents does not taint their mood.*

*But this moment of gentle romance is a fragile one, for the two are not so as alone as they believe....*

Guu: *Picking his/her/its way along through the back alleys of EG City, stalking in the shadows to avoid premature detection by its intended target* Guu....*Peers around the corner and spots Hugh and Rei about a block away* Guu! *Slips back into the shadows*

*The kawaii/kowai little mutant rat skulks after the pair, moving at a brisker pace now that its ultimate goal is close at hand.  Moving a few feet ahead of Hugh and Rei, Guu pops out of an alleyway in their path.*

^^;;; Okei....random rat.

Rei: *Chuckles* Hai hai....

Guu: Guu? ^.^ *Blinks cutely*

Rei: ....Now that's a little odd.

Hai.  ^^;; Ah well.

*The two begin to walk again.  Guu continues to move with them, however, walking backwards, never letting the couple out of its sight.*

What an odd little thing.  o.O

Guu: Guu? O.o

*Looks at Rei* Is it trying to talk to us?

Rei: *Shrugs* ^^;;

Guu: Guu! ^.^ Guu guu guu! *Starts bouncing up and down*

Rei: *Eyes widen briefly* Hugh....something's not right.

o.O Obviously so! A rat is trying to give us the kawaii act!

Rei: *Getting frantic* No, something's even less right than that! I can't figure it out, but this rat--

Guu: >.< GUUUUU!!! *Guu bounces--but instead of landing cutely, the chibi assassin morphs into its monstrous hidden form, bellowing in bestial fury*

o_o Looks like we just figured it out....

Rei: Good GOD!!

*Cliffhanger time! Next post: the battle against Anti-RL Assassin Guu! It'll be a good one, I promise!*

*And now for a Commentary by the Elementals.*

Kelvena: Well, seeing as how this is an incomplete story fragment at the moment, today's Commentary will be limited to a simple request to allow our RL to finish the battle without interference from other RLs.  Perhaps it's unecessary to ask, but it is always best to err on the side of caution, wouldn't you agree? Besides, as I understand it, most of the other RLs have their own problems to deal with.  *Bows* m(_)m Arigatou gozai mashita, minna.

End communication.

Bwah-hahahahahahahahahahah!
   Attack of the non-describive Title!!

[ SCENE:  Camera opens on the _true_ Shinobi, furiously typing away, transcribing from hastily scracted notes, laughing his arse off all the way ]

Hahahahahah!  Oh good lord, are we funny!

Lyric:  What you typeing?

Nuffin...  's a secret.

Lyric:  The twins are stalking you.

Hey, well i'll be damned  (*Beams*)  A killer climactic battle is called for...  (*Cracks knuckles*)  Let there be a line!

[ SCENE: Top of a skyscraper, appropriately enough.  I think it could be the same one Amelia leaped from, it would be all ironic and so forth ]

Raba:  We will find him, eventually...

Lava:  Hey, _I_ get to speak first!

Raba:  (*Glare*)

Lava:  Ah, c'mon!  I'm the exuberant impulsive one of this outfit, so i gets to speak as soon as the "camera" is on me...

Raba:  (*Glare sharpens*)  So i see...

Lava:  (*Rolls eyes*)  Ya know what, you just can't take a joke, can ya?  Speaking of what you were speaking of.

Raba:  Yeeeeeeessss....?

Lava:  He's right over there.  (*Points*)

Raba:  Exxxxcellent.  (*Rubs paws together*)

[ SCENE:  Among the battle ]

(*Squash Squash Squash*)  Good _lord_ i love the Third Roach War!

Voodoo:  You are one hell of a sicko!

Clone:  Glass houses, glass houses.

Voodoo:  Are you saying i'm krazy?

Clone:  It needs mentioning?

Voodoo:  Fair enough.

Lyric:  Guys, _GUYS_!  Roaches!!

Gotcha gotcha, (*Raises pilfered machine gun*)  Bwah-hahahahahah!  (*Unleashes a hail of bullets*)

(*Suddenly the bullets stop in midair, Suspended in a bubble, shaded like a soap bubble, but only in shades of blue and red...*)

Wow, wiggy... this is just messed up...  (*wanders over to the floating bullets, flicks one with a finger...*)

Lava:  Like the trick?

Whatsa?!  Hmmm... talking rat, is it?  Not quite the oddest thing i've ever seen, but damn close to it...

Raba:  This bubble will make sure we have enough time...

Huh, _two_ talking rats, and they can stop a limited area of time...  I think this _is_ the strangest thing i've ever seen...

Raba:  Why, _thank_ you...  And that's not all we can do...  Lava-kun, go to town!

Lava:  Eat flaming magical death RL scumbag!!  (*Launches a tightly controlled line of flame*)

(*Dodges, but only barely*)  Holy fu-(*Koff*)-dge!  Lotus Blossom Blade!  (*Manifests green sword shaped energy field... the blade one petal of a lotus flower, the hilt the rest of it*)  I can and _will_ defend myself!  (*Slashes foreward*)

Lava:  Don't think i can't deflect that!  (*Forms a flame blade, and with a practiced swipe knocks the glowing green blade aside*)

Hmmm... Wasn't there another one?  (*Peers around*)

Raba:  Right here, oh so perceptive target of mine!  (*flings a shard of ice at Shinobi*)

(*Spins, lunging with the Blade splitting the shard into tow halves that harmlessly fly wide their intended target*)  Hehehehe!  Beat _that_, you kreepy assassins!

Lava:  Gladly, FLAAAAAARE!  (*An explosion that could only barely be described as "fire" fills the frozen instant with brilliance*)

Raba:  Think you used enought dynamite there, Butch?

Lava:  A _joke_!?  How thouroughly out of character!

Raba:  (*Archly*)  You didn't see that.

Lava:  Of _course_...

I'll give you three guesses as to who's still here... (*Evil Smirk*)

Lava:  You _survived_ that?!

Of course... (*Glows slightly red*)  Its a fire shield, ne?

Raba:  Indeed...  Ice cube _form_!

(*A blue wireframe cube appears around Shinobi*)

What the?!  Shield Element change, Fire to Ic-!

(*The blue frame rapidly crystallizes to trap its victim, complete with Han Solo-type horrible expression on his face*)

Lava:  Huh, a genuinely impressive _ice-based_ spell!  Will wonders never cease!

Raba:  Baka, help me lift this thing.

Lava:  Or we could mix powers and make a teleport...

Raba:  We would have to drop the shield, woudn't we?

Lava:  Damn, that's right...  Oh well, on to lifting...

(*The two rodents, by extreme dint of effort lift and shift the Shinobi Cube into a more... convenient location*)

[  SCENE:  Back in "normal" time/reality ]

Voodoo:  Ummm... Somebody just vanished...

Clone:  Who?

Voodoo:  The guy that looks kinda like you...

Clone:  Well i'll be damned!  He's up and dissapeared!  Who knew?

Lyric:  Boss?!

Voodoo:  I hate to say this, but we gotta keep up the whoopin' here... there are _quite_ a few roaches, and i think the fearless leader can take care of himself...

[ SCENE:  Its an abandoned warehouse, where better to store a ninja-on-ice ]

Lava:  (*Puff*)  Why  (*Huff*)  did  (*Huff*) it feel (*Puff*)  like i did  (*Puff*) all the work!

Raba:  Because, quite simply... you did!

Lava:  (*Glare*)

Raba:  (*Rolls Eyes*)  Just be careful with that, will you!  We wouldn't want anything... untoward happening to it.

Lava:  Fine fine.  (*Carefully places the cube*)  What do we do now?

Raba:  I'd assume finish the job at our lesure, and then make sure that we remove the RL from the equation, and strike a blow for the roaches, and for Gerbil...

Lava:  Great!  I get to break something!  Fiiiiiirrreeeebbbbaaaaaalllllllll!!!!  (*launches a sphere of flame at the 'Cube*)

Raba:  Noooooooo!  Eeeeediot!

(*The fire does what fire normally does to ice, blasting it into a million pieces...  Why is the insert untouched?  Well, its quite simple really.  You see, the fire shield is still actuve, and it absorbs the brunt of the attack.  The Lotus Blade clatters to the floor, so much un-energized green crystal Adamat, but Shinobi continues to float, his legs drawn up into a meditative postition, levitating several feet off of the ground.  Think Dhalsim, and you'll be A-OK.*)

Hmmm... I'm thinking  (*Pensive pause*)  Round Two, mayhaps?

overboard with the scene changes, much?  (*Snicker*)  But all the same, gotta love it.  And yes, its only the end of round one, the battle rages on!

And _whew_ i think i colored it all right... i _think_ i did...  (*Shakes head*)

And yes, that bit at the end atop the skyscaper would have made more sence at the end of the last post, but hey, its all good.  I go to sleep now...