[Last Time, on Battle High: Karasu got thrown WAY the hell off the mountain,
sprouted a pair of kickass wings made of his own blood, and whooped serious ass
on one Clayton Vanvliet, with a little assist from Mariah.]
[Now, the group has turned around, having stopped the fight three quarters of
the way down the mountain.  It's time to see what's become of the fight that was
-supposed- to happen.]
[Ready... FIGHT!]
* Ao-Lang is down... wherever. With Isaac, Karasu, Mariah, and Ryo. She's
looking back up at the people at the castle and the other, scheduled fight.
* As Karasu and the Gang start back up the mountain, a scene out of nightmare
confronts them.  No, wait, that's just eight people lying on the mountainside,
bruised, bloody, and unconscious, as Kento Hardrock and Darryl Rentas face off
against each other, naginata versus katana, about ten feet away from each other.
* Mariah heads up the mountain. "... wow. What the heck?"
* Ao-Lang blinks. "They've been busy." She glances back at Karasu.
* Karasu heads up the mountain wordlessly, back towards the school. He moves out
of his way to avoidthe fight in progress.
<Mariah> Looks like it was a pretty good fight. Hope they're taping it...
* Karasu is covered in blood! Some of it's his own. Some... prolly not.
* Ao-Lang starts climbing.
* Mariah shuts up and just keeps climbing. She looks a little ill at ease, in
addition to her injuries.
* Just as Karasu is about to turn aside, one of them moves.  It's hard to tell
which, the other follows so closely behind.
<Isaac> ~Yeah, they should.~
* Isaac starts climbing after Ao and Mariah, taking the easier path of the two.
* An instant later, they pass in front of Karasu, lightning strikes from a clear
sky, and then the two have exchanged places, facing away from each other. 
Kento, slightly singed, falls to one knee.  Darryl, virtually disemboweled,
falls to the ground entirely, his sword falling to tumble down the mountain and
finally break on the cement below.
* Ao-Lang wrinkles her nose a little. She looks around at all of the fallen
bodies, shrugs to herself, and keeps climbing.
* Mariah winces. "Oh, God." That said, she doesn't stop climbing.
* Karasu doesn't flinch. He does halt, though.
<Isaac> ~Ewwww.~
* The referee, Tanaka-san, trots down the mountain to Kento's side and raises
his hand in victory, then turns and points at Darryl and screams, "ROCK BEATS
LIGHTNING!  STUPID!  YOU SO STUPID!  YOU WIN NOTHING.  NOOOOOTHING."
<Mariah> .. little harsh on a guy who just got gutted.
* Ao-Lang snerks.
* Isaac giggles mentally.
* Then, everybody is past the remains of the fight and through the gates, as the
crowd on the wall begins to break up.
* Karasu continues up the mountain and towards the school.
* Mariah keeps walking. "I think we need to get the tape. Now I *gotta* know."
* Ryo pipes up from behind Ao-Lang, "Another tape party?  How will Artie's
wallet survive the damage?"
<Ao-Lang> It can take the damage.
<Mariah> -- well, you know, he doesn't *have* to always splurge on the snacks...
* Karasu heads into the school and back towards the room.
<Ryo> ...you're kidding, right?
<Mariah> About what?
<Ryo> About him not always having to splurge on the snacks.
<Mariah> Well... I mean, if he wants to, I'm not gonna stop him? But I don't
want to take it for granted.
<Isaac> ~He's gonna splurge and there's nothin' you can do about it!~
<Mariah> But hey, it's his money.
* Ryo laughs.
<Isaac> ~Although he got owned pretty hardcore.  Hardkore, if you will.~
<Mariah> .. with a *k*? That's pretty hard.
* Isaac nodnods.
* As you walk through the main doors of Battle High, most of the students are
giving you a pretty wide berth.  Almost at the first intersection, Mariah splits
off to head for the library, and Ao-Lang goes the other, without a word, leaving
Karasu to head back to the room, as he so wishes.
* Karasu sure does!
* Karasu has to take the long way around, because the cafeteria is CLOSED, which
takes him down Tecumseh hall and then around into Alexander.
* Karasu takes the long way around, bloody mess that he is.
* The door of Alexander 103 is plenty closed still, and opens to reveal the
room, just as it was left earlier.  AMAZING!
* Karasu turns on the TV, but rather than watch it he shrugs off his trenchcoat
and draps it over the couch. He then heads to the bathroom and pulls off his
shirt, looking at his wounds in the mirror.
* It looks pretty damn bad.  It'll probably take at least a day to heal, and
another day for the bruises to fade.  NOt to mention the lost blood... and the
large bleeding rips in his back from whence the wings sprouted.
* Karasu grimaces, although he suspected as much. He cleans the wounds, then
starts to bandage them.
* It's really, -really- hard to bandage the wounds on his back, but by winding
the tape all the way around his abdomen, chest, and shoulders, Karasu manages
admirably.  The wounds are still throbbing, though.
* Karasu throws on a loose shirt and heads back into the common room. He takes a
seat in the chair he always sits in and watches the TV while trying to sit up
straight and not move too much.
* About ten minutes later, well into an episode of I Love Lucy, the door of
Alexander 103 nearly flies off its hinges, but settles for slamming loudly
against the wall instead.
* Karasu looks over, more tired than surprised.
* The door appears to have been kicked in, not by Clay, but by... Kento?
* Yeah, that's definitely Kento lifting Karasu out of the chair by his shirt
collar.  THat hurts, btw.
* Karasu pushes Kento away.
* Kento lets go, letting Karasu drop painfully back into the chair.
<Kento> What the hell was that?!
<Karasu> You tell me.
<Kento> It looked to me like you brought your fight right through the middle of
ours, and nearly cost us the win!
<Karasu> Maybe you should talk to Clayton about that.  I didn't asked to be
tackled through a wall.
<Kento> Maybe you should have thought about that before you pissed him off so
bad.  We had a foolproof plan, and you screwed it up.
* Karasu blinks. "Are you saying it's my fault?"
<Kento> Dammit, will you stop being so damn calm?!
* Karasu rubs his eyes. "I've had a bad day. I'm too tired to be anything but
calm."
<Kento> Bah!  Dammit, everybody got beat to hell because of you.
<Karasu> Because of Clayton.
THAT asshole is in for a beating.
<Karasu> If he's still alive.
<Kento> Marcie will probably burn half his face off.
* Karasu nods. "Fine."
<Kento> You just stay the hell away from our fight with Wukong 102, got it?
* Karasu nods again. "Fine. I'll tell people not to drag me into their little
grudge matches."
<Kento>  Whatever.
* Kento turns around and heads for the door.
<Karasu> Close that on your way out.
* Kento walks out without closing the door.
[Session... end.]