Hunt!

[High's .Valentine.]

[Open to Akuma and anyone else. =D]

“Cecil?”

The man stared at her with a strangled look of awe. It was as if he wasn’t sure what he was looking at, but at the same time, the mere sight of it induced fascination. She raised the book higher, waving it in the tall English man’s face and pointing at the name on the bottom with a dull gray claw. He ignored the book and watched her instead

“Cecil Forster?” Frowning, the girl decided to shove the book in the man’s large nose. He snapped out of his stupor and snorted, shoving her away before quickly withdrawing his hands and brushing them off on his prim sleeves. The glare he directed at the girl made her whither, and she fell back, still clutching onto the small hard cover book in her hand.

“W-what? Cecil Forster? I am no Cecil Forster! You Orientals, mistaking all of us as the same! Run along!”

She raised an eyebrow in confusion. Oriental? Cecil had called her an Oriental before, but was immediately corrected, of course. She was a native Bamboo Islander. The word ‘oriental’ held no value in her mind. Around them, people traversing the busy London street stopped in their steps and marveled at her. Both because of the strange sight of one with black hair and almond shape eyes and her even stranger outfit.

Clad in black and white, the girl wore not a gentleman suit, but instead, a rather pudgy animal costume that covers here from head to toe. The only sign that she is relatively human is the pink fleshy face that pokes out from under the hood and the fact that she was standing upright. All four of her limbs were furry and black while her torso is a clean snow white. With black ears, black eyes, and a dark button nose atop the white hood, the girl resembled some kind of bear. A creature from the east—the Panda.

“Hey!” she shouted at the man, who jolted as if he had not expected anything other than ‘Cecil Forster’ coming out of her mouth. The girl had a faint accent, and it was obvious that English might not be her first language. Gritting her teeth, she stared up at the man, who was not much taller than her own five foot, and once again pointed at the book. “I’m not an ‘Oriental’. My name’s Ming-Hui! Lee Ming-Hui. And I’m looking for Cecil Forster! Where is he?”

The English Gentle man sniffed at the mention of the name, taking his time to peer at the name inscribed under the book as its author.

“I’ve never heard of any Cecil Forster. Now go away!” Heading off, the man did not turn back to see if the Panda Girl was chasing him, thinking it enough that he had brushed her away.

“Are you sure?! Are you sure?!” To his surprise, the girl/Panda/thing pounded after him, the book still in her hand as her side slung knap sack bumped against her stout legs. “I need to find him! Are you sure you don’t know him?”

After nearly an hour of turning down alleyways, zigzagging through busy streets, and dodging in the shadows, the girl finally lost track of him. Standing dejectedly in an alley, she sighed and muttered something in a foreign language, all the while placing the book back in her sack. She must find Cecil Forster…

[gouki]

Walking down that same alley was a man who had a more normal attire than the panda girl. He was just minding his own business walking down the alley with his hands in his pockets when a large strong looking Englishman with a white muscle shirt and brown pants came around the corner behind him looking very angry.

"Hey don't go ignoring me thinking you're some big shot!" the man said sounding rather proper instead of some cocky English accent. Jin just continued walking down the alleyway not paying any attention to the other man. This angered the bulky Brit who grabbed a nearby metal pole and walked over towards him. Once he got close enough he grabbed Jins shoulder and turned him around to club him right over the head. But he wouldn't get the chance to bash Jins brains in because before he could even bring the pole down the man fell to the ground with a big dent right in the middle of his face looking as though it had sunk in.

Jin looked down at the English punk and just continued on his way. He looked over to his right and saw a young girl in a panda suit sitting down with a book in her hand. He sort of looked at her strangely examining the clothes that she was wearing. It wasn't Halloween as far as he knew so she wouldn't be wearing it for that reason. He chose not to linger any longer on it instead he just continued walking out the alley.

"You should go and find a doctor or a dentist for that matter!" he yelled out to the unconscious man.

[High's .Valentine.]

Beep…beep…beep…BEEEEP!

Victim #2 locked on!

Like a sensor, Ming-Hui turned and zipped down the alley way, her sight fastened onto a new young man, who passed the alley way just mere seconds ago. Running out into the foggy London weather, Ming glanced to the left out of instinct. A good Panda must always survey her surrounding before the safety of an enclosed area. Staring with wide eyes at the large man unconscious on the ground, she turned towards the other man with fright, who had turned around to shout something at the poor toothless Englishman.

Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to go after him…

But the thin book in her sack seemed to burn a hole in the leather, urging the girl on. If she did not find Cecil, he would be very, very mad at her. And well, she didn’t like it when Cecil’s mad. Not that he was abusive or anything, but the girl preferred the warmth of comfortable silence rather than the awkwardness of the silent treatment.

“Hey!” Ming cried, running after the man but stopping a few feet away from him. If he tried anything like what he had done on the other man…Ming gripped her hand nervously, feeling the pinching of her claws against her palm.

“I-I’m looking for Cecil…you’ve seen him before, Mister?” Then as if her efforts of keeping a calm composure slipped, the girl blurted in a frantic voice. “Pleasedonthurtmeijustwannafindcecil!”

Ur oh…

[gouki]

Jin stopped after hearing someone yell out to him. Although he knew it wasn't that Englishman from before Jin thought from the sound of the voice that it was his sister, or girlfriend or something. He turned around and looked down to see the panda girl standing in front of him. He looked at her with that same strange look like before which probably scared the girl for all he knew. She then asked him about a man by the name of Cecil. He thought back trying to think if he had met anyone with that name recently. Sadly he couldn't remember meeting anyone by that name.

"Sorry, I haven't met anyone with that particular name. Have you gone to the police to see if they would help you?"

He then wondered if this Cecil person was like her and also wore a panda suit as well. He would have seen that for sure. Then he wondered how the officers would react to seeing a girl like her asking for someone who had a panda suit. He looked around to see if there were any patrolmen nearby so that he could show her where she might be able to be helped.

[meiser]

Ah what a town London was, a dump. Meiser shook from how cold it was here at times, have they heard of a world-wide heating system? No…Well, damn. Shrugging, the masked man walked within a silent rhythm down the cracked and rippled streets of the large city. He observed the clock tower from afar, the maniac always loved the wonderful master-piece. His gaze wandered, looking to the man who just got slammed with a rod, he snickered as the perpetrator ran while yelling his apologies. Walking to the injured man, he kneeled down to look at him, the man looked back terrified, Meiser grinned.

“Might wanna check that out, look worse than a monkey that got its face torn off by a lion!”

Meiser laughed, stepping onto the man’s stomach and on his way, following the two strange people. Hugging the wall, coming to an alley he peeped his head out to scan the two beings, one wore a panda suit and the other was just a simple man, intriguing. Still back to the wall, he slid like a snake into their space, lifting his gun from its holster and placing the cold metal barrel to his head, he bellowed.

“BANG~!”

Though nothing fired, only Meiser’s laughter occurred after the prank he had just pulled. Hugging his stomach as he chuckled out of control, slamming his fist against the wall.

“Did you even know it was empty?! I bet not!”

Meiser simmered down, wiping the tears under his mask as he knelt down to the Panda girl. Picking her up in his arms and hugging her close to his chest.

“Such an adorable little panda! I shall call you…Oreo!”

(Seriously, whoever made this adorable panda girl, I love you!)Patting her head and placing her onto his right shoulder, leaning against the brick wall, his gaze went back to the man, lifting his head with a gang member expression.

“Sup, homie?”

[High's .Valentine.]

”BANG!”

“WAHH!!” Ming squealed, jumping and latching herself onto the other man, who had so kind-heartedly tried to help the girl. Like a startled cat, Ming dug her claws into the man’s back, hard enough to maybe pierce through skin and shirt. It took several seconds for the poor Panda girl to regain control over her poor little startled heart as she stiffly shifted her head sideways to glance at the guffawing individual who had the nerve to scare a few years off of the poor thing.

Seeing him laugh, Ming felt a bit sheepish at first, retracting her claws but still refusing to remove herself from the other man’s torso. Of all the gods of Bamboo Island out there, what is up with this mad man? As soon as her feeling of embarrassment retreated, the girl began to feel her face flush. How dare he! Laughing at her like that…why she outta…

However, before the girl could even respond, he bent down and picked her up. Picked her up! Now Ming’s not the tallest little girl around, but by golly, she was five foot tall! He couldn’t possibly be treating her like a child! And the indignity of being picked up by a person like a toy, a play thing..!

While she fumed bitterly inside, the man had squeezed her against him in an embrace. Ming calmed down. It wasn’t the most snuggly and soft hug in the world, but it was warm, and comforting, and…happy. She wrapped her arms around him—or tried to—and gave him a hug back, a dazed smile on her face.

Then he patted her on the head. She remembered her anger. “Hey!” The Panda Girl finally choked out as he placed her on his shoulder, which was slightly uncomfortable since she had very little sitting space. He wasn’t that big and she wasn’t that small. “What do you think you’re doing?!” Smacking him on the head, the Ming glared viciously at the man—or as viciously as a cute little panda girl can get. “My name’s not Oreo! It’s Ming! Ming-Hui! Get it right you weirdo!”

[gouki]

While the sudden scare out of nowhere frightened the little panda girl, Jin didn't jump in surprise nor was he even startled at all. He had sensed the mans presence as he was heading towards him, plus childish pranks such as that had no affect on someone like Jin. He simply just stood there as the panda girl clenched onto him digging her claws into his jacket. It didn't hurt but it would be hard for him to just shake her off and it was quite a pain to have to replace yet another jacket.

Finally she let go of her tight grip on Jin giving him a chance to take a gander at the person who was now laughing at the two. When he turned around to see who it was he was finding it hard to not ask why he was wearing that get up.

The masked man had now grabbed onto the panda girl giving her a big hug then placing her on his shoulders which was interesting to see considering her size. He looked over to Jin and said a few words that Jin hadn't heard anyone say in a while.

"Sup homie?"

"Whats up indeed." Jin responded. Who exactly was this guy anyways? Was he that Cecil person that the panda girl was looking for? She didn't seem to recognize him so it couldn't be him. Jin placed his hands in his pocket and looked straight at the masked mans eyes. "What is it that you want?"

[meiser]

The masked man blinked as she bonked his head, snickering as he ruffled her head once more. Placing her down onto the ground, he gave her another warm hug, and went back to his gangster stance.

"Nothing much. Walking around these streets looking for something to do. Oreo here seemed very interesting, so I came over for some fun!"

He made a mischievous grin beneath his mask, the man seemed very hyper-active. And his strange look stated that without him saying the first words. Though appearance made a big impression, Meiser didn't really support that...I'm lying, he's the biggest supporter. And apparently he thinks it makes them all think he's a sexy guy.

"And besides, you both look kinda bored. What you both doing, hm?"

He shifted in his position, still spinning his 'ol gun in his right hand. Wondering as to why they would be in an alley, they must have been doing something wrong.

"Hiding from the po-po?"

[High's .Valentine.]

[Ridiculously short post...XD]

“Oreo!?” Ming cried in frustration. Didn’t she tell this block head already? Oh, UGH, ARGH! Despite the second hug he gave her, which was just as comfy and warm, she would stand for this no longer! No she won’t! Ming was a prideful little Panda, and one must address her correctly should they want to be on her good side, that is, unless they have the arms to constantly envelop her in a hug. Otherwise, she will not allow this blasphemy towards her name any longer! She didn’t even know what an Oreo is, but just the name sounds fatty and ugly.

“It’s…Ming!” The Panda Girl bellowed and tackled the man. Of course, even though her costume was a bit on the chubby side, Ming was not big enough to even think about knocking the man over. However, her teeth are another matter.

“RAAWR!” Clamping down on the man’s arm, Ming chomped on his suit with her unusually sharpened teeth. All the while digging her knife-like claws into his muscular forearm. How’s that for a taste, huh?!

[gouki]

Jin replied, "Actually we were trying to find some police officers to see if they knew where this young lady's friend might be."

But from the reaction to the cookie nick name that Ming had been given Jin wasn't sure that the masked man had heard a word he just said. He walked over and grabbed the panda girl trying to pry her off of Meiser.

"H-hey now! Let go of him, he didn't mean any harm from calling you that." Jin managed to pull her arms out before her claws could get in any deeper.This was starting to feel like he was stopping two kids from tearing each other apart or something. Finally using the rest of his strength he pulled her away from Meiser and placed her to the side so that he was now in between the two. Jin let out a sigh of relief now that that was over.

"Alright lets just continue to look for this friend of yours shall we?"

[High's .Valentine.]

Like a barnacle plucked from the hull of a ship, Ming was pulled off with a plot, still snarling and growling like a real panda bear. Waving her stubby arms and legs, the girl struggled in Jin’s grasp, trying to get a scratch on the man before she could be completely separated from her victim.

Placed on her feet, she crossed her arms and puffed up in anger. Really, names were an important part of her culture! To so lackadaisically dismiss that notion and randomly hand out horribly unfitting nicknames and butchering her name was a capital offense for the girl. Oreo…what a fatty sounding name! Ming glared at the man in the strange costume. He might be willing to deal out free hugs, but until he apologizes to her, she was not going to allow him anywhere near her.

“I didn’t give him any permission to call me that!” Ming argued for herself, looking up at Jin with a wronged look. Of course, she wasn’t given any permission to bite him back. But it was…now what did they call it again? Oh yes, it was self defense…she thinks.

“Cecil would tell you!” Pointing a scalding claw at the strangely clothed man, she pulled out the book from her side slung bag and waved the leather bound at him. “Cecil never gets my name wrong!”

Ming looked back up at the man who had tried to calm her down. And it seems at the sound of his words, she did indeed calm down a bit, remembering the ultimate goal behind why she was here. “Yes, please help me!” Holding up the book, Ming pointed with a shiny claw at the name on the cover. “Cecil Forster! Are you sure you've never heard of him? He told me he was really famous. Everyone should know him! Think carefully, reeeeeaaally carefully!”

[gouki]

Jin took a look at the book the panda girl showed him. He had never heard of the name in his life but he could tell that this man was well known on this world somehow. The problem with that was Jin wasn't. He had only been here just recently when he crossed paths with Ming so he wasn't up to date with the who's who in London. Jin shrugged his shoulders and looked back at the book.

But from what she was showing him Jin had an idea that whoever this Cecil guy was he must be some kind of writer. This was a good start that may aid them in finding Cecil. Jin looked at Ming and smiled.

"So this Cecil person is a writer I presume? If so then we may have something here to help us find him."

Jin looked around to see if he could spot a police officer. There wasn't one to be found though. Dang, he and the girl would just have to walk around some more until they came across one. If that didn't help Jin had another idea. If this guy was indeed a writer, then perhaps going to a bookstore or a library would prove to work out just as well.

"Come on, lets keep looking for your friend. Hopefully we can find a police officer around here."

[firo098]

"Argghh my eyes!!" Nat cried as he began to flail left and right all in a foolish attempt to remove the light from his eyes. As his eye's adjusted he looked up and a series of scared yelps escaped from the blurs that hid from the vicious look the crept across his face from the anger that rushed through him. Nat's eyes slow became clearer and as he looked around he saw the dark stone blocks that made the walls of the two building that he lie between. Over his head was somebody's laundry hung from a line and the freshly washed clothes dripped onto his forehead as he stared towards it. Nat wiped his face clean using the water on his face and stood up stretching and adjused his navy blue gi and wrapped his belt around his waist. A sharp pain shot up his back as he began to stretch and then silently cursed the side of the garbage can he rested his head on.

His eyes now fully open narrow as they were he could now see clearly the three children that stood in fear of his presence. A quick thought raced through his head and a smile appeared as he approached the children. By their clother he could tell they were poor and that they wereof varying ages. The one closest to the edge seemed to be the 8, while the middle most was 6 and the last was 9 the eldest were boys and the youngest a girl all wearing clothes seemingly made of a burlap sack. Nat reached the children and smiled as he said "Be careful. I almost attacked you. Try to make sure that your fun doesn't anger anyone older than you okay. "His eyes closed as he smiled a bigger smile and then almost as quickly it faded when a strong pain rushed from his head to his feet. "Ouch!!" He exclaimed as he opened his eyes to see the eldest boy carrying a pipe and out of fear alone Nat realized with his small amount of strength he wasn't too injured but it did sting.

The boy seemed even more freightened as Nat place his hand on his hilt and the other on his black sheathe with his fingers running along the etched character meaning Rakurai. Before he could speak the children ran away from the dark alley and onto the sidewalk with their little feet making quiet clacking noise against the stone sidewalk. Nat sigh heavily and released Rakurai from his grip as he walked into the open sidewalk and stoppedin front of the street with his hands in his pocket.

Realizing for the first time the freshness of the air and the difference between it and the pungent aroma from the alley and the numerous garbage cans that lay within it's dark grasp. Opening his eyes he once again yelped as the glare from a window hit him directly in his eyes. Removing his hands from his pocket he ran down the street covering his eyes and screaming until he hit a light pole and collapsed onto the ground with a loud thud. Stars danced quickly before his eyes as he lie on the ground with his eyes just barely open and appearing like slivers on his face. He groaned and sat upright and noticed a like Oreo walking towards him. Tilting his head he stared straight at it and his hunger consumed him as he charged forward and bit the large black and white figure. After a second or two he realized that only fur stuck to his tongue and he retreated backwards nearly toppling over from the shock and he began to spit the black and white hair from his mouth. "Had to be too good to be true" He muttered to himself as he turned back and stared at the figures before him.

[High's .Valentine.]

[Sorry for the wait. :\]

And so they walked away from the crazy man who made multiple attempts to pick her up and call her ‘Oreo’.

Right into the open mouth of a hungry predator. Or so it seems. Shrieking, Ming fell over thanks to the dead weight, frightened and astonished with the pressure applied to her shoulder. What was this man doing? What was he doing?! She did not like it! Not at all!! The only one here with the rights to bite anything was her! Kicking and shoving, the man finally released her. And she did the only thing she could do. She tackled him. Not for fun, of course not, he was not going to be having any kind of fun after he so deliberately invaded her private space.

She bit him. Hard. Unlike the man, Ming’s teeth were sharp for a normal human. Sharp. Much like the teeth of a panda bear, Ming’s bites, with just a bit of applied pressure, could draw blood. And so she jumped on him, baring claws and teeth like a threatened animal, and bit down on his shoulder. The Panda Girl made sure not to let go too soon either. She was going to clamp on his shoulder, adamant like a snapping turtle. It again, would be up to Jin to baby sit the girl and pull her from her poor victim. Either that, or he can watch the man suffer. After all, he had bit the Panda Girl. Hugging the Panda Girl is ok, patting the Panda Girl is alright, but biting the Panda Girl is definitely not.

From the corner of her mouth, Ming muttered angry cries in Chinese, trying to get her enraged message through while still sinking her teeth deep into his shoulder.

[gouki]

Jin rolled his eyes let out a deep sigh. He thought to himself, "Not again..." as Ming tackled the unsuspecting person sinking her teeth into him. This little girl was a very violent one, despite her innocent looks. Jin reached down grabbing Ming by the waist, and thus began to pry her off of the man before any permanent damage could be done on his shoulder.

"Ming, try not to get all riled up so easily. It could have been an accident or something. You have to control that anger of yours."

Once Jin was able to detach Ming from the dizzy man he placed her beside him and gave her a look that a parent would give a child when they did something wrong. But he couldn't hold the look for long and he let out a small chuckle. Even if it was a bad thing to do, it was still kind of funny when you think about it. Jin cleared his throat and looked back at Ming.

"Alright lets take a deep breath....and then exhale." Jin demonstrated the proper way of doing this so Ming could try it as well. He looked back at the bitten person, hoping that he was still conscious.

"Sorry about that, it was just a reaction from you trying to eat her? We'll just be on our way now." Jin grabbed Mings hand and led her to the opposite direction.