1717/Rock The Ages

Rock The Ages
Date of Scene:	03 March 2015
Location:	The Eastern Ruins
Synopsis:	Rock Lee answers the call to fight Duke, so the Digimon can try and push himself further.
Cast of Characters:	678, Duke

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Duke has posed:
It has been some time since the Guilmon X has been out to the ruins, but he was looking for someone to battle and this place was the best location to do a fight. He didn't know much about the one who answered his call out on the webs to face off.
He didn't know who to look for, but given this remote location he was at and sent the map over with an X that marked the spot, it would be easy to find them. It was just a matter of patience and the Digimon has been learning patience from Doran and Alexis both.

The Dino-Dragon Digimon stared down from her perch up on a fall building on the road below. His tail curled over his clawed feet, with the tip flicking from time to time. His body hunched over and his gold eyes watching as the breeze moved some of the old, forgotten newspapers. At least this battle came on a day of great frustration, because now he had a chance to blow off some steam.
It was just the silent concern if he could control his abilities enough to not hurt who comes or if that would even be a concern at all. That would be the mystery to find out!

That and whatever deal would need to be worked out between the two, if any deal at all.

Rock Lee (678) has posed:
Rock Lee seems to appear out of no where. A curled up ball of green comes falling down from the sun, giving the appearance that he perhaps descended from the heavens!

When he finally lands, he's crouched in front of the Digimon, staring it directly in the eye. "Hello! My name is Rock Lee. Are you the one who wanted to fight? I did not expect you to be a red dinosaur!"

Duke has posed:
The Guilmon X waits and then he spots the green orb falling from the sky. His eyes narrow, his eye ridges furrow, and his ear fins go back. By this point his tail is uncurling and he is standing up more straight when Rock Lee impacts the ground and it appears the man has indeed arrived.
The Digimon's tail moves side to side as Rock goes to meet him eye to eye. "Mm. I am the one," Duke says as he gives a nod and then hops down to the same level the man is on. The four foot Digimon standing up rather tall, or at least tall has he can. "My name is Duke and I'm looking for those to fight to get stronger," He explains while widening his stance a little.

"I don't have money, so I can't pay you anything if you win, but I need the experience and so," The Guilmon X hrms softly, "I'm willing to make a trade deal if you win for me... I don't want anything, like I said. Just experience is good enough."
That is when Duke lowers himself, "And I'm not a Dinosaur," as he says this a smile appears on his draconic like muzzle, "...I'm a Digimon, so... we going to do this?"

Rock Lee (678) has posed:
"You do not need money to fight!" Lee stands up straight, then crouches down as he holds his fist into a carefully balanced fighting stance. "When two men face each other, they simply fight to become friends! And if you have a fighting style, I will learn from you as well while we fight!"

Duke has posed:
Duke grins even bigger to this and nods his head, "Ok!" Then with that said, the Digimon flips back and the Guilmon X's claws dig into the ground, while his tail snaps the ground on his landing. There was something in those gold eyes. A deeper spirit within, an older spirit within those young eyes, and that fire... that fire was burning brightly.
With a shove off, the Digimon heads right for Rock Lee with a great deal of ferocity. As Duke comes in closer, his foot claws dig into the ground with ease as he makes a hard turn with his body, shoving off the ground into the turn and spinning himself around so that his tail snaps around for the taller man.

Looks like the fight has started.

Rock Lee (678) has posed:
The tail impacts with Lee's legs and sends him spinning like a pinwheel in one place. When he finally lands, legs crouched, his eyes are wide and he lets out a breath. "Whoa! That was a really good move!" he compliments, then runs forward and begins to send a quick flurry of fairly simple punches at the Digimon's ribs. "Is that too much? Let me know if you can take that! I do not know how tough a Digimon is!"

Duke has posed:
The Guilmon X lands back down on their feet and his ear fins stay back, though they perk up for a moment at the compliment. Yet as Rock Lee moves back in for his counter strike, those ear fins go back quickly and his eye ridges narrow down.
Once Rock Lee comes and swings out the fury of punches, Duke ties to move between them. Instinct guiding his feet for moment, however this does not last for long. Rock gets a good jab in on Duke and the Digimon cringes and its followed by another strike, then another.

The final impact comes and Duke rolls with it, flipping around, landing on the ground a bit roughly before spring back up on his feet. His feet claws digging in the ground once more, as he rumbles lowly. "I'm tougher then I look," Duke says with a smile, even if wincing a little. "I can also say the same to you too." In those gold eyes of his they flicker a blue for a moment as he huffs out a bit of smoke from his nostrils.
The Guilmon X pushes off once more and then leaps over to the side, before jumping in right for Rock Lee as he body flips around. He then goes to try and plant his Draconic-Dino feet against the man to spring right back off with a hard kick. Though unless he is a caught off guard by this, it should be an easy enough attack to block and counter attack, right?

Rock Lee (678) has posed:
"I do not ask any of my opponents to hold back. I do not have the special ninjutsu abilities that other ninjas in my world do. So I learn to fight powerful people with what I am capable of, my fists and my feet!" Lee actually was not expecting such an attack, especially considering Duke's anatomy!

He gets launched down to the ground, but despite the impact, he tries to keep moving.

Wincing in pain on the ground, his legs quickly reach up while Duke is still in the air. Then he tries to use his feet to grab one of the Digimon's feet, attempting to pull him down to the ground as well.

Duke has posed:
Guilmon X's tend to be a lankier, longer build compared to the more common Guilmon variety. This difference allowing Duke to do many attacks that translate in his mind well, but there is weakness in his fighting style and that is something Rock Lee finds.
Lee grabs a hold of the Digimon's feet and yanks him down to the ground. The Digimon yelps as he impacts the ground and tries to roll back up to his feet. Shaking his head a few times as he tries to get his baring back.

Duke's step staggers, before he huffs out some smoke and then with a glow of blue in his eyes, flames lick around his maw, before he blasts out a stream of fire in Rock's general direction in order to back him up for a moment. Give the two some distance and allow himself to recover from the heavy impact to the ground on his smaller frame.

Rock Lee (678) has posed:
Lee immediately begins backflipping when the fire comes, trying to outpace it, then very narrowly leans his body back, waving his arms to keep his balance when the fire almost burns his face off. "Whew! It is difficult to predict the movements of species you have not fought before! What is it that you would like to learn about fighting?"

Duke has posed:
Duke comes to a halt when Rock Lee seems to back off, though he stays at the ready. Those eyes of his though, the pupils seem to have become a bit more restricted taking on a more almost draconic like look. He huffs out a bit of smoke, his ear fins move up only by a bit. "I'm looking to get stronger," Duke explains. "Stronger and become more focused."
The Digimon then seems to relax, but its easy to tell by his stance he'll move back into the defensive as soon as the human makes his move. "Alexis is training me the best she can, but experience is something I need as well. That is why I want to fight people randomly. For experience. Maybe if I fight enough, I'll get strong enough, and maybe..." His voice trails off a bit, before he shakes his head. "...Its important to me to get stronger."

Rock Lee (678) has posed:
"Experience and focus... alright!" Lee suddenly starts whipping kunai out, tossing them at the Digimon as he runs and jumps around at different angles and ranges. "Come and get me! Dodge them and come at me!" he challenges, moving -quite- quickly, much faster than a normal person but still not entirely crazy for a weaker Digimon.

Duke has posed:
The Guilmon X raises an eye ridges and then yelps when suddenly Rock Lee puts the pressure on. The Digimon tries to get out of the kunai, only to get cut one way and another. With some frustration he actually bites down on one of them and tosses it aside, only t have another graze across his shoulder.
Duke grits his sharp teeth together, Rock may see some blood, but its how the cut looks that is odd. The edges of the cut are pixelated like with a glow grid like pattern under the skin.
Yet these attacks down not try and keep Duke from coming after the much faster man. Instead Duke jumps out of the way of the next assault and runs along the other side, his hands staying back along his side as he runs, before he leaps into the air and his eyes become fully blue.

Now, Rock Lee said come and get me, however for the Guilmon X this 'come and get me' didn't mean physically but by any means. The flames could be seen licking around Duke's teeth as those eyes glow brightly. Then with a roar out, "FIREBALL!" The digimon blasts out a fire ball from his mouth that sails right for Rock Lee.
Hit or miss, the Fireball is not only extremely hot, but its the explosion on whatever it impacts that is the real problem!

Rock Lee (678) has posed:
Lee's eyes widen. Alright, fighting a thing that can shoot fire at long range is not a good idea. When the fireball comes at him, he whips out a single kunai and tosses it at the projectile. But this only causes it to explode. The resulting shockwave sends Lee flying back, rolling across the ground, and then laid out on his back, arms spread out. "Ugh... Digimon are very powerful. I did not expect that to happen!"

He carefully pulls himself up to his feet, brushing himself off. "I have an idea! What is Alexis teaching you exactly?"

Duke has posed:
The Guilmon X lands on the ground, his claws dig across. He huffs out some smoke. His head down slightly and his tail isn't moving much. He stares at Rock Lee, his back claws digging into the ground as he looks ready to strike out at any time. "Alexis?" Duke asks back before he inhales deeply, as if trying to calm himself. "She is trying to help me at her farm so I can fight better, focus perhaps."
Duke shakes his head as he tries to shake off... something. He closes his eyes for a moment, before he huffs out a bit more smoke. A part of himself says to stop, another part of him wants to keep going. "Because," He look at Lee directly. "I have a flaw that I'm trying to overcome!"

He lets out a roar and goes racing right for the man trying to close the distance. As his feet pound the ground, there can be see a bit of the ground starting to spark with electrical current. The old lights flickering on as he runs by, dead cars long forgotten flickering their head lights. "Better be ready!" He yells out at Lee as he leaps into the air.
There was a flash of light surrounding his body, pixels of his body tear off in the light as the form shifts and grows to what was four foot to something that is almost six foot and half. White, wild spiky mohawk mane past the horns and an almost humanoid like figure.

Once Duke slams onto the ground, he strikes with an upper cut of his claws with a sneer of those sharp teeth. "While I can digivolve under pressure!" He explains with a more teenage sound voice compared to the child line one with a hint of aggression in it. "I can't hold it forever!" Duke then comes in with another swipe.

Rock Lee (678) has posed:
Lee gets smacked directly back from the strike, eyes closing as he starts to lose consciousness from the force. But before his back smacks into anything, he starts to open his eyes again. An impact could definitely make him lose consciousness, and he's already learned what kind of things he can fire at long range in his smaller form, who knows what this larger one can do...

He strains, reaching into a pouch to pull out another kunai. But before he can quite reach it, he smacks directly into a wall. When he hits the ground, on his hands and knees, he tries to breath. "You are extremely strong..." he notes, now at the terrible disadvantage of being at range again. "But I can fight you!"

The best thing he can do is try to take advantage of the lack of experience, so when he makes his way back up to his feet, he begins to very rapidly throw a flurry of kunai again, though he doesn't move this time. The primary difference is that they all have little pieces of paper attached to them. If they actually get hit by fire, well, they'll explode quite harshly. If not, they'll simply remain simply sharp weapons.

Duke has posed:
The Growlmon X roars out as Rock Lee pushes back and then goes back to using the Kunai. Those gold eyes looking far more primal now and the white hair bristles up as the the Kunai get in closer. With the flames licking around his teeth he blasts out a wash of fire in their direction, which worked right into Rock Lee's plans.
As the fire impacts the paper, they are lit up and then explode against the fire, washing the flames right back over the Digimon. There is a loud draconic screech as the explosion blast around his form and he nearly falls over onto the ground from all the impacts.

For a moment Duke lays there, before gritting his teeth and trying to force himself back up. Those gold eyes seeking for where Rock had gone off too. There was a snort of flames from his nostrils in frustration as the Growlmon X then shoves off, his claws leaving deep gashes into the ground.
It is here that his claws light up with plasma energy as they crackle and as he leaps in for Rock Lee, he brings up both claws and then goes to strike them downward, however he fall short right behind the man and the claws sheer right through the remains of a building before becoming lodged there.

Duke lets out a roar in frustration and then tries to break his claws free. Growling and snarling, his eyes narrow to near thin slits before he roars out in his self anger, "No!" Then yanks again.

Rock Lee (678) has posed:
"Do not attack in anger." Lee states, turning around to face the Digimon, standing up straight but not attacking. "If you fight with so much anger but very little thought, you will be easily beaten by anyone. You must overcome this." He turns around, beginning to carefully walk away. "I am going to help you. I will not tell you where, I will not tell you when, but I will show up, and I will anger you. Maybe tomorrow, maybe in a week. But if you do not learn to overcome it, you will not win."

Duke has posed:
Growlmon X keeps trying to get his claws free, before he at last yanks them out of the building and nearly stumbles backward. Those gold eyes peer in Rock's direction as the man walking away. Duke heard his words, but a sneer comes across his muzzle. He clamps his sharp teeth together, his tail lashes side to side behind him, but...
The Digimon closes his eyes and inhales deeply, telling himself over to relax. To breath. Even if his own words were muffled, muffled by the desire to keep fighting to yell out, 'how dare you walk away from me!'. He snaps his teeth for a moment, before slowly opening his eyes once more.

"Rock!" His voice calls out to the man, even as he huffs out a bit more smoke. He stands up tall, those gold eyes observing the man for a moment, before he places that claw hand of his up to his chest and then bows his head low, a gentle rumble escaping from the aggressive digital monster. It is the best way in his condition to say thank you and can only silently hope the man see's it as such.

Rock Lee (678) has posed:
Lee looks back at Duke, then raises a thumbs up, flashing a smile that literally sparkles with the sunlight for a brief moment. Then he turns back around and continues walking off into the distance.