Day One: Part 1

[Karl Jak]

Face to Face
#45 Blackfire vs #23 Guu, #38 Desco, and #37 Luffy

The Tamaranean Queen scowled as she walked away from the population center. Now that she was separated from the rest of the competitors, she was antsy and anxious to test herself.

As she made her way down what was quickly degrading into a countryside street, the raven-haired girl spotted someone or something approaching her. Blackfire continued her forward march but kept her hand ready if she needed to draw the weapon on her back. “You’re a strange little one,” the monarch muttered as she stopped a few yards away from the child-sized girl with the pink hair.

“Hi, I’m Guu.” She spoke with flat tones that made Blackfire furrow a brow. A further glance showed a circular shield resting on the tiny girl’s back.

“What are you?” The monarch asked as she tilted her head and spoke with just a twinge of disdain.

“I’m a princess,” Guu said matter-of-factly as a smug grin spread across Blackfire’s beautiful features.

“Well where I am from, I was a queen,” the Tamaranean smirked. “So why don’t you come serve me, tiny princess? We could get long so well.”

Guu shook her head. “I’ll pass, I got some friends.”

“Then you’re just another obstacle,” Blackfire sneered as she reached behind her back and grabbed the survival shovel. “And that means I’m going to have to hurt you.”

The pink-haired shook her head, prompting the queen to don a look of confusion until she heard a few more footsteps approaching opposing sides. Glancing to her flanks, the Tamaranean realized that she was being encircled by a lanky man in a straw-hat and another small girl-looking thing with tentacles.

“Friends?” Blackfire sneered as she rushed forward and swung the shovel down at Guu’s face. In a surprising show of quickness, the pink-haired ‘girl’ drew her shield and pulled it in the path on the oncoming shovel, which shrieked and spat sparks as it slid across the vibranium surface and failed to find purchase on the unique metal. As the Tamaranean princess reeled back and tried to land another swing, she was clipped in the side of the face by a fist.

Blackfire bit down a shout as she put a hand up to her bruised face and turned in the direction of the attack. She watched with only a small amount of awe as the stretched out fist retracted back to its owner—the man in the straw-hat. Turning back to face her initial foe, the monarch swung back her shovel, but before she could bring it crashing forward once again, Guu almost lazily flung the shield, catching Blackfire in the chin with enough force to nearly tear her head clean off its shoulder. Instead of that gory scene, the woman’s skull slammed back and she felt the taste of blood in her mouth from biting down too hard.

Realizing that this wasn’t the place for her to be, Blackfire turned away and stumbled a few paces away from Guu. She made it barely over a yard before a pair of extendable arms smashed into her face and shoulder. With none of the grace befitting a woman of her stature, Blackfire stumbled and crashed into the dusty ground. She glanced up in time to see the other girl-creature coming at her.

“I’ll remember this,” Blackfire seethed as she shoved off the ground and threw all her failing strength into a jump. She managed to create enough separation to avoid the next pair of fist attacks, but her erratic landing had her hit too hard on her right leg, which snapped like a twig beneath her own weight.

With a blood-laced scream, the woman fled back into the city to avoid the bizarre threesome.

[spoiler]Blackfire has suffered a broken leg and some serious bruising to her neck and jaw -- This is a major injury and a minor injury (+10 Damage Points)
Guu has the Vibranium Shield
Blackfire has the Survival Shovel[/spoiler]