shadowsaint007

Kingdom Hearts: Signs of Zodiac

"Well, first thing we gotta do now they're gone is reassess," Jake sighed, feeling a couple of sore muscles. He winced as he flexed his arm; that elf had done quite a number on him.

What had happened? It wasn't like he had let himself go all these years. Then again, maybe he had grown a bit soft - even though he had wandered worlds as a warrior, it had been quite a while since he fought a challenge like this. Perhaps the easy victories had gotten to him; it's not like he had a challenge of this magnitude since he was a kid. He hated to admit it, but he needed to stop coasting on his strength and skill - and even these were slipping.

Still, the idea of a great adventure... the thrill, the danger... It had been a hard and brutal fight when he was younger, yet he could not help but smile at the memories. He may not have his friends from the Wild Boys, but he felt these youngsters had the potential.

Which brought him back to the point War and his colleagues just made - the kids had potential, sure, but they just got their ass handed to them by a bunch who weren't even seriously fighting. And if Destruction had been serious, she might have actually wrecked him too.

But she was right about one thing, he thought with a grin. Next time, it's not his back she'll be seeing.

'Huh, that sounded wrong,' he thought to himself. He shook his head; on to more important matters...

"Well, if we're done here," Jake spoke up, "I agree with Thomas. Though... what about the mess?"

He was right; the place was still a broken mess.

"Say, Vanellope, didn't you have a race to finish? Though thanks for the 'sign'."

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Jake had to prop himself up on a rock as his form transformed back from lionlike to human once more. Evidently, the transformation took quite a bit out of him.

"Lady," Jake responded between breaths, his tone indicating more mild amusement than anything, "that's not the first time I've heard that, and it certainly won't be the last.

"Doesn't make it any less true, admittedly."

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Jake brushed aside Devastation's hand before she could try anything else.

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Joshua Tamashii said
"Well, what has you so unsatisfied Thomas? If you all have issues with the answers, speak up and I will try to elaborate. A reward isn't much of a reward if you don't get the full value." War said." Of course this applies to all of you."Destruction hopped down from the tree and walked over to Jake before giving him a hard poke to see if he would fall over, sensing an air of exhaustion around him.Joshua meanwhile got out of Amaya's grasp, having enough strength to stand and move on his own now. He went over to Belle, handing her a potion to apply to her wound before returning back to Amaya.

Jake grabbed her hand, breathing a little hard, but his glare never wavered.

"I would highly advise against that."

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Jake said nothing, merely observed with suspicion and silence. However, he was feeling... exhausted by the effort, holding himself together. Apparently, he had underestimated how badly he had been hurt, making him wonder what the elf truly was.

Still, he was not going to give them the satisfaction, so he endured, and merely glared at the opponents who had ostensibly beaten their faces in to teach them a lesson with a supposedly benevolent intention...

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Jake narrowed his eyes, studying the assembled attackers. All that strength and he barely made a dent - it's been a while since he faced enemies this powerful. He hasn't had to break out his ace-in-the-hole for a while, and he was generally trying to defend his comrades and ensure they'd survive the fight. It galled him to think that it all meant little, as these guys were merely toying with them. The only saving grace was that these newcomers were unwilling to simply snuff them out, so there was that.

So, they allowed him one question, eh? Better make it worth it.

"What do you want with the Signs of the Zodiac?" he growled.

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Dammit, double post

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Eh, at least Jake managed to hurt one so badly she's dropped the arrogance and just wants to hurt him. In anyone else's books, it might be a bad thing, but Jake lives to piss off evildoers, so it's a win in his books.

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Renose said What, they have instant regeneration now? XD

Apparently, they're from the Final Fantasy IV school of "unwinnable boss fights".

Hold on a second, let me get those Game Genie codes...

Okay, okay, just kidding.

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Joshua Tamashii said .... Shadow, what part of 'Explosion after explosion would go off until both lay on the ground heavily wounded' did you not understand?Not to mention Jake was no where near her after said assault since he was teleported away the next instant.

Once More + Limit Break. I think you'll find both on Jake's CS, unless you've decided to arbitrarily disable those.

And as Renose said, Jake is a Heavy Fighter, veering very closely into Berserker territory in D&D terms. Not to mention that Jake probably has a lot more HP than a bunch of kids, if you want to count his years of experience and strength building up.

EDIT: Okay, for some reason, the limit break isn't there, but it was on the original iteration of the character sheet. So yes, he does have the ability to flip the fuck out into a giant lion monster and beat the shit out of people.