Final Confrontation

Shizuka barely had time to snarl back at Matt before she was caught in the arm bar. "Bastard," she hissed in Japanese as her arm was wrenched

(OOC: What kind of arm bar is it?)

(Legs across the chest)

Matt didn't know what Shizuka had said to him, not knowing a lick of Japanese, but he could guess what she said by her tone of voice. "I don't know why you're helping Selene and I don't care. You're going down!" he declared, and cranked up the pressure on the armbar.

Selene sulked, her head laying in her hands, "Oh Mr. Floyd, you are just a walking amalgamation of all the most irritating varieties of spunk," she spat the last term, "And yes, 'you aim to please' or some other cliche. Just shut up and let Ms. Tsuzaki snap your spine so I can get out of this heat." She shouted, swirling her finger lazily in the buckets of ice water.

While she spoke, her eyes flashed at Shizuka's. Communicating as best she could an offer to help. As much as Selene didn't want to interfere in this fight for both her own sake and to not impose on Shizuka's pride, Shizuka did accept it at Selene's request. And in so doing, Selene had signed on to Shizuka's gang. They were partners. If Shizuka let Selene know she needed help, Selene would be happy to assist.

A gasp escaped Shizuka. Matt's arm bar was taking its toll on her. But the pain was useful in channeling and focusing her anger, her own strength.

Briefly she wavered. She had caught Selene's gaze. It... touched her. Selene trusted her. She couldn't fail her new partner.

Shizuka shook her head in the negative. She braced herself. Bending her head forward, she would sink her free hand's nails into Matt's nearer leg before pulling it as close as she can and then biting him. That should grab Matt's attention! And if it did...

Matt often wondered how Selene hadn't bagged herself a man yet, but she only had to open her mouth to give him a reminder. Regardless, he ignored the insult. He'd deal with her later after he was done with-

"OOOOWWW!!!" Matt suddenly cried out as soon as he felt Shizuka's teeth and nails sink into his flesh. The dirty tactic made him release Shizuka immediately, and he kicked her away before rolling to a kneeling position, checking for signs of bleeding. Luckily there was none, but he glared at Shizuka all the same.

Shizuka took the kick of departure with a grunt. She rolled away, but did so clumsily and slowly, trying to pretend to be more worn out than Matt might think by clutching her arm as she went. That meant deceiving Selene, but while she didn't like lying to allies, Shizuka disliked losing far more.

"You bastard..." she growled, easily putting in the needed hate, trying to inject a little fear in as well.

Matt slowly got to his feet, eyeing Shizuka warily as he did. It looked like his arm bar had down some damage to the girl. Which striked him as odd, since he didn't even hold her for very long before she bit him. She could be faking....or she could really be hurt, and he'd be wasting an opportunity to end this quickly.

Deciding to choose the later option, Matt would move in again, and try to catch Shizuka in a quick headlock.

Shizuka decided at the last moment to let herself end up in the headlock. She needed Matt to stay still; she'd had enough of him dodging her attacks. She did punch him twice while in the headlock, aiming at his bum knee, but didn't put all her strength into the blows. Best suck her opponent deep into her plot, the better to keep him from escaping.