oldmagic said: "I really got nothing. If i can, i would.
But i do have to say one thing about Draken vs Batgirl. Draken's ability to be where his opponent isn't looking is a power, a type of ability. Batgirl's move reading ability is something she has been trained to utilize as a technique to be mastered. There is a difference. Otherwise people like Batman wouldn't have trouble taking out someone like Draken.
Vash, he could take out both of them simply because he is the best marksmen there is. You can say that Batgirl dodged bullets at point black, so has vash. Funny thing is, Vash is also very good at move reading. There was the time where the police girl who held a gun at point blank, pointing at Vash's head less then a meter away. Vash managed to react in time to dodge the bullet just by predicting when the finger is going to push the trigger. This, i believe is the same basis as what Batgirl uses, the art of body reading.
Batgirl, imo would be the first to be taken down simply because she won't be able to outlast either of the guys. Draken is a ferocious H2H specialist who even outclasses wolverine, combine with the ability to survive through almost anything gives him an edge of stamina and endurance.
But where is this fight taking place? This is an important factor to take it in.
So Daken's ability to be where his opponent looking is another mutant ability of his or something? Where are you getting this? Regardless, it doesn't make much of a difference that I can see. My personal hypothesis is that if he starts off within sight of Cassy then her move reading would allow her to predict where he was going and thus never lose track of him. However, if Daken performs this ability when he's out of sight (like say, behind a crate or column) then it should work, move-reading only works if you can see your opponent. Still she has demonstrated an acute awareness of her surroundings, it's hard to call.
Vash very well may be the best marksman there is but all that means is that he can beat all other marksmen in a marksmanship competition, it doesn't really prove anything in this battle. I think everyone in this fight has dodged gunfire point blank (not sure about Daken, I haven't read a single comic of his) but Cassy has actually dodged gunfire after it has been fired. As in, she actually moved faster than a bullet, has Vash done that? I know Vash has dodged gunfire but has there been a time when Vash started moving after the bullet left it's barrel and succeeded in dodging it? It is interesting, however, that Vash can time the pulling of a trigger but I don't know if he does what Cassy does. She notices the clench of the tendons before her opponent moves, she has been able to discern the intentions of people just by looking at the body position and language, she knows what her opponent is planning to do before her opponent does, has Vash done this? Still it would be interesting if we assumed Vash could read movements as well, how would the fight go down then? If it weren't for Daken, one could imagine to two standing still trying to predict the movements of the other (kind of like a western stand-off), looking for the tell-tale signs that betray their opponent's next move and then reacting accordingly. The problem is that Vash is only one with a gun and that means that from long ranges Vash would have to make the first move by firing and that gives Cassy the chance to read and react to his movement. Once Cassy gets in range where she can strike though, it's anyone's game, Vash may be faster (though I have yet to see decisive proof) but Cassy is a prodigious martial artist, if they stay at a range where Cassy can strike with her body but Vash can still use his gun effectively, who knows who would come out on top?
So far, my only prediction is that Daken will fall last, I'm not sure who would fall first. Right now I'm favoring Batgirl to fall first, I don't really have a reason to believe this, I just like Vash a lot more. But in a fight like this, who can tell?
I think I mentioned this in the first post, the fight takes place in a dank (abandoned) warehouse filled with support columns, crates, and boxes that is on a pier in a generic city.
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