Description: It's Maki with one stick and Eagle with two. Will higher numbers prevail, or will might make right? (WINNER: Maki)
After all that's been happening in Metro City, with weird creatures and demons and things like that, it's nice to finally be back to doing a standard fight again. Maki has had enough fighting monsters for one lifetime, and is hoping that things will slowly get back to normal in Metro City. For now, she's back in the fighting leagues, attempting to prove why she's the heroine of Metro City, while showing off the style of Bushin-Ryu martial arts to the world. After all, Maki is poised to become the successor to the lineage once her father passes on, since she wants to prove that women are capable of being grandmasters as well as men. Not to mention her rivalry with Guy.
As soon as Maki arrived in the dome, she was greeted by cheers from her fans, who got a wave of her tonfa towards them, and a slight smile, but little else. After all that's been happening in Metro City, Maki's attitude about things has yet to fully return to normal. She's hoping that, as she enters the fighting area and awaits her opponent, a good fight will bring her mind back to normal. She does some light warming up by practicing with her tonfa, eagerly awaiting her opponent.
Eagle had heard about all that rot, with Metro City overwhelmed by some sort of supernatural thing and now left ruined. That's one of the reasons he's avoided it. There's not a lot he can do there, and money's going to be short as the city struggles to repair itself. If it can. So there isn't much in Metro for him right now.
But HERE. Now this he can get into. In fact, he HAS gotten into something. A fight! Maki's opponent steps into the arena, dressed immaculately in a short-sleeved button-up shirt, black slacks, and sturdy but ncie looking dress shoes. His hands are covered with white gloves, and in those gloves hands he carries his weapons, a pair of sticks. Kali sticks? Or escrima? Could be either.
Either way, he looks to Maki once he enters. And greets her politely with a nod. "I've been looking for a thrilling battle... will you surprise me?" Maki will probably note there's nothing lewd in either his glance or his tone. He's looking for the challenge of the fight, not being a creeper.
COMBATSYS: Eagle has started a fight here.
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Eagle 0/-------/-------|
At first glance, Maki can only do a double-take at Eagle's appearance and what he's wearing. She doesn't even notice the pair of kali sticks (or whatever they are,) until she looks at him again. When Eagle makes his polite statement and is quite formal to her, it catches her off-guard a little bit and it leaves her stumbling for words for a moment. "Oh, I um... uh... Yes! Yes, I'll try to surprise you!"
A pause as Maki realizes she just babbled a little there. "I mean, yes, I'm willing to try to provide you with a thrilling battle as best as I can." If this were an anime, Maki would be sweatdropping, but all she can do is grin nervously for a moment, before shaking that off. She realizes that she's in a real fight again, and it's time to look like the professional fighter she is. She steps into her fighting stance and grips her tonfa tightly. "I am ready when you are!"
COMBATSYS: Maki has joined the fight here.
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Eagle 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
Eagle seems pleased with Maki's answer. If he's noticed any awkwardness from her, or that she seems to be taken off-guard by his appearance, he hasn't said anything about it. Instead, he's gearing up for the fight to come. He turns himself to the side, and raises the sticks to chest-level. "Good, then!" His voice has become a little louder, but not enough to be rude. "Let's start-- the show must go on!" He sounds enthused!
He waits until Maki looks ready to start, and then begins his approach. Looks like he's going to start by testing her, since once he's close enough, he begins with a quick strike at he with one of his sticks. He's observing her defenses at this stage, his mind working as he keep watch. How will she react?
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Eagle's Weapon Jab.
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Eagle 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
Eagle may seem enthused, but Maki doesn't seem too into it just yet. She simply adjusts her tonfa a little before looking at Eagle again. "All right, if you want a show, then it's a show you'll get!" She says this without cracking the slightest hint of a smile on her face. "I'll show you the way of Bushin-Ryu!"
The strike from Eagle may be quick, but not quick enough to catch Maki off-guard. The blonde haired ninja drops down into a crouch, watching as the strike goes over her head completely, hitting nothing but air. Apparently, Maki's reaction is to demonstrate just how agile she is. "Well, that was a good effort, but it wasn't good enough." Maki follows this up by sticking out her leg quickly, attempting to strike Eagle with her foot.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Eagle with Light Kick.
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Eagle 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Maki
Eagle sees the foot, but not in time to avoid-- Maki is faster than he is. Still mid-strike, he's unable to pull back in time to avoid it. He tries to brace, but there's no time to tense, so the foot impacts painfully with his shin, and he emits a grunt as it does. But yes, this looks to be a particularly good fight in the making!
He tries to strike while she's still down, trying to grab her around the neck with an arm. Not in a dangerous way... hilariously it looks like he's trying to grab her for a playful headlock! But uh, if he can catch her? 'Playful' can definitely not describe the sound WHACK! on the head that she might suffer...
COMBATSYS: Maki fails to interrupt Head Cracker from Eagle with Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.
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Eagle 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Maki
When you're in a fight, you generally don't want to be playing around at all. Unfortunately, as Maki attempts to launch into her signature attack, she finds her timing is a little off, and she gets whacked in the head. "Owww!" She yells out, dropping to the ground for a moment as she loses her balance. This definitely seems like a case of playing around as opposed to actual fighting. "Good thing Guy isn't here," She mutters, trying to force herself back up.
Once she's back on her feet, Maki's still a little wobbly on her legs, and she's still holding her head for a few moments. "I need to get my act together big time!" She says with a sour frown. "That was way out of my league."
Eagle pauses in his attack when Maki falls down. It's not out of pity, no. It's because a gentleman doesn't hit a downed opponent. Not unless he was the one who physically put said opponent there! her words get a frown from Eagle as well. "Come on, now. 'Out of your league'? That kick wasn't anything to sneeze at!" Yes, that seems to make him happy, too.
When Maki is back up, she better watch out, because he's back on the attack! This time he tries to loop an arm under hers and twist, trying to pull her over his hip and off-balance. She might hit the mat pretty hard if he can manage it though.
COMBATSYS: Eagle successfully hits Maki with Quick Throw.
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Eagle 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Maki
Maki is caught by Eagle, apparently still not having fully recovered from her dizzy spell. She's caught and tossed, but just as she's about to hit the mat, she rolls a little. Unfortunately, her roll is also a little off-balance, and she hurts herself while doing so. "Ow! What's wrong with me today?" Maki thinks to herself out loud as she stands up and attempts to shake off the dazed feeling once and for all, before facing Eagle again. "Apparently, I'm not being surprising enough for you, am I?" She hmmphs. "I'll just have to change my style."
Maki looks like she's about to launch at Eagle with a standard tonfa strike, but then she pauses, almost like she was trying to fake him out. "Nope, can't do that," She says, half smirking at the same time. "Let's try THIS instead!" She takes a few running steps, then literally launches herself forwards with her leg outstretched, attempting to strike Eagle directly!
COMBATSYS: Eagle fails to counter Hassou Kyaku from Maki with EX Canterbury Blue.
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Eagle 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Maki
Eagle sees the tonfa strike and tries to block-- but as he turns, perparing an overhead strike with the other baton... he doesn't quite see the Maki-missile coming at him! He instead takes a foot square in the chest, the blow knocking the wind out of him with a breathy, "Ouf!" The force sends him back, and he bounces on the ground into a bit of a skid. Yet, as he moves to get up, he's got a smile on his face. It's not any kind of weird or insane grin, no. It's just a genuinely amused smile. "Good hit!" he offers in compliment.
"That was nothing compared to what I've been able to do," Maki replies to Eagle, not a hint of a smile on her face once again as she speaks. "I've taken on combatants MUCH larger than you, sir, so while I do appreciate your compliment, it's nothing really." She shakes her head and lets her hair wave a little, almost like a semi-taunting gesture. "I've got plenty of experience fighting in the streets and in the leagues, so there's a lot I can do!" She attempts to go at Eagle again, this time using her tonfa to strike at his stomach.
COMBATSYS: Eagle blocks Maki's Medium Strike.
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Eagle 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Maki
Eagle has just gotten to his feet when Maki comes flying at him with a tonfa out, aimed at his stomach. There's little time for him to do anything but pull an arm in front to take the strike there instead of his stomach. A gut strike might have knocked him down for some time, nd this is no opponent to be off-guard around! Perhaps a jumping attack will take Maki off-guard. He turns and then jumps, almost looking like a dancing step, trying to hit Maki with an overhead swing of one baton.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Eagle's Liverpool White.
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Eagle 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Maki
That looks like a nice dancing step, but unfortunately for Eagle, Maki prefers to lead her dances. Which is why she jumps away from him as he comes at her from above. "That was rather interesting, I was impressed," Maki says, albeit without a smile. "But I'm done warming up now. I'll show you what I'm truly capable of!" Maki attempts to launch into the attack she tried before but failed with miserably. She attempts to plant her tonfa into the ground and spin around with her leg outstretched, turning into a literal human whirlwind!
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Eagle with Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.
- Power hit! -
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Eagle 1/--=====/=======|=======\-------\0 Maki
Eagle had expected another strike with tonfa-- he didn't quite expect a human tornado! He is pulled in and battered viciously by the strike, and then thrown back at the conclusion. He bounces more than a few times. And doesn't seem to get up immediately. Though when he DOES get up, what he appears most upset about?
...His shirt is ripped. Sadface.
"Well, well. It seems the gloves are off, then." That said, he pauses, long enough to do just that-- remove his gloves, pulling them by the first and second fingers with his teeth and dropping them to the floor. And he lunges back in, with a flurry of blows. He swings one stick to try and hit Maki, but he doesn't stop there. Then he swings both batons to hit low, aims an uppercut at Maki, then a downward strike, then two horizontal strikes with each stick. And finally makes several high-speed thrusts of both batons at Maki!
...that's probably going to hurt a little bit if it hits~.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Eagle's Union Jack Platinum.
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Eagle 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Maki
The gloves are off, and now Maki smiles... just a little bit. "Well, if you wish to fight like that, then come at me, I'm ready for you!" She tenses herself, raising her tonfa in anticipation of Eagle's attack. She's slightly caught off-guard by his sudden flurry of strikes, but Maki attempts to defend against it as best as she can. Using her tonfa and her body, Maki absorbs the hits as best as she can, although it does hurt a little bit. She staggers back after all is said and done, taking a moment to catch her breath. "Well played," She comments, catching her breath. "Unfortunately, you said the gloves are off, so that means there's no holding back anymore!"
With that, Maki attempts to close the gap between herself and Eagle. "When the gloves come off, I hit extra hard! So watch out!" Maki goes in swiftly with a hard swing from her tonfa.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Eagle with Genkou.
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Eagle 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 Maki
Oh yes. Very hard strike indeed. And very painful, too! The blow strikes and pulls a grunt, as well as knocking him back. And not just 'a few steps', either. He is thrown back far enough to fall down backwards! He gets to his feet with a spin, though, and smiles. Though he is visibly breathing heavily and sweating. "Good, that's exactly what I was looking for!"
After all, if he doesn't know her limits, he doesn't know exactly when and where to aim~
He seems a bit winded at the moment, but he's not backing down. He just goes for a smaller attack for now, hoping to regain his focus. For now he just makes a jab at her arm, seeing if he can catch her off-guard with the poke.
COMBATSYS: Eagle successfully hits Maki with Weapon Jab.
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Eagle 0/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Maki
Maki tries to evade the attack, thinking it'll be a piece of cake to avoid. But unfortunately she's a little too overconfident, and she does get poked in the arm... barely. She yelps a little, though it's more out of surprise than anything. "Hmm, that was pretty good actually," Maki comments, although it's hard to tell if she's being sincere or not. She rubs at it, then ows, realizing she may have been hit harder than she thought at first. After that, Maki shrugs it off then turns to face Eagle, wiping her brow a little as she does so.
"I'll definitely say this," Maki comments to Eagle. "You've given me a one of a kind unique challenge. I don't recall the last time I've had such a good fight against someone who uses a weapon similar to mine." She then steps a little closer. "Regardless of who wins this fight, it's definitely going to be one to remember." She spins around, bringing her tonfa up as she attempts to strike Eagle with the flowing motion.
COMBATSYS: Eagle fails to interrupt Weapon Jab from Maki with St. Andrew Green.
. ' . + {-<> <8 Splendid Failure 8> <>-} + . ' .
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Eagle 1/------=/=======|=======\===----\1 Maki
As the tonfa comes up to strike at him, Eagle makes to intercept it with a golf club-style swing. But he overestimates the speed of the swing and he misses completely! But that swing! It was an absolutely PERFECT textbook golf swing. That swing would have gotten a professional golfer's attention! quite an elegant stroke~
Problem is, impressing professional golfers was not what the object of that was. It was actually trying not to get hit. And unfortunately THAT part of it he rather whiffed on. Told easily when Maki's tonfa hits him right square in the side, and he grunts, staggering to the side opposite the hit.
And once he can finally speak? "Oh, undoubtedly!" he agrees, to her words of the fight being 'one to remember'. And then he takes a step towards Maki... then begins to spin, with his batons held in arms straight out to his sides. If Maki's not careful, though, she might get hit by the followup-- a baton uppercut hard enough to carry a normal man into the air, and a rising strike with a spinning stickaimed up should she be knocked into the air.
As the tonfa comes up to strike at him, Eagle makes to intercept it with a golf club-style swing. But he overestimates the speed of the swing and he misses completely! But that swing! It was an absolutely PERFECT textbook golf swing. That swing would have gotten a professional golfer's attention! quite an elegant stroke~
Problem is, impressing professional golfers was not what the object of that was. It was actually trying not to get hit. And unfortunately THAT part of it he rather whiffed on. Told easily when Maki's tonfa hits him right square in the side, and he grunts, staggering to the side opposite the hit. And once he can finally speak? "Oh, undoubtedly!" he agrees, to her words of the fight being 'one to remember'.
"I'm glad you feel that way," Maki says, taking another moment to catch her breath once she finishes her attack. "Of course, a fight can go either way at any time. I've lost many fights due to becoming overconfident, and vice versa." She narrows her eyes. "So don't think I'm going to let up because I've got the upper hand. A true fighter knows to always keep their guard up at all times!" Maki hopes Eagle will be doing that, since she's coming in quick to attempt an over-the-shoulder throw.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Eagle with Quick Throw.
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Eagle 1/----===/=======|=======\===----\1 Maki
Hard to block a throw. But then, Eagle might not have seen it as a throw. Leverage does wonders for being able to throw fighters bigger than oneself. Evidenced quite well when he tumbles over Maki's shoulder! He's actually not as heavy as he looks; most of his bulk is concentrated in his upper body. He tumbles over her shoulder and tries to at least roll to his feet again. This meets with some success, though he seems to be wobbling and he gets to his feet.
As for the fight itself? He smiles pleasantly and notes, "Victory, defeat-- that's secondary. Respect between fighters comes first." And then he takes a step towards Maki... then begins to spin, with his batons held in arms straight out to his sides. If Maki's not careful, though, she might get hit by the followup-- a baton uppercut hard enough to carry a normal man into the air, and a rising strike with a spinning stick aimed up should she be knocked into the air.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Eagle's Manchester Gold.
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Eagle 0/-------/----===|=======\=====--\1 Maki
That type of attack could really hurt big time. Yet, Maki keeps a defensive stance quite sturdy and strong against her spinning opponent. Of course, once she's done blocking it, she's doubled over and struggling to catch her breath. Yet, Maki still shows a little hope in her as she begins to step towards Eagle. "I like to save the best for last... so prepare to see what I can truly do!" She proceeds to launch into a series of strikes, along with a few kicks, and then a grand finale strike!
COMBATSYS: Eagle fails to counter Bushin Gou Rai Ha from Maki with EX Canterbury Blue.
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COMBATSYS: Eagle can no longer fight.
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Maki 0/-------/------=|
Eagle's about at the end of his ability to fight. But he knows he's still going away with valuable knowledge! And also a wonderfully exciting battle, which is the more important thing. He's not going to just give in, no-- Maki is a great fighter and deserves his best! So he at least TRIES to block, bringing a baton up to intercept...
But the strikes rip past his guard, striking squarely. Those are going to be some serious bruises! The finale strike sends him flying! He lands on his back and doesn't get back up. Though it looks like he's trying. He manages to get a hand under him, and push himself to an almost sitting position. Just long enough to say, "Definitely... the best last," he agrees. A smirk. Then?
Thud.
His arm goes out from under him and he hits the floor. He's gonna need some help getting out, it looks like. He'll be OK though.
Maki lands from her attack and keels over, hands on knees. "Yes, quite a good fight," She says with a slight smirk. "I'll have to hope for a rematch sometime," She adds, before leaving the fighting area so crews can tend to Eagle. That definitely will be a fight to remember for both of them definitely.
COMBATSYS: Maki has ended the fight here.
Log created on 22:30:17 05/10/2015 by Maki, and last modified on 21:00:20 05/13/2015.