Description: Brute strength pitted against the power of Kyokugen leads to a close fight, ending in a draw. (Draw Match)
And once again it's that time of the week, and it seems like all of Southtown is either attending or is tuned in to watch this week's SNF. Although the huge brawls and major names that tend to appear in Howard Arena draw most of the fans in that direction, there's still a fair number of people who have come out to this clearing to watch a one on one battle. The lights are set up and the cameras are in place, so now it's just a matter of the fighters getting into position and doing that which they do best...
Although for Yashiro, his fighting career hasn't exactly been going as smoothly as he'd hoped. His first entry in a SNF went well, but his subsequent fights have all ended in losses. It's not that he performed poorly... But a losing streak is not what he wants to show, especially when trying to attract new fans. Still, he's got a bit of a cheering section going on as he strolls into the arena, and he grins and waves to the crowd.
Once he's into the center of the clearing he leaps into the air, catching himself with a one-handed handstand, then doing a few push-ups to show off, before flipping back onto his feet. He rolls his neck a few times, then adjusts the fit of his gloves, glancing around as he waits to get a good look at his opponent.
As Yashiro makes his grand entrance amidst the cheers and jeers of the lively crowd a large figure can be seen approaching the brightly lit clearing from the opposite direction. As Marco Rodriguez, head instructor of the Kyokugen Dojo quietly approaches the center of the clearing his own cheering section, comprised mostly of his students at the Kyokugen Dojo start chanting in unison, seeking to honor their style. Wearing a bright orange gi and holding a massive wooden sign over his shoulder, the dark Brazilian makes for a quite impressive figure as he stands across from Yashiro. Regarding his opponent shrewdly, Marco slams the sign down onto the ground with a shout; "Ora ora!" Marco yells to his opponent as a Kyokugen student, runs up to Marco and relieves him of the sign. With the sign gone Marco turns his body slightly, removes the top of his gi from his shoulders, letting it fall to his waist, and raises his arms into a ready position.
Yashiro grins as he sees his opponent come into view. Now, this looks like somebody more along his own lines of fighting, unlike the girls he's had to fight in some of his matches so far. Of course, Ryu also gave that impression, but Yashiro isn't one to dwell on little things like that. "Hey, just want to apologize in advance. I'm gonna feel bad for beating you down in front of your pals over there." He grins at Marco, but it's not malicious. He's just rather full of himself.
Now that he's gotten the obligatory banter out of the way, Yashiro begins to slowly hop from one foot to the other, bringing his arms up in front of him. He does that for a moment and then, suddenly, he darts toward Marco, covering the distance so quickly that he becomes a blur. He comes to a dead stop immediately in front of the Kyokugen instructor, swinging at his jaw with a strong right hook, then following it up with an uppercut from his left fist.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro has started a fight here.
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Yashiro 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Marco has joined the fight here.
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Marco 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Marco blocks Yashiro's Jet Counter Still.
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Marco 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Yashiro
Marco smiles softly as Yashiro jibes him, nodding softly as his only reply, though the Kyokugen cheering section jeers loudly. His eyes still fixated on Yashiro as he begins his blurring attack, Marco quickly braces himself for impact, casualy throwing his left arm up to absorb the right hook on his thick forearm, and shrugs down into the uppercut, catching most of the blow on his shoulder. After successfully fending off the attack, Marco quickly slides back to gain some more distance from his opponent. The crowd watches in wonder as Marco squares off with Yashiro, but makes no move to attack. Instead, Marco brandishes both of his arms out in front of his barrel chest, his fists facing up towards the heavens. "Oooooooooooh..." A low growl escapes from Marco's chest, rising in intensity as his body seems to be faintly lit by a inner glow. What is the Brazilian up to?
COMBATSYS: Marco focuses on his next action.
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Marco 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Yashiro
Yashiro's still grinning, even after his attack is blocked. That sturdy impact gives the impression that this could be a promising fight. He raises one eyebrow a bit as Marco begins to glow, but a little chi manipulation certainly isn't going to scare Yashiro off. He charges in toward Marco again, although his movements are easier to follow this time. He's still moving surprisingly fast for a man of his size, but he doesn't intend to give his opponent much time to think on it.
As soon as Yashiro gets close he lunges forward with his left hand, trying to grab Marco by the arm. At the same time he's drawing back his right fist, and if he manages to complete the grab he follows up by driving his fist into Marco's stomach, attempting to knock him off his feet with the force of the blow.
COMBATSYS: Marco counters Lever Blow from Yashiro with Joudan Harai.
- Power hit! -
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Marco 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Yashiro
Marco studies his opponent, waiting for him to make the slightest mistake. As Yashiro rushes forward and grabs towards his arm, Marco sees his as the opportunity he's been waiting for. Ducking slightly and effectively removing his arm from Yashiro's grapple, Marco quickly dashes forward himself, his body a blur as he collides with Yashiro and unleashes an uppercut of his own which hits the man squarely on the chin with a sickening thud.
Yashiro staggers a few steps away from Marco as the fist collides with his chin. Seems his opponent has a few tricks up his sleeve. That's fine. Yashiro's not pissed off yet, so he can actually approach the fight with a little bit of strategy, rather than just throwing wild punches. Once he regains his balance he moves in toward Marco again, but this time instead of taking a swing at him, he lashes out with his foot, attempting to peg the man in the gut. He leans back slightly as he kicks, adjusting his balance so that'll be able to recover as quickly as possible.
COMBATSYS: Marco blocks Yashiro's Step Side Kick.
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Marco 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Yashiro
Marco doesn't have much time to celebrate his counter, as Yashiro presses on with another attack, this time a vicious kick to his midsection. Luckily for Marco there is a reason other than over indulging on pork buns for his thick gut. As the blow lands on Marco's gut he tightens his massively thick abs just in time to absorb most of the damage. With a shallow grunt Marco shrugs off the attack and reaches out to grab his opponent's shoulders, his head swinging forward viciously for a savage headbutt to the man's face, his favorite attack in the Kyokugen playbook, the Kyokugen Zu-Tsuki.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro blocks Marco's Kyokugen Zu-Tsuki.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Yashiro
Even with his shoulders grabbed, Yashiro manages to bring up one of hands and get it in between his head and Marco's. He still takes the headbutt, but manages to significantly blunt its impact. And since Marco's so close, and Yashiro already has his hand in almost the proper location, the Orochi fighter attempts to grab Marco around the throat with one hand.
If Yashiro manages to grab Marco, he'll lift the Kyokugen fighter up off the ground, with no apparent difficulty despite the man's size, then spin around and slam him down backfirst into the ground.
COMBATSYS: Marco fails to counter Hatchet Throw from Yashiro with Gedan Harai.
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Marco 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Yashiro
Marco is fairly surprised as his head butt is blocked, which is most likely the reason that his attempt to duck under Yashiro's grab and sock him one in the gullet fails miserably. Rather than countering again, Marco instead finds himself slammed down onto the ground. HARD.
With Marco on the ground, Yashiro sees an immediate opening for a follow up. He swings his right fist up into the air as he takes a step toward his fallen opponent, then ducks down toward him, dropping to one knee. As he does so he brings his arm down, intending to slam his fist and forearm savagely into Marco's prone form. If the other fighter manages to avoid it somehow, well, there'll probably be a pretty nice dent in the ground, at least.
COMBATSYS: Marco dodges Yashiro's Sledgehammer Punch.
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Marco 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Yashiro
Dust and rocks fly up from the impact of Yashiro's savage punch as Marco rolls out of the way at the last second. Twisting his shoulder into the roll, Marco manages to back roll to his feet a nice distance from his opponent, forcing Yashiro to advance if he wants to press the attack. The crowd electrifies as Marco once again resumes his squared off stance and seems to gather himself with the familiar low growl. "Ooooooooh..." Marco moans as his eyes lock on Yashiro, the cheers of his students falling of deaf ears.
COMBATSYS: Marco focuses on his next action.
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Marco 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Yashiro
Yashiro raises his head before he actually stands up, grinning at Marco. "Heh, you got some nice moves there, man." He slowly stands up, shaking his hands a bit to knock some clumps of dirt off of his glove. He rolls his neck a few times, then cracks his knuckles, meeting the other fighter's gaze. "Got a pretty hard head, too. Not bad."
It looks like he may have learned his lesson, though, as he doesn't immediately go charging in toward Marco this time. When the practioners of fancy martial arts start waiting for you to come at them, they've usually got something planned. Yashiro's plans don't usually progress beyond 'hit things really hard', but he's not stupid. And so he stands there for a few moments longer, just grinning at Marco. "Got anything else to show me?"
COMBATSYS: Yashiro focuses on his next action.
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Marco 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Yashiro
Marco smiles and nods to Yashiro, responding for the first time in words, rather than guttural grunts. "Thank you. I have trained hard to uphold the Kyokugen fighting tradition. I hope I bring it honor," Marco says with a polite nod. "Though I should add that you are a pretty heavy hitter yourself. It is too bad that you are untrained," he adds with a wolfish grin. And with that comment, the large Brazilian rushes forward, showing that he too is faster than he looks. As he blazes towards Yashiro, Marco uses his powerful legs to leap forward towards the man, letting his momentum carry his upraised arm into his opponent, aiming to drive his thick fist into the man's shoulder, chin, and finally head. "Ouryaa!" Marco shouts as he unleashes the devastating uppercut.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro counters Kohou from Marco with Upper Duel.
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Marco 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Yashiro
Yashiro smirks at Marco's comment, although he certainly doesn't mind the compliment. "Untrained, huh?" He puts one foot forward as the Brazilian comes rushing in, keeping his fists at the ready. Yashiro rarely hesitates to capitalize on the fact that he's got extremely good reach, and this time is no exception. As soon as Marco comes within range Yashiro slams his fist into the man's chest, letting the momentum of his approach add even more force to the blow. He then immediately kicks off the ground, jumping into an uppercut which will hopefully take both fighters off the ground, but leaving Yashiro to make a much more pleasant landing.
With his Kohou defeated, and finding himself skidding to a painful stop on the rocky ground, Marco's students fall silent as he slowly picks himself up off the dirt. Fire blazes in the Brazilian's eyes as he turns to face Yashiro once more. After staring at him for a few long seconds, Marco throws his right arm forward as he shouts, "Kuuchuu Ko'ou Ken!" His arm appears to be sheathed in a brilliant fire as a large ball of chi flies from his body, which Marco flings towards Yashiro powerfully.
COMBATSYS: Marco successfully hits Yashiro with Ko'ou Ken.
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Marco 1/-----==/=======|=======\====---\1 Yashiro
Yashiro tries to bring up his arms to protect himself before the chi blast hits, but unfortunately for him he's unable to bring up a defense quickly enough. The blast slams into him, knocking him back several feet. He coughs as he sits up, then begins pulling himself back to his feet. "Fireballs, huh? Those seem to be pretty popular..."
He doesn't completely stand up, staying hunched over, his head tilted so that he can watch Marco. "Don't have much use for them, myself..." There's an audible rumbling coming from the ground beneath Yashiro's feet, which is starting to churn and heave, with large cracks appearing in the dirt. "My fists are enough!" The ground beneath Yashiro explodes outwards, but he's already rocketing forward, leading with his right fist as he flies toward Marco, moving so quickly that he leaves blurred afterimages behind himself. And if he manages to get a clean hit, well, it's a good thing that there's no people or equipment directly behind Marco...
COMBATSYS: Marco blocks Yashiro's Final Impact.
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Marco 1/---====/=======|=------\-------\0 Yashiro
Marco's eyes widen as he watches the potential carnage vaulting towards him, and a hush falls over the crowd. Waiting until the last possible second, Marco raises his left arm and tries to take the brunt of the blow on his forearm, spinning slightly to help absorb the shock. He will have to look into getting some balm from Master Takuma later on tonight. That's gunna leave a bruise. Marco gets off lucky though, as it wasn't nearly as painful as it could have been. As Yashiro's momentum carries him past the Brazilian, Marco turns the rest of the way around to face the man's back. Wasting no time in pressing the attack, Marco runs after his opponent and leaps into the air in a classic flying kick. Just before the point of impact, though, Marco starts to bring his left foot around for a painful follow up kick if the first blow lands squarely on Yashiro's back as planned.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro blocks Marco's Flying Whirlwind Kick.
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Marco 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Yashiro
The first kick does connect squarely with Yashiro's back, which is sturdy enough that it doesn't appear to bother him very much. The second kick, however, is blocked by a quickly raised forearm. Yashiro doesn't turn around to face Marco right away however, letting the Kyokugen fighter get back to the ground. *Then* Yashiro turns around. But it's more of a spin. And with both of his hands clasped together as he attempts to slam both of his fists into the side of Marco's face.
COMBATSYS: Marco endures Yashiro's Sledgehammer Punch!
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Marco 1/=======/=======|====---\-------\0 Yashiro
Marco watches as Yashiro spins and sends a brutal sledgehammer punch towards his face. Rather than trying to dodge or block the attack, Marco just grins savagely and lets the attack hit him full on in the face! A glimpse into this usually focused and determined man's rough past is offered up as he laughs darkly to himself even the punch sends blood spewing out from his lips. Seizing the advantage gained by his manly show of guts, Marco flies towards Yashiro, pressing him backwards at an alarming rate with a myriad of fists, elbows, and kicks aimed at deviously calculated points on the man's body. "ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA!!!" Marco screams as he unleashes the deadly fury known as the Ryuuko Ranbu, the most feared discipline of the Kyokugen style. After what seems like an endless flow of attacks, Marco seeks to finish Yashiro off with a cry of "MORATTAA!!" followed by a Kohou, the mighty uppercut that failed earlier. Kyokugen is certainly a style to be feared and respected.
COMBATSYS: Marco successfully hits Yashiro with Ryuuko Ranbu.
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Marco 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
Yashiro staggers backwards as the flurry of blows assail his body, breaking past his attempts at blocking. And just when it seems likely he's going to be knocked off his feet Marco ensures it, but slamming into him with a Kohou which sends him sailing up into the air and coming down *hard* on his back with a loud thud.
It takes a moment, but Yashiro manages to regain his feet, shaking his head briefly in an attempt to clear it. He's breathing hard now, there's a trickle of blood coming from his mouth, and he's got more than a few bruises on his body, but he does an admirable job of showing that he's still in the fight. "Not too bad..." He takes a deep breath, then charges toward Marco again. He hasn't got too many more hits left in him, but he's going to keep going until he can't keep it up anymore. As he gets close to the other fighter he drops down, catching himself on one hand, then sweeps his legs at Marco, attempting to knock him off his feet.
COMBATSYS: Marco blocks Yashiro's Light Kick.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
Marco barely has time to catch his breath from his impressive attack before Yashiro is up and charging him once more. Marco nods softly, more to himself than anyone else, he is obviously impressed with the young man's resolve. As Yashiro drops to sweep out Marco's legs the Brazilian has barely enough time to take a step backwards and lower to one knee, putting himself at Yashiro's level, and causing the sweep to be absorbed lightly on his thigh. Now even with Yashiro in a crouch, Marco takes the opportunity to throw a quick combination of punches at the man's chest, finishing it off with a double open palm strike to his midsection.
COMBATSYS: Marco successfully hits Yashiro with Medium Punch.
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Marco 0/-------/---====|=======\===----\1 Yashiro
With no chance to get up in time, Yashiro takes the blows squarely squarely to the chest, and the double palm strike is enough to knock him flat on his back on the ground. With a grunt of effort he heaves himself up to a sitting position, then falls forward onto his hands and knees. He slams one fist into the ground, then looks up at Marco. "Well... This has been fun... But I'm a bit out of breath... So I think it's time to wrap things up..."
Still on his hands and knees, the ground beneath Yashiro begins to rumble again, giving a pretty good indication of what he's planning. The dirt splits and heaves under his hands and feet, and then he suddenly leaps to his feet, rushing toward Marco with a loud cry. "Graaaah!" He swings his fist at the Kyokugen fighter, and then whether or not it hits he stumbles forward a bit further, eyes rolling up in his head, and then collapses forward to the ground.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Yashiro successfully hits Marco with Final Impact.
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Marco 0/-------/=======|
Even though Marco has seen this attack before, he must be too exhausted to successfully block it again. The attack hits him full on and sends him careening backwards near the area where his students are gathered. Falling to the ground in a heap, Marco remains motionless for a few moments before a few of his students rush foreward to pick him up off of the dirt. As he is moved he slowly regains consciousness and groggily turns to regard his opponent with as thoughtfull a look as he can muster in his battered state.
COMBATSYS: Marco has ended the fight here.
Marco motions to one of his students and tells him, "See to Yashiro. He was a very worthy fighter. When he awakes tell him that there will be oolong tea and some of Master Takuma's healing balm at our Dojo if he wishes it. It's the least I can offer him for such an... educating fight." The student nods and hustles over to Yashiro's prone form. "Now, take me back to the dojo before I pass out again. I have a mind to soak in a hot bath for a while." The students nod quickly and carry the large man off in the direction of the Kyokugen Dojo.
Log created by Yashiro, and last modified on 15:18:52 04/29/2005.