Description: Miss Diamond betrays her former partner for the promise of ice cream. (Winner: Kula)
Hibiki Dojo
Set in a quiet neighborhood, the dojo is quite unassuming from the
outside. Except for the rather wordy sign over the entrance proclaiming the
dojo's school, it looks like any normal Japanese dojo. A courtyard wraps
around the building, with a large square room leading off it and several
smaller rooms in the back.
Inside, however, is something of a different story. Though the dojo has
a normal wooden floor with a wide spread of tatami mats in the center, the
walls are something else entirely. Brightly colored swatches of paper cover
the walls which are not the light, airy paper windows. Instead, they appear
to be quite solid - at least, what can be seen under the paper decorations -
and covered with soundproofing tiles. Knowing Dan, the neighbors likely
complained about the noise generated in the dojo at one point or another.
The lack of light from the sides is made up for by skylights in the ceiling.
At the back of the dojo is a slim dais on which a table with a purple
tablecloth stands. A sign reads 'Saikyo Trophies', but the table as yet does
not have anything on it. To either side of the dais, two normal wood and
paper doors stand closed, each of which presumably lead to the living
quarters of the building.
Overall, the dojo is quite bright, reflecting Dan's taste in colors and
self-confidence. Here is where the (soon to be) legendary school of Saikyo
is taught under Dan Hibiki's watchful eye.
Kula
The best term to describe Kula is 'cold', seeing as she radiates an obvious
chill from her form. With a slender and petite form, she's clearly only
just beginning to blossom into adulthood. Despite her age, however, she
seems to lack the typical energy of youth, having a more languid quality
than one might expect... with a rather subdued body language. Straight,
flowing sky-blue hair hangs down to her waist, and her expressive eyes are
an unusual shade of deep purple. Her features are petite and her complexion
light, and her curves are accentuated by her light frame. Her voice is
soft, with a rather smooth tone to it. She certainly comes across as
attractive and cute, but its muted by her detached expression. As she
moves, specks of frost - not unlike snow - can be seen radiating from her
form like an aura.
Kula's bodysuit is a complex piece of work, obviously designed with more
than simply style in mind. A tight, purple jacket with flaring sleeves hugs
over it, with a gold zipper down the front and shorter gold zippers on the
cuffs. It also has gold trim under the bust, and cuts off at the midriff to
reveal the indigo suit underneath. The undersuit has a similar yellow
zipper that continues downward, with purple, flaring chaps that match the
jacket. Purple straps with gold buttons hold the chaps up, and the chaps
also have zippers identical to that of sleeves. Finally, she has bulky gold
gauntlets with her hands, with indigo underlining beneath the plates, and
indigo shoes with metallic trim. Unusual to say the least, the purpose of
her outfit really remains as mysterious as its wearer.
Guy
Standing at a unimpressive 5'8'', Guy doesn't look very special at all,
until you take his obvious fighting garb into account. Brown hair, cut at a
medium length, lies somewhat disheveled on his head. Brown eyes stare out
of his head, looking warm, but distant. Around his torso is a simple bright
red shirt with a loose, high collar. It's made without sleeves, leaving the
arms bare. A further layer of white fabric peeks out from the edge, just
under the shoulders. Guy's forearms are wrapped in golden yellow bandages,
going up to the backs of his hands while leaving his palms uncovered.
Moving downward, he's wearing a black belt that seperates his shirt from his
matching, loose pants. As they near his ankles they quickly taper down into
more golden yellow bandages, where they are kept firmly attached. Of
course, right below that is a pair of average, run of the mill sneakers.
Guy loves them despite their genericness. They're both functional, AND
comfortable.
It's late, and relatively crowded, here in Dan Hibiki's dojo. A camera crew
is set up, people have crowded in at the edges around a space in the middle
cleared of mats to watch the upcoming fight, and Dan himself is strangely
absent, given that this is his dojo and there are cameras about. Guy
doesn't mind too terribly much, as it's one distracting thing off his mind.
He's feeling fairly anxious about the upcoming fight. Not that he's letting
it show on the outside, of course. Having arrived just moments ago, he has
simply moved to one side of the cleared off area, wanting to start this as
soon as he can.
Walking in through the door, Kula is flanked by a taller woman in a long
blue dress, with a thick ponytail of black, curly air. She looks over her
shoulder to the woman, who says, "Just beat this one like last time, and you
get ice cream, okay?" Kula nods firmly with a soft murmur of agreement, and
in a blur, the woman's suddenly gone and Kula's alone again. She walks
towards the dojo proper; flagrantly ignoring the usual 'no shoes' rule of a
dojo like this. She looks over to Guy, in her standard fighting stance...
arms hanging loosely at the sides as cold begins to flow from her, causing
some of the tatami mats to curl slighty.
Guy nods a somewhat tense greeting to Kula, frowning at nothing in
particular. He adds to it by saying, "Well. I'm glad to see you. Now we
can get this over with all the more quickly." He goes into his own fighting
stance, lightly bobbing up and down. If he noticed the tall woman, he paid
her no heed. In his head, he's concentrating and going over their past
fight, blurred by time though it may be, as well as their fight together, in
order to try and give himself an edge. The result is that, without knowing
it, he starts looking super-pissed.
COMBATSYS: Kula has started a fight here.
COMBATSYS: Guy has joined the fight here.
Kula tilts her head curiously, and nods slowly. "Well, they'll be happy if I
win, so..." And with no further ado - not intending to give him a moment to
breathe, she dashes in. Moving in her 'skating' fashion, she suddenly ducks
low, and then rises, lashing out with a sphere of blue energy in her palms.
As she finishes the strike - too far away to be anything but a chi attack -
she leans far forward, and a number of long, cold spikes of ice spring
forth. Obviously, she's looking for first blood... rather different than her
usual fights, where she waits to see the first move of the other person.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Guy
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Kula's Ice Strike.
Guy executes a quick roll to the side once that sharp, icy hurt comes flying
at him. It harmlessly goes past him, and the crowd scurries away from the
spot where it's headed with surprising speed and agility. Guy isn't paying
attention to them at all, though, already moving forward to close the range
between Kula and him. He's not really moving as fast as normal, being
overly cautious, as he launches a quick, light punch at Kula when the
distance adequately closes.
COMBATSYS: Kula blocks Guy's Jab Punch.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Guy
It's an intense fight, made moreso by the stakes. Kula weaves around, and
raises her hands... and an icy shield interposes, intercepting the attack.
It's a squarish, mechanical defense, and Kula slides it aside as she moves
in on Guy. She gets to breathing distance, and then brings her hand up in a
quick backhand blow... but it's as much feint as attack, and she slides her
arm sideways into an elbow strike, hoping she can catch Guy in the face with
one or the other.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Guy with Medium Punch.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Guy
Guy is fairly solidly hit by both, actually. It wouldn't normally seem like
much, perhaps, if they hadn't hit him fairly solidly in the face. Put off
balance by the backhand, the elbow drives into his cheek, forcing his head
back quickly. He's still fresh though, so he's able to immediately respond.
He has to. As mentioned, the stakes are high, in more than one way.
Turning the force delivered to the side of his head in his favor, Guy ducks
down and spins around backward, bringing his own fierce backhand around
toward Kula's midsection.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Kula with Houzantou.
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Kula 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Guy
Kula gets nailed, but rolls with the blow pretty well... flying back and
skidding to a halt with a spray of ice. She then swings her hands out both
ways, before bringing them both to her chin, palms open. She then breathes
outward, causing a gust of cold frost to form up along the floor. The
freezing air rolls at Guy rapidly, leaving snowflakes in its wake.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Guy with Diamond Breath.
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Kula 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Guy
Guy makes an attempt to dodge to the side again, but this time he's just not
quite quick enough. Though his physical progress isn't impeded, the large
quantities of ice and cold hit him all the same, causing his skin to ice up
rather badly. He comes up from his roll in a kneel, doing his best to shake
it off, both recovery-wise, and in getting stray bits of ice off of him.
Clearly this isn't something he can win at a distance. To respond, he leaps
forward, somersaulting along the way, before bringing his elbow down hard at
Kula.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Kula with Bushin Izuna Otoshi.
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Kula 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Guy
Nailed by the blow, Kula buckles, nearly driven to her knees. She moves
through the impact with surprising strength, though, and then suddenly
lunges with a fist aimed at Guy's solar plexus. At the last instant, her
wrist flicks out, covering the final inch of distance and more than doubling
the force of what would otherwise be a simple punch. However, she seems a
touch slower than Guy, and thus it's a bit of a risk...
COMBATSYS: Guy interrupts One Inch from Kula with Seoi Nage.
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Kula 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Guy
Guy won't be hit by this attack solidly, no. Instead of staying still, he
spins, getting clipped by the punch slightly, before taking advantage of
Kula's extended position by grabbing one of her arms with his far hand,
sliding his near hand up to her armpit, and tossing her away from him as
hard as he can manage, using his own shoulder as a pivot-point for her mass.
Kula is nailed and goes flying, headed fully to the ground for a change. She
lands on the ground, falling over... but only for a moment. With a the
sudden bursts of speed she's known for; short sprints compared to Guy's more
straight runs - she's already in his face. Her eyes meet his with a silent
intensity, as neither opponent is given to battle speeches... and she then
lashes out with a mule kick. At the edge of a kick, one can see a literal
ice skate - a blade of ice - adding a more lethal note to the otherwise
mundane attack.
COMBATSYS: Guy blocks Kula's Second Shell.
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Kula 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Guy
Guy actually catches the skate to a degree as it comes at him, with one
hand. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't do it perfectly; his hand receives
a nasty gash from the skate. He spares it a momentary glance, then gazes at
Kula once more. Without wasting even the tiniest bit of time, he loosen his
grasp on her skate and jams his foot towards her, flipping in the process.
By the movement, he's walking forcefully on her, although if she's not
there, he'll manage to make it seem like he's using the air itself as a
stepping stone in his path, regardless.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Kula with Kamaitachi.
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Kula 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Guy
Kula gets nailed in the gut, apparently more than a bit too slow to really
defend well against Guy. As she get knocked back, though, she leans to the
side... and then lets herself fall as she moves parallel to Guy's drop. She
then kicks out with a leg behind herself, regaining her balance... and then
lashes out at Guy's back with a knife-hand, apparently going for a kidney
blow.
COMBATSYS: Guy interrupts Behind Slash from Kula with Medium Kick.
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Kula 1/---====/=======|=======\==-----\1 Guy
Kula takes the blow hard, and is knocked back towards the crowd. She seems
to be breathing heavily, but then suddenly skates away, deciding the
close-in fight isn't working out for her. The data is in her favor... how is
he anticipating her so well? She knows he'll be on her again soon enough,
but she needs a moment to analyze what factor is causing the difference...
Guy doesn't lose awareness of his wily opponent for an instant, as Kula very
neatly makes her way behind him. He's acting when she is, and though she
starts to connect, he cuts the blow short with the spinning kick around to
her midsection, effectively ending her attack against him.
Kula takes the blow hard, and is knocked back towards the crowd. She seems
to be breathing heavily, but then suddenly calls out "This is IT!", as she
presses her hands to the crowd. And then, floor-to-ceiling, curtains of ice
pillars spring up about Guy, aimed to try and smack him right into the
rafters. Apparently, given how the pace of the fight is going, she's not
inclined to hold back with her power.
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Kula's Diamond Edge.
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Kula 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Guy
Guy isn't inclined to sit around and be hit with that power, too. He
remembers all too keenly the last time he was hit with it full-on, and he's
making extra sure that it's not a repeat performance. In fact, he's busily
leaping to and fro, at one point actually rebounding off one of the ice
pillars, before making it to relative safety. Once there, he does nothing.
Or more accurately, he does nothing really visible. He just seems to be
standing there. But he's trying to get inside her head, to predict her next
move, and to make sure that he can capitalize on it.
COMBATSYS: Guy focuses on his next action.
COMBATSYS: Guy blocks Kula's Diamond Breath.
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Kula 0/-------/--=====|=======\====---\1 Guy
Guy raises his arms up in front of him in preperation for the attack, and as
such isn't hurt as badly as he might have been. But there's the opening he
wanted. As soon as the attack ceases, he rushes forward at Kula. When he
gets to a decent distance, he pauses and gathers his energy, then turns that
pause into a leap, trailing blue after-images, while punching repeatedly the
whole way. With a little luck, the path and the punches will include Kula,
and end this fight for him. Not that he would ever intentionally rely on
such a fey force.
COMBATSYS: Kula dodges Guy's Bushin Hassou Ken.
Reliance on one attack is always dangerous. Case in point, Kula hops back,
and out of the attack's arc. Ducking low, she then suddenly lashes out with
an arc of ice, leaping up towards her airborne opponent. The arc is spiky,
and she spins slightly as she performs it, hoping to minimize the opening
her move leaves as she crosses over, heading to land towards the center of
the room.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Guy with Claw Bites.
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Kula 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Guy
Ow. Just...ow. Instead of being on the verge of finishing his opponent,
Guy is on the ropes himself, in the turn of an instant. Slashed fairly
badly from the attack he's definately hurt. Kula really probably doesn't
need to worry about immediate retaliation, as the sneaker ninja is having a
bit of trouble recovering from that one. He lands with an audible thud and
a skid afterward, not even having the good fortune to land on a mat. After
a moment, he groans, and starts to get up slowly. Then, with more speed
than you would think possible in his state, he grabs it and runs at Kula,
rolling it up and giving a last-ditch swing with it at her.
COMBATSYS: Kula blocks Guy's Random Weapon.
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Kula 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\1 Guy
An ice shield is formed by Kula to guard herself, but surprisingly, it
shatters, backfiring her in a torrent of ice. Several cuts can be see on her
costume and face... and then the mat follows through, knocking her back as
well. She grabs ahold of the mat at the end of its swing... and blue chi
flickers along its length as she calls out, "This time for sure!" And then a
column of ice springs forth from the mat itself... aimed to try and kayo its
wielder, once and for all.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Guy with Diamond Edge.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|=======\=====--\1 Guy
Guy probably couldn't dodge this one even if he was in top shape, let alone
battered and bruised and cut and generally feeling like he was just run over
by a large, speeding object. The ice SMASHES into him, sending him
sprawling backward a good distance, his grip on the mat totally lost. He
slowly gets to his feet one last time, for a last-last-ditch effort, just
barely holding off unconciousness. It's then that he starts to stagger
forward toward Kula, step by dragging step. It's not swift, but he's
getting there. When he gets moderately close, he hunches over, and with the
only real noise he's made the entire fight, he fair roars as once again he
leaps forward, punching madly and trailing those blue afterimages.
Regardless of the outcome, Guy collapses at the end, his reserves spent.
He's not going to wake up for a very, very long while.
COMBATSYS: Guy can no longer fight.
COMBATSYS: Guy has left the fight here.
COMBATSYS: Kula dodges Guy's Bushin Hassou Ken.
At the same time, Kula dashes at Guy, running straight towards him. Her eyes
narrow, and there's a sudden crossover, like an iaijutsu duel of old, the
strikes occurring too fast to see who connected. But Guy's later strikes hit
nothing but air, and he falls to the ground after his assault. Kula looks
back, and breathes. "I'm sorry.", she manages, seeming a little embarassed
despite herself. "But they'd be angry if I lost, so..." She then looks back
and forth, and goes to exit the room slowly, too hurt to skate away as she
often does. The squeal of a car can be heard outside, ready to pick her up.
After all, now the planning for the finals begins...
Log created by Kobun, and last modified on 17:26:28 12/06/2005.