Description: Yashiro and Shenwoo take on Rock and Megumi, trying to show that hitting people really hard is a valid style. (Winners: Rock and Megumi)
It's been awhile, but the 'Hero of Seijyun' has returned to have one more brawl in the school that he represented, not too long ago. Represented all the way to the finals and was defeated by Daigo Kazama, but represented. Needless to say, for several reasons, Rock is fairly popular at Seijyun High. As he steps out onto the gymnasium floor he finds himself greeted by the (polite and lady-like) applause of his own personal cheering section of young debutantes -- applause which completely ruins his stylish strut out onto the fighting area as he pulls his gloves on. Instead of looking cool, he winds up staring at his feet instead, vaguely red in the face.
"So, um," he begins, to any fellow fighters who might be nearby, clearing his throat in the process. "Who's going to start this party off?" A pox upon the deity that made him bishounen. A damn pox."
Actually, Shenwoo has very seldom ever been in /any/ manner of school in his life... Much less an all-girls' academy. How on Earth Howard managed to get permission to have a Saturday Night Fight in a place like this, the brawler from Shanghai will never understand. He too comes striding in, his dark eyes concealed behind a pair of designer sunglasses, but despite the, er, particular nature of the onlooking crowd, he isn't any more covered up than usual. Leather pants and an open silk shirt are plenty of clothes! In fact, he enters a little behind Rock, just in time to hear the red-eyed youth's embarassed question. "Hey, kid, you should just relax and enjoy the attention," says he, with a broad, toothy grin as he aims to clap Rock on the shoulder, and then keeps walking right past! After all, they're on opposite teams, but that's no reason to not joke around. His sunglasses, meanwhile, are removed, and tucked away in his pocket, as he glances around for the rest of the match's participants.
Megumi may be the only one that could've rightly attended this school, but she doesn't. And doesn't look the part, either. Where Rock's embarassed, she's...quiet. Arrived alone, but was quick to find Rock here and walk over to him. "I'll do what I can...I haven't seen you in a long time, you know." Shenwoo gets a very faint hand-wave; she recognizes him.
It seems that Rock has the home field advantage here, so Yashiro isn't too surprised that most of the cheering is reserved for the opposing team. Perhaps after CYS manages to get some more publicity in Japan things will be different... For now, though, the fight is the only thing on his mind.
He strides across the gymnasium floor toward Shenoo, looking over the other fighter. It's tough to tell a whole lot just from looking, but Yashiro's first guess is that Shenwoo is the kind of fighter with a style he'll be able to appreciate. He nods in the direction of Megumi and Rock, then takes a moment to adjust the fit of his gloves as he stops by Shenwoo.
Rock cracks his knuckles, apparently getting himself 'back in the game,' as it were. "Alright, Megumi... We might be a little practice -- or I might, anyways -- but let's hit them hard and fast. Unless it looks really bad, I don't want you to heal me, alright? Let's try not to need that." Rock steps forward, tugging his jacket and his gloves until everything is snug -- perfectly in place, comfortable, and ready for action. "Hey! You guys," he shouts, "Pick which one of you two wants to go first, would you? We don't have all day!" Yep. Sounds like he's back in full swing, anyways.
Rock steps back a few paces, nearer to Megumi. "I've been working on my form. Let's hope it works. You all set?"
Rolling his shoulders a bit, Shenwoo likewise tugs his gloves on tighters, flexing either hand in its creaking black leather as he does so. It's... Really impossible for the berserker to conceal the eager light in his dark eyes, now that they're so near to a fight... It really is his very favourite thing in the whole world. "Go first? It's simultaneous, kid," he calls back to Rock, apparently finished loosening up before the match. He directs a bit of a shrug Yashiro's way, and steps closer to the middle of the gymnasium. "Four people all at once! So really, let's get things goin'." He doesn't generally do well with the whole 'team' thing, but... Here's hoping.
"No?" Megumi's surprised at Rock's suggestion, looking down at the ground. "Alright...well, I guess I know why." Her hands rise, feet shifting, taking up a normal Aikido stance. Students here might recognize it since Kasumi uses an almost identical posture when fighting; it's not an unheard of style. Looking over to Yashiro and Shenwoo, she gives a slight nod...and then waits.
For his part, Yashiro isn't a big team player, either. Sure, he can work with others, but he's much more comfortable just wailing away at an opponent, without having to worry about what a teammate is up to, or if they'll be getting in each other's way. Still, there's something to be said for having more fists to do the pummeling with. He slams one fist into the palm of his gloved hand, then flashes a grin. "Alright, sounds good to me." He glances at Rock, still grinning. "Hope you're going to put on a good show for your fans, kid. Don't want them to be *too* disappointed when you guys lose."
COMBATSYS: Megumi has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Yashiro has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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"Alright," Rock begins holding one open palm up to his face -- and looking at it, almost idly. It's been awhile since he's fought publicly. It wouldn't be at all like him to disappoint without giving it the 'ole college try, wouldn't it? "Simultaneous it is," he states, coolly, before clenching his palm shut in a gout of purple wind chi. Whipping his hand to the right, Rock yells two things. First, "Hey, Megumi! Ever hear the old saying? 'The bigger they are, the harder they fall?'" He leaves his statement at that, before heaving that orb of chi Shenwoo's way like some sort of energy bowling ball. His power skids over the gymnasium floor towards the God of Battle, who is in due time going to have all the battle he can handle.
COMBATSYS: Rock has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Rock successfully hits Shenwoo with Reppuken.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Yashiro
Yes, well, that's just the way Shenwoo likes it. All the battle he can handle. The brawler from Shanghai tries to get out of the way of the suddenly hurled purple chi, but he doesn't quite manage it, getting good and tagged on one side. "Keh," he grunts, but his grin doesn't change. Oh no. In fact, that feral look gets even more exaggerate. "That's what I'm talking about!!" the tall man cries out as he sprints across the gymnasium floor, heedless of the continuing pain of the chi attack that disorients him slightly. Once he's close enough to Rock, well, the berserker just clasps his hands together in an axe-handle, and brings it down towards the top of Rock's head, to give the red-eyed boy's brains a good rattling. "Raah!"
"Yeah," Megumi answers Rock's yelled question with a much more quiet statement. "That's what I was always taught...and in some ways it's true." Not as brash as Rock is, it seems. As Shenwoo dashes across the gym, Megumi considers flinging an energy shot of her own...but he's crossing the distance quickly, so as Shenwoo comes in for his axehandle strike, Megumi runs to get behind him and try to grab at one of his arms after that attack. She won't be in time to stop him from trying to strike Rock, but she can try to grab the arm after the strike is made, and wrench it behind his back, twisting upward to try and damage the limb.
Yashiro frowns a bit as he watches both of the opposing fighters heading after Shenwoo. He wants to have some fun, too! He charges in toward the fray, noticing Megumi as she tries slipping around behind Shenwoo, which also happens to leave her back open to Yashiro. He attempts to grab her by the back of the neck, spinning around to try wrenching her away from the God of Battle, then slamming her down into the gymnasium floor.
COMBATSYS: Rock blocks Shenwoo's Fukuko-Geki.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Yashiro
Rock brings both arms straight up to deflect the force of Shenwoo's blow. Crossing both forearms in an 'x' shape and catching his axe-handle in the middle of an almost scissors-like motion, Rock all but stops the attack in its tracks. "Nice shot, pal... But I barely felt it!" With a nearly casual exertion of forward force, Rock brings both of his arms straight down along the length of Shenwoo's, sliding against his own person and using them as a sort of 'railroad' for guiding his elbows to his opponent's face. Both elbows crackle with chi energy as he brings them both down towards the God of Battle's nose. It's an improvised Hard Edge... but just as effective, in spite of its nature. Whether he connects or not, Rock's going to release -- Megumi's going for the grab, and he doesn't seem to want to throw a monkey wrench into her plans.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo blocks Megumi's Flood Reversal.
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo endures Rock's Hard Edge!
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Megumi 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Yashiro
"Heh," Shenwoo actually /chuckles/ when Rock blocks his axe-handle, though suddenly he's in a bit of a bad position, with one arm about to be grabbed and chi'n' elbows headed towards his face, but... Well, where's the fun if he's not in a bad position? His arm mostly resists Megumi's twisting and wrenching, simply through sheer muscular force, and while his head was rocked back from the Hard Edge, blood fanning down from his nose, the tall man doesn't step back even an inch. His dark eyes turn towards Megumi, however briefly. "You're in my way," is all he says to her, wrenching his arm free and letting Yashiro take care of the grappler, while he tries to take advantage of the hopeful lull in Rock's defense. In fact, he simply explodes forward; the brief distance between the pair of them isn't much normally, and it's all the less when he hurls himself at the red-eyed boy, his left fist with its metal ring extended and aimed right at that prettyboy face. An eye for an eye, as it were. "SHYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks Yashiro's Hatchet Throw.
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Megumi 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Yashiro
Megumi doesn't manage to get quite as concrete a hold as she wanted, and Shenwoo manages to pull free after only a little bit of damage being done. She doesn't have enough time to keep it anyway, as Yashiro suddenly grabs her from behind. She didn't react in time to get away from him, but the grab isn't a huge surprise. When Yashiro tries to smash her to the ground, she makes impact, but rolls right out of it; it only slightly hurt. Already on her feet due to the roll, she thrusts her right palm forward and a sparkling red, hand-sized ball shoots out. It goes above Yashiro's head, then she closes her hand into a fist. The sphere explodes, spraying itself in a small area around Yashiro.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Yashiro with Burst Orb.
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Megumi 0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Yashiro
Yashiro turns his head to look as the energy ball shoots over his head, assuming something's happening. He certainly doubts that Megumi simply missed him. When he sees it start to expand he ducks down, trying to present just his back to the oncoming wave of energy. He's not quite quick enough however, and it manges to wash painfully over him.
Taking a moment to steady himself, Yashiro then springs forward from his crouched position, leaping toward Megumi. One arm is out as if he's preparing to take a swing at her head, but instead he suddenly lashes out with a kick at her midsection.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Rock with Geki-Ken.
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Megumi 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Yashiro
Wham! Rock takes his first hit of the night, and the sheer force of the God of Battle hitting him head-on (face-on?) sends him to the ground. The momentum is enough to carry him several feet across the smooth gymnasium floor, illiciting groans of worry from his cheering section. Rock's only down for a second or so, though. It was a heavy hit, but it the only one he's had to deal with so far that was worth its salt. Still, there's a line of blood streaming from one of his nostrils. "Not bad... You hit pretty hard. I've been hit by worse!"
Not letting the injury slow him down, Rock surges forward and straight up, leaping through the air and coming down hard on the top of Shenwoo's scalp with his own chi-fueled fist, vaguely miming the attack methodology used by the God of Battle earlier on.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo dodges Rock's Rage Run Dunk.
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Megumi 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Yashiro
Straightening after the Gekiken, Shenwoo grins still, and after licking his own blood off of of his lips, he wipes his face with the back of his right glove, to get the rest of what's fanned down from his nose. Fair's fair, after all. "Well, I keep hearing you should be gentle with fragile things," the Shanghai-born brawler replies to the younger fighter, only peripherally aware of the rest of the fight at the moment. His instincts have pointed out Rock as the stronger of their opponents, and thus, the one he'd prefer to face off with. His dark eyes watch the boy's charge quite carefully, and a quick hop backwards at the last minute puts him out of the range of Rock's 'dunk' attack. "Not just yet!" he cries, spinning on one heel to bring his other leg out, heel-first, at Rock before he can land and get his footing again. It'll be good for the kid if all the girls at the school worry about him, anyway, in Shen's thinking.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro successfully hits Megumi with Step Side Kick.
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Megumi 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Yashiro
It's a feint that Megumi falls for, reaching up to try and redirect Yashiro's hands and instead getting kicked in the gut pretty hard, wincing as she stumbles back, giving a quick glance to Rock. Her arms start to go wide apart, then...no, he's okay. "Spiral..." Megumi leaps up towards the roof, inverting to divebomb at Yashiro, "Knuckle!" Her right fist extends as her body spins down towards him, that same bright red enveloping her fist as it often does. Target: Yashiro's chest or collarbone area.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro fails to interrupt Crimson Spiral Knuckle from Megumi with Sledgehammer Punch.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Yashiro
As Megumi comes flying down towards him Yashiro draws back his fist, then swings his arm out in an attempt to simply swat the girl out of the air before she can hit him with her own attack. His timing is off however, and she crashes into him before he can follow all the way through with his swing. The energy wrapped fist slams into him just below the collarbone, causing him to stagger back a step, trying to regain his balance after his botched attack attempt.
COMBATSYS: Rock endures Shenwoo's Tenrenshou.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Yashiro
Another impact -- just like the last, this one shaking Rock's entire person to the core. The sheer force of the collision -- Rock's chest practically heaving into Shenwoo's assault -- is enough to produce a small shockwave, prompting Rock's jacket and hair to shudder in the wake of the blow. But this isn't /just/ like the last. This time, Rock stands his ground essentially without budging. Quite the opposite -- he reaches out to grab Shenwoo's ankle with both hands, squeezing tight.
"Fragile? I'm not a fragile thing, pal. ... I'm a Hungry Wolf!" Rock drops his entire upper body in one swift whiplash motion aimed at sending Shenwoo /flying/ -- a throw that uses the best of Rock's weight to heave Shenwoo up high, away, and right back into the ground. It's like being hit by a car, really. Except the car is the size of the entire planet Earth.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo dodges Rock's Shinkuu Nage.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Yashiro
There's not much Shenwoo can do about his ankle being grabbed, at least... It's what comes after that the tall brawler actually has something approaching a say in. As Rock twists to throw him, the self-styled God of Battle rides the momentum imparted on him by the self-styled Hungry Wolf, but rather than landing in an unfortunate heap as the other fighter had so clearly intended, Shen lands in a roll, hopping easily to his feet at the end of it, the bulk of the force imparted on him dispersed... Why, really, he hardly looks like it hurt at all. "Not bad, kid. Not bad at all." But now he's watching Rock a little warily, even though he's still grinning that feral grin of his, and making a 'come on' gesture with one hand. Not going immediately on the attack for once... That's a change of pace.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo focuses on his next action.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Yashiro
Megumi lands on her hands after striking Yashiro, silently grateful she managed to hit him out of his effort to smash her to the floor. That would've hurt. She handsprings, flips upright, lands again, and takes a moment to survey the fight...Rock just missed his attempt to toss Shenwoo, Yashiro's still pretty close...what to do...
COMBATSYS: Megumi focuses on her next action.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Yashiro
It doesn't take long for Yashiro to regain his balance, and in another moment he's rushing back towards Megumi. "Hey now, no time to rest!" He holds his right arm low, drawing it back as he approaches, then attempts to slam it into Megumi's stomach with an upward arc. He doesn't stop there, though, simply shifting the angle of his attack slightly as he swiftly raises his fist, attempting to slam it into Megumi's jaw.
"You heard the man," barks Rock, clearly a little frustrated after the failure of his attack. "There's no time to take a break, man!" And, to prove his point, Rock's fists begin to blaze, each with an orb of wind chi. He started this fight with a Reppuken, and now he's going to continue it -- with /two/. Sweeping both arms hard across the gymnasium floor, the blond propels both attacks Shenwoo's way -- they even fuse into one /massive/ Reppuken, the combined force barreling dangerously towards its target. "DOUBLE... REPPUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Rock successfully hits Shenwoo with Double Reppuken.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0 Yashiro
Honestly, Shenwoo really isn't a fan of projectiles at all. He tries to get out of the way of this new attack, but he doesn't have any more luck than he did with Rock's earlier Reppuken assault, the strange energy clinging to his body. "Tch... Heh heh heh heh..." he chuckles, taking a step forward anyway. "What... You think that's gonna be enough to take me down? Let me tell you a little something about parlour tricks, kid... They ain't gonna get you very far!!" Then he takes another step forward, and he quite simply flickers out of sight. There's a strange sound, though, like something rushing forward, right towards Rock, which is about when Shenwoo can be seen again, his hair and shirt trailing behind him wildly as he rockets at the younger fighter, his beringed left fist extended and a massive shockwave of chi forming an expanding slipstream around him, all focused on the fist that he's trying to hit Rock /very hard/ with. "RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!" It's not a very complicated fighting style, you know?
COMBATSYS: Yashiro successfully hits Megumi with Upper Duel.
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Megumi 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1 Yashiro
Megumi should probably spend less time surveying the situation. It doesn't go well for her, as Yashiro moves back in and strikes her in the stomach, causing her to double over before she's uppercut, sailing into the air and landing hard on her back. She rolls over and pushes herself back up, looking at Shenwoo...and leaping at him as his punch goes out at Rock. She may not be in time to stop Rock from being hit, but she can definitely try to be there at the end of the 'technique' (such as it is), flipping over in midair to try and grab Shenwoo's head, then descend and smash him into the gym surface.
With Megumi flipping over right on top of Shenwoo there's not much that Yashiro can do to go after her at the moment without running the risk of accidently hitting his partner. Rock, on the other hand, is still an open target, and Yashiro turns to face the young Howard. Shenwoo is already heading toward Rock, and it'd seem like Yashiro wouldn't be able to get there in time to match the God of Battle's strike... But that's before Yashiro suddenly blurs into motion, zooming toward Rock at high speed. He comes to a dead stop right next to Rock, trying to slam a right hook into the side of his head, hopefully timing it to match with the impact from Shenwoo.
COMBATSYS: Rock blocks Yashiro's Jet Counter.
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Megumi 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/---====/=======|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Rock fails to interrupt Setsu Geki-Ken from Shenwoo with Raging Storm.
- Power hit! -
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Megumi 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
Rock is about to get battered. He can see it. He can feel it. And then it happens. He's able to protect himself from the hammer that is Yashiro -- but Shenwoo? Not a chance against Shenwoo. Rock is struck, sent flying, and into the ground rolling. He's done. Toasted, basically -- fried. Not just from injury to his body, but from injury to his pride. No matter how hard he works, his slump... His slump is perpetual. Maybe it's not just a slump. Maybe everything else was just a lucky streak.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Shenwoo with Flood Reversal.
- Power hit! -
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Megumi 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
As the forward momentum of the Zetsu! Gekiken is all imparted on Rock, Shenwoo comes to a halt in his extended position, his hair and shirt falling back into place, now that he's not moving. More unlucky for him, then, that Megumi goes and grabs him by the head, and smashes him into the gymnasium floor. Very hard, too, to judge by the crack that appears in the varnished wood around where the berserker's rather solid forehead impacts with it. "Geez..." he mutters, not giving his head time to clear... Instead, he's not bothering to get back at Megumi, and instead he scrambles after Rock, first on his hands and knees and then getting back up to his feet. He's going to finish at least part of this, and he's not about to be turned away from his target! "C'mon kid, get back up, or I'll make sure you do!!" he roars, aiming to grab a hold of Rock before he even really gets his bearings. If he manages that, he'll keep running him - right into the /wall/, in fact, with a body splash/shoulder tackle sort of deal - and deliver a powerful headbutt with his already battered cranium, before hopping back from the 'kid'. Brutal? Maybe a little, but he /is/ a street brawler.
Megumi takes Shenwoo down quite well, but it's only /after/ he's absolutely torn into Rock. His request echoes in her mind for a moment, then she starts to run after her tumbling teammate while Shenwoo also tries to rush to that same person. But she's going to get there first in one form, as her arms spread wide apart, then high and low to create a tall, thin energy wall. It shoots out, racing towards Rock in an effort to help him out before Shenwoo can strike him again...
Well, Megumi is within reach again now, so while Shenwoo charges off to deal with Rock, Yashiro turns back to face her. He watches the energy wall shoot off toward Rock, but it's only a minor concern to the Orochi fighter, who is already charging across the gym floor towards Megumi. When he reaches the last few feet he leaps forward with a shout, attempting to slam his right fist into her stomach. He follows that up with a left fist to the chest, then swings his right fist up for a nasty blow to the chin.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Rock with Restoration Aura.
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Megumi 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Rock with Saikouhou-Geki.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Megumi 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
The abuse, for Rock, basically doesn't end. The moment he gets himself up -- there's Shenwoo again. And what he does to Rock is essentially too violent to document in full here, out of respect for the sensitive female audience of Seijyun High. Needless to say, it leaves Rock broken, bloodied, and laying prone on his side on the floor of the arena. If not for Megumi's healing, Rock would be asleep, right now.
But he's not. Not for good.
"I..." he mutters, voice muffled by blood as he claws his way up to his feet, his face a roadmap of injury and defeat. "Am sick..." Despite his injuries, he's already starting to force himself into movement, enacting a shambling sprint towards Shenwoo, one fist cocked backwards. "... and tired..." He's gaining speed, and once he does, he brings that fist forward with all of his strength, guiding it right into Shenwoo's face. "... OF LOSING!"
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo parries Rock's Fierce Punch!
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Megumi 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 Yashiro
He might only be hanging on by a thread, but Shenwoo is still going. His body is battered and bruised, and he doesn't even have the benefit of anyone with a fancy-pants healing ability... He's doing this all with spirit and fury and pure bull-headed stubbornness. As it happens, he's actually pretty tired of losing himself, even though it's more about the /fight/ than its outcome... Still, he does like to see his power in action. "You've got a lot of spirit, kid, I like that!" the berserker from Shanghai says, catching Rock's fist, and then pushing him back to keep him off-balance. He can feel it in the back of his head, you know... The loss of control, so very close. The desire to vent all his fury on the red-eyed Son of Geese. "SO LET'S SEE WHO'S GOT MORE!!" he roars, as for a second time he ploughs towards Rock Howard with fist and chi-shockwave, too fast for the eye to follow... But this time, he's doing it from a scant few feet away. "SHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Yashiro's Missile Might Bash.
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Megumi 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/-----==/=======|=======\==-----\1 Yashiro
Megumi is pretty concerned with Rock, but she knows that she's going to draw reprisals for helping him out like that. So when Yashiro gets in front of her, she spins sideways to avoid the stomach-punch. Then the left punch is deflected with an arm, and the final uppercut is avoided by rolling sideways. "Spiral..."
She's launching after Shenwoo, and maybe that cry was a feint, because her hand isn't wrapping in energy. Nor is her dive one of twirling through the air; instead it's one of trying to get behind him, grab his shoulders, and shoving her foot into his leg to try and sweep him off-balance, then slam him to the ground.
Yashiro grumbles a bit to himself as Megumi spins away from his attack, unharmed. He doesn't let up however, chasing her down as she goes after Shenwoo. He doesn't make it quickly enough to stop her from making her own attack, but she won't have long to relax. As soon as he gets close to her Yashiro throughs out a quick punch to the chest, intending to send Megumi staggering a bit away from Shenwoo.
COMBATSYS: Rock blocks Shenwoo's Setsu Geki-Ken EX.
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Rock 1/----===/=======|=======\==-----\1 Yashiro
"S'not about having more," grunts Rock, barely soaking the power of Shenwoo's attack from behind the shield of both his arms. "It's about who's got /enough/!" Pushing forward with all of his might, Rock makes one last effort to shove Shenwoo off balance before he thrusts his right hand straight into the God of Battle's face, gathering wind chi as he does so. It's quick, messy, and improvised -- but this in-your-face variety of the Reppuken has always saved him from ugly situations in the past. He's hoping it does so here. "ReppUUUUUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Shenwoo with Flood Reversal.
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Megumi 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/----===/=======|=======\==-----\1 Yashiro
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo endures Rock's Reppuken.
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Megumi 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Shenwoo
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Rock 1/--=====/=======|=======\==-----\1 Yashiro
But, it seems whatever luck the self-styled God of Battle had has just about run out, now. Megumi takes him down, and then he gets hit quite easily by Rock's Reppuken, but Shenwoo's still got a little bit of fight left in him. It's sluggish, weakened fight, but it's still a last bit of fight, as he springs quickly to his feet and, with the chi of the Reppuken still clinging to him, the tall man's hands come together in an axe-handle once more, this time aiming for two swings... First an upwards swing aimed at Rock's chin as he rises, and then bringing both hands down, hard, towards the boy's face. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Once that happens, well, he's kinda gonna flop over mostly unconscious, but a lot more satisfied than he has been in his previous showings.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo can no longer fight.
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Megumi 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Yashiro
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COMBATSYS: Megumi endures Yashiro's Quick Punch.
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Even fast, light punches can hurt a lot. When you're a girl of relatively normal build, and someone that completely towers over you punches you in the chest, it's going to hurt. But Megumi stands her ground, letting him strike as her arms reach over to the side of Yashiro's body. Rock's right there, and Shenwoo's still trying to take him down. Even as she cries out from being struck, her arms do their spreading apart motion to create a second tall energy wall, which races towards Rock.
Yashiro spares only a quick glance toward Shenwoo as he goes down; there isn't time to waste worrying about that right now. Especially when Megumi provides him with a good opportunity, while she's in close quarters with him. He grins as she turns to launch her wall toward Rock, chuckling for a moment. "Hey, where are you looking?" He suddenly ducks down grabbing for one of her legs. If he manages to snare her he then quickly stands up, yanking her upside down into the air as he does so. He then spins around, using her leg for leverage as he attempts to slam her violently down into the floor.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Rock with Restoration Aura.
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Megumi 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 Yashiro
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COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Rock with Kouryuu-Geki.
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Megumi 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 Yashiro
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Rock takes Shenwoo's blow like a pro -- this time, there's no shuddering, no falling. It /hurts/, but he stays on his feet. It wasn't his attack that did Shenwoo in, however. It was Megumi. Just as it's Megumi who is solely responsible for the fact that he's still standing. But he's not going to /waste/ the opportunity just because of that. Once Shenwoo drops, Rock fixes his attention on Yashiro, yelling, "You! Get your hands off of her -- you've got something else to worry about!" And then he's on his feet and sprinting, having apparently uncovered a new burst of vitality; vitality that may or may not be very bad for Yashiro, depending on what happens next.
COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks Yashiro's Hatchet Throw.
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Megumi 0/-------/---====|=======\===----\1 Yashiro
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"Lookin' at my friend," Megumi answers Yashiro's question right before he pulls her off balance and has her held by just one foot, and yelps with surprise from that. That looks like a bad position to be in. And Yashiro's effort to smash her into the floor certainly is mighty, and yet...she slaps her hands out to the ground just before impact, letting them take most of the damage. Hurts her palms a lot, but that's better than taking it all on her body. "Gah...huh?" Suddenly she sees Rock charging in, and she has a fairly good idea what he's planning. Getting up, she brings her hands together and tries to add a little more damage to his plan. Her hands come together and form a large sparkling red ball that sticks to one of her hands, then she tosses it at Yashiro with a quick yell.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Yashiro with Crimson Comet.
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COMBATSYS: Yashiro fails to interrupt Deadly Rave Neo from Rock with Final Impact.
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Megumi 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Yashiro
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With Rock having gotten his attention Yashiro lets go of Megumi once she hits the floor, as he tries to get ready to deal with Rock. He clenches his right fist as Rock begins running in toward him, preparing to slam an attack right into the kid's face as he gets close. The tell-tale rumbling as he gathers chi begins to manifest... and then Megumi's attack hits him in the side of the head. Concentration shattered, he's completely unable to react in time to Rock's incoming attack, and is left sprawled on his back, groaning in pain. He's not out just yet, though, as evidenced by the fact that he quickly begins sitting up...
Rock recovers from his massive chain attack once he delivers the humongous burst of chi at the conclusion -- a single continuous stream of attacks, followed by a single massive ball of chi. The fact that Yashiro is still standing seems to surprise Rock; Rock, who is exhausted from his effort. Dropping on to one knee, Rock huffs a little before he finally rises up, clenching one fist. "Alright... let's finish this off!" He's got no energy left for finesse -- he's just pushing as hard as he can to keep going, and he does so by swinging hard at Yashiro's face from up close.
Megumi blinks several times as she watches Rock give back what he received earlier: A savage beatdown. It's actually pretty cool to watch, she figures. And once it's over...Yashiro's actually getting to his feet. "Wow. Man, you /are/ tough." She's not saying this in a patronizing voice, she honestly does seem impressed. "Fair's fair, though. One of the things that really worked for me when I first moved here..."
She digs into her pocket, coming up with a decent-sized rock. Not a decent sized Rock, but a stone. "...Was this." With a quick flicking motion, she sends the stone spinning towards Yashiro's head.
COMBATSYS: Rock successfully hits Yashiro with Fierce Punch.
- Power hit! -
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COMBATSYS: Yashiro endures Megumi's Thrown Object.
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Yashiro's head jerks violently to one side as Rock's fist slams into it. Compared to that, Megumi's rock glancing off his head is hardly noticeable, even if it does manage to draw a small trickle of blood. Yashiro staggers slightly as he brings his eyes back to Rock, and it becomes clear that he's not going to be able to stay on his feet much longer. Before he falls, though, he wants to at least try to get even with Rock for that extremely damaging series of punches.
Normally when he gathers energy it takes a long time, giving the opponent plenty of opportunity to react. For a sacrifice in effectivness he can charge up much more quickly however. And this is what he does, the varnished wood beneath his feet suddenly cracking and splintering as he hurls his weight forward, trying to slam his fist into Rock's face with earth-chi enhanced strength.
COMBATSYS: Yashiro can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Rock blocks Yashiro's Final Impact.
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A disappointed expression crosses Yashiro's face as he feels an impact far less satisfying than that which he'd hoped for. He doesn't really even have a chance to see just what happened, though, as he's already falling to the ground, and it doesn't look like he'll be getting up under his own power for some time now.
Rock shields himself with both arms, staggering back on both feet as he takes the power of the blow. And then it's over, as quickly as it began. But Rock doesn't seem thrilled. He just... slumps his shoulders. "Dammit," he mutters. "I appreciate it, Megumi, but..." He pauses there, shaking his head. "Nothin'. Nevermind. Good fight."
Megumi watches as Rock is on the receiving end of yet another heavy, pounding attack. And yet he seems to endure it well enough...and then Yashiro's clearly spent. Fight's over. "'But', I know what the 'but' is." Her tone is very short, annoyed. "You already all but said it outright." She spins around sharply, and begins to walk off to leave the gym. She's tired and starting to feel a bit more of the pain now that adrenaline's fading...
COMBATSYS: Megumi has left the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Rock has ended the fight here.
Log created by Yashiro, and last modified on 16:39:53 04/29/2005.