Description: Marco, Yamazaki, Shinobu, Zaki, and Vice fight for SNF in a free-for-all at the Dream Amusement Park. (Winner: Zaki; 2nd: Shinobu and Marco; 4th: Yamazaki)
Ahh, the Saturday Night Fight! Free bread and circuses for those in Southtown in the nosebleed seats. Cheap entertainment for those that want to spring for a real ticket. And for those sitting halfway across the Globe in places like Hoboken, New Jersey? It's on Pay-Per-View for some exorbitant fee. Sometimes location really, truly is everything.
Any other night, Dreamland Amusement park is a happy, magical land. Brightly dressed employees walk around making sure guests are well pampered. It's a family freindly venue, built to delight and amaze tourists from all over. Tonight, it's a staging ground for visceral bloodshed and carnage of untold levels. The matchup? Marco: A Kyokugen student, trained well in the arts of his trade, capable of delivering bone crushing blows with his tanklike build. Shinobu: A pretty young fighting savant, with a style as unpredictable as she is. Zaki: Mistress of the chain, hers is the ability to command thousands of women, and thrash the unworthy with her art. Vice: Almost literally a maneater, her hideous strength is only matched by her bestial nature and inhuman beauty. Yamazaki: More monster than man, the Southtown gangster is known best for not only his ability to kill, but his willingness to.
How's that for family entertainment?
The announcer speaks, filling the air with the superfluous claptrap announcers are expected to make, but the air is charged with the hearts and desires of the combatants. Each have their own needs, wants, hates, loves, and a burning desire to give voice to them all.
All set to the backdrop of earning some petty cash out of it all.
Southtown is perhaps the only location that could allow that to be possible. A place where the mighty clash. A place where the criminally insane and the insanely sane can meet and destroy each other under their various banners and ideals without reprise.
Location is everything, after all.
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Yamazaki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Vice
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Zaki
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|
Words. They're just words. The talking, the chattering... whatever. None of that matters to Yamazaki right now. The arena? Just a wide, cleared off area in the middle of Dreamland. He doesn't come here. Ever. The park isn't his style. But tonight? Tonight is different. Tonight, he settles something once and for all. He peers across the area, looking for the person that is his focus. The only reason he even talked to Geese at all today. He cracks his knuckles with his one free hand, he licks his chops.
Vice.
It's put up or shut up time tonight. Marco's small potatoes. The rest of the rubes? Garbage. A blade snaps to life, and he chuckles as he tries to find the woman's gaze. "Enought foreplay! Let's do this, bitch!" And the man jumps in, stabbing at Vice with his trademark dagger.
Raising both of his massive arms above his head and cheering as the announcer finishes speaking, Marco pumps up the crowd, eliciting a loud cheer from his growing cheering section. Marco was a relative unknown, aside from his association with the Kyokugen Dojo, when he first immersed himself in the fighting circuit, but he's quickly built up a rather nicely sized fan base, mostly due to his winning record and his impressive showing in the Elimination Chamber match hosted at Master's Stadium; though playing to the crowd never hurts.
Turning to appraise his opponents for the first time since entering the ring, Marco is surprised to notice that the only fighter he recognizes is Yamazaki, who he'd had a run in with just a few days ago. This should be an interesting fight for Marco with all of these unknown variables. Simply raising one of his eyebrows in interest, the Kyokugen Bear watches as Yamazaki shouts and rushes one of the pretty girls. Even having fought Yamazaki before, the methods of that man still remain a virtual unknown. Content to bide his time to study his opponents, Marco stands quietly in his normal fighting stance.
COMBATSYS: Marco focuses on his next action.
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Vice 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Yamazaki successfully hits Vice with Sabaki no Aikuchi.
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Vice 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|
Vice was there indeed. Yamazaki's presence was one not lost upon the Orochi woman. The others...? All strangers. And similar to Yamazaki's mindset, three pieces of filth in her eyes. Perhaps there were four pieces of filth, she wasn't quite sure yet. In any case, the huge man was charging her. Meeting his gaze with her own unsteady one, Vice curls her lip in a snarl towards him, as she begins to try to sidestep out of the way... but too late.
The knife slashes into the woman, cutting gashes in her high-collared, long skirted, cleavageless variant of what she normally wore, shallow gashes on her shoulders and arms in her flesh visible beneath the cuts in her clothing. Family-friendly entertainment indeed. "YOU DAMN FILTH!" Vice shrieks with rage, as she falls to one knee, lashing out her hands towards Yamazaki's lower legs, unmindful of her wounds. Should she get a grip there, she would yank him onto his back with a swift tug, then flow beside his fallen form with a lightening-fast movement, grabbing him by the sides before heaving him up into the air, with all the might she can muster. That was the plan, anyways.
Zaki stands to the side of the melee for the moment, rolling her chain in her hand. Sure she's used to being a leader, but in a free-for-all brawl, everyone's a leader. Everyone's a wolf. One of these wolves, one of these pieces of filth joins in with another female to help with the kill. As she approaches Vice and Yamazaki, her pace picks up and her chain starts to swing at her side. Abruptly she lunges out with the coiling whip, aiming to aid Vice with her attack and ensnare Yamazaki's leg to bring him crashing to the ground.
With cotton candy in hand, Shinobu arrives, walking up as she tears a large chunk of sugar off with her teeth, swallowing it. She seems almost more absorbed in the impending sugar rush than taking any time to try and evaluate her foes, but she does look at them. She pauses, looking across the group, and then suddenly smiles, waving over to Zaki. "Hi, Zakiiiii!", she calls out in a 'look at me, look at me!' kind of tone. While it's not that she knows Zaki well, mind, Zaki is a big fish in the small Seijyun pond. Another hunk of cotton candy vanishes into her mini-maw, and she then quickly stuffs the rest into her mouth, somehow managing it pack it in... in defiance of taste, anatomy, and plain old physics. Swallowing, she pounds her chest for a moment, and then looks at her hand, which starts to shake. She closes it into a fist, looking up to the other fighters with a wide smile as the buzz goes into full swing.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Vice 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/---====|
COMBATSYS: Yamazaki blocks Vice's Black End.
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Vice 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/---====|
COMBATSYS: Zaki successfully hits Yamazaki with Chain Flip.
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Vice 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marco
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A large target, Yamazaki can't easily escape everything, and as such backs up from Vice's attack. "You keep calling me that, babe, but you're the one making a mess!" He laughs madly, as Vice's very nature has him awash in red, her hand connecting with his leg. With a vicious yank, he pulls back from it, twisting his ankle as a shock of pain shoots up his leg. Hey. She's as strong as he expected her to be.
Delicious.
However, as he moves to continued stabbing the woman, he's caught by the incoming chain, and sent to the ground with a yank. The impact is heavy, but the man seems to absorb the damage without much of an issue. In fact, it seems that Vice's failed return assault probably did more damage than Zaki's successful hit. Twisting to his feet again, he snorts, kicking the chain away before refocusing on Vice. "Y'know... you're cute when you're angry," he taunts, his heavy body weaving in as he rushes at the woman once again. This time, the big knife is slipped away in favor of his smaller, carbonsteel blade. Looking for an opening, he jabs in with the sharp knife, hoping to draw more of Vice's blood with an insane laugh.
Marco glances back and forth between his opponents, a look of confusion on his face. Trying to decide who his first target will be, the large Brazilian runs through the numbers. So two of the women are attacking Yamazaki and then there's the little girl eating cotton candy in the corner... is she even supposed to be fighting? Normally Marco would be happy to even the odds of the 2 on 1 fight, but he'd rather see Yamazaki beaten to a bloody pulp. Gulping softly, Marco turns slightly to look at his fans and coaxes another cheer out of the crowd with an upraised arm, not really knowing what else to do.
COMBATSYS: Marco takes no action.
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Vice 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/---====|
COMBATSYS: Yamazaki successfully hits Vice with Bussashi.
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Vice 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/---====|
With each of Yamazaki's weaves, Vice begins to sway the opposite way as she backpedals, casting a glance up at Zaki as she tries to spot who aided her last attack. A mistake. Returning her attention to Yamazaki a moment, too late, she catches the stab neatly in her ribcage, releasing a hiss as she backpedals off the blade. He wanted blood?
She'll do her best to give it to him. With a feral shout, Vice lunges forward towards Yamazaki, hopefully whilst he's close, and attempts to jab her fingernails into his face. Should she do so, she would shout, "THERE!" as she rakes her fingernails across her face, at the same moment she delivers a strong kick against the man's knee, hopefully dropping him to a kneel. Hopefully.
Zaki pays no attention to the hyper little girl, used to having people excitedly shout her name during a match, particularly girls. But they only get attention once the fight's over. Side-stepping around to Yamazaki's side as Vice goes to give him some facial exfoliation (or maybe just laceration), she adjusts her footing and aims a cresent kick at the man, followed by a jumping ax kick toward the base of his neck, her heel sparking blue.
Well, Shinobu can't sit on the sidelines, especially with a sugar buzz. Looking over to Marco, she puts one fist in her hand thoughtfully, and then decides... "I'll fight you!" She walks over towards him, and says, "Ultimate technique!...", lashing out with a swift punch... but then, stops short, as if about to rap her knuckle into him... the famous punch of kung fu artists. But instead, her finger flicks out with a twist of her wrist, driving all that force into a single fingertip. It's... just a really forceful poke. "... just kidding...", she manages, supressing a giggle.
COMBATSYS: Vice successfully hits Yamazaki with Death Blow.
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Vice 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\1 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/---====|
COMBATSYS: Yamazaki fails to counter Gankou Geri from Zaki with Sadomazo.
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Vice 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/---====|
The blade sinks into Vice's body, and it makes Yamazaki smirk. His hand twitches as if he meant to twist it, but he doesn't. "Hey," he growls into her ear as he stabs into her. "This is bullshit. If I'm gonna put you down, babe, I don't want no interference. How 'bout we take out the garbage someone left in the ring?" He jerks his head towards Zaki, who apparently doesn'tknow a grudge match when she sees one.
However, Vice is already attacking, and he can't move fast enough.
Attacked on both sides, Yamazaki is summarily beaten down. Individually, the strikes aren't very devestating at all, but combined? The big man is raked across the face, and stumbles to the ground, getting hammered into the pavement before he can preoperly react to Zaki's incoming blow.
COMBATSYS: Marco counters Fake Inch from Shinobu with Joudan Harai.
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Vice 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|
Marco's eyes go wide in surprise as the cotton candy girl walks up to him and throws a punch at him apparently named "Ultimate Technique" Well, the large Brazilian wasn't about to go around attacking girls unprovoked, but if she's already unleashing some sort of ultimate attack, well, that changes things. Ducking his shoulder low under her fist, causing the poke to fly by his shoulder, Marco unleashes a brutal uppercut to the girl's face. The Kyokugen Bear's not taking any chances. As his massive fist flies towards the girl's jaw Marco manages to hear her says something... 'Just kidding?'
A disturbingly girlish giggle leaves Vice as her attack connects, the woman stepping away from Yamazaki, to avoid his stumble into her. "Oh..." she begins with a almost-purr, flicking her hands to the sides to relieve them of any blood they may have collected. "...but the ring is just -full- of garbage."
Despite those words, Vice turns her back to the larger Orochi man, a amused grin on her lips... in spite of the knife wounds that still leaked blood. She turns towards Marco and Shinobu. Evidently giving up any pretense of propriety, Vice hunches forward severely, and lets her arms dangle before herself, her dark eyes flickering from Marco to Shinobu. And with a swaying, slow step, she begins to step towards them, the grin on her face seeming to grow with devilish glee.
COMBATSYS: Vice focuses on her next action.
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Vice 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|
Zaki heard that exchange, and drawing the ire of either of these psychos wouldn't help her in the slightest. Turning her gaze on Marco as well, she backs off the two, apparently having accomplished what she sought to do with them. As she approaches the large man, she starts to swing her chain lazily at her side, her eyes grinning a bit. "Well well..."
COMBATSYS: Zaki focuses on her next action.
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Vice 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|
Shinobu's eyes widen at the swift attack, and she only manages the last syllable of "...ing!-", before getting nailed. She falls back, her feet flying up, but she manages to sprawl out to lessen the impact. Getting up, she gives Marco a silent glare, but pauses, looking up towards the other two approaching. "Ehhhhh?" She smiles, beaming as she decides, "Okay, I'll take you all on!" Not a wise decision in the slightest, but an interesting one. She then takes two quick steps towards Vice, and says, "Get ready!", before then letting loose with a barrage of randum punches, her arm blurring. "Yayayayayaya...", she rattles off, throwing the punches more randomly than anything else. Quantity over quality, it seems.
A clear look as Vice moves away from him. A kid? He's being attacked by a kid? Children are the worst kind of fighter. They're unpredictable, and prone to doing spectacularly stupid things that sometimes pay off. Trembling with anticipation, Yamazaki almost seems to falter as the other Orochi leaves his presence. He was running high off that buzz that the essence of a dark god can provide, and Zaki's taken that away from him. This does not endear the young girl to the angry gangster a bit.
He doesn't have any fancy words, or taunts for Zaki. No. All he knows is that someone is trying to take his fun away from him, and because of this, she's going to have to be turned into a messy lump. With an almost insane howl, Yamazaki's body seems to completely come undone, falling into total slack before his twitching, writing body snaps up, hand blazing with red chi energy as he rams it at Zaki's face. Should it connect, the girl will be treated to a quick round trip across the ring, being dragged along her back before yamazaki punts her into the camera crew.
Marco winces painfully as he watches Shinobu crash to the ground as a result of his uppercut. Trying to ignore the boo's and jeers from the crowd, Marco turns his attention to Zaki as Shinobu gets up and runs off to tangle with Vice. Swinging the chain, swinging the chain... Marco's eyes narrow as Zaki approaches him. Now this looks like a worthy opponent. Pushing up the right sleeve of his gi unconsciously, Marco switches feet and pulls his arms up into a defensive stance, preparing for the... wait... is that Yamazaki? Marco suppresses the urge to wince a second time as he watches what was going to be his opponent attacked with a move that's all too familiar. That's gunna hurt if it hits. Oh well, Marco is left without a dancing partner once more, so he has to be content with watching the melee for a while longer. Always the bride's maid, never getting to punch someone in the face.
COMBATSYS: Marco focuses on his next action.
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Vice 1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Marco
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COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Vice with Rumble Punch.
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Vice 1/----===/=======|=------\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Marco
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What was this...? A little schoolgirl was charging Vice? Running her tongue over her lips, Vice hunches forward just a tad more as she stares at the girl, her smile growing wider and wider as she then half-heartedly steps out of the way... or would've, had the rapid punches not found their mark. Eyes widening with the shock, Vice's head snaps back with a punch to her jaw, her posture straightening as the flurry of punches stagger her backwards, her body twitching a different way with each impact. But when the impact ends...
...Vice was noticeably upset. Eyes wild with the anger she felt, she jabs a hand in the direction of Shinobu, hoping to catch the schoolgirl around the neck. "DIEEEEE!" she shrieks, as she would then chokeslam her to the ground, before leaping up into the air, attempting to land on Shinobu's belly. Kneefirst.
COMBATSYS: Zaki interrupts Guillotine from Yamazaki with Evil Eye.
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Vice 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Zaki hears the primal shout and sees the bubbling mass of man meat coming at her. It's something she's had to deal with before, something that no longer rattles her nerves. Instead, she sets her footing, leans over a bit, and gives Yamazaki one HELL of a glare. The sort of glare that could make a child pee itself. The sort that could kill a puppy. The sort she's used to avoid fights entirely before. One can almost see the little lightning bolts coming off of that eeeeeeevil eye. It looks like she could stare down a train with a look like that, and for all intents and purposes she is.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu blocks Vice's Withering Atlas.
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Vice 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu is nailed by Vice's attack - hard, she's grabbed into the air, and then as Vice leaps... she grabs one of the cracks in the ground left behind by the blow, and slips free, staying ground-bound rather than get taken for the latter part of the painful ride. She looks somewhat surprised, but more by Vice's anger than the attack itself. She then cups her hands as she rises, and hops back as she lets a small blue bubble of chi off. It floats towards the ground, and then, as it contacts, it suddenly bursts open, the chi traveling upward in a dispersed column towards Vice, like a vertical wave or mini-'plosion.
*WHAM!* Yamazaki's hand clamps like a vice on Zaki's face as he grimaces at the girl. However, something about her seems wrong, and the man is brought out of his homocidal Orochi rage if only for a moment. With a snarl, the man curls his lip in irritation as she seems to have tossed off his Mojo, the chi powering down off his hand. Eyes flashing furiously, he has to think of a follow up fast, or else Zaki will most likely figure out how to react.
And so?
He whips his arm around with Zaki's head still in it. Odds are, she knows how to land, and won't take any damage, but the person he's heaving Zaki at is most likely not going to feel entirely too well. And the first thing he sees? Well, that'd be that dumb candy-ass schoolkid who seems more intent in skipping around than actually really fighting. "HEADS UP!" He bellows, heaving Zaki over Vice's head. He's got it in his mind that he'll be the last one standing, and the one to take Vice to the cleaners, and doesn't want to clobber the woman with Zaki.
That'd just be /rude/.
Now is Marco's chance. As Zaki flies through the air toward the other girls, the large Brazilian makes a beeline for Yamazaki. "I'm glad to see you recovered," Marco say to the other man, his voice oddly bereft of sarcasm or insult. As he closes in the Kyokugen Bear spins away from Yamazaki, his right leg leading him into the air and straight towards Ryuji in the form of a flying jump kick. Twisting slightly as he soars, Marco will turn another 180 if the first kick hits, sending a follow up kick to Yamazaki's chest with his left foot.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Vice with Petite Pop.
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The ever-so-helpful advice from Yamazaki did one thing. Distract Vice enough so that the bubble-explosion had a chance to wash over her. Despite the explosion, however... Vice did not fall, or even stagger. Closing her eyes, and grimacing as the pain from the attack burns over her, the Orochi woman takes a deep breath... and with the exhaling of that breath, opens angry, angry eyes towards poor Shinobu. Another breath is indrawn, but released far less peacefully. "FILTH!!" Vice shrieks, as she throws herself into motion, lifting a fist high above her head, before she attempts to bring it crashing down upon the head or shoulder of the schoolgirl with all the strength she could muster.
Zaki gets a new sort of look in her eye as she's thrown by her head, not a pleasant prospect to say the least. Wincing with the pain in her neck from the rough manhandling, she tries to shift her body to come down on her feet, and hopefully will be able to use whatever happens to end up under her to cushion her fall.
Yes, Shinobu. That would be you.
COMBATSYS: Yamazaki successfully hits Shinobu with Large Thrown Object.
- Power hit! -
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Zaki 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Marco
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COMBATSYS: Vice successfully hits Shinobu with Monstrosity.
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Zaki 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Marco
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COMBATSYS: Shinobu fails to interrupt Large Thrown Object from Zaki with Final Finish.
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Turning to try and face Zaki, Shinobu rears back, but the sudden change in angle nails her. She then. gets bashed from two angles, hitting the ground hard enough to crack it. She looks to be pretty well out at this point; or at least too dazed to act for a bit, her eyes rolling back. Little birds would circle her, if only they had the proper cues. As it is, she's lucky to get little flies buzzing about.
COMBATSYS: Yamazaki counters Flying Whirlwind Kick from Marco with Sadomazo.
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As Zaki sails away, the Orochi looks up to see an incoming Marco. Without so much as a word, the man ducks down, leaning into the blow. Hard feet hit a solid body... and Marco knows full well what that means. The foot seems to hit solid flesh and bone until he seems to melt under the hit. And with a flash, Yamazaki's fist is ramming into Marco's crotch, a seriously cheap blow.
"Nice job, you snivelling little punk. You bust a little girl in the face, and wait for everyone to get hurt before you jump in? Looks like Takuma's teachin' you all the good Kyokugen tricks. What next? Gonna shoot a chi-blast at a grandma in front of you at the grocery store? Go screw with that stupid little mask girl. I'm sick of your face." He spits.
"Oooof!" Marco's attack stops to a halt as his crotch is punished by the gangster. Low. Collapsing to one knee, Marco does his best to push the sickening queasiness that is starting to grow in the pit of his stomach away so he can continue the fight. Not really in a position to do much else, Marco thrusts himself towards Yamazaki, pushing off powerfully with his feet. Keeping low to the ground, Marco throws his own fist at Yamazaki's crotch in the form of an uppercut that resembles the one that he hit Shinobu with earlier, though this attack is meant to hit lower, as Yamazaki will find out should the Brazilian's plans pan out.
Well, damn. Recovering from her attack just in time to see Zaki slam into Shinobu, Vice takes a rapid backstep away from the point of impact, snorting down at the fallen schoolgirl. Ya, she looked done. Lifting her sleeve, Vice wipes it across her lips as she turns her attention towards... well, the next-nearest person. Zaki.
Where once Vice was just standing, she was then charging the girl in a flurry of movement, a hand darting out to grab her by the collar of her jacket. Should Vice find hold there, she would yank Zaki to the ground with a sharp movement, before dragging her around a moment, before finally chucking her haphazardly towards the nearest patch of empty arena she could see.
COMBATSYS: Zaki interrupts Gore Fest from Vice with Lonesome Pride.
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Zaki was just getting her footing when the psychobitch came after her and the gang leader barely has time to get off the poor squashed Shinobu. As Vice's hand closes around her collar and irritates her already sore neck, she shifts her footing and launches off her hind leg toward the woman, bringing a harsh kick toward her abdomen. "Back off!"
Shinobu lays where she is, sprawled, as her eyes close. She whines quietly, and then just yawns, as if ready to go to sleep here and now. Not for long, but she really should use a nap. After all, all that sugar should be crashing... though the rest could do her good. Not quite a second wind, mind, but definitely a breather.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Vice 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Marco
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COMBATSYS: Yamazaki fails to counter Gedan Harai from Marco with Sadomazo.
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Vice 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|
Getting attacked while halfway worn down is something that Yamazaki can appreciate. Maybe marco's not such a stupid idiot after all. However, Yamazaki has things to do, and Marco isn't really helping with his mission.
He smiles to himself, thinking of things in the future. Things he can do to make Marco miserable. As it is, Yamazaki doesn't hold grudges. That would mean actually giving a crap about people. There's a short list of people he feels he needs to impress or bother on a regular basis. Up until now, Marco wasn't on it.
He still isn't.
Laughing like a maniac, Yamazaki is too distracted with thoughst of bloodshed and carnage to care really what marco is up to, and is slammed crotch first with an uppercut. The powerful blow sends the man backwards, tumbling end over end into the dust, where he lay sprawled, face first in the ground.
Marco has fought Yamazaki enough to know the rules that the man plays by, so the big Brazilian has no qualms about pressing the attack while the gangster is lying prone on the ground. In fact, it might be the one thing that Marco does this fight that Yamazaki will actually respect, not that Marco cares one way or another about that. Wind-milling his right arm up above his shoulder and behind his back, Marco flings the now glowing appendage towards the fallen Yamazaki, sending a orange ball of chi flying at the prone man. "Ko'ou Ken!" Marco intones as the blazing ball flies at his opponent. There's a grim set to Marco's jaw as the attack closes in. He knows that all the crap that Yamazaki talks is just to get a rise out of him, but the Kyokugen Bear sometimes has the patience of his namesake.
Hissing sharply as Zaki's boot to her belly stops her move mid-way, Vice staggers to the side, her chest rising and falling slowly with each of her heavy breaths. Whether by the bloodloss, or the constant damage she was taking... Vice was beginning to become very, very weary. But in spite of her physical condition, her eyes blazed with unfocused hatred, and with a shout that begins with a low growl, Vice turns that hateful gaze upon Zaki, taking a step closer to her, before throwing herself backwards in a backflip. "GO TO HELLLLLLLLL!"
In the middle of Vice's backflip, she would attempt to snap her feet around the neck of the young woman, before completing her backflip, driving the top of Zaki's head into the ground, Vice standing above her as the move completes.
COMBATSYS: Vice successfully hits Zaki with Negative Gain.
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Vice 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 1/----===/=======|====---\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|
Despite the chaos, the shouting, the flashing lights of chi, the taunts... Shinobu seems soundly asleep. Plug 'er in; she needs to get recharged before she can reenter the fight. Of course, being in the middle of it is far from safe, but if she's aware of that, it isn't noticeable. Instead, she seems to have entered heaven by way of her intense pain... though in a decidely different fashion than some of the other fighters here do.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu takes a breather.
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Vice 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Yamazaki
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Zaki 1/----===/=======|====---\-------\0 Marco
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COMBATSYS: Yamazaki fails to reflect Ko'ou Ken from Marco with Bai Gaeshi.
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Vice 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1 Yamazaki
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Zaki 1/----===/=======|=====--\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|
Zaki brings her arms up to try to soften that blow but can't quite get them there fast enough. Before she knows it, she ends up hitting the ground, hard, the diametrically OPPOSITE-OF-GOOD way to do it. Her reflexes bring her to her feet through she seems too dizzy to keep her balance. Almost falling over, she lashes out her chain at the nearest person, presuming it's the blur that hurt her.
As Yamazaki sits up, he looks to see an incoming projectile, and instinctively, he raises his hand to catch it. Unfortunately for him, it's just not entirely fast enough. The burst hits him full force, blowing him backwards and tumbling across the ground, leaving him pretty much a mess. The only thing really left in him is a glare across the arena. His chance blown at smashing Vice into a bloody pulp, he looks up in time to see her smash Zaki into the dirt.
That does make him smile. Maybe next time. Maybe next time.
He's long since stopped caring about Marco. The fact that the Kyokugen fighter was just another interference to his endgame doesn't get the large man much ire. Marco is nothing to him but something to hit when he's bored out of his skull. The man glances up at Marco, and just chuckles, blood and drool staining the cobblestone under him. Opportunism is one thing. Just being a schmuck is another, and Yamazaki knows where he sits.
With grim determination Marco walks up to Ryuji and studies him silently for a long second. Beaten and bruised, but not out yet, the gangster returns Marco's gaze with blood, drool, and laughter. Even as battered as he is, Marco knows that Yamazaki is still a threat, so it is almost out of respect that Marco aims a blunt kick to the prone man's midsection. It's a respect that Yamazaki would never give him. The two men could not be more opposite.
COMBATSYS: Zaki successfully hits Vice with Dokuhebi no Tessa.
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Vice 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Yamazaki
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Zaki 1/--=====/=======|=====--\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|
And the chain hits Vice square in the face, drawing a angry, siren-like shriek from the woman as she clutches at the spot of impact, slowly staggering backwards. And when she opens her eyes, and drops her hands, her vision was blurry. Not good. And as she glances around, her angry gaze settles upon Marco. With a yell, she begins a staggering sort of run towards the man's back, attempting to slap her arms around his middle, hopefully grabbing him in a surprisingly tight grasp. And unless Marco did something otherwise, Vice would bend her knees, before launching herself up in the air with the large Brazilian, flip him upside down, and exert what remains of her strength to slam him towards the ground, moments before impact. But hit or miss, soon after, the woman would take a step away, and sorta crumple to the ground as she seemingly faints, her eyes wide-open, but blank, and her breaths shallow. Way too shallow.
COMBATSYS: Vice can no longer fight.
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Yamazaki 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|=======\====---\1 Zaki
Shinobu suddenly sits up. "Schooltime already?", she mumbles, before looking around. Her mouth becomes a little 'o', as she realizes she's still in this fight after all. She stands up, seeming puzzled. Let's see. Yamazaki is fighting Marco. Zaki is fighting Vice. There isn't an obvious side for her to fall back on now, and so she scratches her head as Vice wooshes past her, causing her clothes and hair to blow in the wake. Were it not for her injuries, she might look the part of a tourist better than that of a figter at the moment.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu focuses on her next action.
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Yamazaki 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|=======\====---\1 Zaki
COMBATSYS: Yamazaki dodges Marco's Medium Kick.
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Yamazaki 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|=======\====---\1 Zaki
Zaki shakes her head clear, a hand to the back of her neck, as she takes in her surroundings. Shinobu's awake. She could go over and punt the little girl into the next time zone, work out some frustration... Marco's looking clean and fresh. He might need a little ass kicking. Or then there's Yamazaki... Yamazaki might be a little bit pissed off if he realizes she just took out his sparring partner, which is... well... what Zaki's now realizing. The gang leader starts to walk a bit away from Marco and Yamazaki, eyeing Shinobu.
She approaches the girl, staring down at her intensely... and offers her a hand up. "Want to teach these boys a lesson?"
COMBATSYS: Zaki focuses on her next action.
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Yamazaki 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|=======\====---\1 Zaki
With a completely deranged smile, Yamazaki's crumpled, broken body snaps up into place. His blonde hair matted with blood, his body bruised and beaten. He'd look next to death if not for the firery look in his eyes he gives Marco. And he leans back, body bending at an impossible angle before he wrenches forwards, and rams a hand towards Marco.
It clamps around his shoulder, and helps Yamazaki hurtle straight towards Zaki.
See, to Yamazaki, Zaki is the entire reason he was denied his little match with Vice. That's really all Yamazaki was here for. Not only was he denied that, she took away the final hit. With a completely unhinged, deranged cackle, blood and spittle streams behind the man as he launches up into the air to slam Zaki into the ground. If he hits? A modified version, heretofore unseen, or the Guillotine, where he rams the girl face first into the dirt, and then goes apeshit on her, producing two daggers in his hand while wailing away upon the girl's body before he kicks her into sub orbit.
The added benefit? He knows how to hurt Marco without laying a finger on him. If it hits... well, he denies Marco his honor, forcing him to fight a severely wounded combatant and a woefully untrained little girl. The crowd will hate him. And that alone makes Yamazaki's day. "This one's for you, babe," he half hisses.. although who he's talking to is unclear.
COMBATSYS: Vice successfully hits Marco with Mithan's Robe.
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Yamazaki 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|=======\====---\1 Zaki
COMBATSYS: Zaki interrupts Guillotine from Yamazaki with Chain Flip.
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Yamazaki 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|=======\=======\1 Zaki
Marco is caught off guard by Yamazaki zipping past him, that much is for sure. He also seems to be rather surprised by Vice latching onto him not unlike her namesake and sending him for a ride. Flying up into the air and slamming down on the ground with a painful crunch, it's all Marco can do to pull himself to his feet as the beautiful Vice falls unconscious. Taking a second to shake the cobwebs out, Marco glances around the ring to try and locate Yamazaki, in case the vile gangster is planning some sort of ambush.
COMBATSYS: Marco focuses on his next action.
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Yamazaki 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Marco
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|=======\=======\1 Zaki
Zaki glances up in time to see the huge ball of meaty doom coming at her. "...#@$&." By instinct she whips her chain up at Yamazaki, jumping back to try to get some more distance between him and herself, or perhaps trying to spare Shinobu from the impact as well. As soon as her chain gains purchase on Yamazaki's airborne body she gives it a firm tug. With the angle, she knows she won't be able to avoid the brunt of the attack, but at least it won't be quite so severe. Unless you count having a big smelly KO'd guy on top of you as severe.
Shinobu smiles at that, seeming to take the suggestion without question. "Okay!" She then turns to Marco. Hm. He's going to need a bit stronger technique than just a poke this time... but what?
Leaping at him, she cries out, and as she lands, she swings a fist forward. It's not a graceful punch, but rather, an overextended, wild straight punch that carries her whole body with it. "Waaaaaa!", she cries out, as she totters forward on one foot after the punch, having thrown her balance completely off. One might wonder if there's any real technique behind it, really, other than perhaps the skill of being too spirited for her own good.
Yamazaki's arms swing at Zaki in an insane windmilling action that does most of the damage, bashing away at her body, but the snap of the chain breaks him out of his concentration, and knocks him for a loop. Feh. Yanked to the ground, the gangster's body seems to slowly rise up, and he grins at the girl, breathing heavily, and dripping blood from a large knife. Vice's blood most likely, but some of his as well. Wild eyes stare at Zaki, and he braces his entire body.
Last shot. Always make the last shot count, father said.
"I lost.... but I don't care. Most important thing? You're not gonna win." And with a flash of the knife, he drives the massive blade, which is basically a short sword, towards Zaki's face, to flay off her mask and gouge a massive cut in her cheek. Hit or miss? He'll lurch forwards, and collapse.
COMBATSYS: Yamazaki can no longer fight.
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Zaki 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/=======|
Chen has arrived.
COMBATSYS: Marco counters Haymaker Hammer from Shinobu with Joudan Harai.
- Power hit! -
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Zaki 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\=------\1 Marco
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Shinobu 1/----===/=======|
As Shinobou charges him Marco appears startled. His body language seems to show that he's unsure of this young fighter; after all, she did lay some nice hits on Vice earlier. And there's always that 'Ultimate Technique' that he narrowly avoided earlier. As the girl thrusts her fist at him yet again, the Kyokugen Bear's eyes grow wildly. Could this be it? Marco doesn't really feel like finding out. Ducking his shoulder /just/ under this attack as well, Marco follows up whiff with another brutal uppercut to the girl's chin. It's a good thing this girl has the Ultimate Technique at her disposal, because Marco would be very embarrassed with himself if not. A few smatterings of boo's and jeers emanate from the crowd. Maybe it's for something Yamazaki did.
COMBATSYS: Zaki dodges Yamazaki's Sabaki no Aikuchi.
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Zaki 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\=------\1 Marco
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Shinobu 1/----===/=======|
Zaki rolls out of the way as she sees that knife coming down at her face and plants her shoulder into the ground, bringing herself to her feet. Looks like the rivals met the same end. No time to enjoy her success though, as she sees little Shinobu valiantly attacking the huge Marco. Reminds her of one of her younger 'brothers'. She keeps her distance from the two but starts to swing her chain, energy building up among the links till the tip glows white hot, leaving a trail of red in the air. The heated metal whirls fast enough for the audience and cameras to hear before she casts it out, a spiraling coil sizzling with heat and energy headed right for Marco's back.
Shinobu is hit, but her body reacts as if it were independent of her brain... moving on instinct rather than any actual technique. Her head lolls back into place as she lashes out with a barrage of attacks - this time, from both fists simulanteously, creating a ridiculous blur of fists. "Yaaaaaaaaaaaa!", comes her yells, and after a moment, it suddenly stops... and she lashes out with a single punch out of the storm, leaping forward with it and following through. "Haa!"
COMBATSYS: Marco dodges Shinobu's Dragon Entry.
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Zaki 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Marco overcomes Hissata Denkou Tessa from Zaki with Haou Shoukou Ken.
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Zaki 0/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Marco
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Marco is definitely feeling the heat now. As Shinobu is able to snap off a brutal barrage of punches, the Kyokugen Bear manages to catch sight of Zaki out of the corner of his eye. Lowering his butt to the ground, Marco rolls backwards over one shoulder, which carries him safely out of the way of Shinobu's attack, ending up firmly planted on one knee. As the painful looking chain attack flies at him, Marco thrusts both arms to one side. "Haouuuuu..." Marco begins to intone as his arms glow orange and yellow and a huge ball of chi builds between his huge hands... "SHOUKOU KEN!" he finishes as he thrusts the huge ball of chi, which must be at least 6 feet in height, towards Zaki's attack, sending it flying into the chain and knocking it harmlessly off course. Unfortunately for Zaki, the Haou Shoukou Ken is not so harmless.
COMBATSYS: Marco successfully hits Zaki with Haou Shoukou Ken.
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Zaki 1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-----==|
Zaki almost feels her chain get yanked out of her hand as the attack is suddenly deflected. She sets her feet and brings her arms up in front of her. Little time to get out of the way. Now less! Now none! The blast is hardly slowed by her arms as it burns her nice outfit, sears her hair, tans her skin, and wreaks its surprisingly mild havoc upon her. She the light clears, she wobbles on her feet and smolders a little, tugging on a torn shoulder of her uniform to make sure it's modest. "You... IDIOT!" Whipping her arm to the side, her chain suddenly jumps to life again, glowing and crackling as fiercely as before. With hardly a pause, she lashes the burning coils at Marco again, this time aiming right for his face.
Shinobu blinks as she falls short, landing and regaining her balance. She doesn't seem daunted, though, despite the fact that she's barely on her feet... as she seems to compensate for the near-stumbles she has. Cupping her hands again, she forms another bubble, this time tossing the pressurized, liquid chi right at Marco in an overhand pitch. It wobbles as it travels through the air, and she wobbles herself, nearly losing her balance again... though the ball suddenly twists and turns in midair, not exactly taking a straight line to its target.
COMBATSYS: Marco dodges Shinobu's Petite Pop.
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Zaki 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Marco dodges Zaki's Hissata Denkou Tessa.
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Zaki 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|
Marco managed to escape both attacks by the skin of his teeth last time and the crowd loves it. Having flashbacks to his middle school dodge ball days, the Kyokugen Bear watches as two more attacks fly his way. "You gotta be kidding me..." he mutters to himself as he's triangulated by the projectiles. Things are looking sketchy, but Marco has been in tougher spots in his long life, that's for sure. As the projectiles close in Marco suddenly springs foreword, getting out of the way of both projectiles just in time as the close in on the spot where he was just seconds prior. The crowd erupts into cheers as the Brazilian angles vector towards the chain fighter. Marco needs to end this quickly, there's no telling how much of this double-team he can take. Launching a quick side kick to Zaki's ribs, Marco's mind has already switched to envisioning how he's going to take out Shinobu next.
COMBATSYS: Zaki dodges Marco's Light Kick.
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Zaki 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|
Zaki may look like a stiff breeze would send her to the ground, but it's going to take a little more than that before she's out of this fight. She turns as the kick comes flying by her and rapidly loops her chain around the leg, then kneels and pulls it hard over her shoulder whether she's managed to snare Marco or not.
Shinobu wanes a little, falling to one side, and then goes to throw a punch at Marco once more... and then suddenly slips. "Waaaa!", she says, falling forward... /at/ Marco, going headfirst towards him. Whatever this is, it doesn't look like it was planned. But it could be harmful, nonetheless!
COMBATSYS: Marco dodges Shinobu's Accident.
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Zaki 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/------=|
COMBATSYS: Marco fails to interrupt Chain Strangler from Zaki with Joudan Harai.
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Zaki 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/------=|
Marco attempts to cut off Zaki's attack with a quick uppercut, but his plan is foiled by the chain around his leg. He goes for a ride as Zaki whips him over her shoulder and onto the cold stone ground with a dull *THUD*. Luckily for Marco this takes him out of range of Shinobu's ...attack? This isn't going too well for Marco anymore. The momentum that he's had the entire fight is finally winding down. He's going to have to do something to get it back or these two females might wear him down.
Zaki isn't about to let Mister Tall, Dark, and FREAKING HUGE catch a second wind, though she herself looks like she's barely standing. With slow, controlled breaths, she adjusts her stance before Marco and lifts her arms. A primal growl builds in her throat and at its apex, she pushes her self into the air, swinging one leg high, and brings her heel down at Marco's stomach.
Shinobu gets up, kicking off the ground surprisingly fast, holding her hands cupped as she turns. As she comes near Marco, she spreads her hands wide, trying to catch him in the sphere of chi rather than simply flinging it... actually coordinating with Zaki, as it'll take only one hit to make the thing burst... and cause damage to anything inside of it.
COMBATSYS: Marco dodges Shinobu's Rumble Pop.
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Zaki 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/------=|
COMBATSYS: Marco fails to counter Gankou Geri from Zaki with Joudan Harai.
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Zaki 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/------=|
Marco attempts to quickly push himself to his feet and give Zaki an punishing uppercut as she is midair, but he just isn't fast enough and her heel hits him right in the face as he makes it into a crouch. The only good result of his manuvering is that it brings him out of range of Shinobu's attack once again. It's pretty obvious that Marco's bearlike temper is slipping, both from the flush of his cheeks and a low growl that is building in his throat. How much can the Brazilian take?
Zaki wanders away from Marco, whistling eerie to herself. Hrmm... Now where was... ah yessss... She finds the spot where she slammed an earlier victim into the ground hard enough to break it and with a little grunt lifts up a nice chunk of debris. With a heave and a ho, she swings the concrete into the air, tossing it unceremoniously at Marco's head.
Shinobu takes steps into Marco's 'space' again, and reaches out to try and grab his arm and yank him forward... the idea being that she can use his arm like a gymnastics horse, swinging over it and whipping a spin kick into his face. It's a natural, quick move, as she seems to be doing a lot less thinking right now and a lot more doing. It's as if, after being warmed up, her body is reacting on its on in a series of attacks.
COMBATSYS: Marco dodges Zaki's Large Thrown Object.
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Zaki 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/------=|
COMBATSYS: Marco dodges Shinobu's Spin Crasher.
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Zaki 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/------=|
Marco quickly steps out of the way of the large chunk of stone. Geez, this fight is getting pretty brutal. What's next bats and chai... oh. Right. As Shinobu latches onto his arm Marco is just barely able to move his head of of the way of her attack. Growling with anger, the Kyokugen Bear lifts his right arm with Shinobu still attached and looks her in the face. "Little girl, I don't want to hurt you, but you're asking for it," Marco says with a very mean look on his face right before shooting his left fist right towards Shinobu's face. Maybe if he's able to take her out now he'll save her some punishment later.
Zaki feels the same way. Maybe if she takes Marco out now, she can spare herself some punishment later. Loosening her chain in her hand and grasping it in both, she rushes forward at Marco's back and tries to loop it around his neck. Unless he evades, she'll pull it tight, using her elbow for leverage. Time to see what colors Marco can turn.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu blocks Marco's Jab Punch.
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Zaki 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-----==|
Shinobu flips around Marco's arm, turning the shot into a mere blow to her shoulder. She then slumps as if about to fall over, before then righting herself and standing straight up. "Isn't this what you came here to do? That's kind of silly to say." She then yanks it as she jumps back, trying to pull him off his feet with the sudden spring... relying more on momentum than strength.
COMBATSYS: Zaki successfully hits Marco with Chain Strangler.
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Zaki 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Marco with Quick Throw.
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Zaki 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Marco
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Shinobu 0/-------/-----==|
Marco flails as he has the crap choked out of him by Zaki and is thrown off of his feet by Shinobu and comes crashing to the ground. The fight is almost all out of the big Brazilian. The two girls have almost managed to double team him into defeat. Flailing his arms about, Marco attempts to hit one of the girls that is latched onto him, he's not really in a position to see which.
Zaki pulls her chain harshly away from Marco's throat and wraps it around her fist, flexing her fingers to crack her knuckles. If he's going to insist on picking on that little girl, she's just going to have to teach the big lug a lesson... Her chain-clad hand draws back, curling into a fist, and she delivers a sharp punch toward the base of Marco's skull.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu interrupts Jab Punch from Marco with Quick Punch.
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Marco 1/----===/=======|=====--\-------\0 Zaki
COMBATSYS: Shinobu can no longer fight.
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Marco 1/----===/=======|=====--\-------\0 Zaki
Shinobu flails back back as Marco draws near with what can best be described as 'girly punches', slapping away. Suddenly, in the midst of this ridiculous attack, a proper and well-formed high punch lashes out, striking Marco as the same time she takes a hit on her face. She slumps over, falling backward. "Ah, I'm not done yet.", she mumbles like some stereotypical anime hero. "Final... attack...", she whispers before going totally slack.
COMBATSYS: Zaki successfully hits Marco with Quick Punch.
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Marco 1/---====/=======|=====--\-------\0 Zaki
Marco is punched in the face by Shinobu and cracked in the back of the head by Zaki. As his world goes black, both from unconsciousness and blood flowing over his eyes, Marco spins quickly and attempts to lay a final hand on Zaki in the form of a half hearted jab to her where he thinks her face is located.
COMBATSYS: Marco can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Zaki dodges Marco's Jab Punch.
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Zaki tilts her head to the side, more because her neck is sore than because she's dodging, so far gone is she. The whiff of the fist right by catches her by surprise and she staggers back a step, away from the attack. In an attempt to regain her dignity, she cracks her neck, flexes her shoulders, and straightens out her clothing. Yeah... she meant to do that. The crowd's cheering wildly, particularly her girls, two of whom run up to the ailing gang leader. She whispers something to them and the two run off to help Shinobu out, to bring her somewhere safe where she can get treated and cleaned up. The boys can stay there for all she cares. Her legs almost give out under her as she walks away, but she manages to keep on her feet at least till she can get to a cab. Damn she needs a shower.
Log created by Vice, and last modified on 11:49:54 05/20/2005.