Description: The very first of hopefully many Wednesday Night Breakdowns. Shingo with his striker Gabriel Take on Radical Warrior Li and her striker HeavyD. What started off as a one sided battle ends up being pretty close with the win going to Caffiene Free Diet Kyo then afterwards the Syndicate decide to ruins the festivities. (Winners: Shingo and Gabriel)
A night with no cover charge to get in? Oh yeah, people are down with that. Throw in the fact the dance floor is set up as a fighting arena and there is a small stage with a microphone beside it that means it is time for the first ever Wednesday Night Breakdown. DJ Buddy Lee is spinning up 'Swass' right now which only means one thing here in The Duck Pond. The club owner himself is making his way up onto that mini stage and he grabs the microphone from the stand.
Duck peers about and he gets a wide grin as he looks at all the regulars that are here along with a few new faces that were drawn by the prospect of a good old ass whuppin. "Ladies and gentlemen! We gonna get this shit started up in here right now!"
He waits for the cheers to die down and the music changes up for 'Check Yo'self' kicks up. "First people, you all know and love her, it is the five foot ball of hate, the 'Radical Warrior' Li! Her partner tonight is one bad mother fucka too, give it up for HeavyD!" He gives the two time to make their presence known. Not knowing Shingo's liking in music the tune put up for him is Quarashi's 'Baseline' "And coming out tonight to face her is kid that you might have seen throwing out some hits at my last SNF appearance. Give it up for Shingo! His striker tonight will be that one girl that thought we were White Castle or sumpin, Gabriel." The crowd starts to cheer again and for now Duck decides to just let the fighters exchange formalities and all that good stuff.
It's amazing that the Wednesday Night Breakdown is about to start up for the first time. However, it is also amazing that Xiangfei has a fan by her side. When Xiangfei is called up, one of the people giving an applause is a violet haired young man in black. The shopkeeper, Isamu, is calmly clapping for Xiangfei. "Xiangfei! You can win this!" He grins.
Meanwhile, there is a black haired girl in a blue dress. Ayu, an adopted little sister, is cheering for Xiangfei as well. "You can do it!"
Over on his side of the stage/ring is Shingo Yabuki adjusting his blue gloves to make sure they're nice and tight. While he's doing this, he smiles at his so-called 'Striker' for the night. Gabriel, eh? When it was announced that the girl was going to be helping him out, Shingo drew a blank. He really hadn't heard of her before tonight. Figuring that given his contacts and experience amongst the highschool fighting circuit he would've at least heard something about this blonde girl before him. Maybe she's not in highschool?
"So I guess we're teammates tonight, huh?" Shingo holds his hand to meet the girl's in a handshake. Not a very Japanese greeting, but from all the foreigners he's met he figures he can't lose with the universal greeting. "I'm Shingo. Nice to meet you." He smiles in a friendly and pleasant manner. The boy doesn't have a particularly large fan-section here tonight. Most of them being just under the allowable age to get into the Duck Pond. He doesn't mind. He's here for fun. After introductions with Gabriel he grins at Xiangfei and gives her a thumbs-up, "Looks like we have a rematch on our hands, huh Xiangfei?"
Oh yes, the 'Radical Warrior' was IN THE HOUSE! She walks on out to the dancefloor as if she owned the place, waving her arms to the employees as well as to the crowd, unable to help but play to them. And she was totally theme'd out again, wearing a too large sweater, her hair neon pink and pulled up into a ponytail, and has pink stockings, with reebok-pumps on her feet. WHO'S BAD??
Catching wind of Isamus voice somehow, she blinks, then waves to the duo, "The Radical Warrior seeks to crush all haters!" she yells, holding a fist in the air. Now D! was no stranger to Xiangfei, so it was good to have him as back-up, however all this time she'd been completely denying to him that she was Xiangfei, which probably made things a little difficult for him. All in a days work! When she faces Shingo though, she nearly leaps out of her sneakers, and then busts out into nervous laughter as she rubs the back of her head, "Wh.. What? I've never seen you before in my life!" she cries, she then slaps her fist into her palm and bows slightly, "But enough talking about things we can't comprehend! LET'S FIGHT!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei has started a fight here on the right meter side.
COMBATSYS: Shingo has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
The handshake is accepted and a formal bow is given, "Kai Gabriel, Mister Shingo, I am honored and joyed to meet you. May the Maiden of light Bless us this night and grant us victory.. And may she grant that our opponents see the light." She takes a hand to her symbol and gives Shingo a smile then turns to face her opponents. A moment is spared to just consider them before she says, "Just tell me when you want me to do something." She moves off to the side of the ring, getting some cheers for sympathy sake. No one has heard of her yet, Shingo isn't the only one wondering. But tonight.. She steels herself, tonight she will show the world that she is a strong fighter!
HeavyD facepalms at Xiangfei. "Just drop the act," he tells Xiangfei, shaking his head at her. "We're going to be teammates...so do me a favor at least, and do a good job out there." Stepping out to the striker's area, he waits, giving a wave to Xiangfei as she gets herself ready to tussle with Shingo.
COMBATSYS: Gabriel has joined the fight here.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD has joined the fight here.
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Shingo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Xiangfei
The stage is set, the fighters are in place, the crowd is going wild. "All right people, you know the rules. Don't break em or the Duck King will make you pay." He walks to one side of the stage then he points about towards the various fans and patrons. "You all ready to see this shit go down?" He bobs his head and then moves back to the center stage. "Prize tonight is a grand to each the winner and their striker. Losers....well tonight you can enjoy free drinks." He then raises his hand and he then chops downwards. "Get down!"
The boy sweatdrops at the girl with all this talk of Light and Maidens but his face remains in the same friendly way it always is in, "Sure thing, Gabriel." Hrm. He thinks it would be easier to call her 'Gabby', but he doesn't know her all that well. So he won't. A nice enough girl, he thinks. Though he wonders what exactly she was talking about. Must be some religious thing. But that's not important at the moment. Shingo turns back to Xiangfei and blinks. He arches a brow at the waitress, "What are you talking about? Never seen me before? Didn't you hit me with a fish just on Monday?" He shakes his head and facepalms at her. At Duck's announcement to start and Xiangfei's shout of 'Let's Fight', he chuckles, "Sure thing. Let's rock!"
Shingo slips into his ready stance with a smirk on his face. A stance that he doesn't reamin in for long as he takes off at Xiangfei with a jump into the air. Well, more of a long hop really. Yabuki pushing up with one foot into a single spin that takes him and his foot directly on a course for Xiangfei's head. At least it would be her head if he was aiming for that particular body part. But since she is a girl, Shingo instead aims a little to the left to strike her a little ways off from the base of her neck. Can we guess what technique of his this is? If you said, "SHINGO KIIIIIIICKU!" Then you would be correct.
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Xiangfei with Shingo Kick.
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Shingo 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Xiangfei
Li-Li glances back to D!, with a rather amused grin, and waves her hand dismissivly, "Tsk, 'drop the act', you say. Would you say that to Duck, hmmn?" she then gives her striker a thumbs up, "You don't have to worry, I always give it my all! All I ask is that you stay on your toes, please." a slight nod of her head, and then she turns to face Shingo once more,
"Of course not! This is the Radical Warriors debut!" she declares, hoppinglightly on her feet- Of course, both fighters really know who they are, and thus similar strategies for them still apply. Readying into her own stance, she takes a couple of steps forward and is rewarded by a powerful kick to the- Was that really aimed for the neck? The waitress' eyes cross as she's knocked down from the blow and goes tumbling to the side, smacking back first into the stage, and groans, "..... ow.." Boy, this was all but too familar. It looks like she's seriously down for a moment, but then the girl springs to her feet and starts cartwheeling and backflipping toward her opponent again, teeth lightly grit from the sting and as soon as she's close enough, attempts to tag Shingos chest with her right palm, "Hiya!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Kadoma from Xiangfei with Tsuki Hiji.
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Shingo 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Xiangfei
Off on Shingo's side Gabriel watches quietly, only occasionally she tries to mimic a fighter's movement, a turn from Shingo, a palm strike from Xiangfei. Hmm she liked that. Gabriel starts to repeat the palm strike, trying to mimic the move. It's not quite the same. Maybe she needs to say the special move name. "Hiya!" ... "Hi ya?" She stops and looks dumbfounded for a moment then peers at Xiangfei's costume. "On second thought.."
"GECCHU!"
This Shingo's reply to Xiangfei telling him 'hi'. He doesn't quite know why she's telling him 'hello' again when they've already greeted each other at the start of the match. Nor does he worry about it. You know why? It's because he's currently engaged in combat. When the smaller woman's hand strikes out to catch him on his chest, Shingo easily knocks it away with a well-placed elbow strike. It is such a well-placed elbow that he miscalculated somewhere in between moving his hand and actually knocking Xiangfei's away and stumbles backwards. Shingo is no stranger to falling when it comes to messing up on a move. In fact, he has often prepared for such things. Case in point, as he goes falling back a swift kick flies out like a spear to lance the kung-fu fighter right below her chest. That's what she gets for being so short. A kick that also gives Shingo some space he needs to get back to his feet.
There is a unanimous 'OHHHH!' from the crowd from the hit that started this fight off. Even Duck was wincing at the blow delivered by Shingo. "Damn woman, you gonna take that sort abuse?" He asks and then when Xiangfei springs back into action it would appear Shingo is on top of things and in control of this match in the early goings. "I guess so. So much for the Radical Warrior tonight it would seem." He shakes his head and he walks to the edge of the stage to lean over towards Xiangfei. "You know you can buy alot of food for one grand, Li. Is that motivation for you?"
With Xiangfei and Shingo going at it, Isamu frowns, then he says, "Go Xiangfei!" He cheers. Someone has to cheer her on after her. "Come on! You can recover and bounce back!"
Li-Li.. It's tough to say if she's properly motivated by Duck or not, but there is a little gleam in her eye when she attacks Shingo again- And then doubles over from Shingos very quick counter, which actually works this time, "Ergh!"
Needless to say, this was a little embaressing for Li, the first time she got a good start, now it's a bad one! Shingo hops back, but she recovers quickly enough to hop forward, and lash out her palm to the boys shoulder, the strike aiming to make him stagger to the side. And if so, she quickly turns around and thrusts her elbow to the small of his back, "Haaaaaaaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo endures Xiangfei's Ryokuchi Kou'en.
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Shingo 0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Xiangfei
This -is- a radical change from how their last match started off. Where Xiangfei had him on the ropes until he made an amazing comeback. One could argue that seeing that the roles are now reversed that Xiangfei will be the one that will be making the dramatic comeback. Presenting this arguement to Shingo, he would agree given the facts. One of these facts being that he's too nice to gloat and be a jerk about his current advantage. An advantage that he willingly forgoes on Xiangfei's next attack. It is blatantly obvious that he does too. Because he just -stands- there in his fighting stance with a smile on his face. The smile flickers from the pain of the impact when he winces, "Ow." But there could be no doubt that he deliberately took that hit. Whether to further his own goals or just to give Xiangfei a fighting chance is up for debate. Either way, Shingo seizes the opportunity and ducks in at the Chinese woman to suddenly rise up with an outward elbow swing at her body that soon becomes a back fist as he spins in the air with his hands held out to the side, elbows facing down, "Oriyaaaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei blocks Shingo's Oniyaki Mikansei.
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Shingo 0/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|=======\==-----\1 Xiangfei
Li-Li has absolutly no idea what it was Shingo was thinking.. He probably had some sort of super awesome plan in mind, but that was something she could worry about later! She loosens then reclenches her fists, then crosses her arms in front of her to somewhat deflect Shingos impressive rising attack. And wouldn't you know it, he doesn't boast that she's left wide open!
Which she wasnt, arms crossed to deflect the attack, and her eyes shift a bit.. Shingo has sometime to land as she prepares her next attack, slapping her hands togeather as she twirls around and then fans them open, releases a massive ball of chi from her palms with a mighty yell, hoping to knock Shingo back, "HAAAAAAAA!" the orb swirling in place before dissipating.
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Xiangfei's Nanpa.
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|=======\===----\1 Xiangfei
Now things are starting to look more like a fight now. The crowd starts to get more into it now even if Shingo still seems to be faring a bit better than the Radical Warrior. The music continues to pump out of the speakers as DJ Buddy Lee easily switches from one record to the other without missing a beat. Duck's feet are constantly in motion as he glides back and forth across the stage trying to get the people into things. "Come on you two. You can hit harder than that. When are we going to see the heavy artillery?" he asks them as he tries to taunt them into breaking out more punishing hits on one another. Then again another one from Shingo might snap Xiangfei in half. Maybe he should get someone to get some mops ready in case that happens...oh, and a medic too.
Wincing, Isamu smiles, then he grins, "Come on!" He cheers his girlfriend on. He waves a hand up, then he says, "Come on..." He watches the incoming fight intentively, then he admits at Shingo, "Hrm... He's good."
Ayu, however, is cheering Xiangfei on. "Do you think she'll win, big brother?"
He looks at the adopted girl, "Probably. We'll try to see her after the match is over." He watches carefully.
His plan didn't work out precisely as he wanted it, but he wasn't about to let Xiangfei know that. As with any fight there are many variables and anything can happen. It's one thing to make plans and strategies but a great fighter is one that can adapt those plans and strategies for any situation. So maybe that -part- of the plan didn't work, but his Master Plan(tm) is still very much a go. Also no need for Xiangfei to know this. Shingo puts up an 'X' block with his arms to protect himself from most of the concussive force behind the projectile. For one thing, that blast isn't about to knock him back anywhere. But you would never know that from the way he acts. Going with the chi orb, Shingo throws himself back a good distance as far as he can go to his edge of the ring and drops to one knee to make it look like that he was hit harder than it looked. The young fighter takes a couple of deep breaths and grins at LiX, "Jeez, Xiangfei. You've gotten better!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo takes a breather.
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|=======\===----\1 Xiangfei
Li-Li blinks a couple of times, and then gives a little chuckle as she brings a hand to her cheek now that its free from chi-ness, "W.. Uh.. You really think so?" she pipes, reddening a bit in the cheeks, and then waves her hand dismissivly, "Aw come on, you're just say-- Er.. ER! I MEAN!!" she cries, "I'm the Radical Warrior, Li! I dunno what you- I uh... MISTER D! HIT HIM!!" she finally shrieks, flailing her arms and runs around in a circle to try and divert the attention off of her. Ducks taunting had no effect on her, she couldn't fight wrecklessly against Shingo in her current situation.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei takes no action.
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|=======\===----\1 Xiangfei
ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-HUH? What? You mean...he's being called in? Ok, so D! wasn't actually asleep, but he had been kind of zoning out. However, as X calls him up, he looks up, noticing Shingo on his knees. Show time, it seems. "Well....guess it's time to show my stuff." Suddenly, he...disappears off the striker's platform. Xiangfei might feel a slight draft as a force passes by her. Finally, D! appears right in front of Shingo, a swift left hook driving at him low. As the hook comes, his right arm reels back, then snaps down in a Rock Crush. And then, after all that? He...er...steps off the fighting area and back toward the striker's platform. That's all he's allowed to do as a striker, right?
Shingo's on his knees alright. Still smiling and everything. Uh oh. He must have something up his sleeve. Wonder what it could be? As though it couldn't be any more obvious. "Gabriel!" The boy calls out to his impromptu teammate. Thereby giving her the cue that it's time for her to shine! Being that he was pretending to be more injured than he really was, he is able to hop back out of the way from the kneeling position to make room for his own Striker to make her entrance.
COMBATSYS: Shingo takes no action.
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|=======\===----\1 Xiangfei
COMBATSYS: HeavyD successfully hits Gabriel with Ducking Combination.
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|=======\===----\1 Xiangfei
Unlike D! Gabriel has watched every move intently, as though she were a part of the fight. When she hears her name she doesn't even hesitate, but leaps right in deftly, agilely, though still needs to work on her moves.. Landing in front of Shingo and giving D! a steady glare as she crosses her arms in front of the blow in an attempt to block it, but it goes where she hadn't expected it and manages to nail her, sending her staggering back on her feet with a grunt.
"Merciful Dame.." she exhales and steadies herself then hops back out of the ring, her eyes following D! and somewhere in there intones, "Nice hit." Then as she stands off to the side again, her posture straightens.. Somehow she doesn't look as bad off as she did a moment ago.
COMBATSYS: Gabriel takes no action.
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|=======\===----\1 Xiangfei
[OOC] Shingo says, "Go Xiangfei."
Ahh, now the strikers finally come into play. It seems like Shingo has an excellent strategy in using his and the two strikers are the ones that end up dueling for a short moment. The crowd sort of boos, but thems the breaks. Rules are rules and sometimes the crowd will be disappointed. The crowd starts to get back into the fight though when Duck makes the motions to turn off the red lights hanging over the stage that signal the striker is usuable. "All right, no help for either of you now unless you impress me." He tells the fighters and hopefully urges on some wild antics.
Li-Li manages to calm down enough, and gives a small nod of her head once D! rushes in to take care of business, "Yeah!" she cheers, he's so fast! But she's quick too, and when he and Gabriel clash for a brief moment, Xiangfei is back on the scene, bursting back in herself, snapping her fingers twice as she homes in on Shingo- It was a good play on her opponents part, she thinks, but now it was HER turn, she sliding across the floor this time to attempt to slap her right palm at Shingos chest, hopefully this can make up for some of her slacking, "HUP!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Xiangfei's Majinga.
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Shingo 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Xiangfei
Shingo is familiar with this technique, right? The strike holding Shingo in place just long enough for her to windmill her right arm, and gather the chi within her small frame to her right. And once it joins the left, she delivers another large blast of chi, this time it shaped in a spike at Shingo, "Wa-taaaaaaaaah!!" the force making her stagger back a bit, "
Unfortunately, Isamu doesn't see the outlook coming out too well on Xiangfei's end. Isamu frowns, then he says, "Come on, Xiangfei!" The way how the striker takes the blow earns a wince. "...Man." He shakes his head.
Come on, Lix. You know Shingo has seen this move enough times to know what it looks like. He isn't agile enough to actually -evade- the technique yet. But he can tell when it's coming and that is at least something to be thankful of. Again he brings his arms up in the form of an 'X' to take the hit squarely from the girl. She goes staggering back from her own attack while he simply slides a few inches. The stumbling of the young woman is exactly what Yabuki was waiting for. He knows that she is unable to keep her balance after the move and he intends to capitalize on it. "Gotta be faster than that Xiangfei! Your body is wide open!" A powerful right hook flies out as Shingo lunges forward at the most Radical Warrior Li. Who obviously has no relation to a true martial artist Jet Li. Fancy that. Let's see if she's agile as enough as the star of many a kung-fu and wuxia pien movies.
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Xiangfei with Aragami Mikansei.
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Shingo 1/----===/=======|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Xiangfei
Well it was only a matter of time before that ol' phrase finally reared it's ugly head, she balancing on one foot to keep from falling over, and then once her balance is caught,
It's a little too late for her to put up her guard, the right hook meets it's mark and sends her staggering yet again, this time to the side- well, at least it didn't hurt as much as the Shingo Kick! However, the staggering becomes a light skip, and she slaps a fist into her open palm again, "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" BOOM! Totally going DBZ, yellow swirls of chi circle her form, upwind tossing up her hair as she calls up for some MORE POWER! Grunt grunt grunt.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei gathers her will.
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Shingo 1/----===/=======|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Xiangfei
Oh? You don't like Shingo pointing out your flaws? Sorry. Please allow him to do it again. Especially after he watches Xiangfei prove his statement to be true and take the punch direct to the body. He can tell that it's coming down close to the end for her. He can't let up now. Regardless her being a friend. "Come on, Xiangfei! Are you holding back on me? I know you're better than this! You keep leaving your body..." Quickly dashing behind her, Shingo gives chase to his opponent. Elaborately mixing it up by darting from side to side to keep her confused on where his next attack will be coming from. Once he gets in close enough to her (about five feet away from her) he steps in deep with one leg, the other staying firmly where it is, "Wide open!" Another right hook drives itself forward at Li's stomach section. Shingo hoping that all his speaking and blows is at least motivating her in some way.
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Xiangfei with Aragami Mikansei.
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Xiangfei
Motivation? It was difficult to say if that was the problem or not, but the momentum Shingo has was becoming very distressing for the Radical Warrior. And she was in such concentration that she wouldn't even speak up to deny that she was Xiangfei. 'There's something I'm doing wrong here.. Why isn't he slowing down?' she thinks to herself.
A little too much time is spent thinking rather than acting, the waitress groaning as she lurches forward yet again in response to the fully contacted blow. Her knees buckle a bit, eyebrow twitching as she suddenly bursts forward again, a cloud of dust blowing behind her as she shoulder rushes at Shingo, then is suddenly on her feet to strike with her palms to his chest as well, and then finally twirls around to shoulder ram him again in a quick combination of blows, "Hup! Kya! HAAAAAAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Chou Pai-Long from Xiangfei with Tsuki Hiji.
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Xiangfei
While watching the fight, Isamu holds his hand out, "Come on, Xangfei! You can do it!"
"You can do it, Miss Xiangfei!" calls out Ayu. Isamu ruffles her hair,then he goes back to watching the fight. His eyes lock onto the match up, only wincing when Shingo seems to have the upperhand.
"...I don't think it's looking well." Isamu sighs, then he says, "Come on..."
Not a single blow manages to get a single shift out of the girl on the sidelines. Gabriel watches, quietly. It's almost as if she doesn't care who wins either way. Sure maybe she feels bad for Xiangfei, or Shingo.. or someone? She doesn't show it though, stoic and focused the only movements she makes are to occasionally try to mimic someone's attack, throwing shadow punches. The ironic part is she is focused more on doing Xiangfei's moves then Shingo's moves.
Desperation is a dangerous thing to resort to in a fight. On one hand there are many a fighter that shine the most like the sole flickering star in the night sky when they get desperate. Reaching down deep into themsleves and pulling forth something from within that helps them turn the tide of battle in their favour. On the other hand, it causes others to panic and do something stupid or careless that they would normally not ever do. Shingo doesn't claim to understand how any of his opponent's think and isn't ready to make any assumptions on Xiangfei's mental state beyond that she is getting desperate. The younger of the two active fighters would say that he is leaning towards the latter reason when the former(?) Hip-Hop Honey charges at him in what he thinks is a blind rush. Reacting more than thinking, Shingo pivots on one foot to sidestep the opening shoulder ram. Simulatenously smashing his raised elbow down on Xiangfei's back to show just why his move is sometimes called Hiji Otoshi, the Elbow Drop. Shingo then takes a step away from the fighter and stands ready for her next attack. Although she should be down for the count. At least if she knows what's good for her.
Another 'OOHHHH!' erupts from the crowd and alot might have this fight pegged as over right now. Duck has actually been a bit silent though for the past few moments, his brows are furrowed and his head tilted slightly to the side as he watches things unfold. "Girl, he just wiped the floor with yo forehead." he finally says and shakes his head. "It looks like it is going to be bathroom duty for you now the next few nights." Hey, it might motivate her. Then again she might be so out of it Li probably just hears Muzzy speak.
Li-Li grits her teeth, and... Completely whiffs her strike toward Shingo, the suprise and shock is quite apparent in her eyes, blinking in astonishment and then with an ungraceful thud, flops stomach down onto the floor after feeling a sudden sting to her back. The waitress groans, though she won't give up- There must be something she can do to figure out how to get back onto the offensive, and she'd probably end up having to resort on a style she hadn't used in a very long time now.
She gets up to one knee, hearing something from the microphone, and mutters to herself, "Shut up, P-chan.. Stupid bird," and takes in a deep breath. Xiangfei then shoots up to her feet to face Shingo, right hand tightening into a fist and then lounges forward for a punch? No siree, it's just another tag, giving one more yell to try and get herself back into the game, "HYAAAAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei has reached second wind!
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Shingo 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Xiangfei
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Kadoma from Xiangfei with Tsuki Hiji.
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Shingo 1/-======/=======|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Xiangfei
Again with the shouting and attacking and rushing. Shingo's face is a bit more serious now than it has been since the start of the match. He also knows that a desperate fighter is one that he should definitely be wary of. As with multiple times before, Xiangfei's attack is countered by the young Kusanagi-ryuu pupil. This time he doesn't just smack the hand away. He times it just right and spins along all the way up on the outside of her arm. Reaching the end of the arm by the shoulder with the spinning sidestep motion, Shingo finishes it all off another hard elbow strike. This one aimed at her upper to mid back. She is shorter than him. The boy holding the pose for a moment a lot like Bruce Lee would before turning to keep on facing her. The smile returns, "Better! Come on! Keep it up!" He doesn't mean it in any negative way. Shingo thinks he's cheering her on.
It's kind of like a broken record, isn't it? Xiangfei keeps trying to reach for Shingo, but the young Yabuki just isn't letting it happen! Hand grasping nothing, Li staggers forward again, this time her free hand reaching for the small of her back- Which isn't even where Shingo targeted! Managing to keep from falling down, she starts building up chi in her body, golden aura flareing up as she starts gasping for air. She faces Shingo once more, her expression stern, heartbeat pumping and nods her head, "Ok," she whispers, she hopping forward again and this time lashes out with her right palm at Shingo, prepareing her family's technique once more!
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei successfully hits Shingo with Majinga.
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Shingo 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Xiangfei
Li-Li's strike is drawn back for her left palm to take its place and now that she's managed to briefly paralyze her opponent, her right arm windmills, gathering up energy once more as she starts to chant in chinese.. This dimmens her aura a bit, teeth gritting and shoulders locking as she fires burst after burst of chi into Shingo, "aaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"
The final blasts impact must be the same as the results of her first attempt, because this time Xiangfei does go tumbling backward, but manages to kip-up to her feet, and stomps her foot again, "Hi-yaaaaaaah!!" She still had some energy left, have to keep moving!
Isamu is noticing Lei-Fang making a come back. The young man's eyes are filled with a joyous fire, and he raises his hand in the air, "Go Xiangfei!" He cheers the woman on. Very glad to see her upcoming, Isamu grins, "You can do it!"
Ayu cheers, "Go Xiangfei!"
Gabriel doesn't even flinch when Shingo takes that rather flashy attack. She just stands there doing her impersonation of a statue.. or Acacia. Actually she needed do frown more to be a good Acacia. Oh well. Needless to say she couldn't look less concerned over the events. Why she doesn't get excited is simple: It's hard to get too invested when you don't know either combatant.. and your side seems to be winning. Still she does make some shadow punches occasionally.
This is what Shingo gets for being a nice guy. Here he is not only focusing on his fight but also keeping up the spirit of his opponent and friend. He should really learn to keeping his attention on one task at the time. Because here it comes to bite him in the rear end as Xiangfei comes in once again with the dreaded Majinga attack of hers. Like always he sees the move coming in. But with his attention divided the way it is, he lacks the sufficient focus necessary to put up an effective block against it. All the strikes of her combination landing successfully and hard on the boy. The hardest he's been hit all night. Shingo is sent flying back several feet to land on his back. Choosing to roll backwards onto his feet instead of going sliding on the floor. A chuckle escapes his lips in between deep breaths, "Awesome! I knew you had it in you, Xiangfei! Now that I see you aren't holding back anymore, it's time to bring this to a close! Burning..." Shingo moves in a flash and runs in at LiX. It's not a straight rush, he moves in a serpentine manner. Ducking in at the last minute hopefully under any incoming counters into a right hook punch at her body, "SHINGOOOOOO!!!!!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Xiangfei with Burning Shingo.
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Shingo 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Xiangfei
Li-Li is doing her best to focus, she's managed to at least bring herself back into the fight, but her expression doesn't really change toward Shingo. No calling for the crowd, no funny taunts, just a shaken up waitress giving it her best! She nods again to Shingo, she trying to catch Shingos well delivered punch, but it breaks right through her guard, and really... Really feels the blow that time, groaning weakly as she holds her side, but instead of reeling away, just drops to her knees, wheezing and panting. Her eyes still wide, she shakes her head, and goes for yet another gamble.. At this point she really had nothing to lose, it was hit hard or don't at all!
And option B wasn't an option. Her right hand snaps up once more to reach at Shingos chest.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei can no longer fight.
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|
COMBATSYS: Shingo fails to counter Kadoma from Xiangfei with Tsuki Hiji.
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|
With a cackling laugh, the door to the Duck pond blows open with a powerful bang, causing half the place to rattle with some serious force, a well polished shoe hanging in midair for a moment before slamming back down onto the floor. It's not a place that he normally goes to, but Yamazaki is always open to new experiences, as long as they end up the way he likes them: surrounded by a hideous mess. The gangster steps into the dance club with a massive grin on his face, eyes narrowed with amusement as he crcks his knuckles merely by squeezing his hand tightly.
It was more the energy of a fight that drew him here, but also Big's insistance that the place be checked out. Something about the club owner. That couldn't possibly concern the killer less. Clearing the way for his more dapper colleague, the Orochi shoves, pushes, and practically manhandles people to get closer to the battle, arriving just in tome to watch Xiangfei get beaten down viciously. "Hey look, Big. It's a day care center!"
Li-Li then curls in her fingertips and with one last, mighty roar, "WHaaAAAAAAAAA!!" an unseen force BELTS Shingo in the gut, hopefully sending him reeling again before collapsing flat onto the ground again, body exhausted of its energy and the aura finally flickering out. She is down for the count!
What is this? Could this be a comeback? Nah, don't call it a comeback. Li got her licks in finally, but the girl had been beaten about like a ragdoll. Duck will have to be nice though and make her only clean the bathrooms one night this week since she ended up putting on a pretty damn good performance. Of course Shingo seems to just utterly destroy her with his next hit "OH SNAP!" he calls out while raising a hand onto his forehead. "I dun think she is gonna get...."
Duck King stops in the middle of what he is saying when he catches sight of who is coming into the club right now. Yeah, no beef with Geese currently, but he can't help but get a bit suspicious when some of his chronies show up. "Shit...." he says and lowers his microphone while saying it so he can't be heard.
*WHAM*
The punch strikes true. Excellent. Faster than one thought possible, Shingo reverse steps and spins into another hook punch. This one from the opposite direction and with his left hand instead of right. He does this two more times before following up with two solid underhanded punches at Xiangfei's gut and then leaning in with a shoulder slam into a wicked backfist. Unlike the girl's move, he doesn't stumble anywhere. Not until she comes back at him with -yet- another attack. He's got to admire her drive, that's for sure.
Except he admired it too much and gets tagged by the Radical Warrior. It's a surprise even to him. He was one-hundred percent certain that this move would like be all the others and he'd be able to get away with his Moon Elbow. Evidently that Majinga messed him up more than he thought. Shingo grunts after being hurled, "Nice. Looks like you're going to make a comeback." He then watches her drop. "...Or not." Looks like he managed to outlast her. Holding his side with one hand, Shingo thrusts the other into the air, "I...I did it!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo takes no action.
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Shingo 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 HeavyD
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Gabriel 0/-------/--=====|
Following in Yamazaki's wake, Mr. Big's cane clicks loudly against the cold floor of the club as heads turn towards the pair's disturbance. "Heh. Heh," Mr. Big chuckles. "You're right Ryuji, no wonder we didn't get invited to the party," Big adds as he inspects the crowd as he passes. "Though I do see some promise..." Mr. Big muses as he winks at a woman in the crowd. A bright red fur-lined overcoat hanging off of his shoulders and an expensive looking red fedora on his bald head, Mr. Big looks quite impressive tonight as they crash the Duck Pond, even for a man as flamboyant as himself. "I hope we didn't miss out on /all/ the fun..." he informs his comrade as they approach the stage.
It does take a bad turn when Isamu witnesses Shingo getting the major upper hand on Xiangfei. He winces for a moment to see Xiangfei collapse. "...Damn..." And the rattling doesn't help much. He shifts his head over towards the sudden disruption of the people being shoved away. Ignoring that, Isamu sighs, staring at the chinese girl's defeat.
Sigh. Ah well. Isamu claps for SHingo at his victory. "We'll visit her later, Ayu." He ruffles the fourteen year old's head. He sighs, "We better head out for now. I'll drop you off home."
HeavyD sighs. It's too bad Xiangfei lost. And it's too bad that his one draw in was stopped cold by Shingo's sacrifice of his striker. Still, as Xiangfei gets that last hit in, he claps for her. "Good job," he compliments. And it was a good job, right at the end. However, as he claps for Xiangfei, he notices Duck's shock...and cringes at the sound of Yamazaki's laughter. Turning around, he spots the cackling freak, the one he fought against with Shinobu...and what do you know, here's Big too. Makes D!'s day, doesn't it. "Great...looks like high tide came in and washed the trash out up here," he comments, making his way to the center toward where Shingo is.
A snort. A quick look at who's standing around in the fighting area give Yamazaki all the information he needs to know. The Kid, a passed out bigheaded waitress, some little blonde shrimp, and Black Guy McPunchalot, or whatever the guy called himself. Yamazaki couldn't remember, as all he can recall was hitting in the face with his fist. "Hell, don't look like there was any kinda fun to start," he says, his words dripping with venom, tauntingly, as he tilts his head back lazily. "So, who's the man at the top of the dogpile here?" The gangster laughs as he eyes the people in the ring, and his eyes sweep the crowd quickly, his chuckle threatenign to break out into another cackling howl.
"Can we play, too? Or is only for ages five and below?"
It takes quite a bit to make Duck King fall out of his usual good mood. This happens to be one of those times. While the crowd is cheering at the rather decent finale of the fight, Duck is focused on Yamazaki and Big instead. He reaches into his jacket and he hops off the stage while throwing a wad of bills at Shingo and another at Gabriel while striding across the dance floor towards the two possible party crashers.
"You two get lost or something? I don't remember you ever having interest in this place before." He says while looking between them. "And you are a bit late. I don't care if you think it beneath you or not. Ya should have signed up, cornbread." The last part is directed at Yamazaki, obviously.
Pleased with not only his performance but Xiangfei's as well, Shingo lowers his hand but still holds onto his side smiling to everyone in the crowd. Complete with waving. And how can he forget his 'striker'? Shingo beams over to the highschool girl, "We did it, Gabriel! Thanks a lot for the assist!" Thumbs-up pose. The boy not noticing the arrival of Big or Yamazaki at all. He's at the centre of the ring with lights on him and music blaring. He isn't going to notice anything or anyone unless it or they come up and smack him. Which is exactly what the wad of cash does. He almost forgot there was a cash prize involved. Woo. One grand. Not bad. He counts to be sure.
COMBATSYS: Shingo has left the fight here.
Leaning back against a railing and crossing his arms as Duck approaches, Mr. Big takes his cane in both hands, fiddling with it idly as he listens to Duck speak. "Now, now Ducky..." Mr. Big begins with a smirk. "I thought we were buddies?" Pushing himself off of the railing, Mr. Big takes a couple slow steps towards Duck and taps his cane against the brim of his red fedora. "We're just here for some fun. That's what this place is for, right? Fun?" Mr. Big takes a moment to adjust his coat before setting both of his hands on the top of his cane. "Just think of this as an added treat for your audience. Besides, we can always talk Business later..." Big adds, leaving that curiously last statement hanging.
Black Guy McPunchalot? What kind of nickname is that? Everyone knows who D! is! Ok, not everyone, but he'd never be called Black Guy McPunchalot by anyone who wasn't a jackass. In any case, the boxer keeps glaring at the two Syndicate thugs, even as Shingo sneaks away to count his money. "What if he doesn't want to do business with you?" D! asks, walking up to where Big and Duck are, folding his arms as he tries to stand up to the pimp. Hey, it's not like he did bad against Big when they fought.
"Thank you," Gabriel says as she recieves her money but sets it down, " I can not accept this.. I have enough money already and I think there are more needy people out there. Please see that this goes to the needy." Who that means, xiangfei.. or Shingo...or whoever. But she just bows to the combatants, all of them and leave.
This isn't good at all. Isamu just looks at the incoming situation in hand, he smiles to see that Shingo did win, but is also glad that Xiangfei did what she could. Shaking his head, Isamu does decide to lead Ayu towards the exit, but he does look back on occassion just to see if the waitress will make it out okay.
After counting out his prize money and seeing that it's all there. Shingo has to figure out what he's going to do now. Go home or stick around and enjoy the love shown to him by the crowd after his spectacular win over the Home team of Xiangfei and Heavy D. What to do, what to do. He pockets the cash and glances around. Lucky for him there's no one that wants an autograph. Cause he just figured out what to do. He goes and checks on LiX.
Whatever. If Duck King was a person that held any sway on Yamazaki's life, certain core values would have to be re-evaluated seriously. Instead, the gangster is already stepping towards the ring, eyeing Duck and Heavy D!. The Kid is ignored... Shingo is something he just doesn't see as slaughterworthy. Well, not in any way that would be remotely amusing. Besides, there's still potential for him to use Shingo as a lacky in the future. Ripping him apart in public may not be the best way to go about it.
"Figure out what the fruit wants Big. That's your job. Me? I'll see if anyone's got the balls to face off. I haven't seen anybody bleed all day, and it gets me all antsy, see," Yamazaki drawls, testing the footing on the dance floor battleground.
"Big, you know how it is. I don't make special rules for anyone even if they are friends. You boys want to throw down sign up for next week." He stands his ground and pretty much just lets Yamazaki's words easily bounce off him. He may as well at least talk to the somewhat sane person of the duo afterall. He is much too tired to deal with the antics of these two this evening though he doubts he will be able to make Yamazaki realize there isn't a fight to be found here.
"I'm going back to my office. The fight is over and the rest of the night is for dancing." He tells the pimp then starts to turn away and walk off. He pauses after a few steps then glances over his shoulder. "And you know better than to talk business with me at night. Come by when the Pond is closed." What was supposed to be a good night for Duck has certainly turned out to be one that has left him in a less than stellar mood. He dissappears in the crowd and soon into the back where is office is.
Log created by Duck, and last modified on 04:27:32 11/02/2005.