Description: The Southern Comet makes his SNF debut alongside Sakura Kasugano in a match against titleholder Kain Heinlein, on the Southtown Boardwalk. (Winner: Kain)
And it seems it's SNF time once again. The boardwalk is a popular place at all times of day, particularly during the summer, and this evening is no exception. In fact, there's even more people around than usual, since a section of the boardwalk has been roped off to hold this afternoon's fight.
This is Kain's first match since winning the SNF 'title' fight against Terry. It's pretty meaningless to him, but it has helped to increase his popularity, as well as bringing quite a few people down here to watch. Besides, there should be plenty of time for them to make it to the main event this evening, as well. As usual, Kain ignores the cheers from the crowd as he makes his way through. Nobody is foolish enough to get in his way, making it easy for him to reach the area reserved for the fight, vaulting easily over the rope. His opponents should be arriving any moment, but in the meantime Kain looks out over the ocean for a bit, preferring the serenity of the waves to the pointless babbling of the crowd.
Sakura Kasugano has normally been pretty punctual for these fights lately. Now, though? Well, Kain'll probably be standing there for a few minutes before there's any sign of her. But it'd be hard to miss the young Taiyo student storming through the crowd. People may have parted for the six-foot-tall German, but they're not giving way for the distinctively average Japanese girl, even if she =is= one of the world-champion Rising Dragons. Though, that's more because she's running so fast, people don't really have the -time- to get out of her way. "'scuse me! Comin' through!" she shouts in a feeble hope that they'd scatter. But, alas, she has to dodge through folks to reach the ring.
And when she does? Leaning on the ropes for a few moments to catch her breath, she flashes a sunny smile back to Kain. "*hah* *hah* ... Sorry for the wait!"
And then she side-vaults over the rope, entering the ring as well.
The sound of a boombox firing off cool island tunes is the first announcement of Dee Jay's arrival on the boardwalk. The crowd may not part for him out of the intimidation-factor the champion, Kain, has... but the Jamaican makes his way to the roped-off ring in short order, not really in much of a hurry to begin with. So what if it's a couple minutes late? Dee Jay sets down the boombox he had been carrying on his shoulder, snapping off the tunes, though his movements don't seem to change much, as if the song were still going in his head. He shoots a wide grin and a peace sign to both of the other combatants, "This should be interestin'. Seeing you sooner'n I thought!" The kickboxer calls out to Sakura, grinning all the more broadly, "Think you can keep up with both of our moves?" He asks of Kain, jovial tone undulled.
Just as well that Dee Jay turned off the boombox. Kain doesn't particularly care for his choice in music, and would find it rather irritating to have to listen to it during the match. Which would probably have meant Dee Jay would be shopping for a new boombox. Kain looks over his opponents for a moment, then waves his hand at Sakura's apology. "No matter. You're both here now."
Glancing at Dee Jay, Kain raises an eyebrow for a moment. "We'll see. And we'll see whether or not you have some /real/ strength." And that's about as talkative as Kain gets during fights, when he's not attempting to train somebody. As for what he meant by real strength? Well, there are certainly multiple ways to interpret it. Kain waves his hand toward his two opponents, purple flames trailing behind it, lingering in the air for a moment before fading away. "Let's see what you two are made of."
COMBATSYS: Kain has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Kain focuses on his next action.
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Kain 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: DeeJay has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Kain 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: Sakura has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Kain 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
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|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
Grinning back at Dee Jay, Sakura nods cheerfully. "Hey, sure looks like it! Gotta love the way things play out, I s'pose!" Clenching her red-sheathed fist tightly to her chest, she takes two long strides towards Kain. "Real strength?" Sakura seems somewhat amused by that. Though she =does= see purple flames pouring forth from the man's sleeves. "Huh! Looks like your jacket's on fire, mister. Better see about getting that fixed!" Though, after a pause to watch Kain's response, she adds, "Oh, it's =supposed= to be like that, I get it." From the smirk on her face, she clearly 'got' it all along.
"I can do something like that too, y'know!" she chirps, cupping her hands by her side. True to form, a ball of blue flame springs into existence -- nothing up the sleeves of her short-sleeved uniform top -- as she nods back to Dee Jay. Apparently, she's ready to bring the fight to Kain, since she thrusts her palms forward, sending a meter-wide sphere of chi barreling across the ring towards Kain with a cry of "HADOOOOOUKEN!"
Quit sure of both himself and his partner, Dee Jay is more than eager to see what the pair of them can accomplish in this unconventional dance, "Real strength? Boy, I got /rhythm/." the kickboxer fires back, apparently quite confident that that's the more important point. Looks like Kain is burning, and it looks like Sakura's looking to help. So what's Dee Jay to do but join in? Dancing forward a couple steps, the Jamaican whips his gloved fist up into an uppercut through empty air... an uppercut that draws a ragged slash of golden chi, the inner curve of the razor etched with silver. That arc of energy whirls away from Dee Jay, spining about itself as it sails in for Kain. It's a two-for-one special!
COMBATSYS: Kain dodges DeeJay's Air Slasher.
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Kain 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
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|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: Kain overcomes Medium Hadouken from Sakura with Schwarze Flame.
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Kain 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
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|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
Rhythm, eh? Kain may not be much for dancing, but he's certainly quick on his feet, and smooth enough. As Dee Jay's air slasher comes sailing in, Kain simply pivots on one foot, spinning right around it and bringing himself back to his original position. Hopefully nobody in the crowd will get hit; not that Kain cares very much about them.
As for Sakura's attack, well... Kain has faced down Hadoukens from Ryu, so the attacks of the student are a bit less intimidating than they might be. In fact, the motion with which Kain waves his arm toward Sakura is almost casual, as if he really doesn't consider the blast of chi to be a real threat. Judging by the way his own flames punch right through the center, blasting the Hadouken apart and carrying on toward Sakura, it seems he may be at least somewhat justified.
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits Sakura with Schwarze Flame.
- Power hit! -
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Sakura
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|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
But... but these Hadoukens took down the mighty Gill! How can this be?! Er. Well, the evidence is as plain as the purple flames which rocket through the mist of her shattered Hadouken and -slams- into the unsuspecting schoolgirl, lighting her uniform top ablaze. Staggering back, the schoolgirl's quick to pat out the fire, though... but she also takes the opportunity to regroup her wits for the battle. Apparently, smugness isn't a good strategy against Kain, who's immensely more successful at it.
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Sakura
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|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
Dee Jay, as well, is impressed by Kain's footwork. This one's dangerous, and that flaming energy, well... it's pretty damn sweet, in the kickboxer's opinion. Not that he's really looking forward to getting hit by it, but hey... what comes, comes, right? Similarly to Sakura, Dee Jay decides it's time to focus on his /own/ rhythm, rather than trying to disrupt the formidable opposition's. So he shifts where he is, weaving from side to side, fists out before him, grin still on his face, "Guess that answers /my/ question!" Dee Jay observes, in appreciation of Kain's moves.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay focuses on his next action.
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Sakura
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|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
Maintaining your distance sadly doesn't work too well against Kain. While he doesn't have the muscle power of some other fighters, he's still quite strong, and he's also good at closing in to where he can introduce people to much larger manifestations of his flames. The German begins to spin around, flames trailing his right foot as it sweeps across the ground. As he comes full circle, Kain leaps forward, flying toward Dee Jay with his foot extended, flames sweeping off behind him as he sails over the ground. Ideally his foot will slam into the kickboxer's chest, and a split-second later the flames will catch up, engulfing Dee Jay in a fiery explosion.
Glancing over to see Dee Jay doing the exact kind of toe-shuffling -she's- doing while waiting for Kain to make the same charge, Sakura shouts over, "Hey, quit copying me! We gotta work together here!" And then Kain swivels his foot towards him. Sakura... sees an opportunity here. Charging into a full-bore dash, the Ansatsuken prodigy takes flight, cutting one tight somersault in the air, before snapping out of it with her legs splayed to either side. The fanservice isn't the true attack though -- it's the two knife-hands coming down at Kain like twin circular saws! "HYAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: DeeJay dodges Kain's Schwarzer Stob.
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Sakura
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|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
"Don't worry girl..." Dee Jay replies with a smile, as he leaps backwards, flipping to land on one palm and then kicking out, away from Kain's charge, and powerful kick, "We be movin' in synch." And Dee Jay's not stopping with the graceful evasion... the kickboxer charges straight in on Kain, looking to bear down on his flank, and come in low to answer Sakura's high strike... Dee Jay's fists slam up and under in vicious uppercuts for Kain's jaw... and where those uppercuts strike, brilliant, centralized explosions of silvery chi follow, assailing the contact point with searing force. Left-right, right-left, Dee Jay presses on, looking to put a serious hurting on Kain.
COMBATSYS: Kain blocks Sakura's Sakura Otoshi.
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Sakura
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|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: Kain blocks DeeJay's Machinegun Uppercut.
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Kain 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Sakura
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|-------\-------\0 DeeJay
A quickly raised arm meets Sakura's attack, her hands crashing into Kain's guard rather than hitting any sensitive spots. Kain quickly shoves away from her as Dee Jay comes in with his own attacks, swatting away the kickboxer's strikes with his forearms, although they do sting a bit. He barely even seems to notice the chi, though. His own power is quite good at dampening the strikes that are used against him by others.
And there is quite a lot of power there. As Dee Jay finishes attacking, Kain sweeps his arms out to either side, and a massive blast of fire shoots out from Kain, engulfing just about everything immediately in front of him, perhaps including Dee Jay.
As Kain brushes 92-pound Sakura aside like a mosquito, the schoolgirl's actually -grinning- for some reason. No, it's not because Kain's able to block the entire series of blows that follows from DeeJay, but rather because she knows, in one sense, that kinda thing -hurts-. She -did- face Dee Jay just the night before, after all!
Landing in a crouch, Sakura wastes no time in diving back into the thick of things, hoping to attack Kain from the reverse angle of the Jamaican and that gout of violet flames. Her method: a dashing uppercut bolstered by her powerful stride, her fist glowing a brilliant blue.
She saves the shout for the split-second -after- she plans to hit: "SHOOOOOO'OUUU KEN!" Kinda a dead giveaway beforehand.
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits DeeJay with Schwarz Cutter.
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Kain 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Sakura
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|=======\-------\0 DeeJay
No such luck this time... Dee Jay's engulfed in purplish flames, launched backwards and burned rather severely in that flashfire chi way as he crashes to his back on the rough wood of the boardwalk. He doesn't stay down long, though, kicking out with his momentum to spring back to his feet, "Oh damn! Lights like that should be illegal!" He protests, though far from seriously, grinning as he charges Kain once more, leaping in on the powerful fighter and swinging his right leg around in a forceful shot for Kain's midsection. Rolling with that momentum, Dee Jay plants his kicking foot on the ground, the kickboxer in a deep lean away as his left foot snaps around in a fierce sobat aligned with the blonde's head.
COMBATSYS: Kain blocks Sakura's Shou'ou Ken EX.
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Kain 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Sakura
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|======-\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: DeeJay successfully hits Kain with Double Rolling Sobat.
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Kain 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Sakura
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|=======\-------\0 DeeJay
Even without Sakura's attack being telegraphed, Kain's still able to bring up his arms to block the incoming punch, letting the schoolgirl bounce off his crossed arms. It does, however, distract him for just long enough. As Dee Jay's kick comes snapping in Kain tries to lean out of the way, but it still manages to clip him in the head, knocking the German's head to one side, and forcing him to take a step back.
That step back, however, works in Kain's favor, since it gives him the room necessary to launch another attack against Sakura. Purple flames engulf his right foot, and he swings it up with perhaps surprising flexibility in an attempt to drive it into Sakura's jaw. (Sakura's stature helps here, too.) Should it connect, there'll be another nasty burst of fire, perhaps enough to send Sakura flying. Even if not, Kain follows up by thrusting a hand towards the schoolgirl, another jet of fire shooting from his palm toward her.
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Kain's Schwarze Lanze.
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Kain 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Sakura
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|=======\-------\0 DeeJay
Landing from her much-too-short departure from the ground, Sakura scoots back a foot or two, pausing to grin and watch Dee Jay's kick land true. When Kain turns to her, she takes a cue from the Megumi Andou playbook, bridging backwards to her chin out of the range of Kain's flaming kick. Of course, the maneuver sets her slightly off-balance, forcing the girl to fling her arms to either side as she skitters back out of the way of his followups, if any -- not the most professionally-executed evasion, but it serves the purpose. "Whoa, I could feel the heat off -that- one!" she exclaims in surprise.
By this point, though, she's pleased to see Kain wavering just a -bit- -- and enough that she tries something a bit riskier. "Guess the spotlight's on me now, huh?" she chirps, dashing towards Kain once more. In a somewhat unconventional move, it =looks= like she hurls herself into a dropkick motion. But that's not quite it -- because if she's successful at it, she'll be grabbing for Kain's lapels and jerking sharply, while she springboards backward sharply, hoping that the full extension of her legs would be enough to knock the tall German to the ground. "Yut-ttaaa!"
Dee Jay twists and hops out of his double rolling kick with trademark grace and aplomb, grinning all the wider as he overdramatizes a shrug of his shoulders... Looks like the two of them found Kain's rhythm, at least for that moment. Dee Jay looks to capitalize on his teammate's offensive once more, timing a quick sprinting leap for the moment she springboards backwards, his quick aerial maneuver bringing him in hard at Kain's flank, the kickboxer's knee snapping out at the side of the German's head, "Making the spotlight proud!" He announces to Sakura, encouraging his partner to kick their mighty opponent down a few pegs.
COMBATSYS: Kain dodges Sakura's Sailor Shoot.
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|=======\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: DeeJay successfully hits Kain with Knee Shot.
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Kain 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Sakura
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|=======\-------\1 DeeJay
And it looks like Sakura is doing a good job of keeping Kain from paying enough attention to Dee Jay. She manages to grab a hold of Kain's clothing, but a sharp tug from the German is enough to wrench it from her grasp, aborting the attack before it really even gets started. It again leaves him open for the kickboxers though, the knee crashing painfully into the side of Kain's head.
Kain is... moderately impressed so far. The show of teamwork speaks fairly well for the two fighters, at least. They're doing well enough that it's time to bring out the big guns. Kain draws his hands back and to the side, cupping them in a manner that's not too unlike the Hadouken that Sakura is so familiar with. A spark of greenish-blue fire quickly comes into being, rapidly filling the space between Kain's hands. "Himmlische..."
And then Kain thrusts his hands out toward Sakura, and the fire expands rapidly, becoming a massive orb of roiling chi and flame, with a crackling corona of energy around it. Alltogether it's nearly as large as the schoolgirl, and the idea, as it shoots out toward her from Kain's hands, is to have her completely engulfed by the attack. "...Seele!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Kain's Himmlische Seele.
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Kain 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 Sakura
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|=======\-------\1 DeeJay
Well, Sakura's kinda used to attacks that are nearly as big as her. Heck, she -tosses- attacks that are nearly as big as her. And with as much time as she has after landing, shakily, from her aborted attack, she has just enough time to turn and see the attack coming. And, as such, she has just enough time to crouch into a ball, throwing both arms up as a shield for her head as the attack that shall remain nameless (for Sakura would totally flub the pronunciation) rolls overhead. It hurts like heck, though, rolling Sakura onto her back in the process, but, all things considered, it could've gone a lot worse!
Still, the battle's -starting- to wear on Sakura a bit, and seeing Kain throw out all those flames is starting to make her a tad jealous. Rolling back to her feet, she takes three quick strides back, fists clenched by her side. "Nice trick -- but nothing I can't handle!" Okay, the jealousy is mostly just an act, but still! It's inarguable that she has the capability to conjure up flames -almost- as well -- but it still takes a conscious effort on her part. Which might explain why she has to stand still, widening her stance as a cyclonic wind whips her skirt and headband around disarmingly. "Haaaaaaaaaaaaah..." she calls out, elbows locked at her side, her fists glowing a bright blue as she grins back at Kain. Maybe it's not the attack he'd expected from the plucky schoolgirl, but nothing lasts forever!
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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Kain 0/-------/------=|=======\===----\1 Sakura
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|=======\-------\1 DeeJay
Whoa whoa whoa! That giant disco ball of friggin' /doom/ is better seen than stood in front of, and Dee Jay leaps away even as the massive chiball plows into Sakura's defenses, "Niiiiiice." is the large Jamaican's only observation of that dramatic show of power, the pretty lights apparently more important to him than winning or losing this fight. His own adrenaline seems to be spiked by that last exchange, the pace of his step inreasing, motion forward or back becoming a bit more chaotic... it's hard to tell when, or where, the kickboxer's planning to strike next. But it's far more obvious that this spectacle may be entertaining Dee Jay more than the viewers at home, his demeanor remaining entirely jovial despite the danger Kain poses.
COMBATSYS: DeeJay focuses on his next action.
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Kain 0/-------/------=|=======\===----\1 Sakura
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|=======\-------\1 DeeJay
Just because Kain is focusing on Sakura for a moment doesn't mean Dee Jay is forgotten, of course. Kain doesn't want to get surprised by the kickboxer again. It takes a moment for him to recover from launching that attack at Sakura, but since Dee Jay seems to be enjoying the fight, it's plenty of time. Kain thrusts both hands out toward the kickboxer, a ball of purple fire leaping from each of his palms. The two flaming orbs spiral around one another as they shoot toward Dee Jay, looking to explode against him, scorching him up a bit more.
Foo. And here Sakura had effectively posted a 'Kick me!' sign on her forehead too. Lower lip jutting out in mock disappointment, Sakura shakes her fist at Kain. "Hey, don't go thinking we're =done= or anything, mister!" she quips back -- though she says this while in the midst of running in, perhaps predictably, towards Kain's flank. It's an attack she tried before, yes -- but if at first you fail, try try again! Rising Cherry Uppercut, Mark II! "SHOOOO'OU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: DeeJay endures Kain's Schwarze Flame.
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|=======\==-----\1 Sakura
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|=======\===----\1 DeeJay
Dee Jay would be sorely disappointed if Kain forgot about him, and it doesn't look like that's the case at all. Still, drawing a deep breath, the kickboxer decides that the way out of this one is to smash right through it, barreling shoulder-first into Kain's swirling flame-blast, and coming in straight at the German, leaping in in an attempt to plant a swinging kick similar to the previous one into Kain's ribs. This time, however, there's a brilliant flash of chi coming with the impact.. along with a whole lot more kicks. Twisting and rolling, Dee Jay propels himself right foot, left foot, in at Kain, Sobat following one after another, each with an accompanying burst of concussive energy.
COMBATSYS: Kain dodges Sakura's Shou'ou Ken.
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|===----\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: Kain blocks DeeJay's Sunrise Theme.
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Kain 0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1 Sakura
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|===----\-------\0 DeeJay
And Kain dances out of the way of Sakura's attack again, but this time he's prepared for Dee Jay, or so he thinks. He raises his arms to deflect the incoming kicks, but the first one manages to slip past his guard, and Kain loses the momentum in this exchange, taking the rest of the blows cleanly as well.
That's almost starting to get annoying, really. Since Dee Jay seems to be quite adapt at taking advantage of lapses in Kain's concentration, it looks like it's time to pay plenty of attention to the kickboxer. He spins around again, in a manner similar to that which launched an earlier kick at Dee Jay, but this time Kain doesn't leave the ground. No, instead he just lifts his foot up bringing it around in a sweeping strike aimed at the side of Dee Jay's head, flames and all.
Huh... Sakura thought for -sure- she'd be able to nail that blow. Maybe not! But when Kain directs his attention once more to the Rastaman, the Taiyo schoolgirl thinks she sees the start of an opening. It's not much, but Kain's rising leg highlights a critical flaw of the technique -- the leg that -doesn't- leave the ground. Sakura only has a narrow window to exploit, but she does so, taking one long stride in before pivoting about on that foot, dropping low to wheel her other foot into Heinlein's angle. And, from the blue torus of energy that's formed in the wake of such a kick, it should be fairly obvious she's planning to spin one, two, three, four kicks into Kain -- given the opportunity, she'd follow it up by standing and delivering a hard roundhouse kick to finish it off. "HA! HA! HA! HA! HAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: DeeJay fails to interrupt Schwarzer Stob from Kain with Jacknife Maximum.
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Kain 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Sakura
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|=======\-------\0 DeeJay
Looks like Sakura's cooking something up, and as that flaming kick sails in, Dee Jay holds his ground, grinning. It's a choice that doesn't work out too well, though, as his planned counterattack is absolutely blown away by the sheer force of foot and flame that thuds into his skull, sending him sailing to the boardwalk with a firm crack. The music seems to have been sucked entirely out of him for a moment, by that, and one might wonder if he's ko'ed where he fell. The Jamaican does start to pick himself up after a moment, but it's a rather slow process after that last blow to the head. A gloved hand presses against his forehead, and he groans a bit.
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Kain with Haru Ichiban.
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Kain 0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Sakura
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|=======\-------\0 DeeJay
And now Kain doesn't have to worry about Dee Jay, for a moment, so he starts to turn to Sakura... just as he gets hit in the ankle. There's a rapid attempt to bring up some sort of guard as he falls, but it doesn't do much good; Sakura's kicks slam into the German repeatedly, sending him crashing to the ground. He hits in a roll to lessen the fall, eventually coming to a stop. He doesn't appear to be down yet, though, getting back to his feet, even if he's slightly unsteady now.
Dee Jay looks almost out of the fight. If Kain can bring this down to a one on one fight, it would like make things considerably easier. And so he lashes out at the kickboxer, sending another blast of purple flame shooting through the air toward him. Refraining from some of his more physical techniques isn't such a bad idea, either; he's really feeling the hits he's been taking.
While Kain is falling back on his flame techniques, Sakura's seen fit to avoid giving him anything else to, y'know, completely blow up in her face. Throwing Hadoukens at this point, as much as she'd -like- to, would probably only aggravate Heinlein -- and the last thing Sakura wants is an angry fire-breathing German beating a path to her face.
But really, she sees him focusing on Dee Jay, and thinks it might be a good idea to hold off for ooooone more round of steadying her nerves, before pressing an attack back onto the man. It just seems like a good idea.
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Kain 0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Sakura
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|=======\-------\0 DeeJay
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits DeeJay with Schwarze Flame.
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Unf. Those scorching flames crash around Dee Jay and catch him a lot less prepared than the last time. Gritting his teeth, the rising kickboxer nearly falls right back to the floor, slammed before he could right himself. He doesn't go down just yet, though, instead pushing up despite the sucker-punch blast, and charging in at Kain. It's a last ditch effort, but it's certainly powerful, Dee Jay lashing out with uppercut after uppercut, dark chi trailing his form as he pushes in on Heinlein ever faster, a quick beating rhythm punched out in one chi-exploding strike after another, "Take him down, Kasugano!" Dee Jay encourages, a bit shakily, and whatever the result of this last-ditch, all-out punching tirade... Dee Jay's falling away afterwards, blackness taking his vision. It feels kinda nice, actually....
COMBATSYS: DeeJay can no longer fight.
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Kain 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Sakura
COMBATSYS: Kain dodges DeeJay's Climax Beat.
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Kain 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Sakura
One down.
Kain leaps to one side as Dee Jay comes at him, letting the rasta kickboxer slump to the ground as he sails harmlessly past. He still has to deal with Sakura though, and he's feeling the pain that the two of them have been delivering to him. It's time to try and wrap things up as quickly as possible, it seems.
Kain lunges toward the schoolgirl, reaching out for her with both hands. He's not actually trying to grab her though; just get his hands on her. Because if he does manage to get his hands on, or at least close to, her, he's in position to suddenly summon up another one of those massive spheres of roiling chi. It's a little less stable when summoned so quickly, but that's fine. The point is to catch Sakura off guard, and have her completely engulfed in the flames, before being sent flying.
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits Sakura with Himmlische Seele.
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Kain 0/-------/-------|=======\===----\1 Sakura
Well, with all the attempts by Sakura to try and kick things up a notch, it was about time for the other shoe to drop. And drop it does, with Kain latching hold of Sakura's scarf, pulling her close, and slamming a warm fuzzy fireball right into her at point-blank range. She goes a-flying across the ring, bouncing against the rope and slung to her knees -- and yet, she's still got something of a quirky smile on her face. "... I told you, I take that kinda stuff left and right!"
One might note that she's still on fire. This problem is solved by a swell of blue energy, swirling around her in a torrent, which neatly replaces the Kain-flames with Sakura-flames. Slight color difference and all.
It -also- happens to be propelling Sakura forward at a high rate of speed -- her charge led by an outstretched fist. It wouldn't be hard to imagine her saying "Burn Knuckle," even though she, y'know, =doesn't=. But, should that land, her right fist would be followed by a hard left elbow, and then a rising uppercut much like before.
The name leaves much to be desired, though. "SHIN! NEKKETSU! SHOOOOO'OOOU KEN!" Oh, those wacky high schoolers.
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Kain with Midare Zakura.
- Power hit! -
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Well, this kind of hurts. Sakura's fist slams into Kain's chest, followed by the elbow, and the uppercut which slams into his chin, causing his head to jerk back. Kain staggers back, blood leaking from the corner of his mouth after the impact. He ignores it for now though, instead focusing on Sakura. "You two seem to be quite effective together..."
But now Dee Jay is gone. Kain may be worn down, but with only one opponent left he can still pull this off. He allows his anger off its leash ever so slightly, and the flames that begin to fill his hands are, if one looks carefully, a somewhat darker shade of purple than usual. And then Kain thrusts his hands toward Sakura, and those dark flames leap forth, zooming out in an attempt to blast Sakura.
COMBATSYS: Sakura endures Kain's Schwarze Flame.
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Kain 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Sakura
Anger leads to hate - Sakura's really getting to that point with Kain's purple flames and stuff. Did she hear the rumor right, is he really related to Rock Howard and -his- purple flames, maybe? And with that mild hatred -- which'll probably wear off after the fight -- comes Sakura's reckless desire to plow right through those flames, just to show Kain what she's made of: snips, snails, sugar =and= spice!
Hate leads to suffering - Sakura's also not enjoying the peculiar sensation of having most of her skin set ablaze by those purple flames she's starting to despise right now. It hurts like heck, but with a concrete goal in her mind, anything's possible!
Suffering leads to Sakura plowing right through that fireball, now glowing a brilliant blue from her burning passion for the fight, and leaping into a chi-charged rage of her own -- which means that Sakura's charging right for Kain, almost as fast as -before- she'd hit that Schwarze Flame! She doesn't waste any time with a witty comment though -- her only cry is "SHUNPUUUU KYAKU!" as she spins into a ferocious hurricane kick, leg revolving about to crack right into Kain. If he doesn't get out of the way, of course!
COMBATSYS: Sakura has reached second wind!
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Kain 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Sakura
COMBATSYS: Kain dodges Sakura's Shunpuu Kyaku EX.
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Kain 0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0 Sakura
And Kain is a bit less graceful than normal here, simply leaping out of the way as Sakura flies at him, hitting the ground in a controlled roll before finally stopping on his feet. The edges of his vision are already starting to blue a bit... he can't afford to take another hit.
Again he draws his hands back, but this time the spark of flame that appears between his palms gives off a bright, golden light. "Himmlische..." Another massive orb of chi forms in Kain's hands. Easy to avoid? One might think so, after having seen a similar attack from Kain not too long ago, even if it is quite fast. "...Macht!" But this time, as the sphere leaves Kain's hands, it doesn't shoot toward Sakura. No, it darts and weaves all over the place, like a pinball in a machine, but still targeted toward Sakura.
Kain's got even more tricks up his sleeve, though. As the ball comes close to Sakura it suddenly splits, breaking off into a half dozen smaller orbs, which fly off. And then they all zoom in toward Sakura, at close range, from different angles. One thing about having the kind of control over chi that Kain does: While you have your favorite techniques, that you tend to default to, with a little extra effort you can really keep your opponents on their toes.
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Kain's Himmlische Macht.
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Kain 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Okay, honestly -- Sakura really is at wits end right now. She's just run through a fireball, and now she's running on vapors, and if I keep on this roll, there'll be a whole lot more mixed metaphors. The point is, adrenaline's practically the only thing keeping her moving right now.
And then Kain throws out an OMG HOLEE CRAP ITS A WHOLE LOT OF--
Okay, enough of that. The only way out is by going =in=, and that leads, once again, to Sakura dashing against all odds right through the very -center- of all those fragmented chibi-fireball thingies.
And then totally powersliding =underneath= them, as they'd all converged into a spot roughly centered =right over top of her=. Seriously, she's like the luckiest schoogirl alive and stuff!
And the fans, oh, they're lucky too, considering her skirt's about torn to shreds in the process! But =that's okay=, because Sakura's gonna pull out the win here! "Nekkkketsuuuu---" For when she kips back to her feet, she puts a little extra *oomph* into it, one foot flying overhead before crashing down onto Kain. "---Hana---KYAKU!" she shouts, fists flung to either side as a counterbalance! Huzzah!
COMBATSYS: Kain dodges Sakura's Flower Kick.
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Kain 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Fanservice isn't very much of a distraction for Kain, although the audience likely appreciates it. He's more concerned with Sakura's foot; the one that's about to come crashing down on top of him. Until, that is, he hops out of the way, letting the kick swish harmlessly through the air.
And now, quite unusually for him, Kain is starting to get tired. Not that he's having trouble summoning up his chi, but just attacking in general is starting to become more difficult. Usually his fights tend to end fairly quickly, and this one is dragging on. He's not completely out of it yet, though. He rushes in toward Sakura, flames engulfing his right hand as he draws it back. It's pretty straightforward, but hopefully effective, as he tries to drive his fist at an upward angle into Sakura's stomach.
COMBATSYS: Kain successfully hits Sakura with Medium Punch.
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Sakura
"NNF!" exclaims Sakura as she takes a flaming punch to the midriff. It was bad enough that her super-cool kick failed, and now this! How embarassing! But realistically, this's been a lot better than her two previous SNF showings, so she'd be happy with the outcome of this one no matter what happens.
Maybe that's a good thing.
But really, even though she's knocked backwards and probably coughing blood into one hand, her -other- arm is already snapping out to reach for Kain's outstretched fist, aiming to tuck it under one arm and pull him into an aikido toss. Well, it's -probably- an aikido toss, Sakura's not really familiar with the name -- so it's a good thing she's incapable of shouting it!
COMBATSYS: Sakura can no longer fight.
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Kain dodges Sakura's Quick Throw.
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Kain 0/-------/-----==|
And the response to that attack of Sakura's is simple, though not necessarily easy: pull the arm back before she can grab it. Kain doesn't quite manage that completely, although he manages to keep Sakura from getting a firm grip on his arm. And then the difference in physical strength comes into play, allowing Kain to jerk his arm to the side, breaking Sakura's grip and probably causing her to tumble to the ground.
The blond man takes a step back from his fallen opponent, and only now does he reach up to wipe away the blood trickling from his mouth, carefully using the back of his glove, rather than his white sleeve. He pauses for a moment, looking over Sakura and Dee Jay, then gives an approving nod. Obviously, the things he cares most about in a person are difficult to discover just from a simple fight, but his two opponents tonight have certainly given a satisfactory showing. And then an announcer starts to say something about victory or whatnot, but Kain doesn't really care. Once it's clear that his opponents aren't getting up, he begins to walk off.
COMBATSYS: Kain has ended the fight here.
Sakura, having overextended herself to the nth degree, has no comment. Because she's unconscious and stuff. Luckily, that's why the EMTs are on the scene, hustling out to the ring with a stretcher for her and Dee Jay.
Log created by Sakura, and last modified on 22:22:40 08/13/2005.