Description: This Saturday's Main Event: Saishu Kusanagi versus the entire New Hero Team! But what starts out as a Striker Match suddenly becomes a Special Order match when Dong Hwan, late arrival, jumps in as soon as Jae Hoon goes down -- and then this Korean Barbeque turns Family Style! Feel the burn! (Winner: Saishu)
It's the Main Event at Howard Arena once again, and the stands are filled with cheering crowds and excited families, prepared for the big event. Despite a few switchups with scheduling, it looks like a big fight is going through all the same: but now everyone is wondering, who is the one man wonder going to be? How many madmen are there that would willingly throw themselves into battle against such superior numbers?
"Welcome to Saturday Night Fights, ladies and gentlemen!" calls out the announcer, sounding suspiciously like the announcer from Street Fighter Alpha 3. The radiance of the spotlights focuses on him for a moment, illuminating the currently empty stone arena. "We've got an incredible fight for you tonight! We have a team of fighters from Korea: the New Hero Team! The sons of the famed Kim Kaphwan and May Lee!" Applause. "And in the other corner... the illustrious... the ever-energetic... the supposedly retired..."
A figure sweeps in from the side entrance, moving quickly toward the stone steps, face shadowed due to the direction in which the spotlights are aimed. Seems like he has bad posture, though.
"Patriarch of the Kusanagi family, and master of their style..."
As soon as the figure touches the stage, his body suddenly becomes wreathed in flame, sending tendrils licking up to the air. If you couldn't see Saishu Kusanagi's face before... now you can. He is, of course, grinning hugely.
"Saishu Kusanagi!"
Raising his arms to the applause, the elder shouts, "Okay! Who's hungry for some Korean barbeque!?"
Tap tap tap. Tap tap tap. Jae Hoon's foot taps against the arena floor as he stands, in full view of the entire audience and presumably countless around the world, for what might be his big debut. The Main Event. Of Saturday Night Fight. And Dong Hwan is... late. Absent? Asleep? Who knows. Regardless, Jae Hoon and May Lee are here, and, with every passing instant, Jae Hoon's patience wears thinner and thinner. After a few moments, Jae Hoon just uncrosses his arms, doing a few stretches with his legs to get himself warmed up. "Forget it," he mumbles. "Let's just go ahead and do this." Rising to his heels with a quick hop, Jae Hoon takes a few steps Saishu's way, bowing politely -- and low, too, to show just how much respect he has for the older fighter.
"Mr. Kusanagi. It is an honor to face a master such as you! I have studied many of your fights on video, and the fights of your son. I have always longed to face Kusanagi-ryu in person. I hope that I can make this battle worthwhile for you," he says, rising from his bow with a bright smile on his face. And then his smile fades, and his expression hardens a little, as he dips into his fighting stance. Jae Hoon is ready to go -- it's game face time, in other words. And it's like looking at a completely different person. "I, Kim Jae Hoon, am your opponent! May Lee, are you ready?"
COMBATSYS: JaeHoon has started a fight here.
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JaeHoon 0/-------/-------|
The girl commonly known May Lee runs through a series of leg stretches as she waits for the oft-rescheduled match to begin, lifting herself unto the tiptoes of her left foot, as she pulls her right foot up over her head with her hands, glancing furtively every-so-often at the entrance to the ready rooms. She didn't think Dong Hwan would've slept through a fight with the firey master of Kusanagi-ryuu Kobojutsu! She was so excited and nervous about the chance to prove herself that she could hardly... wait. Back to reality, May Lee! They were starting!
Bringing her foot back down to the slate surface of the arena quickly, May Lee stands on her tiptoes once more, smiling a dazzling smile in the direction of the much, much older gentleman that they were facing today. Indrawing a breath then, May Lee releases that breath as she brings her rider-glove covered fists by both sides of her belt, the young woman lowering herself down from the tiptoes at the same time. Yes, May Lee was dressed to the nines for this fight. Her rider gloves were on her hands, and her long red scarf was thrown gallantly over one shoulder, a pair of goggles nestled into the hair atop her head... although her power belt was noticeably missing. "I'm ready, Jae Hoon!" May Lee says brightly, folding her hands in front of herself, and offering a bow to the opponent as well, before she hops lightly upon her sneaker-clad feet to Jae Hoon's side.
Well, she was giving him plenty of space, but she was in line with him. But! Saishu had asked them a question, and May Lee was going to answer it, however belatedly. "Korean barbeque? That sounds..." May Lee begins, until she gets the joke. Immeadiatly, her expression grows a bit worried, but she does chuckle... nervously. "...great?" she says.
COMBATSYS: MayLee has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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MayLee 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 JaeHoon
COMBATSYS: Saishu has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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MayLee 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Saishu
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JaeHoon 0/-------/-------|
Saishu crosses his arms and reaches up with his right hand to scratch his scraggly pointed beard with a little twinkly-eyed smile, looking mysterious and old-masterish (if you ignore the flames coming out of his shoulders still; don't worry, they'll fade soon), when Jae responds to his showmanship extremely seriously. "Hmmmm," the Kusanagi elder replies, fitting the role quite well, though his cheerful eyes show he's more amused by the whole situation than anything else. "Young Kim Jae Hoon, are you? Met your father, I did. Good fighter. His passion impressed me." Then suddenly, Saishu, still standing in that odd pseudo-horse-stance posture, strikes a pose with his hands aloft in the air and fingers wiggling in Jae Hoon's direction, his eyes widening, so he looks like somebody playing a monster on Halloween. "But! Can your passion match the might of the Kusanagi-ryuu flames! Oh ho, I think not!"
In response to May Lee, the middle-aged fighter just looks over to her and winks cheerfully, showing her a thumbs-up, before glancing over to Jae again. "Anyway, where's your brother?"
Whether Jae decides to respond, or not, or what, he'd better do *something*, because in a split-second, the old guy is suddenly right in front of him. Whoa! Maybe he's not *that* old! "Boo!" he shouts, and then springs forward in a spinning double-kick to the young Tae Kwon Do-ists face.
COMBATSYS: Saishu successfully hits JaeHoon with Kubu Tsuchi.
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MayLee 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Saishu
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JaeHoon 0/-------/---====|
"... He's fast!" That's all the words that Jae Hoon has time to spit out before Saishu has time to put his foot in Jae Hoon's face. Twice. The young Tae Kwon Do fighter was only momentarily distracted by mention of his brother -- a mixture of anger, embarassment, shame, and concern -- and then... there was the foot. Jae Hoon staggers back onto his feet, easily knocked down by Saishu's sheer hitting power. That was not a good way to start a fight. "Watch out, May Lee. He may be venerable," A polite way to say 'old,' but he's still fast. And strong. Let's show him everything that we're made of! I'll start it off!"
Recovering from his injuries, Jae Hoon immediately leaps forward, flipping upside down and spreading his feet as far as he can for one punished forward axe-kick. Only, this kick... is on fire. The flames aren't quite like Saishu's; they're spawned from chi. But there's a power here and a talent for fmale, even at his age. "I'll show you just how much respect I have for your flames! In part, you inspired me to modify my own fighting style! Hangetsu Zan!" Jae Hoon is swinging fast and swift, looking to crack open a gap through which May Lee can then charge into.
Well, May Lee wasn't going to sit and stare at the speed of Saishu's attack, nor it's aftermath. Fighting down the bad feelings that she was getting for double-teaming a old man, no matter how fast he was moving, the young Korean wets her lips with her tongue before charging boldly into the fray!
With a flowing sort of motion, May Lee manuvers herself to one of Saishu's sides as Jae performs his flaming axe kick, the young Tae Kwan Do student leaping up into the air by Saishu, and snapping out a foot to try to catch the man in the face with a swift kick of her own, Jae's reminder of his speed foremost on her mind. "TAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Saishu blocks JaeHoon's Hangetsu Zan.
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MayLee 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Saishu
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JaeHoon 0/-------/---====|
COMBATSYS: MayLee successfully hits Saishu with Surprise Air.
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MayLee 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Saishu
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JaeHoon 0/-------/---====|
"Ha ha! He's on fire!" Snapping up with his arm, Saishu blocks Jae Hoon's attack, but their strategy is sound, and he can't block May Lee's attack too -- but he's still able to take it on the shoulder rather than the face, the slippery devil. On top of that, he doesn't seem particularly fazed at all. "You kids are so spunky! What teamwork! Well, maybe I don't do video research... but I have a few tricks of my own!"
Turning toward May Lee with a sudden lunge, he spins twice, rotating his arms in a vertical slant in an odd but graceful chopping attack. Doesn't look particularly dangerous, though, despite his strength. "GET BACK--" Then he emits a wave of fire from his arm, sending it crashing towards May Lee with enough force to knock her out of the melee. Oh; that's why it's dangerous. But he's still got momentum, so he turns on his heel and spins *again*, emitting a second wave of powerful Kusanagi flames.
"--OR GET BURNED!"
Jae Hoon's kick is blocked, which is almost what he wanted to happen. Or, at least, not far from the plan. Because it gives him an opportunity to kick off. Pressing down on his kicking foot, Jae Hoon instead launches himself up and away from his foe, and into the air. Just enough time to call out: May Lee! It's a little early, but it's time for my Rider Kick! Follow up with something good!" Jae Hoon calls this out even as he seems to stop in mid-air, only to launch towards his opponent like spear hurled from miles away. A flaming spear, in fact; Jae Hoon is clearly looking to show off his flames to Saishu. There's a lack of intensity, but no shortage of abundance in his fires: And the inferno serves not so much to damage, but to blind and distract. Hopefully, it'll be enough to score a solid hit on his foe.
COMBATSYS: Saishu successfully hits MayLee with Homura Gasane.
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MayLee 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Saishu
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JaeHoon 0/-------/----===|
The attack from Saishu was sorta confusing, at least to begin with. Easily stepping out of the way of the spinning and chopping motions, a look of confusion enters her features. Was that supposed to be the attack? Well, May Lee's question was answered quickly enough by the wave of flame. Squeaking in surprise, May Lee brings up her hands to try to ward against the flame... but that did little good. The force of the fires knock May Lee away from the elder fighter, the flaming Korean hitting the arena floor in a deliberate roll, hoping to douse any lingering flames. Right! Good to go!
Hopping up to her feet again, May Lee tosses her slightly singed scarf over her shoulder, and looks towards Jae. She begins to grin a slow, mischievous little grin as she lifts her hands up to her goggles on the top of her head, bringing those down over her eyes. "Something good! Got it!" she calls out, setting her sights upon the Saishu, as she shifts her stance, her right foot set a bit forward of her left, as she leans back a bit, her grin turning into a self confident smile. "Saishu Kusanagi!" May Lee calls out in a deepened voice. "Prepare yourself!"
Quietly gathering energy unto herself, she watches Jae Hoon's attack, and nibbles upon her lower lip as she tries to time things... now. Throwing the gathered energy behind herself as she leaps forward, May Lee's body travels towards Saishu like a bullet, the girl thrusting a fist forward as it begins to crackle with electricity-mimicking chi. All in all, she looked like Superman in flight, but hopefully, her flight would end with her fist soundly striking Saishu's chest. "ATTTAAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: JaeHoon successfully hits Saishu with Hishou Kyaku.
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MayLee 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Saishu
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JaeHoon 0/-------/---====|
COMBATSYS: Saishu dodges MayLee's May Lee- Lightning Blow!.
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MayLee 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Saishu
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JaeHoon 0/-------/---====|
Okay, it's time for some Saishu Tactics. But you kids weren't around back in his day, so perhaps you can more aptly call them 'OMGWTF Tactics'.
JaeHoon attacks the elder with a flaming kick. So, naturally, Saishu leaps straight up, *right into the attack*, and takes it full on the body, he looks a little shaken up by it, but continues sailing up and over Jae Hoon, his jump too powerful to be canceled by the attack. As a consequence, May Lee misses entirely, but it doesn't look like Saishu even noticed her attack from the beginning.
Or maybe he did. With that grin, it's really hard to tell.
Still in midair, grinning hugely, Saishu reaches out to grasp at Jae Hoon's collar. "Teeeyaaahh!" If he can manage it, the Kusanagi elder will now attempt to swing around and trip the son of Kim, throwing him to the ground powerfully at the same time, and then follow up with a fierce punch to the boy's stomach. A pretty flashy move, worthy of following up Saishu Tactics.
COMBATSYS: Saishu successfully hits JaeHoon with Issetsu Seoi Nage.
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MayLee 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Saishu
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JaeHoon 1/-----==/=======|
Ow. This is going to hurt. ALot. And it does, every bit as much as Saishu hoped it would. Jae Hoon hits the ground with about as much force as a ton of bricks, face buried in the dirt for a few seconds as he tries to recover. Tries, and fails. When Saishu's punch drops out of the heavens, Jae Hoon rolls backwards and away, avoiding it by a hair. The rest of the attack, however, hurt... it hurt like insanity, all told, but that's hardly a surprise. But Jae Hoon's head is back in this ball game, that's for sure. Springing back to his feet, the youth, weakened but not discourged, surges forward with a rapid-fire sequences of kicks.
"Shakka Shuu!" He calls out as he makes his quartet of attacks, and then making an effort to coordinate with his team. "Damnit... May Lee, the odds are against us. Get ready to pull out all the stops!"
Thankfully, May Lee was used to missing with that move. Flying neatly past Saishu, May Lee twists about in mid-air as the electricity dancing about her glove fades towards nothing, the Korean girl hitting the ground upon her knees, skidding backwards a bit as she continues to face Saishu. And when that skid stops, May Lee rises up to her feet once more, tightning her gloves and flipping her scarf over her shoulder again. And yes, she was still grinning.
"All the stops! RIGHT!" May Lee calls out in her deepened 'hero' voice, before widening her stance, and bringing her left fist down by her belt. May Lee would get ready to pull out all the stops indeed. Thrusting her open right hand out across her front of herself at a fourty-five degree angle, May Lee puts a little twist into her hips, as she calls out. "Saishu Kusanagi! You are strong, but we will show you the power of hearts burning with JUSTICE!" she cries, putting just a bit more twist into her hips then.
"My name is LEE JIN JU! I am the girl more commonly known as MAY LEE!" she shouts, chopping her right hand down towards her side, and thrusting her fist in a punch towards Saishu. "I am the ALLY of HUMANITY, and the ENEMY of EVIL! PREPARE YOURSELF!" she cries, as she then draws energy unto herself. And in a fairly dramatic way, too! Winds of glowing chi energy surround her, tousling the edges of her clothes as well as her hair, but it also causes her scarf to flap triumphantly in the air behind herself as she holds that pose. That... might not be what Jae Hoon wanted, but he didn't specify!
COMBATSYS: MayLee gathers her will.
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MayLee 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1 Saishu
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JaeHoon 1/------=/=======|
COMBATSYS: JaeHoon successfully hits Saishu with Shakka Shuu.
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MayLee 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 Saishu
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JaeHoon 1/-----==/=======|
Better late than never, right? Having spent the morning 'training' with some of his female friends, it's no surprise Dong Hwan ended up sleeping through the start of the match yet again, probably holding it up for a while, whilst they waited for him, and even still not managing to make it in time.
"Stupid 7 o'clock fights!" Dong Hwan whines as he comes rushing up into the fighting area. Pausing once he's within a decent range to see what's going on at least, he bends at the waist, arms wrapped around his stomach as he huffs heavily, trying to catch his breath. He did probably have to run here all the way from the dojo, after all. Taking a moment to suck up and process the information in his head, he eventually throws a fist in to the air. "Hey, come on, you two! Don't let someone as old as the three of us combined push you around!" He urges his team on, about all the help he can give for the time being, at least.
COMBATSYS: DongHwan has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=======\==-----\1 JaeHoon
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MayLee 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 Saishu
[OOC] Dong Hwan pushes Jae Hoon to Saishu's team with his powers.
COMBATSYS: JaeHoon has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=======\=------\1 Saishu
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MayLee 1/-----==/=======|
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JaeHoon 1/-----==/=======|
Oof! The audience applauds as Saishu shows off, then redoubles their cheering as Jae Hoon evades the final blow and then follows up with a series of blazingly fast kicks; looks like the Kusanagi elder can't fully keep up with them, and Jae feels himself score a few solid blows. But Saishu's grin doesn't waver much, and though he staggers back a bit, he does so rather dramatically, so it seems as though he hasn't really been hurt at all.
"Tough little guy!" he says cheerfully, eyes sparkling. "But I need to teach you about what flame truly is." He glances at May Lee out of the corner of his eye, seeing her power up, but just winks at her again, and then looks back to Jae, grinning all the more as flames suddenly erupt around his conspicuously gloveless hands. "You've got fighting spirit, but you need to relax-- why not take a little nap?"
Then with a little spin, he tosses out an arm in an elegant, practiced motion toward Jae, and a little spark shoots out, before vanishing in front of the young man's eyes. Which may be enough to distract him from the HUGE TORRENT OF FLAME that just erupted underneath his feet.
"TSUMUGARI!"
COMBATSYS: Saishu successfully hits JaeHoon with Tsumugari.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Saishu
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MayLee 1/-----==/=======|
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JaeHoon 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|
He's used to flames. Really. But not this much flame. Still, when the torrent comes, and Jae Hoon is confumsed... he doesn't give up. "I'll show you," he grunts, through the fire, even as it completely burns off his gi jacket, all while leaving his pants curiously still present. "Tae Kwon Do is the ultimate! Here I go!" Like a phoenix -- an image very important to Jae Hoon's techniques -- he rushes through the flames, legs wobbly from pain and exhaustion, but bounding straight towards his opponent at full-tilt. "May Lee! It's up to you, now!"
COMBATSYS: JaeHoon can no longer fight.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Saishu
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MayLee 1/-----==/=======|
Eeek. May Lee blinks once at the blink, but the young Korean's heroic pose falters somewhat as she sees just what happens to her teammate. That whole engulfed by flame thing didn't look like something she wanted to try. But still! "Dong Hwan! You're late!" May Lee calls out, getting a determined look in her eye as she looks again towards Saishu, and begins to advance upon him with careful steps. "Are you ready?" she asks the man after Jae Hoon's heroic last attack, and then without waiting for a reply, she hops up into the air, May Lee chopping one of her hands into the side of Saishu's neck. Hopefully. "CHOPPU!"
COMBATSYS: Saishu blocks JaeHoon's Chou Hou'ou Kyaku.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Saishu
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MayLee 1/-----==/=======|
COMBATSYS: MayLee successfully hits Saishu with May Lee- Chop!.
- Power hit! -
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Saishu
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MayLee 1/----===/=======|
Jae Hoon unloads with a chain of kicks and punches, delivered like lightning. But it's not everything he'd intended it to be; he had more planned, that's for sure, after the first few unarmed blows are unloaded. After that, though, Jae Hoon's body gives out; Saishu's defense is too unbreakable, his legs are too wobbly. The tae kwon do fighter hits the ground, head resting on the arena floor.
Saishu grins (of course) as Jae Hoon goes completely nutso in response to the Kusanagi elder's hyper-powered flame attack, and lowers himself into that odd posture again as the youth comes towards him. Then, with a surge of incredible speed that belies his usual movement rate, just like at the beginning of the fight, Saishu's arms and legs nearly blur as he stops every single one of Jae's chained attacks, either mystic intuition or immense experience allowing him to perceive each one coming. "Not bad," he says, in a gentle, grandfatherly tone, his eyes crinkling up kindly as Jae hits the ground. "But you need more practice, before you can beat somebody like me."
Saishu spreads his hands wide then, and grinning hugely, he flicks his fingers back to his palms a few times in a sort of 'come on' gesture, and the audience roars its approval -- and then cheers even more as May Lee wallops the grinning, apparently oblivious fighter on the back of the neck. Wa-pow! It's like watching pro-wrestling, the way Saishu looks completely, almost melodramatically surprised by that hit. Huh.
But it's not like pro-wrestling in how he takes the hit very well, going down on one knee only to sweep his leg out in a powerful sweep kick with enough strength to not just trip the teenage girl but literally knock her legs out from under her, the move that tore the legs off of that robot ninja in Sicily during overtime. "Seiiyaah!"
"Jae Hoon couldn't hack it, huh?" Dong Hwan muses to himself, stepping up into the fighting ring once Jae Hoon is down. "Old dude! You ready to meet the better brother?" Dong Hwan asks, a hand lifting up to point at Saishu along with the comment. "He might train nonstop, but I'm still the best! Let me show you!"
Dong Hwan isn't one to keep someone waiting. Rushing up close, he's not able to put himself between Saishu and May Lee in time, so does the next best thing--attacking Saishu while he's distracted with the girl, hopping up into the air as a leg lifts high, sparkling electricity forming around the entire leg, trying to come down with an axe kick on the already low opponent in question, the kick powered up much by the electric current that comes with it. "You didn't think you could beat up my friends without me stepping in, did you?" Dong Hwan shouts, though he sounds cheerful enough, not at all upset or offended simply because it's an official fight.
COMBATSYS: MayLee fails to counter Medium Kick from Saishu with Self Rebellion.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Saishu
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And as soon as May Lee's feet touch the ground, the girl was in motion. With a self-satisfied grin on her face, she hops over the sweeping kick, and... doesn't quite make it past the hopping part. In the middle of her hop, the sweep kick impacts with her shins, spilling her over the sweeping leg, the side of her head hitting the slate floor fairly solidly. "Owwwww..." she says, her voice no longer the deep voice of before. Without wasting too much time further, she rolls away from Saishu, and begins to get to her feet, squinting at him as she rubs the side of her head with one hand. She'll be just a few moments, please.
COMBATSYS: Saishu dodges DongHwan's Raimei Zan.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Saishu
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Jae Hoon's down. May Lee is down -- at least for now. And Saishu, grinning hugely, looks sidelong at Dong Hwan as the kick sails down at him. "You're just comin' out of the woodwork, aren't you?" The Kusanagi elder then demonstrates a nimbleness he hasn't really revealed before, and neatly rolls to the side, causing Dong to miss completely. Meanwhile, the audience is shouting and calling in confusion (though some are cheering louder than ever), and the referee is running in.
"Stop the match!" he shouts, *still* sounding right out of Street Fighter Alpha 3. "You're a striker!" he says, pointing at Dong Hwan with a somewhat wild-eyed look. "You're not allowed to attack unless somebody calls--"
"Naw, naw!" Saishu says, nonchalantly waving the referee off, who boggles at him. "Whatever! I love beating up kids with big heads!" He looks over, and grins hugely at Dong Hwan, his eyes sparkling merrily, and ignoring May Lee for now, he reaches up to scratch his beard with one hand before reaching out to the audience, eyes widening. "We'll make it a Korean Barbeque-- FAMILY STYLE!"
The audience roars its approval, the referee staggers off the arena looking pale, and Saishu lunges towards Dong Hwan, seeming to stagger a bit as though he's about to fall over shoulderfirst onto Dong, before suddenly stumbling into another lunge, aiming to punch Dong right in the mouth, knuckles out. "Chow down!"
COMBATSYS: DongHwan dodges Saishu's Fierce Punch.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Saishu
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MayLee 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|
Whelp, Saishu called it. The elder Kusanagi may have doomed himself by taking on the entire new hero team, but things weren't looking good for May Lee, alone, either. Either way, Dong Hwan gives the guy a thumbs up as he evades his attack and tells the officials off, smirking bright as ever. "Don't expect to win now that I'm here... but I like your enthusiasm! You're alright, codger!" A compliment? If backhanded. Savor it, they're rare from Dong Hwan.
Of course, the disrespect starts up once again when Saishu throws a punch at him. Jumping into the air, he does a tightly tucked roll while he hops over the man, displaying his acrobatic prowess and putting himself in position for the next attack at the same time. While in air, he'd call out, "Hold up, you don't think you can hit me like that, do you?" Dong Hwan asks, grinning wide when he lands. His follow up attack is that of a hard stomp to Saishu's shin, the kick to the old mans hopefully brittle bones once again given some extra juice from the electricity, a flash of lightning emanating with the impact.
Oooooh... kaaaay. Was Saishu giving anyone other than May Lee the creeps? Maybe it was just that whole 'Korean Barbeque' thing. Anyways, the slightly nervous and somewhat recovered May Lee casts a quick glance to Dong Hwan, the young Justice fighter then beginning to step towards Saishu, the girl somersaulting forward at the very same time Dong Hwan's kick potentially connects, May Lee hoping to plant her right foot upon Saishu's chest, as her left foot goes to the ground beneath, to hold her steady. "Korean Barbeque won't be on the menu today!" she calls out, and if all went well so far, May Lee would quickly snap the foot on Saishu's chest back down to the ground, as she brings up her left foot with crushing force, smashing it into Saishu's chest with a abnormally strong kick. "HAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Saishu dodges DongHwan's Shiden Kyaku.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Saishu
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MayLee 0/-------/-======|
COMBATSYS: Saishu blocks MayLee's Rougetsu Kourin.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Saishu
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Codger indeed! Dong may be young and quicky, but Saishu Kusanagi is as spry as he ever was, and with those oddly graceful lunging movements of his, gets out of the way of Dong Hwan's attack fairly easily -- at least, it looks that way. "You've got a lot to learn, kid!" he calls out, grinning in return to the smirk as he quickly spins to confront the second attack, knocking May Lee's kick to the side and diverting most of the force, sadly not taking very much damage at all from the blow. "Humph! Fighting spirit means nothing if you all are going to be so clumsy about it!" Casting Dong Hwan another sidelong glance, the old guy shouts, "Watch and learn, pipsqueak!"
Then he lunges right for May Lee, right hand igniting as he rushes in, the flames illuminating his grinning face in a devilish light. "OOSH!" he shouts merrily, as he pushes off the ground, and with a surge of explosive power, aims to clobber Miss Lee right under the chin with a high-powered firey uppercut, rising into the air with the energy granted to him by the Kusanagi flames. Yikes!
"Man, you're fast for someone so old! Alright, how about this?" Dong Hwan isn't one to listen to his elders, nor is he one to slow down with the attacks when someone tells him to. So, with Saishu still beating on May Lee, he runs up to the old guy once again, the teen in question delivering a quick smack with a tightly balled fist to his back. It might not be Justice, but it works, none the less. "Why don't you stop picking on a girl and take me on, huh?" He taunts during the jab attempt.
COMBATSYS: MayLee endures Saishu's Oniyaki.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Saishu
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That hurt really, really bad.
That little fact would be obvious to just about anyone watching the fight, May Lee's little scream she was planning on screaming cut off as she rises into the air with the uppercut from the elder gentleman, May Lee rising high into the air as the Kusanagi fires lick at her upper body and head. Up, up into the air she goes, a painful reunion with the ground likely in her future...
But wait! As May Lee begins to descend again, the girl flips forward in the air once, before sticking out both of her feet, the course of the Korean girl's descent changing to streak directly towards Saishu. May Lee's face... grinning, and grinning widely, her eyes hidden behind the blackened plastic lenses of her goggles.
COMBATSYS: MayLee can no longer fight.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Saishu
COMBATSYS: Saishu dodges DongHwan's Quick Punch.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Saishu
COMBATSYS: Saishu blocks MayLee's May Lee- The End!.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Saishu
And the balls of May Lee's little Korean feet drag across whatever guard Saishu puts up, the feeling of invading chi following along the path of her feet. Landing in a kneeling crouch on the other side of Saishu, May Lee indraws a deep breath, lifting a hand up into the air. "This...!" she calls out, but whatever she hoped to say, she didn't finish, the Korean clutching her hand into a fist. And wherever May Lee had dragged her feet... explodes with tiny sorts of explosions. Not as big as the huge explosion she normally makes, but... in any case, May Lee slumps to the ground, her grin still on her face as she breathes heavily.
So, Saishu's awesome.
Yes, he just totally dodged that fast little jab of Dong Hwan's. And yes, he just transitioned smoothly from the dodging movement to a full guard position to completely and powerfully absorb May Lee's chi-blast-kick finisher move. The crowd erupts in cheers of general appreciation as May hits the ground and appears to be unable to fight any longer -- and the Kusanagi elder takes the time to look over and match her grin one last time before looking back. And it's not to gloat. He did that because he saw that they were grinning in the same sort of way; with the joy of one completely into the fight, and ready to celebrate any outcome.
Maybe it's his grin that holds the answer as to why he decided to let Dong Hwan fight too.
In any case, when Saishu turns to face his last opponent, the crowd starts to cheer again as he takes a deep breath and seems to draw upon completely new reserves, licks of flame traveling up and down his body, his arms shaking with the effort and his grin only intensifying as the power surges through him. "It's just you now, kid!" he calls out. "Might want to back down while you have the chance!"
COMBATSYS: Saishu focuses on his next action.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Saishu
"What the hell!" Dong Hwan exclaims when his jab is evaded, a combination of surprised and perhaps getting a little frustrated by now. That... was about as fast as it gets, too. This does not bode well. Even Ryu didn't stuff him this bad. "I'll get you!" Dong Hwan follows up fists balls tightly, his teeth gritting and everything. He does not look pleased... but after a moment, he lets out a breath, the puff of air taking with it a lot of his hostilities. "So you're fast. It won't save you forever." He doesn't look too intimidated by the display, probably because he has more arrogance than sense. "I ain't backing down... I'll be happy to put you down though!" Eh, that one was kind of weak. They can't all be winners..."
Repeating a previous gesture, it didn't work last time, but Dong Hwan puts some extra effort in to it this time. Rushing up to Saishu in a similar fashion as before, his right, as opposed to his left leg like last time, stomps down right on Saishu's foot. Take that, toes! And yet again, the spark that results hopefully gives Saishu a good surge.
COMBATSYS: Saishu dodges DongHwan's Shiden Kyaku.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Saishu
When Dong goes for it, Saishu just laughs, and though it looks like the Tae Kwon Do-ist is about to get him this time, suddenly the Kusanagi elder slips out of the way in the nick of time, with a grin and a sparkle in his eyes. "Oh, goodness gracious, you almost got me that time. Third time's the charm? Or haven't you learned any different techniques. Ha ha! Unimpressive!"
Looking quite cheerful, the audience still applauding, Saishu retreat-steps again, and then powers up one last time, taking a deep breath, and this time, the flames really burst forth, surging around him in wreathes of Kusanagi power. "I'll give you one last chance to back down! Maybe you should come back after another nap?"
COMBATSYS: Saishu gathers his will.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=======\====---\1 Saishu
The stomp leads directly into the next attack, hands lunging for Saishu's clothing, reaching right through the fire if he has to. Hey, it's not like he hasn't dealt with that madness while putting up with Jae Hoon. "Stop moving and fight back! You're just scared!" Dong Hwan insists.
If the grab manages to land, he'd go on to heft Saishu up in to the air, a leg extending forward a bit to trip him up and give Dong Hwan the proper momentum to toss the old guy down to the ground after lifting him up and over. Hey, the kicks and punches weren't working, why not attempt a toss?
COMBATSYS: Saishu blocks DongHwan's Tai-Otoshi.
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DongHwan 0/-------/-------|=======\=====--\1 Saishu
Saishu doesn't exactly block the attack, per se. It's a bit hard to explain what happens. But when Dong Hwan leaps in feet first, there's a sudden explosion of firey aura that stops the attack short, and sends the young man in the other direction a bit, his momentum redirected by the sudden surge of energy.
"ALRIGHT THEN!"
Engulfed in flames for a moment, Saishu rushes in, mostly likely while Dong is still in midair, and in the split-second it takes for the elder Kusanagi to close the distance, his flames have been pulled in and focused themselves in the tip of his right pointer and middle fingers. There's a sudden silence as he reaches out, almost relaxedly, to jab Dong Hwan in the chest with the super-heated poke.
"Tag."
COMBATSYS: DongHwan blocks Saishu's Orochinagi.
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DongHwan 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Saishu
Yet somehow, miraculously, the attack doesn't completely come to fruition, and most of Saishu's gathered energy disappates. He looks over to Dong Hwan, raises his eyebrows... and grins. "Say. Not bad."
It just seems like a defensive fight so far, between the two. Neither are having any luck landing an entire hit on each other, although that last one was quite solid and harmful despite Dong Hwan's arms lifting up to take the impact in lieu of his soft, tender chest meats. "Woah now, take it easy, gramps." Dong Hwan says, wincing from the hit even though it was absorbed. Dong Hwan mumbles to himself, "That would've hurt like crazy if you were as good at swinging as you are at slipping out of the way..." At least he's not trying to act like it didn't scathe him at all. "But it'll take way more than that to slow me down!" And with that in mind, Dong Hwan is once again airborne.
Once making it to a good point above Saishu, the Korean comes down for his opponent with a leg extended for the Kusanagi's chest, trying to deliver the first kick, followed by two more on the way down, hopefully to Saishu's torso, but just as good at wearing away at the man's guard if it doesn't hit clean.
COMBATSYS: Saishu dodges DongHwan's Hishou Kyaku.
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DongHwan 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Saishu
"Ha ha! You're so clever!" Again, Saishu nimbly steps out of the way, the spry old goat grinning the whole while. "Too bad you hit worse than your mother!" He pauses, and then actually looks slightly embarrassed, believe it or not, reaching up to scratch his armpit. "Wait, sorry, I've actually met your mother. Very nice woman." As the kicks finally finish, though, Saishu reaches out with both arms and attempts to grab Dong by the ankles. "You need to quit being so jumpy, though! Try the ground for a change--!"
If the Kusanagi elder succeeds in his assault, he'll swing Dong around and then let him go flying away, Giant Swing-style. A dramatic move that'll put the hurt on... if it hits.
COMBATSYS: DongHwan interrupts Strong Throw from Saishu with Ashi Binta.
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DongHwan 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Saishu
"Don't you talk bad about my mother, pops!" Dong Hwan snaps out, pointing a finger at Saishu accusingly. The taunt perhaps is the reason that instead of trying to evade the attack, he legs one of his legs be grabbed, the other wiggling free of whatever grip might've been placed on it. Six kicks are delievered to Saishu's chest, each quick and somewhat weak, but since they all hit in the same two spots back and forth, the pain adds up quick! He accents this with a final kick to Saishu's jaw, giving the old guy something to think about just as Dong Hwan is flung across the arena to land on the ground lighter than he would've otherwise, but still painfully enough. Of course, he's back to his feet in an instant, grinning over at Saishu now. "How'd that feel? Hope I didn't break your hip." Nevermind the attack wasn't at all aimed for his hips...
Alright, Saishu, looks like Dong got you good this time. The Kusanagi elder is sent staggering back by the blows; this guy's been fighting for a long, long time now. The audience is going wild as it looks like Saishu teeters for a little bit, looking somewhat dazed, before righting himself and shooting Dong another wide-eyed grin. "No, no, I've been taking my calcium for my bones and drinking pomegranate juice for my joints. My wife always reminds me." Then he's reaching down for one of the stone slabs that makes up the floor of the arena, and, fingers igniting, flexes the muscles in his arms. "But you still haven't tasted the ground as much as I'd like, young man--"
"So eat this!"
With extreme and completely sudden strength, Saishu then pulls up the thick slab of rock, hefts it above his head with shocking ease, and hurls it at Dong Hwan. Man, it sure pays to be a super-powered fighter.
"Hope I don't break your face!" he calls cheerily, cupping a hand around his mouth, and reaches up to scratch his armpit again.
COMBATSYS: Saishu successfully hits DongHwan with Large Thrown Object.
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DongHwan 1/--=====/=======|====---\-------\0 Saishu
Well, getting hit with a big slab of stone is certainly one way to break someone's face. "Waugh!" Dong Hwan exclaims as he falls over with the hit, pushing the rock off of him as soon as he's down. Grunting loudly, he rises back up to his feet once again, having tasted the ground--in some capacity--as Saishu wanted.
It's time for a brief respite, on Dong Hwan's part at least. Staring at Saishu, Dong Hwan moves balls fists down to his sides, his posture not looking like that of any real martial art at all. Despite the stance and the bouncing back and forth between his feet, Dong Hwan looks to be mentally preparing for the fight ahead, needing to think the rest of the fight out, for once. "Alright... let's go, old dude! It's past your bedtime anyway!"
COMBATSYS: DongHwan focuses on his next action.
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DongHwan 1/--=====/=======|====---\-------\0 Saishu
Taking a deep breath, Saishu actually winces as he tilts his head from side to side, and quirks an eyebrow up for a moment, his grin turning somewhat sheepish and lopsided. "Maybe I should've listened to my wife about not doing this so much anymore..." But then Dong is up again, and Saishu's fire is back, and he's grinning just as wide as ever. "Past *my* bedtime? I've still got to fill my nightly hundred-ninja quota before I lay my head to rest. Aren't you getting tired of this, kid? You might be better off playing video games."
The Kusanagi elder takes another deep breath, and chi ripples around him. It's hard to tell with the open-eyed grin, but it's a bit of in-fight meditation going down. Frankly, considering the state that Saishu's in physically, this may be the only thing keeping him together.
Health aside, though, he does still seem pretty energetic...
COMBATSYS: Saishu gathers his will.
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DongHwan 1/--=====/=======|=======\-------\1 Saishu
"You don't know who you're messing with... I'm Kim Dong Hwan, the battle god!" Self proclaimed of course, but that's more than enough! Of course, SNK is just messed up and I think there's something like six self proclaimed battle gods...
"You better pray you can jump out of the way, or your old bones are going to crack, just like your mind has! Why else would you wear /that/ to a fight?" Dong Hwan taunts, before deciding to lay all his cards on the table, running for Saishu in a burst of speed. "Ore-Sama," Ten kicks smack Saishu around, trying to smack up his chest as best he can to soften him up, "Hou-ou," A final kick sends both combatants in to the air, energy with the force of a lightning bolt surrounding his leg as he flies up in to the air, continuing to shock Saishu the whole way up, Dong Hwan performing a backwards flip at the apex, so that he can land a safe distance away. Hopefully, Saishu won't be so lucky. "Kyaku!"
COMBATSYS: DongHwan successfully hits Saishu with Ore-sama Hou-Ou Kyaku.
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DongHwan 0/-------/------=|=======\==-----\1 Saishu
...remember Saishu tactics?
"Oooorraaaa!"
With a gleeful shout, Saishu Kusanagi again leaps *straight into the attack*, getting battered around and hit by the combination in the middle of the air, and as the audience watches awestruck, the elder Kusanagi gets smacked around until the attack is finished, apparently getting shocked the whole way through the final kick--
--until he reaches out, with flaming hands, and instead of getting blasted away, lunges out with a surge of strength and tries to grab DongHwan by the neck. If he succeeds, he'll hold the young man for just a moment, and then unleash the full force of the blast, and send both of them hurtling in opposite directions.
"KOTO MOON... INFINITY!"
But the real question is not whether Saishu's attack will hit. The real question is: will Saishu be able to get up after it?
COMBATSYS: Saishu has reached second wind!
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DongHwan 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Saishu
Yes! He will!! Aaaaahahahahahaha!
In your face.
COMBATSYS: Saishu successfully hits DongHwan with Kototsuki Infinity.
- Power hit! -
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DongHwan 1/---====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Saishu
That was explody goodness. As Dong Hwan flies away from the blast caused by Saishu, he has the unfortunate luck to end up landing on his head however far away. The crack from the landing is the sound of concussion., as if the flames burning his body weren't enough. He's down. But not out, at least not before he can get off one more move to at very least even things out. Stubborn old man. His hair is still on fire--thanks to the hair spray--when he rises, a hand patting the fire out quickly. He yelps loudly when he puts the fire out, since, well, he's got a bleeding head wound from being bashed with a giant slab of the ground, and then being bashed in to the ground. But all the pain isn't going to keep him from throwing out one last attack.
Rewind the tapes please counsel. Let's see that max one more 'gain.
COMBATSYS: DongHwan can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Saishu dodges DongHwan's Ore-sama Hou-Ou Kyaku.
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Dong Hwan falls over and doesn't move. Touchdown! I mean, Knockout!
But it looks like all the pain *is* going to keep him from *hitting*. With the last of his renewed strength, Saishu actually backflips, believe it or not, away from the ensuing attack, and as Dong hits the dirt, the Kusanagi elder is landing neatly on his feet, eyes blazing and grin huger than ever, and he turns to the audience, who erupt in the wildest of cheers.
"Ladies and gentlemen! An amazing victory! A performance worthy of his fights thirty years past! The winner: SAISHU KUSANAGI!"
Striking a pose, Saishu places his hands on his hips and adopts an imperious look, gazing over at the cheering throngs and tilting his nose up slightly with a little smirk. He's got more drama and he's a lot spunkier, but for that instant -- maybe a trick of the light -- the bearded, middle-aged martial artist looks quite a bit younger, and...
"Tch," he says, raising an eyebrow coolly. "Whatever."
...he looks pretty familiar.
Guess it runs in the family.
Log created by Saishu, and last modified on 05:19:53 08/14/2005.