Description: Xiangfei attacks a crippled girl on crutches! Film at 11! (Winner: Kula)
Kula Diamond has seen better times, these last few days. NESTS hasn't been in contact as much of late, leaving her wondering if everything is okay. Her attempts at the tournament have been 'iffy' at best, with a loss to counter every win she managed to achieve. Plus, the encounter yesterday with that stranger with the bizarre eye has left her wondering if she /can/ continue in the tournament. The girl is currently sitting on the steps of the abandoned shinto shrine, having been doing her best to learn more about southtown and try to do her job. However, most people seem more inclined to see the cast on her arm and foot, as well as the fact she's using a crutch to move around rather than the medals that are still pinned to her shirt. Plus...it's so much harder to move around. And she isn't sure she wants to use any of her ice powers, since she's already on unstable footing as it is. It exhausted her just to get this far into the forest; and as the girl drinks from a canteen hanging around her neck, she wonders if it would take less time to go back the way she came, or to keep on going along the dirt path that's been beaten.
The shrine isn't a place that Xiangfei visits very often, heck she's probably headed someplace like... the forest or something. There was a treehouse nearby and it'd be pretty cool to hang out there for a little while, wouldn't it? Not too long ago, the Heavenly Hip-Hop Honey had pulled a win over Bao, who is probably resting in her house now, "Ok, after I check the treehouse, I'll go and buy some broth," she notes to herself aloud, and suddenly comes to a stop when she catches sight of Kula. She eeks and quickly turns around, rubbing her chin....
'... Hmn.. That girl.. She looks a lot like the girl Sakura told me she fought..' she thinks to herself, and then squee's lightly, nodding her head, 'This is a good chance to get another win!!' she turns around again, and looks to Kula with a bright smile on her face, she's in her usual chinese garb, and she asks 'innocently', "H.. Hey, you're uh.. Miss Kula Diamond, aren't you? You.. Look a little beat up, are you planning to drop out of the medals tournament?"
"Hm?" Kula's head looks up and around before her eyes fall on Xiangfei. ...she looks...familiar. Oh, right, the girl Jiro almost punched because she was playing that silly little video game when they were at the arcade. She...never got her name. "Hm? Yes, I'm Kula." She pushes herself up once, and then stumbles back and has to push herself off the step another time before she balances herself on one foot and picks up the crutch. It's rude to just sit and talk to people, after all. "Um, n-no, I wasn't planning on dropping out." She blushes some, embarassedly. "I worked hard to get as far as I did, and I wouldn't want it to all have been for nothing by just quitting." She then tilts her head. "Are you in it, too?"
Man, that was a long time ago! Kula has a very good memory, unfortunatly in this case Xiang's isn't nearly as good. Angel she remembers quite well, Kula was just too.... Well.. Quiet, "Hey nice to meet you Kula, I'm Li Xiangfei, the Heavenly Hip-Hop Honey of Southtown- And also the leader of Strongest! Team!" she grins widely, obviously very proud of herself and her title, and sets her hands on her hips, ".. Wow. That's some real spirit, you might have what it takes to be Strongest!, I had no idea that you were a fighter, you're kinda skinny.. Well," she looks just a little guilty, but maybe she'll go a little easy on Kula if she gets too far ahead in the fight, "Yeah, I'm in it all right! It's my goal to meet Chun-Li in the finals! So uh, how about I fight you? If I win, you should probably consider laying low for a while!"
Laying...low? Kula squints at bit at Xiangfei, and for the first time ever she's wondering if she's finally met someone who Candy calls 'lacking in biological processing power'. "...well, I guess I can, but..." She looks down at her crutch and her bandages. "...um, I guess I can't ask you to go too easy on me, hm?" She takes a few steps out from the shrine, and then says, "Um...if I have to stop, we'll stop, right? I mean, I don't want to aggrivate my injuries any."
COMBATSYS: Kula has started a fight here.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|
Xiangfei grins a little and nods her head, "No worries, whatever then!" she pipes, looking her opponent over. Hmnn.. There are quite a few weaknesses on the girl, but.. We'll go ahead and see what happens, she'll try not to capitolize on them. She takes a step back, adjusting her bells, and then points a finger to Kula, "Don't worry, just give me the signal and I'll halt, I promise!"
She sort of regrets saying that though, it would probably mean she won't get a medal if she fights too hard. This.. Will have to be very technical, she's fairly good at that, "Lets start then! HaaaAAAA!!" BOOM! A golden pillar of chi suddenly forms and swirls about the small chinese fighter, her braids blowing upward from the upwind, "My martial art is Kung-Fu! Lets see how you fair against my style, Kula!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei has joined the fight here.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Xiangfei
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei gathers her will.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Xiangfei
"Kung-fu?" That also sounds vaguely familiar. ...maybe it's because Kula snuck a copy of Kung-Fu Hustle into the house one night and watched it. Either way, she's now looking seriously at Xiangfei if she's able to generate that much chi and can make that claim. Kula does /not/ want to be hit with the Bhuddist Palm. ...if it really exists. So, Kula, with her hair still red, does the best thing she can think of in this circumstance. She hefts up her crutch, and chucks it at Xiangfei's head.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei blocks Kula's Large Thrown Object.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Xiangfei
Man.. Why dudes always aiming at her head? Though, that technically doesn't mean they're aiming for the forehead, now that she thinks about it. Acceptable! She sees the crutch coming and sort of raises her eyebrow, the chi powering off, and with a powerful, "HAA!" punches the instrument away. Then shakes her hand afterward, her eyes crossing, "O.. Ow.." she stammers, gritting her teeth and then laughs, "Wow, uh.. Man, good arm," she replies, and then rushes toward the icy woman. She leaps into the air and then strikes at Kula with a sharp chop, "Hya!" twirls around and follows it with a strike to the girls sternum, "HAH!"
COMBATSYS: Kula dodges Xiangfei's Quick Punch.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Xiangfei
Somehow, when the chop comes down, Kula manages to lean to the side, and when the strike comes for her stomach, she's able to jump back a step. However, she's used to landing with both feet and sliding, so when only one foot lands, Kula flails her non-injured arm to try to remain steady. She wobbles forward, backward, and then hops weakly forward again towards Xiangfei as her balance is completely lost. However, it's a chance for a strike! She throws her arm out at Xiangfei as she falls, and tries to bring the other girl down with her onto the ground.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Xiangfei with Quick Throw.
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Kula 0/-------/------=|=======\==-----\1 Xiangfei
Xiangfei blinks, and looks both suprised and amused by how quickly Kula moves to evade her attack, "Wow, pretty good," she says, and when Kula comes falling toward her, she's moving suprisingly quick! Xiangfei tries scooting back but is hit dead on, feeling a bit of a chill as she crashes onto the ground on her back, "Oof!"
But she rolls backward, getting to her feet quickly and frowns a bit.. Time to fall to a different plan. Xiangfei closes her eyes and slaps her hands togeather, fans her fingertips out and then starts chanting... Something in her chinese tongue, closing one eye, the other locked on Kula.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei focuses on her next action.
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Kula 0/-------/------=|=======\==-----\1 Xiangfei
Oh! Oh! Oh! Kula's seen this before, on that Naruto cartoon show on Cartoon Network! She's gathering up her chakra, and is going to, like, split into four of herself, or something! Kula weakly pushes herself up and manages to hop, hop, hop over to where her crutch is. It's a bit dented from that punch Xiangfei gave it, but NESTS brand crutches are built to last! She steadies herself, and then watches Xiangfei. In all honesty...she wants to see how this 'chakra' stuff works.
COMBATSYS: Kula takes no action.
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Kula 0/-------/------=|=======\==-----\1 Xiangfei
Nooo, that's NINJITSU! That isn't Kung-Fu! But she does know plenty of chi tricks, as well as a few neat physical techniques.. Which she puts to the test right then and there, "HaaAA-- Huh?" Kula goes to get the crutch and she gives a bit of a nervous laugh, "Er, ok!" she races toward Kula, drawing back her fist, and throws a punch long before reaching the girl. But when she's close enough she crouches a little, slouching to throw her palm to Kulas sternum. Should that connect, her fingertips curl inward and with a, "HA!" suddenly Kula would feel an unseen force belt her right in the gut.
COMBATSYS: Kula interrupts Kadoma from Xiangfei with Quick Throw.
- Power hit! -
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Kula 0/-------/-----==|=======\=====--\1 Xiangfei
Kula's ... disappointed, to say the least. She was expecting some fancy maneuver where Xiangfei would posess her shadow, or pull out a giant fan, or /something/ flashy. Instead, she just runs forward to punch the smaller girl. ...how boring. Kula extends out her crutch suddenly to trip Xiangfei, and reaches to catch the fist even as it hits her ribs. Yeah, they're still sore, having a block of concrete smashed into you does that. But she grits her teeth and bears the pain as she twists around and leans, pulling Xiangfei over her shoulder to thump her onto the ground again. Then...Kula stands there, rubbing her ribs and cringing a bit. "Owie..."
Er yikes, that was unexpected. Though it would have been really cool if it worked! Delayed-hits in martial arts is badass! :(
Xiang trips and then rather comically flips in the air, crashing onto the ground with a heavy thud, "Ugh!" Well.. Uh, that didn't go over to well. '... Geez, this wasn't going to be as easy a win as I thought..' the chinese girl thinks to herself, rubbing the small of her back with a wince. Well, best not to lose her cool yet, she'll just have to take things a step at a time, and try to wear Kula out. She curls in her lips, "Ok, again!" she pipes, this time she whips out a yen coin, held between her pointer and middle fingers. She then whips it at Kula like a discus, hoping to bean her between the eyes, "HAH!!"
COMBATSYS: Kula reflects Thrown Object from Xiangfei with Counter Shell.
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Kula 0/-------/-----==|=======\=====--\1 Xiangfei
A thrown...coin? Kula's hand darts up like a snake and catches the coin, though there's a sound of something in her hand going 'chink'. Ice, maybe. She pauses to hold it up and look at it. "...throwing money at me?" ... She doesn't get it. Kula shrugs, and then drops the coin, letting it fall before lifting up the crutch and swinging it like a golf club to bat the coin back at Xiangfei. "I hope you're not taking it easy on me!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei blocks Kula's Reflected Thrown Object.
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Kula 0/-------/-----==|=======\======-\1 Xiangfei
... Uh. Oops. Kula.. Wasn't supposed to -catch- the coin! The girl could probably see the suprise on Xiangfeis face when she does and it's flown back at her. She squeaks, raising her hands to block it- And she does, with her forehead, her eyes crossing with a little *smack* and leaving a print there, ".. Eh-heh..." she replies.
How's she supposed to tell the ice girl she's using her fast attacks? "U.. Uh, I'm just getting warmed up!" she says with a nervous laugh, and she breaks forward again at least looking to get another dent on her- Her usual tricks don't seem to be working on the girl. Her fingertips drawn in like claws, she decides to try overwhelming over speed, "Ha! Hai! Ha! Ha! Hah!" she goes for another chop, then throws out one of the 'claw' strikes, with one hand then the other. She lifts her right hand to strike with her elbow, and finishes it off with a front kick to the gut.
COMBATSYS: Kula dodges Xiangfei's Strong Punch.
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Kula 0/-------/-----==|=======\======-\1 Xiangfei
Honestly, Kula wasn't paying any attention to Xiangfei. Or at least, that's what it might look like to the Chinese fighter. Kula's busy trying to regain her balance after that golf club trick, since she's now awkwardly leaning to an angle, propping herself up with her crutch. She shifts once, and then /pushes/ on the crutch, propelling her up...and incidentally, out of Xiangfei's way as she hops back. "...oh." Kula tosses up the crutch and catches it by the bottom, and swings it to smack Xiangfei in the back with it...even if she'll undoubtedly fall over from the swing afterward. "Waugh!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei fails to interrupt Medium Punch from Kula with Ryokuchi Kou'en.
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Kula 0/-------/----===|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Xiangfei
Xiangfei.. is getting rocked by a crippled girl. To say this isn't humiliating is one heck of an understatement. And she really just has no idea now how the heck Sakura manged to beat her in top form! Kula's attack -looked- clumsy, she figured with a bit of effort, she could totally take her out with a big strike, so when the swing comes, she tries to catch it, and instead gets nailed right in the ribs, crashing to the ground, and rolls a bit, holding the struck area as she gets up to one knee. Her face at this point is quite red, easily displaying her embarassment, "... Urgh."
Kula, after the shot, had toppled over and fell right on her rear. "Ow!" Yes, even that was bruised. Staring up at the sky for a minute, Kula waited for any sound to come from Xiangfei, and then rolled over to look at her. ...she's lying down, too! Kula slowly pulls herself back up to a standing position with the crutch, and hops over toward Xiangfei. "...um, you're not unconscious, or anything, are you?" She picks up the crutch and aims it to poke it quickly into Xiangfei's shoulder, a quick jab.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Xiangfei with Jab Punch.
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Kula 0/-------/----===|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Xiangfei
Xiangfei is up on one knee! No way she can be unconcious! .. Er.. She thinks. Xiangfei tries to move her arms up to block the jab when it comes- She can probably tell it wasn't intentional to hurt her but.. Uh, it did anyway, her eyes crossing and hissing a bit as it breaks through her guard, "No," she mumbles, a hint of frustration in her voice.
If she couldn't beat this girl, how in the -world- was she supposed to be able to defeat Chun-Li? 'I can't give up, not just yet!' Suddenly a gentle blue glow surrounds her form, and with a sudden burst of speed, she whips out her palm, attempting to slam it into Kulas gut with suprising force. This is then followed up with a double-palm strike also toward the girls gut, "HUP! HAH!" and finally with a simple twirl, she seeks to knock the girl over with a strong shoulder rush, "HAAAH!!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei successfully hits Kula with Chou Pai-Long.
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Kula 0/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Xiangfei
Kula...wasn't expecting that. The girl is barely able to turn herself to try to take less from the hit, but winds up taking it right on the arm in a cast. She screams and stumbles back, barely able to keep her balance, and then topples over when Xiangfei plows into her, landing with a hard 'thud' on the ground. It's not a very pleasant feeling, and Kula would rather not feel it again as she reaches out for her crutch and takes a firm hold on it. "That...wasn't NICE!" Kula's hair momentarily shifts to blue, and the crutch, held up in the light like that, might look like it's coated in ice for a second to add some heft, but then Kula's hair is red again, and she's dropping the crutch down on Xiangfei to try to club her.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei endures Kula's Random Weapon.
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Kula 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Xiangfei
Xiangfei sweatdrops a little at the aftermath of her attack, and brings a hand to her forehead, "Not nice?? Make up your mind, do you want me to go all out or do you want me to hold back??" she yells to the ice woman, though she leaps back in suprise when her haid suddenly changes color like that- What the?? The crutch that's slammed down on her though, right on the head, causes her to slouch, and her knees shake a bit. "....." but then her eyes widen, and with a grunt, her fingertips curled in, she lashes out her palm again, looking to slap the palm on her sternum again and once more curl in her fingertips, which would result in an unseen force slamming into the tagged spot.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei can no longer fight.
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Kula 1/-------/=======|
Xiangfei then, falls flat on her face afterward.
COMBATSYS: Kula blocks Xiangfei's Kadoma.
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Kula wasn't in any position to dodge, lying flat on her back as she was. So, when the punch comes for her, she does the only thing she can think of.
She holds the crutch up to take the hit. The jolt still travels down her arm, causing her to drop the crutch onto herself, and she slumps back as well onto the ground. "...well, no, I didn't...but...just..." She thought it was common courtesy that you just don't attack already wounded areas! Kula sighs...and then realizes there was no response from Xiangfei. She rolls over and looks at her, and... "...oh." ...maybe she'll just lie here for a bit, too. She...is going to be pretty exhausted by the time she gets out of the forest.
COMBATSYS: Kula has ended the fight here.
Xiangfei groans weakly, pushing herself up to her hands and knees and holds her shoulder again as she shakes her head.. She was really hoping she could somehow muster the spirit to keep on going, but- No such luck. Granted its a moment or so before she even moves, and when she does, she reaches into her pocket, tosses Kula one of her medals and just turns to walk off without another word. Well, she learned her lesson today, she's probably not going to challenge Kula again until she gets in a whole lot more training.
Log created by Kula, and last modified on 05:45:42 11/10/2005.