Description: Kula fights Megumi! What more need be said? (Winner: Kula)
It feels good to be able to use all of one's limbs. There had been stares around school as Kula sat in class, barely able to hold a pen with her left arm in a cast, and with her right arm in a cast and sling. She had explained it to others as 'oh, I fell down a flight of stairs', and pulled off being embarassed, and had refused to clarify on it any more to anybody else. After all, being beaten up by Vega and nearly left for dead is embarassing enough, the fact it was while she was enjoying a children's playground would just make it worse. But now her arms were better (if a bit stiff), and she was ready to enter a league fight!
However, she was still a bit lame at challenges. Instead of a formal 'to your face' once, she had left Megumi's teacher a note, asking for it to be delivered. It was a scribbled (in purple glitter ink) message about 'after school' and 'the league' and 'at the dome'. Beyond that, it was a lot of rambling and 'if you don't mind's. Kula's at said dome after school, still in her school outfit as she stretches a few times. She's sure it'll be a great fight, remembering how Megumi did in the huge fight with her and Sakura and that almost naked skinny guy who spat fire.
Megumi accepted the challenge when it was sent her way, even if it was a little odd. She'd gone to the trouble of notifying the new league as well, ensuring there'd be a decent crowd forming here. A crowd she plays up to when she steps into the dome, waving and fist-pumping at a jog. Her first destination isn't the center, where the fight would presumably be.
She detours, dashing up to the walls in front of the seating areas, and jumps up into the edge of the crowd. A few more moments of hype-building follow, then she removes a red wristband, looks around...and finds a child to give it to. That done, Megumi backflips down to the arena floor, looking over to Kula. "Don't ya need to change out to somethin' else before we go at it? S'what I did. Went home after class and got into this, and I'm ready." She's in her usual attire, it would seem. "I don't mind waiting a few minutes. Otherwise we can get this goin'."
Kula smiles at Megumi, and shakes her head. "No, I'm okay in this." Besides, crowds seem to like it when she fights in that instead of being covered in leather. In her naivity, she still isn't sure why. Kula shrugs, and then says, "Thanks for accepting. Good luck." And then Kula's heading out to the main area of the floor, giving the people who gathered to watch them a wave. She wasn't really expecting this big a crowd for the fight, but doesn't mind them being there. She just hopes she can live up to their expectations.
Kula adjusts her gloves, and then pauses for a second as she focuses. The temperature dips around her, and her hair shifts to blue as she finishes her preparations. Then she assumes a fighting stance, and smiles at Megumi. "Ready when you are!"
COMBATSYS: Kula has started a fight here.
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Kula 0/-------/-----==|
Megumi paces around a little while Kula prepares. "Alright, if you're sure. We'll go for it." Gloves, hair, stance...verbal confirmation. That'll be plenty. Megumi launches herself at Kula, leaping through the air to try and wrap an arm around Kula's head or neck. If she gets it, she'll spin around in mid-air, then dip backwards to try and take Kula down to the ground head-first.
COMBATSYS: Megumi has joined the fight here.
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Kula 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Megumi
COMBATSYS: Kula endures Megumi's Flood Reversal!
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Kula 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Megumi
Kula does seem to be ready. She knows her arms still aren't at their peak, which is why when the arm reaches out for her neck, she doesn't try to bring a hand up to block it. Rather, she twists, keeping Megumi slightly off balance when the girl throws her, and manages to take the blow right at the base of her shoulders, using the momentum to roll over onto her feet again and slide backwards on a trail of ice. A hand stiffly moves up to her mouth, and there's a brief swirl of forming ice on it before Kula blows at Megumi, sending a spray of snow and ice at her.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Megumi with Diamond Breath.
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Kula 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Megumi
Megumi lands on one hand in backwards cartwheel from her takedown, her other arm joining it as she tries to clear some distance from Kula. Not fast enough; the ice-spray blasts her and knocks her right out of the cartwheel, hitting the ground rather unceremoniously. A second later and she's handspringing back up, rushing at Kula to try and overtake the backwards-skating tactic, and ideally wrap one arm around Kula's waist, another around a thigh, and use that to lift her up and drive Kula onto the ground, back-first.
COMBATSYS: Kula interrupts Medium Throw from Megumi with Behind Slash.
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Kula 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Megumi
Kula's right foot stops her, and she bends her knees slightly to prepare for the incoming attack. She remembers watching Megumi before, and how often the girl likes to throw people around, so when the arm reaches for her again, Kula crouches and leans back, reaching an arm to link around one of Megumi's incoming limbs, and twists around to jab an ice-covered elbow at her back. She isn't fully able to keep herself from being slammed on the ground, but she takes comfort in knowing Megumi didn't come out of it fully unscathed either, even as she rolls back a bit and pushes herself back up to a crouch.
'Not unscathed' would put it mildly. Megumi got her slam in nonetheless, but it was pretty easy to hear her cry out at being struck in the back, and seeing her posture buckle like that would indicate it was a pretty severe hit. With Kula back up, Megumi presses the attack by sliding beside Kula's legs, reaching out to yank them off-balance as she goes. If she manages that, Megumi will turn around, raise one of Kula's legs up, and lean in towards it while twisting the ankle.
COMBATSYS: Kula blocks Megumi's Storm Hold.
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Kula 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Megumi
Kula's legs are grabbed, but they refuse to budge from their spot on the ground. A thin layer of ice clings to the bottoms and sides of her shoes, keeping them affixed in place even as Kula grunts from the pull on her legs. She then brings up her hands to crack her knuckles, and then twists to deliver a punch to Megumi's side. True, Kula has all the physical strength of a wet sponge, so it'll be more of a 'paf' than a 'thud', but hopefully Megumi will be distracted enough to realize that it wasn't the punch that was the actual attack. It's the chi Kula's channeling through it to suddenly encase Megumi in a thin layer of ice. Nothing seriously dangerous to her health and rather easy to break free from, if it works.
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Kula's Ice Coffin.
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Kula 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Megumi
Megumi doesn't even stick around to be punched, however. After a very momentary effort to apply a leg-lock fails, she knows Kula's got a retaliation in mind and makes a short backflip away; even the punch doesn't hit, let alone the expanding ice field that was supposed to come with it. But she doesn't stay away for long, trying to dive back in at Kula and tackle her down, hoping to get to where she can sit on Kula's back, grab Kula's chin, and pull back to apply some pressure to the back area. A potentially strange-looking tactic, that.
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Kula with Medium Throw.
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Kula 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Megumi
Kula wasn't prepared for /that/ tactic. The girl seems ready to fling another ice attack out at Megumi, when the other girl suddenly leaps onto Kula's back, throwing her completely off-balance. She flails her arms as she topples over and feels her head pulled up. Something in her back goes 'pop', causing Kula's eyes to widen but other than the discomfort, it wasn't as bad as she was worried. Sure, it still /hurt/, but she wasn't being broken in half, thankfully. Kula's legs shift to curl under her, and she reaches up to grab hold of Megumi's arms. She isn't really thinking of what she's going to do, so she just improvises and tries to flip Megumi over her head, quickly reaching up with one hand to her opponent's stomach to help slam her onto the ground.
COMBATSYS: Megumi counters Medium Throw from Kula with Flood Reversal.
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Kula 1/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1 Megumi
It's a slam that won't happen. Megumi expected reprisal, and was keeping an eye open for it. When she sees Kula's body shifting to try and get an arm-grab ready, Megumi lets go of Kula's head, spins, and intercepts Kula's grab at the wrist. Wrist held, Megumi puts a thumb on the back-center of Kula's hand, fingers grasping the center of the palm. Then her other hand lets go of the wrist, as Megumi is twisting the hand sideways; a 'bone-twister' of sorts, putting the forearm bones towards one another. Not enough to snap them, but enough to flip Kula over sideways. Megumi lets go after that, backing up a step...
Okay, that rather stung. Kula lets out a cry as her arms are twisted, a bit of tenderness flaring up in them as Megumi presses. Then when Megumi backs up, Kula shifts onto her feet again, and looks at her. She was holding back slightly because it was a 'friendly' fight, and being held in the school gym...but she suspects Megumi might not be holding back as much, so Kula decides to use a bit more skill and power. She raises a hand, a swirl of ice working through it, and then slams it on the ground. There's a brief moment of silence, and then blunt spikes of ice (not wanting to /impale/ anybody) erupt from the ground in a line towards Megumi, jutting out in different directions to make it hard to dodge.
COMBATSYS: Megumi blocks Kula's Diamond Edge.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|=======\====---\1 Megumi
Megumi raises an eye at the fact that, at first, nothing happened. Then 'ice geysers' are coming up, and the first few don't worry her; she spins away from them. The remaining ones however...Megumi begins to stumble and trip as she tries to evade, and throws herself to the ground, bracing for impact. One of them strikes and launches her a few feet into the air, but she lands in a tired crouch. "Ha...that's something, y'know. Moves like that." She sounds fatigued, but impressed. Then Megumi's arms go wide apart, creating a bright red, paper-thin 'energy wall' about half as tall as she is. It flies out, then begins to glide back towards her...
Kula has never seen a move like that before. She was expecting some kind of huge attack back at her, like the one she saw Megumi use on Sakura in the free for all. Instead, the red 'wall' only moves out a little...then goes back towards her? Kula's confused, but isn't quite ready to just sit back and let it happen. The girl glances around, and then hurries over to where several metal folding chairs are stacked, ready for use in a sporting event later. Grabbing one, Kula spins once, holding on to the top with both hands and letting ice coat over it, and then launches it towards Megumi, along with a helpful yell of "INCOMING!"
COMBATSYS: Megumi successfully hits Megumi with Aura Mend.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|=======\====---\1 Megumi
COMBATSYS: Megumi dodges Kula's Large Thrown Object.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|=======\====---\1 Megumi
Megumi runs towards her 'wall' after a moment's pause, going right through it. There's no real open wounds for it to close up, so most of its benefit is unseen beyond improving her posture. She keeps running, even as Kula flings a chair. Megumi rolls underneath it, rising right out of it and continuing her sprint with barely a pause. And when she's fairly close to Kula, Megumi vaults at her, trying to go just beside Kula with an arm stretched out in hopes of wrapping around Kula's neck, and using that to drag her down to the ground with Megumi's momentum.
COMBATSYS: Kula blocks Megumi's Medium Throw.
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Kula 0/-------/------=|=======\====---\1 Megumi
Kula's arms come up to catch the arm, the force of the impact making her skid backwards on the ground. She smiles at Megumi, even as her arms are still held in place by the other woman's...but she seems to have another trick up her sleeve. The girl quickly dips her head forward and twists it sideways, causing her hair to fly up and wing around towards Megumi's face. On-route, the ice on it increases slightly, turning it into more of a blunt object than just wisps of proteins, to try to deliver a quick blow to Megumi.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Megumi with Medium Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Kula 0/-------/------=|=======\=======\1 Megumi
"...Eh?" Megumi is surprised by two things. First, her takedown is hardly even effective; she didn't take Kula to the ground, so much as nudge her back some. Then while she's still recovering her balance, Kula's hair (?) is attacking, striking her in the head and sending her reeling back, dazed.
Megumi staggers around for a few seconds, then...flicks her wrist off to the side, a red energy line forming on that hand. It races up her arm, down her body, down a leg...ending on her foot as Megumi flips into the air above Kula. The energy line shoots off her foot, expanding into a huge cone with the tip pointing down at Kula. With a yell, Megumi lands in the open end of it and drives it downward, potentially smashing Kula to the ground should it connect.
COMBATSYS: Kula fails to reflect Exceed Charge from Megumi with Counter Shell.
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COMBATSYS: Kula can no longer fight.
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Kula's initial response to red lines growing over Megumi's body is '...what the-?' It's something she didn't get to see before. The cone of energy that comes towards her is also interesting, and Kula immediately reaches down and creates a shield out of ice, taller than her, to hopefully take it so she can immediately return an attack back at Megumi. As she prepares to unleash it, though, she notices the cracks forming on the ice, and is caught off-guard as it explodes at her, followed by Megumi plowing into her and driving her down. Kula cries out, cut-off as the wind is knocked out of her, and feels something else in her body make a snapping sound it probably shouldn't. Nothing some bedrest later and an injection of NESTS' trademarked 'cure-all' won't fix, but for now, Kula will just lie on the ground with her eyes closed.
Megumi finds herself landing in a deep, exhausted kneeling posture after she smashes through Kula's defense, and in turn, Kula as well. A few deep breaths...Kula's not moving. Megumi gets up to check on her. "Oi, you alright?" Quite possibly knocked out...but alive, obviously. Megumi waits a few more moments, then...pumps a fist in the air; that should be a victory. Celebrating, but not showboating; her little display of a few quick hops and fist-pumps and handwaves to the crowd ends fairly quickly, and afterwards, she's lingering to wait for school or league medics, either one, to come help Kula out if necessary. Never know when someone might come out of ambush for either her or Kula, after what happened at the Howard Arena...
COMBATSYS: Megumi has ended the fight here.
Log created by Kula, and last modified on 19:56:57 12/10/2005.