Description: The park plays host to Shenwoo's second League fight, this time against Kula Diamond. It's fast, and while it's not exactly furious, it does have a plastic reindeer used as a weapon. (Winner: Shenwoo)
Christmas is coming, and Southtown is well on it's way towards being fully prepared. Ever since the first of the month rolled past, wreaths were hung, banners were displayed, and stores clamored for the business of every bystander they could draw with shining lights and special deals. It's all just one more reason for the League to move fights away from the busier areas of town, so they don't have to compete with sales, songs, and Santa. It's all still beyond Kula's understanding, having never experienced a true 'Christmas' at NESTS. December 25 was just another day to the blonde-haired girl.
The schoolgirl was waiting for the League to finish setting up for the challenged fight, roping off an area of the park where they could, and using trees, a water fountain, and some orange cones to signify where they hoped the fighters would keep the fight contained within. On the off-chance it spilled out, however, several metal folding chairs, a stroller, and a plastic reindeer that played 'Rudolph' (with light-up nose!) had been set around the outside of the ring...just in case someone wanted a weapon to help them out. Kula's just waiting on a nearby swingset, dressed in her leather outfit and looking around for the person who sent her the challenge. If she remembers right, he's the same man who helped Cammy against Vega. ...and this was the same site where Vega broke both of Kula's arms and could have killed her if he had wanted. Though, Cammy had said they should meet, somehow Kula hadn't expected it to be quite like this.
Well, Shenwoo's never been the sort to pass up a fight, which is precisely why he /joined/ the League in the first place. The opportunity to fight people he hasn't before; the challenge of pitting his srength against an opponent's, whose level he doesn't know. Yes, the whole reason Shen fights is for that sort of thing, and for the pure fun of it! Christmas, well, that's not a season he rally cares one way or the other about, so the tall young man doesn't look particularly festive either. At least, not any more than he usually does. As he arrives on the scene, the fighter from Shanghai simply hops over the 'barricade' around the fighting area, not paying much mind to anyone around him until he's there. Yes, he's in the ring already! "So, where's my opponent?" he wonders of the League official, tugging his gloves tighter. The sooner he fights, the sooner he'll be having fun!
The call goes out as Shenwoo approaches, and an aide is quickly sent over to gather up Kula who's busily involved in spinning herself around on the swing and making herself dizzy. Strange behavior before a fight, but like Shenwoo, Kula isn't your 'average' fighter. The girl blinks at the aide, and then slips out of the swing and hurries towards the ring, not wanting to be late either. On the run, her hair assumes its usual shift to blue, and she winds up skating over the last half of the distance before jumping over the barrier and sliding forward a couple of feet after she lands.
Doing one last adjustment of her outfit, she smiles at Shenwoo. Yup, she remembers him. Doing a quick nod/bow (as she's seen others do), she says, "Good luck." ...maybe after the fight, she can ask him about Vega, and Cammy's idea to work together in case that man tries anything again. She assumes a fighting stance, and takes a deep breath. "I'm ready when you are!"
COMBATSYS: Kula has started a fight here.
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Kula 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo has joined the fight here.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kula
Actually, Kula is a little familiar to Shenwoo; he's seen some of her official fights. Watching fights is /almost/ as good as participating in them, so really... Why wouldn't he? The lean young man's broad slash of a mouth pulls into a wolfish grin, and he nods even as he settles into his pseudo boxing stance.
"Let's make this fun!" Shenwoo says, affably enough. When he's ready? Of course, he's always ready. One might almost say he was /born/ ready, but that would be a substantial overstatement. Anyway. Since both of the fighters seem quite prepared to get started, the League official calls out 'FIGHT!', and the reaction from the self-styled 'God of Battle' is immediate. He takes a few casual steps forward, actually dropping his hands from his stance, and then suddenly seems to be in two places at once. A flickering afterimage of Shenwoo stands there, fading away as the man himself ploughs forward at Kula, thrusting his right fist - the one /without/ the ring - out in a straight punch for her solar plexus. "ORA!"
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Kula with Quick Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Kula
The blue-haired girl is taken a bit by surprise. Her experience with illusions in the past is that the one in back is usually the real one, and the one charging at you is the illusion meant to keep you off-guard. This is why the girl isn't bringing her arm up until one second too late, actually stepping into the punch as it connects with her. There's a cry from her as the wind is knocked out of her for a moment, and she stumbles back, an arm quickly moving to her stomach to provide a chill and dull the pain. Well, now she knows, and it's a painful lesson.
Kula takes one more deep breath, and then charges forward again, jumping with one foot even as she twists around to kick out at Shenwoo's face with her other one. Mind the layer of ice that's formed over her boot, there.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Shenwoo with Medium Kick.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Shenwoo 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Kula
It's not an /illusion/, really... It's just that Shenwoo can be extremely fast when the situation calls for it. Unfortunately? Not so much right now, as he gets booted right in the face by Kula's iced foot, the blow knocking the tall young man back off his feet. He hits the ground, rolling a bit before settling back up in a crouch, his face a bit reddened from the impact and the chill... But he's still grinning. "Ha ha ha! That was a good one!" he tells Kula, before exploding out of that crouch, running right at the girl and attempting to grab her by the throat. If he gets her, then he'll lift her as easy as you please into the air, and then slam her quite hard into the ground. "RAAAH!"
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Kula with Kyakuten Touchi.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Kula
Kula seems ready for when Shenwoo charges forward, and clasps her hands onto his wrist as he pulls her up, and then slams her down. She seems prepared to use that impact to brace herself...but the girl wasn't prepared for the force behind the blow, causing the thin ice layer she had made to shatter and drive her into the grass below with a grunt. Kula's hands still grasp Shenwoo's arm, and she even reaches out one hand to grab higher on his forearm, using his greater weight (as well as him, hopefully, trying to pull his arm back) to swing her feet at his legs and knock him onto the ground beside her.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Shenwoo with Slider Shoot.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Kula
And, down goes Shenwoo! The larger fighter crashes to the ground beside Kula, with a bit of an 'oof' as the air rushes out of his lungs, but he manages to, at least, get his arm away from the girl. Hopping spryly to his feet, the brawler puts a bit more room between himself and Kula, and gives her an opportunity to get up by doing something... Unusual for him. Though he's still grinning, Shenwoo stays in his boxing stance, dark eyes focused closely on the strange girl. He's actually not just going directly on the attack, how weird! But then, so far Kula is proving to be a challenging opponent, so maybe he just wants to see what she's going to do next...
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo focuses on his next action.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Kula
Kula also jumps quickly to her feet, and shakes her head clear for a moment. The girl twists her feet, smoothly turning herself around to face Shenwoo, even as she slides backward from him slowly. Kula smiles a bit, perhaps in response to Shenwoo's own grin, and raises up a hand, looking for all intents and purposes like she's going to blow him a kiss. However, what comes instead is a quick gust of wind at him, small shards of ice and snow being blown along with it to sting at him and keep him distracted.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo dodges Kula's Diamond Breath.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Kula
Dark eyes narrowing faintly, Shenwoo is already moving when Kula blows that icy breath at him, neatly dashing /around/ those little ice shards, which would probably have hurt some. "Cute trick!" Shen says with a laugh, reaching out with one hand to try and grab Kula by the front of her leathers - how scandalous! - and tug her /closer/, while simultaneously bringing his own head in quite powerfully towards hers. Yes, it seems that the self-styled 'God of Battle' is going for one of his old standbys: The headbutt!
COMBATSYS: Kula interrupts Strong Punch from Shenwoo with Claw Bites.
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Shenwoo 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Kula
Kula honestly has never experienced a headbutt before. But she's seen Shenwoo do one, and knows that they're quite painful. So, Kula decides to respond in kind, hoping to get through before that forehead can do too much damage to her. The girl's hands encase in ice, blunt-tipped claws that will scrape more than dig in to the flesh, and she jumps to meet Shenwoo before her shirt is even grabbed. One hand slashes at Shenwoo's chest as she spins, then the other, and the first comes around again, barely grazing against his shoulder as his head impacts against her side, sending her back down onto the ground. She pushes with one hand, flipping herself back up onto her feet in a cartwheel, and flexes her fingers to break what's left of the claws off.
Hey, what the!! Shenwoo gets assaulted with ice, which totally screws up his awesome headbutt! The young man is obviously quite surprised when it happens, to judge by his expression, staggering backwards and indeed giving Kula the room to get back up to her feet. "Heheheh," chuckles Shen, shaking his head a bit; he's fought people who used /flames/ before, sure. But ice? That's really a new one by him. "You're pretty good. Kula, right?" he asks, tilting his head slightly. "I'm definitely gonna have to go all out." What, like he wasn't already? Anyway, Shenwoo takes a step towards Kula, before he suddenly explodes into forward momentum, crossing the distance between himself and Kula with frightening speed; his hair and shirt flutter behind him, but so fast does the lean young man move that his entire form blurs slightly. His left fist is thrown forward, big metal ring and all, and a shockwave of energy surrounds him, focused mainly on that fist, as he hurtles towards Kula, roaring wordlessly. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
COMBATSYS: Kula fails to reflect Zetsu Gekiken from Shenwoo with Diamond Shell.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Kula
Kula's response to Shenwoo charging forward, seeing all that energy swirling around him, is quite simply to encase herself in ice. The girl stands absolutely still, a shell forming completely around her to absorb the impact, leaving the girl inside completely unharmed. It's a good plan, in theory! Kula's ice has withstood quite powerful energy attacks. However, it seems this time she just can't get it firmly set in time. The ring connects, creating the slight 'chink' in the armor that proves Kula's undoing. The crack spreads as the fist pushes the ring in further, and the energy behind it just makes the whole thing shatter like delicate crystal, leaving the soft meaty bits within that make up Kula exposed to the rest of the attack.
The fist connects with Kula, knocking her back off her feet, through the air, and smacking straight into a tree. Something goes 'CRACK' loudly, but fortunately it's revealed by Kula's form sliding down to the ground that it's just the tree that's broken. Kula just lies limp, like a rag doll, for a moment and then slowly pushes a hand to the ground to unsteadily work herself back to a standing position. She coughs once, wobbles on her feet, and then just smiles at Shenwoo. "Right...Kula. Nice to meet you."
Of course, the difference between Shenwoo's Zetsu! Gekiken and most 'energy' attacks is that... It's Shenwoo himself who does most of the damage. The energy just adds a little spice. A little panache. Once his fist has managed to get through Kula's protective shell and knock her away, the tall young man bounces back a bit from the recoil of the strike, shaking his hand. "Well, then, Kula... Let's finish this properly!" he says, still grinning broadly as he charges at her again, dropping his right shoulder for a sort of tackle, trying to catch the NESTS girl in the midsection. If that hits, then he'll grab her, lift her, and then drop her hard against the ground again in a punishing attack!
COMBATSYS: Kula blocks Shenwoo's Saikouhou-Geki.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Kula
Kula does the only thing she feels really capable of as Shenwoo rushes forward. The girl curls up a bit in a ball, and ice starts to encase her as the hand grabs her, lifts her, and throws her down. Fortunately, Kula's slipperiness manages to keep the hold from being too firm, and she slips out of the grasp, bouncing down onto the ground like a skipped stone on the concrete, and then uncurling again to land with one hand on the ground, and both feet sliding behind her. Hunched over as she is, Kula's eyes glance over to the plastic reindeer near her, and she reaches out with her free hand to grab it, pushing herself to stand with her other hand. Her feet twist her around into a spin, and she launches the object at Shenwoo's head, just as it starts a rousing rendition of 'Run, Run Rudolph'.
COMBATSYS: Kula successfully hits Shenwoo with Thrown Object.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Kula
And yes, that reindeer hits Shenwoo with a decidedly plastic sound, staggering him for a moment. Ow, dang. "Heh, c'mon, you can do better than that, right?" he wonders, running straight at Kula again, and taking a twisting step just before he reaches her, turning himself completely about so he can thrust out his right leg in a straight kick, his heel aimed to bury itself right in the girl's gut. "HRAAAAH!" That's for hitting him in the face with a reindeer!
COMBATSYS: Kula dodges Shenwoo's Tenrenshou.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Kula
Honestly? The reindeer was just to buy Kula a moment to catch her breath and steady herself. NESTS' favorite science project doesn't fall over so easily, as Shenwoo will note when Kula gracefully pushes with the toes of one foot, bending at the waist to step around his attack. Kula's hand becomes encased with ice again, and she pushes off of Shenwoo's leg, bringing her ankles together to spin around, and swing the hand at his back, using it both as a weapon, and to push herself away from him further as she slides across the ground.
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo endures Kula's Behind Slash.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Kula
Oh no! That's pretty surprising, how Kula managed to dodge his kick... And then she manages to strike him with her ice-encased self pretty handily. Except that Shenwoo doesn't really move at all when he gets hit, except to twist around with the force of the strike to her back to swing a backfist at the girl while she tries to get away from him. "Haa!" Yeah, let's see you get away from that!
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo successfully hits Kula with Quick Punch.
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Shenwoo 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Kula
Graceful as a crystal ice skater, and apparently just as fragile. Kula feels the fist coming towards the back of her head, and tries to duck down underneath it a hair too late. The blow sends her reeling, and she falls over forward to land on the ground and get a faceful of grass. Pleh. Kula rolls over onto her back and looks at Shenwoo over her, and decides to try something she's never tried before. With her last bit of strength, she presses her hands down onto the ground and kicks up, a small burst of ice coming out of the ground under her legs giving them some extra 'oomph'. And normally, a kick to the chest wouldn't be that bad, but Kula's trying to improvise her 'claw bites', as there tends to be both claws on hands and feet. Ice freezes over her feet as they rise, forming crude 'paws' and golf cleats on the bottom as she bends her knees and then kicks at Shenwoo. Just...stand there and take it like a man! Don't step back, or dodge, or do anything Kula would do. Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease. Whether or not it hits, Kula then slumps back down onto the ground, and closes her eyes to try to get the lights to stop flashing in front of them.
COMBATSYS: Kula can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Shenwoo dodges Kula's Claw Bites.
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Turning about entirely after his backfist attack, Shenwoo watches as Kula pushes herself up like that, trying to kick him in the chest with ice and stuff! Which would actually probably hurt a fair bit, if it were to hit. So... Shen thinks he'll /avoid/ that, pushing himself back out of the way so that Kula's ice-edge kick hits nothing but air. "Ohh... Too slow," the berserker says, grinning a bit. He definitely got pushed to his limit by the girl fighter, but as the League official notes... Shenwoo /did/ win. The brawler steps closer to Kula anyway, offering her a hand up. "That was fun, though. We'll have to do that again sometime!"
COMBATSYS: Shenwoo has ended the fight here.
Kula opens one eye when Shenwoo offers her the hand, and she smiles and reaches up to take it. "Thanks...it wasn't bad." Kula weakly gets back up, and dusts herself off, looking at the grass stains on her clothes. Those'll be hard to get out. "Actually...I wanted to talk to you." Kula glances around as the announcer takes over for the two fighters, talking to the audience, and Kula lowers her voice slightly. "That guy...from when you fought Cammy. Has he...appeared before you again?" Kula rubs her arm a bit, and then says, "...you know, tried to attack you again?" There has to be a reason why she's asking, of course.
Wow, that's a weird question. Right out of left field, as it were! Shenwoo arches a brow at what Kula asks, tilting his head to one side. "Friend of Cammy's, are you, then? Nah, he hasn't," the tall young man answers. He's almost a little disappointed! He punched Lord Whazzischin, right in the face! And he doesn't get set upon by goons or /anything/! "Why d'you ask?"
A rub of her arm, and Kula lets out a small sigh of relief. "Oh, uh, good. And yeah, I was, uh, there when he attacked...I dunno if you saw me or anything afterward." Shenwoo was rather unconscious at the time. "And, uh, no reason, really." Yeah, Kula lies about as well as she could sing like Eminem. With Barry White's voice grafted on. Simply put, not well. "...well, apparently he saw me, and...kinda sought me out afterwards, cause he wasn't happy that I beat up some of his agents, and..." After the rambling, she finally gets to the point. "...kinda broke both of my arms to teach me a lesson. But Cammy and I were worried he might come after us again, and wanted you to know so we could kinda watch each other's backs." Kula's smile gets a little more hopeful as she manages to add without rambling, "After all, together he wouldn't have a chance!"
Yeah, Kula's not really the most adept liar ever, is she? Shenwoo raises both his eyebrows once the girl finally gets around to telling him the truth, looking considering for a moment. "Well, Cammy and I already have that sort of arrangement, so I guess..." he shrugs, and nods. "All right, sounds fine by me." Of course, Shenwoo is the sort of person who would surely help if the others needed it... But would probably try and fight Vega, or whoever Vega sent, on his own if he was the one targeted. Because he's all manly and brave and stuff. Also, a little crazy. "Shouldn't be much trouble to send him packing, if he decides to show his ugly mug again."
Kula smiles at Shenwoo, and nods. "Good," she says, comforted by the fact they've got some kind of anti-Vega assembly going. "I think we've got ways to contact each other with the League. So if we hear anything, we'll be in touch!" Kula starts to turn, and then pauses and looks back. She's seen Shenwoo's type before, in K' and K9999. That same fire that (literally, in one case) burns in them when in a fight. "...you're going to fight him yourself anyway, but...call us anyway if you think he's coming, okay? Just so we know to be ready in case he sends others?" Hopefull, the lives of two school-age girls will be enough to make the berserker stop and think about not just charging headfirst into it. Then Kula gives a small wave. "We'll fight again some time...and I won't hold back!" Then she's off, heading to the medics to make sure she's okay.
Log created by Shenwoo, and last modified on 04:53:38 12/08/2005.