Description: Ramon and Hotaru fight in the Dream Amusement Park! A clash of Kenpo and Lucha! And... a weird Spanish man who thinks hes suave vs. the ultimate innocence. (Draw Match)
Hands pocketed and a grin on his face, Ramon is enjoying the amusement park tonight. The sights and sounds never seem to grow old in the startling contrast to the dark winter sky. There's never a dull moment when you have a bit of imagination and change at this park, not to mention style. A few minutes ago, Rmaon was using the ferris wheel as his own personal jungle gym before a carnie threatened to call security on him. He tosses a few coins over his shoulder and grabs a caramel apple in return. Might as well get some nutrition to go along with that heart-stopping goodness. Maybe this was why Eve grabbed the apple...
*munch* *munch* *munch* "Oooh, thcoolf!" Ramon says with a mouth full of caramel, looking at a life-size stuffed bunny at the dart-stand. He puts down a dollar and grabs a dart, aiming... A resounding pop declares: Mexico: 1, Balloon Industry: 0.
Another toss.
Mexico: 1. Balloon Industry: 1. "Awww nutfth."
Of course, enjoying the rides isn't the only reason Ramon is here... at least, hopefully not. Normally Hotaru herself would enjoy the amusement park just like any normal kid would, but right now... she's here for another reason. That doesn't stop her from grabbing a big ol' cotton candy along the way. She's standing there, eating some, feeding chunks to the ferret that sits on her shoulder, the ever-faithful Itokatsu, as the Neo League officials try to find her opponent, a luchadore called Ramon.
"He said he'd be here, right?"
"Yeah... where is he?"
Hotaru merely waits, petting the ferret's head, making note to get the rest of Team Awesome to come to the Park for a day out.
After a few more minutes, there happens to be some... Complications. A few words are thrown about, some idle talk, followed by a few darts thrown about.
And by no coincidence, here comes Ramon now.
Running helter skelter down the boardwalk with a popsicle stick poking out of his mouth and a large bulge in one cheek, Ramon leaps over benches, a few stands, and of course, the random fruit cart pushed by an irate mexican. Who becomes even more irate when one of Ramon's pursuers slams into the cart, slowing them down. Stopping long enough to look behind him, Ramon hops about a bit, frantically looking around. Cover... Cover... Cover...
Over there is a rather large gathering of people at the flea-market.
Over there is an assortment of tarps for the sideshow to prepare behind.
Over there are the bathroom stalls.
Over there is... A little girl with a ferret! PERFECT.
Ramon makes a grand dive, skidding to a halt behind Hotaru and rolling into a crouch. Sure enough, his pursuers run by moments later, splitting up to check all the other places Ramon had just thought of. "Whew! Gracias chica." The luchador gratefully says after removing the caramel apple, rising and wiping his brow. "That was close!" And with that, he begins to laugh.
Hotaru blinks--suddenly, Ramon's diving behind her... Hotaru just look s a little nonplussed at the dive and all that. "Ummm... are--are you alright?" she asks, even as she's restraining Itokatsu from making a grab for the apple.
"Itokatsu, I'll buy you one later..." And then one of the League officials looks up.
"Hey! It's him!" And they rush over.
"Mr. Ramon, you have to be on time for these fights!!" scolds one pretty young thing, looking stern--Hotaru clues in and smiles, setting Itokatsu down. Looks like it's time for the show to start...
Ramon takes the last bite out of his apple and licks the caramel from the stick and his mouth, tossing the stick into a nearby trash can. Noticing the little yellow fluff-ball on Hotaru's shoulder, Ramon gives the thing a little ruffle on the head and turns to walk away when he hears the sound of... Old balding official man. He just leans back and grins to himself, rolling his eyes at the attempted berating.
But when a new voice perks up, Ramon turns his head to the origin. Before she can even finish, Ramon is on his knee in front of her, holding the match official's hand and suavely cooing her. "My sweet... I would never be late again on this glorious blue Earth, if only for you." That's when he notices something. There's no big burly men around here, or overly sculpted women in tights trying to pose for the camera. "Err... Where's my opponent, though?"
Hotaru's already in the ring that's been set out, bright lights sweeping out along the floor. The girl pulls her hand back and points.
"There, she's up there." Hotaru just waves, and smiles, and then the announcer kicks in.
"LAAAAAAAAAAAAADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!!! FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE, A VERY SPECIAL EVENT AT THE DREAM AMUSEMENT PARK! Thanks to the Neo League, we have a match here tonight! The challengers are Ramon!" And the spotlights hit Ramon dead-on, "A luchadore, currently ranked 8th in the league, and Hotaru Futaba, currently ranked 6th!!" Hotaru's already ready and waiting, so it's all up to Ramon now...
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has started a fight here.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Ramon has joined the fight here.
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Ramon 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Hotaru
Ramon looks up to the stage and tries not to groan. What's with him and all these fights with young women? Wasn't he supposed to be suave? You know, less like a child-beater who gets paid for it? Still, Ramon squints a bit and shrugs to the official. "Where? I don't see anyone." He grins jestfully before he finds a high-heel shoe kicking him to get up there.
Hopping up and waving to the rapidly growing crowd come to watch a professional fight, it looks like the luchador will be in a fight tonight after all. Ramon crosses his arms and gives an inviting smile to both the crowd and his match-up. "Hola, chica! It looks like fate was destined to bring us together tonight. Now then," Ramon uncrosses his arms and drops into a fighting stance, hopping lightly and holding one hand at his leg, the other at his side. "Try your best, but more importantly, try and have some fun! Now show me what you can do."
COMBATSYS: Ramon focuses on his next action.
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Ramon 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Hotaru
She may be a cute girl but she's a fighter too, and she intends to prove it. Hotaru bows, then straightens.
"Pleased to meet you, Ramon-san. Of course, I'll give you my all!" And with that, the match is on. Not knowing much about her opponent--nothing at all, really, she'd just his name--she chooses what may be considered to be the 'safe' tactic. She opens the fight, on her end, by calling up and calling forth her chi, concentrating it into the palm of her right hand... then thrusting the glowing extremity forward and releasing a spherical bolt of blue energy at the luchadore.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Ramon with Hakki Shou.
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Ramon 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Hotaru
Ramon gives a curt nod, still smiling. Good, at least she's got spirit... Crap, she's got chi, Ramon's natural enemy. Already rushing forwards, Ramon tries to leap to the side, ending up getting a blast of chi in the leg. Sending the Luchador spinning on the ground, he quickly slams his hands into the board and flips back onto his feet. He grins, not showing how much that freaking /hurt/. Still, he can't let this be an easy match. Never give up! After all, isn't that what he just told his opponent?
Ramon tries again, running for Hotaru and leaping preemptively. Just a twitchy dodge? Nope, as evidenced when Ramon begins spinning and sends a knee for Hotaru's shoulders on the way down.
COMBATSYS: Ramon successfully hits Hotaru with Flying Body Attack.
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Ramon 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Hotaru
*SMACK* And that knee solidly hits Hotaru in the shoulder; it sends her stumbling back, snapping a hand up to the impacted spot. But she's not down and out yet, not by a long shot; she recovers her balance quickly enough and is just as quick to snap a kick out high, twisting on her left foot, right foot sweeping at Ramon's head from right to left, then back just as quickly.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Ramon with Light Kick.
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Ramon 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Hotaru
Ramon doesn't have a lot of time to react. As soon as he hits the ground, the Luchador quickly pushes himself up to his feet. Then, looking for Hotaru, he gets his answer in the form of a sharp kick to the head, followed by another. This is /not/ the right way to start off a match. He falls backwards when his hands catch him and push the wrestler back to his feet. "Very nice, chica." Ramon wastes no time grabbing for Hotaru by the shoulders and twisting, hurling the girl over his shoulders and into the ground.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru blocks Ramon's Snapmare.
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Ramon 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Hotaru
And hit the ground Hotaru does--but not in the manner that Ramon wanted, for sure. While the impact hurts--impacts will do that--Hotaru was prepared and, thusly, was able to land in such a way as to absorb most of the impact of that dangerous throw. She uses the remaining kinetic energy--or momentum--to push off into a handspring-backflip to distance herself from the Luchadore.
"You've definitely got good throwing techniques!" she calls out, complimentarily, even as she's focusing her gaze on Ramon, letting it sharpen as she considers him.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru focuses on her next action.
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Ramon 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Hotaru
Where's the crunch? There was supposed to be a bone-shattering crunch! It's clear to Ramon that he's steadily losing this match, and against a teenage girl no less. This kind of thing tends to pop up a lot in his life nowadays... "Why thank you, chica! You're quite talented yourself." Grins Ramon, hopping about the ring. Crinking his neck to each side with pleasing results, the wrestler decides now's a good time for a snack. He gives a sharp whistle and a raised hand out to the crowd, soon greeted with a tossed hotdog. With a thumbs up to the general direction of the dog's origin, Ramon takes a few bites, still hopping about, waiting.
COMBATSYS: Ramon takes a breather.
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Ramon 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Hotaru
Take a rest? Hotaru can't allow that; she can tell that if she gives Ramon any easy breaks he'll be sure to take advantage of them and he's no pushover. So Hotaru gathers her energy once more, feeling almost bad about what she's about to do, but league fights are 'no quarter', right? So Hotaru lunges forward, closing the distance between Ramon and herself in a snap, reaching out for his shoulders...
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Ramon with Sha-jou Tai.
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Ramon 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1 Hotaru
... and when she grabs his shoulders she's suddenly moving in a flash, a quick set of stomping kicks giving her a 'run' up Ramon's body--rather a Lucha-esque move all things considered, as she uses the last step to push off and backflip away from the luchadore.
Ramon is too busy finishing the dog to react quick enough. Step step step BAM! The lucha hits the ground and does a trademark flip onto his feet. Now that's taking a hit in grace. "Not bad, but let me show you..." He bolts for Hotaru with a maddening amount of speed, unfit for this far into the match. "How it's..." He takes the first step on Hotaru's foot, both arms grabbing for her's.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru interrupts Somersault Kick from Ramon with Sou-Shou Ten-Ren-Ge EX.
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Ramon 1/=======/=======|===----\-------\0 Hotaru
And Ramon's run-up is successful... but the kick, Hotaru fades with--and then she's moving, tracking the Luchadore, and the moment he's on the ground... Hotaru's on him, a whirlwind of open-hand strikes going around almost vertically, battering Ramon as the blue-haired girl goes around twice... then the third step of the Sou-Shou Ten-Ren-Ge is applied. Still spinning, Hotaru attacks Ramon with shoulders and elbows, spinning upwards, carrying the Lucha with her for the third and final part--a diving, double-knee kick, knees suddenly blazing with Hotaru's blue-white chi as she strikes into and past Ramon, landing with a slight skid on the ground, panting for breath.
When you're in the middle of a move, how can you prepare for another, opposing one? Ramon sure as hell doesn't have the answer for you, as he finds himself caught in a torrent of strikes. He's allowed one step back to pant for breath, before he's launched into the air and sent flying back down. The color in his eyes fade for a moment, before he finally coughs up a small amount of blood. The luchador rises, breathing hard. "Very... Very nice, chica." Gotta finish this with a bang. Appeal to the audience, and all that jazz. So with that, Ramon summons the last of his adrenaline-fed energy and rushes Hotaru.
Arms snap out for Hotaru's shoulders. If it misses, all the following is null and void. But if he is successful...
Then Ramon will flip backwards with Hotaru, slamming her into the ground and rolling to his feet without releasing her, performing the same drop. When he rises again, young girl in grasp, Ramon releases his grip long enough to spin around once. "Tiger..." And looks to lariat Hotaru, but passes, spinning again and then performing his finishing move. "SPIN!"
COMBATSYS: Ramon successfully hits Hotaru with Tiger Spin.
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Ramon 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Hotaru
Ow. Just--ow. Hotaru can't help but cry out in pain as Ramon manhandles her, quite thoroughly, sending her crashing to the ground repeatedly for a Lucha-style thrashing. Getting up hurts, but she does it anyways; her shoulders shifting up and down as she draws painful breath, she doesn't even dare speak for a moment... she backpedals away from Ramon, seeking to regain her composture and clear her mind before she can let Ramon take advantage of her discombulated state.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru focuses on her next action.
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Ramon 0/-------/----===|=======\=------\1 Hotaru
But Ramon won't be letting Hotaru get away that easily. The goal of wrestling is to put as little distance between you and your foe as possible. Continuing an otherwise relentless assault, Ramon decides to hurl another throw Hotaru's way, seeing as that last one didn't finish the job. Grabbing for her neck this time, Ramon spins around with her in hand, tossing her small body at the floor at an awkward angle, guaranteed to cause some pretty bad friction burns if nothing else.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru dodges Ramon's Tiger Neck Chancery.
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Ramon 0/-------/------=|=======\=------\1 Hotaru
However, it's not to be; Hotaru ducks under the man's arms, simply and deftly; crouched the way she is, she has any number of responses she could go with. Her chosen response, however? She suddenly pushes off into a flipping kick, a two-footed somersault intended to catch Ramon right in the chin. Perhaps it's faster than it is strong, but maybe it'll be enough to put the Luchadore down.
COMBATSYS: Ramon Toughs Out Hotaru's Sen-Kai En!
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Ramon 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Hotaru
Ramon turns, taking both feet in the chin. But unlike the usual situation, where the assaulted is launched backwards, with the assailant continuing through and hitting the ground, something else happens here. Ramon doesn't budge another inch, grabbing Hotaru's ankles and pulling her back, then snapping her face-first into the floor, like one big bull-whip.
COMBATSYS: Ramon successfully hits Hotaru with Tiger Neck Chancery.
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Ramon 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Hotaru
This time, Hotaru isn't able to avoid the Luchadore, and she takes the hit, gasping in pain. She has just enough in her for one more effort... lunging forward, she whirlwinds around one more time, arms flailing practically uncoordinatedly; she stops her momentum by throwing her arms out in a palm strike, one to either side; hit or miss, she'll drop to her knees afterwards.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Ramon with Sou-Shou Shin.
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With the fight over, and Ramon having just quadruple manhandled and face-beat a 16 year old girl, the lucha takes the hit. Outstretching his arms to each side and smiling at Hotaru, a wave of force ripples through Ramon's already whining organs, and they both collapse. From the mat, Ramon looks up to the stars and says loud enough for his match-up to hear. "You did great, chica. Thank you."
Hotaru pants for breath, even as Itokatsu comes out to nuzzle his mistress's hand.
"You did great, yourself," she gasps, softly, somehow finding the strength to stand; she -does- have a lot of pure willpower, after all. And she extends a hand to Ramon.
"I'm sure we'll meet again, Ramon-san... I guess we'll have to see who wins next time!"
Ramon stands at the same time, the stubborn lucha shaking hands and smiling warmly. "Si. I can't wait." Then a yell from the audience.
"THAT'S THE GUY WHO THREW A DART AT MY ASS! GET 'IM!"
Ramon looks only long enough to exclaim, "PELOTAS!" And take off running. Of course, at one point, he jumps over a random object and the whole screen freezes as he smiles/thumbs-up at the camera.
Then the credits roll.
And you demand a refund.
Log created by Hotaru, and last modified on 18:31:47 02/21/2006.