Description: Watch for falling sports equipment! Yuri and Iori take on Feilong and Haggar in a fight to the finish! With baseball bats and golf clubs, oh my! (Winners: Iori and Yuri)
A sporting goods store? A SPORTING GOODS store?! Who thinks that that's a good idea? Anyone? ANYONE? Well, apparently someone has - And Yuri Sakazaki's willing to follow through with it. It's probably one of those wierd whims that the idle rich get, a simple command to a bunch of management types. 'Let's see what they do with all the equipment in a sporting goods store at their disposal.' Baseball bats, hockey pads, golf clubs, croquet mallets. Heck, even surfboards and basketball hoops might make an appearrance today!
Yuri's getting ready, and is more than a bit concerned. Ever since her last fight, she's been trying to get in touch with her teammate, the angsty, silent brooder, Iori Yagami. Unfortunately, she's left him messages saying the when and the where of the fights, but hasn't gotten a straight answer as of yet if he's actually going to show or not. So she's left to her own devices, worried sick that she's going to have to take on both the opponents by herself - not something she'd look forwards to on the best of days, and certainly not in a tournament of this caliber! But still.. the show _must_ go on, right?
The sporting goods store is an excellent venue for a tag team match. Some place to shop while onlookers listen and watch the impending fight. Fei Long arrived some time ago to sign some autographs. Several youths who came to watch the fight received some signed T-Shirts. Not cheap shirts, some premium quality T-Shirts. Right now the Movie Star is off to the side of the partitioned area, kicking and punching at the air in an effort to loosen up his muscles. The Movie Star is ready for this fight! He looks across the way after delivering a couple of one-two chops to the air and waves towards Yuri.
Baseball bats! BASEBALL BATS! Mayor Haggar /LOVES/ baseball bats! He has expertise in a variety of improvised weapons, but none of them have quite that same feel as a goddamn baseball bat. That heft! That grip! Hell, even missing is satisfying because of the hearty WOOSH swinging a bat makes. And when you do hit, nobody shrugs off a good hard baseball bat. Even Andore fell over when decked with a bat.
The sporting goods store does, however, have significantly fewer people than Haggar's Arcade fight - at least, fewer press and fans that aren't more interested in Fei Long. Probably because everyone is expecting a whole lot of random environmental stuff to be flying around. As such, despite the fact that Haggar showed up with a Metro Gears jersey and a Metro Gears cap, photo ops are disappointingly low. The big man is still happy, though, because he loves a good baseball batting - and if he remembers that Iori guy, he deserves a batting or two.
As for the Mayor's current status, he's already done his stretching, and is busily... looking at baseball bats with a critical eye. Watch your heads.
COMBATSYS: Haggar has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Feilong has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Hooboy.
Iori's still nowhere in sight, and really, there isn't going to be time for Yuri to wait much longer. She's not interested in risking a DKO cause her smoopy teammate is off moping about this or that, probably about that KYOOOO! guy getting kicked out, or something. Mnf! She sees the wave from Fei Long, and panics. Oh noes, he's ready to start and Iori's not here! What will she do?!!?
Yuri does the only thing Yuri can do, really - she leaps into action, rushing forwards in through the small opening that constitutes the only good place to fight. But no, not straight on, she's heard just how fast this Idol is. . she's got to pull something amazing off to catch him off guard! So she bounces forwards, hits a trampoline, off the backboard of one of the mobile basketball hoops, and comes down with a fist, aimed right at Fei Long's noggin!
Nothin' but net!
COMBATSYS: Yuri has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Feilong blocks Yuri's Jab Punch.
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The Movie Star gives a glance towards his team mate and partner in crime for this tournament and gives him a nod and a friendly grin. A thumbs up follows before the Movie Star turns and regards the area in which they are all meant to fight. He steps towards it and puts his hands upon his heads and casually hops into the area. He bounces from foot to foot, stretching out his calves just as Yuri bounds into action! Fei Long smirks a bit, "Not wasting time!" Instead of hitting nothing but net, Yuri's incoming punch collides with the Movie Star's defensive posture. A couple of raised arms absorb the impact before Fei Long is on the move. He hops forward and performs a quick double-kick... because he lacks the time to pick up a jump rope to smack Yuri with right now.
COMBATSYS: Yuri blocks Feilong's Engekishu.
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"Only slowpokes waste time!" is Yuri's quick response - sadly, she quickly realizes that Fei Long seems to follow this same mode of thought, the quick kicks battering against her upraised forearms, pushing her back on her heels. Stumbling back a step or two, she braces herself, and then looks around again, craning her head and checking for that shock of red hair that signifies her teammate! AUGH! Where is he!? Yuri's about to go nuts and just walk away, really - this is crazy! She can't take them both, no way!
Ahwell. She'll make him and her dad proud, somehow - a good showing, and hopefully a way to last until he gets int the fight. How to batter through that defense, though? Quickly, Yuri brings her hands up together, foregoing the sports equipment around, and just bringing her fingers down interlaced in a double-overhand smash. As she comes down, her hands burst into bright light, red gold chi enveloping them!
"RAIOU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Yuri successfully hits Feilong with Raiou Ken.
- Power hit! -
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Bother.
Unlike many of the other participants, Iori Yagami's heart really isn't in this tournament. Sure, he'll jump in and kick some ass -- he's really more interested in winning the battles than winning the war, truth be told.
Which is why he's goofing off in the golf department while all this fierce battle is taking place. (Iori plays golf? Yeah, shut up.) So what if the store's basically closed for the day -- doesn't stop him from browsing.
Still. He can't be bothered to stick around there =too= long, with the sounds of a more interesting battle taking place. Hefting a heavy bag of clubs over one shoulder, he ambles on over to the area Yuri and Feilong are fighting in, a stolid expression upon his features.
And when Yuri lands her successful blow, the tall redhead nods in approval. "Good."
... Unlikely though it may be that she hears him.
The multi-colored chi bombards the Movie Star in its radiant goodness... of course that radiant goodness hurts with the force of the blow from Yuri. Fei Long staggers backwards a few steps and attempts to recover after taking the whole brunt of that attack and more so! Fei Long narrows his eyes and rushes forward towards Yuri, "Yaaaa HAAI!" He says during the dash and then the leap. He leaps and thrusts both legs out in front of him. He hopes to land a solid leaping kick against Yuri and then roll up onto his feet to follow it up with some more flashy... more famous manuevers!
COMBATSYS: Iori has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Feilong 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Yuri
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
COMBATSYS: Yuri fails to interrupt Light Kick from Feilong with Yuri Chou Upper.
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Feilong 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Yuri
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
Haggar, over there, has now taken a baseball bat from the rack, and taken a practice swing. There isn't much more to note.
"YURI CHOU UP*THWOCK*"
Yuri needs really to learn when not to do that move. In this case, the proper time not to do that move is when someone is approaching feet-first. It makes the rush in and uppercut fail. Spectacularly. She's rocked back on her feet, and misses wildly with her swing, staggering in dizzy confusion as she tries to recover. "Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow..."
"WaaaaaAAAAAIIII!" Shouts Fei Long when he rolls back up onto his feet. A fist is thrust in front of the movie star while the other fist is raised next to his head. The Movie Star is striking a pose while he's focusing in on his opponent. Apparently he messed up Yuri's concentration with that move... so he's quick to move. The pose is dropped and Fei Long moves forward, "HAI!" He shouts as he dashes forward with a lunging right handed punch. It's quickly followed with another strike and another yell, "AAAAI!" This time the strike is a hooking strike towards the midsection. There is a final blow, "WAAAAI!" Which comes in the form of a dashing backhanded strike against Yuri's cheek. Famous move? Signature move!
COMBATSYS: Feilong successfully hits Yuri with Rekkaken.
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Feilong 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Yuri
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
Too quick. Very much too quick. Yuri's not able to get her feet under her before that attack comes in - those blazingly fast fists of fu... wait, can't say that. Those blinding punches impact her, knocking her half-over, the final one to her cheek sending her sprawling into the carpet, skidding up and rug-burning her cheek something fierce. She gets back to her feet unsteadily, cursing herself inside. Dumb!
"Hnn.... Hnn... I'll still win!" she says, bringing her hand up, and grabbing a baseball in it - as she does so, gold energy swirls around it, consumes it and the chi remains - perfectly spherical, golden glow aimed right at Fei's chest. "KO'OU KEN!", she shouts, just as she releases it, nice and fast! Let's see how he handles _her_ curveball! Waaaa-taaah indeed!
COMBATSYS: Feilong endures Yuri's Ko'ou Ken.
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Feilong 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Yuri
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
The Movie Star takes a chi-ball to the chest! The Movie Star first braced himself and prepared himself to continue his fight just as the attack was released against him. He shouts, "AAAAAHHHH!" As it comes and when it collides with him, he runs forward with an impressive burst of speed. As he runs at his opponent, he attempts to grapple her and twist her arm. As he does this he twists his own body and attempts to flip her and force her to the ground. If successful, he'll follow it up with a swift axe kick to the arm, "HAAAAYAAI!"
COMBATSYS: Yuri blocks Feilong's Quick Throw.
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Feilong 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Yuri
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
The second the wrist lock comes in, Yuri moves - there's a popping noise from somewhere on her arm, and a wince of pain as she tries to collect herself - that really, really hurt, and her fingers aren't quite moving just right at the moment. In fact, she's pretty sure that when she wheeled away, something twisted. But better that than the conclusion of the throw, right?
As she backsteps, she leans up against one of the shelves and pants, trying to grab her breath, to recover just a little bit, before the Movie Star goes and turns this into a deadly game. Or is that a Game of De... wait, nevermind.
"H.. .H.. Hokay.. Can I get your autograph after this..!?"
COMBATSYS: Yuri gains composure.
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Feilong 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Yuri
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
Breathing an irritable sigh as Fei Long's persistence, Iori sets the golf bag on the floor before him. Tearing his attention away from the fight, he withdraws the slender driver from the bag, eyeing it for a moment...
Just before glaring over at Yuri for her insolence. "Just kick his ass already," he intones, slinging the bag back over his shoulder.
And then he goes back to his driver, hefting it about for a moment.
Fei Long's manauever did not succeed the way he inteded it too. He's only slightly disappointed, but it's ok. He's formulating a new method to attack his opponent even as she escapes his grasp! As she takes a minute for a breather, he nods to her, "Of course!" He answers her then stands there, spreading his legs at hip-width apart. He begins to shake as his muscles tense and Fei Long summons up and focuses on his chi, "WAAAAAAAI!"
COMBATSYS: Feilong gathers his will.
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Feilong 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\0 Yuri
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
Haggar puts the baseball bat back, and takes another, giving a thumbs up to Fei Long as he's doing pretty well. He takes his new bat and smacks at his fighting boots in an imitation of that traditional move, then takes one, two, three practice swings.
On the third swing, the bat is swung a little too far, nailing a hanging catcher's mitt, knocking it off its hook, and hurling it across the store like a laser beam. Haggar's shoulders bunch up sheepishly, and he coughs and takes a few steps back.
"You should get in here and do it yourself!? Why the heck did you show up late?!" Yuri snaps at her teammate, just a little. Not too much, but hopefully it won't set the crazy, crazy man off. Ugh. She's going to get killed by her teammate before she gets killed by the opponents, at this rate.
"Oh, right - getting yourself all set up for a super-duper beat Yuri up attack? You're not gonna get a chance to do it!" With that, Yuri rushes forwards, leaping into the air, snagging the flying mitt on her foot, and swinging it around in a spinning kick as she starts to come back down, aiming right for Fei Long's head! This should be.. well, annoying, at least!
COMBATSYS: Feilong blocks Yuri's Medium Kick.
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Feilong 1/---====/=======|=======\-------\0 Yuri
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
The Shaking of the Movie Star stops as Yuri hops into action. His arms raise out in front of him and over his head and face. As the kick and mitt come down, Fei Long spreads his arms at just the right time to deflect and block the blows from doing any really painful damage. Fei Long slides a foot back a little bit just as Yuri lands. That leg is thrust into a roundhouse kick. However as it swings through the air, it ignites into chi-induced flames. And as he reaches the tip top of his roundhouse kick, he springs upwards and forward through the air, spinning around 720 degrees. The movie star hopes to catch Yuri in the ascending flaming kick, "WAAAAHAAAAI!"
"I've been here the whole time," states Iori calmly. Just in another part of the store, clearly. Or... maybe he =hadn't= been, and just walked in while Yuri was pacing. Who knows? Iori seesm to think it's a moot point.
"Whenever." He shrugs lightly, twirling the driver around one finger idly.
COMBATSYS: Yuri fails to reflect Shien Kyaku from Feilong with Saiha.
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Feilong 1/---====/=======|=======\===----\1 Yuri
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
See - there's a flaming foot there. A giant, flaming foot! HUGE FLAMING FOOT! Yuri knows how to deal with these things - she'll just throw a barrier up, and bounce Fei Long far, far away from her. At least, that's what's supposed to happen. For some reason, that nagging 'whatever' sinks in. Iori's casual dismissal of the fight manages to get just under her skin, and when she summons up her Saiha - it's slow. And it forms just behind the foot, actually trapping the fire inside it and roasting Yuri just a bit more than she normally would get! Up and down, she lands in a heap on a baseball-dressed mannequin, and struggles to extricate herself from it. Ow. Ow.
When Fei Long lands, he immediately starts to bounces backwards to gain some distance between him and Yuri, "Ow." Says Fei Long as he realises what happened to his opponent during his last strike, "Hmmm." He looks over his shoulder, "I need something... cool." He reaches for a display of jump ropes and pulls one off. He unwraps it from its packaging and unravels it, "Nice. I'll pay for this!" He shouts to one of the employees, "Infact, all the kids in the audience can have one courtesy of me! Gotta promote fitness!" He gives a winning smile as he jumps rope for a few hops before stopping, "This will work great!" A thumbs up is given towards everyone before he goes off to being serious about the fight. He rushes towards the hopefully recovered Yuri. As he gets closer he shouts, "Jump rope!" And he swings one end of the rope towards his opponents legs. If he's successful in what he plans to do, he will wrap the rope around her legs and fling her to the side. If he fails, she probably... jumps over the rope? Or at least hobbles over it.
COMBATSYS: Yuri blocks Feilong's Medium Throw.
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
"Hah, no probOW!"
Yuri looks ready for the whipping rope strand, and as she gets ready for it and sees it coming in right towrads her, she does a back-flip to get out of it's way. It'd be beautiful, except for the fact of her messed up hand being the one that catches her weight - it buckles, and she crumples into a little rolly ball that takes her over to Iori's golf bag. She bumps into it, reaching in for a nine-iron. She's all ready to take a swing.. but she's almost out. She needs .. teamwork. "Hey, Iori.. I'll be fine in a minute.. I just need to catch my breath..." *tag*
COMBATSYS: Yuri drops her guard to recover.
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
COMBATSYS: Yuri takes no action.
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
The Movie Star pulls the rope back to him and lets it hang over his shoulders. He smiles a bit as his hands are held on the back of his head, "Whew." He lets out as he takes a moment to catch his breath while his opponent tags out.
COMBATSYS: Feilong gains composure.
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
Iori -was- twirling his driver... but when Yuri gets nailed by Fei Long's flaming kicks, he can tell he's =probably= going to need to step in shortly. He removes his finger from the driver, snapping out to grab it firmly by the grip, his irritable expression now brought to bear upon Fei Long.
Just in time for Yuri to knock over the golf bag he'd set down mere moments before.
"Fine," he states cooly, keeping his eyes on Fei Long as he reaches out for the tag.
And then, receiving it, he calmly strides out, winding back for one good, hard swing -- powerful enough to take an average man's head off with the reinforced graphite. Or whatever the hell it's made of.
"Fore."
COMBATSYS: Feilong just-defends Iori's Random Weapon!
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iori
Fei Long kind of crouches just a little bit lower as Iori hops into action. The shout of fore? It was a nice warning. As the swing comes, Fei Long leans to the side and raises the opposite side's arm to help deflect the blow. Fei Long's not detered in the least and, in fact, rushes forward with a tremendous burst of speed, "YAAAI!" He shouts as he launches into a series of chops, punches and backhanded strikes. Fei Long looks to be utilizing his patented Rekkaken attack! Except this one's super charged, he fires off a few extra strikes in an attempt to make the new opponent think twice about his next move!
COMBATSYS: Iori blocks Feilong's Rekka Shinken.
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Grunting faintly as his driver is calmly brushed aside, Iori nonetheless keeps his composure. The battle's just begun, after all.
And as Fei Long unleashes his series of attacks, Yagami backs away with equal composure, raising his elbow to knock away the high blows, inverting his forearm to defend the lower ones, and sidestepping the backhands.
He actually seems to be enjoying it, even though it may not have been as flawless a defense as the action movie star's.
Of course... he also enjoys whipping his head forward to crack into the Chinese star's forehead after all's said and done. "KURAAAAAAH!"
COMBATSYS: Feilong endures Iori's Strong Punch.
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Oh no no no. The forehead? Come on! You can't go for a movie star's face! It's one of his major selling points when he's making a movie. So Fei Long acts on instinct alone and tilts his body to one side. Iori's forehead? Slams into the Movie Star's shoulder. A chilling cracking noise can be heard and Fei Long can be heard grunting as he lunges forward with the other side of his body. The strike to his shoulder sends that part of his body backwards and flings the unstruck section of his body forward. Fei Long utilizes this momentum to fling out a palmstrike towards Iori's head as well as a knee strike towards his kidneys. Of course after this is said and done? Fei Long's going to be hurting.
COMBATSYS: Iori blocks Feilong's Medium Kick.
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Yagami whips his forearm up, sneering as he knocks the palm strike away. He meets the knee strike in equal measure, Fei Long's knee cracking against his elbow rather than his kidneys. Bit of a disappointment, to be sure.
But Iori hardly cares about other people's feelings in this fight, let alone his opponent's. Instead, Yagami lunges forward, tossing the driver away as he plunges his right fist at Fei Long's stomach, lunges forward again to deliver a massive uppercut, and then follows up with a leaping overhand strike to the head. In spirit, not all that different from Fei Long's signature Rekka Ken. But in actuality... it'll probably smart just a bit more. "GURAAAH! GURAAAAH! GURAAAAAAH!" ... And doesn't sound quite as cool, albeit much more menacing.
COMBATSYS: Feilong blocks Iori's Aoi Hana.
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The Movie Star finds it hard to move his other arm, but his eyes grow wide as Iori starts to open up on him with his series of strikes. So he forces his arm to move and block some. He relies more on weaving and dodging than blocking, but those strikes that do get close are met with one of his limbs. Pain screams out in Fei Long's body as his body is complaining to him about the abuse he's taking. Fei Long ducks after the last blow before springing up into the air! He flips over Iori screaming, "WAAAHAI!" He attempts to grapple onto Iori's head as he flips over him and drag him backwards. If he's successful, he will attempt to utilize his momentum and his own raw strength to hurl Iori over his head by the head. Don't ask how that manuever is done. Nope. Not tellin'.
COMBATSYS: Iori interrupts Aerial Flip from Feilong with Oniyaki.
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Iori
Well... an answer will be provided, nonetheless -- for as Fei Long leaps overhead, Iori gets a general sense of what the acrobatic action star is planning.
And, as such, Iori partially =leaps into the throw=, allowing his spine to flow like a willow branch, pulling him along for the ride.
And in doing so, the flexibility allows him to twist around in mid-flip, two steel-toed boots hitting a shelving unit in a controlled, if sideways, landing, rather than a wild crash. Basketballs fly every which way, it's pure chaos as they go rolling every which way.
And that's =before= Iori launches himself right back at Fei Long, a fiery purple helix trailing along behind his fists as he spirals right back at the action star, not only crashing into the man, but scorching him with the accursed Orochi flames. "GUWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!"
Haggar's eyebrows rise as Iori flips out at Fei, and gets the feeling it's going to be time for him to join the rumble soon. He gives the chosen bat a flip, wheels his left shoulder, and turns his hat around on his head. To people who can see Mayor Power, motes of legislative energy begin to rise around him.
Nobody can see Mayor Power.
Ow.
That's not right! Iori was supposed to be flung by the head and be in tremendous pain, writhing in agony and begging the movie star to spare him more pain. Of course that would have been in an ideal world. Instead... Fei Long is slammed hard into the ground due to Iori and his Orochi goodness! Fei Long lays there for a mere moment, contimplating how he got there. He sits up and gets back onto his feet very slowly, "... Gotta learn to do that sometime." He mutters before narrow his eyes and focusing on Iori, "HAI!" He shouts as he pushes what's left of his reserves into this Rekkaken, "YAI. WAAAIII!" The shouts come and the three successive strikes lash out at Iori... though much slower than the Rekkaken that Fei Long attacked Yuri with.
COMBATSYS: Feilong can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Feilong successfully hits Iori with Rekkaken.
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Yagami smirks, as he lands from his revised Demon Scorcher in a low, three-point crouch. He shakes his head dismissively, rising back to his feet as he turns his back on Fei Long. "Pathetic!" he roars with a scowl, already turning towards Mayor Power.
Wait, where'd he go? ... Bah. Whatever. You can see the irritated look on Iori's face as he looks to where Haggar =had= been standing, only to find him not there. Another dark scowl, as Iori turns to face Fei Long. He's screaming again. Bother.
And it's a simple matter for him to sidestep out of the way, right?
Apparently not -- for Fei Long's sudden punch catches him right in the ribcage, just as he'd =started=. The followup punch nails him in the shoulder, and then the final backhand crashes into his sternum, sending Iori flying back -- and forcing him to the sporting goods store floor.
Irritably, he rises back to his feet -- though it doesn't seem that Fei Long will be standing much longer. And just in case... Iori palms a stray basketball off the floor and spikes it into his head. *BOM*
Sneering, he pivots on one foot. "Show yourself, Mayor!!"
And takes a moment to catch his breath.
COMBATSYS: Iori drops his guard to recover.
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COMBATSYS: Iori takes no action.
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After the successive strikes by the Movie Star, he collapses and kind of rolls to the side, "Done." he mutters in concession as he rolls along the floor to get out of the immediate fight area. Looks like Fei Long has had all that he can take.
The Mayor vanished for a very good, very honorable reason. He went to the cashier (the store is still open, though it's not getting much business right now), and paid for his selected baseball bat. It's a very nice one, with a red-tinted finish, though non-regulation because it was cut a bit too heavy and short. As such it was done up differently, and has a really nice leather grip. Basically, it's a baseball bat that's just a little less good as a baseball bat, and a little better as a head bat.
This is relevant, because Haggar is now barreling for Iori, bat held over his shoulder, knocking stands out of the way to the protest of the earlier cashier. "Shown." Face a grim mask (though there might be a slight smile hidden by the moustache) Mike Haggar levels the bat right at Iori's side, the left one, since that is where he is approaching from. He actually stops running a few yards away, sliding right along the ground like a sporty Shun Goku Satsu.
COMBATSYS: Iori endures Haggar's Random Weapon.
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Haggar 0/-------/-------|=======\====---\1 Yuri
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Iori can tell where Haggar's charging now. And he knows exactly what's on Haggar's mind, based on the weapon he'd selected mere minutes ago.
He just doesn't know where, or when, the strike will occur.
But, in some small sense, he doesn't care. For Haggar has just entered the Mens' Department.
Which means that Iori... =really does not care=. And when that bat comes crashing in, Iori just stands there and takes the baseball battery. Like a =man=.
But when Haggar delivers that last strike, Iori just grabs the bat with one hand, his visage already bloodied and bruised. Haggar's done almost as much damage in a few seconds than Fei Long had managed through the entire conflict. And yet... Iori's grinning back at the mayor.
"About damn time."
And now that they're all nice and cozy, Iori lashes his hand forward, snapping it towards Haggar's face. And if he's successful in grabbing the Mayoral cranium, he'd detonate it into a fiery explosion of purple flames. "DIE!"
You should totally get this guy to write your speeches, Mike.
COMBATSYS: Haggar endures Iori's Koto Moon Negative.
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Haggar 0/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Yuri
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So now Iori is attached to Haggar, and Haggar is attached to Iori. Iori grabs Haggar, and he immediately responds by letting go of the baseball bat and moving to seize the Yagami, even as his hand explodes into fire, /really hard./ Still, though, Iori's right. This is the Mens' Department. You may hang out here, Iori, browse the racks, buy some aftershave. The Mens' Department comes to Haggar for stocking advice.
And they take it, every time.
Mike Haggar roars as the flames wreath his head, pushing through the pain with adrenaline and generic rage. He seeks to lock his arms around Iori, and then lift him up off of his feet, slamming him in a German suplex. Ideally, he'll roll over and do it again, even harder, and then roll over AGAIN, this time launching up off the ground with Iori still in his grasp. The Mayor at this point, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL BECAUSE VICTORY IS UNCERTAIN, curls up into a tight ball with the lovely rocker, spinning incredibly fast through the air before landing in yet another textbook German Suplex, the force of which should shake the entire store.
COMBATSYS: Iori dodges Haggar's Market Economy Buster.
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Haggar 1/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Yuri
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Iori knows full well of Haggar's crushing grip. And as manly as he may have been to get up and smack Haggar around, the thought of getting =that= close and personal with the Mayor just doesn't appeal to him.
Accordingly, Iori leaps backwards, leaving Haggar to grasp nothing but air.
"Not quite," he replies coldly, his boots squeaking on the floor as he pivots back to a more defensive stance.
Just before cocking back his hand and whipping out a rapid punch, aiming to crack open Haggar's nose. "GURAAAAAH!"
COMBATSYS: Haggar blocks Iori's Strong Punch.
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|=======\=------\1 Iori
Haggar doesn't manage to grab Iori because all that girl skin conditioning has left his skin soft as silk. Y'know what skin conditioning hampers? The ability to grow muscles like steel /made of steel./ Haggar showcases these by bringing his huge right arm up for Iori's punch to plow into with a thunk, and then he pushes the fist aside to get Iori's delicious arm and seize the bicep area. With a jerk, he attempts to pull Iori toward him and hop up to get his left leg on his shoulder, and drag him to the ground with his head and arm locked. Then the seizing of the arm more properly, and then the wrenching.
COMBATSYS: Iori blocks Haggar's Quick Throw.
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Haggar 1/------=/=======|=======\====---\1 Yuri
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Yagami might not be the most manly of manly men, but he also isn't completely stupid. That is to say -- Haggar =hurts=. And he's also, what, twice Iori's size? Getting crushed under him = not fun.
As such, Iori unfortunately gets snagged by the initial grab, but a quick pivot and a shove from his shoulder is enough to wrench his arm free from Haggar's meaty grasp, and allow him to step backwards to safety.
Snarling, he slashes his hand sideways, across his body -- slinging a blaze of purple flames at the Mayor's feet. "WHOOO!" he howls, as the flame detonates into a violent violet explosion. Another sweep from his opposite hand follows suit, another burst of flame meeting the first and adding to the fiery conflagration. "WHOOO!" Iori then brings both hands high overhead, sweeping them forward to unleash a devastating wave of violet flame, igniting an even larger explosive force that manifests in a gigantic column of pure fury, tilted forward. "HUUURAAAAAAAAOGH!"
Hope Haggar's not standing in the way of that.
COMBATSYS: Iori successfully hits Haggar with Yami Sugi.
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The flame comes at the Mayor, and he is not perturbed. He quickly takes off his prized hat and jersey, throwing them aside and leaving his pectoral muscles to glow with sweat. His abs, too. Technically he's topless, but those abs are basically a shirt. He crouches as Iori's big attack comes at him, and prepares to barrel through it...
Plan NOT as good as advertised. Iori's BURNING AMBITION is far more than Haggar can handle. He crashes through the first two bursts, but when he hits the third one, there's a flareup as it is uncertain whether he will man it out or what. This question is answered when the flareup explodes, and Haggar...
...comes flying backwards, burned and bloodied, smashing into the wall and dumping a whole bunch of catcher's mitts on him. It's still clear he has fight left in him, if not much, due to the fact that he surges right out of them, swaying on his feet and snarling. At that moment, everything just gets... redder. Many swear the Mayor was wreathed in a red light as he surged toward Iori, snapping his arm out at his shoulder with the sole intent of knocking him down to set him up for something much bigger.
COMBATSYS: Iori interrupts Giant Swing from Haggar with Yumebiki.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Haggar 1/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Yuri
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|====---\-------\0 Iori
Many more will be swearing as they see Iori's hand wreathed in purple flame as Iori rushes right =into= the Mayor's charge. Haggar's reach for the Orochi halfblood's shoulder is partially successful... right until Iori pitches violently to the side, ramming his shoulder into the big man's meaty grasp. And indeed -- Iori continues plowing forward, slamming into the Mayor man with all his force. Perhaps not the =best= way to meet him, but it seems to be working.
And it also sets up Iori for the follow-through -- a raking slash across Haggar's chest, the heel of Iori's palm crashing into the wall of meat. And then Iori snaps back the opposite direction, smashing his knuckles right into Haggar's face with the reverse stroke. "GURAAH! GURAAAAAOH!"
Seriously, man. Speechwriter.
Snarling, he steps aside, dusting his hands off as he observes -- hero types have a nasty tendency to spring back to life.
Haggar is halted - barely, but he's halted. However, even with his momentum stopped, he's still /physically/ trying to push all his force into smacking Iori, even though he's not in front of him. As such, he can do absolutely nothing about Iori's raking slash, blood spurting out and whirling him around to be struck in the face. Something drops in the wrestler, and he knows he's probably about to go down. He's not going to win, but he can still give Iori something to think about. He looks dead on his feet one moment, then quick as a shot, he's spinning like a top with his arms thrust outward, forearms smashing at Iori's face and hair. "Rrereaaaaaghh!" He's just fine with his own speeches, by the way.
COMBATSYS: Haggar has reached second wind!
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Haggar 1/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Yuri
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|====---\-------\0 Iori
COMBATSYS: Iori interrupts Spinning Clothesline from Haggar with Oniyaki.
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Haggar 1/=======/=======|=======\====---\1 Yuri
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|======-\-------\0 Iori
Iori raises an eyebrow at that. His low voice rumbles loudly across the store, as nearly everything else goes silent in anticipation.
"Ridiculous."
He even has the time to run his fingers through his hair as Haggar comes whirling forward. ... Cutting it close, yes, but that's just the cocky kind of bastard Iori is. And when Haggar's meaty hamfist comes crashing into Iori's face, Iori flinches, just a bit.
Before letting Haggar's momentum aid Iori in performing a spinning lariat of his own -- one that just happens to be propelling him in a vertical vector instead, drawing Haggar into a fiery double helix of purple flames. "GUWOOOOOOOH!"
Iori spins about for a moment in the air, his red hair floating weightlessly as he lands a safe distance away from the Mayor.
"Is that all?" he asks, sifting his hair back into position once more.
Haggar barely does score that hit, but it's not enough as Iori fancies at him, then hurls him and burns him. Haggar twists through the air, burning, before falling to the side and hitting the floor very heavily. It's a wonder this place isn't on fire. However, he still manages a wheezing laugh. "That all, son? Hah..." He attempts to push himself up to his feet, but just manages to fall forward again onto his meat. Then he lifts both fists. "I'm never done!"
He slams his fists into the floor, cracking it, and hurling himself back to his feet with another one of those red flares. Moving with energy that he just /should not have,/ Haggar bolts across the space between himself and Iorioriorioriori, hand seeking forehead again.
COMBATSYS: Haggar can no longer fight.
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|======-\-------\0 Iori
COMBATSYS: Iori Toughs Out Haggar's Giant Swing!
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Iori grins as Haggar once more tries for his crimson-charged ultimate attack. And ... much like before, he doesn't shy away.
But this time, instead of ramming him aside with his shoulder, Iori meets the attack head-on.
By =slamming his forehead= right into Haggar's hand, bucking like a bull and knocking the Mayor's desperate blow aside as if it were a rodeo clown.
The sheer =fury= from the sudden surge of energy, and Iori's resultant stomping, is enough to knock over another set of shelves a fair distance away. Just for another stroke of finality, Iori pivots aside with a snarl, turning sharply on his heel as he takes two strides towards Yuri.
He pauses for one moment, glancing over his shoulder at Haggar.
"... Never did forget that free-for-all."
His eyes snap forward to Yuri once more. Is he gonna have to carry her off -this- time as well?
COMBATSYS: Iori takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Iori has left the fight here.
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|=======\====---\1 Yuri
COMBATSYS: Yuri has ended the fight here.
What the hell can Haggar do about /THAT?/ The man just headbutted his most powerful blow, and SUCCEEDED. Haggar is sent spinning to the left as he's just halted, almost comically, and takes about five stumbling steps. "...damn tough kid..." Then he finally collapses. Thud.
Log created by Iori, and last modified on 03:07:50 03/21/2006.