Description: Yuri challenges Mary! And, uh - eats sand! (winner: Mary)
The month of March is coming to an end, which means that springs is on its way and the snow has been melting all around. It's still a bit cool outside. Not cold, just cool, not enough to be warm, just only a few degree Celcius over zero. It's a nice weather, all in all, though the breeze that comes from the sea makes it a little bit colder than it might be in town.
On the sand of the beach, the Neo League team is setting up everything to get ready to the incoming fight. Cameras, limitations... And on this fine day, it's enough to draw a couple of curious lovers of such sports to admire the sight.
Clad in her leather jackets, hands into her pockets, Blue Mary just takes a few deep breath, enjoying the fresh air of the sea. She seems peaceful and ready. Her stretching already done, she's fully equipped to get on the action. She's the champion here, the challenged, after all... She wouldn't challenge someone with less points then she does. Always higher, never lower, that's how it works. Beside, she's content enough with her current ranking not to be actively looking to improve it. She can just sit here from afar and stare down at a specific blondie who's down there in the abyss of the low ranks.
"Oh, hey, I remember you!"
Yuri'd tried to figure out why the name and face were familiar before - then it sunk in - she'd fought with Mary before. Duh! That exhibition match that was going to end poorly, right? Yeah, that was it! She's amused by the thought that she'd almost forgot about the challenge there, and well - augh! So much to feel dumb about, ahwell!
Yuri's dressed a little bit warmer today - instead of just her spandex leggings, she's got a pair of wadded up loose socks as legwarmers, to keep the cool chill from being anything more than an annoyance - as she approaches the marked off area, she waves at Mary, grinning happy. For her, this is fun - after all, training is a great thing - not having dad staring over your shoulder and demanding you do your best? Even better!
"Ready for a good fight?"
COMBATSYS: Yuri has started a fight here.
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Yuri 0/-------/-------|
She might have fought with Mary, though Mary is registered as 'Blue Mary', which is a whole different, isn't it? A little. Her professional fighting name is a little different than her real name, just a little nickname she has. Nothing to feel dumb about, though Yuri might have been able to make the connection. Hearing Yuri's voice, Mary is taken out of her reveries and she turns around on her heels to face Yuri. Her lips curl into a smile and she waves one hand up in the air, "Oh yeah... And you're the girl doing intensive training, huh? How have things been going?" She asks idly.
The woman turns fully, moving her hands out of her pocket as she gets into her fighting stance, lifting her hand up to brush away a few locks of hair from her face, "Oh, I'm ready," She says with a wide grin, "Well, time for a little rematch I guess... I'll have to see if you've improved with your strict training since the last time we fought,"
COMBATSYS: BlueMary has joined the fight here.
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BlueMary 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yuri
COMBATSYS: BlueMary focuses on her next action.
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BlueMary 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yuri
"You're not gonna believe it! That Iori guy you and I fought? He's my partner in the new tournament! It's crazy!" It is, after all, a crazy, crazy world - and Yuri's pretty sure that in the center of her crazy world is a big ol Tengu mask. Dad's probably working behind the scenes to keep throwing her into odd situations, wierd happenings, and all sorts of stuff. Ugh! But really, it all works out pretty well, in the long run.
"If you're ready, I'm ready! And I'll show you just how good my training's been!" With that, Yuri pulls her hands back to her side, and then focuses - in her grip, a glowing ball of red and gold chi forms, and then she throws it right at Mary's chest, intent on knocking the older woman right off her feet. "KO'OU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: BlueMary dodges Yuri's Ko'ou Ken.
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BlueMary 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yuri
Iori? Now that's a rather sore spot. That cheerful smile on Blue Mary's lips fade away at the mention of Iori and her facial expression seems to grow a little more stern as she listens to Yuri's words. "Iori? Iori Yagami?" The blonde woman asks. She doubts there are a lot of Ioris who may be into the fighting business but still... The woman bites her lips, trying to find out any noticeable event he might have gotten himself dragged into, "Look, Yuri, you have to be careful with this guy," Mary says, "He's not just anyone, he can be pretty dangerous, even to you, I know, you can trust me, I've already had some bad experience with being this guy's partner..."
Unfortunately, such stories will have to wait for a little later as the battle begins! This little revelation was enough to make Mary lose some of her composure, though she manages to quickly shift into an evasive stance to avoid the incoming ball of energy. Chi projectiles... Blue Mary's worse enemy. Thankfully, she manages to stagger and side steps before it can actually hit her chest.
Blue Mary then quickly lunges over to Yuri... She tries to ignore the little thing about Iori for now and the hint of a smile grows back on her lips, "Well I'm quite eager to see that!" Blue Mary admits as she lunges over Yuri and attempts to get a hold of the girl's shirts and pull her closer to her and bend her over slightly to give her a few hard knee shots right for her flank.
COMBATSYS: Yuri blocks BlueMary's Combo Throw.
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BlueMary 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Yuri
Alas, those knee smashes' true intents are only to lower Yuri's guard to allow Blue Mary to get a good hold of her.. And with that in mind, Mary moves her arms to shift her grasp over Yuri and she quickly turns around to press her back against Yuri's waist, bending over and using the hold she has over Yuri's arm to lift her up over her and hurl her over her, tossing her over her head to slam her down to the ground.
Missed! Yuri missed, darnit. Arg. At least it might throw her a little off balance.. or.. something.. probably not, though. Yuri's easy to grab - that's what the gi is there for! Well, not so much that, but it gets used as that alot. Ugh! She slaps at the knees that come in, deflecting blows as best she can, a high pitched 'Aaaauh!' escaping as she's flipped over Mary's shoulder. Luckily, she manages to tuck and roll, skidding out of the blonde's grasp and coming to a stop right next to one of the camera crew. She gives the camera a 'V' for victory, a smile, and then gets back up. Rubbing her back. Ow.
"You think so? He's kinda creepy, but.. he's my partner, for now. I'll keep safe, but.. we can talk about that later!" Yuri steps in, spinning her body on her left foot, chambering and releasing her right in a giant roundhouse aimed for Mary's temple. "HYAH!"
Cause shouting makes things hit, right?
COMBATSYS: BlueMary counters Medium Kick from Yuri with Reverse Facelock.
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BlueMary 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Yuri
"I'd be very wairy and careful about him," Blue Mary says, narrowing her eyes a little, "That guy almost killed me back when we were a team together in the King of Fighter tournaments," Mary explains. The blond woman takes a few steps back and gives Yuri the time to get back on her feet. Her lips curl into a smile and she simply leans down a little, hands on both of her side as she waits for Yuri to come at her and attack.
"Just be careful, alright?" Mary says just as Yuri shouts. The blond woman swiftly sidesteps to avoid the incoming kick, parrying only to reach for Yuri's side. With her grasp over her, Mary turns around on her heels, doing a full turn to actually trip Yuri and bring her down to the ground, belly and face against the sand.
In a matter of seconds, Yuri is down and she gets straddled by Blue Mary, who half-sits on her back, both hands reaching for her face and pulling her backward, forcing her into a painful facelock as she keeps her hands over her face. Mary smiles and she says, "Promise to be careful...? I bet you guys are great partners and doing well in the tournament, but still... I just don't like it, and I wouldn't want anything to happen to you," She explains through her submission, though after she says those words, she gives Yuri a break and lets go of her, pulling back to get Yuri a few seconds to recover.
Promise her to be careful. While getting her spine bent out of alignment and getting skwooshed into the sand, oh this is priceless. Flailing as she tries to get out, Yuri probably says something like 'Sure!' but it's hard to tell with the very ouchy stretch things are not meant to bend this way sort of pain she's going through right now, thankyewverymuch. Ow. ow. At least eventually Mary lets go. And Yuri takes a moment to just enjoy the sand. Nice, sweet sand. Yes, it's a beautiful thing.
After a moment, she gets back to her feet, breathing hard. She pulls her hands in together again, and then just locks them at her side. Stepping in towards Mary, she draws her hands up, way up, and then right back down, a big stompy doublehanded smash, her fists all aglow with bright red light!
And no, she doesn't shout it out this time. Let's see if that helps!
COMBATSYS: BlueMary blocks Yuri's Raiou Ken.
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BlueMary 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Yuri
Well this time it seems partially more sucessful since Mary only lifts her hands up to block the incoming strike instead of countering or avoiding it. The shock of the blow is enough to make her guard falters a bit and Blue Mary lets a grunt of pain escape her throat as she's shaken by the hit, taking a step back at the force of the blow on her forearm. That didn't hurt as much as it could have if it had been a direct impact, but it still hurt fairly on her forearm, enough that it might have some repercussions on her defenses.
However, Mary doesn't take her sweet time to recover, instead, she uses the two steps she took back to her advantage to lunge at Yuri. She charges at her and leaps down, attempting to give her a low kick to her ankle. A powerful snapping kick as she slides in the sand, which may be enough to knock her down.
COMBATSYS: Yuri endures BlueMary's Straight Slicer.
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BlueMary 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 Yuri
And with that solid low kick probably making Yuri crumbles down to the ground, Mary's legs expertly get a hold of Yuri's one and she pulls her closer to her, forcing her into a rather nasty leg lock, twisting her in a way to apply as much strain as possible to her joint, making it quite painful to bear, though thankfully, for Yuri, it might not be as bad since she's a well trained fighter but she'd still feel that.
And after that, Mary lets go of Yuri and she rises back to her feet.
Yuri's realized something. She isn't set up to win this fight. Mary's laying her out with relative ease, and she's escaping all of Yuri's best attacks. This is bad! Very, very bad. In the end, she'll accept the loss with aplomb - but only after giving it her all. She did, after all, promise her teammate that she'd always give 110 percent. Right now, she just needs to kick it up to 130 percent! And the best way to do that - is to get Mary into a bad situation!
Sadly, the best way to do that is to work into her attack pattern, open herself up, and .. get hurt. A lot. The twisting motion that Mary does on her ankle is nothing good for sure, and she tries not to cry out as it twists at the joint and pulls at her knee. She shifts just a bit, slowly trying to get into range, and when Mary starts to rise back to her feet, Yuri moves! Strike, Yuri, Strike!
"HAOH SHO KO KEN!"
The words symbolize something - a large amount of pain! Really! Says so right in the book. This would be a wide wave of chi that blasts out from Yuri's outstretched hands - giant would be a good word for it, friggin' huge a better one. It blasts right at the rising Mary - attempting to catch her when she would think that Yuri wasn't able to counterattack!
COMBATSYS: BlueMary fails to interrupt Haoh Sho Ko Ken from Yuri with Vertical Arrow.
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BlueMary 0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Yuri
Yuri's better think and act fast, because Blue Mary is going after her to get her! The blonde woman rushes over to Yuri and she spins around on her heels, lifting her right leg up in the air as she quite literally seems to fly off toward Yuri, her foot extended up as if it was aiming to hit Yuri's temple, "Vertical Arrow!" She shouts as she goes up toward Yuri!
But alas, Mary isn't fast enough and Yuri manages to hurl her wide wave of chi straight at her! It catches her midflight and Mary's engulfed by the projectile. The force of the wave of chi is enough to knock Blue Mary off some distance, throwing her off away into the sand. The woman falls down with a rather loud thud, kicking up some of the sand. She coughs a few times and she groans a little in pain from the impact. She pants and glances up over to Yuri, lips curling into a smile, "Huh, that was good... Definately..." She admits as she wraps her arm around her chest and gets up to her feet.
Awwyeah. That's what Yuri's talking about. That hit brings a smile to her face - and even if she doesn't win this fight, that was good enough for her, gosh darn it. She gets back up to her feet and gives herself a little distance from Mary, talking over the muttering of the crowd. Maybe this'll be a fight after all.
"Thanks for the compliment, and the advice. I'll watch out.. but he doesn't seem to be so interested in the fight. I don't think he'll go all psycho or anything." With that, she tucks her head between her knees, and takes a nice deep breath. Oof, gotta recover - that last hit she took was _nasty_. Ugh. Ugh!
Insert small training montage here.
COMBATSYS: Yuri gains composure.
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BlueMary 0/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Yuri
"You never know," Mary says as she dusts herself off a little. She pats her side and then glances up to Yuri. Looks like the girl could take those few seconds to take a breather. Mary's lips curl into a smile and she nods to Yuri, as if telling her she's ready to continue the battle and for her to get ready.
Get ready for what? Well Mary's going to take the initiative and attack her. Mary kneels slightly before she takes a sprint toward Yuri. As soon as she gets close enough, Mary tries to deliver Yuri a powerful elbow smash straight for Yuri's midsection, "Kyaaah!" She shouts.
COMBATSYS: Yuri dodges BlueMary's Quick Punch.
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BlueMary 0/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Yuri
Whoa, hey! Initiative?! Yuri's not supposed to be attacked! She's supposed to leap in and get smacked around! This is too confusing, like WAY different than what was told her in the past. Yeah, so wierd, man...
Yuri's shocked at the punch, and just kinda fades back from it, managing to avoid the fist of strength and the law! As she does so, she reaches down to the ground, coming up with a handful of sand - you know, those tiny grain things? The things that get in your eyes and make you go 'AUGH MY EYES!' She chucks a fistful right at Mary. Maybe she'll be lucky and she'll get some in Mary's pants and she'll be distracted or something.
COMBATSYS: Yuri successfully hits BlueMary with Thrown Object.
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BlueMary 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Yuri
Blue Mary is just about to continue her assault but... Gasp! Sand in the eys! Mary groans and she takes a few steps back, her hands lifting her to rub her eyes a little. She coughs and spits a little, trying to take off the sand from her face. That obviously wasn't fun at all.
Mary frowns a little, slightly annoyed but there's little she can do... And her fingerless gloves aren't the best to actually get the sand off from her face. Her sight is still a little blurry but she seems not to mind that, or at least, she has to deal with it, as she rushes over Yuri and tries to get a hold of the girl, so that she can trip her and small her down to the ground and get her sweet vengence from the sand in the eyes.
COMBATSYS: BlueMary successfully hits Yuri with Fast Throw.
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BlueMary 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Yuri
Sweet vengance, thy name is SAND! Yuri goes down like a umbrella in a force five hurricane, face first into the ground with a splutter of wet sand going up her nose. Oh, ugh, this is gonna suck for a few days. Blergh! As she rolls back, she takes another quick breather - not enough to get more than a smidgeon of her energy back, though. She's got a plan - but she's still not in any shape to make it happen, darnit!
"Now I.. I know how you beat him. I can't even come in without getting smacked around - let's.. see how you like it..!" she says, and then stands back, beckoning Mary on, a gleam in her tired eyes as she prepares to step in and layeth the smacketh downeth on whatever Mary may throw her way!
COMBATSYS: Yuri gains composure.
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BlueMary 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Yuri
Mary's lips curl into a smile and she rests her hands on her waist as she stares down at Yuri. She's content with that and she takes a moment to try and rub off the sand from her face. She glances over to her and then asks, "Who? Iori...?" She asks, not too sure what Yuri means by that. She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, "In all honesty, I haven't really beaten him," She says, "At least, not on my own..." Wait a second... Wasn't she there in the arena when she fought him with Kim? Yeah, she thinks so.
"Well your training paid off at least, that's for sure," Mary says, her lips curl into a smile before she dashes for Yuri, not intending to give her the time to get ready to layeth the smacketh downeth on her! She turns around on her heels and tries to deliver a nasty kick to Yuri's midsection.
COMBATSYS: BlueMary successfully hits Yuri with Light Kick.
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BlueMary 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Yuri
See, here was the plan. Goad her into attacking, and then surprise her by getting out of the way, and smacking her upside the head as she went by. Sadly, Yuri's reactions are just a shade on the slow side today - and she pays for it by a giant boot to the stomach. Luckily, Yuri's already moving or it would have laid her completely out. Ugh! She staggers a step, or two, and then remembers her plan. Gotta remember the plan!
"YURI.. CHOU.. UPPAA!" See, that's a plan! Bold, brash and confident, rushing in with a big old uppercut of doom in an attempt to catch Mary in the back of the head and maybe put her a bit further down than she is now. That's a good idea, right, right?
Okay, it probably isn't - but that won't stop Yuri Sakazaki!
COMBATSYS: BlueMary blocks Yuri's Yuri Chou Upper.
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BlueMary 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Yuri
It's not so bad, though unfortunately, Mary lifts her arms up to block the incoming uppercut. It does send her back a couple of steps, however, she manages to at least get knocked solidly by it. Mary blinks a few times and she stahhers back to regain her balance. Since she managed to block Yuri's uppercut, she's not too far away from her to actually pull off the next move..
The blonde woman takes a step back and then she lunges foward -- she doesn't rush over Yuri, instead, she merely leaps in the air and she somersaults as she dives straight toward Yuri, her right leg extending out as she performs her flip in midair, "Spin Fall!" She shouts as she attempts to drive her leg right for Yuri's shoulder.
COMBATSYS: BlueMary successfully hits Yuri with Spin Fall.
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BlueMary 1/----===/=======|=======\=------\1 Yuri
And _again_ with the meeting of the face to the sand. Yuri is eating more sand today than something that eats sand a lot. In this case, she doesn't know what that is, but that
And _again_ with the meeting of the face to the sand. Yuri is eating more sand today than something that eats sand a lot. In this case, she doesn't know what that is, but that's what she's thinking. Sort of. Mostly, she's thinking 'ow'. Ow, and more ow.
Facefirst in the beach, she makes a motion like she's trying to get up- but instead she just points at Mary from her face-first position in the ground, and gives her a shaky sort of thumbs-up, then signals for the League officials to call the fight. How does she do that? What sort of signal is it?!
She just passes out. *thud*
COMBATSYS: Yuri takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Yuri can no longer fight.
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BlueMary 1/----===/=======|
Well maybe Mary went a little though roughly on Yuri. She winces a little as the girl finally stays down after that rather hard smackdown she has delivered her. Mary heaves a soft sigh and she kneels down to actually help her to her feet, support her and drag her off somewhere she can lie that isn't actually the sandy beach. She smiles and she pats Yuri, "You did a good job.. Much better than last time we fought," She admits.
Log created by Yuri, and last modified on 16:25:36 03/28/2006.