Description: A fight on the Taiyo rooftop ends with a decisive win for Shinobu and Yuri wearing less than she started with. o_o (Winner: Shinobu)
It's a nice, blustery evening atop Taiyo, with the sun setting scenically across the far edge of the city, right under a faraway set of trees. The fence towards the edge of the roof shudders a little with the airflow, and several elevated cameras are set up to catch the action. Unfortunately, the school is a little too antsy about a fight on the roof as it is to allow any fans up here... but a few have snuck to the roof of the nearby arena nonetheless, watching with binoculars that get passed back and forth.
Meanwhile, near the roof's edge, Shinobu crouches, stretching her legs out and swinging to either side as she limbers up. It's been a good while since she fought Yuri in the mall, so she can't go easy and expect things to be so simple this point. As she comes to a stop, she reaches down, picking up a shinai resting on the ground and resting it over her shoulder. She's never fought with one before, but a sensible fact like that isn't likely to stop her! Her hair flutters a bit in the breeze along with her uniform, and she takes a couple of bored swipes as she waits.
Yuri's watching with binoculars too. She's all ready for this fight to break out, to see who Shinobu's going to whip up on. She remembers the other girl being amazingly good at what she does, and she's sure that whoever Shinobu fights tonight will learn what a spectacular opponent she is! That is, of course, until she's tapped on the shoulder by a spectator on the building she's on, a hushed whisper of 'aren't *you* supposed to be fighting her?'
Shinobu can probably hear the *AUGH* from across the courtyard. There's perhaps a five minute wait, all filled up with the rushing up and down stairs of one Yuri Sakazaki, trying to get herself to her battle without looking too much like an idiot. She skids to a stop on the right rooftop, and bows to Shinobu, panting and out of breath as she tries to speak. "Suh.. Suh... *gasp* sorry! I forgot it was our fight... *gasp* tonight. I'm read.. ready when you are!" With that, she straightens and takes a deep last breath, then falls into a fighting stance!
COMBATSYS: Yuri has started a fight here.
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Yuri 0/-------/-------|
Shinobu looks confused - as she often does - standing up and stretching one arm over her head. "Huh?", she says, and then grins happily. "I'm always ready! You know that", she declares more loudly, and then throws a couple of quick mock-punches before quickly dashing forward. The shinai makes a skittering sound as it drags behind her, and she leans low with the sprint, like a ninja! But she then suddenly brakes as she nears Yuri, reversing her momentum to bob and bend backward. Her hand lashes out as she tries to grab one of Yuri's guard arms, hoping to yank it forward for her followup strike!
COMBATSYS: Shinobu has joined the fight here.
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yuri
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Yuri with Spin Crasher.
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Shinobu 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Yuri
As she yanks Yuri forward, she then hops over her arm, her arms on it like a balance beam as she lashes out with both legs at Yuri's face. It's more quick than powerful, but its deceptive nature seems to have worked out!
Always ready. Always ready! Yes, Shinobu sure seems that way, and Yuri - well, she's not. That's okay. The being yanked forwards and generally pummled? Not so much. The big giant feet to the face? Yeah, total ow. Yuri pulls away - well, more stumbles away, and falls back onto the roof for just a second, in an attempt to recuperate. Ow.
"Nice, Shinobu! Let's see how you handle this, though!" With that, Yuri rolls to her feet, crouched down and then standing up with her arms at her left side. Both come forwards, and a ball of bright orange chi blasts right at the other girl, a nice shiny pick-me-up of powerful energy.
"KO'OU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Shinobu blocks Yuri's Ko'ou Ken.
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Shinobu 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Yuri
Raising her arms in a guard position to cover up, Shinobu slides back with the impact... but remains standing. She slaps the shinai against the ground, and then follows it up with a high axe kick, slamming her sneaker down to the roof. The nearby dust and dirt flows away with the impact, and she raises her fist before her in challenge. "Well, you saw it! C'mon!", she exorts, as if daring Yuri to do worse.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Shinobu 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Yuri
Er. Right. Shinobu handled that pretty well, really. Yuri's left a little flat at this point, unsure of where or how to react. Uhm, yeah. She can sense the building up of that fighting spirit, that giant pile of 'I'm gonna beat on you now!' that Shinobu seems to have access to - and gets a little creeped out. Ahwell. In the end, all she can do is her best, right? She'll live with that.
"Here I come!" she says, and then takes one step forwards - two steps forward, and she's already at maximum speed, dropping down and bringing her left hand in low, a looping uppercut that is aimed right at Shinobu's chin, in an effort to knock her up and towards the doorframe that holds the entrance back to the school!
"YURI... CHOU.. UPPAAA!!!"
COMBATSYS: Shinobu blocks Yuri's Yuri Chou Upper.
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Shinobu 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Yuri
Shinobu suddenly leans forward, turing Yuri's blow aside with her shoulder rather than take it on the chin, as it were. It lets her avoid most of the pain... if hardly all. With a wince, she narrows her eyes and stumbles to the side, at least hoping to put a few footsteps between her and the Sakazaki Machine. "Ah, you hit harder...", she comments as a half-mumble, before then flexing her right hand. A blue bubble of energy swirls up within, and she then springs back, throwing the little globe overhand at Yuri. Though it doesn't look too dangerous, or even that fast... despite the explosive geyser of watery chi that lies within it!
COMBATSYS: Yuri reflects Petite Pop from Shinobu with Saiha.
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Shinobu 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Yuri
Ngh!
Yuri's not doing so well so far - she's a little winded as far as this goes, and she's trying to pull back and catch her breath, but no luck yet! The hits keep on coming! She pulls back and grins as she hears the compliment, and then offers a thumbs-up to Shinobu, a sign of respect! One that quickly turns into worry at the ball coming her way!
Luckily, she can handle slow! In fact, she does so, by concentrating, and forming a barrier in front of her, the projectile bouncing onto, sinking in, and then springing back right towards Shinobu. "Don't want it, have it back! SAIHA!" Let's see how Shinobu handles this!
COMBATSYS: Yuri successfully hits Shinobu with Reflected Petite Pop.
- Power hit! -
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Yuri
Idea: if she throws it at Yuri's side, she won't be able to defend as well.
Result: Shinobu has the bubble coming right back at her anyway.
Thought: Well, she can at least roll with it, since she knows her own attack oh-so-very-well.
Result: Shinobu gets blown right over her feet, slamming back-first into the fence, rattling it hard before sliding down it.
Then, her eyes flash up with anger. It's not an outright glare, but more just a hint that none of that went any way she expected - and she put her all into it, too. And so, she shakes her head vigorously, trying to clear it of whatever curse led to that. And, possibly, glimpse a hole in Yuri's defense she can exploit.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu focuses on her next action.
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Yuri
Awwyeah! That's what Yuri was talkin' about! See, there we go, a nice powerful smack of chi. Admittedly, it wasn't _hers_, but she's not about to complain..! In fact, she's really, really happy about it. "Got you good that time, Shinobu! Ready for more?" She should slow down a little bit - but man, that's hard to do, and instead, she just wants to leap into action again. And really, she's perfectly willing to! How so, one might ask? Well, let's find out!
"Think fast!" Yuri reaches down and grabs three of the flat roofing tiles in her hand, taking a hold of them and twisting them flat, then chucking 'em like a discus at Shinobu's noggin - she's perfectly willing to try to make Shinobu work for that insight - she's pretty sure her flaws aren't too terribly visible at the moment! Other than that whole 'should slow down a bit' thing she has going on!
COMBATSYS: Shinobu dodges Yuri's Large Thrown Object.
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Yuri
Then, Shinobu realizes what she might need is a little less think and a little more punch.
Sprinting at Yuri, she weaves to the side, slipping out of the tile's path and then snaps back, bringing her fist around - pommel of the shinai in it - as she tries to just clock Yuri with a roundhouse punch. Subtle and fancy will have to take a break for now. But more than just being mindlessly offensive... she's trying to throw her opponent for a loop. Literally, if she can.
COMBATSYS: Yuri blocks Shinobu's Strong Punch.
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Yuri
Is this a fist she sees before her? This is! A fist of Shinobu! Not a good thing. Yuri tosses her hand up in front of the attack, trying to catch the roundhouse with the palm of her hand. She does, but it still hurts, her hand coming back stinging and slightly numb! Augh!
"Nice hit! That's good!" Yuri's going to take a quick moment to regather and regroup, though - cause she's not quite ready to leap just back in. So she slaps her foot down in a manner eerily reminiscent of Shinobu, trying to get that same aura of 'going to kick your butt!' that Shinobu held so early in the battle! "Read.. Ready when you are!!"
COMBATSYS: Yuri gathers her will.
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Yuri
"Ready? Haaaa...", Shinobu breathes, and then winds back with the shinai so far she totters on one foot for a moment. So it's telegraphed as hell, but when she swings down the shinai with both arms, there's an earth-shaking power behind it! Or roof-shaking, whichever goes first. "TAI!", she bellows, trying to maximize the impact with her kiai. It's clearly an overreaching, overextended, overdone attack in every sense of the word.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Yuri with Random Weapon.
- Power hit! -
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Yuri
Ready? Ready? Yuri Sakazaki is _always_ ready! In fact, she's completely, utterly ready and prepared to.. uh.. get beaned on the head. She's actually _trying_ to get hit. It's a painful thing, but she's going to maneuver into position, and then, well - take the big ol hit and turn it into an advantage. Sadly - this is not the case. She takes the hit, and goes sprawling down, for a good three to five seconds, holding her head and swaying dizzily on the roof. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Crap! Ow! Geez! Ow!"
She's going to be a second or two to getting back to her feet. And for a moment or two, she's not sure she's going to be able to make an attack at all. She rolls to her feet, steadying herself. What to do - what to do ... besides just fall over and like, die. Ugh. "Al.. alright. I'm ready.. ready for you. Hang on..!" With that, she takes two steps back, and then leaps forwards right at Shinobu, feet first! (more if)
COMBATSYS: Shinobu blocks Yuri's Hien Hou'ou Kyaku.
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Shinobu 1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0 Yuri
Shinobu teeters forward, regaining her balance as Yuri recovers... only to have very fast Yuri bearing down her like some kind of eighteen-wheeler. Very quickly, she interposes the shinai, allowing it to take the barrage of bicycle kicks in her stead. And though it's a rather well-made shinai, it can't take hyper-girl power, and shatters, throwing Shinobu back as the shock ripples through her arms. It does spare her a beating on her face and cheat, though.
Recovering, Shinobu shakes her head once again, and throws the pieces aside. The school's going to be a bit upset about that... but nothing a good set of winnings couldn't fix! That being said, she leaps at Yuri, bringing her fist back, and then swings it forward in a flying power punch. This 'not subtle' thing is really working out for her, after all!
COMBATSYS: Yuri dodges Shinobu's Strong Punch.
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Shinobu 1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0 Yuri
That's something, at least! She got to show some true Kyokugen fury there! That's good, right! She flips away atfter the attack and prepares, only able to barely brace and prepare for the swing coming in. That punch is very, very scary indeed! She's only able to get under it by the skin of her nose, starting to fall backwards as she puts herself offbalance. "Wuh-uh-uoooooh!"
As she stumbles towards the roof tiles, she drags her arm along the ground, trying to get something useful to smack Shinobu with - and coming up aces! Well, not aces - but, she's lucky that there was a kickball up here from earlier. Held in her hand, the giant red rubber ball makes the perfect 'smack Shinobu' item! Hopefully it actually does as good as Shinobu's shinai!
COMBATSYS: Shinobu dodges Yuri's Random Weapon.
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Shinobu 1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0 Yuri
Shinobu lands, and then ducks low under the rubber ball, and it goes right over her head in more ways than one. "Eh? Dodgeball?", she says in puzzlement, but doesn't wait for an answer. Springing up to meet Yuri, she calls out, "Ya!", as she throws out a clumsy punch. However, it's follows by a blurred swarm of flailing, hurried punches just like it. "Yayayayayaya!", Shinobu cries, going for quantity over quality as she tries to barrage Yuri out of nowhere.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Yuri with Rumble Punch.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Shinobu 1/----===/=======|====---\-------\0 Yuri
Ugh. Alright, this isn't going well at all. In fact, one might suggest that this is going very poorly. Yuri is pretty much flattened out by the first smack, already off balance, and the each and every other one just bounces her noggin up and off the roof, asphalt getting in her hair. A lot of asphalt. Mostly because each and every time she hits her head on the roof, more peels off. She's pretty much unconcious by now. But she's not down and out just yet. With Shinobu standing over her, she just pulls one hand out, holds it up, and whispers something.
"ko'ou ken"
And then, well - chiball. Not so fast, not so strong - but still formidible. Mostly. Kinda. It's kinda iffy, really.
COMBATSYS: Yuri successfully hits Shinobu with Ko'ou Ken.
- Power hit! -
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Shinobu 1/-======/=======|======-\-------\0 Yuri
"What did you say?", Shinobu says, furrowing her brow.
Then, she gets blown away, rolling across the floor side over side. She lies down for a moment, and then scrapes herself up. She squints an eye in pain, and then rises much more quickly. Throwing out a uppercut - too far to actually it - she holds up a fist, and then smiles brightly, despite the evident injury. "That was real good! But now... I'm gonna show you just how strong I am!" And with her words, there's an invisible burst of force, making her hair and uniform flutter for a moment. Then, she swings her arm down to her side, as if now ready to do her worst.
COMBATSYS: Shinobu gathers her will.
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Shinobu 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|======-\-------\0 Yuri
Lying down. Yeah, lying down sounds good. Yuri's gonna stay there for a minute or two - in fact, she may take a good five minutes to like, breathe. Yeah - that'll be great. She'll doze, sleep it off, and maybe, just maybe, she'll have a way to fix this fight when things get better. Yeaaaaah.
Or not. She stumbles back up, hands on her knees and trying to get her breath back - this isn't easy at all. She's trying to keep Shinobu at range now - she can't risk taking another one of those giant punches again. And Shinobu seems to be far, far too good at them! Ugh!
"Ok.. Ok! Let's do.. do this!" She slaps her hands together, and then yells! "The gloves are off!" In fact, they are, really! She tosses her gloves right at Shinobu's face! Maybe she'll be lucky enough to keep the Seijyun girl off her feet! At least, that's the hope, right?
COMBATSYS: Shinobu reflects Thrown Object from Yuri with Quick Punch.
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Shinobu 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Yuri
Narrowing her eyes, Shinobu steps up, and then, in one smooth motion, she picks up the remnant of the shinai... before then bringing it up in a baseball swing, flinging the gloves back at Yuri with what's left of the blade. "My fists don't need any protection!", she chirps, throwing the shinai aside as she completes the motion. Perhaps not the most effective use of her time, but certainly a showy one!
COMBATSYS: Yuri overcomes Reflected Thrown Object from Shinobu with Large Thrown Object.
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Shinobu 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Yuri
Gloves refused! Gloves denied?! Whatever is there to do?! Yuri's perfectly willing to take them back - but not without a fight! In fact, there will be fighting till the last, good to the last drop kinda battle! As the gloves come back at her, she brings her foot up to intercept - and she hits them with the force of her leg's fury! Her shoe? TOTALLY comes off. And it joins the speeding gloves right back towards Shinobu. A second spin and kick, and her right foot's shoe joins the mix. "Alright! Eat shoes! Don't make me have to break out the gi next!!"
Someone needs to tell Yuri this is not Strip Kyokugen...
COMBATSYS: Shinobu dodges Yuri's Large Thrown Object.
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Shinobu 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Yuri
Shinobu dives forward, rolling before coming up in a crouch. "Man, you're not gonna hurt me like that!", she declares, and then suddenly springs forward in a flying kick remiscent of countless kung-fu films. "WaTAI!", she cries, one foot extended in a showy assault! Granted, it's more show than impact, but it is remarkably fast...
COMBATSYS: Yuri dodges Shinobu's Light Kick.
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Shinobu 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Yuri
Showy assaults do not a good attack make! In fact, they make a crappy attempt to take Yuri down! Cause if anyone knows showy ineffectualism, it's Yuri! The WA-TAI! is met by a sidestep, Yuri eeling her body out of the way of the foot, slapping it with her hand. "Fast! But not fast enough, Shinobu!" Her hands move together, clapping loudly.
As they do, they literally explode into light, a giant ball of energy surrounding them - she spins once, and then literrally tries to _crush_ Shinobu's head in her grip - the brilliant blazing fists aimed in a powerful sidehand smash!
"RAIOU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Shinobu blocks Yuri's Raiou Ken.
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Shinobu 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Yuri
Shinobu raises an arm, taking the blow on her side and forearm instead of her head. She grins, and says, "Try this, then!", and then dives for the roof... before going into a handstand and a very sudden series of helicopter kicks, using her rotation to herself balance before bringing a fist up. Swinging back and forward, she tries an inverted haymaker, throwing her all into the impact. "YA!", she says, before gravity reminds her of what's what and she lands on her head. Unusual, and with a lot more power than one might expect!
COMBATSYS: Shinobu successfully hits Yuri with The 37th Chamber.
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|=======\==-----\1 Yuri
"Augh! Oof! Augh! Ow! Ack! Ow! Eek! My nose! Ow!"
This, friends - is the sound of Yuri Sakazaki losing. Not even losing by a little - this is the sound of a Kyokugen fighter getting pummled into submission by a giant batch of feet and a hand smack and ... well, yeah.
Sinking down to her knees, Yuri thinks, for just a second, that she might try to take on Shinobu once more. But not today - no, no, that's alright. She's perfectly willing to go face-first into that good night. She's already out before her head hits the roof, and well, she'll probably get back up in an hour or two. Probably. With a very, very large headache.
COMBATSYS: Yuri takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Yuri can no longer fight.
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Shinobu 0/-------/-------|
Shinobu's head aches from her own personal meeting with the roof, and she rubs it as she gets up. Squinting one eye, she looks down at Yuri. "Eh?", she mumbles in mild dissapointment, and then shrugs, picking up the shreds of shinai. She'd give a firm word to somebody more conscious, but she'll have to wait on that. For now, she grins instead, and then makes her way towards the rooftop door. After all, the TV medical crew is probably already headed up the stairs - not that it's likely Yuri really needs their help!
Log created by Yuri, and last modified on 04:22:24 03/29/2006.