Description: The littlest Sakazaki puts on an impressive show against Adel! (Winner: Adelheid)
Ah, the beach. Where better to be as the long months of winter abate and the warm breeze once more blows off the surf? While Adelheid's life hasn't exactly been big on recreation, nor is he exactly attired for surf and sun, it's a sentiment even the young Bernstein can appreciate, just now. The evening wind is mild, refreshing, the blonde closing his eyes and drawing a deep, relaxed breath as his booted feet stalk steadily down the sand, heedless of the onlookers milling about to catch the coming fight, his thoughts inward. The gusting breeze tosses the platinum locks atop his head all aflutter, making quite the tousled mess out of an already somewhat haphazard mane.
The young Bernstein's eyes drift open almost lazily as he passes into the section of sand cordoned off for the league bout, a black leather gloved hand lifting to drag his fingers through his bangs, the other brushing down the front of a skintight black t-shirt. His pants? You guessed it, black. Simple jeans, along with the military-issue boots. Looking rather pensive, Adelheid simply awaits his opponent, features withdrawn with thought. A Sakazaki. Not a fight he's had before, despite the well-known style. Should be interesting.
Well known, indeed! The Kyokugen style is to be remembered by all, and is a thing to be feared! Impressed with! Copie... wait, that's what Yuri does. Nevermind. She's been invited to this fight, another league battle to join into, another chance to prove herself. This should be... fascinating.
She's dressed in her standard outfit, the only 'update' that she's given herself is a pair of floppy loose socks hanging off her calves and draping over her hi-top Converse. She steps into the marked off area, giving a cheerful wave to Adelheid as she catches a glimpse of him, trying to place the person - and then waving more energetically as she tries to psyche herself up. "Hiya! You ready for a good old fashioned fight? I'm going to show how Kyokugen really shines!"
"That's why I'm here." Adelheid answers in affirmation, tossing a simple nod towards Yuri, lithely muscled arms folded over his chest as he considers the youngest Kyokugen. Fair enough place to start his analysis of that particular style of combat, right? "Let's see what you can do." The young Bernstein amends, gloves hands clenching to fists as he lifts them before him, guard prepared, his eyes narrowing slightly as he eyes his opponent from the quasi-casual fighting stance. It's definitely hard to place his style... doesn't look like's he's gearing up for some legendary martial arts style, nor a violent streetfight... but then, the surprise is half the fun, right?
COMBATSYS: Adelheid has started a fight here.
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"Excellent! No holding back, then! I'll show you everything I can do!"
Yuri slaps her left fist into her right palm and then drops down into the same sort of loose fighting style. She's trying to get a quick gauge of the man, and.. failing to get much of anything, really. She chews on her lower lip, and for a second or two, she ponders just stepping down. But that wouldn't be Kyokugen! Rar!
Stepping forward, Yuri reaches top speed in two steps, then leaps forwards, trying to get up and over Adelheid, bringing her leg back. If she can, she's going to smack him in the back of his head as she passes right over him! "YAH!"
COMBATSYS: Yuri has joined the fight here.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yuri
COMBATSYS: Adelheid blocks Yuri's Light Kick.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Yuri
"You'd best." Adelheid murmurs under his breath. Not so much a threat, as a bit of arrogance, his own confidence in his skill rather measurable indeed. He may not be the strongest fighter in the world, but.... things change, right? The neutral demeanor doesn't change a lot at Yuri's initial charge, and as she leaps up and in at him, he twists deftly, anticipating her path and bringing a vertical forearm up and around to deflect the Kyokugen disciple's kick wide, darting quickly to the side, and then in.
His response to her opening strike is a bit of footwork of his own, his right boot coming up and out in a straight front snap for the girl's ribcage, and should that find any kind of a mark, Adel quickly twists a full spin, swinging his bootheel high on a roundhousing course for Yuri's skull.
COMBATSYS: Yuri blocks Adelheid's Double Tomahawk.
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Adelheid 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Yuri
Landing neatly behind, or what she thinks is behind Adelheid, Yuri drats! She was supposed to catch him off guard with that attack - and now, well.. She'll just have to try har... hey, why is he right next to her? Such thoughts go through Yuri's head just before she sees that foot coming in. She throws her forearm into a block, catching the brunt of the foot on one of her padded gloves, the other high kick sliding right around and against her other upper arm, used as a deflector. Ow! Atch, no good!
"Nice! I like your style!" Yuri's grinning now, trying to get a good feel for what he can do, and trying to figure out how best to take advantage of it. In fact, she has a few good ideas, and well, she's going to make the best of them. Using the impact to hop her back a step or two, she brings up both hands to the side, then in front of her. As she does, a ball of red-gold energy forms up and hurtles towards Adelheid's chest. Keep the distance, stick and move, champ!
"KO'OU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Adelheid fails to reflect Ko'ou Ken from Yuri with Dark Barrier.
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Adelheid 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Yuri
The solid impacts are felt against Yuri's guard, and Adelheid is well aware his assault wasn't quite as effective as it might have been. The quick surge of chi catches him by surprise, however, and it's all he can do to toss a palm out in front of it as the blast washes over that opposition, slamming hard into his chest and sending him staggering backwards several steps. A gloved hand lifts to his stinging chest, and he simply nods at Yuri, "Not bad." He admits, taking a moment to reorient his stance, and prepare himself....
She's seen that move before! That move is totally related to a battle she'd seen with someone else. Not that she can remember who, at the moment - she's in the middle of a fight! It's something that she's not really going to accept other than a niggling familiarity. Eventually, it'll sink in and she'll go 'oh, yeah!' Right now, though - focus on the fight.
"Thanks! Not bad yourself. That's pretty familiar.." With that, though - she moves again. Not going to try and do anything flashy, instead she steps in with a strong one-two punch combonation of punches, one aimed at chest-height, the other going for his jaw!
By the way? The gloves are weighted!
COMBATSYS: Adelheid interrupts Jab Punch from Yuri with Reppukyaku EX.
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Adelheid 0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0 Yuri
Adelheid's style is definitely one inherited from his father... with a few of his own twists and turns. His stance shifts subtle as Yuri follows up her assault, and as the first fist flies in, he's already shifting, the blow glancing off his chest harshly as he twists /into/ it, presenting a sidelong angle to her strike and suddenly whipping his right foot around along the ground. The path of the whizzing kick cleaves a silvery torrent of energy along its course, and as Adelheid throws himself back sidelong, his ascent is coupled with a sharp snap of his right leg, sending a silver-grey lance of wildly coursing energy out in a cleaving edge along the ground, enveloping Yuri to her waist as it blasts into her, effectively stopping the attack dead... and then some, the young Bernstein landing lithely a few paces back, wordless for the moment.
Oh ow. Oh ow. That did not work at _all_. Suddenly sitting on her rear end in the sand, Yuri shakes her head as if to try and clear it. And it's taking a second or two to do so. She blinks once, twice, and then tries to get up, getting to her knees and then to her feet. "Wow. That was ... wow." She gives Adelheid a shaky grin and a slightly wobbly thumbs up, before she settles back into a fighting stance. "'kay.. I'm pretty much ready for you.. In.. uh... Just a minute."
With that, she tucks her head down, and takes a breath. Heck, she's taking two or three, actually. Time to get a quick breather in, before she gets pummeled like that again. Whoof!
COMBATSYS: Yuri focuses on her next action.
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Adelheid 0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0 Yuri
The breather is going to have to be cut short, for although Adelheid holds his position for a few moments after the impact of the ground-surging burst of chi, he doesn't wait once Yuri's slow in recovering, "Let's find out..." he postulates coolly, launching into a sudden sprint that crosses the distance between himself and Yuri quickly, the young Bernstein lashing out at her in a similar fashion to her own previous assault... though his isn't quite so restrained.
A snapping, straight left launches squarely for the middle of Yuri's face, meant to stagger her as Adel steps in and delivers a chin-rocking uppercut that snaps up courtesy of a curled right arm.
COMBATSYS: Yuri dodges Adelheid's Strong Punch.
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Adelheid 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Yuri
It's not quite Matrix-time. But it's close. Yuri moves with an almost supernatural speed - it's not, it's just the reflexes of a honed and skilled fighter. She shifts her head to the right, dodging that strong snapping left by the barest of centimeters. Then, she falls backwards, letting the uppercut just barely miss her chin.
"Not fast enough!" she says as she rolls backwards two feet, and then leaps upwards, bringing her hands up above her head, clasped together. As she starts to come down, she yells out the attack she'll use, her hands blazing with that red-gold light again, as they aim for the top of his noggin.
"RAIOU KEN!!"
COMBATSYS: Adelheid reflects Raiou Ken from Yuri with Dark Barrier.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Adelheid 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Yuri
Don't cut the bullet time just yet.... as Adelheid's right fist cuts through nothing but air, and Yuri springs right back in on him, the young Bernstein backpedals a graceful step, opening his clenched fist and continuing the upwards motion begun in his assault, with reversed momentum. His palm opposes Yuri's descent, and this time, a coalescence of greyish energy forms in the blink of an eye into a round shield between the young Sakazaki's potent energies, and Adel himself.
The barrier of chi shudders violently as red-gold meets matte currents of intense wind, the luminescent energies coursing outwards, rippling along the oppositional disc, which crackles with silvery bolts of power. Before simply /exploding/ upwards, the energy delivered in the assault reversing its polarity with dramatic results, a silver-etched explosion of red and gold that washes over the falling Yuri, likely prolonging her flight.... and making her landing a bit worse, "Not this time!!"
"AIEE!"
Yuri is unpleased by that barrier. Now she knows she's seen it before. And she's pretty sure she's been bounced around by it before. Ngh! She flies that few extra chi-powered feet, then crumples up and rolls backwards, coming to rest in a skidding slide along the sand, scraping up her face. Ugh. Not fun at all. She tries not to breathe in any of the sand, rolling over onto her front and staring up. Hey, the stars are out!
Wait, those are in her head. The real ones haven't come out just yet. She staggers up to her feet, and then eyes Adelheid with a new respect. "So.. You don't want me to try and hit you with that stuff, huh? Okay - no more chi for you, buddy... This time, it's all muscle! If only Yuri _had_ muscle to back it up, the threat would be so, so much more effective. With a deep breath, she takes a step forwards, then a second. Ducking her body down, and chambering her right hand, she lashes out with a giant uppercut, right for Adelheid's chin!
"YURI... CHOU... UPPAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Yuri successfully hits Adelheid with Yuri Chou Upper.
- Power hit! -
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Adelheid 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Yuri
Adelheid has learned that physical stature can be deceptive, his father notwithstanding... hell, he himself packs a surprising punch for such a... graceful youth. Thankfully, Yuri's not some hidden monster powerhouse, but that doesn't stop her from landing a punishing uppercut on the underside of the young Bernstein's chin... he tries to lunge aside at the last moment, but it really just helps his brief ascent, and the momentum with which he impacts the sandy ground on his back, his hair splaying against the beach as the air rushes from his lungs, "Nice hit." He congratulates, not taking a moment to nurse his wounds before he kicks back to his feet, and in one fluid motion, leaps into the air. Twisting sidelong, Adel snaps his left boot out and around, the sole squarely aligned with Yuri's face as he rejoins the fray.
COMBATSYS: Adelheid successfully hits Yuri with Light Kick.
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Adelheid 1/------=/=======|=======\====---\1 Yuri
"You're pretty good yourseOOF!"
Okay, Yuri - wait until _after_ the fight to compliment the fighter that you just pummeled and is attacking you. This is rule numbers one, two _and_ three. She catches the foot in the side of her face with a healthy *crunch* that's going to signify a hefty bruise later. She doesn't roll with the hit, instead going straight down with a crashing motion. Definitely not her day, not her day at all. Ugh.
Gotta keep him away while she tries to recover, and recuperate. She rolls over onto her front, and then tries to roll away. As she does so, her feet dig into the sand and lift, spraying a wide arc of the gritty dirt towards him, in an attempt to blind him and keep him from finding her with another of those amazingly rough kicks! Augh!
COMBATSYS: Adelheid overcomes Thrown Object from Yuri with Large Thrown Object.
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Adelheid 1/------=/=======|=======\====---\1 Yuri
Dirt-kicking!?!? Such underhanded tactics might catch some fighters off guard, but let's remember that Adelheid was trained by 'R'. Not exactly honour's right hand, the heir apparent's own sense of sportsmanship notwithstanding. That goes right out the window when sand comes flying in at his face, however, and with a quick motion, the youth crouches, curling an arm up and over his eyes to shield them as he twists, boots digging a quick trench in the sand. His right hand drops to his boot with the motion, and as he comes around, a jet black straight edge, one piece of metal from hilt to tip, is loosed past the spray and in at where the littlest Sakazaki is trying to recover. Turnabout's fair play, right? Ah, random weapons.
COMBATSYS: Yuri overcomes Large Thrown Object from Adelheid with Haoh Sho Ko Ken.
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Adelheid 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Yuri
Tumble, Yuri! Tumble like no other!
Yuri regains her footing after doing the kick, and starts to turn. And in the dark, she can see that glint of metal as it breaks through her quick little cloud. Oh, that's not good. not good at all! She's running through her options in a split second - the first one, digging a hole and hiding in it, is discarded immedeately. Not gonna work with that. Dodging is right out too - crouched as she is, she can't splay out far enough to get under it. The third option? Well...
Yuri's going to take that one. And that one, simply put, is to blow completely through it, and take the knife out before it can hit her. She swings her arms up in front of her, and a large gathering of energy follows in a trail. Red and bright, it blazes out in a ball half the size of her crouched body. It blows right through the knife, melting it down as it goes, and heads straight for that man who brought a knife to a kung-fu fight!
"HAOH SHO KO KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Adelheid reflects Haoh Sho Ko Ken from Yuri with Dark Steel.
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Adelheid 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Yuri
Kung-fu fight this, and kung-fu fight that. Battlefield circumstances are a changing thing, Adel simply seeks to adapt to all possible ones. No crime in that... unless one of the officials decides to make a fuss. Which wouldn't bother the youth too terribly... he's here for the experience, and that he's getting anyway. He can't suppress a chuckle at the tingling on the back of his neck.... that is a lot of chi, one big ol' ball of chi, that Yuri summons up. Of course it plows right through the lesser weapon, plowing its course over the sand, and in at Adelheid.
For his part, the young Bernstein braces both feet wide in the sand, facing the incoming blast head-on, fearless it seems. Both arms thrust out before him, his palms held close together as the sand before him erupts outwards in a sudden blast wave, a swirling tumult of twisting silver energies crackling together in the blink of an eye, enough power focused to craft a shield easily as tall and twice as wide as Adel himself... the massive wall of windy chi crackles with midnight bolts, further power fueling its defensive power, and as the fiery Haoh Sho Ko Ken crashes into it, it's the offered fireball that seems to lose its shape in an instant, like a car hitting a reinforced wall. Reverberations of glimmering energy echo outwards along the circular barrier, the area before Adelheid now a tumult of bolting dark energy around the impressive wall, which all but consumes the massive sphere of energy as it erupts outwards, cleaving through the air back the way it came.
COMBATSYS: Yuri reflects Reflected Haoh Sho Ko Ken from Adelheid with Saiha.
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Adelheid 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Yuri
Back through the air! He sent her own attack back at her? OH NO HE DI'NT! *snip-snap, head twist!* Yuri had gotten to her feet by the time she got to see the titanic melding and meeting of energies - and then the blowback of her impressive attack sent right back at her. Again, dodging is pretty much out of the question - the ball is as big as she is, from the reflection. It's fast - almost too fast.
But Yuri's good at copying styles, and adapting to a fight. In this case, she's going to pull a playbook move from Adelheid himself, and do the move he'd do. "SAIHA!" As she says it, she pushes her hands _into_ tine reflected attack, a wave of chi swelling up and out around her, a vibrant shield that lasts for just one second - one brief moment of serenity and clarity as the energy engulfs her... And then the shield goes concave, and blasts the haoh sho ko ken right back at Adelheid! Let him deal with it! If this were Ping-Pong, the japanese player just did a big ol swing right at the corner of the table! What's gonna happen now!
COMBATSYS: Adelheid blocks Yuri's Reflected Haoh Sho Ko Ken.
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Adelheid 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Yuri
Adelheid's eyes turn to slits as Yuri intercepts the return volley and fires it right back.... still, the blast lost a lot of it's oomph during the ricocheting exchange, and so the young Bernstein's response is to angle his body, clenching one arm up in front of the dissipating bloom of flame, and meeting it with a sturdy guard and braced shoulder, the chi washing past him but doing little to really phase the blonde, "Impressive." he murmurs once more, simply settling back to a more casual stance, drawing a deep breath, and considering Yuri a moment, "You have adaptability and talent, but do you have the strength left to win?" Rather than taunting, it almost sounds like he's curious. Almost.
COMBATSYS: Adelheid gains composure.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Yuri
Sadly - the answer to that is _probably_ 'no'. However, Yuri isn't going to give him the satisfaction of saying it. She's breathing hard now, and going for breath. However, she's not ready to give up just yet. In fact, she's trying to find a way to win even as he considers her. She reaches up, rubbing at her cheek with the back of her hand, looking at the glove as it comes away red. Yeah, this has been one of her most strenuous fights. But still - there are worse things, many worse things indeed.
"I'm not sure... But I'm ready to find out!!" she says. She takes a breath, another step - and then lurches forwards, trying to catch Adelheid offguard by slipping a leg behind his, and just using her body weight to essentially push him over and well.. fall on him. It's not graceful, it's slow and klutzy - but.. it's what she's got left!
COMBATSYS: Yuri successfully hits Adelheid with Strong Throw.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Yuri
Let's hear it for slow and klutzy! Either the fight's taken more out of Adelheid than he'd care to admit, or the change-up catches him offguard. Not exactly the sort of technique Yuri's been pulling out the rest of this fight! Toppling backwards over his own backstep attempt (and Yuri's foot), Adelheid falls to the ground, letting out a fervent whoomph as Yuri crashes atop him. He doesn't linger, however... he still has strength to burn, and it seems that's just what he intends to do, as he forcefully rolls away from the impact and into a crouch, lunging in and seeking to grab Yuri before the young Sakazaki can even fully right herself.
Should his grab succeed, Adel simply hauls Yuri to her feet, and then off them, as he launches forward at alarming, suddenly breakneck speeds. His feet leave the ground, and for a moment, he and Yuri are indeed flying across the beach. Of course, that might be nicer if one of Bernstein's hands didn't clench about her neck midflight, and if the culmination of the velocity wasn't to /slam/ her full force down into the ground, with the obvious intent of sending her skipping like a stone off into the surf.
COMBATSYS: Yuri dodges Adelheid's God Press.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Yuri
Ah-HA! See, that would _totally_ have landed if Yuri had stopped moving after flopping over on Adelheid. Instead, it misses, the 'R'-trained man catching her belt instead, pulling it off her gi. Luckily, she's not like Ryu, and is actually _wearing_ something under hers - so she doesn't have to worry about any really emberassing things happening. Other than like, you know, getting horribly beaten up. Augh!
"Whoa! Gimme that back!" she says, staying well out of 'giving that back' range, using the roll as a way to keep her a few feet from Adel, and to let her take a few deep breaths, to try to regain some of her composure, the stuff that this fight's drained her of. So rough!
COMBATSYS: Yuri gains composure.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Yuri
Slippery little... Adelheid pushes to his feet holding only a belt, which, rather than being handed back, is immediately discarded to the side, as the 'R' Lieutenant presses the attack, pushing the range Yuri tries to keep by virtue of quick strides.
Quick strides, and of course, a sharply hooking left aligned with the Kyokugen disciple's skull, "Go down and get it!" He encourages, voice carrying the force of his strike as he steps in on Yuri.
COMBATSYS: Yuri dodges Adelheid's Quick Punch.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Yuri
"FINE!"
Yuri takes a flying leap. Well, a ducking leap, sliding under that fist and curling up into a ball - this is a familiar position for her, on the ground, throwing up dirt as she skids along the sand and grabs her belt. Whisking it up, she whips it around and gets ready to put it back on, and funny ... It's like, way heavy.
This would, in this case, be because of the giant rock in it's jumbled mess. And for some reason, it just so happens that the sharp-edged stone is bounced out as she whips the belt back around her waist, and flies right at Adel! Fortuitous? Or BAD! Who knows, thus far!
COMBATSYS: Adelheid dodges Yuri's Large Thrown Object.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 Yuri
A deft sidestep carries Adelheid around the flying rock, its haphazard path more risky than outright dangerous, and as Yuri rights her wardrobe, well... she may find herself with more to deal with. That more being, of course, her opponent! Who charges right in once more, her gi getting no relief as his left hand shoots in in a grapple, seeking to lift her off the ground by that hold just long enough to sharply twist, and plant his right fist into her ribcage with enough force to send the Kyokugen fighter flying back into the sand, "We're not finished yet!" By her own insistance, after all. He's just being gentlemanly and going along with it. Or something like that.
COMBATSYS: Adelheid successfully hits Yuri with Scorpion Blow.
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Adelheid 0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0 Yuri
Oh, yeah, that smarts.
Yuri goes flying back (again) after the punch rocks her backwards. Oh ow. Yeah, ow. Definitely ow. She lies down for a minute, doing a quick runthrough of everything that hurts (that's a lot, by the way) - she's amazed she can still fight. She's pretty happy with this, by the way - this fight has lasted longer than most. Even if she doesn't win, she's pretty pleased with how it ended up. But still.. it's not done yet!
Kicking herself up to a unsteady standing position, she rushes right at Adel again, taking a chance that he's not quite ready to stuff her again when she tries a move. She ducks her shoulder in, and what looks like a bum rush turns into another one of those giant haymakers. Big, bold and in your face!
"YURI... CHOU.. UPPAA!!"
COMBATSYS: Yuri successfully hits Adelheid with Yuri Chou Upper.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Yuri
The sheer tenacity on this one! It's impressive, and also growing to be painful. Adel may be used to taking far heavier hits, but Yuri doesn't lack punch... and he's been punched quite a few times now. Before he can recover his bearings, Adel is uppercutted up, up, and away, crashing to the sand once more, himself, as he rolls back to a crouch, panting for breath a moment held up on one hand. Then the young Bernstein pushes back to his feet in a sprint, sand blasting behind him as he lunges through the air at Yuri, one hand shooting straight in for her face.
Not a fist, this time, but a palm, seeking to clasp an ironclad grip around the Kyokugen disciple's skull and shove her rather forcefully with his momentum... though that's not the threat, so much as the explosion of shearing chi that comes bursting from his palm, point blank into Yuri's face, should she find herself in his grip. A gale of fierce winds, all focused on enveloping and blasting Sakazaki backwards. Which they both seem to do a lot of.
COMBATSYS: Yuri stops Scorpion Deathlock from Adelheid with Saiha.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Yuri
Ack!
Grabbed, and lifted up, Yuri kicks and squirms - she's not gonna get out of this one easily. She's expecting a punch, a kick, something - but the blazing aura surrounding Adel's hands makes her happy indeed! She tosses her own hands up to grab his wrist, and focuses. She's not trying to slip away - she merely makes a layer of her chi surround his fingers as well, fending off and rechanneling the energy out and away from the both of them in a amazing display of fireworks! *foom*
The net result? Yuri, unharmed, sliding free from the pressure, bouncing off the ground again, and rolling into a standing posture, grinning like a Weeble at Adel. "So... What's next?" she asks, grinning impishly! Dad'll be proud of her tonight!
What's next indeed! "You're full of surprises." Adelheid observes, not exactly sounding pleased or displeased about it. Though he does seem a fair bit more winded than he was a few moments before. Not winded enough to keep him out of the fray, however, and he chooses to answer her question in action. Leaping in and making a quick dart for Yuri's flank, Adel's purpose is quite simple, and not particularly impressive from a technical complexity standpoint... as, or before she can fully orient herself to his angle of attack, the young Bernstein seeks to grab her gi one more time... this time, to simply jerk with a hard twist of his upper body, hurling Yuri face-first towards the sand off to his side.a
COMBATSYS: Adelheid successfully hits Yuri with Quick Throw.
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Adelheid 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Yuri
Hey! Hands off the tushiii-aiieee!!!
Yuri's not going anywhere now! She looks really super surprised as she meets the ground _again_ and this time, she swears she hears something go *crunch*. Hopefully, it's not her nose, and hopefully she can get back up. She rolls over to her front, to look up at Adel, standing there.. the winner, and she grins. It was a great fight. A superb fight. And she's gonna show him just what she has left for him.
"Good.. good job.. But it's not over..!!" she says, almost fainting at the last part - but as she sees that blackness closing in on her vision she tries to wipe it clean with light, vibrant gold energy that rushes for Adel one more time. One last chance to take him with her, and maybe get a bit more satisfaction of a fight well done.
in the end, it doesn't really matter. She's already out cold.
COMBATSYS: Yuri can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Adelheid reflects Haoh Sho Ko Ken from Yuri with Dark Barrier EX.
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Adelheid 0/-------/-------|
Ah, the last-ditch surge of raw power... Adelheid knows it well, and in this case, he's thoroughly prepared for it. Battered, winded, yes... but there's still a strong measure of fight left in the young Bernstein, and as the fiery blast of huegeness and pain hurtles in, his answer is a familiar one. The silver-grey disc of oppositional chi is forged in the blink of an eye, much less impressive than the one which met the previous Haoh Sho Ko Ken, but formidable nonetheless. The potent shield crackles madly as the larger fireball crashes in, but in the end, its fate is sealed...
With a sweep of his hand, Adelheid angles the barrier and sends the massive chi blast soaring skyward, its energy detonating outwards in a chi-infused firework against the darkening sky, leaving Adelheid to relax his stance as Yuri falls, finally free to breathe, "Well fought." He offers simply, turning back the way he came.... that was a good workout, indeed.
COMBATSYS: Adelheid has ended the fight here.
Log created by Yuri, and last modified on 08:44:20 04/22/2006.