Description: Epic battle at the Dream Amusement park! Both sides have cyborgs... both sides have little girls. WHOSE CUISINE SHALL REIGN SUPREME?!? (Draw Match)
Ah, the amusement park. What better place to spend a day on the weekend? Granted, one normally wouldn't expect to spend that day /fighting/, but Hinako showed up early enough to get in plenty of whimsical fun before it's time to throw some people around. Rides, games, cotton candy...
Hinako walks up to the area set aside for the fight with a large stick of cotton candy in one hand, and an absolutely massive teddy bear in the other, braced against her shoulder for balance. Behind her, the man in charge of the "Test Your Strength" game stares in slack-jawed astonishment at the little blonde girl who managed to swing the mallet hard enough to break the bell at the top. Setting down the bear, which is larger than she is, Hinako begins doing a few brief stretches as she waits for the fight to begin.
Saturday Night Fight... though Aislinn is not officially NESTS' public face, she might as well be--not that anyone would know, since NESTS is, by nature, a -secret- organization. Still, for whatever reason, she has been ordered to make these regular appearances. Not that she minds... controlled combative chaos is something she has truly come to enjoy. She's arrived exactly on time, stepping out of the crowds as though she had been in them invisibly. Like... a ninja. Except she isn't really a ninja, she's just quiet. She steps up across from Hinako, her gaze level and calm.
Ah, the amusement park. Nagase so hated the amusement park. It was all so very frivolous. And noisy. And it had those frightening clowns, on occasion. But it wasn't a clown that was drawing the gaze of the ninja downward. It was the rather odd sight of Hinako. Draw that gaze down from where, you ask? Why, the ferris wheel, of course! Betraying the Ninja Code by riding in one of the buckets like a sensible person, the yellow lenses of her glasses flare red as she stares in Hinako's general direction. Although the wheel was nearing the top, and she was quite a fair distance away.
Smiling a secret little smile, Nagase waits patiently for the bucket to near the ground once more, and rather unsensibly leaps out from it, alighting upon the ground once more. Smirking to herself, Nagase begins to dash towards the fighting area, ducking and weaving and leaping through the crowd, and generally causing quite a bit of stir. Quite unninjalike. Maybe she should compare notes with Aislinn sometime. Ahem, moving right along...
One of the very last leaps that clear her from the crowd is a leap that bounces off the rooftop of one of those midway games, flips her once, twice, thrice through the air... before she lands perfectly upon her feet, not too far from Hinako. Casting a devilish grin in the schoolgirl sumo's direction, she taps two of her gloved fingers to her forehead in a brief, flippant salute. "Heya. Think you're ready for this?" she asks, her red eyes going over her glasses to peer in Aislinn's direction. Hmm.
The amusement park isn't a place that has been exposed much to Seijyun's own Miu Kurosaki. Having arrived at the amusement park in her usual-- the modified student uniform-- the grim young girl seems to be fresh from recovering after her recent bout with the infamous Iori Yagami, and the traffic that was stopped short by their ... well, shall we say 'spirited' bout.
Miu stands out in the crowds, even as she draws closer and closer to the site of the coming battle, hope welling up inside. If all goes well, she can maybe make some money out of this to send home...!
Arriving just as the mallet crashes and the weight flies up to irrepirably damage the bell, the crow-girl's jaw drops slack and her eyes widen. Without realising just how close to the others she is, her voice rings out loud enough to be heard, but perhaps drown out by the voices of the other patrons: "I hope that's not what I'm fighting against..."
Poor, silly girl.
Looking over at Nagase, Hinako nods to her partner for this fight. She does take a few moments to look over the ninja's somewhat eccentric attire. Perhaps her nimbleness will work well with Hinako's more grounded fighting style. "Ready and eager! Let's put on a good show for everybody and have a good time!" She smiles brightly to Nagase, then turns to her opponents with the same friendly expression.
Slamming her taped fists together, she bows in Miu and Aislinn's direction. "Let's have a good fight!" Now it's just a matter of waiting for the fight to officially begin. There are SNF staff running around all over the place, but Hinako's not sure just when they're going to get things rolling.
COMBATSYS: Hinako has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Aislinn has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
COMBATSYS: Miu has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
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There's a quick glance to Aislinn as she again checks the small scrap of paper from her notebook. Okay, then-- this was her partner? And Mallet Girl bowing at them is... ... ... Oh dear.
Miu breathes in deep, letting off a heavy sigh. Shaking out her arms, it seems like she's not as apt as the sumo wrestler to stretch properly, to open up and get limber. Tucking the piece of paper into a hidden pocket in the folds of her skirt, Miu pulls a 100 yen coin from her pocket and *twing*s it into the air with her thumb. It lands in her open palm, and slapped onto the back of her hand, carefully peering at the exposed surface-- and her soul sinks deep into the mires.
Tucking the coin back into her pocket, the Seijyun student steps up to Hinako and assumes a rather loose and cock-eyed fighting stance, arms uncomfortably lifted like she were about to engage in a boxing match. "I-- I'll be your ... I-- er... Oh, forget it."
Arms dropping to her sides, the tiny Kurosaki whips around in a circle, her right arm swinging out-- and a black feather crafted of energy sails away from the arc of movement, aiming to take a bite out of Hinako with a small burst. Festivities: Commence!
If not for the display of strength, (and her secret information upon Hinako), Nagase would likely be favoring Hinako with a raised eyebrow at this very moment. Instead, she returns Hinako's exhuberance with a half-smirk, inclining her head once towards her. Hinako was just acting too darn adorable. Nevermind the display of strength and all that, it was quickly becoming very hard to take her teammate seriously. Twisting away from the sumo schoolgirl, she sets her legs slightly apart in a ready stance, gloved fingers curling into fists. "Just don't make me do everything here, alright?"
And then the signal to fight is given, and almost immeadiately, Nagase flows into a stance, facing her opponents. A bit of a twitch runs through her as she notices the... featherthing leave Miu, but she quickly determines that the projectile wasn't intended for her. Which leaves... with a quickly sobering expression on her features, the lenses of her glasses flood with red as she turns her side towards Aislinn, one arm held low and before her, the other held away from her, elbow crooked to point her fist at the sky.
And for the moment, at least, Nagase just silently watches her opponent, taking in every movement and detail about her.
COMBATSYS: Nagase has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Nagase 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Miu
COMBATSYS: Nagase focuses on her next action.
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Nagase 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Miu
COMBATSYS: Hinako Toughs Out Miu's Amagakeri!!
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Nagase 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Miu
"Don't worry about me!" Hinako /could/ take offense at Nagase's comment, but she's too nice for that. And a moment later she has other things on her mind. The fight has begun, and it's time for her to show everbody what a sumo can do! "Here we go!"
While Miu is twisting around, Hinako is already running off toward her opponent. The feather gets flung at her and- wait, a feather? What can a feather do to her? Apparently not too much, as Hinako just charges right through it. The feather does manage to clip her, but she only slows down for a brief moment. And then she's on top of Miu.
Reaching out for her opponent, Hinako attempts to wrap an arm around her waist. Should she succeed, she yanks the depressed girl off her feet, drags her along, then slams her painfully into the side of a convenient brick wall. "Hyah!"
Hmph. Miu is spared only a single glance before the fight starts; Aislinn has yet to form an opinion of the feather girl, though her lack of confidence in even addressing Hinako can't be any good. Aislinn being a Gedo student, herself, means she might treat Miu with a touch of disdain, though she well recalls the beating delivered unto her by Zaki... who is also Seijyun. So perhaps Miu bears watching.
If so, that isn't during this fight; seeing that Miu has chosen Hinako as a partner in this dance, Aislinn turns to face Nagase. Her expression is as cold as they come; red tinted glasses meet purple-tinted irises as Aislinn engages in something of a staring contest with Nagase. Quite different from the other two in this fight, isn't it?
COMBATSYS: Aislinn focuses on her next action.
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Nagase 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Miu
COMBATSYS: Miu dodges Hinako's Yorigiri.
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Nagase 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Miu
Her feather-- no effect?! It reminds Miu mostly of her most recent tangle, how that bastard Yagami had cast aside the majority of her attacks with the simplest of ease. But with little time to think of the past and a whole lot of the present to think about, the student refocuses her attention on the problems directly in front of her-- like say, Hinako. And that big arm hooking out toward her. "Whoa-!!"
Miu's small body leans backwards, rather than a massive step away from the sumo girl. With the arm swinging just out of reach, her heels shift and her leg pushes off to move her to the side-- just out of her reach and into what would ordinarily be a blind spot. Miu's leg lifts in a sharp gesture, the same energy seeming to flare up with every movement she makes-- in this instance, a swift, innocent toe kick at the small of Hinako's back. It trails loose feathers that seem to emerge from her foot and leg itself, a mixture of black and white fluttering in her wake, disappearing before they can touch the ground.
The red tint in the glasses fades away to a yellow, and Nagase's expression cracks, a secret little smile turning up her unpainted lips. "Nice hair." she says, with a tone of amusement underscoring her words. And in the very next instant, she moves, exploding into action... backwards? Yes, a backwards flip, in fact, one that takes her a good few feet up into the air. If one were unwary, they might miss the flicker of her arm at the apex of the jump, or the glint of light off of a piece of very fast moving hunk of metal. A kunai, in fact, aimed perfectly and flying fast towards Aislinn.
Where did Nagase pull it from? Ninja secret. And what was up with the little plastic panda bear head on the very tip of the hilt of the weapon? Er... that's a ninja secret too.
COMBATSYS: Miu successfully hits Hinako with Light Kick.
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Nagase 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Miu
Hinako blinks in surprise as Miu slips out of reach of her grasp. She's got too much momentum going to just suddenly come to a stop, which makes it difficult to respond. She attempts to spin around to respond to whatever Miu has planned, but she's a bit too slow. The kick hits her in the side, spinning her further around.
The plus side is that it leaves her facing Miu once more. "Nice one!" Hinako lunges in Miu's direction once more, but this time she doesn't attempt to grab the girl right away. Hinako lashes out with a palm strike for Miu's chest, attempting to stagger her. She follows up by reaching for the dark haired girl's shoulder so that she can push her down and slam her to the ground on her back.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn endures Nagase's Shooting Star.
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Nagase 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Miu
COMBATSYS: Miu dodges Hinako's Combo Throw.
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Nagase 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Miu
Flying kunai... perhaps Nagase is the -real- ninja here. The comment about her hairstyle is ignored--whether it's an honest comment or simply a way to try and throw her off-guard, it won't work. That kunai, however, does; it lodges quite firmly in her shoulder. However, Aislinn had already begun moving forward, and the impact isn't so great as to knock her off her plan... to close with Nagase and leap for the girl.
Whether Nagase has landed, or is still mid-jump, the Silent Assassin has but one goal--to plant a foot in Nagase's face.
Her foot connects-- perhaps not as perfect and solidly as she'd like, but she won't be issuing any complaints about it anytime soon. She hit, see! Hinako's speed is something she had yet to take into proper account, the sumo wrestling girl suddenly on and about her attack one more time with a swift hand angled out to slam into her chest. And when you're on the wrong end of a palm strike and as short as she is, a palm may as well be a battering ram.
Dodging to the side, her eyes widen as she again has to shuffle her feet, twirling around in a swift circle away from the grabbing hand, moving on the balls of her feet. Miu moves quickly, stepping once to sweep up her arm and hurl another black feather at Hinako-- then deftly turning the opposite direction, not just to get more space, but to throw a second feather at her!
COMBATSYS: Aislinn successfully hits Nagase with Light Kick.
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Nagase 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Miu
Simple goals. Nagase could respect that. The very simple goal of her opponent planting her foot in Nagase's face was another goal she could respect. But the pain? Well, harder to respect. Mind already concocting some fancy ninja gimmick, that thought was interrupted by the aforementioned pain, the foot connecting solidly with her face and drawing a squeak from Nagase as she tumbles earthward. Thankfully, she had the presence of mind to flip backwards as she does so, and land on her feet. Also thankfully, her glasses managed to survive the impact.
Grumbling softly to herself, Nagase skitters back and away from where she thinks Aislinn may land. Remaining crouched, she watches slowly, ignoring the throbbing of the red bootmark on her features...
And when Aislinn does land, and steady herself, she may find that Nagase was no longer where she was. There is a brief, subtle crackling nose, and Nagase lunging forwards, and suddenly, she appears right before Aislinn! There is a brief hesitation on Nagase's part, and then she throws herself backwards in what amounts to a backflip, except that it is, in actuality, a jumping sort of kick designed to put both the toes of her snazzy little boots into the underside of Aislinn's chin in an extremely forceful manner, launching her erstwhile opponent into the air. And that would just be part one.
Should part one succeed, part two would follow, Nagase again "flickering" up after her sailing opponent, to grab her midair, flip them both upside down, and be certain that Aislinn lands first. Right atop her purple little head.
COMBATSYS: Hinako negates Kakure Amagakeri from Miu with Large Thrown Object.
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Nagase 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Miu
And once more, Miu manages to elude Hinako's grasp. But she can only keep that up for so long, right? Hinako just has to keep trying until she manages to get her hands on her opponent. But until she /does/ manage that, she needs to avoid getting picked apart by the feathers thrown by her schoolmate. Feathers like the two that are thrown at her right now.
Since she's not on the move, getting out of the way of these feathers is going to be tricky. And since she's not already on the run, smashing right through them would be a bit tricky. What to do, what to do... With her eyes darting around, Hinako's gaze rests on the massive teddy bear she won earlier. Hmm.
Grabbing the bear, Hinako hurls it in Miu's direction. The feathers impact with the bear, which explodes in a shower of felt and stuffing, spraying across the area. Rest in piece, giant teddy bear. You were a true hero.
COMBATSYS: Nagase successfully hits Aislinn with Hyperdrive Nagase Spiral.
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Nagase 0/-------/--=====|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Miu
That was... unpleasant. Well... that's one way of putting it. Another way is to say that Aislinn is quickly and neatly piledriven onto her head, a sharp crack sounding... fortunately it's the asphalt and not Aislinn's skull. This is revealed only after Aislinn falls over... then rolls to her feet, getting up. If she's woozy (and she is) it hardly shows; her pupils enlarging slightly as she tries to regain her focus...
Then she cracks her head back around, snapping vertebrae back into place, quite audibly, more snaps and pops sounding like a joint being taken out. That done, she settles into a deeper stance, energy flickering almost invisibly around her, drawn into her muscles and her cybernetic systems....
COMBATSYS: Aislinn gathers her will.
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Nagase 0/-------/--=====|=======\==-----\1 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Miu
She's deft, she's quick-- she's still got the hairstyle from the '80s. Miu's distance is, perhaps, the greatest asset that she has right now. A physical fighter versus her own ranged tendancies doesn't play out nearly as well as she would like-- moreso when a giant stuffed bear comes into the fray. Her feathers connect with the gigantic plush, stuffing and cotton blasting every which way. Miu looks horrified-- for in her own mind, she can see herself giving the bear to her brother. His smile, the glow to him-- one of the few moments where she would feel truly happy.
It is through the death of the great hero Sir Vincent von Hugglestuff that Miu is left completely taken aback, head lowering and shoulders sagging deeply in depression. "You ... didn't have to destroy the toy!" she says, tone flat and neutral-- before she charges ahead, hooking her arm high and sweeping it down to assault Hinako with a fierce chop of her hand, more feathers trailing away from the sweeping appendage.
Recovering from her previous move by falling unto her back, and kipuping up without a moment's hesitation, Nagase resumes her initial stance, and tenses, preparing preemptively for immediate repraisal. Which doesn't come, and that's alllll fine in Nagase's book. Taking a few shuffling steps away from Aislinn, Nagase takes a moment to quip, "Cute." Flashing a confident smile in the direction of Aislinn, Nagase straightens up, glances this way and that... and then dashes off to the side.
Darting between Miu and Hinako's battle, (and getting a bit of stray fluff upon her multicolored hair), Nagase pauses beside... well, she hops up unto the nearby merry-go-round. You see, there was all that energy flying around Aislinn, and if there was something that intution had whispered in the ninja's ear, "Don't get close to things screwing with lots and lots of energy,", well... Nagase took that as sound advice. Bringing up her foot, she expertly delivers a kick to one of the little ponies.
So great was the force of her blow that the horse barely budged. Puffing her cheeks out in indignation, she releases a shout and kicks again, tearing the horse away from it's little post, and sending it sailing over Miu and Hinako's battle towards Aislinn. Luckily, she picked a horse that didn't have a kid on it.
COMBATSYS: Hinako fails to interrupt Medium Punch from Miu with Kake Nage.
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Nagase 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Miu
"I... I didn't want to!" Hinako doesn't look very happy at the fate of the teddy bear, herself. She will mourn his loss later, however. Right now, there is still a fight to be conducted. At least Miu is getting in close enough for her to show off some of her own moves. Or at least, that's the idea.
As Miu comes charging in toward her, Hinako reaches out for the other girl. But once more, Miu is a bit too spry for Hinako to grab her. The chop only causes Hinako to stumble slightly, but it does keep here from managing to get a firm hold on opponent. "You're pretty fast, but I'm going to get you!" It doesn't sound like a threat, though. Her voice is quite upbeat, and she's still smiling. She /does/ want to get her hands on Miu, though.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn blocks Nagase's Large Thrown Object.
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Nagase 0/-------/---====|=======\===----\1 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Miu
Nagase shows an admirable lack of concern for the environment; Aislinn gets the feeling that, should she and Nagase ever have the chance to sit and talk, they might find themselves with more in common than might be initially thought possible. Certainly Aislinn would do much the same thing in Nagase's position, if she saw her opponent doing the same thing.
However, Aislinn shows a great deal of internal strength; she looks up, sees the object arcing through the sky at her, looks... judges... then grabs the flying object and redirects it into the ground, where it bounces twice before landing for good.
Once again, Aislinn chooses, despite her opponent's wishes to stay at a distance, to charge forward, breaking into a dash to close in on Nagase before firing a series of left jabs at Nagase--setup for the right cross, a modified one-two.
And this time, each of her punches are wreathed in a red-white aura, each leaving a brief streak of energy behind.
Bam!! Or chop, as the case may be. Miu's arm swipes down swift and hard, landing an ever-so crushing blow to Hinako-- and even upon contact, Miu's touch transmits that same eerie force that consitutes her feathers, even at the point of impact. But once again, Hinako attempts to grab her-- and the tiny Seijyun student is forced to flee, opting to lunge backwards with a forceful thrust of her legs against the ground. Fingers fanning out, it looks as though she's about to attack again--
And then ninjas sprint by and parts of the amusement park go flying overhead. Miu looks genuinely disturbed at the flying horse-on-a-spit before turning her attentions back to Hinako. Trying to compose herself as much as possible, the girl folds her arms and squints at the sumo wrestler, attempting to harness her energies in a quiet, subtle manner. "Ah ... ahem. Where were we?"
COMBATSYS: Miu focuses on her next action.
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Hinako 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Miu
COMBATSYS: Nagase fails to interrupt Medium Punch from Aislinn with Nagase Spiral.
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Nagase 0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Miu
You see, Nagase got it into her mind that now was the time for a bit of flash. Wellll... bad idea. Casting a smirk towards Aislinn as she advances, Nagase wets her lips with her tongue, and then... charges her, kinda. A moment, she was still on the carousel, the next, in front of Aislinn. Unfortunately, the timing was a bit terrible, as at that very moment, one of Aislinn's jabs were starting up, setting Nagase up ~juuuust~ right for the last cross, which sends Nagase right back towards the merry-go-round, the girl's slight body threading through the horses to slam into the center building of the thing that sends a jolly ripple through the top canopy of it.
Still! She lands on her feet. Somehow. She slumps to one knee soon afterwards, her face displaying woozy astonishment rather perfectly as she goes round and round.
Hinako waits a moment until the air is no longer full of flying horses and ninja, then turns back to Miu. "Right... I think we were about to get to the point where I manage to catch you!" See, for Hinako this is all about fun. If she knew about why Miu really wants to win this fight... Well, she wouldn't throw the fight, but she would certainly give her winnings to Miu if she /were/ to come out on top of this.
And winning is what Hinako plans to do. She just needs to, you know, /hit/ Miu in order to do that. Lunging at Miu once more, Hinako reaches out in an attempt to quickly grab the girl by the wrist, then yank forward to send her sprawling. Not the most damaging attack, but getting a firm grip on Miu has proved rather tricky.
Winning, in Aislinn's mind, should be -every- fighter's goal. Screw 'enlightenment', screw 'learning'. Yes, you can learn from your mistakes. But it's better to learn from your successes--they hurt less. Case in point--succeeding in hitting Nagase hurt far less than failing to hit her. Aislinn watches for a moment as Nagase spins on the merry go round. Almost calmly, she walks back the fallen horsie, the one that Nagase threw... and she picks it up, twists, and bodily hurls the thing at the merry go round. Perhaps to entice Nagase off it, for a proper fight.
COMBATSYS: Hinako successfully hits Miu with Fast Throw.
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Hinako 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Miu
If she had a sense of humor in the middle of the fight ... well, she'd probably still not laugh. Miu's feet shift a bit beyond shoulder width apart as Hinako announces the point in the match they've reached, the Seijyun student not just yet willing to roll over and accept such treatments. Miu bends again as the other student charges ahead, her arm reaching out-- but just not far enough, this time.
%Bent back and leaning to one side, it puts the young Kurosaki off-balance for the coming 'throw', sprawling forward with her feet shuffling and nearly attempting to step to catch her balance with the toe of her shoe-- and down she goes, rolling quickly along the ground and managing to recover with a scissor of her legs, landing in a crouch with her hand against the ground to keep her steady. "Hmm... I see. Perhaps we should see about that again."
Staying low, her legs curl under herself as she takes a mock sort of sprinter's stance, charging ahead at Hinako. Her arm lashes out-- and if she can get a grip at the sumo wrestler's shoulder, Miu uses it as a pivot to literally flip over Hinako's shoulder and swing about to her back, knee at her shoulder and foot at the small of her back. If successful, her fist rears up with a white feather sneaking out of her sleeve almost like the blade of a katar punch-dagger and she angles a single punch for the back of her head, the force enough to send -Miu- flying into the air.
COMBATSYS: Nagase dodges Aislinn's Large Thrown Object.
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Hinako 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Miu
Nagase was kinda a sitting duck, just kinda moping there like she was. Woozily getting to her feet, she was becoming rather aware of a large, brightly-painted horse flying towards her. And at the very last second, (for dramatic effect, of course), she ducks and rolls beneath it, letting it crash into the merry-go-round proper. "Ha! Weak!" she cries out, rising up to a stand and giving her head a quick shake, eyeing her opponent critically, a hand ducking behind herself to rest upon the hilt of one of her ninja-to's. A quick glance is spared Hinako and Miu's fight, and Nagase visibly winces, and releases a sigh. Nothing distractions, though. Turning her gaze back towards Aislinn, Nagase leans forward as if preparing to run... and suddenly she is in front of Aislinn with another one of her electricy flickery noises. In front of Aislinn with upraised knee, hoping to drive it into the gut of the NESTS creation. Whether or not that doubles her over, assuming that hits at all, Nagase will bounce back a step, and then perform a high flip forward, landing upon shoulders or back to hopefully drive Aislinn earthward.
COMBATSYS: Hinako endures Miu's Psi-Launcher.
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Hinako 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Miu
"Okay, let's go!" Hinako prepares herself as Miu comes charging at her, prepared to respond to the grip on her shoulder. Is Miu trying to throw her down? Not the best strategy to take against Hinako... But no, Miu goes launching into the air over Hinako's head. That wasn't quite expected. Miu does manage to cling to Hinako's back, but the sumo isn't just going to take this peacefully.
She manages to spin around, upsetting Miu's grip enough that the incoming blow hits Hinako in the face. A thin line of blood wells up on Hinako's face where the feather slashed over her, but she doesn't let it slow her down. Not until she's attempted to grab the flying Miu by the legs and smash her into the ground does Hinako allow herself to react. "Owowowow!"
COMBATSYS: Aislinn counters Nagase Stomp from Nagase with Banishing Hammer.
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Nagase 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Miu
The knee is stopped dead by Aislinn's hands; cupped together, they catch the knee and force Nagase's leg back down. Then, quick as a flash, her hands snap up, grasping Nagase by the head--a firm grip, but not particularly painful for all that. But the pain--the pain is about to come.
The pain is brought in the form of a headbutt, smashing the hardest, boniest part of Aislinn's skull against Nagase's face--chin, nose, forehead... doesn't matter. She smashes face to face once... twice... three times, in rapid succession, each blow echoing with power.
That done, Aislinn releases Nagase with a push, sending the ninja girl to stumble backwards--but not too far, as Aislinn finishes the last of her counterattack, twisting forward and bringing up her own sharp right knee into Nagase's stomach, then finishing her twist and ending with a thrust-kick right into the same area.
In what might be considered a display of showmanship she holds that pose for a moment, right leg held upwards, ala Bruce Lee.
She does not, however, "WATAAAH!"(tm).
COMBATSYS: Hinako successfully hits Miu with Kake Nage.
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Nagase 1/----===/=======|===----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Miu
Normally, they don't turn around for that part-- the firm strike to the back fo the head, the feather that strikes them almost like a knife to the noggin. Miu's surprise is noted in the widening of her eyes, using a firm push to send her skyward-- although her ascent is cut much shorter than it normally would. Instead of being sent far beyond her normal jumping height, instead of sailing away into the air like a bird, firm grips settle upon her legs.
Slamming into the ground, Miu gasps as the wind is knocked out of her body, voice a harsh and rasped "hhhhAAAA--" while her head tries so hard to keep itself on a good swivel. It takes a second, but her feet kick rapidly, pushing and shoving away from Hinako's hands to roll backward, onto her shoulder and drop into a kneel with her hands held below her backside to keep her skirt held down. Thumbs wiggling a bit more out of her turtleneck's oversized sleeves as she settles in that crouch, she begins to consider how to act next-- she chews through all of her attacks so easily, and just keeps coming...!
No. No giving up! Hands sweeping up to slap her cheeks-- and giving no reaction to show for it-- Miu hurries back up to her feet and runs at Hinako, hooking her arm around for a sharp blow to the ribs, white feathers trailing from her knuckles like some sort of cesti.
Well dang, ouch, darn, and son of a biscuit eater. The words running through Nagase's mind at the moment weren't quite so G-rated, but we'll leave those placeholders in there anyways. Thinking herself unusually clever thus far, she's found that her version of being unusually clever is not quite getting her anywhere. Not that she had time to think about that, right away, no, that came after the aforementioned words. Knee to gut drives all of the air out of Nagase's lungs, leaving her gasping and stumbling backwards, the kick itself sending her sailing away from Aislinn. In spite of all this, though, she manages to dig her knee into the ground, and end kneeling, if not upon her feet proper.
A hand rises to clutch at her poor gut, and she heaves a shuddering sigh, biting her lower lip as she draws herself back into a stand, knees wavering and wiggling with the strain of keeping her upright. Running her tongue over her parched-feeling lips, the habit of which is probably why she avoids lipstick, she narrows her eyes and concentrates, doing the ninja thing of manipulating energy... but this time, the energy she was manipulating was all towards herself.
COMBATSYS: Nagase gains composure.
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Nagase 1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Miu
COMBATSYS: Hinako interrupts Medium Punch from Miu with Combo Throw.
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Nagase 1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Miu
Hinako nods to herself as Miu impacts with the ground. That's how it's supposed to go! Once a sumo manages to get her hands on you, you're in for a world of hurt! Well, unless you're one of those people way out of Hinako's league who can chew her up and spit her out. But Miu is more on her level.
When Miu comes charging back at her, Hinako sets her feet firmly on the ground, legs tensed and prepared for impact. Miu's elbow slams into Hinako's ribs... And the blonde girl doesn't even budge. She's too busy slamming the heel of her palm into Miu's shoulder, then reaching out to hook a hand under the darker girl's arm and hurl her down to the ground. "Hyah!"
Henh. If Nagase thinks that Aislinn is just going to let her stand there and =rest=... she's got another thing coming. And that thing is in the form of Aislinn, charging forward once again... remarkably similarly to Hinako, actually. Ais actually drops into the infamous 'Ninja Run' pattern, leaning forward, fists trailing behind her... and just before she reaches Nagase's position, energy flares and resolves into a pair of lightning blades that extend from her fists, blades that she raises to slash across Nagase in an X--first inwards, her arms crossed, then back out. So... two Xes, really. Two. Aislinn comes to a stop before she barrels into Nagase, however, neatly managing her momentum.
It seems that the stuff Miu is made of is rather soft, squishy, and not really made for physical impacts. It's reflected in her eyes as her strike connects solidly-- a blow that she could be proud of. It's made more noticable when Hinako literally shrugs off the assault, pushing beyond it with a forceful strike to her shoulder, strong enough to throw her off-balance and open her up to the coming throw.
Slamming into the ground a little harder than she would like, Miu again gasps and rolls, though her recovery isn't quite as immediate. Rising to one knee, she decides to carefully evaluate how to approach her opponent again-- or in this case, how to approach her with enough force to cause her a great deal of pain. Stepping in close, Miu resumes making swift, quick attacks-- such as now, her foot sweeping up for a sharp toe kick to the side of Hinako's knee. While not particularly devistating, the purpose is less to deal her huge damage and more to pick and work away at the stamina of her limbs, whittle her down-- it might take awhile and quite a lot of feathers, but she plans on getting it done, damn it!
COMBATSYS: Nagase dodges Aislinn's Burst Rondo.
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Hinako 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Miu
Well, yes, Nagase does think that Aislinn is going to let her stand there and rest. It's just she'll be stopping the standing and resting perhaps a little bit sooner than Aislinn would like. Bringing a hand up to fiddle with the glasses on her face, the battered and bloody Nagase actually grins at Aislinn, and at the very last moment, before the first slice of that energy blade touches flesh... she flips up and over Aislinn's shoulder, trying to tap her on the back of the head with a hand. "Far too slow~!" she taunts in a sing-song voice, but when she lands, hopefully with her front pointed at Aislinn's back, that's when the real "fun" will begin.
Without so much as a pause, she throws her arms around Aislinn's middle, and tries to heft the girl up into the air with a surprisingly strong toss. That would just be the first step. The second would come right after, with Nagase "flickering" up behind Aislinn as she reaches the apex, and delivering a kick to the small of her back to urge her just a ~little~ higher, and flickering up to chase her just once more, a few sparks leaving Nagase's armguards. The maximum amount of height she has been able to nurse out of something like this, in fact. Another flicker, and Nagase tries to grab Aislinn again
in the air, and repeat history by sending her on a head-first, spiralling trip earthward.
Except they are a fair bit further up this time.
COMBATSYS: Hinako endures Miu's Light Kick.
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Nagase 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Miu
Many people have found that attacking Hinako in the legs is not the wisest course of action. It's not that there's any particular /danger/ in doing so... But for a girl of her size to be able to lift the kind of weights she does, Hinako has had to develop some pretty incredible strength in all of her limbs. She does wince slightly when Miu's feather-enhanced kick slams into the side of her knee, but it's going to take more than that to whittle her down.
And while Miu is concentrating on the lower half of her body, Hinako is free to use her arms to launch a counter attack. Reaching out with both arms, Hinako attempts to wrap the limbs around Miu, clasping her hands behind Miu's back and pinning the other girl's arms. And then, just squeezing. If she feels anything actually start to /crack/, though, she'll let go. Hinako isn't a /mean/ person, after all.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn Toughs Out Nagase's Maximum Spiral!
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Nagase 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Miu
Funny thing, here... Aislinn doesn't even move. Too slow? Let's see what she can do about that. Aislinn is tossed into the air... and kicked... and then brought straight down, spiralling as if being Spinning Piledrivered (or is it Screw Piledrivered now?) by Zangief. And the impact, when she is landed... is amazing. It is -epic-.
It is also kinetic energy that is absorbed into Aislinn's system by her cybernetics--absorbed, and transferred, and put to immediate use. When she's being tough, she's being -tough-... her systems allowing her to do some incredible things. So it is she slips Nagase's grip just after impact... and is suddenly up and in Nagase's face. Aislinn is spinning like a top, her arms outstretched... tilted slightly forward, it's like a super-high-speed version of Zangief's Spinning Lariat, and in fact, a little tornado effect happens right at Aislinn's feet. Her arms are held rigid, intent on pummeling -the hell- out of Nagase's head and shoulders.
COMBATSYS: Miu blocks Hinako's Medium Throw.
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Nagase 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Miu
Kick!! Although it has all of the impact that she desired, Miu's attentions are pulled right back to focus as Hinako suddenly locks the small girl in a bearhug of absolutely epic proportions. "Ugh-!!" It's the first thing she says while she continues to squirm and writhe against Hinako's firm hold, finally twisting sharply around in the student's grasp and dropping into a crouch, just fast enough to flee the mighty sumo grip and step back quickly. That was a little too close for comfort...
Squinting, Miu's again taking pause to glare, gaze, and otherwise send dirty looks at Hinako. "That was quite dangerous. You probably could've broken something." Setting into a broad stance, arms held down at her sides, she sucks in a deep breath and prepares...
"This can't be all you have, either. Are you sure you're not holding back?"
COMBATSYS: Miu focuses on her next action.
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Nagase 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Miu
COMBATSYS: Nagase blocks Aislinn's Whirlwind Lariat.
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Nagase 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Miu
Oho! Finally one of her little tricks worked! ...kinda. Feeling filled to the very brim with glee as she bashes Aislinn's head into the ground, well, being counterattacked right after that wasn't quite expected. With what amounts to a squeak passing her lips, she reflexively snaps her head back as the lariat starts, Aislinn's fist clocking the side of her face hard. Really hard. But instead of doing something silly like standing there and getting hit by each and every one, she fights her reflexes, and rolls with the punch, hitting the ground on her shoulders and rolling up to a kneel.
Well, ouch. Biting her lip to ward against the pain, she flicks her left arm in a certain way, a kunai falling from the sleeve down into her waiting palm. Rising to a stand, she whips the aforementioned kunai in Aislinn's direction, the little ribbons tied in the ears of the plastic panda head that adorns the hilt flapping merrily in the wind.
It could only last for so long. Miu has proven herself to be quite adept at avoiding damage, and Hinako really didn't want to squeeze her /too/ tightly, allowing for an opportunity to escape. Hinako does actually look offended for a moment at Miu's words. "Hey, I know what I'm doing! But yes, fighting is dangerous." She reaches up for a moment to rub the cut on her cheek, making a point.
Watching Miu carefully, Hinako takes a moment to settle into her basic stance, crouched forward with her hands out in front of her. "I haven't been holding back... I'm just waiting for the right moment. If you /really/ want to see all I've got, just stand still for a little bit." The blonde grins cheerfully, but she still doesn't move to attack Miu just yet. Apparently they've got themselves a little stalemate...
COMBATSYS: Hinako focuses on her next action.
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Nagase 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Miu
COMBATSYS: Aislinn blocks Nagase's Thrown Object.
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Nagase 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Miu
Aislinn is... displeased... with the non-success of her retaliation. Displeased to say the least. Coming to a halt from her spin, she immediately wards off the kunai, taking a slice across the palm as she deflects the blade away. It seems the frenetic pace of the fight is slowing somewehat, as all combatants find themselves somewhat tired... Aislinn included. She just doesn't show it as much... the kunai gets stuck in the ground behind and to the side of Aislinn as she beckons Nagase forward. The message is clear... come to the Silent Assassin. See if you can finish her.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn gains composure.
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Nagase 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/------=/=======|=======\==-----\1 Miu
"I'm afraid I don't have the luxury of standing around."
Arms surging out to her sides, Miu charges ahead toward Hinako with her eyes narrowed and open palms turned back, away and dragging along in her wake. It seems as though the charge is actually a feint, however, as it becomes apparent Miu has more tricks up her sleeve-- perhaps, in fact, more feathers.
Darting left and right, she begins to spin frantically, taking a step after each complete rotation. And after each rotation, each broad swoop of her arm, Miu has more for Hinako than just a simple display of the dodging manuvers she's already seen-- in this instance, it relates to the feathers that blaze away from her hands at high speed. Not just one or two, three, four, five, six-- and finally a seventh, thrown with a greater speed, greater accuracy, and perhaps a greater surge of the energy that bursts forth from her small form. With the final feather comes a declaration: "Taaaaaake THIS!!"
Nagase seems to tense up as the kunai is reflected, arms splayed to the sides, and the ninja crouching a little, as if expecting immeadiate retaliation. When the hand signal comes out, however, Nagase tilts her head to the side, expression expressing curiousity. With a smirk, she relaxes, bringing up a gloved hand to give two little limp-wristed, dismissive waves in Aislinn's direction, the other hand coming up to her mouth to stifle an exaggerated yawn.
COMBATSYS: Nagase gains composure.
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Nagase 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Miu
COMBATSYS: Hinako fails to interrupt Chou Hissatsu Amagakeri from Miu with Gasshou Hineri.
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Nagase 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Miu
When Miu begins running toward her, Hinako starts up a charge of her own. And just because Miu ceases to run at full speed doesn't mean that Hinako is going to stop. She keeps running even as the feathers begin to fire out, running right through the first one, though she stumbles slightly. As she starts to get within range of Miu the sumo girl leaps up, arm outstretched...
...Only to fly right into the brunt of Miu's attack. Hinako gets bowled over in a rain of feathers, sent tumbling over the ground by the force of the blast. Eventually she comes to a stop on her back, staring up at the sky. She... Just needs a moment here, as she climbs back to her feet.
Limp-wristed, huh? Kinda like the rest of Southtown Syndicate? No surprise there. Aislinn smirks and accepts the reversal... waiting around forever has never been her style, even if she has the tools to do it most effectively, and so it is that she charges forward once more; her stance flows and changes as she runs, transitioning smoothly from a 'standard' karate-style stance to the high-guard-specific stance of a Muay Thai fighter; and like a Muay Thai fighter she sends her right leg out like a missile, snapping it out to seek both Miu's thigh, then a second time to find her side. It's less flashy than what's going on around her, but the time for flash is past... now it's just time to finish this.
Miu comes to a halt with her excess of twirling and fast stepping coming to a sudden end, ponytail whipping around and skirt ruffling about with the sudden and violent end of movement. Did it work? Did Hinako go down? Clearly, though closer than the young Kurosaki would've preferred. Seemingly winded-- perhaps it was how Hinako had thrown her about so many times, the headfirst slams into the ground-- it's left her a little dazed, bringing her to step back and catch her breath. Though it seems like the crow-girl's fighting style is rough, unpolished, and a little on the violent side-- what with having punched Hinako in the head earlier-- it seems as though she's more than willing to allow Hinako to rise to her feet and catch her breath, waiting with her fingers twitching and bits of energy ticking and arcing between her fingertips.
COMBATSYS: Miu gains composure.
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Hinako 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Miu
COMBATSYS: Nagase dodges Aislinn's Light Kick.
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Nagase 0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0 Aislinn
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Hinako 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Miu
The yawn turns into a confident smirk as Aislinn accepts the challenge, matching the one on the other's face. As Aislinn charges, Nagase tenses, leaping in a sideways flip over the first kick, before, in the middle of the flip, she kinda straightens up and flickers right behind Aislinn. Hey, if it kinda worked before... why not try it again? comes the thought to the mind of the young ninja, and in a moment, she reaches out her hands to latch around Aislinn's hips, hoping to heft her up into the air, and try the whole spin-around-headfirst-into-the-ground shebang.
Well... Those feathers may be painful, but it's still better than facing off against people armed with knives or the like. These are hardly the worst wounds she's received. And is she going to complain about having to deal with opponents who can fling blasts of energy from their fingertips, while she's restricted to having to actually touch her opponents? No! Because that just makes the victory that much more satisfying when it comes.
Having pulled herself back to her feet, Hinako brushes some dirt off of her dress, then takes a deep breath. Miu is given a brief nod of thanks for allowing Hinako to get back to her feet, and then the littlest sumo is off! She charges across the plaza toward Miu, intent on slamming into the other girl's chest with a shoulder charge. And if she can connect, well...
COMBATSYS: Aislinn blocks Nagase's Nagase Spiral.
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Miu
Hnn. The damn ninja is still too fast... and Aislinn hasn't been working on her speed as she should have been. So she's grabbed, and hurled, and she has to work on sticking her landing... which she does, rolling across her shoulders to lessen the impact. Still hurt though, as much as Aislinn disguises the pain... she's reaching her limits, and that's never good. Still and all, she will persist; with Nagase still close by, there's less running to have to do, and so she closes the distance once more... her form changing again, to the arms up and elbows-in style of a boxer, Aislinn snapping her left fist around in an arcing hook, and retracting halfway before driving her left upwards in a short uppercut.
Once again, red-white energy flickers around her hands, drawing short arcs that describe the path of her fist.
COMBATSYS: Miu fails to interrupt Oo-ichiban from Hinako with Kirameki.
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COMBATSYS: Miu can no longer fight.
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And once Hinako's shoulder slams into Miu, the sumo explodes into a flurry of palm strikes. Her arms start to blur as she lands blow after blow across Miu's torso and head, driving the dark haired girl backwards step by painful step. Finally the blinding series of blows ends, with a double handed slam to Miu's stomach. While she's trying to recover from that, Hinako once more wraps her arms around Miu, yanking her up off the ground and sending her sailing into the air.
Miu's jaw tightens and her eyes narrow-- this was it--!! With another surge of energy from the back of her hand, a white feather emerges from her sleeve, much like the one that struck Hinako in the face. Rearing up her arm and preparing, the small Kurosaki breathes in deep and rears herself up, preparing for a broad slash. "Haaaaaaaaa--!!"
CRASH.
Staggered by the force of the charge, Miu is left completely defenseless against the merciless flurry of blows from Hinako, head jerking to and fro and torso buckling on numerous strikes. Completely doubled over from the stiff double-palm shot to the stomach, the young Kurosaki is suddenly hugged to her foe's chest-- and then sent flying skyward. Jaw slack and body limp, she crashes to the ground in a pile, arms and legs about as steady as dead weight. Though she seems to be stunned -- or worse, unconscious -- there's one thing that continually screams in the back of her head:
'OW OW OW OW OW OW OW~!!'
COMBATSYS: Nagase fails to interrupt Medium Punch from Aislinn with Nagase Stomp.
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Aislinn
COMBATSYS: Nagase can no longer fight.
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Hinako 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Aislinn
It was a great idea. It was a beautiful idea.
But she was just too tired to pull it off. Chalk it up to inexperience, chalk it up to whatever you want. But when Aislinn comes in with that last maneuver, her legs just didn't quite move like she wanted them to. Hands flailing in the air, grasping for whatever purchase they can find on nothing, the uppercut catches her beneath her chin, and she goes up a little, before falling flat on her eccentrically dressed back, just gazing listlessly up towards the pretty pretty blue sky. And then, blissful sleep~
When Miu goes crashing down and doesn't get back up, Hinako knows she has to move fast. Managing to keep up with Miu has taken a lot out of her, but one of her opponents is still standing... And now her teammate has been taken out of the fight. She's going to want to check up on both of them later... But for now she wants to act before Aislinn gets a chance to adjust to the new parameters of the fight.
And so Hinako charges over toward the girl from NESTS, intending to crash into her from the side and send her sprawling out on the ground. A fairly uncomplex attack, but sometimes the simplest things are the best.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn interrupts Medium Throw from Hinako with Shining Edge.
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Surprise! Suddenly Hinako and Aislinn are the only two left standing. Aislinn's punches delivered, she turns and faces Hinako... one can almost -hear- 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' playing for the soundtrack, as Aislinn lifts her arms again. Once more unto the breach, and all that jazz, as she assumes her more standard stance, moving with a relative ease despite her pain.
And just in time, too; Hinako's charging in, well before Aislinn is ready. Or so the sumo girl hopes. Aislinn grunts, as she's plowed into, thrown backwards... but at the same time she had been planning... and at the moment of impact, Aislinn is concentrating her energies... a twin-edged blade of electricity slices up out of the ground, spearing right through Hinako, perhaps doing enough damage to take the girl out of the fight completely... either way, Aislinn stumbles to a stop, panting briefly.
Pretty much the only thing Hinako has left going for her is momentum. And even as synapses start misfiring thanks to the unexpected shock to her system, that momentum doesn't go away. Aislinn may just be a quickly fading blur, but she's still there. Not much left for Hinako to do, though... Except hurl herself in Aislinn's direction, attempting to use her body to drag the cyborg down and smack her head into the ground.
COMBATSYS: Hinako can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Hinako successfully hits Aislinn with Kote Nage.
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*CRASH* That is the sound of Aislinn being knocked for a loop... well, actually, being dragged down. Hinako's surprisingly heavy, like she's got a little black hole (IN HER HEART, monster of sumo) and the damage is more than enough to knock Aislinn out of the fight and out of consciousness, at least for a few moments. Fortunately, NAGASE, there are SNF officials on hand to keep anyone from pulling any HIJINKS WITH KUNAI... and the match is officially declared a draw, with people cheering on all the participants, EVEN THE ONES WHO LIKE TO USE KNIVES. Ahem. The girls are separated out to be brought to individual treatment tents, where they're allowed to awaken and are checked for concussions and the like before they're let go, yada yada it is late.
Log created by Aislinn, and last modified on 18:45:50 02/23/2007.