Description: The head of Taiyo's mascot is missing. Roberto has to fight a member of Pacific to get it back. Boman happens to be the only fighter around at the time.
Roberto would rather not be here. But after receiving a mysterious note in his locker earlier this week and the disappearance of the mascot's head for Taiyo's team he had no choice. Especially since Taiyo has an indoor soccer game coming up.
Roberto has history with Pacific. He was the one who ended up winning a bet against the star Basketball player from Pacific High, Sean Matsuda, resulting in said basketball player washing Taiyo soccer team laundry in Taiyo colors.
Roberto fought in the halls of Pacific in a rematch with nothing at stake except for Neo League points and eventually lost that match against the same basketball player allowing for him to regain his honor.
When Roberto makes an appearance there are people already whispering about it and so he begins inquiring as to where he can find a strong fighter from Pacific no matter what team or extracurricular activity. There's a bit of a desperate look on his face as he moves frantically from one student to another. Perhaps someone might hear something about this and take the star striker up on his challenge.
Boman - likes it here. Boman has just gotten back from a visit home to California, and is quite cheerful. He isn't aware of Roberto's reputation. He's aware of Roberto's /existence/, but only in the sense of 'that guy who plays soccer at Taiyo, isn't he? He can fight.'
But the problem is that Boman /does/ have a reputation as a strong fighter. He's /Boman/, he's freaking huge, and he helped fight Hyo back when Hyo went all crazy evil nuts. And he /is/ in a club.
Singing.
It is from this club that he exits, quite coincidentally bumping into Roberto. "Oh! I'm sorry! Are you all right? I didn't see you there."
Entirely plausible (and true). Boman's /huge/.
The soccer star, even if he's a bit above average height can be overlooked sometimes. The Genius Goalkeeper/Stellar Striker for his part is too distracted by his frantic rushing to see the big guy until it's too late and *boom* he bumps into the giant. "My fault... I wasn't paying atten..."
There's a sense of familiarity but he can't quite place it. However at the same time his old injury that threatened to end his soccer career courtesy of Hyo back when he all crazy evil nuts begins to flare up. Perhaps on a subconscious level Roberto recognizes Boman, but on the conscious level... he's got nothing.
He rubs his arm a bit before, he speaks up, "Excuse me. Could you tell me where I can find a strong fighter?" The desperate look is on his face as if time is ticking on what he needs to do.
"No, no, I should have looked before I stepped out the door. I'm very sorry." The giant high schooler thinks. "A strong fighter?" He looks at the other Pacific students nearby, and then down at Roberto. "You're...that soccer star from Taiyo, aren't you? I remember from the last soccer match I saw..." Pause.
He shrugs. "I suppose I'm a pretty strong fighter. My name's Boman, by the way. Nice to meet you."
He holds out an immense hand to shake.
"Roberto Miura... likewise." Roberto extends the hand and shakes it before looking at the man standing before him. "I can't explain why I must do this, yet, but I have to challenge you. I wish we could've met under better circumstances."
The soccer star pulls his backpack off his back and opens it before pulling a soccer ball out of his backpack and places it on the ground before taking up his stance which oddly looks like a goalie waiting for a penalty shot to be taken on him. The look on his face showing he takes no pleasure in what he's about to do.
COMBATSYS: Roberto has started a fight here.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|
Boman looks confused. "Challenge me? You mean - to a fight? Right here?" He looks around, and then speaks in a more authoritative voice. "Everyone, could you just clear out or stand back? We don't want any of you to be hurt by stray punches." With that, he turns back to Roberto. "Well...if you think you have to, I'm sure you have a good reason." He puts his own backpack off to the side, and goes into his own fighting stance - slightly hunched over, his fists balled up, and ready to punch things. His own facial expression is - not happy, either. He's not sure /why/ this is happening...but if it's a friendly fight, and no one's hurt badly, it's all right, right?
COMBATSYS: Boman has joined the fight here.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Boman
"Thanks Boman." The fact that he made sure to clear the area was a load off his mind. Roberto's body relaxes as he shifts his body from left to right as he quietly pumping himself up. When he's done, he clinches and unclinches his fists. After enough tension is built up, he opens with a kick of the soccer ball towards Boman.
COMBATSYS: Boman blocks Roberto's Long Shot.
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Roberto 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Boman
"No problem, wouldn't want anyone to get hurt."
Boman holds his massive arms up, The soccer ball bounces off them, doing...rather little. A minor bruise on one arm, and Boman is shoved back from the force of it. The huge teen moves back into a fighting stance - and despite the distance that the ball's strike caused, he doesn't seem worried. He takes a few strides forward - and then holds one arm out, lunging forward to try and slam into Roberto with it.
COMBATSYS: Roberto interrupts Great Lariat from Boman with Shining Save.
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Roberto 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Boman
The soccer ball does very little indeed on the physical level, however on a tactical level he used the kick as something to bait Boman into a trap and on that level, that soccer ball kick did a lot. Roberto sets his body bends his knees and then suddenly the trap is sprung. As the big man charges towards him Roberto leaps grabbing Boman by the head as if it was soccer ball. Usually he would be able to take an opponent up into the air but with Boman's mass the most he can get is a sharp jerk before pushing his head back with aburst of chi from his hands.
Boman goes reeling back. That /hurt/. He grunts, a mild chi-caused burn on his cheek. He steps back enough to get out of Roberto's grip - for a few seconds, in any case. Taking deep breaths and watching Roberto carefully, he continues to calm himself, focusing on the task at hand.
COMBATSYS: Boman focuses on his next action.
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Roberto 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Boman
When Roberto gets back up to his feet from his goalie like dive at the giant. While he took some lumps from it he still has to acknowledge the fact that while it was partially skill it was also partially luck that allowed him to come out of it as well as he did. Even still he finds that he needs to continue to press the attack.
In order to do that Roberto runs to the soccer ball that Boman deflected and begins to dribble towards him before spinning on top of the ball and performs a snap kick before stepping down from the ball.
COMBATSYS: Boman endures Roberto's Light Kick.
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Roberto 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Boman
Akira has arrived.
Boman, in his focus, makes no real effort to avoid Roberto's kick. Instead, he allows it to strike him, leaving a large bruise on his chest, under his shirt and jacket. He continues to focus - and then suddenly slams forward at Roberto. Perhaps being so acrobatic will help him - but really, it might not. The speed with which Boman suddenly slams forward, his arms encased in firey chi, is...all in all, rather surprising.
COMBATSYS: Boman successfully hits Roberto with Great Rush.
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Roberto 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Boman
Roberto as he was stepping off the soccer ball was not quite prepared for the speed of Boman's attack and is slammed backwards flying into a wall.
Roberto slowly gets up to his feet and moves towards him. It starts with a few steps that quicken before he breaks into a Slide Tackle right into Boman's legs. He has no illusions that it will take the big man down to the ground but it might give him something he can feel.
COMBATSYS: Boman blocks Roberto's Sliding Kick.
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Roberto 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Boman
Boman watches Roberto - and once again bunches himself up, tensing his muscles. These form a tough shield - the kick /strikes/, but largely rebounds off, leaving only small bruises. He looks down at Roberto - and raises a foot, stomping it down at him. Sliding towards Boman's legs puts you dangerous close to his feet - which while not as nasty as his hands, still pack a punch.
COMBATSYS: Roberto dodges Boman's Medium Kick.
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Roberto 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Boman
While under normal circumstances Roberto's Slide Tackle would put him in a vulnerable position and he'd normally be fairly slow to recover. For some reason he manages to spur himself to get out of the way of the low height of the kick and rolls to his feet before performing a two fisted punch towards the big man's stomach.
COMBATSYS: Roberto successfully hits Boman with Strong Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Roberto 1/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Boman
The punch is a mighty one. While Boman moves to position himself for better handling of it - it doesn't work. He doubles over, groaning. "That was /strong/..." He breathes out heavily - and draws his fists back. They glow with firey chi. He slams forward the first in a powerful hook punch. This leaves a glowing line across the air. But that's not all. Boman then continues with a massive uppercut - also leaving a glowing line, this one crossing the hook's line. The glowing cross sits in the air for a moment, before fading.
It is, of course, not the point. The point is the punches, which are flying for Roberto.
COMBATSYS: Boman successfully hits Roberto with Great Cross.
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Roberto 1/---====/=======|====---\-------\0 Boman
As the punches come at him, the goalie digs in and holds his ground against the hook as if he had an objective in mind and then when the uppercut comes it's all thrown out the window as he gets lifted into the air before landing on the ground with a loud thud. He gets to his feet a little shaky however he's still somewhat close to the soccer ball he wields as a weapon
He breaks into a rush towards the ball giving it a bit of push before turning around and slamming a foot into it. Upon impact the soccer ball begins to glow as fills with chi. When it gets near Boman's current location the soccer ball will create an big explosion. However Roberto has taken steps to make sure that property and innocent bystanders won't be caught up in it. High enough to protect the ground and exploding it before it hits any of the students.
COMBATSYS: Roberto successfully hits Boman with Blazing Strikers.
- Power hit! -
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Roberto 0/-------/------=|=======\=------\1 Boman
Boman attempts to block against the powerful exploding soccer ball. He really does. Except, well, it's a powerful exploding soccer ball. He really has /no chance/. It flies for him - and he flies back, rising unsteadily to his feet. He has only one thing he can do at the moment, and that is - perform one last, mighty action. So...he does. Chi gathers around his arms again, and he raises them together. He uses the last of his strength to charge forward - and bring his fists down, both at once, right at Roberto. Then he collapses to his hands and knees, breathing heavily.
COMBATSYS: Boman can no longer fight.
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Roberto 0/-------/------=|
COMBATSYS: Boman successfully hits Roberto with Great Slash.
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Roberto 0/-------/-======|
"Oh crap!" Is the first words the goalie utters before Boman's chi engulfed arms descend upon him. The first that goes into his head is that he doesn't want to be there when those hands come down. However he hesitates, so stunned by the attack that he gets complete crushed by the meat fists with a side of chi. He collapses under the impact and he glances at his fellow, fallen opponent. Out of breath he forces the words out, "I guess now... would be a good time for an explanation."
COMBATSYS: Roberto takes no action.
COMBATSYS: Roberto can no longer fight.
Boman, breathing heavily and still on his hands and knees, nods. "It'd...be nice, yes." He manages to get into a sitting position, and shakes his head. "I mean...it was a friendly fight, so it's not like it was...really violence, yeah?"
"I think someone was interested and continuing to stir up a rivalry between our schools." Roberto crawls over to his back pack and pulls a note from it to hand to Boman:
'Dear Taiyo,
We have the head of your mascot. If you want it back you're going to have to challenge and take down a student from Pacific.'
"My team has an indoor soccer match tomorrow. So like I said, I needed to get back." He sighs,"I know I was being manipulated but I need to see it through to find out who is responsible for this. I couldn't tell you before we began because they might've suspected you'd throw match knowing exactly why I challenged you." After a few moments he sighs. "I don't even know if this will be enough to get the head back."
Boman reads the note, frowning. What possible point could there be there? He frowns. "Huh..." He shakes his head. "Wow. I can't imagine who'd do this. I'm really sorry about this." He shrugs. "I might have thrown the match if I'd known. If you need help tracking them down, I'd love to help you. Starting trouble for the sake of trouble is...wrong." Boman prays, internally, that this won't end up as some other massive plot. That just would not be good. "I hope it's enough for you to get the head back, Roberto."
Roberto manages to bring himself to sit upright, "I will need to talk to Sean Matsuda about this. Our rivalry has always been friendly however there might be others in either of our schools who fancy themselves practical jokers. Anyway, I have a lot of work to do. Take easy Boman."
Log created by Roberto, and last modified on 13:18:50 03/21/2007.