Description: The Battle of the Sexes rages on in Brugge, Belgium! (Winners: Shermie and Akira)
Welcome to Belgium. Or to be more specific, welcome to Brugge as the citizens call it, one of the most important landmarks in Europe. Hardly changed from the Middle Ages, the city center and the town itself are considered historical sites by UNESCO, and hey, some people even find it to be somewhat of a romantic city!
But for people who make a living by their fists, is there time for romance? "Wow, this city hasn't changed since the Middle Ages!" Ka-click! "Oh man, Kensou, I hope we have time to go and see the Belfry of Bruges!" Ka-click! "Oh, it's right there! Cool! I hear it's got, like, over 45 bells inside of it, and they even have a full-time bell ringer who does free concerts!" Ka-click!
The beauty of traveling around the world is being able to be an Asian Tourist, and right now Shingo Yabuki is doing it in style. Gathered in the historic city center, with cobblestone unchanged for centuries underfoot and a rather large bell tower serving as a backdrop to one side and one of the town's main canals on the other, the youth stands on a bridge over the latter, awaiting the commencement of what is sure to be a fiery Battle of the Sexes. Lowering his camera for a moment, the youth peers at the eager fans that have gathered nearby; they know what's due to happen, and so do the camera crews that are running through their final checks. The time approaches dusk, the skies beginning to darken. "Guess it's just about showtime, huh?"
There is always time for romance! Especially in a city such as this, the 'cultural capital of Europe'. Always time to see people walking by, or to explore the reign of the lace fashionista that used to be in place. Shermie's had a long day of walking about - but if she's tired, well - she certainly doesn't show it. Her boots hit the cobblestones with a steady stride, a click-clack as she walks with her companion, one Akira Kazama. In her hands is a small paper cup, filled with something bitter, dark and hot. Just the way she likes her me... er, nevermind.
"Admittedly, it has its charms. Still, I don't think that this place has anything on the current Parisan fashions, Akira. I'm certain that it was amazingly wanted and needed, but lace is so last century. Give me expensive fabrics, not beautiful pieces with hundreds of holes punched in them - after all, wearing lace to a fight just seems like you're asking it to get ripped right off.." She grins a bit, her head turning towards the city center and the inevitable fight coming up, staring it down with her bangs. "So, these boys we're fighting... Do you know either of them?"
Akira is nibbling on some belgium chocolates. Belgium chocolates are like the best chocolates ever, so she is savoring the belgium chocolates. Mm. Belgium chocolates. Drool. But she is trying to keep her expression moderately pleased rather than, as Shermie would put it, orgasmic. She succeeds for the most part. It's very good chocolate, though.
"Ah... yeah." She responds to Shermie. She isn't a fashionable person. She is the kind of person who mostly looks good on accident rather than by concerted effort. "I couldn't see myself wearing much of that either." She looks thoughtful though, "I like heavy clothing." She looks towards the boys and squints at them for a few moments. "I think they are, from the website I looked at."
Of course, Kensou just can't muster the same enthusiasm as Shingo for the cultural history that surrounds them, with the camera and the hey. Of course, the Psycho Soldier is more interested in the food; if there's anything he makes certain to do when he goes someplace, it's sample the local cuisine. Indeed, while Shingo is talking about belfries and Bruges and stuff like that, the Chinese fighter's mind wanders somewhere else entirely, and he scratches his ear with his pinky. Mind, if he was going to think about how romantic a city was, he'd want to be there with /Athena/, not with... Well, anybody else.
"Huh?" wonders the psychic, glancing over at Shingo at that last semi-rhetorical question. "Oh, uh... Yeah, I guess it is. Man, I hope there's a good restaurant somewhere nearby..." The best way to celebrate their inevitable victory is, after all, a big dinner. Really that's the best way to celebrate anything and everything, in Kensou's mind. "Who're we fightin' again?" Kensou... Didn't pay attention to that part.
"If we win this, I'll pay for dinner myself!" Yabuki informs his partner with a clenched fist, his burning youth clear. Perhaps he doesn't realize just how bankrupt that will make him, if Kensou's stomach is as bottomless as it seems. At the question though, he pulls out his notebook, flipping through it. "We're fighting, uh... their names are down as 'Shermie' and 'Akira,' I think. I don't have an awful lot of information on them," he answers, sliding the notebook away thereafter. His wandering gaze finds something across the city center.
Lifting the camera again, Shingo zooms in on the pair of broads that seem to be approaching the city center. Remaining on the bridge, he snaps off a shot of Shermie and Akira. "I think that's them," he informs his partner for the night. To think, they beat the crap out of each other so recently, and now they're partnered up. No hard feelings, right Kensou?! If he knew the conversation that the two girls were having, he'd probably be glad for the distance; his fashion sense never had a heartbeat. Lowering the camera, he makes his way towards the impromptu fighting ground, lightly scuffing his soles on the cobblestones. A hand lifts, and he waves it high to gain attention. "Hey, ladies!"
"You look just fine in what you have on. Plus, the leather must be good for bumps and spills - perfect when you're fighting." That's why Shermie's pink jacket is made of leather, as is the very fashionable and short skirt she wears. For all the getting tossed on her rear she gets, it's pretty much a must! She finishes her drink as they finish their walk to the city center, and she gives Shingo and Kensou both a polite smile, the real emotion behind it something akin to humor. "Hello, boys.. Did you get much sightseeing done?" It's the only way to travel, after all - SNF is great for seeing the world.
"Admittedly - I'm not big on pleasantries, so let's just make introductions quick!" That said, she rushes Shingo, trying to get her hand on his shoulder, so she can 'introduce' herself. Somewhere, the judges for the match go 'ho snaps, they started' and there's the sound of a bell, and flashbulbs popping here and there!
COMBATSYS: Shermie has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Akira has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Kensou has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Shingo has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Shermie 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
Well, Akira thinks, when in Belgium do as the Shermies do. Akira watches Kensou for a few moments curiously, giving him a curious look over, and then brushes some hair out of her eyes. Unlike Shermie, she likes to be able to see. "Thanks, Shermie," Akira smiles at her. She appreciates people who like leather, for some reason. Regardless, she glances towards the boys and wonders if this team, like the other one, was kind of meant to be 'funny' in set up. "Hi, you're fighting us," Akira comments as she approaches Kensou. "Please be ready." And she grabs for the Psycho Soldier's shoulder, slides downward--aiming to trip the poor guy with her foot, and then throw him away over her body, relying on a combination of upsetting the fellow's balance and upper body strength.
COMBATSYS: Kensou dodges Akira's Back Roll Throw.
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Shermie 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
Of course there's no hard feelings... The last match between Kensou and Shingo was perfectly friendly! All in good fun. "Huh," Kensou says when Shingo says who they're fighting. "Really?" He's kind of peripherally aware of them, but not really. Of course, then the girls make their appearance, and for a moment the Psycho Soldier just sort of gapes at Shermie. "Dh... I... Is that really comfortable to fight in?" he wonders in a flustered tone, but then there's other things to worry about; Shermie's gone after Shingo, and Kensou has his own trouble to deal with in Akira. When the girl tries to grab him by the shoulder, Kensou slaps the hand away pretty easily.
"Hey hey, I was born ready!" Kensou boasts, and since he didn't get himself knocked down, he instead leaps /into/ Akira from that position, throwing out an elbow and knee. "Yo-!!" If those hits land, then Kensou twists at the waist - without touching the ground in between - to strike again... "Ya--!!" And if /that/ hits, he continues twisting, extending his original striking leg for a wide roundhouse aiming to knock Akira clean off her feet. "Uryaa-!!"
COMBATSYS: Shermie successfully hits Shingo with Spiral.
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Shermie 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Shingo
Shermie is introducing herself to Shingo, see! It involves her getting a hand on his shoulder, then just slipping it upwards, into his hair. She draws her face in close, bangs /almost/ close enough to be seen through, and she grins at him. "Hi. I'm Shermie - and I'll be playing with you tonight." With that, she launches herself upwards into a handstand on his shoulder, then comes down with her thighs on either side of his head. There's a wrench and a toss, and she sends the poor boy flying to the side! <3 <3
Oh snap, they started! And right when Shingo was about to answer, too! He's left with his mouth open--no doubt for more than just one reason!--as Shermie charges for him, and he's only just got it closed when the woman's hand settles down on his shoulder. What happens next is, suffice it to say, enough for there to be another member of the Shermie Fanclub. Before he knows it, he's bewitched by her bangs, and sent for a tumble by her thighs!
"Wha-!" a rather blushing Shingo exclaims as he lands on his side, sliding along the cobbles. Painful, rather! Staring up at the growing night sky for a moment, he pushes himself up and just stares at Shermie. Then stares a little longer. His mouth manages to close. Then it opens again. Then it closes. Oh right, he should say something! "Uhm... god, my mother's going to see this tape!" But where are his manners?! He rushes a hand through his hair, and gives the woman a bow. "Shingo Yabuki! It's a pleasure to meet you! But ahh, I have to be honest, I don't like the idea of hitting a girl..." Particularly not one who just did that!
All the same, he can't let Kensou down, now can he?! Thus, with an almost apologetic smile, he launches himself into the air--swinging a shoe around at head height as he closes the distance!
COMBATSYS: Shermie just-defends Shingo's Medium Kick!
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Shermie 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0 Shingo
"That's alright..." Shermie understands that some people don't like fighting girls. Shermie doesn't really either - nothing gets her blood boiling like fighting a big, tough guy, and showing him who's boss. In this case, that would hopefully be her. As his foot comes in, she brings her opposite hand up, the impact as Shingo's shoe slaps against her palm loud for the center. The force of the blow rocks her hair to the side, but the bangs, the bangs they stay put.
"If you don't like that idea, I can just go play with your friend, instead.." She says, pushing off as the kick gives her a little rush of speed, a little of her wind back, and makes her slide sideways towards where Kensou and Akira battle. Her arms dip down low, and she goes for Kensou's feet, trying to get them out from under him, to put him on his back. If she can, well - she'll follow it up with a heel stomp. And these boots.. well, they're made for stomping.
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Akira with Ryuu Renga.
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Shermie 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Shingo
Akira pulls her hand back and almost soon after goes down with a yelp. "Yaahh!" She cries. Guess she's not in the best of the positions so far! She takes two quick hits in the chest, and then goes down, falling onto her butt with a crash! Youch! But she doesn't lay down there for long as she eyeballs Kensou. Let's think, she thinks. He's faster than her, it seems, but he won't be able to keep that up for very long, she thinks. Time to put up the pressure!
"Alright! Well, I'm. Uh. I'm born ready too!" She waits for Shermie to jump in--if successful, she throws a kick to throw Kensou back up into the air--but even if Shermie fails to maneuver properly, Akira leaps in and throws a flying jump kick for Kensou's chest. "HIYAH!" She shouts.
COMBATSYS: Kensou dodges Shermie's Combo Throw.
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Shermie 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Shingo
COMBATSYS: Kensou blocks Akira's Dancing Cyclone Kick.
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Shermie 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Shingo
MEATBUN SENSES... TINGLING! "What the--" the Chinese psion glances back over his shoulder to see Shermie headed right for him, holy crap! But slide or no slide, he sees the grab coming a mile away, and Kensou jumps /up/ over the crazy Frenchwoman, which leaves him in a bad place to deal with Akira's kicks... His arms come up, crossing at the wrists, and intercept both strikes, his teeth gritting. Man, what's all this teaming up on Kensou for?!
"Hey, Shingo! Little help!" he calls back to the other boy as he lands, and then charges directly at Akira again, not concerning himself with Shermie - for the moment, anyway. As he closes with Akira, the Psycho Soldier ducks low, and as he rises out of that crouch he thrusts his right arm out, striking with the heel of his palm, aimed towards Akira's sternum. "Haa-!!"
With his boot stopped so easily, Shingo's eyes widen. Not just anybody can do that! This woman must be something special! Yet while he's busy being mildly shocked, she's sliding off and attacking his partner! "H-hey, two can play at that game!" he calls after her as he lands. He dashes after her.
The boy is forced to watch as they attempt to gang-up on his partner and Yabuki's brow furrows as he forces his feet to go just a little bit faster. "Got your back!" It's not like there's a lot of distance to cover to begin with, but he'll do it fast! It's for Akira that he careens towards, arms pumping until he draws near--and it could be perfect timing, if Kensou strikes true!--at which point he leads with one elbow, spins backwards to strike with the other, and follows it up with a rising hip-check! "Watch out!"
Damn! Shermie was just a little too slow, and certainly frustrated. After all, she's got to keep up in this fight, and if she can't get a hnd on her opponent, how's she supposed to do that? The organized two on two is a hair's breath away from becoming an all out anything-goes brawl, and when Shermie sees Shingo and Kensou going after Akira, well - that's just about it for her.
"Watch out yourself, Shingo!" she exclaims, lunging after him as he tries to get his elbow all up in Akira's grill. She's aiming for his waist, herself - and if she can get a hold of him, she's going to rip him away from her partner, and slam him on the ground in a pretty nasty suplex!
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Akira with Jab Punch.
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Shermie 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Shingo
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Akira with Nie Togi.
Glancing Blow
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Shermie 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Shingo
Akira says, "Oof!" as she takes the smack right into her chest. She stumbles a bit, but grits her teeth. She is about to step forward when BAM! She's slammed right into her back and falls forward like a sack of bricks. She twists into her fall, springs back up to her feet--and brings her fist back as she rounds around, trying to catch Kensou at his back! She throws a fist out for it, aiming to slam it hard into his body. "Ha!" She cries. "Shermie, any ideas to make this sail better?" She glances briefly to her partner.
COMBATSYS: Kensou fails to interrupt Strong Punch from Akira with Sunda.
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Shermie 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Shingo
That's right! Kensou is unstoppable! ...Well, not really. Still, things seem to be going pretty smoothly for Team Boys so far, don't they? Kensou unfortunately gets lulled, as he is wont to, into overconfidence, and when Akira comes after him again? Too easy! Or so he thinks. He waits too long, maybe, or he just didn't aim it right, but Kensou's hand starts to lance forward at Akira as she aims that punch at him... Whatever he was going to do, nobody will ever know, because he gets hit good and hard by Akira's fist, staggering back. "Geh--!!" Whoops!
COMBATSYS: Shermie successfully hits Shingo with Shermie Shoot.
- Power hit! -
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Shermie 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Shingo
His own little combo doesn't quite get as physical as it could--not when Shermie decides to pay him a little more attention! After cracking his elbow into Akira's back, the Keyboardist interferes! "Wah!" he cries as her arms link about his waist, and before he knows it he's being slammed right over her back in a particularly powerful suplex! His head and shoulders crack into the cobbles, which in turn crack from the force of the blow! Oh, the city council will regret letting their glorious landmark turn into a fighting arena!
"O-oh man, I think what I had for lunch is gonna come back up," Yabuki speaks mostly to himself, as he twitches there on the ground. Regaining his senses amidst a suddenly splitting headache, he rolls away from Shermie--and finds that for the moment, he'll need to strike at her, since she's positioned herself so nicely. He steps forward, hands reaching for her torso--so that he may grab her by the outfit and throw her right over his shoulder! "Sorry about this!" Oh, he's fresh!
COMBATSYS: Shermie blocks Shingo's Issetsu Seoi Nage Fukanzen.
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Shermie 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Shingo
"Show some skin, Akira!" Shermie's answer is mostly-joking, but there's a hint of seriousness in there - after all, why not use every little bit you have available in an attempt to fight and win? It's what Shermie does, since she doesn't have any real 'technique' to back it up. Other than 'throw you to the ground'.
Luckily, this also makes her a bit better at avoiding the same thing from other people. As Shingo goes for the grab, she instinctively puts her hands up, catching the grasping hands on her wrists instead of her 'torso'. "Don't worry about it.." She says, giving him a brilliant grin.
She tries to get her hands on his wrists, to turn the tables and get him on the rebound, and flip him instead of her being flipped around. "This won't last too long!"
Akira says, "Some skin?" thoughtfully. "Alright." She seems to take it seriously. Akira takes a lot of things seriously that she probably -shouldn't-. She removes her biker's glove, this time, wiggles her fingers at Kensou. Since her biker outfit is already half off, this basically just show her hand as well as her whole arm. This is kind of awkward, she reflects.
And then--she raises up an arm, wiggles her fingers again a kick for Kensou's shins.
COMBATSYS: Akira successfully hits Kensou with Light Kick.
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Shermie 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Shingo
What in the blazes is Akira /doing/?! Kensou has no idea whatsoever, aiming an extremely perplexed look at the schoolgirl, but he /does/ know she's trying to kick him. Unfortunately, he doesn't manage to make it out of the way fast enough, getting hit with a grunt. "Tch... All right, guess I'm gonna havta get serious, here!" the Psycho Soldier says, dropping into his low kung fu stance, and starting to draw forth energy. Tapping his inner reserves of Psycho Power, Kensou pulls that energy out to where he can use it, with a very visible effect; his clothes and hair stir in an otherwise unfelt breeze, and motes of blue light whirl around him, faster and faster. "Haaaaa--!!"
COMBATSYS: Kensou gathers his will.
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Shermie 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Shingo
COMBATSYS: Shermie successfully hits Shingo with Rebound Throw.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Shermie 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/--=====|=======\====---\1 Shingo
Wow, at this rate it really isn't going to last long at all! That brilliant grin flashes, and it would seem that Shingo, youthful boy that he is, is somewhat taken off-guard by the ploy! Before he knows it, she's got him by the wrists and is doing some damn devastating flipping of her own! Yet again, the boy finds himself flat on his back, and this time it's even worse than before.
"O-ow, I think I slipped a disk," he cries as he writhes, hardly the most riveting of television moments! This woman... she's really something, he decides, somewhere amidst all of the pain that's currently coursing his body. Given no choice, he rolls well away from her, into a defensive crouch... and takes a few calming breaths.
COMBATSYS: Shingo gains composure.
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Shermie 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/--=====|=======\===----\1 Shingo
Well, then - things are going Shermie's way today. At least, so far. She steps back, giving a thumbs up to her teammate, approving of her amusing little motion, and the nice kick that followed it up. "Good work! Keep 'em on the ropes!" she says, cracking her knuckles with anticipation. She's not about to let Shingo and Kensou recover and recuperate from everything that's going on so far.
Shingo being down in a crouch puts him in a place for her standard followup from a throw. She rushes his bent form, and then does a simple front flip, trying to pop her shoes onto the top of his head, to give him something to think about. "C'mon, Shingo! Don't slow down yet, the fight's just started!" Let's see how he handles that!
"Hey!" Akira marvels, "It worked!" She eyeballs Kensou for a few moments. He's up to something. It reminds her of Rose. Aha, Akira thinks! He's preparing one of those knock things back into your face things that Rose can do. Akira remembers how to handle this! "Not gonna give you time for that!" Akira cries--throwing herself at Kensou--and slamming her shoulder in--and then throwing her fist up towards Kensou's chin in a vicious uppercut. "HIYAH!" She cries again. Naturally, she's using her ungloved hand. Yum yum.
COMBATSYS: Kensou blocks Akira's Gate Elbow.
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Akira 0/-------/---====|=======\===----\1 Shingo
Leona heads to the Atlantic Ocean.
In his current position though, Kensou has plenty of time to defend; his arms sweep up, intercepting Akira's shoulder, and he skids back a few inches, avoiding the uppercut entirely. But his concentration remains unbroken, and his gathered energy remains, well, gathered. "C'mon, what was that?" Kensou wonders, tilting his head to one side and raising his brows in an insolent expression. Yes, it's time for the talking of smack, because his side seems to be in a bad way here right now.
There is, however, a distinct undercurrent of /something/ running through the square now, an energy that starts to lift small bits of debris in the space around Kensou. With some of those blue motes still whirling around him, the Chinese martial artist lunges directly at Akira again, throwing his right arm forward, palm open, while his left hand braces his right shoulder; when he gets close enough, then suddenly he unleashes a huge, hellish blast of pure white Psycho Power, a sphere of energy aimed to form right where Akira is and batter her something fierce. "EAT THIS!!"
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Shermie Cute from Shermie with Tsuki Hiji.
- Power hit! -
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Akira 0/-------/---====|=======\====---\1 Shingo
They're definitely on the ropes, there's no doubt about that--or at the very least, Shingo himself is. Crouching there, gathering his breath, he enjoys the moment of quiet he's able to achieve before Shermie decides to continue matters against him. "Aww, c'mon! Go pick on Kensou for a second!" Relentless is the Keyboardist, as she flips towards him with her heels extended. What's a guy to do?!
Pretty simple! The heels catch into his forearm, and boy does that sting, but he shoves the girl back up into the air for just a moment. It's enough for him to rise up and sidesteps Shermie, SLAMMING his elbow down into her midsection before he goes running past her. "Sorry!" he apologizes, giving her a little wave over his shoulder.
"Hnn!"
There's a crushing sound as Shermie hits the cobblestone, her teeth clicking shut very hard. She's gotten the wind knocked out of her, and it takes a second for her to kick back to her feet. Ow, damnnit! And just when things were going well - she went and got cocky. Yup, not the smart move at all!
"You come back here!" she shouts at Shingo, trying to follow and chase him down - but she'll skid to a stop and try to give Akira another hand. Or more appropriately a leg. One that's swing around once, twice, and then a third time, aimed right at Kensou's back!
COMBATSYS: Akira blocks Kensou's Senki Hakkei.
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Shermie 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira smirks, just a little. "Hah... just like Rose... But I'm prepared this time..." She slides one foot back, and brings up her arms--blocking the strike and skidding a few feet for a few moments. She hisses through her teeth, stumbles as her form is obscured by the psychic power, and then take a few more stumbles before falling into a soft crouch. "Aggh." She grunts. "Thanks Shermie..." She gasps, "Give me a sec...That really hurt." She closes her eyes for a few moments and takes a moment to calm herself down.
COMBATSYS: Akira focuses on her next action.
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Shermie 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1 Shingo
COMBATSYS: Shermie successfully hits Kensou with Light Kick.
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Akira 0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1 Shingo
Aww... Weak. Not at all what Kensou wanted to have happen there! His teeth grit as the energy doesn't quite do what it's supposed to do, and then Shermie attacks from behind again. Kensou gets hit with that kicking foot, three times no less! The attack, of course, sends him stumbling forward... But he's not done yet. "Not quite," the Chinese psion says, bringing his hands up in front of his face, and forcing energy together again. This time... The end result isn't QUITE as impressive. But he sweeps his hands out with a cry of: "CHOUKYUUDAN!!" And a blue-tinged white sphere of Psycho Power hurtles right at Akira, crackling with destructive force as it closes with her!
Leaving Shermie behind and politely ignoring her request to return to her side, Shingo sprints off, arms pumping in near-comical fashion. He wants to put as much distance between that woman and himself as he possibly can right now!
But from the corner of his eye, he watches as Shermie once again goes for Kensou--and that's just not on! Not on at all! "Well at least I get a breather," he speaks to himself, but knows he can't risk taking a full one this time. Noticing that Akira seems to be taking a moment though, he rushes for her, closing the gap even as Kensou lashes out... "Like your partner said, Akira! There's no time for takin' a sec'!
"Eat this!"
"Akira, look out!"
Shermie is going to be too late to affect the outcome of what happens to her partner, this much is certain - but she /is/ going to do her best to make sure that both of those attackers pay for double-teaming her fighting buddy /again/. This is pretty much what she'd do in a fight, and sadly, it's not done well enough for her side. The danger there is real, energies blazing out everywhere.
Shermie doesn't have any cool 'energy' that she can tap into, save for very special occasions. Occasions where her blood boils over, where that taint deep inside her manifests. And this fight isn't giving her what she needs for that, oh no. Instead, it's just been her tossing people around and trying to lay down various amounts of hurting here and there. She rushes at Kensou again, swinging her leg around in a fast arc, trying to break down his defenses, and maybe give Akira just a little more breathing room!
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Akira with Choukyuu Dan.
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Shermie 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0 Shingo
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Akira with Burning Shingo.
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Shermie 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Kensou
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Akira 1/--=====/=======|=------\-------\0 Shingo
Shingo Yabuki unleashes hell. "Moerou, Shingo!" he cries out, homage paid to his unwilling mentor as he lashes out at the younger girl. Fists of burning youth descend, as he unleashes a combo composed of his other moves; the Aragami flowing into the Dokugami as he rains his fists down in vicious right and left hooks, following it up by the Oboroguruma--a series of three vicious kicks, culminating in a decidedly vicious overhead axe kick! He's clearly been training at juggling! "Your body is weak, Akira!"
Akira is trying to take a moment to recover--some people don't like this concept. "Aw heck," Akira stares at the large psychic power strike--and it slams into her chest, sending her flopping up into the air. She then takes several vicious strikes from Shingo even as she's in midair, getting several bruises as she's helplessly beaten.
"Nrgghh..." She grunts before she throws herself in midair--feet first--for Shingo's face. She tries to kick him once, twice, three times. Until she stops moving--or Shingo does. Likely: Akira first. "Hyaaa!!"
COMBATSYS: Akira can no longer fight.
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Shermie 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Kensou
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COMBATSYS: Shermie successfully hits Kensou with Axle Spin Kick.
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Shermie 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\0 Kensou
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|=------\-------\0 Shingo
Success! Kaboom! Kensou doesn't have much time to feel good about nailing Akira with that attack though, because here comes Shermie again; he tries to avoid the relatively telegraphed attack, but he once again doesn't quite make it, getting struck by the woman's arcing leg, with enough force to knock him back and over, arse over teakettle, landing in a seated position. "Wuzza...?" he wonders, shaking his head. Oh, right, the fight!
Hopping to his feet, he crouches low, hands on his knees, and he watches. Hopefully Shingo makes it out of Akira's last gasp okay; hopefully Shermie stays the HELL away from him. He needs to catch his breath!
COMBATSYS: Kensou gains composure.
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COMBATSYS: Akira successfully hits Shingo with Haten Mueishu.
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Shermie 1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0 Kensou
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Helplessly beaten, but not entirely done, it would seem that Akira has a final trick left for Shingo--and try though he might, it would seem he's just not fast enough to prevent the flurry of kicks that come raining down dab-square into his face! Knocked one way, then the next, and finally sent sprawling, the youthful Yabuki would seem to be on his last legs!
Rolling through though, he comes back to his feet--and finds himself right near Shermie! "H-hey, pretty lady," he groggily greets her, stumbling and very close to being out of it. It would seem though, that with his not-really dying breath, he wishes to give the Keyboardist an embrace! His partner's still active--he has to help with his last effort, before he succumbs to weakness! "ORIYA!" he shouts, as he leaps at her in a twisting uppercut, his arms out at right angles as he brings his elbows into play!
COMBATSYS: Shingo can no longer fight.
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Shermie 1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0 Kensou
COMBATSYS: Shermie blocks Shingo's Oniyaki Mikansei.
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Shermie 1/----===/=======|======-\-------\0 Kensou
Akira hits the ground after her maneuver, roughly, and splots to the ground, onto her back. She coughs vaguely before giving Shingo the middle finger and then dropping her arm. "Hahh... guess it's just not my body's that's weak." She isn't moving though. Ouch. "Go Shermie." She adds, "You can do it." Flop. Ouch. She'll just lay down for a while. -Awesome-. Yeah.
Akira's down. But she's knocked the stuffing out of Shingo while she's at it. That girl's got guts, Shermie will grant her that. There's a glance over to make sure she's still breathing, but she's still got to focus on the fight - after all, it wouldn't do for girls to lose, now would it? As Shingo wobbles his way into the uppercut, Shermie brings her forarms up and in the way, catching the uppercut on an elbow, then leaning forwards to brush a kiss past his cheek. "Goodnight, little boy." she says, spinning away and focusing on Kensou now - after all, he's still up, and it's Shermie's job to lay him out.
As she turns towards Kensou, she starts a nice slow walk - after all, it's time to give him a good hard.. beating. She's smacked him with her foot once or twice already, and now, well - it's time to give him something a little bit more. She tries to pick up speed, to swipe an arm around his middle - if she can, she'll go to try and get a pinout. After all, the fight's close to done, right!? "C'mon! Show me what you've got!"
COMBATSYS: Shermie successfully hits Kensou with Shermie Flash.
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Shermie 0/-------/------=|=======\====---\1 Kensou
And as she slips behind Kensou, she laughs - a merry, happy thing. Her fingers catch him nice and snug around the waist. Her mouth moves by his ear, and she whispers under her breath... 'Ready? Let's go!', and she /hauls/ him up into the air, and then backwards, executing a perfect back-bridge, slamming his shoulders into the ground. "C'mon, count it with me!" She counts the three count, holding the 'pin' as long as Kensou'll let her. The refs know better than to call the fight 'done' yet - after all, this wasn't a pinout match! But still, she likes showing off a little.
Well, Kensou TRIES to get out of the way again, he really does; it seems like he might've run out of steam for that sort of thing, somewhere along the line. He's caught, and he ends up on the ground, 'pinned', but he's not entirely done yet. Mostly done? Yeah definitely. But not entirely. Instead of trying to get out from under her or anything, Kensou instead pushes up, off the ground - both of them.
If things go the way he plans, then Kensou will be free to start kicking the holy bajeezus out of Shermie in midair, a whirling succession of kicks intended to juggle the Frenchwoman and then send her crashing back down to earth; either way, Kensou will ALSO go crashing back down to earth, out like a light. But--!
COMBATSYS: Kensou can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Shermie dodges Kensou's Shinryuu Seiou Rekkyaku.
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Shermie's more than willing to go up with the guy - but she's certainly not willing to get kicked time after time. That would not be fun, /at all/. She flips away as he starts throwing that series of kicks, landing on her feet a few meters away, wobbly but still upright. She applauds the people standing, then waves a hand to the judges, who call the fight. Apparently, tonight - the female of the species is deadlier than the male!
She heads over to pick up Akira, to check and make sure she's mobile. Under her breath, she asks. "So, do we make them take us to dinner after this, or do you want to ditch them and go out? I know this /phenomenal/ rave club in Paris..."
COMBATSYS: Shermie takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Shermie has ended the fight here.
There's a poem about that, you know.
She is helped up by Shermie and gives her a thanksful smile--she hardly knows her, of course, but she seems rathe nice. Even if you can't see her eyes and she shows off her breasts a lot. There's nothing wrong with not being able to see someone's eyes, and nothing wrong with showing off your breasts, but when you see the breasts more than someone's eyes as a fashion style, sometimes you wonder. But Shermie seems rather pleasant anyway. AND THEY WON--even if Shermie did a better job than she herself did--so that's some icing on the cake.
"Oof." Akira asides to Shermie, "I'm pretty sore--but I think, while we're here... it'd be a waste to -not- have guys buy dinner for us."
Log created by Shermie, and last modified on 21:43:54 03/19/2007.