Description: A two-on-two bout here at the Lotus Temple in India was rebooked into a one-on-one between Kurow and Heavy D! And it seems the boxer's having a bit of trouble dealing with ninjas... (Winner: Kurow)
The Lotus Temple in India is a remarkable tourist attraction, and many come to see what lies inside -- but today, people are a little more curious about what's going on /outside/. What's going on outside, you might ask? Why, it's that most honored of occasions -- Saturday Night Fight! Today's fighters appear to be a change in schedule from the announced, as two are missing -- on one side, at least, only one fighter stands.
Kurow seems uniquely disappointed in the change in plans, as he was /really/ hoping to fight Mike Haggar. Oh well, he thinks, as he makes sure he has his claws ready and sharp -- this just givesh im something to do /later/, and keeps any potential lucky shots from getting televised.
Heavy D! shakes his head a little. He really wasn't in the mood for a one on one fight, after being told it was going to be a 2 on 2 team fight. He's not prepared enough for a straight man to man. And he himself wanted to fight alongside the great Haggar himself, but...best laid plans and such. Looking up, he gives Kurow a strange look. He reminds him of a certain red haired serial killer...either way, the boxer sinks down into a stance, preparing himself. NO time for a warm up now...not after the plans were changed so suddenly.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD has started a fight here.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Kurow has joined the fight here.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kurow
Kurow, likewise, goes into his own stance, though in his case it would be hard to call it 'sinking' -- indeed, he stands more fully erect when he's readying himself for combat, at first. Rather than do much of anything at first, Kurow instead elects to merely taunt Heavy D!. "Come on -- you're not scared, are you?" he chides, following it with a faint "hmph" noise. He /looks/ like he's a little off-guard, studying his claws moreso than his opponent, but appearances are often deceiving.
Heavy D! snorts at Kurow. Scared? No...but cautious...yes. D! doesn't know this guy...he's never faced him, and he's never really heard of him. And his fighting style...he can judge by the claws that they play a prominent role in it. So when the signal to finally start is given, he hangs back, trying to formulate a good plan...and possibly find a way to test the new foe out.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD focuses on his next action.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kurow
Kurow loves it when his opponents start off waiting and planning. He doesn't see the value in it -- that time's better spent getting in close. Oh well, he thinks -- it's just as well. Leaping in, Kurow lands a few inches from Heavy D! and immediately begins his assault, going for a series of three swipes. The first is an overhand slash at his chest, then a horizontal one for the kidneys, then a second overhead that'll end up more in the shoulder area, all of them exceptionally wide.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD blocks Kurow's Yami Kagura.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kurow
The claws sting, but D! keeps back, his guard taking the shots fairly well. The first slash is stopped at the wrist by his right hand, his other arm dipping low to guard on the shot to his kidneys. THen, when the third one comes, he simply leans away from that altogehter, quickly snapping forward to tag Kurow with a retaliatory shot of his own, a hook shot aimed right underneath the ribs.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD successfully hits Kurow with Hook Punch.
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HeavyD 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Kurow
Kurow tries to circle around Heavy D!, but the punch is just a split second too fast for him to get out of the way of -- it knocks the wind out of him for a second, but he quickly recovers. "You're fast, at least," Kurow hisses, before stepping in and grabbing at Heavy D!. This time, he's not going to try to slash him, but instead grab him and slam him into the ground quickly -- it's more a harassment technique than a particularly vicious coup-de-grace.
COMBATSYS: Kurow successfully hits HeavyD with Quick Throw.
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HeavyD 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Kurow
Even if the grab is more of a harassment than an actual killing blow, the slam is hard enough that it stalls D!"s momentum pretty well. "MGNHhhhhhhh..." Smashed into the ground right onto the back of his head, D!"s slow in getting up, head swimming just from that one toss. "NGhh...I see...." he grumbles. WIthout another warning, he snaps out his own attack, an uppercut swinging out and creating a burst of chi that explodes between the ground and D!"s arm, expanding toward its target: Kurow.
COMBATSYS: Kurow dodges HeavyD's Blast Upper.
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HeavyD 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Kurow
Kurow whips his body backward, away from Heavy D, in an impressive display that brings him out of the burst of chi by inches. "You're fast, but not fast enough," the Kirishima boy chides his opponent, before saying, "which means you're too weak. Show me something better or just leave." Sidestepping before he rushes in again, Kurow goes for a first slash aimed for Heavy D!'s torso, and then a second aimed at his back, intending less to really claw him and more to push him downward and send him tumbling down again.
COMBATSYS: Kurow successfully hits HeavyD with Double Slash.
- Power hit! -
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HeavyD 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Kurow
The slashes manage to cut into D! pretty badly, the boxer beaten back with the attacks, snapped forward by the one to his back. "NGhhhh...." Barely able to keep from simply lurching forward and falling down, D!'s forced to take drastic measures. Swiftly, he snaps around in a vicious 180, right hand snapping out with a hard cross shot aimed toward Kurow's temple.
COMBATSYS: Kurow endures HeavyD's Fierce Punch.
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HeavyD 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Kurow
Kurow actually moves /into/ the punch, letting it take him in the temple and jar his brain around a little; it's rare that he does this. Perhaps he isn't fully taking Heavy D! seriously. "... better," he says, before finishing his stepping motion, jabbing one of his claws for the area just below Heavy D!'s breastbone, hoping to at least force him to flirt a little with getting disemboweled -- he's a fighter, so he's not going to /really/ get disemboweled, but even the threat is pretty nasty.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD auto-guards Kurow's Roppu Zuki!
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HeavyD 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Kurow
Either way...D!'s not looking forward to POSSIBLE disembowlment. So when the claw thrust comes in, D! quickly pushes in. When it's just about to hit, he turns his body, left arm pushing out and knocking the attack aside. Then, in one smooth motion, the boxer twists about again, using that very same arm to suddenly punch into the ground, causing an eruption of chi to explode upward toward Kurow like a volcano, energy blossoming outward.
COMBATSYS: Kurow dodges HeavyD's Soul Flower.
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HeavyD 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Kurow
With a sudden leap backward, Kurow places himself a fair distance away from Heavy D!'s explosion of chi, landing neatly on two feet some eight feet away. This seems relatively effortless for Kurow -- definitely easier than his earlier dodge. Still, this does buy him some distance... which, fortunately, buys him /time/. What does he use that time to do, you ask?
Take a breather.
COMBATSYS: Kurow gains composure.
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HeavyD 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Kurow
Heavy D! grits his teeth, cursing something indistinct as Kurow suddenly leaps away. He was hoping to do more than just get Kurow to retreat. He needed a hit. In any case, as Kurow uses the distance to get a breather, so does D!. He put a lot into that last exchange, and he needs to seriously pace himself at this rate...
COMBATSYS: HeavyD gains composure.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Kurow
This is exactly the opening Kurow wants. He doesn't waste time getting back into the fight again, beating feet full-speed to catch Heavy D! -- and yes, that's literal, as Kurow whips around behind him, grabs at him from behind, and -- if he can maintain the hold -- slams him down as hard as he can, giving him a good kick in the back to accentuate the likely pain that could result from said downward shove.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD blocks Kurow's Medium Throw.
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HeavyD 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Kurow
This time, D!"s ready. While Kurow manages to get behind him and grab him, D!'s able to wrest himself from the hold before he can be slammed down, turning about and catching the kick that the clawed man sends out. "Not this time!" he grunts, first time he's spoken since the beginning of the match. Wasting little time, he jams his left hand out, going for broke and trying to smash it right underneath Kurow's chin with a hard uppercut shot.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD successfully hits Kurow with Uppercut Punch.
- Power hit! -
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HeavyD 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Kurow
The uppercut strikes dead-on before Kurow has a chance to react, and sends him flying up into the air, and in turn sends him crashing right back down to the ground -- it hurts, and the Kirishima boy might need some dental work after this. "... You're not going to get away with that!" he yells, before dashing in and ripping a claw through the air a foot or two from Heavy D!. Is he getting sloppy?
No. At least, not if the massive pillar of chi-blades that erupts a foot or two in front of Kurow is any indication -- the question, of course, is how Heavy D! is going to handle said massive pillar.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD endures Kurow's Kirishima Shinkuu Yamiarashi.
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HeavyD 1/--=====/=======|=------\-------\0 Kurow
Knowing that he has to keep pressure on Kurow after that nasty uppercut hits clean, D! has no other recourse but to charge forward. When he falls, D!'s rushing in to keep up his momentum. And even when Kurow dashes forward and slashes into the air, D!"s still moving forward....and when the chi-blades erupt, he continues on, even as they cut into him like mad. "MGNHHHhhhh..." D! has his own tricks, though. Like that big shining glow around his right hand that's been progressively growing as he's pushed forward. Finally, just as he's in range, D! snap out, planting his left foot, twisting, and releasing the chi-charged glowing right fist. If you've never seen someone get blasted point blank by a tank cannon...this might be the closest you'll get, as D! releases the Magnum right at point blank. QUestion is...will Kurow be there to take it?
COMBATSYS: Kurow counters D. Magnum from HeavyD with Yami Kake.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Kurow
No, he won't. It looks like he will be, but right as the D. Magnum touches him, he... disappears. That's right -- he just ends up on the other end of the entryway outside the Lotus Temple, standing in that same tall and detached stance he always maintains. "... Pathetic," he says, grinning as Heavy D! expends so much energy for nothing. Kurow's nothing if not a downright supercilious bastard.
Heavy D! blinks, as the Magnum simply...goes through Kurow? No....he can hear something behind him. And when D! spots Kurow suddenly at his back, he can't believe it. That whole charge, that whole lead up...POINTLESS. Teeth clenched, D! narrows his eyes, and suddenly surges forward again. Brow furrowed, fists tightened, he keeps charging forward...then, with a snap, his right hand comes out again, trying to tag him with yet another monsterous punch.
COMBATSYS: Kurow dodges HeavyD's Fierce Punch.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Kurow
Pulling himself out of the way of the aggressive strike with a quick sidestep, Kurow does another reverse-dash, retreating partway from the battle. He needs a little more time to put himself back together -- he usually doesn't let himself get so winded, but Heavy D! throws particularly vicious strikes and has gotten extremely lucky recently. "... You have no technique," he says, firmly. "All you do is swipe and strike." He might still be in a bit of a 'training' mode after last night with one of his operatives.
COMBATSYS: Kurow gains composure.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Kurow
Seishirou heads to Asia.
No technique?...well, D! has seemed to be bullrushing for the most part at Kurow. Which may infact be the problem. Frowning, D! finds himself forced to hold back, trying to pull in and find the best way to actually approach this. If simply winging punches out doesn't work, he's going to have to wait and capitalize on a mistake instead...though at his state, he might not have much more time to do that.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD focuses on his next action.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Kurow
While D! takes an opportunity to put himself in the right sort of mindset for the fight, figuring out his tactics, Kurow just continues to take deep breaths and stay back. He isn't going to punish his opponent for taking a breather -- mostly because he needs one too. Even if D! hasn't been actively taking him down, it's taken a lot of energy to keep going in spite of Heavy D!'s hard strikes.
COMBATSYS: Kurow gains composure.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kurow
Heavy D! seems to have figured out his plan of attack finally. It's not as if he hasn't been given all the time in the world by Kurow, who seems content to hang back. Either way, when D! comes forward, it's with new resolve, and a new plan. Though...it seems as if he's rushing in same as always. However, as he closes that distance, D! seems to...disappear himself? Where could he have go....oh, there he is, right at Kurow's side! Using that phasing rush he seems to use so regularly as a leadup, D! starts to work on Kurow, aiming with a hook at his thigh with his right hand, then at the back of his knees with the left...and a final dropping right hand meant to debilitate him, or at least send him writhing on the ground.
COMBATSYS: Kurow dodges HeavyD's Ducking Combination.
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HeavyD 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Kurow
D!'s combination attack would be a great idea -- if Kurow stayed there. This time, it's not a full-on leap but a quick triple-step backward that takes Kurow out of the path of the assault, letting Heavy D! wear himself out a little with his combination attack. Once Heavy D!'s assault seems to subside a little, Kurow steps in and goes for a quick slash at his face -- it's almost entirely for quickness, only a relatively glancing blow compared to some of what the Kirishima ninja's been throwing.
COMBATSYS: Kurow successfully hits HeavyD with Weapon Jab.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Kurow
Well...that went nowhere, it seems. And D!'s thus back at the beginning. Flailing. Alas, when Kurow steps in and slashes at him, he's dead on. The claws dig into his skin, leaving red marks at his cheek and jaw. Forced back, D! stumbles on his heels and pauses, forced to catch a breather once more...
COMBATSYS: HeavyD gains composure.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kurow
This time, Kurow isn't going to give his opponent a breather. That hasn't worked for the entire fight -- all it's really done is give D! time to get in some exceptionally lucky shots. He's going to get close in again, this time going low and doing a quick spin, claws extended, aimed for his opponent's ankles. This is as much intended to send Heavy D! tumbling to the ground /yet again/ as it is to cut his legs up nicely.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD fails to interrupt Circle Slash from Kurow with Light Punch.
- Power fail! -
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COMBATSYS: HeavyD can no longer fight.
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Kurow 0/-------/----===|
Well, this time, D!'s luck runs out. ANd viciously too. When Kurow rushes in, D! tries to stall him with a nice, sharp left to the face...however, D! misjudges the ninja's spin, and when he swipes out, he gets clipped HARD at the ankles, and ends up crashing to the ground with a nasty thud. And...well, he just doesn't get up anymore after that...
Kurow is the ultimate heel. He doesn't stop when Heavy D! stops moving -- indeed, he kicks the body once before that, just as it lands -- after all, it's /possible/ that he just might be slow getting up. It's a pretty nasty kick, too, intended to send his opponent -just- far enough toward the steps leading to the Lotus Temple's entryway that it'll roll down a few steps.
Well....D!"s not about to protest the treatment. He's too unconscious to do so. As thus, the poor boxer's tossed out on his ass, kicked around and simply punted until he cracks on the steps, rolling down them like a ragdoll...
And with that coup de grace finished, Kurow leaves without another word. He's fulfilled his obligation to the long-standing tradition of Saturday Night Fight, and learned a little about one of the world's better fighters -- all in all, he thinks, not a bad time.
COMBATSYS: Kurow has ended the fight here.
Log created by HeavyD, and last modified on 10:24:57 03/24/2007.