Description: Ryo vs Kurow, the Kyokugen Way! Unfortunately, the Extreme Karate Style failed to teach humility into the punk, Kurow, who has acquired the victory after a decisive exchange of blows! (Winner: Kurow)
The auditorium in Justice High is best known for Raizo Imawano's speeches, which traditionally run approximately three hours over the amount of time they're budgeted for; it's a wonder anyone survives them with the old man's sheer longwindedness. Fortunately for those sitting in the auditorium seating tonight, what the auditorium is being used for is most assuredly not a speech. It is, however, liable to take a while.
On one end of the auditorium stands Kurow Kirishima, wearing -- for once -- his standard bright blue Justice High uniform, rather than his fighting uniform. Perhaps he intends to more clearly represent the school tonight, given that the match is being held here. (If nothing else it'll give him some crowd appeal.) He's still wearing his claws, though; after all, he is known for them.
Ahhh! Justice High! The...one school that Ryo Sakazaki never went to in his life, be it on visite OR as a student when he was younger! For you must know, even the Kyokugen kids ARE educated! Make no mistake. They finished their highschool!
Including Takuma, even if the Sakazaki kids doubts that fact sometimes.
Thus, it is a orange-gi wearing, blond haired young man that steps into the auditorium, adjusting his gi. Causaly, he looks over his opponment. Mmm. A kid! A kid with /claws/. Must be extremly dangerous -- he will have to take care.
"SO!" Sakazaki booms, pointing a finger at the teenager. "You must be Kurow!"
"Yes -- I was the 'weapons instructor' that showed up at the dojo not too long ago," Kurow says, with a wide grin. It reeks of cruelty -- either Kurow's a horrible bastard, very good at building a 'gimmick,' or -- just maybe -- both. There's a lot of smart money on 'both.' "And now here we are. Tell me -- are you as good as the karate goblin?"
Here, he takes up his stance, unusually defensive and tall for a claw-fighter; his arms stay halfway to a 'blocking' position at all times. "If not, don't waste my time, or the camera's." He's trying to taunt Ryo -- after all, the fight starts as soon as someone aggresses, and he'd like to have the advantages he gets being on the defensive.
"Ah! The Weapon Instructed that wounded one of our student!" Ryo Sakazaki replies straight back, still pointing at the younger man. "The one that has anything to prove to the world is /you/, punk! But I'll prove the strength of Kyokugen once more!"
Visibly, Ryo is not terribly impressed by Kurow's attempts of a taunt as he drops himself into his battle stance, his arms out stretched and his hands, amusingly, shaped like claws of a beast. "Come on! Come on!"
COMBATSYS: Kurow has started a fight here.
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Kurow 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Ryo has joined the fight here.
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Ryo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kurow
COMBATSYS: Ryo focuses on his next action.
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Ryo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kurow
Kurow doesn't aggress, even as Ryo starts to try to psych him out; he isn't going to do something so simple as let himself get panicky over someone going into stance and yelling at him. Taking a deep breath, he starts to gather his chi, closing his eyes and drawing it from everything around him. A faint, rippling 'pool' of blood red energy starts to form beneath him, and he continues to smirk at Ryo. "What are you waiting for?"
COMBATSYS: Kurow gathers his will.
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Ryo 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Kurow
"Hmph!" Ryo Sakzaki replies, his eyes narrowed. This man can channel his energy, can he, now? Very well. Very well. It wont be an easy fight, but he'll prove Kyokugen's might to all! But he cannot go all out until he know what his opponment really is capable of. "HAAAAH!" The Invincible Dragon screams as he charges against Kurow, sliding accross the ground and lashing out an elbow attack, quickly followed by an uppercut.
COMBATSYS: Ryo successfully hits Kurow with Mouko Raijin Gou.
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Ryo 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Kurow
Even though Kurow brings his arms up a little more completely, the strike still hits him -- the elbow goes through his defenses, and sets him up easily for the upcoming uppercut. He doesn't let it take him off the ground, though; he goes maybe three inches off, coming down very quickly. "Hm hm hm..." he chuckles, before spinning past Ryo. In what's rapidly becoming one of his favorite techniques, he leaves a nasty present behind for Ryo to deal with, in the form of a small wave of blade-like chi.
COMBATSYS: Ryo dodges Kurow's Kuukan Saki.
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Ryo 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Kurow
Ryo is rather wary of presents being offered in middle of a battle, so he'll carefuly work his way around that one! Namely, by rolling to the side and away from the wave of chi, crouching down and lashing out a kick against the teenager's legs. "Come one! HAH!"
COMBATSYS: Ryo successfully hits Kurow with Medium Kick.
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Ryo 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Kurow
The kick knocks Kurow off his feet, sending him to the ground; rather than try to pull himself back up, however, he instead decides to go with the flow of the fight, rolling forward toward his opponent. "Take this!" he yells at his opponent, as a black ball of chi forms around him nearly instantly, and as he closes in toward Ryo, wave after wave of claw-like chi joins Kurow's own normal claws in trying to rip Ryo up.
COMBATSYS: Ryo fails to interrupt Yasha Guruma from Kurow with Hien Shippu Kyaku.
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Ryo 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Kurow
Getting overconfident might be on of Ryo's mistakes in fights. This might be one of thoses cases. As Kurow comes in with his energy claw attack, the Sakazaki found it a /great/ idea to charge in with a flying kick and get hit dead on. Thrown to the ground, Ryo quickly flips himself up, poping his neck. "Not bad, not bad."
"Funny -- I certainly can't say the same of you!" Kurow yells at his opponent, jumping back toward the podium on the stage. He picks up the microphone, tossing it into the air once to get a good sense of the balance of it and then whipping it full-speed at his opponent. Leaping back again as he does this, he dusts off his Justice High uniform a little, trying to play to the Justice portion of the crowd.
COMBATSYS: Ryo blocks Kurow's Thrown Object.
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Ryo 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Kurow
"You'll soon change your words, kid!" Sakazaki replies, bringing up an arm to deflect the thrown microphone away, causing little damage. As IF it could cause damage! "Is all you can do is whine, whine and insults? No wonder you fight with claws, you need a little helping hand!" Ryo says as he narrows his eyes on the foe. Hmmmph. Yeah, he'll have to be careful from now on. No more foolishness!
COMBATSYS: Ryo gains composure.
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Ryo 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Kurow
So he's staying back? Fine by Kurow. It gives him a nice opportunity -- specifically, the opportunity to once again ready himself for an incoming assault. "Anything that works is acceptable on the battlefield! Part of being a fighter is adapting to new situations -- now show me!" Dropping his hands to his sides and pointing them slightly outward, he starts drawing in that pool of chi a second time. This time, however, he starts laughing -- it's a downright infuriating laugh, too, and is probably calculated specifically to be irritating.
COMBATSYS: Kurow gathers his will.
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Ryo 0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1 Kurow
"You are the challenger here, kid!" Sakazaki lets out. Damn punks and think they're all that new jazz! No wonders that he's in this fight -- he have to teach this kid a lesson of humility! For that, however...he also need to be ready. Sneering, a wellspring of chi also bursts all around the young man as he also gather his chi energies.
COMBATSYS: Ryo gathers his will.
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Ryo 1/-----==/=======|=======\====---\1 Kurow
This time, Kurow doesn't waste any time -- he abruptly drops that pool of chi, dashing forward and aiming one of his claws at Ryo's midsection. He isn't quite sure how to fight the Sakazaki, but he knows that when someone does something like that, they're going to do one of two things... and generally, jabbing a claw directly into someone's midsection tends to screw up both of them pretty handily. "Roppu Zuki!" he yells, as he closes the distance, swinging his hand forward and up.
COMBATSYS: Ryo endures Kurow's Roppu Zuki.
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Ryo 1/--=====/=======|=======\====---\1 Kurow
Ryo's sneer widens as Kurow charges straight at him. His wellspring of chi vanishes quickly and he does not makes any moves to evade out of it or anything. Indeed, Sakazaki does what any good warrior of the Kyokugen style would do -- take the hit like a MAN. "Checkmate." He says, grinning wide as, suddenly, his entire form bursts with chi and his body blurring with motion.
Punches and kick flies as he screams "KYOKUGEN SECRET TECHNIQUE!" More punches, more kicks, elbow hits. "ComeoncomeoncomeoncomeonCOME OOOOOOON!" The onslaught ends with an brutal flying uppercut. "GOTCHAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Kurow fails to counter Ryuuko Ranbu from Ryo with Yami Kake.
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Ryo 0/-------/------=|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Kurow
Kurow pulls his body back, looking as though he's going to lash out at Ryo and preempt the technique -- but it's for nothing. The brutal series of strikes all land, and when the dust clears, Kurow's lying on the ground, bloody and beaten. He can't even move yet; the power of the Ryuuko Ranbu is just too much for him, it looks like.
Ryo refuses to belive that this fight is over. As powerfull the Ryuuko Ranbu is, dramatic laws dictates that punks of his kind always survive onslaughts like this one. He'll, however, play along for now. Displaying a pretty convincing expression of pride, Sakazaki snorts and readjust his gi. "Hmphs. Looks like I win, kid. Is that all you've got?"
Wait for it, Ryo. Just wait for it...
COMBATSYS: Ryo gains composure.
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Ryo 0/-------/-------|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Kurow
Kurow narrows his eyes. "No," he says, simply, lunging forward and staying low to the ground. "I'm just getting started!" Moving like an almost inhuman blur, he closes the distance back across the stage, not wanting to let Ryo have the last word. He leaps toward the Sakazaki fighter, trying to catch him with his suddenly significantly longer claws...
COMBATSYS: Kurow successfully hits Ryo with Kirishima Kyoujuu Reppa.
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Ryo 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Kurow
Ryo's eyes narrowed, but a grin formed on his lips. Good. Very good! He would have been intensely dissapointed if this fight ended with just this! Sakazaki lifted his arms and tries to leap away from the attack, but he clearly miscalculated the length of theses claws.
Oh crap, Ryo thinks.
And then he forces his opponent down to the ground with them, growling. Rather than follow through with the dash, as he usually does with the technique, he stays right on top of his opponent, summoning that same ball of black chi as before, letting the claw-marks circle around him, cutting deeply into his enemy.
"Kyoujuu Reppa!" he yells, starting to jab those long claws of his into the Kyokugen fighter over and over, going for increasingly brutal, vicious strikes. When it's all finished, he grabs onto the fighter's gi and suddenly kicks off, sending himself back a fair way -- and, once again, he allows himself a little maniacal laughter.
Black chi...why does all the creepy kids have black or red chi? That's the question that Ryo asks himself as he get himself clawed over and over, much of his Gi getting both ripped and stained by his blood. He lands on the ground, bouncing on the ground a few times. Grunting, he pushes himself up, wipping off a bit of his blood from his mouth...and notices something on the ground.
Hmm. Microphone. "So you use black chi...That must mean you are an emo, kid. Here! TELL THE WORLD ABOUT THE SORROWS HIDDEN IN YOUR HEART!" Swiftly, the Kyokugen fighter kicks up the microphone, grab it with one hand, gathering blue energy into his hand. "KO'OU KEN!" He screams, thrusting out a large fireball -- with the microphone inside, toward Kurow.
COMBATSYS: Kurow blocks Ryo's Kuuchuu Ko'ou Ken.
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Ryo 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Kurow
Kurow decides to just let the microphone hit him, bringing his arms up to keep the Ko'ou Ken from hitting him in the chest. "I don't have any sorrows," the Kirishima youth says, narrowing his eyes. Taking slow, deep breaths, he pulls away from his opponent, refocusing his chi, putting himself in a better position to handle whatever Ryo's throwing at him. After a second of deliberation, he also rips off the sleeves of his Justice uniform, allowing himself more freedom of motion -- that's why he modified his fighting one, after all.
COMBATSYS: Kurow gains composure.
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Ryo 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Kurow
"Come on, have you consulted the school's psycharist? They're here to help you, you know." Ryo Sakazaki says, ripping off the rest of the top of his gi(and thus is shirtless! Oh my!) as another wellspring of golden energy erupts from under him. "They can help you if you have emotional problem! Like, that much rage can't be healthy."
COMBATSYS: Ryo gathers his will.
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Ryo 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\0 Kurow
"You need," Kurow starts, rushing forward, "to /stop talking/!" Matching Ryo once again, in part because he believes himself to be better at this particular technique, the youth gestures for the Kyokugen fighter to come in toward him, going into an extremely tight version of the crane stance this time as he does so. It's a familiar sight; it's the same thing he tried shortly before getting hit with the Ryuuko Ranbu last time. A pair of balls of red chi start to collect in his hands, and he just waits.
COMBATSYS: Kurow gathers his will.
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Ryo 1/----===/=======|=======\===----\1 Kurow
"You know what?" Ryo Sakazaki replies as even MORE golden chi bursts forth from below and completely surrounds the Kyokugen Warrior, "C'mer! Make me shut up!" You'd think that this is all part of the wrong show in both of the audience and at home!
COMBATSYS: Ryo gathers his will.
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Ryo 1/=======/=======|=======\===----\1 Kurow
"With /pleasure/!" Kurow shouts, rolling his neck before leaping forward, seeming as though he's going to go in for that same vicious beating again -- his claws are fully extended and everything. Perhaps fortunately for Ryo, however, this isn't what happens; instead, Kurow whips a hand forward in a slash not unlike the one he started the fight with, save that it's both faster and much more forceful.
That's not what's actually going to hurt Ryo, though -- that's just the necessary gesture. What's going to hurt the Kyokugen fighter is the sudden whirlwind of chi that springs up in front of Kurow, not moving /forward/ but rather upward in an immense geyser of blades that tries to carry Ryo up higher and higher into the air with every quick, swirling motion. Amazingly, this isn't red at all -- perhaps Kurow's just making the chi bright yellow in an attempt to throw Ryo off.
COMBATSYS: Ryo fails to interrupt Kirishima Shinkuu Yamiarashi from Kurow with Tenchi Haoh Ken.
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COMBATSYS: Ryo can no longer fight.
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Kurow 1/-------/=======|
It was calculated, honestly. It was a rather good plan in Ryo's mind -- heck, it was a good one period. "THEN COME ON!" Sakazaki cries out letting the teenager come closer...and closer...and closer... Then that's IT!
"REAAARRG! TENCHI HAOH KEN!" The Raging Tiger screams out as he takes a step back and HURLS himself against Kuro, lashing out the biggest punch of all century.
Unfortunately, things don't really go that way. As they say...plans never survive contact with the enemy.
He's thrown up and slashed and slashed. Managing to not scream, he's thrown on the ground. He's still concious, but man, not getting back up that fast from that one.
Somewhere in the distance, an alarm goes off in the Sakazaki household. The clouds shirk away from Southtown as Takuma Sakazaki's formidable brow creases in incredible rage. WHAT COULD BE IN STORE FOR POOR RYO!?
Kurow watches Ryo get thrown up, and summarily fall back down. Taking several deep breaths, as by this point he's getting /quite/ winded, he walks over toward Ryo's unmoving body. "That's enough from you," he says, aiming a swift kick toward Ryo's gut before turning and walking away. He allows himself to at least appear as a heel on Saturday Night Fight -- after all, this is just televised fun time fights, right?
The kick don't get much out of Ryo, besides a grunt. Slowly pooling himself to a knee, Sakazaki glares where Kurow is going. Damnit, he got careless in that fight. He'll have to learn from this battle and face this punk again. "Asshat." The would-be Invicible Dragon lets out, getting back to his seats and begins the long walk back home.
Oh man, it's going to be hell for /days/, now.
Log created by Ryo, and last modified on 16:44:12 04/22/2007.