Description: Hurricane Hime takes on Hotaru in the Youth Community Centers library! Does Hotaru stand a chance against bookworm power? .. Yes. (Winner: Hotaru)
It would appear that the Community Center is getting even more 'early' publicity; it's seen quite a few events so far, and yet not many people know exactly what this new center is all about. Kind of an odd thing to build up 'hype' for, isn't it? Well a certain girl's curiosity had gotten the better of her and it resulted in doing a little looking around and finding yet another sanctuary of her dreams. And another fantastic area to hold a match!
Lover of books and their adventures within, Hurricane Hime has decided to make her next battleground in this very spot, and another somewhat random challenger was selected for her to face to do two things, 1) promote her means, and 2) improve her fighting ability and gain popularity. That's the dream of most fighters, isn't it? Failing to find a 'safe' area to do combat in the library itself, however, she instead elected for it to take place in one of the windowed offices beside it, which is nice and cleared out in a sense, all the chairs have been pushed off to the side, and a huge meeting desk is right smack dab in the middle, where our little heroine stands in her pink bodysuit, and gigantic scarf flowing behind her from a breeze of non-existant origin.
It seems that quite a gathering has formed, however, there seems to be mostly youn'ins in the area, not many people older then twelve stand outside the window to peer inside and figure out just exactly what is with this girl anyway.
It wasn't with small amusement that Hotaru had noticed Hurricane Hime's name showing up on the Neo League roster lately. But she didn't expect to be going up against her any time soon. Having worked her way into the upper brackets of the League, she suspected that she would be pitted against opponents with established records for her next matches. Instead, she was surprised to find that she would be facing off against the younger girl after all. It would appear that in spite her record, Himeko's fights /have/ gotten ratings... albeit perhaps from a younger audience than the Neo League normally targets.
Showing up on time, not-quite-as-young Futaba steps into the library and smiles in the direction of the bodysuited girl. "Hurricane Hime, is it?" she asks with a grin, moving over to the desk. "It's a privelege to get a chance to see your moves in person rather than just watching the videos. Do give it your best!" she encourages before taking a couple steps back to await final preparations. She's dressed in her traditional Chinese styled fighting outfit, which is pretty much what she likes to wear whenever she has a choice in the matter anyway. Moments are taken to stretch her arms a little while she waits, though after a few seconds, she begins to look distant, as if her thoughts are elsewhere while the officials get ready to start the fight.
Oof yeah, standings. For the time being, though, win and loss records didn't mean much to the little Hurricane; as far as she was concerned, following in the steps of 'Super Mimiru' was much deeper than trivial things like that. At least that would be the case until Dan taught her otherwise.. But that hasn't happened yet!
When Hotaru does arrive, however, the girls head turns quickly. Gone are her spectacles and her usual shy smile, she greets her opponent with a considerably more confident and friendly one, "Ah, greetings, Hotaru! I've been waiting for so-" pause, "Wait what?" That was most definatly a first. It was one thing for someone to know her by name, but for someone to actually be looking forward to battling her? That was very very new.
Hime scritches her cheek with her gloved right hand, the left reaching into her scarf to draw out her trusty paper-back book and proceeds to blush hotly, "O- Oh um.. I.. Um yes, I hope I won't disappoint, then, I will certainly do my best, and you too, of course! Saikyo style isn't to be underestimated, if you hold back, you'll regret it!" and that said, she shifts back onto one foot, and raises up both her fists in sort of a boxers manner. Of course, she's not a boxer, but she'll come up with her own, much cooler battle stance one day, "Let us do battle!"
*FWEET* goes the starting whistle!
COMBATSYS: Himeko has started a fight here.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|
What Himeko's record might be in the Neo League is very much how Hotaru has been feeling in the weekly SNF's lately until her recent victory. Over time, one improves, gets stronger, and learns more about themselves and their style and things begin to get better. Hotaru's sure the same thing will happen for Himeko!
At the younger girl's enthusiastic boasting Hotaru smiles and grins, acknowledging it readily. "That's what we're here to find out," she replies, going along with the flow of things. It's all part of hamming it up for the audience, of course.
As the whistle is blown, Hotaru crosses her arms in front of her then exhales slowly, extending her arms into a ready stance. One arm forward and lowered, ready for defending, her other arm further back, ready for striking. She turns so that her side is toward Himeko and then gives the younger girl a slight nod to indicate that she is ready.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has joined the fight here.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Himeko
COMBATSYS: Hotaru takes no action.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Himeko
Himeko's green eyes squint slightly, getting a better look at her china-dressed opponent and she starts to move from feeling embarassed to being really happy. She'd never met such a chipper and polite opponent before, or rather.. She'd seen Hotaru fight in the past, but it was quite a long time ago. How could she forget such kindness? But, for the time being she was going to have to put that aside and focus on combat. She had some sweet moves to show off and all that, "Yes!" she declares, her voice taking more of an 'american superhero' tone now, and the moment the nod of readyness is given..
Hurricane zips into action, "By the way, you can just call me Hime!" As she gets closer to Hotaru, her left hand snaps forward, and the papers within snap out in single file toward Hotaru's neck. If she isn't quick to defend it would wrap twice about Hotaru's neck and lower mouth, in which then Hime would bump her hip into her opponents gut, and with another tug throw Hotaru right over her shoulder!
COMBATSYS: Hotaru blocks Himeko's Reading Rainbow.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Himeko
Raising her hand, Hotaru attempts to deflect the papers, not really sure what to expect from the unorthodox attack. But trying to knock aside a stream of papers isn't as easy as it would seem and they very quickly wrap around her neck and mouth. "vhaf vhuu..." Hotaru murmurs behind the paper gag, but she isn't held in place quite so well as Himeko might've hoped. As the younger girl attempts to hipcheck her, Hotaru sidesteps and tries to trip her for her trouble so that she can take a moment to scrape the paper wraps from her face!
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Hotaru's Light Kick.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Himeko
Oh yes, it should be mentioned those papers are suprisingly simple to scrape off after the fact, like taking post-it notes off of your cheek. Just without the sticky residue. Hime's lips curl inward though, fighting back a snicker to Hotaru's muffled words.
And manages to do so in the nick of time because otherwise she would have missed the low kick sent her way! It meets it's mark, however instead of falling onto her back, she has enough reflex to instead backflip, bouncing off of her right hand and is on her feet once more, "That was close, but not quite close enough!" The hurricane then raises her book over her head with both hands, with the intent of swinging down and smashing it right over Hotaru's noggin. And should it make contact, the book hardly bends like a paperback normally would. And doesn't feel quite as pleasent either, "Hah!"
COMBATSYS: Hotaru dodges Himeko's Medium Strike.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Himeko
Slipping the paper from her face, Hotaru turns to watch Himeko's acrobatic recovery from her quick trip attempt. "Wow, nice moves!" she cheers, "But you're right. I can tell I need to take you seriously," she nods, her expression becoming more focused.
As Himeko comes in for the attack, Hotaru steps to the side, allowing the book-bash attempt to swing harmlessly by. The girl hesitates for a moment but then decides to demonstrate a little acrobatics herself. It begins with a flip into the air but quickly turns into an attempt to land on Himeko's shoulder with her heel. If she connects successfully, she'll jump off and put a little distance between the two of them. It isn't a particularly punishing attack, as far as Hotaru is concerned. It's more about doing a little aerial stunts to keep up with the agile bookworm!
COMBATSYS: Himeko interrupts Koushuu Da from Hotaru with Ghost Writer.
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Hotaru 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Himeko
"Thanks!" Hurricane Hime chirps back, seeming rather.. Smug at this point. It's only natural that Saikyo-inspired techniques are marveled at after all, right? But she can't be that way for long, because she's suddenly rather impressed herself by Hotaru's actrobatics.
A quick fighter, is she? This could make things tough if Hime isn't on her 'A' game. Her arms suddenly dropping when Hotaru takes the air, the saikyo student shuffles back and forth on her feet, as if calculating a catch of a long ball, and then her left hand swings toward her right, and seconds before Hotaru's foot connects, swings right back and upward in an almost uppercut-like motion, targetting Hotaru's chin with the spine of her mysterious little book!
Both girls are carried upward slightly from the abrupt shift of momentum, and with a twirl in the air, Himeko skids to a halt and is left standing on the desk again in her bouncy stance yet again, "Ha HA!!" ((c) Saishu) she declares, but then suddenly cringes, holding her left shoulder, "ow."
She hadn't expected Himeko to be able to punch her through the incoming attack, but the younger girl has surprises yet. Hotaru takes it on the chin, which screws up her attempt to jump off the girl, but she is able to recover with a backwards flip into a handstand before hitting the ground and then drop into a roll, coming back up to her feet. Her hand lifts to rub her chin a bit, the look in her eyes suggesting that the attack is giving her cause to reconsider how she approaches The Hurricane.
A slight nod is given Himeko, perhaps a subconsciously offered warning of yet another incoming attack, this time perhaps a bit more serious. Sprinting directly forward for her, Hotaru seems to have taken on a more brute force approach as she seems more inclined to tackle the smaller girl. Reaching out with her hands to take hold of her, if successful, Hotaru will kick Himeko in the shin once, then knee her in the stomach in an attempt to crumple her forward enough to then leapfrog over her shoulders to hop onto the other side. One might get the impression that she would have even done more if she was going all out, but Hotaru isn't saying anything either way.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Himeko with Shin-Jou Tai.
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Hotaru 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Himeko
Himeko simply grins in return though the cringe of hers, but then she's back in action, ready to go a few more rounds! She's actually uncertain just how well her strategy worked there, because it still rather hurt.. She'll have to consider her other options in a moment, like.. Oooh.. After she's done trying to fend off the more aggressive Hotaru! The blows land pretty hard, to the shin to make her lurch downward slightly that only assists the knnee to the gut afterward, "Oof!"
Hime holds her gut as she stumbles forward a couple of steps, and then suddenly makes a u-turn, "All right, I guess it's time for me to kick things up a notch as well!" And that said, the heroine bounds forward, and attempts to slip behind Hotaru. Should she manage to do that, her arms would wrap around the other girls waist, clinch in tight and then snap backward sharply into a german suplex, "Journal! Suplex!!"
COMBATSYS: Hotaru endures Himeko's Quick Throw.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Himeko
Coming out of the leapfrog hop, Hotaru turns around, expecting to find Himeko probably just about crumpled over on the ground. Only... hey, she can't find her anywhere? "Ano-" And then she feels the Hurricane's wrath as two arms catch her around the waist and pull her right over backward! "Wha-!" Hotaru exclaims, arms flailing at first until her back hits the floor. "Ermph!" she grunts.
She doesn't stay stuck for long though as she twists her body free. Rather than getting back to her feet, she stretches out along the ground with her legs toward Himeko, trying to catch her with one leg in front of her ankles and her other leg swinging in behind Himeko's knees. A quick, effective leg takedown that might work out okay given their close proximity.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Himeko with Light Kick.
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Hotaru 0/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Himeko
Himeko certainly proves thus far to be one to take a lickin'.. And keep on ticking! However while she had a pretty good start, her defenses were starting to fail at this point- Things were not looking good for Hurrican Hime! She though the big suplex would have bought her some time to put herself in a better defensive position, but.. Not quite yet, it seems Hotaru has pulled just as amazing a recovery and Hime finds herself overwhelmed by the grapple since she doesn't know until too late if it's a slam or a trip headed her way to defend properly.. And, "Unngh!"
With a heavy thud, the girl doesn't bother getting up, instead she almost curls into a ball as she rolls back once, twice, three times, and then gets into a crouch, another breeze blowing back her big scarf. She needs a second to take a breather, and get back into the game!
COMBATSYS: Himeko gains composure.
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Hotaru 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Himeko
Hotaru waits as Himeko rolls off to the side, slipping back into her ready stance and watching her. She's begun to realize that while the younger fighter might not have as much experience at this as she does, she does still seem to be full of interesting tricks that merit being cautious about. "This has been a pretty fast paced fight, good time to catch our breath," she states, lifting her hand to brush back her bangs a little as if to emphasize the effort being put into the the match so far. Then she leans forward a little and exhales, resting her hands against her knees. It might be for show, or maybe Himeko is just giving her a better workout than she had expected?
COMBATSYS: Hotaru drops her guard to recover.
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Hotaru 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Himeko
Himeko isn't one to show signs of being tired so close into the match, but she is starting to learn a bit about pacing herself. If she goes too all out from the start, it seems to limit her options in the long-run and that's never any good. However now Hime thinks she may see a small window of opportunity.
Honestly, she can't really tell if Hotaru is setting up a trap or not, but one mustn't ever look a gift horse in the mouth, that's what she was always taught, "... Yes, this is true but.. By relaxing.." and suddenly Himeko is charging forward, leaps and with a flip aims to hit Hotaru with a heel-drop kick, "You've fallen into my trap! Face my suprise attack!" assuming that drop hits, Himeko falls into a crouch with a low kick, then whips out her hand to smash her book into Hotaru's gut. The combination includes a few more kicks and chops, "Ora ora ora ora ora!!!" she cries, until she finishes by windmilling her arm and the books pages fan out from it like the tail of a kite, "Hime! Burai Ken!!" This time though, if the spine of her book hits Hotaru's chin, the paper-tail snaps back in like a slinky, and each page that snaps back in rattles more hits into her big uppercut!
COMBATSYS: Hotaru endures Himeko's 3-2-1 Contact.
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Hotaru 1/------=/=======|=------\-------\0 Himeko
"Have I now," Hotaru replies, her eyes sparkling with amusement at Himeko's enthusiasm. Though she does have to admit, the girl seems a bit suicidal. If she ends up going up against some of the bruisers that Hotaru has had to face, they're going to tear her to pieces...
As Himeko jumps in, Hotaru decides to see if the Hurricane is able to earn the rights to such a bold name in the first place! The heel kick causes Hotaru to bend forward a little, only to get hit by the low kick, and then get punched in her stomach by the book. The combination is enough to widen her eyes with surprise. That actually hurt, this kid has a bit of a bite! As she continues attacking her, Hotaru attempts to try and manage a defense, lifting her hands to just put up a barrier in the way, but the book flies right on past and strikes her in the chin again. Yikes, she really has a thing for Hotaru's poor glass jaw!
Reeling a little, Hotaru manages to keep her footing all the same, having drawn on some of the endurance training that Master Ryo has been putting her through lately. "That's some attack," she marvels, hand rubbing her chin for the second time tonight. But she thinks Hurricane Hime may have pushed herself a bit too far after all that. "But I have one of my own!" she replies, leaping right into the girl with the same bold, brute force as before. Her arms whirl around into twin set of windmilling attacks, then she lands on the ground and continues swinging and jabbing, attempting to break thing any defense Himeko might try to put together. The individual jabs themselves aren't particularly painful, but if they manage to break the girl's defenses, it might end up being a problem.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Hotaru's Sou-shou Tenrenge.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Himeko
Well.. When your best friend is Mimiru Kasagi, the 'Iori Killer', some things just rub off on a girl. Though overall, the Hurricane has a little more common sense than that at least. ... We hope. "Ha ha!" she then declares,
"It's one of my best attacks, you see.. Note I say 'one' of!" but now she has to deal with Hotaru! But this time she's very very ready. Or possibly very very lucky however one wants to look at it, but Hotaru is then given another display of Himeko's unusual defensive abilities. The centerfold of her paperback (it's Dan Hibiki doing his Koyruken!) is drawn out, and when the peppered fists in the wider range slam into it, it's almost like hitting a very hard sandbag, there's no tearng through it! At least, not immedietly, when the centerfold shows wear n' tear, the rest of the blows are met with the paperback itself as best she can, the final of the combo knocking her back at lat onto her rear, "Nngh.. That was close, and very fast, but my defenses are like paper!"
Ha ha.
Feeling the burn in her arms now, she decides to give them a break for a moment, so she's forced to come at Hotaru with a quick kick, she snapping her left leg up to try and hit Hotaru in the side, "Kyah!"
COMBATSYS: Hotaru interrupts Light Kick from Himeko with Quick Punch.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Himeko
After several swings, Hotaru begins to realize that she isn't going to break Himeko's defense, inspite her determination to do so. Finally relenting, she whews, looking like that took quite a bit of effort on her part. "That's really good!" she chirps, though she's looking at the smaller girl a bit warily now. That was /real/ good. As Himeko tries to give her a kick, Hotaru stands her ground and swings out, popping Himeko on the cheek for her trouble, "But don't let it make you too confident," she grins a little.
"Ow!" well a well placed punch to the cheek will mess up anyones day, really, and it's almost funny the way her cheek smushes in a moment from the attack, causing her to back off as she rubs it slightly, "Ow.. Well.. I see your point there," she replies, and manages to shake it off somewhat. There are flaws to pretty much anyone's style, while she may believe Saikyo Ryu to be strongest, it isn't quite perfect! She curls in her lips and with a nod leaps backward, slipping her right hand to her index-card holster, "All right then!! Try this!" and when she throws her hand outward, the card fly outward, staying attatched to one another so it acts like a slender whip and it seems to be racing right toward Hotaru's shoulder!
COMBATSYS: Hotaru reflects Mulligan Stew EX from Himeko with Kobi Kyaku EX.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-----==|=======\==-----\1 Himeko
And try it she does! Hotaru, having had quite enough of getting whipped around by paper goods, kicks back with a reverse roundhouse, her leg moving from low to high, a trail of blue chi following behind her foot. "KYA!" It is no accident that she times this defensive move in such a way as to try and send the 'paper trail' directly right back toward Himeko. Recovering from the move, she lowers her leg and slips back into a ready stance.
And out of nowhere, Hotaru's attack indeed smacks the paper back.. Hotaru didn't see that one coming... At all, actually! The papers smacking Himeko again in the head with enough force to knock her off her feet, she hits the floor and immedietly favors the spot with crossed eyes, ".. Wow.. Ok, didn't see that one coming.." she murmurs to herself, and unfortunatly seems to be on her last legs at this point.
But looking determined still, she claps her hands togeather trapping her book between her palms, "HooOOOOOAAAH!!"
a gust of wind whips back her scarf again, there's a click, and then she fires off page after page of her book toward the other girl like a machine-gun, twenty shots rapid-fire like rectangular discs of doom! It may look harmless, but it isn't obvious to the untrained eye that those sheets are hardened by her unusual chi!
COMBATSYS: Himeko can no longer fight.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-----==|
Oh right but.. She doesn't have much left after that, once that barrage ends, her shoulders slump and she falls onto her rear, tuckered out, "Oh man.."
COMBATSYS: Hotaru blocks Himeko's Schoolhouse Rock!.
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Hotaru 0/-------/----===|
As Himeko mutters about not seeing that coming, Hotaru offers her a slightly apologetic smile, "It looked pretty scary, I couldn't help myself," she offers sincerely. Then she just waits as Himeko gets back to her feet to try again. Wow, she sure is determined! muses Hotaru, eyes widening a little at the incoming barrage of paper. Raising her arms, she begins to deflect them, one at a time, sending each page in a different direction, creating a small whirlwind of papers around herself that takes several seconds to calm down and collapse to the floor. Looking at her hands, Hotaru realizes that that still did sting a bit, having missed the chi Himeko was able to pour into each and every one of the rapid fire shots. Huh!.
Lowering her hands, she slips back into a ready stance, watching Himeko for several more seconds. When it becomes clear that the younger girl has given it all she's got for now, Hotaru relaxes. She doesn't really notice the announcement of being declared the winner as for now she's over crouching next to Himeko, resting her hands on her knees as she stoops down next to the seated girl.
"That was some fight, Hime. You've got a lot of interesting techniques. With a little bit more refinement, I bet you'll be trying to steal my rank in no time." She grins a bit, ruffling the younger bookworm's hair playfully, "But you should be careful of the boasting. Too much talking might leave you open to unpleasant surprises." That said, the Kenpo artist stands up straight and bows toward Himeko respectfully, "It has been a rare treat to see such a unique fighting style. Thank you for the match."
Yep, there wasn't much left in her for the time being, but still Himeko was pleased with herself, she definatly give herself a pat on the back for her efforts, but.. She's learned something pretty important here about her style. Who says you just need books to learn?
She sits cross-legged then, her eyes widening a bit in reaction to the advice given to her.. She doesn't really have much of a ego, she's just very proud of her fighting style, but she gets the point, "Y- yes, that is true, I'll keep that in mind.. Thank you, Hotaru!"
One eye closes as her hair is ruffled, the Hurricane giving a slightly sheepish giggle in turn but now that she was feeling better? She thinks it's about time she go ahead and check out a book or two.
In fact, she's all over that! Standing up, the bow is returned, and then she beats feet!
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has ended the fight here.
Log created on 00:13:44 05/15/2007 by Himeko, and last modified on 18:35:11 07/05/2007.