Description: A good old Saturday Night Fight three-way brawl. Brought to you by barrels. Go barrels! (Winner: Makoto)
Estonia.....not exactly a hotbed of fighter activity. Nowhere near Japan or America, or even Brazil's significance in the fighting 'community'. But it IS close enough to Russia to matter a bit. And it DOES have a chance to shine in fighting history, as the City Center of Tallinn plays host to part of one of the biggest fighting spetacles of the day! SATURDAY! NIGHT! FIGHT!! *now with 25 percent more FAITO*
In any case, the scene is set for a battle 'tween three fighters, with quite different styles. In one...er...corner(?), you have good old American Boxing represented, as the man known as Heavy D! stands in one section of the cordoned off area of the market. And as usual, he's preparing himself already, jabs and hooks shot out in the air to keep himself warmed up and limber for the action to come.
Makoto doesn't have a corner. She has a restaurant's patio, and is currently standing on one of the tables; she just barely fits under the sun umbrella. It's good balance practice for her to stand there while she throws a few kicks at the air.
Makoto leaps off the table, landing on the uneven cobblestones of the market square itself. She likes the roughness underfoot; it makes it less likely that she's going to slip accidentally, and it reminds her a bit of the path up to her dojo. Without talking - although she does throw Akira a wave, as she considers her a friend - Makoto steps closer to the middle of the square, waiting surprisingly patiently.
Akira typicaly hates 1 vs 1 vs 1 fights because it usually ends up a 2 vs 1 fight. She may be more confident today because Makoto has come along--nonetheless, in case she needs her confidence boost, she has brought along her helmet which she holds under her arm.
She throws a wave over to Makoto as she approaches, but doesn't get too close to anybody as she heads to the square. "Hey there, D, we meet again." She wiggles her fingers in a dramatic manner before setting down her helmet. Only there if she needs it--and she doesn't anticipate it. "Good luck t'you both."
Heavy D! finally takes a break from his shadowboxing, once he hears the call from Akira's side of the fighting area. He gives a quick nod to her, before tossing out another one toward Makoto. He's fought both of them before, yes...just not at once. In any case, now that it seems like everyone's all set, he makes his way toward the center, working out kinks in his neck, before slipping his sunglasses into the pocket of his jacket. "Guess we're all here now, huh?" he asks, fists tightening up in preparation.
Makoto has never seen Akira fight in her helmet, so she looks at it for a moment in moderate surprise. She doesn't see a motorcycle here, just the helmet. Weird.
Then she stops caring, because really, it's a helmet. She's seen fighters wear them before, and even padding. "Good luck to you too," she replies, giving both of the others a short and rather traditional bow before returning to a casual-looking version of her normal combat stance, one hand held up but the other back.
For those who have seen her fight before, this is the 'I am waiting for the judges to call it without looking as eager as I am' stance.
"Mmhmm!" Akira comments, nudging the helmet away with her foot. She seems ready herself--though she isn't wearing glasses or anything. She's not in a particularly defined stance, though she does pull one leg back.
COMBATSYS: Makoto has started a fight here.
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Makoto 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: HeavyD has joined the fight here.
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Makoto
COMBATSYS: Akira has joined the fight here.
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Makoto 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|
Heavy D! settles into his own stance once Akira and Makoto do, dropping his head down slightly and putting his arms up to cover up and guard. His feet slide apart, one slightly in front of him, the other back and to the side to avoid squaring up. Then.....
*DING!* "FIGHT!"
The call to begin is given. And D! quickly...falls back and decides to take it slow it seems, circling and trying to size the two up and decide who best to focus on. Can't make mistakes here, after all...
COMBATSYS: HeavyD focuses on his next action.
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Makoto 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-------|
Akira watches Heavy D for a moment, breathing out her nose. She doesn't feel like she has to focus her inner chi all that much because she's already been doing that. Makoto is closer for Akira to strike--as HeavyD is falling back--but that doesn't matter to Akira. It's time for some payback from that last fight.
"Oh yeah--well I'm not gonna give you the chance to hang out this time!" She laughs cheerfully before darting in close--trying to catch Heavy D before he can fall back--and deliver a vicious suplex to him!
Makoto is a little slower to act, even though she was the anxious one. She sees Akira rush Heavy D!, who appeared to want to take it easy for a moment, and it is tempting to go after him and gang up.
She doesn't, though. Instead, she rushes toward Akira from behind, post-suplex (or post-missed-suplex) and, when she gets there, plants her left foot. This makes her right side of her body pivot, and Makoto uses that momentum for a widely spinning kick.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD fails to interrupt Houbu from Akira with Blast Upper.
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Makoto 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-----==|
Heavy D! watches Akira charge at him. WHen she drops in to try and catch him around his waist, he tries to intercept her with a sudden swipe of his fist up, hoping to catch her with a Blast Upper before she can come in. Unfortunately for him, he finds himself a bit too slow to react, and ends up dumped onto his head instead, hitting the road with a nasty thump before finally rolling up into a contentious crouch. "Nhhhhnnn...."
COMBATSYS: Akira blocks Makoto's Naruto.
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Makoto 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-----==|
NARUTO UZUMAKI ASSAULT!?
Akira says, "Nope, not that easy..." She grunts, "But nice try there--you could've gotten me...but sometimes you just have to take risks..." She sees Makoto moving in and turns slightly--bringing up her arms and taking the spinning kick strike to her arms. She winces, but doesn't shift her assault towards her. Instead, she hops back and comments, "Not this time--!" She manages, "I'm not going to underestimate you this time, Makoto!"
But she does not continue her assault--instead she turns back to face Heavy D--and flies for him, spinning into a hefty spinning flying kick, bursts of wind chi erupting around her feet as she launches herself at Heavy D, trying to catch him with a trio of flying spin kicks herself!
After that kick, Makoto steps backwards. "I hope you don't!" she calls back, but does not charge in like a crazy person like she ordinarily might. They're beating each other up...and multiperson tactics may be newer to her (Rindoukan doesn't often teach them) but she has no objections to them doing so.
Instead, she draws her fist back, half-closes her eyes, and concentrates. She stays completely still, although odd gusts of wind sometimes catch her clothes or scarf.
COMBATSYS: Makoto gathers her will.
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Makoto 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: HeavyD blocks Akira's Dancing Cyclone Kick.
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Makoto 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/----===|
Heavy D! is more prepared for the kick than he was the throw. As Akira spins toward him, he covers up, catching the wind-cutting kicks with his arms and absorbing the shots. He's prepared to shoot back....
But as luck would have it, 2 trucks who hadn't gotten the memo speed through toward the center. As they see the crowd and the fight, as well as the hasty signs put up for the detours, they quickly turn...and spin out as they end up speeding toward EACH OTHER instead. The result? The trailers each carries slam into each other, the truck beds breaking and sending crates and barrels toward the group! As the crowd scrambles for cover, D! watches on like it was....well.....a car wreck.
"Oh Crap...." As a barrel snaps toward them, D! is forced hastily to jump back, punching out a barrel rolling toward him toward Akira's direction instead. Better her than him, right?
COMBATSYS: HeavyD successfully hits Akira with Large Thrown Object.
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Makoto 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/---====|
Akira bounces off of Heavy D. "Ha!" She comments, too focused to really pay attention to any stupid trucks! "Is that all you got? H-hey! Why are you running away?!"
And then he kicks a barrel and it flies right into Akira's face. She flies off the ground and skids across the ground for a few moments before sliding to a stop.
"Oof." She says.
COMBATSYS: Akira gains composure.
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Makoto 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/---====|
Barrel!
Makoto's reaction to a barrel coming RIGHT AT HER, after the godawful crash (fortunately, nobody was hurt, although those trucks are probably a write-off - as are the barrels) is to jump it. It partially works; she lands on it rather than across it, and running in place to avoid falling off.
She figures out, after a few moments, that she is still moving, and her running in place is making her speed up. Makoto turns the barrel slightly, angling it STRAIGHT TOWARDS HEAVY D, with her on top! "Haaaaaah! Coming through!"
COMBATSYS: Makoto successfully hits HeavyD with Random Weapon.
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Makoto 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/=======|
That was rather fortunate for D!, managing to avert disaster and bring it onto Akira instead. However, the crates and barrels still come, D! forced to weave through the dangerous storm of containers. And it's such a storm that brings him pain, as Makoto ends up surfing across one, redirecting it into his back and sending him sprawling in pain. That REALLY. REALLY hurt. It's enough that D!'s forced to pause, trying to get the air that was knocked OUT of him by the barrelsurf back INTO him. "NGhhhhhhhhhhhhh...."
COMBATSYS: HeavyD gains composure.
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Makoto 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-======|
Akira is pretty dizzied from that flying object she had no idea was flying for her. She shakes her head to clear it and rubs at her eyes. Gosh, she thinks, how about THAT. That hurt. That really hurt.
"Alright." She pulls back up to her feet and watches the flying barrels--keeping in mind their positions for real real this time rather than just for play play which is exactly why she got owned by one! That and Heavy D has a tough fist. Akira breathes out--and nabs one of the bouncing barrels, twisting around--and chucking it for Heavy D as hard as she can! "HAAH!" She gasps. "There you go! Right back at you!"
Makoto's brilliant plan was lacking in one way.
She is not quite sure how to stop rolling without throwing herself off.
All Makoto can do is steer toward the small wall where the restaurant's patio is while not running quite as fast; she almost slips off once or twice, but manages to get the fast-moving barrel to roll slow enough that, when it hits the fence, it only drops her over it gently.
Picking herself up, she leaps back over the fence, ready for action - but needing to take a moment to reorient herself and watch the others.
COMBATSYS: Makoto focuses on her next action.
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Makoto 0/-------/-======|===----\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-======|
COMBATSYS: HeavyD interrupts Large Thrown Object from Akira with Rolling Soul Driver.
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Makoto 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-======|
What goes around comes around....wait, that doesn't quite work in this case.
Either way, as the barrels and crates keep coming, and Akira flings one at him, D! uses the storm as cover. And as the barrel flies in, it suddenly explodes, as D! drives through, an arm swirling with grey chi bursting through and driving toward Akira with sudden speed and power.
Akira is punched through her own barrel and skids across the ground in a rather painful manner, "HGghh..." She grunts, gritting his teeth--but she flips after a few moments, eyes wide with surprise--before she throws herself back at Heavy D--flying in ANOTHER flying jump kick for his face--but this time she simply tries to connect both feet to his head and repeatedly stomp on it! Perhaps he has some vendetta against Heavy D?! Or Makoto is a friend so she'd rather beat up someone who she knows less well first. Or maybe it's a combination of both!
Friend or not, Makoto is starting to feel a little left out here. She likes fights! And so far, she's been totally left alone.
This is probably why, once she has recovered, she charges the fight rather than hang back more. Specifically, she runs flat-out at Akira, body held slightly low, because she hasn't bothered the other girl very much yet. The low stance lasts until about ten feet away, when Makoto throws herself in the air, dropping almost straight down at Akira with a painful-looking axe kick and a focusing yell. "Now it's my turn!"
COMBATSYS: HeavyD blocks Akira's Dancing Cyclone Kick.
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Makoto 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Akira
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Heavy D! may have gotten the surprise on Akira, but he's forced to pull back as the flying kicks come back again. He has to cover up with his arms once more, bearing back the attack with two forearms. And at this point, as Makoto targets Akira again, D! finds that maybe this is a good time to get another breather going. After all, all that crate dodging from before tires a man out.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD gains composure.
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Makoto 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-======|
COMBATSYS: Akira blocks Makoto's Tsurugi.
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Makoto 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-======|
Akira frowns as Heavy D manages to hold off her dancing cyclone kick of doom one more time--and bounces off, hissing through her teeth as she lands in a kneeling position on the ground--she turns around and brings back her arms up a second time, taking the axe kick slam in her arms and flying across the ground, back towards her helmet.
Akira gasps for a few moments--before fumbling and taking the helmet up and securing it on her head. Looks like she's going to go all Serious now!--But she doesn't actually assault anybody--or do much of anything, really, beyond that.
COMBATSYS: Akira takes no action.
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Makoto 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 0/-------/-======|
Makoto is still not sure why Akira went to get her helmet. Oh well, if she wants it that much...
Makoto turns her attention to Heavy D, then, and snap-kicks a medium-sized box at him. That is not the attack; that is the feint, designed only to give her enough time to rush forward and attempt to plant a solid fist in his gut.
That isn't the end of it. "Haah!" she yells, following it up with a trio of lightning-fast punches towards Heavy D's torso. It concludes, after a brief pause, with an upward strike with every ounce of force in her body, her muscles tensing at the moment of impact. Her speed and force causes her scarf to flutter out behind her, like a cape. "SEICHUUSEN GODANZUKI!"
COMBATSYS: HeavyD endures Makoto's Seichuusen Godanzuki.
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Makoto 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Akira
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HeavyD 1/-----==/=======|
He hoped she'd keep focusing on Akira...alas, it wasn't meant to be. In any case, D! is forced on his heels as Makoto kicks one of the crates toward him, distracting him enough that she has time to rush in and plant a fist into his gut. And the followup shots? They hit flush as well, the last sending D! upward. STill...somehow, he has enough of his senses to keep control even in mid flight. Gritting his teeth, he falls back toward Makoto...and simply punches, and punches, and punches. Without a foundation, he can't really lay into her well, so he just tries to overwhelm her with numbers, before finishing off with one hell of an overhead right. Will it work?....well, D!'s hoping so.
Akira pats her helmet for a few moments to make sure it's securely fashioned. Maybe she wants it because it prevents head trauma. Either way, it gave her opponents some time to do other things they'd like--but Akira isn't going to stand out forever either.
"Tough people..." She murmurs before she watches Heavy D! go for Makoto with a furious assault. Ah, she thinks, he has a pretty good plan there! But Akira isn't interested in winning--otherwise she might've jumped Makoto now too.
Instead she waits for what she thinks is an opening--and lashes out at Heavy D, trying to grab him again and slam him to the ground in a simple but painful throw to the ground--it's practically a shove--except it follows through.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD successfully hits Makoto with D. Crazy.
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Makoto 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Akira
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Punching so many times may not be the most delicate of attacks, nor does it have much finesse to it, but it seems to work well enough. Makoto recoils under the assault; the fists always seem to be where her blocking arms aren't.
Makoto's foot snakes out near the end of the attack as she attempts to loop it around Heavy D's legs and yank, pulling him off-balance; she breaks her own (rather ineffective) guard at the same time and punches forward and down, toward his solar plexis. This might give Akira the opportunity to push. "Haa!"
COMBATSYS: HeavyD endures Akira's Quick Throw.
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Makoto 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\0 Akira
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COMBATSYS: HeavyD fails to interrupt Araiso from Makoto with Soul Flower.
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Makoto 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Akira
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Tough...but even tough people get worn out. Take D! for example. As the two girls try their best to drag him down to the ground, he finds himself lacking the energy to muster a fight against them. As Akira shoves him down to the ground with a thump, D! rolls back, trying to take Makoto by surprise with a burst of the Soul Flower...but only ends up taken down again and punched in the solar plexus. Breath sapped from him again, D! simply....lays there for a while, barely conscious, and finding it hard to pull himself back up into a fighting position at the moment.
Akira watches D for a moment, before turning to face Makoto--apparently figuring that D is out and down for the count!--whether he is or not. Regardless, she holds one palm forward as she judges the distance towards her. "Well, you've been doing really well this fight Makoto... but can you stop this?" She laughs as she darts forward--twisting into a side kick as she gets close--looks like Heavy D gets a little bit of a break--but that might be because Akira thinks he'll topple over any minute!
COMBATSYS: Makoto fails to interrupt Light Kick from Akira with Fukiage.
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Makoto 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Akira
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Makoto ducks down and tenses, preparing to rise up and punch Akira when she comes at her. "I was just tired of getting left out - "
She rises. Her timing is off; Makoto rises slightly too early, having not expected the side kick to come at quite the angle that it did, and it hits her in the ribs; it isn't as bad as it could have been, she thinks, but it still stung a fair bit. She takes a step back to absorb the force of the impact, but does not seem in bad spirits.
Heavy D! groans, rolling back as Akira switches focus onto Makoto finally. Muttering, he manages to finally get up to a crouching position, slumping over and catching his breath. He's barely in it right now...so he might as well make the best of things to get a leg up once more before he throws himself back in.
COMBATSYS: HeavyD gains composure.
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Makoto 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Akira
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Akira says, "Sorry about that--but I fought you so recently, I didn't think you'd mind if I smacked you a little." She hears some muttering and looks towards Heavy D--seeing him working on getting back up! She breathes out for a moment, before shaking her head, "Wow, you're really tough--to still be up..." and so saying, Akira dashes back to Heavy D--this time bringing her arm back and slamming it forward for a vicious uppercut to the underside of D!'s chin!
Makoto elects to hang back a moment too, now that her counterattack has failed. It gives her a moment to catch her breath; she needs to recover from exertion more than she needs to recover from bludgeoning. "I don't mind," she says, then offers another grni. "Better that than no fight at all!"
She stays back, though, letting the others go at it again.
COMBATSYS: Makoto gains composure.
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COMBATSYS: HeavyD blocks Akira's Strong Punch.
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Makoto 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\0 Akira
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Heavy D! is a tough man, that's for sure...but even he can't take too much more. He's barely able to stifle the uppercut she sends out, pushing down against her fist with his arms to keep her from clipping his chin. Grunting, he manages to push himself up to his feet, just enough to lash out a winging left hook aimed at Akira's chin. It's lacking technique, but then again, it's hard to worry about finesse when you're more worried about not falling over.
COMBATSYS: Akira interrupts Fierce Punch from HeavyD with Quick Throw.
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Makoto 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Akira
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It is Heavy D's turn to be shut down! Akira steadies herself, watching Heavy D throw out his fist--but Heavy D doesn't get a chance to get a solid hit on her--her helmet takes the hit--but it doesn't seem to hurt it. If it hurt Akira, it's hard to say, because the helmet is on. She grabs the outreached arm and picks up all of Heavy D and flings him over his shoulder and back into the ground.
"Nice job, man. You down for real this time?" She asks.
Makoto took her break. She's ready to join in again.
It seems, however, so /wrong/ to hit Akira in the back when she's talking to Heavy D, so she doesn't; instead, she draws her fist back and focuses, tensing and spreading power throughout her body while just staring. When Akira is ready, she will be too.
COMBATSYS: Makoto gathers her will.
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Heavy D! is...well, yeah, that pretty much finishes him off. As his arm is pulled out of the punch and used to fling him to the ground, D! decides that maybe it's a good time to give into Mr. Sandman's visit...and promptly droops unconscious finally. Not as if he had the energy or the reach to give a final shot if he wanted to....
COMBATSYS: HeavyD takes no action.
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Akira 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Makoto
COMBATSYS: HeavyD can no longer fight.
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Akira 1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Makoto
Akira gives a small nod to D!, "Nice fight." She tells him--normally Akira in helmet is ruder than this, but sometimes the two personalities blend a little. Akira doesn't have MPD. It's confidence. And confidence can come in many different ways. For example, one way confidence could be made self evident is the way Akira nods to Makoto--and then charges at her like a bull, trying to slam her shoulder into her body. It doesn't seem very martial artsy, which could put Akira in trouble--but then again, she has velocity on her side if Makoto doesn't watch out.
COMBATSYS: Makoto blocks Akira's Gate Shoulder.
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Akira 1/-------/=======|=======\====---\1 Makoto
Makoto plants both feet solidly on the ground, braces herself against the rushing Akira, and just waits for it.
It's enough, although the momentum of the blow slides Makoto a few feet back, until she feels the back of her heel hit one of the abandoned crates. Leaping up and onto the crate, she then jumps forward, over Akira, and then spins and grabs for the back of her neck with both hands.
If Makoto hits, all she does is heft Akira up, grunting, as she brings the other woman in uncomfortably close; this is a good position for her to attack from.
COMBATSYS: Makoto successfully hits Akira with Karakusa.
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Akira 1/-----==/=======|=======\=====--\1 Makoto
Akira is easily nabbed and lifted into the air. She kicks her feet for a few moments but doesn't throw herself away or anything. She kicks and struggles--and lifts a hand up---
And just removes her helmet--tossing it to the side as she waggles in place for a few moments, struggling to breathe--but otherwise not doing much of anything either.
COMBATSYS: Akira focuses on her next action.
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Akira 1/-======/=======|=======\=====--\1 Makoto
Makoto sets Akira down after a few moments, waiting for the attack.
It doesn't come, which is a little surprising; Makoto attempts to chop at Akira with more strength than finesse, then, a horizontal 'slash' with her hand. It's powerful - quite powerful - but still no Seichuusen Godanzuki. In her opinion, in the middle of a battle is a bad time to get dressed, or undressed as the case may be - but she's not going to say that.
COMBATSYS: Akira dodges Makoto's Fierce Punch.
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Akira 1/-======/=======|=======\=====--\1 Makoto
Maybe Akira doesn't think she NEEDS her helmet anymore. Perhaps she has finally ascended to a realm where she can utilize her strength on her own, without any psychological crutches!
At least for now. Akira ducks underneath Makoto's strike--and her body glows with a vibrant blue chi. Makoto should look out--because what's coming is gonna hurt if she's not careful!
Akira falls back into a handstand--throwing a repeated series of bluring kicks and chi strikes with her feet before hopping back to her feet--and hoping to finish off the combo with a 'fierce punch' of her own to Makoto's gut! "HIYAAH!!" She shouts to focus her strength...!!!
COMBATSYS: Makoto interrupts Haten Mueishu from Akira with Hayate.
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Akira 0/-------/--=====|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Makoto
Makoto stands there and weathers the blows, despite the presence of the chi she hates so much, preparing for the perfect time.
It comes when Akira decides to finish off the combo. Makoto takes advantage of the momentary pause to rush forward, so fast that her entire body seems to blur, and level a mighty straight punch at Akira to shove her own attack out of line, as well as do some damage to the other girl.
Makoto is a little wobbly on her feet afterwards, but still seems 'up' enough to fight, at least for a few moments longer.
Akira is slammed hard in the gut. She briefly, stumbling in pain--but doesn't fall down. It might be smarter to take a breather rather than keep up her assault--but she doesn't. Instead, she goes for a smack of her own--definately tired as she throws up her elbow for Makoto's chin, hoping to smack her down while she's still wobbly--though she nearly flops over herself just from trying it!
COMBATSYS: Akira successfully hits Makoto with Gate Elbow.
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Akira 0/-------/--=====|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Makoto
The elbow is enough! Makoto actually falls over, landing on her back from the force of the blow, and it takes her a few moments to pull herself up. She's pushing the ragged edge of defeat.
Perhaps unwisely, Makoto charges...indirectly. She leaps backwards first, pressing both feet and one arm against a store front, and then throws herself at Akira foot-first. Despite attempting a kick, she still manages to get her feet under her - or one of them, at least, because the other is letting loose with a series of medium and high kicks; the last one, like her Seichuusen, is almost vertical, and designed to launch Akira up.
Makoto will be waiting with an uppercut.
COMBATSYS: Akira fails to interrupt Abare Tosanami Kudaki from Makoto with Aikido Flip.
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COMBATSYS: Akira can no longer fight.
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Akira lashes out with her hands--apparently intending to throw Makoto to the moon.
Unfortunately this time, she fails to abort an assault with a throw--she's kicked up into the air like a pinata and is juggled in the air like a hackeysack--and she's an easy target for the waiting uppercut, coughing up some blood as she collapses--either on Makoto's fist, or into the ground.
Ouch.
Makoto lowers her fist after a few moments. She too looks like she's going to fall over.
But she doesn't, and she makes her slow way over to the others - Akira first, because she looks more badly hurt, then Heavy D!. Just to make sure they're OK.
Akira will be fine, but she is actually out cold. That last assault was brutal!
Log created on 20:21:56 06/02/2007 by Makoto, and last modified on 20:05:28 06/07/2007.