Description: Mr. Big looks like he's going to easily handle Ryo, but then has an equipment malfunction... (Winner: Mr.Big)
The MAIN EVENT of the Saturday Night Fight events of this week, as always are held in the illustrious(or at least, cavernous), one-in-kind Howard Arena! The crowd is wild and numberous, the presentators rambling on for their respective TV networks, and the fighters are entering the massive stone stage! This is will be a fight to remember!
Ryo Sakazaki is slowly marching his way into the stage from his side, the Raging Tiger himself waving to the cheering crowd. Matches like this are a golden opportunity! Not only you get more FANS, but he'll get the chance to show off the true might of KYOKUGEN for all to see. With hope, it'll bring out some more students to the dojo!
But Ryo has other worries than the usual publicity of the Kyokugen Dojo tonight. He's fighting Big. Mr. Big. That man that Robert and himself had to fight several years ago. This is the first time since then and it's not going to be a kind reunion. He grown in power since then...he'll take him down. He has to!
Fortunately, this time around, the life of his sister is not in danger.
Ah Ryo. Poor naive Ryo. As long as Mr. Big walks the earth EVERYONE'S sister is in danger. Striding into the Arena confidently and grinning from ear to ear, Mr. Big waves to the cheering fans as he takes in his waxing fanbase. Walking over to one side of the ring, Mr. Big takes a few moments to sign some autographs (and phone numbers) for some of his more beautiful female fans. He must not have seen the children trying to get his attention nearby...
Backing his way into the center of the ring, Mr. Big spends a few final moments chatting up one of the hot young ladies sitting ringside, motioning towards his head in the universal sign for 'Call Me'. His place in the ring finally taken, the cheers of the audience gains volume as Big raises his arms in the air triumphantly; A seemingly grassroots chant of 'World Warrior, World Warrior!' even starts amongst some of the crowd, as premature as such a declaration might be. Laughing happily and seeming quite at home amidst the circus-like atmosphere that permeates the air, Mr. Big finally meets eyes with his opponent as the match is about to begin. "Hah. This ain't gunna be nothin but a tune-up match," Mr. Big informs Ryo from across the ring. "I hope you give me enough of a challenge to get warmed up for my fight with Kyo, boy. Otherwise you're just wasting my time."
Mike Haggar can be seen watching the fight, holding a sign that has Mr. Big's face crossed out on it. He is not cheering for Ryo. He is cheering for Big's agony.
Pft! Nobody would want Yuri now. Trust me. Nobody in their sane (Or insane, for that matter) minds would be crazy enough to kidnap Yuri Sakazaki. She's crazy, man, she's just PSYCHO. That's why Ryo was always reluctant of teaching Kyokugen to women -- it drives them completly /bonkers/. That, or it might just be because she's a Sakazaki. Who knows.
Ryo stands at his corner, glaring at his opponment all over his spot. World Warrior, World Warrior...Pft! It took forever, that's what happened! Sakazaki's remains stoic to Big's pre-match taunting, flexing his knee a bit and thrusting out his arms, hands wide open. "I'll give you a challenge alright!" He shouts back, slamming a foot into the stone tiles. There goes some repair money. "So shut up, and bring it on! RAIJIN GOU!"
The blond haired young man bursts from his position, rushing toward Big where he slides litteraly into an elbow lashed at his stomach, chaining in an uppercut right after. Sounds like he means buisness.
COMBATSYS: Ryo has started a fight here.
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Ryo 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big has joined the fight here.
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Ryo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mr.Big
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big parries Ryo's Mouko Raijin Gou!
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Ryo 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mr.Big
"Hah!" Mr. Big grunts in contempt as Ryo begins to rush at him. "There's a reason we don't bother with your Kyokugen Dojo anymore," Quickly lashing out first with his left-hand baton, then with the one in his right, the Southtown Syndicate Gangster smacks Ryo's elbow and uppercut away harmlessly with enough force to momentarily deaden the muscles in the young man's arms. "IT'S HARMLESS!" the Chrome-dome Don finishes with a shout as he takes a short leap into the air while Ryo is briefly open to attack. Striking at Ryo's chest with an upward baton strike from the baton in his left hand, Mr. Big quickly follows up by pushing off of the ground powerfully as he levels a brutal baton-style uppercut with his right, aiming to carry Ryo into the air with him if he's able to connect with the young man's jaw.
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big successfully hits Ryo with California Romance EX.
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Ryo 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Mr.Big
This is clearly not a good start for Sakazaki as not only his attack has been harmlessly dispelled, but he's been flung into the air with a vicious baton-uppercut and his jaw crushed!
He's not done yet, however, far from it, even if it hurts like /heck/. "Harmless!?" Ryo shouts out, while still in mid air as his entire form crackles with a burst of blue chi, gathering into his hand. With a twist of his back, the Raging Tiger leaps higher up into the air and thrusts out a large blue fireball downward at Mr. Big. "KUUCHUU KO'OU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big dodges Ryo's Kuuchuu Ko'ou Ken.
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Ryo 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Mr.Big
"You heard me!" Mr. Big replies with a wolfish grin as the fireball streaks towards him. Diving fluidly to his side, Mr. Big rolls on his shoulder briefly before springing back up to his feet, the ko'ou ken sending shards of slate floor tiles flying as it slams into the ground where Big was moments ago. "Harmless."
Snickering at his opponent as he continues to easily deal with his assaults, Mr. Big begins to shake his head and wave Ryo off comically, playing it up for the crowd and even goes so far as to mock yawn in disinterest, which draws chuckles from some in the crowd. "They're bored, Sakazaki. I hope they don't ask for their money back after I finish mopping the ring with you, but I guess that's what happens when you book inferior opponents to fight a superstar like me," he informs the future Kyokugen master while thumbing his own chest.
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big gathers his will.
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Ryo 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Mr.Big
Ryo lands back on the ground, eyes closed, taking in a deep breath. Calm down! Don't let his goading get to you! This fight started badly, that's true, but there is still much, much time to turn it back around. Just think, Ryo, concentrate, what would father do in a situation like this?
The Raging Tiger's mind wanders for a few precious second. He'd probably put on a mask, barge in uninvited into people's houses, kick their heads in while ranting at them to become stronger.
That, or atomic wedgie Todoh. Either one of. Thus, no real help here besides the kicking ass part.
So, he guess he's on his own, now.
"Then come and give them a show, you douchebag! Come on! Come on!" He cries out, a burst of chi surrounding the Kyokugen Master.
COMBATSYS: Ryo gathers his will.
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Ryo 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Mr.Big
Stretching languidly as Ryo eggs him on, Mr. Big stifles another yawn as he begins to saunter over towards Ryo casually. "Hey, there you go, the kids always go for fireworks," he says with a nod at the burst of chi. "Unfortunately to make a difference in the fight you need something to back them up." Circling around Ryo for a brief moment, Mr. Big suddenly takes a quick step forward, droping to one knee and thrusting both batons straight ahead with blinding speed towards Ryo's gut.
COMBATSYS: Ryo fails to interrupt Weapon Jab from Mr.Big with Ko'Ou Ken.
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Ryo 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Mr.Big
It'd definetively not Ryo's day today. Maybe the fates really don't want him to win against his old nemesis...that, or is it because Big is completly kicking his rear?
Whatever the reason, Sakazaki was waiting for Big to get close. That was the point, really, to get him closer, so he can slap a "KO'OU KEN!" right into his face. Unfortunately, he kind of...miscalculated the distance. And got that staff dead on.
There's no way she'd miss this fight. Like practically every major sponsored fight Ryo has participated in, Hotaru is as close to the action as possible. Off to the side, in the lower 'pit' around the impressive stage itself, the pig-tailed student of Ryo's watches intently, hands clasped tightly in front of her almost in a praying gesture.
She cringed at the initial attack the tall, baton-weilding opponent delivered to her instructor, but she can't really tell how much it might have phased the Kyokugen fighter. After all, given the sort've things she's seen Sakazaki's do to each other around their dojo, that sequence of punishing strikes looked like something Ryo /might/ be able to shrug off. On the other hand, the ease with which Big is handling her sensei's attacks is cause for concern.
But as Ryo still seems to have a lot of fight in him yet, the girl looks hopeful. Only to wince again as Big's next strike manages to get through. She doesn't know the history between the two fighting, but she believes this match is important to Ryo all the same. Going up against the WW finalist is a great opportunity, either way! "Give it your best, Ryo-sensei!"
Haggar still has the sign. He's not cheering.
Springing backwards after his crouching jab hits, the Diamond Don, just laughs in humorless pity at his opponent. "Sad. Just sad," Mr. Big says with a shake of his head as he begins to circle around Ryo slowly. "And I thought your dojo was doing poorly before. Everyone in the world is watching this fight Sakazaki, do you really think anyone is going to want to learn the ways of Kyokugen-ryuu after this pathetic beat down?" Not even bothering to grin as he taunts Ryo now, the gangster just watches Ryo with disdain as he circles, appearing to be mildly offended that he even has to share the ring with someone whose skills are so beneath him.
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big focuses on his next action.
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Ryo 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Mr.Big
Grunting, Sakazaki stumbles back, willing himself to remaing straight, glaring at Big. He takes the time to wipe off some blood with a sleeve of his gi, spit down a glob of it on the stone floor and take another deep breath in. "Strong words, Big, but I'm not on the ground just yet." He snaps back, stepping back, watching every moves he does while circling him.
COMBATSYS: Ryo focuses on his next action.
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Ryo 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Mr.Big
"No, not yet," Mr. Big replies as he brings his batons together, snapping them into a single longer staff with a mechanical click, "But only because it's in my best interest make sure the Saturday Night Fight Main Event last longer than a matter of seconds. We need to keep the fans happy." Spinning the staff deftly from hand to hand as he circles, the Platinum Player almost resembles another Southtown Syndicate Lieutenant, although much, much more handsome. Spinning the staff back behind his head, Mr. Big suddenly rushes in on Ryo, twirling the weapon as he advances before lashing out with the pole, thrusting it right at Ryo's face from a much greater than he is normally able to attack from with his batons in their usual state.
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big successfully hits Ryo with Staff Thrust.
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Ryo 1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0 Mr.Big
The staff hits Ryo straight into the face. The odd thing is, he didn't seemed to do much to much to avoid it, or even soak it. No, what he DOES do is simply brace for the attack and the impact. "You know, Big," Sakazaki replies simply as he shakes his head to clear it. "I have an horrible truth to tell you."
Ryo then reels back a fist and slam it toward Big's face. What's the truth? TUNE IN NEXT TIME!
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big fails to interrupt Jab Punch from Ryo with Double Ground Blaster.
- Power fail! -
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Ryo 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Mr.Big
"I was holdin' back." Ryo snaps in.
"Heh. Pathetic," Mr. Big mutters as Ryo takes the hit. Yanking at both ends of his staff to try and separate it back into two batons, the Syndicate Gangster seems to be well ready to interrupt Ryo's immanent attack. "…huh?" Mr. Big asks in bewildered confusion as the staff refuses to budge, the two batons apparently stuck. Not able to do much more than grunt as the quick jab slams against his face, Big shakes his head curtly to clear his head after the punch. Dabbing at the corner of his mouth with his thumb and glancing at it to inspect it for blood, Mr. Big sighs in mock disappointment. "Nope, Almost kid. Nice try," he informs the young Sakazaki with a shrug as he retreats a few steps to a safe distance.
Time to press on the offensive! "Come on! Where are you GOING?" Ryo shouts back as he bounces after Big, keeping up with his retreating. There's a wide grin on the young Sakazaki's features. Now he remember one thing that what his old man taught him during all thoses years of training.
If it dosent work, just try something else!
And that's excatly what he's doing. Namely, throwing out another punch headed for Big's face.
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big fails to interrupt Jab Punch from Ryo with Strong Throw.
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Ryo 1/-----==/=======|=====--\-------\0 Mr.Big
Reaching for Ryo as the kid presses in on him, Mr. Big is quickly greeted with another fast punch to his face. The punch knocks his jaw to the side by barely even as much as an inch. "This is pathetic Sakazaki. Those punches barely even sting. We'll be here all night at this rate. It just shows how little faith you have in your pathetic excuse for a martial art that you need to rely on such weak attempts."
"Oh, come on now, you're just frustrated that you can't stop simple little punches headed crashing into your face. I know the feeling, it's okay -- you can tell me everything!" Sakazaki replies simply, stepping foward again and reeling back a fist. "Besides, I bet you can't even see where I'm going with this, don't you?" He adds and throwing out yet another punch headed for, you named it, Big's face.
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big fails to interrupt Jab Punch from Ryo with Medium Strike.
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Ryo 1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0 Mr.Big
Haggar is slumped back in his chair, now, the sign discarded at his feet.
"Yeah, I bet you know the feeling," Mr. Big says just before another jab snacks his head back slightly. "And to be perfectly honest, I couldn't really care less where you're going with this. But hey, at least you're giving the fans the illusion that this is an actual fight."
Well, after taking a few painful hits, it looks like Ryo is at least being able to retaliate with strikes fast enough to slip through Big's attempts to counter. Though peppering the World Warrior finalist with light attacks isn't going to decide this match either. For now, Hotaru watches quietly, waiting for Ryo to crank up the pressure and show everyone what Kyokugen can do!
"That's what I thought, too!" Ryo replies back, pressing on his offensive. That's the problem with quick strikes that does not deal a lot of pain -- this DO drag on the battle. This time, no punch comes. Just a pretty simple, quick snap kick aimed at Big's left cheek. During this, Ryo keeps talking. "And I don't know about illusion."
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big interrupts Light Kick from Ryo with Double Ground Blaster.
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Fiddling with the staff in his hands as Ryo begins to swing his foot towards him, Mr. Big finally gets the danged thing separated back into two batons. "'Bout time..." he mutters as the foot nears his face. Swinging both batons upwards quickly, the foot connects with his cheek with just as little effect as the previous punches. This time, however, with his batons back in action Mr. Big is finally able to attempt a counter assault. Bright orange flares of chi spout for the tiles at Ryo's feet as the batons rise, bathing the karate fighter in stone shrapnel and chi.
When the baton and the assault connects against Ryo, the young man closes his eyes, grinning a bit despite the rather horrible pain of the sharpnels and chi.
"'Bout time."
The Orange Man flies up as a result of the explosion. That was not the attack he was expecting to occure, but he'll take it. Now is the time or never!
His entire body crackles with a familiar bright blue chi energy as he pummelts back toward the cold, unforgiving ground. "HAOH!" He intones, the chi gathering in his crossed forarms. "SHOOOOO KO KEN!"
BLAM! An enormous fireball is fired out at...the ground, just before he lands. The fireballs explodes messily, sending sharpnels and tiles flying everywhere, but that's not the important part. What IS important is that Ryo twisted around and used the explosion to propels himself straight for Mr. Big, lashing out a kick and coming in like a rocket!
"HIEN SHIPPU KYAKUUUUUUU!"
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big interrupts Hien Shippu Kyaku EX from Ryo with Staff Thrust.
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Ryo 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\1 Mr.Big
Wow, now that was unexpected. Mr. Big would almost have to take his hat off to the Kyokugen fighter, that is, if the Chrome-Dome Don dared to cover his beautiful bald head with such things. His eyes widening behind his ever-present sunglasses, Mr. Big chances a brief glance down at his batons as Ryo flies at him. "Ah hell. Why not?" he asks in resignation before snapping them /back/ into a staff. Damn Big, you just got those things apart! You sure that's a good idea? Spinning the butt of the staff towards the flying tiger, Mr. Big jams the other end into the ruination that was the floor of the Howard Arena like a spearman readying for a charge. Luckily for Geese he gets these flagstone tiles at cost. The butt of the staff catches Ryo in the chest as he crashes in on Mr. Big, and the Platinum Player is /just/ able to avoid more than a grazing hit as the flailing foot as Ryo is upended.
The explosive Haoh Sho Ko Ken and DYNAMIC ENTRY Hien Shippu Kyaku, even if it was severly interrupted by a rather vicious Staff Thrust coming from Big, sent the whole, entire crowd into an deafening uproar of cheers, whistling and yelling. Evidently, there is little care of who wins or who lose tonight, as long there is impressive explosions with this crowd! The home watchers might be a different story, thought.
Whatever the case, Ryo regrets NOTHING. Nothing at all. He fought like he should have always been fighting, even if the fates were conspiring against him tonight.
The staff thrust send Sakazaki flying backward just as fast as he rocketed toward Big. He should down and done by now. Game over, finished! In body at least. In spirit, Ryo refuses to go down without at least gnashing out his teeths for a last time, sort to speak!
"HAOH!" He cries out while spiraling in midair, arms crossed and focusing every ounce of power into his arms. Energy crackle and gather violently, a few would-be bolts of fire flying around dangerously. Just before he lands, yells out the rest of the magical phrase. "SHO KO KEEEEEEEEEEEN!"
You know how huge that fireball is normaly, right? Right. It's bigger now. Thicker, nastier, deadlier. Flying at Big, too.
Ryo? Oh, he's scrapping on the ground now, on his back and struggling back to a knee. Failing to, anyway.
COMBATSYS: Ryo can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Mr.Big fails to slow Haoh Sho Ko Ken from Ryo with Large Thrown Object.
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Eyes widened at the explosive flying kick Sakazaki had attempted, Hotaru covers her face with her hands when Big's re-formed staff sends Ryo back to the ground without being able to deliver the full force of his attack.
Hearing him get back up and enunciate the name of his memerable massive chi attack, she lowers her hands to watch the final exchange of attacks take place. The fight ends now, that much she can tell. She's not sure she's ever seen him pour so much strength into that attack before!
Groaning softly as the huge ball of energy flies at him, Mr. Big realizes that there's only one thing left to do. Grabbing both ends of his staff to pull them apart and retaliate with a large energy attack of his own... "Sonfovabitch." Big growls as he tugs on the staff. "Goddamnpieceoftrash!" he bellows as the ball closes in. "<CENSORED> this!" he yells as he flings the staff at the ball of energy, where it is promptly vaporized. Sent flying by the relentless blast, Mr. Big rolls on the ruined ground a couple of times before turning himself onto his rear and standing. "Dammit," he mutters as he coughs. "Ah well, at least we put on a show," he tells himself before raises his fists in the air triumphantly as the crowd cheers.
COMBATSYS: Mr.Big has ended the fight here.
But cheer for whom? The fight, despite being incredibly one-sided, turned quick into a really close tie near the end, not to mention with INCREDIBLE explosions! A close battle, in other words, a very close one.
Ryo is not unconcious, but he's definetively out of the fight, even if he's on a knee. Ah well. It was a good fight, still! He'll get him next time -- he know how to get this guy now.
Yes. He does.
Log created on 22:13:56 06/19/2007 by Mr.Big, and last modified on 15:21:39 06/21/2007.