Description: Hotaru answers Hayato's challenge once again, this time teaming up with her newly made friend, Tiffany Lords. Can the motivational PE instructor keep up with the combined school girl might?!
It probably will come as no surprise to Hayato that the determined Seijyun student is going to try his challenge out for size again. Feeling driven to prove that at the very least she can beat the impressive PE teacher with the aid of another student and having not had success so far, she had gone seeking another partner only to find the most cheerful sort in the form of Tiffany Lords.
After their friendly spar at Pacific High, Hotaru had kept in touch with the high school cheerleader enough to set up a good time for them to meet up at Taiyo High. And so the pig-tailed fighter finds herself here once again, hands resting at her hips as she looks in on the campus. She arranged to meet at the gates, quite certain that she wouldn't have to arrange transportation for Tiffany like she did for her last partner in this, the Burning Challenge.
This time around Hayato isn't undergoing his own training. He does have a job to do, and that takes up a fair bit of his time, even during the summer. Today it's the track team that gets the benefit of Hayato's unique brand of training as they work on their endurance running. And how does Hayato help train these fine young men to run faster and longer? By running behind them, brandishing his shinai. Anyone who falls behind gets a good thwack on the back to help convince them to keep going. It seems to be working rather well.
Most of the students are managing to keep some distance between themselves and Hayato, though he's purposefully not running at his top speed. He wants to push their limits, and he certainly is, but training does no good if you're simply not physically /capable/ of keeping up with it. You just have to work yourself up until you can handle something tougher. One boy does start to fall behind, and he feels the sting of the Nekketsu Shinai. "Youichi! Back up to the front!" Hayato doesn't sound /angry/, per se, but he certainly sounds forceful.
Tiffany bounces on her toes in her designer red boots. She's dressed for the occassion, wearing one of her very favorite cheerleader outfits... the sort that tends to draw nosebleeds as often as it does cheers. It basically consists of a blue bathingsuit with a white criss-cross against her chest, and a cheery blue bandana holding her bangs back from her face. Red gloves accenttuate this All American Girl outfit, and she butts her mitts together, grinning as she she awaits the starting bell, so to speak. She gives Hayato a once over, and glances sidelong at Hotaru, "This the guy, huh?" She beams brightly, and adds with traditional Tiffany overconfidence, "Seen tougher.
The appearance of her partner for this match catches Hotaru a bit off guard. Those foreign girls are already incredibly beautiful, but do they have to flaunt it so? Still, her mind is on the fight ahead and she knows Hayato is no pushover... having already experienced his shinai techniques a few more times than she'd like to recall. "Well, wait until you see him fight," she warns, resting a hand behind her head. Kenji thought beating up on a teacher would be easy too, and that certainly didn't work out too great for him! Grinning a little, the pig-tailed girl nods her head over toward where the poor students are being put through their paces, "Okay, let's go. We can do this!" Clasping her hands behind her back, she leads the way toward the impressive PE teacher of Taiyo High.
Hayato sees the girls approaching, and slowly comes to a step from his run. "Keep up the good work, boys!" A few of them let out sighs of relief, but they keep running. They may not enjoy getting smacked, but they /do/ want to improve their abilities. It's not too hard for Hayato to guess what Hotaru's here for, so he begins walking over toward the two girls. He admires Hotaru's determination! Sooner or later she's probably going to win, too. She's obviously training, she's getting more opportunities to observe Hayato's style, and she has her very own burning spirit!
"Futaba, welcome back!" Hayato beams brightly toward her and Tiffany. "And I see you've brought a friend!" Hayato does recognize Tiffany as a Pacific student, though he doesn't know her particularly well. He seems perfectly happy to see her, nevertheless. One might also note that despite the fact that he must have been running for some time before the girls showed up, Hayato doesn't appear at all to be out of breath, though he does have a thin sheen of sweat on his brow. He grins, lightly rapping his shinai against his shoulder. "Come back for another try?"
Tiffany pops her neck, in a slightly loud, vaguely brawly way that plays at odds with her very vibrant cheerleader's outfit. She smiles brightly, showing her teeth in a gleaming fash, "And this time, she's got backup!" she says, and then pauses, "Er... unless the had that before."
She hesitates, clearly uncertain of whether this is the sort of fight where trashtalking is welcome. They seem awfully polite to each other. She bites her lip a bit, and then, goes for a middleground, thrusting a mitted fist into the air, "We'll do our best! Um... Sir!"
As Hayato takes notice of the two girls, Hotaru's expression brightens. "I have," she grins, gesturing to the vibrant girl at her side, "This is Tiffany Lords," comes the introduction, "She hs a cheerleader for Pacific High but as you can see by those gloves of hers, she's also a fighter!" Hotaru rests her hand behind her head as she laughs lightly, "Don't worry, they're not lined with lead... it just might feel that way," she warns the PE instructor, being perfectly upfront about who she's brought with her to challenge him this week.
Clenching her fists, she nods with Tiffany's assertion that they'll do their best before slipping into a ready stance and taking a deep breath. She'll have to be on her best for this fight - Hayato pulls no punches... er... shinai strikes, even against fragile Seijyun flowers like herself!
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Hayato has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Tiffany has joined the fight here.
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Tiffany 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Hayato
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If Hayato pulled his punches then he wouldn't be helping Hotaru to get stronger! And what would be the point of that? He does at least try to avoid doing any /really/ major damage to girls' faces, though. Nobody cares if a guy winds up with a broken nose, however. The Burning Phys-Ed teacher lets shinai drop to a ready position as he shifts his feet on the ground. "Okay girls, come at me whenever you're ready!"
Hayato grins widely. It's still friendly, but there's a little hint of danger there. Combat is combat, and people do get hurt. And Hayato's burning spirit can't be held back. In fact, it's visible right now, waves of flaming orange chi rising off of the teacher's body as he clenches his hands. The breeze blowing off of him rustles the grass and causes the jacket of his red track suit to flutter as he prepares himself. Oh, this should be fun!
COMBATSYS: Hayato gathers his will.
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Tiffany hmmms a bit, sizing the Phys-Ed teacher up with narrowed eye. Sure, she talks big, but don't think she missed how effectively he drives those track-lads down the field, oh, no sir. Still... you have to test.... and she decides to test the teacher's boundaries with a quick shuffle to the right, followed by a brisk lunge and a strong left cross aimed at his jaw, to see how fast she'll have to be to catch this guy off guard.
"Hope you don't mind if I lead!" she shouts, to Hotaru and Hayato both.
Exhaling slowly, Hotaru waits as Tiffany leads off, giving the girl an agreeable nod. She hangs back for a moment, herself, studying the way Hayato deals with the boxing cheerleader She proved to be a pretty tough opponent in Hotaru's mind, so she's certainly curious to see how her partner for this week fares.
"No problem at all," she calls after the eager blond. "I'll be right behind you," she affirms, taking in a quick breath and steeling her courage. With the Pacific student on her side, she suspects this will be the week victory is had!
COMBATSYS: Hotaru focuses on her next action.
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COMBATSYS: Hayato counters Strong Punch from Tiffany with Counter Thrust.
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Hayato watches as Tiffany coming in, and his grin widens as she lunges forward for her punch. This could be a warning sign, if it weren't for the fact that Hayato's almost always grinning. In this case, though, it definitely means something. "Good form, but don't over extend yourself!" And then he springs into motion.
One advantage that Hayato has over most of the students is his reach. Even without factoring in his shinai, Hayato's height and long arms give him a significant advantage when it comes to trading blows. And if he pulls it off right, 'trading' doesn't even come into the equation. As Tiffany comes in, Hayato's fist comes swinging down from above, slamming into the back of her head to send her crashing to the ground.
Tiffany does that thing with her blinking, *piku-piku*, as she hangs suspended in mid-air, caught in the split moment of the realization she's wide open. Then, the fist comes crashing down on top of her, and she bounces her pretty face against the grassy sod. To her credit, she almost literally bounces, the tensile strength of her legs and flexibility pulling her back up-right in an almost rubbery motion, her eyes crossed, "Okay. Point made." she says, trying to get her bearings right.
Then, she flings herself backwards in a sudden motion, aiming to land on her bo mitts and flip her feet up into the air. Hopefully the teach'll mistake this for a withdrawal, and won't notice the boot to the chin implicit in Tiffany's Beautiful Spin backflip attack.
Wincing as her partner gets hit by that weapon of Hayato's in a way Hotaru is sadly all too familiar with, the pig-tailed girl doesn't hang back for long though. Leaning forward into a swift charge, she reaches for that weapon weilding arm of the teacher's - though this time she isn't going to try to brazenly disarm him. She just wants the leverage to deliver a sequence of rapid kicks right up the front of his impressive stature. If she can pull it off, she'll backflip off his shoulder to put some distance between her and him - sometimes that goal even works!
COMBATSYS: Tiffany successfully hits Hayato with Beautiful Spin.
Glancing Blow
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Hayato with Shin-Jou Tai.
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Tiffany 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Hayato
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Ah, teamwork. Hayato does see the danger inherent in Tiffany's movements, but he's not quite swift enough to completely escape. Her kick clips his hip, and although it's not enough to really do a lot of damage it does leave him open long enough for Hotaru to grab him by the arm and run right up his body. He staggers back as the small girl leaps off from him, but after a quick shake of his head he seems to be back in the fight. "Good, good! Keep that up!"
Of course, Hayato has some strikes of his own to dole out. Hotaru may have put some distance between the two of them, but it's pretty easy for Hayato to close that distance. He charges across the field toward her, swinging out with his shinai in a powerful strike. He sweeps in at an upward angle, aiming to drive into her side with enough force to lift her right up off her feet.
Tiffany is a cheerleader. Used to flips, cartwheels, and somersaults... somehow, going head over heels actually makes her less dizzy, and she lands on her feet, gathering herself up like a coiled spring, "You ain't seen nothing yet, Mister Sensei!" bungling her Japanese as she focuses more on the fight than her lingo-lessons. Her fists begin to glow with the youthful verve of her lively energies, chi gathering up... she hopes Hotaru can pin the guy down for a moment or few... wincing as she watches the arc of that shinai.
COMBATSYS: Tiffany focuses on her next action.
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COMBATSYS: Hayato successfully hits Hotaru with Fierce Strike.
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Tiffany 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Hayato
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Landing out of her backflip, Hotaru is promptly reminded just how fast Hayato can cover ground for a large guy. She tries to sidestep the upward sweep, but he catches the girl solidly in the side all the same. The force of the shinai weilded by the instructor's powerful arm is enough to bend the girl over it and then launch her up into the air before she falls back down and lands flat on her back, gasping for breath. Yeah, that still hurts as bad as she remembers it hurting!
But one crushing blow from that weapon isn't going to take her out yet. Rolling over she pushes back up to her feet, one hand pressing gingerly against her side as she looks back at Hayato with wide eyes. That /hurt/. If it was a stiffer weapon, it could've broken something with that kind of force behind it!
It takes a little self-convincing to charge back in after an attack like that, but after a moment she manages to get up the gumption to try again. Running forward, she hops into the air into a swift spinning kick leveled for roughly Hayato's brick-like chest. "HA!"
COMBATSYS: Hayato endures Hotaru's Light Kick.
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Tiffany 0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0 Hayato
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With Hotaru sent flying, Hayato is quick to turn his attention to Tiffany. Got to keep the girls on their toes if they're going to get the most out of this! Hotaru is a bit quicker to recover than he was expecting, but his back is already turned to her and he's not going to stop running toward Tiffany. So it's simple enough to just let Hotaru's kick bounce off of his broad back. He winces from the impact, but it just serves to move him that much more quickly toward the blonde cheerleader.
And now it's time to mix things up a little bit. Hayato carries a shinai, so most people are going to be focusing on his hands, right? Well, that can be somewhat dangerous, because Hayato's combat abilities aren't limited to swordplay. He demonstrates with Tiffany. "Hyah!" The burning gym teacher leaps forward, snapping out with his right leg for a kick aimed toward the center of her torso with his full weight behind it.
COMBATSYS: Hayato successfully hits Tiffany with Strong Kick.
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Tiffany braces herself to charge... only to find herself charged down instead. She lets out a squeak, and tries... perhaps foolishly, to duck out of the way of the oncoming blow. It's a clumsy move on her part, and she pays for it by taking the blow to the chest. It lifts her off her feet and throws her back through the air a couple of paces... and when she lands, she's reeling, spinning on her heels, as if in a daze.
Except that she isn't toppling over! She's building up momentum, and after a couple of drunken whirrs, has quite a turn of speed on her, and her fists look like flashing red sparks... like a pair of dizzy comets. Just when it looks like she's going to spin off onto the lawn, she flings herself at the phys Ed teacher with a furious assault of pulsing-firey fisticuffs!
Yikes. Trying to take Hayato on by trapping him between the two girls, and he just turned that around to his advantage by being able to land a strong but fast attack against Tiffany all the same. So much for trapping him! Hotaru does take note though. Dealing with multiple opponents at once has been one of her biggest challenges and it has come up more than once as of late. Seeing how the PE instructor turns what would seem like a disadvantageous situation to his advantage isn't missed by the attentive pig-tailed fighter. "He's good..." she muses. But no time to sit around and just think. This is a time for decisive action!
Relieved to see Tiffany back on her feet, Hotaru isn't going to leave her partner by herself! Gritting her teeth, Hotaru charges in at Hayato, taking to the air before flipping down into a knee dive from a great height. If she can land with her knee, she'll swing her other foot around to kick him against the side of the head with her soft shoe clad foot, before leaping off of him again, "Rengeki Shuu!"
COMBATSYS: Tiffany successfully hits Hayato with Groovy Special.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Hayato with Rengeki Shuu.
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Again, teamwork! Hayato is driven back by Tiffany's furious assault, attempting but failing to defend himself from the repeated punches. This leaves his back wide open for Hotaru's attack, allowing her to strike him with her knee and then easily follow up with the kick to the head, sending him staggering to the side.
But it's still not quite enough to slow Hayato down for more than a few moments, though he's starting to feel the wear and tear he's taking from the fight. "You're both doing well! But it's not over yet!" Hayato leaps into the air toward Hotaru with a shout, right leg stretched out in a flying jumpkick. But after the first foot connects Hayato spins himself around to kick again with his other foot, then spring off of the poor girl. And if he misses, well, it'll leave him turned around so that he's facing his targets once he lands.
Tiffany's voice belts out brassily as she barrels free from her combo, "Grooooovy Special!" As Hayato pulls back, it gives Tiffany room to breath at last, and she does so, panting heavily in a way that probably trips up a few of Hayato's passing track students, "Can't afford to let up on ya fer a moment, huh?" she asks, before rushing forward, using a cartwheel to focus her mind and gain accelleration... leading into a swift spin-kick aimed at the proffessor's chest, hoping to shove him back. Just a kick, nothing groovy or special about it... beyond the normal cheerleader doing high-kicks bit. But it'll sting if it hits, eh?
COMBATSYS: Hotaru interrupts Second Kick from Hayato with Ten-ren-ge EX.
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Rather than trying to play evasive with the incoming kicks, Hotaru stands her ground, eyes glinting with determination as she clenches her fists. This is going to hurt, she tells herself, but being afraid of that isn't the key to victory! As his foot comes in, the smaller girl lunges to intercept it, getting struck squarely in the shoulder hard enough to turn her sideways.
But she had anticipated that and is already correcting for it as she continues turning, bringing her other hand forward to strike him swiftly. Then spin around and strike him swiftly with her other hand before landing on her two feet again. "Tenrenge!" There isn't a lot of time for him to recover before she lunges into him with a rising shoulder slam... and at the apex of her jump she completes the combination with a single swift, but strong spin kick before dropping down to the ground, landing on one knee, her hand pressed into the grass to keep her upright. Whew!
COMBATSYS: Hayato counters Light Kick from Tiffany with Burning Cross Counter.
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Being in mid-air makes it somewhat difficult for Hayato to deal with Hotaru's attack. He has a few aerial techniques, but fighting while airborne isn't really his forte. He gets briefly juggled around before finally getting knocked away by the last kick of Hotaru's technique. He may not be the best aerial /fighter/, but he's at least able to twist himself around to land on his feet in a crouching position, albeit with an audible grunt of pain.
A flash of motion catches the teacher's eye, a flash which turns out to be Tiffany cartwheeling in toward him. Timing is important here. Flaming chi bursts into being around Hayato's fist, though it fails to consume the shinai tightly clutched there. He waits for a few heartbeats, watching Tiffany's movements, then springs into action. His fist slips right between her spinning limbs, crashing into her stomach with the full force of a Real Man's Burning Spirit!
Tiffany is for the most part, feeling good. Kind of battered, feelin' the burn, that kinda thing, but otherwise, feeling fairly decent. She grins at Hotaru's excellently arranged interrupt, and chimes in, "You go, Girl!" before her fierce swift kick comes into play, "We've got 'im on th-" a sudden burning impact strikes her gut, and blasts the air from her lungs.
She doubles up in mid-air, twists her limbs around to avoid landing on her face or being knocked back. Instead, she spins in mid-air, doing two quick somersaults, feet flailing at Hayato's face. She puts all of her energy into the spin, and when she twists out of it, feet facing up... her boots glow bright red as she attempts to lift him into the air with a helicoptor kick.
Whether or not she succeeds to blast the teeacher with her final move, the unconscious cheerleader flutters to the ground like a drunken whirligig... clumsily graceful all the way to the pount where she crumples on herself in a heap.
COMBATSYS: Tiffany can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru has saved the state of this fight.
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Having landed after her sequence of attacks, Hotaru watches Hayato spin through the air and... /recover/ control of himself in a manner that even most acrobats would be envious of. "Y-yikes," she murmurs as he touches down and braces for Tiffany's incoming attack.
From her perspective, all she can tell is that he managed to strike Tiffany something fierce, but she couldn't see the details from her angle. Breathing deep, she decides to keep up the pressure all the same! Hotaru leans forward into another aggressive charge, leaping up to try and plant her hands on the tall teacher's shoulders, flipping up into a handstand. If she manages to pull it off, she'll only be there a moment before she drops down into a swift two-footed kick toward his upper back, intending to send him sprawling. "Ya!"
COMBATSYS: Hayato dodges Tiffany's Wonderful Kick.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Hayato with Ten Ranku-Tou.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru has saved the state of this fight.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru has left the fight here.
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Tiffany's final spin is dangerous, but not especially focused. It's rather hard to really do your best when you're in the process of falling unconcious. Hayato quickly ducks down, causing Tiffany's feet to slice through the air over his head harmlessly. It doesn't leave him in the best of positions to dodge Hotaru's incoming attack, however. The girl's feet land firmly on his back, pushing his balance even further forward and sending him crashing down the ground.
Hayato plants his hands on the ground then pushes with his arms, quickly hopping back up to a standing position. He rolls his shoulders a few times, glancing at Tiffany to make sure she's okay. Unconcious, but with no visibly serious injuries, so that's good. He then looks to Hotaru with a grin. "You're doing pretty well, and it seems like you've made some pretty good choices when it comes to picking partners. But you're going to have to go all out if you want to defeat me!" This little speech serves two purposes. One, it allows Hayato to help get Hotaru pumped up even further. Two, it gives him a chance to catch his breath. These two girls have been giving him a run for his money!
COMBATSYS: Hayato gains composure.
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Backflipping off of Hayato's back after having planted her kick against him, Hotaru finally realizes that her partner is down for the count. Whew. Tiffany was tough. Hotaru picked her out because she hit like a truck in spite her especially girlish figure! But she certainly contributed a lot of important hits against the rugged Taiyo teacher and if Hotaru manages to pull this off, it will most definitely be because of Tiffany's contributions. And if not, well, they at least gave him a decent work out at the minimum!
At his encouraging words, Hotaru beams just a little. The words of the PE instructor carry a lot of weight for the girl that's always held a lot of respect for figures of authority like himself. "All right!" she exclaims back, taking a second to wipe her brow of the perspiration that's gathered there. He's been keeping her on her toes as well, and she's still feeling that shocking shinai smack to her side from before.
Not wanting to slow down though, she charges forward, leaping off the ground into a horizontal kick, her leg snapping out in front of her at a straight angle for his chest. If she connects, she'll swing her other foot around for a light follow up kick before pushing off of his chest. She's working on her Hien Shippu Kyaku!
COMBATSYS: Hayato blocks Hotaru's Light Kick.
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Hayato turns his body as Hotaru leaps at him, shifting so that his right shoulder is pointed towards her. Her foot smacks into his arm, and the following kick is blocked by Hayato raising that same arm slightly. At the second impact Hayato shoves forward suddenly, attempting to put more force behind Hotaru's attempt to get clear than she was expecting, perhaps upsetting her landing.
Whether or not that works, Hayato suddenly pivots his foot, swiftly shifting from a defensive position to an offensive one as he lashes out with a left hook. Given the difference in strength between the two fighters, Hayato's not too worried about the possible risks of going for body blows against Hotaru. With some people it'd be like punching a brick wall, but that's generally not a problem when dealing with schoolgirls.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru interrupts Medium Strike from Hayato with Hakki Shou.
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While Hayato's aggressive blocking catches Hotaru by a bit of a surprise, she actually manages to compensate for it in mid-air, allowing her leg to be pushed back, not kicking as hard as she was intending to originally, giving her the chance to control her landing as her feet touch down and she slides backward a few yards. Her expression is a determined one now, sapphire blue eyes narrowing as she rolls her arm back, bathing it in a rich blue aura that matches her deep blue eyes.
Into the palm of her hand collects a small sphere of force, a slight glow in the afternoon's light. And when Hayato strikes out for her, rather than try to get out of the way of that incoming attack, the girl strikes out, bringing her arm forward to unleash the small projectile into his chest at point blank range. "HA!"
The strike to her side is still enough to send her stumbling, gasping with surprise at the strength of the hit, even if some of his momentum was negated by her own Hakki Shou. But she recovers her footing, avoiding getting toppled over, one hand coming up to press against her side as she looks back at the instructor with intent and focus.
Hayato is sent staggering backwards with a grunt of pain as the chi explosion goes off right in front of him. For a moment it looks like he's going to topple right over onto his back, but he manages to shift his balance forward at the last moment and stay on his feet. "Pretty good! But I'm not done yet!"
The gym teacher leaps forward, his shinai swinging up over his head as he does so. His intention is fairly clear, but the attack itself is so swift that the warning may not help much. One swift slash from the shinai, coming down at a diagonal toward Hotaru's collarbone. Hayato throws his full weight behind the blow, risking his recovery for the chance to make it that much more likely the blow will be enough to floor Hotaru.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru blocks Hayato's Shinai Slap.
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*THWACK* Instead of collarbone, the shinai strikes a bony forearm, the smaller fighter having raised her arms in a desperate defense against the powerful strike. Even though he didn't get a clean hit, the strength behind it is enough to knock her arms aside and send the girl reeling backward. It looks like she might just fall over on her back all together for a long moment. Her face is red from the stinging pain rolling down her arm, but she isn't out of it quite yet.
Panting for a second, she gives the teacher a grin, in spite the pain and exhaustion that's starting to catch up with her. "All or nothing," she murmurs, breathing in deeply and charging the teacher in an attempt to land one last all out assault. Hopping into a spin to lend momentum to the two windmilling strikes she lands next, the girl will continue striking when she lands as long as he hasn't managed to avoid her all together, trying to find enough of an opening in his defense for her to press into stronger attacks. "Tenrenge!"
COMBATSYS: Hayato fails to counter Ten-ren-ge from Hotaru with Counter Thrust.
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COMBATSYS: Hayato can no longer fight.
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The second she slips in a couple of hits, Hotaru keeps pressing harder. She lacks the strength to pour more energy into this attack like she'd want to, but her small attacks will still add up all the same. When she can swing no longer, she lunges into a rising shoulder slam against his chest then keeps that rising momentum and converts it into an aerial spin-kick before dropping to the ground with an exhausted gasp, dropping to one knee, her palm pressed against the grass keeping her from dropping forward.
Hayato gets launched off his feet by the force of Hotaru's continued assault, and this time he does go crashing down onto his back. The shinai flies out of his hand, bouncing across the grass a few times before finally coming to a halt. Hayato starts to sit up, and for a few moments it looks like he's going to make it... but then he flops back down, arms falling out to either side. "That's it! I can't get up, not without a chance to catch my breath."
The Burning Phys-Ed Teacher takes a deep breath, although that alone isn't enough for him to get back up. "Good job, Futaba, Lords." Although Tiffany's probably not concious to hear the praise. "You win. And as I promised, I'll treat you both to dinner at a place of your choice." Hopefully Hotaru will be the one to pick. She probably has less expensive tastes than Tiffany.
It takes Hotaru a long time to push herself back to her feet but she manages to pull it off eventually, leaning forward to prop herself up, hands against her knees as she gasps for breath, hair clinging to the sides of her face as she manages to force a grin in spite the exhaustion she feels.
"Thanks, Hayato-sensei!" she beams. It's time to get someone out here to check on Tiffany though. She'll have to thank the girl for her help in meeting the Burning Challenge this week. "I think... If I may, I would like to challenge you again on my own next time. Every time I face you I learn even more. It is always an honor," she states, straightening up now, no longer clinging to every last breath.
She adopts a very traditional, respectful Japanese bow toward the inspirational teacher.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has ended the fight here.
Log created on 21:43:09 07/19/2007 by Hotaru, and last modified on 14:43:01 07/24/2007.