Description: A close match between the three fighters ends with Aislinn being KO'ed in one epic round then Jack going the distance against Hinata, if barely. (Winner: C.Jack)
This is it, sportsfans! Welcome to Wrigley Field in Chicago Illinois!
The stands are packed, a variety of visitors from all over, some carrying those foam NUMBER 1 fingers that are so known for baseball. Vendors move between the stands, the stairs and the suckers of patrons as the warm evening is up and about.
It's the perfect day for a game.
BUT THIS AIN'T ANY NORMAL GAME, NO WAY. The bases are loaded, and that's the starting places for each of them. The white lines between the three almost perfectly placed so there aren't any early on ganging. There's a whole lot of care within the field, taken to ensure the perfect place for baseball, and this time, there will be a whole lot of care to get it messy. Perhaps with the opponents.
Cracker Jack himself loves this stuff. The smell of peanuts and popcorn in the stands, the feel of the dirt mound under his feet, and the breeze that blows through the WINTER DAY. It's cold, but it's still not really snowing. Just a little nippy, but C.Jack hasn't changed his clothes to be more suited.
Still just a straw hat with two shirts, one hanging open, and white pants that hang off him. The hat stays over his eyes as he chews something alright, before spitting it out onto the dirt mound.
There's an umpire in the batting cage. "ALRIGHT! WE'RE SETTING UP. YOU KNOW THE RULES? RIGHT? INTRODUCING THE MEMBERS OF THIS SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHT. Cracker Jack, AIslinn, and Hinata!" Each base, pointed to. First 1, then 2, then 3.
"WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLAY BALL!"
Wrigley Field. A landmark of American sports history. And featured, once upon a time, in a little movie called "The Blues Brothers". Somehow... this has become an arena for SNF. Aislinn's been a bit absent from the SNFs lately, for her own reasons... but she's making an exception for tonight. And man... what a night.
The lights, the crowd... the cold winter night. Fortunately she's wearing her warm leathers. Aislinn kicks her boots at the base under her feet, kicking up a cloud of red dust... and just waits. Glancing left, then right, at her opponents... neither of which she knows much about, really.
And she didn't bother to look them up... maybe she just wants a surprise for this fight. Or maybe she's just getting arrogant. Either way, she's looking calm and confident. She really isn't much of a show-woman; her fans like her for her calm efficiency and her ruthlessness, not for her flashy techniques... for the most part.
Welcome to the wild world of baseball! Only... it's more about a brawl than a game, so soccer is probably the better sport for that. Or hockey, maybe.
None-the-less, Hinata is here and dressed for the scene; coming from one of the most famous high schools for sports in all of Japan, Hinata has dressed herself up in a Taiyo baseball uniform, complete with cleats and a cap. Actually, it's up to question whether anyone told the girl that this was a fight instead of a baseball game as she hefts up a baseball bat and goes for a few experimental swings before bringing it down to knock some dirt off of her cleats.
Hearing the announcements, she looks up from her task and starts to give the crowd a wave, before turning toward her opponents and giving them both a great big smile as she shouts out, "Let's hope we don't get rained out!"
COMBATSYS: C.Jack has started a fight here.
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C.Jack 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Aislinn has joined the fight here.
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Aislinn 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 C.Jack
COMBATSYS: Hinata has joined the fight here.
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C.Jack 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Hinata
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Aislinn 0/-------/-------|
Aislinn's on second, Hinata's on third! And C.Jack is on FIRST BASE.
Looks like it's going to be an interesting night. "Alright .. lets get this started then.." Cracker Jack can't wait, and every second, every MINUTE that goes by, he's wasting time that could be spent brawling. But now, he has a choice.
Little girl? Or Bruiser?
That's a hard on. With Hinata coming from a famous high school, and Aislinn just being in the fighting section C.Jack goes to now and again, his choice is pretty obvious.
Especially when the girl smiles. "Heh... Oh. I don't think we'll have to worry about raining." He's got other plans.
The Umpire raises a hand, and a mitt. "ALRIGHT. NOW THAT YOU'VE HAD YOUR TIME!" Throwing the mitt up, it flies up up ... and then lands. "PLAY BALL!" Cracker Jack is off like a shot at that, and he's planning to make his mark count, a fist being brought back, C.Jack jets towards third base, aiming to slam it straight into the schoolgirls stomach.
He just doesn't like the perky ones. "GUESS YOU'RE UP FIRST, DARLING!"
Looks like Jack's gonna start this off right. Good for him! Hinata immediately strikes Aislinn as probably a pretty annoying type--and it looks like Jack agrees. Fortunately for Hinata, that doesn't really mean that Aislinn's going to be looking to smack her around... at least, not just yet. Well, then again... maybe not! Aislinn doesn't have any baseballs handy, but there -is- the base...
So she just steps back, reaches down, and rips that heavy plate out of the mound, letting dirt clods fall off. Considering for a moment... she takes it in her right hand, like a frisbee... skips forward, twisting her body around.. and then -flings- it like a discus. It's just Hinata's luck--it's easier to aim for a non-moving target, after all.
Of course the fans are probably outraged by Aislinn's treatment of the old stadium but since when did she care about them?
COMBATSYS: Hinata dodges C.Jack's Medium Punch.
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C.Jack 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Hinata
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Aislinn 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Aislinn successfully hits Hinata with Thrown Object.
Glancing Blow
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C.Jack 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Hinata
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Aislinn 0/-------/-------|
Despite what some people might expect from a perky girl from Hinata, there's no squeals of protest at being ganged up on, no claims to unfairness... that smile just grows even bigger. "Alright, looks like it's gonna be fun tonight!"
With so much open ground between the two fighters, it doesn't take all that much effort from Hinata to see the attack coming and pivot out of the way, cleats kicking up dust as she moves along the base line a few feet... only to get cracked in the side of the head by a flying base. That doesn't really work for being 'safe' except when you're running a hit.
The girl shakes out her head for a moment to get her senses back before grinning over at Aislinn, "Nice shot!" But even as she's doing that, she's cocked the bat back and starts swinging it in for a slugger hit on the side's of C.Jack's ribs.
COMBATSYS: C.Jack fails to interrupt Random Weapon from Hinata with Random Weapon.
- Power fail! -
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C.Jack 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Hinata
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Aislinn 0/-------/-------|
With the girl swinging for C.Jack's ribs, the Cracker Jack man laughs. "Hahaha... That's it? Let me show you how to do this." Swinging with all his might, Cracker Jack aims his OWN bat towards Hinata's HEAD.
He swings a strike. So hard, that the bat is left to slam into his side. The pain immediately is known as C.Jack staggers to the side when he's struck, a heavy meaty sound as he goes to the side a bit, coughing. "Guess.. you ain't all going to make this easy on me." %r
Oh he'll get you ... WHEN HE CAN BREATHE.
Wow, what a whiff. Aislinn'd cringe for Jack, if she were that type of girl. Fortunately she's not. Instead, she just takes off running for Hinata and Jack. Jack see, he's in the way--so Aislinn decides to 'take a leap', as it were. She's running straight for Jack, of course... but her intent is to leap up, using Jack's shoulders as a pommel horse...
And flip her body up and around to bring her feet down on Hinata. It's kind of like a front layout--a rather acrobatic move for the young Aislinn, who prefers smaller, more efficient motions overall. But whatever works, right?
COMBATSYS: Hinata blocks Aislinn's Light Kick.
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C.Jack 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Hinata
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Aislinn 0/-------/-------|
The rather painful sounding noise coming from Jack's ribs, while not a crack, is certainly enough to get a slight pity wince from the girl who inflicted it. But this is a fight, after all, she's certainly hit people harder than that without a bat before.
There isn't much chance to think on all of that, though, as Aislinn comes rushing in, nearly taking Hinata completely by surprise by the unorthadox maneuvering, it's all the time the girl has to drop the bat and bring her arms up in front of her to ward off the flying kick, the power of it knocking her back until her cleats dig into the dirt, holding her in place... and nearly knocking her over backward. Her arms flail as she tries to right herself back up, tugging her cleats out of the dirt to give her some maneuvering again.
Once she does get her balance, though, her face is wide-eyed and bright, a wide smile being offered to her attacker, "Wow, that was really impressive, I have a move kinda like that..." With that said, the girl surges forward toward Aislinn, attempting to plant her hands on the other girl's shoulders.
COMBATSYS: Hinata successfully hits Aislinn with Leap Frog Kick.
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C.Jack 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Hinata
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Aislinn 0/-------/----===|
When her hands make contact, she kicks herself up off the ground, putting all her weight down on Aislinn in one moment to start bending her down before... those cleats come slamming down against the back of her head and Hinata kicks off again, launching herself all the way over her opponent until she lands on her other side, spinning around with a grin, "What do you think?"
With Hinata dealing with Aislinn, and Aislinn taking a shot from the little looking girl, Cracker Jack is going to perhaps agree. Agree to what?
To beating on the little girl, of course. And Hinata faces away from him, and towards Aislinn. A big mistake in the end. Getting his breathe, Cracker Jack shakes the cobwebs out of his head before he stampedes towards Hinata. It's like he's running in to steal a base. But he's running in to steal SOMETHING alright.
As he moves in, C.Jack's pulling back a single fist, and he's letting it hang back as he does it.
"How is it? Well.. I think that was pretty spry of you. But let me ask you THIS?" Thrusting it forwards, it slams forth like it's being thrust like a lance, his fist aiming for the small of her back, his strength and his speed being transferred towards her back.
"Because it'll be something to remember alright!"
Oof. Well, that was an unpleasant shot, for sure... Aislinn shrugs it off, though. She can take damage, even from something like that; she rolls after she's planted into the dirt, coming straight up thereafter. Unh. Now she knows what Wrigley Field tastes like.. not that it's knowledge she really sought to acquire. She hops back a couple of steps, as Jack comes in...
But this time she's not looking to double up on Hinata this time. No, this time she's watching -both- her opponents--despite how the fight's gone, she doesn't expect Jack to keep hitting Hinata into a fine paste. She's got to be ready for any and everything--as is her personal motto.
So while Jack's looking to take a kidney out of Hinata's back, Aislinn will watch both of them.sp
Oof. Well, that was an unpleasant shot, for sure... Aislinn shrugs it off, though. She can take damage, even from something like that; she rolls after she's planted into the dirt, coming straight up thereafter. Unh. Now she knows what Wrigley Field tastes like.. not that it's knowledge she really sought to acquire. She hops back a couple of steps, as Jack comes in...
But this time she's not looking to double up on Hinata this time. No, this time she's watching -both- her opponents--despite how the fight's gone, she doesn't expect Jack to keep hitting Hinata into a fine paste. She's got to be ready for any and everything--as is her personal motto.
So while Jack's looking to take a kidney out of Hinata's back, Aislinn will watch both of them.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn focuses on her next action.
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C.Jack 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Hinata
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Aislinn 0/-------/----===|
COMBATSYS: C.Jack successfully hits Hinata with Final Punch.
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C.Jack 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Hinata
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Aislinn 0/-------/----===|
If there's one thing a trained fighter knows, it's situational awareness, keeping track of one's surroundings is essential to avoid getting pummelled into a fine paste. A good fighter also knows that a fight is not a game, and this all helps toward Hinata ignoring that first rule. Jack's fist comes flying in from behind to slam straight into Hinata's back, the force of it is enough to let out a rather nasty sounding crack before the girl goes flying forward, tumbling across the infield, barreling up over the pitcher's mound and doing a nose dive on the other side before nearly sliding in on her chest to first base... but she's not safe.
As Hinata starts to push herself up off the ground, it's slow and clearly painful from the wince spreading across her face... and the blood dripping down from her nose, causing all sorts of dirt to stick to her chin. "Ow... I didn't know you could use trucks in baseball..."
The young girl's uniform is a complete mess now, but she hardly even seems to notice as she turns back around, surprisingly giving Jack a... less than wonderful smile. "That was incredible, I didn't even see it coming!" She brings her sleeve up to wipe across her face, managing to make it look a little bit better... but not much.
Despite it all, Hinata quickly comes charging across the infield, sliding in at the pitcher's mound and taking a play from Aislinn's book and hauling it up off the ground and sending it flying in toward the girl. "CATCH!"
As the fist slams into Hinata, Cracker Jack smiles, hearing the sound of the crack as she tumbles forth. And there's blood, too, which is a plus!
As Hinata gets to her feet, Cracker Jack only takes a little time before he smirks at Aislinn from behind the hat, bringing his bat forwards and tapping it against the ground. "Good to hear it.. that's what I aim for.. and it looks like you see what's behind it too.. Personally." Heheh.
And that's about when Cracker Jack bursts into motion once more, but no movement of his feet. Far from it.
The bat speeds to life, brought down in a swing before being brought towards Aislinn's front, making no motion that wouldn't be obvious to what it would be doing before aiming to slam against her chest and send her sky rocketing.
If this would manage to work, Cracker Jack would re-introduce her to the dirt and the grass. Via a chokeslam, jumping up to grab her on her return to earth, and then power her straight down.
He likes to get to the point.
COMBATSYS: Hinata successfully hits Aislinn with Thrown Object.
- Power hit! -
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C.Jack 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Hinata
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Aislinn 0/-------/--=====|
COMBATSYS: Aislinn endures C.Jack's Power Hunter.
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C.Jack 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 Hinata
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Aislinn 1/-------/=======|
*WHAM* Hinata's page out of Aislinn's book is just a tad more effective than Aislinn's--irritating, to be sure... and it staggers Aislinn enough that she doesn't feel as though there's much room to avoid Jack's swing. So she tanks it--slammed into the air, then leaped after by Jack... and grabbed by the throat. She closes her eyes--
--she's concentrating. And while the breath is being forced from her throat, she knows that Jack is close by. She can tell where he is from the impact on the ground. So even as he's slamming her down... she's attempting her own counterattack, a sizzling, red-white blade of energy flaring up out of the ground and attempting to spear Jack right through his body.
And she remains creepily silent, as befits her nom de guerre--the Silent Assassin.
Hinata is certainly not one to take too much advantage of her opponent when she's down, and so seeing Jack pound Aislinn into the ground, her attention almost immediately turns back toward the man... who happens to be looking pretty good compared to everyone else.
Dust goes flying up behind Hinata as she starts running in toward her opponent, eyes deadlocked on the man with a wide grin spread out across her face before... halfway to the confrontation between the other two, the girl launchers herself up off the ground, her leg whipping around as she extends it and... her cleat goes flying off, flying through the air in a motion that seemes prepared to bring the spikes on the bottom straight into the man's face.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn successfully hits C.Jack with Shining Edge.
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C.Jack 1/----===/=======|=======\==-----\1 Hinata
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Aislinn 1/-------/=======|
COMBATSYS: C.Jack fails to reflect Renkyakudan from Hinata with Batting Hero.
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C.Jack 1/--=====/=======|=======\===----\1 Hinata
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Aislinn 1/-------/=======|
The eruption of energy is sent towards C.Jack, and then it slams into him, a red-white blade of energy slamming through his body. It hurts alright, And the cleat slamming through towards his face isn't able to be prevented as he swings forth with his bat, instead, him getting kicked in the face via flying cleat.
And that's about it, really.
Staggering back from the assault first, because of the energy, Cracker Jack goes even farther back when the cleat strikes into him, slamming into the dirt and the grass. He lies still, for a bit, as he does this, before forcing himself up.
"ANyone tell you it's only going to hurt more when you fight back?" C.Jack grins through the bleeding moth and face he has, lowering the straw hat.
"Because I'm going to make sure of it, ladies."
Hinata's joint attack gives Aislinn the time she needs to get back to her feet--testing her body for any untoward injury. Nothing too bad yet, really... she's worn down, and there's a crushed rib... nothing that NESTS can't fix. In combat terms she's still quite able to move.
Taking four big steps back, Aislinn sets herself, power rising up in the form of crackling, red-white lightning that spiders and crawls from the ground up her body, like she were a Tesla coil. "Pain goes both ways," she replies, softly, her lavender eyes utterly calm as she takes in both Hinata and Jack.
The fight's coming towards the endgame, isn't it? Should be over one way or the other... soon. Does she care about winning? Sure, everyone does. But is that the utmost thing on her mind? Maybe not... it's hard to tell.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn gathers her will.
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C.Jack 1/--=====/=======|=======\===----\1 Hinata
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Aislinn 1/--=====/=======|
There's practically another wince as C.Jack meets the outfield, clearly a rather painful moment, but really, that's the fight for you.
Compared to the other two, Hinata isn't nearly as serious about it, and has had a bit more chance to catch her breath than anyone else, that might make it a touch of a surprise when Hinata starts to shift off toward the side rather than start rushing into things. Her bloody face is spread out into a wide grin, her nosebleed apparently having stopped, as she makes her way over to a stop with an equal distance between everyone involved, a nice triangle once again. "Oooh, is this going to be like one of those show downs in the movies where we have a dramatic stare down to see who comes out on top?" Hinata does her best to put on a serious face, scrunching up her eyes making it look like she's trying to read something really far away rather than taking on any tough guy appearance... she also can't stop smiling as she watches the other two.
COMBATSYS: Hinata focuses on her next action.
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C.Jack 1/--=====/=======|=======\===----\1 Hinata
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With Aislinn just standing there, Cracker Jack corks his head back, grits his teeth, and takes a breather. "Hehehe...That's how it's going to be? You are all going to just be standing here?" C. Jack walks over against the wall that's at the side of the field, leaning against it, and shakes his head.
"You two have got to be the most boring fighters I ever fought.. just standin' there waiting. Now that teacher, he was one hell of a fight." He spits out some blood. "Well, wake me when you're done posturing."
He tucks his heat down across his face.
COMBATSYS: C.Jack gains composure.
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C.Jack 1/----===/=======|=======\===----\1 Hinata
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Heh. Boring? Maybe. Aislinn doesn't really give a damn about what Jack thinks of her fighting. Words don't mean anything--only results. And she needn't point out that Jack's doing something pretty 'boring', himself. Abruptly, the red-white energy snaps off, the full extent of it drawn into her body. And then she's lunging forward--not quite a blur, but as fast as she can manage, using surprisingly powerful legs to carry her in a full-on run towards not Hinata... but Jack. Perhaps she thinks she senses weakness--perhaps she's just choosing her targets at random. But it is Jack she's aiming for... running all out and then throwing herself into a feet-first slide for Jack, seeking to take his legs out from under him as she slides, pulling up a big cloud of dust.
The attempt to show off some bit of drama goes down the tubes when C.Jack pulls the plug on the serious moment. Hinata looks a touch disappointed, but really what can you do?
Kick some ass seems like the best option.
Seeing Aislinn go racing in at C.Jack, leaving herself exposed from the rear, Hinata goes racing forward, her cleats (the one she threw at C.Jack seemin to have magically reappeared) kicking up bits of grass and dirt as she goes blazing forward, then just as suddenly launching one leg forward, planting the cleat soldily in the ground as she drops forward, her movement from the run not actually bothering to stop and passing through to her other leg as she sends it flying up and forward through the air, aimming to slam right into Aislinn's back.
COMBATSYS: C.Jack interrupts Medium Kick from Aislinn with Home Run Hero.
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C.Jack 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Hinata
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Not many people actually expect C.Jack to be a thinker during fights. But sometimes, well, he's just that. As the red-white energy snaps off, Cracker Jack knows he'll either see it, or he won't.
He doesn't, and as she lunges forwards as fast as she can, carrying her in a full-on run towards him, he can see it through his hat. Just a little closer... And then it comes. As she slides, a full out slide, creating a cloud of dust, Cracker Jack has seen this scene a thousand times.
And he'll always do the same thing. Whipping the bat around, as soon as Aislinn touches, she'll notice a little late that Cracker Jack slams the bat towards her form, digging a bit into the grass and dirt, slamming it upwards, even as she collides with enough force to put a hurting on him, Aislinn's the one who's being sent up and away from the force of the strike, Cracker Jack putting all the power he's GOT behind it, his muscles straining as he swings that bad to send Aislinn go rocketing away.
Afterwards, he collapses, leaning against the side of the building, rubbing his face. "Shoulda' went for the girl. Bet she wouldn't a been able to fight back." He's probably wrong, but Aislinn's being sent up and away.. but is it a home run!?
MAYBE.
COMBATSYS: Aislinn fails to counter Rival Launcher from Hinata with Plasma Reverse.
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Hinata 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 C.Jack
COMBATSYS: Aislinn can no longer fight.
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Hinata 0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0 C.Jack
Apparently Aislinn is suddenly deserving of attention. First slammed into the air by Jack, she also has to contend with Hinata doing her level best to kick her back into the air. Despite the extreme pain that comes with being batted into the air, Aislinn does her best to twist around to counter Hinata's kick...
But then a muscle spasm catches her off and her hands are jerked out of position... and she just gets kicked into the air again. And really, that's it for her; she soars through the air then crashes to ground, landing in a messy, ungainly heap. She doesn't even twitch--she's just piled up messily, one arm at an angle that isn't entirely natural or possible. Hopefully it's just a dislocation and not a break--breaks are much harder and more painful to fast-heal.
That certainly looked like it had to hurt; Hinata gives Aislinn a concerned glance as she goes rag doll against the ground... but if anyone thought it was a serious, immediate problem, surely the fight would be stopped. After all, Geese Howard is a nice guy who certainly wouldn't want anybody getting badly hurt on TV.
However, that leaves one down and one to go, and the girl turns on one foot to aim her attention back onto C.Jack, giving him another smile. "Well it's just the two of us now. Good luck!"
With that, the sports uniformed school girl bursts forward, lunging in toward the be-hatted man, extending her elbow as she aims to slam it full on into his stomach.
COMBATSYS: C.Jack blocks Hinata's Medium Punch.
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Hinata 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 C.Jack
As Aislinn takes a beating, C.Jack shakes his head. She fought pretty damn good, and except for the part about being pretty badly beaten when it came his turn, she was a pretty tough cookie. But right now? Cracker Jack's got some more important things to worry about than the woman. Smirking as she smiles, he shakes his head.
"Really? Guess I better take care of ya' then." Grinning a bit, her elbow slams into his arm as he brings it up.. and then he spins about, lunging with his leg towards her mid section, aiming to slam it straight into her gut.
It's not really special. Or really fast.
But it IS an assault aimed to try to end it.
COMBATSYS: Hinata dodges C.Jack's Strong Kick.
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Hinata 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 C.Jack
The moment her elbow makes contact, Hinata is already on the move; the girl doesn't give Jack any chance to retalliate before she spins off toward the side, causing his kick to go through nothing more than thin air as she comes to face him just a few feet away... and now off toward his side.
"That was pretty good, but not quite good enough." The girl makes a quick charge forward, covering the distance between the two in a heartbeat as she drops down to one knee before she blasts off, up off the ground; her arm extended outward and upward as it bursts into flame, launching itself up straight from the man's jawline in one of famous (and overused) uppercuts in the fighting world... or a close approximation.
COMBATSYS: C.Jack dodges Hinata's Shouyouken.
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Hinata 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 C.Jack
With Hinata getting out of the way, the kick smashing into air, C.Jack's not perturbed at all. Let her get out of the way. He'll get 'er in time. But as she charges forwards, aiming to cover the distance and drop to one knee before she slams a burst of flame into C.Jack, apparently Vega gave 'basic teaching against popular arts'.
Because Cracker Jack sees that coming a mile away. "Looks like you're no slouch yourself.. but you're going to have to keep it up if you want a chance .. I'm not too easy to take out either. And I LIKE this. So I'm not done at all babe."
Rolling to the side, Jack brings himself up and then charges towards Hinata as she falls, bringing back a fist before slamming it towards her side with most of the strength he can muster. "Here we GO!"
COMBATSYS: Hinata fails to interrupt Fierce Punch from C.Jack with Kikou Shoutei EX.
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Hinata 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 C.Jack
When her strike goes whif, Hinata pulls herself back, trying to get a bead on C.Jack, still smiling rather wide, "Fights are always fun, unless it's completely unfair, then there's not really any point, right?"
She happens to see the punch coming in quite well herself, her hands shifting off to her side as a spark of chi forms between them and then getting thrust forward in front of the girl as a ball of chi starts to form and then... gets blasted into oblivion as her movements prove to be too slow, the fist slams into her side full force, knocking her over and rolling across the grass, further messing up the baseball uniform the girl is wearing... oh, and slamming her into the wall.
As Hinata's sent sprawling, Cracker Jack's following her as she rolls and rolls across the grass, messing up the uniform and slamming her into the wall. With Hianta just LAYING there, someone would expect that Cracker Jack would have gained victory.
But while Cracker Jack loves him a brawl, he also doesn't play fair.
"Yeah, I guess not." He comments, as he picks up the pace, running towards her prone form. "But I still plan on not letting you get back into it!" Aiming against her as she lays against the wall, C.Jack intends to .. KICK HER WHEN SHE'S DOWN.
over and over again, a solid kick first, of course.
COMBATSYS: Hinata blocks C.Jack's Medium Kick.
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Hinata 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 C.Jack
While Hinata's fairly solidly in the 'down' section, she's not quite in the 'out.' Pressed up against the wall, she doesn't really have anywhere to move, leaving her with only one option: Hinata's arms move to intercept the kick and all of its follow ups. She uses the force of each one to let herself be pushed further away from her attacker until she can finally rolls to the side and then kick up back to her feet.
"That isn't a very good attitude to bring into a fight, especially not if people are trying to have fun, you know?" Pulling herself back into her fighting stance, bouncing back and forth, she locks her eyes solidly on C.Jack, giving him a smile, "But it's still quite exciting, isn't it? Let's finish it!"
Once again the girl bursts forward, this time sending her fists flying even before she reaches her opponent; her arms move so fast that they're a blur, practically the only point visible are her fists until she pulls back, pausing for a mere moment before launching forward again, this time her fist errupting in a burst of sunflower shaped chi.
COMBATSYS: C.Jack reflects Rengekiken from Hinata with Batting Hero.
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Hinata 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 C.Jack
"I do what I want.. the fight's pretty exciting, sure." Cracker Jack admits, grinning, before he raises the hat a bit. "But you know what.... I like messing them up just as good... that's why they call me Cracker Jack, kid." So when Hinata bounces back and forth, smiling, C.Jack doesn't have the dying sun in his eyes.
The girl bursts forwards, sending her fists flying, and C.Jack's already got himself ready. Once the fist is visible, the light, Cracker Jack swings for all he's worth, the eruption of sunflower shaped chi meeting the heavy hilt of a steel bat, not aluminum, as it swings for the rest of her body.
Needless to say, the results work as he plans. And on a bonus, she gets to see his face. It's moderately handsome. But that doesn't matter, because it'll be right before she feels the rather painful embrace of the swing slamming into her body, and then rising upwards, in an attempt to send her flying up .. up .. AND OUT OF THERE.
He puts a punch into everything. This included.
How attractive the people she fights has never really been one of the things that Hinata considers all that important, especially not when she's right in the middle of having her own chi blasted right back into her followed by the bat. The force is plenty enough to send the rather small and light girl flying up into the air, aimed right into the stands...
But it's not over until the fat lady sings... or gets landed on by an unconscious school girl or something, so Hinata's hands pull back to her sides as she flies up, cupping around a pinprick of energy that begins to expand as she thrusts them forward, sending a glowing ball of chi flying right toward C.Jack, bursting out into a sunflower as it gets close.
Then Hinata has nothing left but falling as she comes crashing down into the stands, thankfully missing all the spectators but doing a real number on some of the chairs.
COMBATSYS: Hinata can no longer fight.
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C.Jack 0/-------/=======|
COMBATSYS: Hinata successfully hits C.Jack with Kikou Shoutei EX.
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As Hinata's hands pull back to her sides, cupping around a pinprick of energy, a glowing ball of chi flying towards C.Jack, bursting into the sunflower as it gets close, Cracker Jack grins. "Alright. Piece of cake. Let's see about t-" He should have tried to hit it out of the park. Really.
It slams into him, causing him to go tripping backwards, splaying out as he's tossed to the ground and sent rolling, blasted from the strike.
Laying there for a bit, the Umpire is about to call Cracker Jack out, and it all a draw, but C.Jack pulls himself right back up .. and then jogs to home. "Guess it's a home run for the home team, heh." Cracker Jack muses to the Umpire. "Not a shutout .. but I like close games better." Tipping his hat to Hinata and Aislinn, Cracker Jack begins to walk out.
He's done here, and he's not doing too well himself. But he's up.
And that's the game, folks! "WINNER! CRACKER JACK!" The Umpire exclaims.
And THAT'S when the fights begin to break out in the stands. Whether on purpose or not, there are some. Wouldn't be baseball without it.
COMBATSYS: C.Jack has ended the fight here.
Log created on 20:30:05 12/17/2007 by Aislinn, and last modified on 14:02:48 12/18/2007.