Description: On a cold winter's day in Southtown Village, Mizuki and Hurricane Hime meet up--and decide that some impromptu training is in order, in the form of a sparring match.
Chilly and cold Southtown village sure is chilly and cold! Late on a suprisingly lazy saturday afternoon on top of it, today's just not the kind of day to be hanging out unless you're overly bundled, or maybe training, or you just really like it icy out?
Hurricane Hime, the young heroine who's taking on a challenge every day, is one of those people that are outside not by choice, but rather by necessity. In her important list of things to do this afternoon is return some library books, check out a few more library books, and then zoom back to the Hibiki Dojo to a) finish training and b) duh, read.
And of course since she's been training, it's all the reason for her to be dashing about in her pink bodysuit, her dark scarf flapping wildly behind her as she's tearing down the street to get back to the training grounds as quickly as possible! The path is clear enough, seeing as the streets, nor the sidewalks are very busy today.
It -is- chilly and cold, that's for sure. Mizuki is bundled up not in any of her normal outfits... but a heavy sweatsuit, one that has the YFCC logo on the front of the shirt, and some good old fashioned sneakers. It seems she's been doing more physical training, herself, as she apparently mirrors Himeko in her own jogging... she's not running as fast as the Saikyo student, but then, she's pacing herself. At least until she recognizes the other person out on the street.
Her voice is slightly muffled by her own scarf, smoke misting up from her mouth as she pauses and cups her hands around where her mouth is. "Himeko-san! Himeko-saaaaaaaaan!" Trying to get the girl's attention when she's running could be a tough thing, after all. Changing course, Mizuki turns to follow Himeko's path.
Himeko isn't hard to pick out, that much is for sure but when she starts hearing her name being called out, she staggers a few steps and then ultimatly just falls flat on her face, books in her arms flying a couple of feet ahead of her. Did it hurt? ... Probably, yeah. But that's just a day in the life of the heroine, and she quickly gets to her feet, holding her slightly reddened nose. The voice sounded familiar, at least! Once she scrambles to gather up the books, should be the time that Mizuki manages to catch up, and she snaps her hand up in a salute. "H- Hi!" she stammers, seeming caught a bit off-guard. ".. Were you talking to me?"
Mizuki eeps! "I--I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you fall..." The books are all gathered up, at least, that's good. Mizuki smiles a little. "Well, I don't think there are any other Himekos out and about, Kashiwagi-san." Yeah, she even remembers Himeko's last name. The miko clasps her hands in front of her, her breath misting again. "Actually, it's really fortunate that I ran into you, just now. I--" She pauses, considering her words.
"I've been trying to get stronger, and I think... I need more experience with fighting to become stronger. So I've been meaning to ask if you would spar with me again. Nothing on the line, no Neo League or SNF... just a testing of skill." Her blue eyes, gaze resting on Himeko's visage, seem hopeful and sincere.
Himeko's green eyes shift a little from left to right and then back.. And then finally once she's confirmed.. Whatever it was she was confirming, she rubs the back of her head as she glances upward, "W- Well yeah that is true but.. Himeko is my secret identity..." she says. "I'd really you rather just call me Hime when I'm in costume, ok?"
Though with that said she lets out a small puff of cool air, and then perks up. "Oh, so you'd like to have another match? It's been a while for sure, yeah! Ok well I can't say 'no' to that, I've been getting tougher too, I'm a green belt now!" The heroine goes ahead and rests her books atop a nearby mailbox, and punches her fist into her palm. "Your timing is really good, actually I need to test my skills off tv as well!"
.. wh--what? Costume? "Oh... oh! I uh... I'm sorry!" she cries, sounding as contrite as can be. "Well then, uh..." She casts about her head for the nickname... "... Hurricane Hime! I challenge you!" Hey, it's training of a sort, but it might as well be fun. But... what, right here and now? Well, why not... Mizuki nods and takes a few steps away from Himeko and towards the street. Might as well have a good, regular expanse of place to use, right?
She doesn't shed any garments, but she cuts a rather strange figure--most would be used to seeing her in a school uniform or her fighting clothes, not all un-garbed up like this. Still, she's moving well, and she nods to Himeko as she takes up her battle stance.
"Whenever you're ready then, Hurricane Hime!"
COMBATSYS: Mizuki has started a fight here.
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Mizuki 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Himeko has joined the fight here.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
Himeko isn't one to hold a grudge, but the time Mizuki apologizes, the heroine is already beaming with her arms crossed.. A breeze sends her scarf flapping backward and she nods her head, "It's fine! So, you challenge me? Consider your challenge accepted!" followed by a Saishuesque, "Ha HA!"
The little Hurricane actually doesn't recall Mizuki's style too well, but did recall she wore a little less last time. Maybe the extra layers are part of the training? Seems like a handy idea, she may have to borrow that.
Hime drops into her own stance, just as Dan had taught her, with a bit of an ansatsuken flare to it. She then sprints forward and leaps into the air, twisting her hips so that her heel shoots forward into her trademark flying back kick, "mmMMMORTALS!"
COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Himeko's Light Kick.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
The extra layers are because it's cold! But Mizuki's style -has- changed significantly since she last fought with Himeko at her side. In some ways she's gotten more complex; in some she's just gone back to the basics. It's an odd sort of forward progress. As she expected, Himeko starts things off with a bang, the little Hime of the Hurricanes launching forward into a flying back kick.
Mizuki, however, seems prepared; she ducks low, pushing off the ground to generate forward momentum, slipping past her opponent and turning around. With Himeko twisted around for the back kick maybe she'll see as Mizuki looks kind of puzzled. "Mortals...?" But she shakes it off, and lunges forward, aiming to arrive just as Hime would touch down, firing a quick kick of her own, swiveling at the heel, and the hip, to deliver a right roundhouse to Himeko's torso.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Himeko with Light Kick.
- Power hit! -
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Himeko 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
Himeko erks in mid-air, but lands easily enough, or so she thought, the moment she touches down and starts to turn, she sees something coming but doesn't realize it's a kick until it nails her but good and sends her staggering back with an, "OOf!" .. She needs to work on that attack, that much is for sure. Hime turns to face Mizuki once more, but still looks rather proud, even if Mizuki seems confused, "Yes, that was my trademark 'Immortal Kick'! A staple attack for the Immortal Hurricane Hime, don't you think?"
Well.. It makes sense to -her- at least. She rubs at her torso and then rushes forward again, but this time with the dashing momentum she leaps upward and curls into a ball, blasting forth horizontally in hopes of bowling right through the red-head. "Uruuaaaah!!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Mizuki with Medium Punch.
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Himeko 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Mizuki
... "Oh... I see! I... I guess that makes sense, yes!" Hime sure is confusing. Maybe that's why Mizuki can't get out of the way of the Justice Ball of Himeko; she attempts a dodge, but her right foot hits a slippery patch. Between that and Himeko's speed, the miko can't get anything going, and she's bowled to the ground by the cannonballing Himeko.
"Ooof!" she exclaims, as she rolls away, rising to her feet. "T--that hurt a lil'!" It isn't a complaint, more like a compliment, as... once again, she waits for Himeko to land. A little polite, isn't she? But she rushes forward again, anyways, ducking low, then coming up with her feet in a wide-apart stance, left forward and right back; her right arm is curled up, almost over her head, and her left is engaged in firing a palm strike for Himeko's tummy.
COMBATSYS: Himeko interrupts Strong Punch from Mizuki with Magic School Bus.
- Power hit! -
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Himeko 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
So Mizuki is familiar with Hime's Justice Rolling! She'd be pleased to know the attack is catching on, she doesn't want to be known for just her paper-related attacks after all! And in this kind of match-up, she really gets to concentrate a lot more on skill than flare. Backflipping after impact, Hime is on her feet and back into her stance. "Sorry, I think! You've got an odd attitude for a fighter."
Because she, of all people, has the right to say something like that. It looks like Mizuki is going for some sort of chinese-style attack, but she's thrusting it out while Hime is dashing at her with a string of paper cards in hand- The two collide, the fist hitting her tummy, and her papers wrapping about the fists wrist, and both her ankles. With swift motions of her arms, she makes it so Mizuki falls to the floor with her wrists tied to her ankles in an elaborate hogtie with the heroine standing on her back. "This might hurt a bit too!" She pulls the center string and a series of *crick* and *crack*s follow, the rope breaking immieditly after that sends her tumbling back.
Actually that hurt a lot -more-, Mizuki won't lie. She isn't sure what just happened there, only that she's hurtin' real bad now. "O--ow!" she cries... then as the rope break, she springs up to her feet.
"I--I don't know what that was but that was pretty intense!" For some reason she doesn't feel too bad about it, though... at least, not yet. Rubbing her wrists, she considers her options for a moment. "I guess... I could do that..." So saying, whatever 'that' is, it appears to start with a couple big steps back. Then her chi starts rising, energy flaring around her... drawing up a slight wind to ruffle her clothing. After a moment, that energy breaks, above the miko's head, showering her in droplets of blue-green energy...
Himeko clenches her hands into fists and seems pretty excited, regardless. She gives a pump of her fist and hops with an excited, "Yahoooi!! It is my infamous tie-up technique I call it... The uh.... Uhhhhh..." the girl pauses then to reflect on it, she knows she named it before but -what-? Well she decides after a moment that it just flat out doesn't matter and so she lets it go in favor of watching what Mizuki does next.
It looks like.. Something kind of refreshing, really, it makes the heroine 'ooooh' in wonder, she deciding it must be a set-up for a very big attack! Well in that case, she'd better be prepared too and so she withdraws her textbook from behind her and peers into it.. 'How to prepare for intense situations'.. Looks like it's time for some last-minute cramming?
COMBATSYS: Himeko focuses on her next action.
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Himeko 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Mizuki
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Mizuki with Iki no Mizu.
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Himeko 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Mizuki
Uninterrupted, the wash of energy gives Mizuki a good boost; immediately, sore muscles soothe, torn flesh heals, and just in general, the girl feels better. But with Himeko doing what's she's doing--that is, it appears to be nothing, but... reading at textbook? Hasn't she seen that somewhere before? Enh... Okay, maybe she's reading on how to do some super-strong technique. In that case...
Mizuki concentrates her power... and creates... a snowball. She saw Frei do this once. It's easier since it is winter... she takes the snowball and considers it for a moment, before shouting as she winds up.
"Hey Hime! Catch!" Or not; either way, she's pitching the snowball for Himeko's chest, with the pose of a super-awesome pitcher like... uh.... like an awesome pitcher, yeah.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Mizuki's Thrown Object.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Mizuki
Freshening up? Mizuki is kind of like a human Sierra Mist commercial at that very moment! Hime would be admiring it if it weren't crunch time, though the next thing she knows, her opponent is calling out to her and ... She squints.
.. All that for a snowball? She had to say she was rather disappointed, but she reaches her gloved hand out, tucking her book away as the ball makes a *smack* into her palm. Himeko is poor at sports..
The Hurricane, however, is not! "Ha HA! Too easy!" she replies, though cringes as a shock of pain shoots into her arm. She shakes the arm out and then zips forward again, abanding her original plan with a different one. The girl leaps up into the air, tries to slap her hands onto Mizuki's shoulders, and then use the momentum of her landing to throw the redhead! "Ok, back to the fight!"
COMBATSYS: Mizuki interrupts Quick Throw from Himeko with Hyouryuu no Gari.
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Himeko 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
... yeah, all that for a snowball. Well it's better than a solid wave of chi blasting right at you, isn't it?!? She could've done that! Huh! Mizuki's snowball served its purpose, though, giving the miko time to set up... although for what? Well, she doesn't seem to move as Himeko rushes her with that leap forward; in fact, the Hime even gets the grip she wanted. But as she lands and attempts to throw Mizuki 'hella far'...
... something else entirely happens. Suddenly, Mizuki's reaching down, just as she's coming up off the ground, and grabbing -Himeko's- shoulders. She flips into the air, but using Himeko as a fulcrum, swings back down just as fast... and uses that momentum to instead heft Himeko up, and over, throwing her down to the ground instead.
But that isn't the end of it, quite; Mizuki keeps her grip on Himeko for one second more, to release a brief blast of chilly ice chi into the Hime, before the redheaded Winter Priestess lets go and gets back to her feet.
Himeko is pretty suprised, that's for sure. Because one moment she's in the air, and the next she's not quite flying around by her own will! "W- Wait a sec!" she cries, then babbles as the momentum is completely turned around and she's slamming onto the ground, feeling her jaw rattle from the impact. And it gets whole lot chillier after that, she rolling back the moment she's released to hug herself and shiver like made, "C- Cold!"
The girl hops from foot to foot, and then shakes it off somewhat, again zipping toward the miko with eager fingers, "That was pretty good, lets try this then!" she would go for a grapple position, and then slip behind Mizuki to get her arms about the waist, bend at the knees and then with a grunt, hoist back into a suplex onto the concrete! But she keeps the hold to backflip and follow up with a second plex, "Hah!! HyyyyyyAH!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Mizuki with Medium Throw.
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Himeko 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Mizuki
WH--whoa! That wasn't-- Mizuki is caught again, the earlier advantage she gained from her little healing technique gone now as she's grappled, despite her best efforts to get away from Himeko; grappled, suplexed, and suplexed -again-. For such a small girl, Himeko sure is physical...
Mizuki, however, just grits her teeth; her head hurts a lot now, a headache swelling up in the back of her head. "Unnh..." Forcing Himeko's grip open, she rolls away, getting to her feet, looking more and more serious by th emoment.
"... that was good," she finally says. With Himeko, she again waits 'til the girl is up on her feet, and then lunges forward, feinting a kick from her right leg, only to stomp that foot down as a fulcrum point for a swift right knifehand chop for Himeko's neck!
COMBATSYS: Himeko dodges Mizuki's Quick Punch.
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Himeko 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Mizuki
Himeko isn't afraid to mix it up; though it's thanks to Mimiru's TKD tutoring that she has the nerve to grapple in the first place.. Never mind the fact there was nothing TKD about that at all- She just believes its a technique that should be in every schoolgirls arsenal; manga says so!
On the other hand, there aren't many fighters she can get away with that with. D:
"Oh, it was all right, I guess.." Hime says with a shrug, but one can just tell she's absolutly beaming from the compliment through her grin. As for Mizuki's counter attack, the little heroine 'dodges' the kick, then slips on a patch of ice that causes her to fall flat on her face again, but at the same time cleanly avoid the chop to her neck. Handy! She curls up and rolls past Mizuki then, creating a little distance between the two and then after reaching into her thighholster, whips out another rope of papers, hoping to snag the miko by the ankle. She'd then jerk her arm to make a shockwave that travels toward the ankle and would then snap the girl suddenly into the air and back down hard onto the floor!
COMBATSYS: Mizuki blocks Himeko's Picture Pages.
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Himeko 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Mizuki
Hunh! She missed. Oh well. Mizuki turns as Himeko rolls by, seeing that she's preparing something else... the 'rope' lashes out for her ankle, and then suddenly, the miko is being tossed into the air. "Wh-wh--whoa!" she cries, as she's flung upwards. It's a good attack; unfortunately it also leaves Mizuki some time to prepare as she falls back down.
While taking a fall isn't her forte, she's not bad at it; as she's sent back to the ground, she imparts a little more motion, so that she ends up tumbling forward, popping up in front of Himeko. "Your turn!" she cries, as she snaps her hands out, seeking to take Himeko in hand by the shoulder and the hip. If that happens then she'll turn to her left, using her left grip on her shoulder as a fulcrum and her right for power and movement to pull Himeko off her feet, spin her overhead, and slam her into the ground.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Mizuki's Quick Throw.
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Himeko 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Mizuki
Himeko watches her opponent closely.. If Mizuki can't take a fall well, the heroine certainly doesn't notice, but what she does notice is that the girl isn't too bad a grappler in her own right. Or is it something learned in the moment of battle? Well the moment she's grabbed. Hime is clutching back at the miko's clothing and there's struggling; a whole lot of struggling that ends up making the throw neary useless when the twist is finally executed, she breaking free to stagger on one foot. "Almost! I wouldn't quit your day job!"
Hime hops lightly on her feet, does a little shuffle and takes a couple of steps back. "Here we go!" She then rushes forward, leaps up and twists her hips in the air in a wonderfully executed butterfly kick! But the way she twist allows her to target the first two kicks at the upper shoulder, and then the last in the center. "Take THIS!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Mizuki with Medium Kick.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Mizuki
... it's bad enough she's smacktalking. But suddenly Himeko is making Mizuki look like an utter amateur. Each of the three kicks lands solidly and the end result is that Mizuki is flung to the ground violently, bouncing once before she can even begin to right herself.
She looks... dismayed. Not just because she was savaged--although that is a part of it. But because she feels, once again, she has to rely on her healing ability to get her out of trouble... she's reluctant, but she has to give her all, doesn't she? And in this case...
She rises, and once again, there's that buildup of chi; much stronger this time, however, as the energy builds, then breaks over her like a literal waterfall of bluegreen energy, pouring down, fading out just inches off the ground. Mizuki's face is composed, but it's far from serene. She still can't shake accusations of cheating that have haunted her to this day...
Himeko doesn't consider herself a pro by any means of the word, but Saikyo has tought her one thing, the key to winning is being confident, and making sure your opponent knows they are otherwise outclassed. And so the dusky-skinned fighter is only growing more confident as the kicks land; though a lot harder than she had intended! ".. Whoops.. It looks like my Hurricane Kick was a bit too successful.."
There's a pause.. And then she shrugs it off, "I'll just be more careful next time, Ha ha haaaa! So what do you think, Saikyo is pretty good, isn't it! You should come to my masters dojo sometime and I can help you 'Pimp My Fighting Style'! What do you say!" She notices the build up of chi again, and her lips twist up a bit. Hmn, was she going to have to deal with another snowball? Well, this time she'd be ready! Taking a page from Kenji's book she stands with her ankles parted wide, then starts having a hissy-fit, jumping around as she screams like a maniac, "HaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! EYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko gathers her will.
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Himeko 1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0 Mizuki
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Mizuki with Iki no Nagare.
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Himeko 1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0 Mizuki
... but apparently Mizuki's chi is disrupted, because for all the show and tell... she doesn't really get much from it. Disappointing. Still, it's something... but with Himeko screaming like a maniac... well... she isn't sure what to do, really. Clearly Himeko's already got the upper hand... the question is, what can Mizuki do to reverse that? The answer is -probably- 'not a whole lot'... but that doesn't mean she's going to give up.
Despite the crazy screaming, Mizuki lunges forward again, crossing the distance between Himeko and herself and pulling up short--transferring her momentum into slow, high hook-kick, the miko balanced on her right leg as her left sweeps up and to her right, and then across, aiming to land the heel of her foot against Himeko's head.
COMBATSYS: Himeko just-defends Mizuki's Heavy Kick!
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Himeko 1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0 Mizuki
What exactly is the miko up too? Is the Hurricane even paying attention? Well, apparently she is somewhat, or rather eventually her throat gets a little hoarse and she slumps forward, holding her belly. "Huff huff huff... What a trip.."
Now this position leaves her facing Mizuki, and with the attack being a physical one, withdraws her book that has a bookmark sticking out. The marker is clutched and with a brilliant burst of light she withdraws it, creating a buster sword from the papers within that the foot ends up slamming again, "HYAAAAH!" Her scarf and her hair flutters back from the rush, and she pushes forward to nudge her opponent back, sword re-sheathed into the book.
There's another sprint, and with a short hop she snaps her leg out into a flying kick, "Take this!" she twists to the side following with a kick with her other foot. "And now this!" and then a twist back with a final kick. "And finally this!"
COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Himeko's Xou da Xuxa.
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Himeko 1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0 Mizuki
What is the miko up to? She's -trying- to kick some booty! And doing very badly at it, at least from her persepctive. Perhaps not so much from an outside perspective but Mizuki's been doing a lot of soul-searching in her fighting... and while she hasn't come up with any really good answers, she does have this:
She can't ever give up. If she gives up then she won't ever have a chance to break these chains that bind her... she won't ever be able to prove herself. All this happens to go on in her head as she retracts from the failed kick, her body returning to neutral on its own.
Of course, now she has a big set of kicks to deal with. "Wh--whoa! Hey wait!" She wasn't ready! But it sure -seems- like she was ready, as she ducks left, right, left again, letting those kicks scythe past her... fortunately the last kick takes the Hime past... and Mizuki was ducking.
So, she simply 'gets up', at the same time aiming a front kick high, to try and catch the Hime... -right in the butt-.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Mizuki's Light Kick.
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Himeko 1/--=====/=======|====---\-------\0 Mizuki
... Now hold on a minute. Himeko will be the one doing the embarassing around here. And while Hime may not be totally aware that the front kick is coming toward her posterior, she knows an attack is coming! Never mind the fact she swung and missed with her kicks and was a little off-balance.
Naturally the blow comes slamming into her withdrawn textbook instead, which knocks her back just a bit as well.
Mizuki is given a slightly suspicious look, but then the counter-attack! With two handfuls of paper she reaches to try and take hold of Mizuki's hips. If she can, suddenly the girl is spinning like a top, getting mummified by the paper, "HaaAAAAAAA!" But then the paper would squeeze tighter and tighter until it explodes, sending the heroine tumbling back!
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Mizuki with Read All About It!.
- Power hit! -
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Himeko 1/=======/=======|=======\-------\1 Mizuki
Guess it depends on just who is supposed to be the heroine here! Seriously. Everyone says 'you learn more from your mistakes' but all Mizuki is learning is that whatever Himeko is doing, it's painful.
Suddenly, she's swathed in paper--suddenly, it's squeezing tight, and then exploding.
Suddenly, Mizuki is on her back, coughing, writhing briefly in pain.
Suddenly, Mizuki thinks she needs to pick her opponents more carefully, like old men in wheelchairs.
She lays still for a moment, before rolling away, and up to her feet. She isn't standing straight, anymore, exactly; she's bent, unable to hide the pain... but finally, she starts drawing on her chi, blue-silver energy spiralling up around her, flaring upwards in a circle around her, licking upwards like streamers from the sun...
COMBATSYS: Mizuki gathers her will.
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Himeko 1/=======/=======|=======\====---\1 Mizuki
The little Heroine rubs the back of her head when she sits up, and cringes a little. "Looks like that one really went off with a bang.. I'm sure it looked really really cool though.." she squeaks to herself, and even squeals a little in excitement. Surely Dan would be proud! She springs up to her feet, ready to fight some more, though quirks a brow at Mizuki again. Somehow the energy is a little different- She's not sure what to make of it, so when in doubt.. Go all out! Though what she does is hardly considered going all out..
The girl reaches behind her and this time she leaps into the air while withdrawing a folded, paper fan which she seeks to swing down and swat down atop Mizuki's head. It makes a very loud *FWAP!* Though some may argue the bark is worse than it's bite. Maybe.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki blocks Himeko's Jab Punch.
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Himeko 1/=======/=======|=======\====---\1 Mizuki
*FWAP!* ... And... well, the chi flow cuts off. But Mizuki just looks kind of puzzled; she reaches up, rubs her forehead... looks at Himeko. "Th--that was kind of weird," she says, looking non-plussed.
"You just hit me with that paper fan, huh..." Weird. A paper-user is just... weird. I mean, it's very cool. Mizuki's watched Read or Die too. But... she never thought she'd really meet a -real- one... Himeko was using books, last time she saw, mostly.
"Need to get you a trenchcoat and glasses," she murmurs...
"... alright, Hime. Here I come!"
With Himeko so close, it's fairly easy for Mizuki to reach out for the Hime's right arm with her own left...
COMBATSYS: Himeko interrupts Kouryuu no Ranbu from Mizuki with Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
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Himeko 1/------=/=======|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
... and grab that arm she does. Mizuki pulls it wide of Himeko's body--then starts delivering knife-hand chops to her midsection, with a rigid right hand, which glows with blue-green chi to add to each stinging chop. Several times does she chop, in a very short time-span; then she's tossing the hand aside and stepping in, firing a palm strike upwards for Himeko's chin, an impact designed to throw the girl upwards where Mizuki will follow, after twisting her body around, to leap upwards with a spinning pair of hands carving a blue-green swirl in the air as she corkscrews up to strike a few more times...
Uh oh, that is a big attack striking for sure! Mizuki has gone from quick to a blurr to the heroine, the chops striking true over and over, the slaps echoing in the sky, "Nngh nggh!!" her head snaps back, her whole body leaning with the palm strike that knocks her upward, leaving her free for the buzzsaw strike that follows...
Or does it? The swirls suddenly find themselves slamming into a 'wall' of papers, which abruptly explodes and sends Mizuki crashing back onto the ground. "Hold it! You still don't get it do you??" The girl cries, dropping to the floor and sets her hands on her hips. "Allow me to tell you who I -really- am. I am she.. Whom does not allow, ILLITERACY!" Her arms flail out, making power-ranger like *whoosh* motions. "The saikyo virgin fighter who is as cool, as STAYING IN SCHOOL! The champion of Justice, the Defender of knowledge!" *whoosh whoosh*
Finally her arm snaps forward, fist shaking in the classic taunting manner as she outbursts with gusto, "HURRICANE! HIIIIIMEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"
( .... I -nailed- it! T_T! )
... no, she doesn't get it. Her -best- attack... was just handily defused by this little girl. Were Mizuki not a young girl herself she would be even -more- shamed than she is right now. And the girl is -spouting- at her like she's some evildoer! Save it for Ayame! Mizuki lands on her feet, rather than koncked on her ass--and the speech seems to have... well, she kind of finds it annoying really. If she were a bad person or something... but Hime's 'antics' are just kind of getting to her along with the constant perfection of Himeko's defenses.
The taunting fist of Saikyo is probably what does it, though; Mizuki just -screams-, a loud kiai, and she -lunges- forward, pounding the pavement, seeking to close in with Himeko... and just fire a double palm-thrust right into Himeko's stomach. She isn't illiterate! She GOES TO SCHOOL! In fact, MIZUKI HAS A PERFECT GPA!!!!
COMBATSYS: Himeko endures Mizuki's Strong Punch.
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Himeko 1/---====/=======|=------\-------\0 Mizuki
Oh man.. Poor Mizuki. But she did bring it upon herself, for 'confusing' the little Hurricane with someone else, she heard that mumble! And one person she is not is someone else!
On the other hand, she hadn't a clue that was best attack she just dismantled. Regardless, the reaction is just about what she had expected, and she sets her hands on her hips once more with a wink. "Action!!"
She knows what she's going to do next, and by any means necessary. Yeah Mizuki goes to school.. Or rather she's GOING TO SCHOOL on HIME! The double palm thrust SLAMS home, the smaller fighter just doubles right over into the attack, her eyes buldged out slightly and a pained "BlaaUUUUGHH!" sputters from her mouth, plus some saliva. The girl flies backward, then spinning rolls until she hits a nearby bus station post feet first. It bends with a loud creak and then shoots Himeko back like a bullet, her foot extended, "There are *wheeze* four trials to overcome! The sky!!" she twists her hips twice, throwing out another arial kick each time, "The sea!! The Okinawa!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Mizuki with 3-2-1 Contact.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
The difference between this triple kick and the last, however, is that the final kick is powerful enough to send Mizuki flying backward herself now! Of course Hime already has her hand at her thigh holster as she cries, "You won't get away!!!!"
She flings her paper rope to catch the miko by her ankle, her feet digging into the ground as she deadens the momentum and pulls the girl back. She bursts forward shoulder first, probably hurting herself in the process, but pushes forward with two high kicks, leg snapping left and right, and then a backflip kick to knock her opponent upward.
She withdraws her paper fan, that this time is glowing brilliantly, "HAAAAAAA!", and she rockets upward like a drill, the bright flashing fan colliding as Mizuki drops as the big finisher, "And The OSAKA!"
... dropped back to the ground once more. Seems she's spent a lot of this fight out on her damn butt. "... guess... guess my training hasn't... taken effect yet," she gasps, as she struggles to her feet one more time... staggering. "Gotta train -harder-..." She seems fairly obsessed, actually, with this concept of getting better... even more so than most martial artists.
"... UGH!" Just as her legs give out, she sweeps her arms forward, sending a wave-crest of icy chi washing out for Himeko's position... and then she's slumped on the cold, cold pavement. "... thanks... Hime..." The words are sincere, but also grudging, because even though she can heal herself sometimes it just means she takes -more- damage...
COMBATSYS: Mizuki can no longer fight.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Mizuki's Hyouryuu no Fuki.
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Himeko 0/-------/--=====|
"Huh? Ha ha, what, don't be silly!" Hime chirps back to the miko, "What, you think I've just been sitting on my butt all this time? You're not the only one who's been training hard, you know, I'm not the same girl you fought so long ago!" Well, sure, she's still got the same moves, but still! "No matter how far ahead you get, I'll catch up, that's the Saikyo way!" The icy energy comes toward her, and her trusty Excalibook is drawn forth once again! Well, the good news is the book does do its thing.. The bad news is that it isn't the only energy that's suddenly been sapped, her eyes blurr suddenly and she staggers back. "W- Woah.. th- think.. nothing of it.. I uh.. Woah.."
Hime manages to gather her books again, and once she does, she almost immedietly feels better. She blinks, seeing Mizuki down as well, and sweatdrops slightly. ".... Errrr. I.." She looks from side to side. And then runs away.
COMBATSYS: Himeko takes no action.
COMBATSYS: Himeko can no longer fight.
Log created on 01:16:06 01/06/2008 by Mizuki, and last modified on 11:16:43 01/07/2008.