Description: Guy, master of Bushin-ryuu, versus... TWO GIRLS... on a big ship in the Pacific Ocean. Surely he shouldn't have any trouble with this...? (Winner: Guy)
A large crowd has gathered on the USS Missouri, waiting for a fight to begin. The area designated as FIGHT SPACE has been cordened off by a series of see-through walls, linked together, and the doors within are guarded by military personnel. The crowd has been whipped up into a frenzy, and they're ready to see some action! Cameras are everywhere, and the people at home are also waiting for the blood to start falling!
Unfortunately for them, Guy does not perform a traditional entrance to the fight. He strolls into the "ring", grasping a microphone. His calm, Japanese-accented voice can be heard as he walks. "Ladies and gentlemen, I have an announcement. Due to circumstances beyond our control, Maki will not be participating in tonight's Saturday Night Fight." He lets the crowd mull over that. There are a few gasps, some boos, and other not-so-nice sounds, until Guy holds his hands up. "Please, ladies and gentlemen, do not fear..."
"...because you're in for a treat! You're going to see the three performers left in a good fight indeed! I, Guy, the Master of Bushinryuu Ninjitsu, will take on not one, but TWO opponents, in this very ring! You will be entertained, I promise you, as I attempt to fend off two very skilled individuals! Please, prepare yourselves for quite the fight!"
Cheers. All around. Hell, there's cheering at home, too, as Guy moves to the left side of the ring, for purposes of the at-home viewers. He kneels, preparing for the fight, and is seen in this manner until everyone else enters the ring. Guy has thrown away all pretenses of the show at this point, excluding the last thing he'll do before the fight itself begins: a bow to each opponent, informing them of the new situation. "Maki's bowed out for her own reasons, so you're both going to take me on. Don't hold back, because I won't!"
Nadine does not look particularly impressed. Then again, when does she? She didn't actually /invent/ the poker face but she has a very, very good one. The sudden change has her a little worried - they always do. She doesn't do well with people changing her plans on her, and she had plans to work /with/ Guy, not against him.
She straightens up, having been sharpening one of her knives, and tucks said knife away again in its sheath. Nadine walks past one of the cameras so they know she's around, since she's been pretty quiet, and stands on the far side almost directly across from Guy.
Nadine does not return the bow. She does, however, give a rather half-assed salute with her left hand. She has /some/ decorum. SOmewhere.
Well, this is a treat! A couple of Japanese on one of the USA's most famous ships... hopefully not one used in World War II! Mizuki would know, one way or the other, but the history of WW2 is not big on her list of favorite topics, as scholarly as she is. She's let into the ring, such as it is, walking carefully, getting her sea legs... the last time she was on a ship, she was fighting, too... and that was an SNF as well. Odd, that.
The miko, in her fighting outfit, turns to Nadine--she'd been informed of the circumstances, so her former opponent is now her teammate... and bows. "It's good to see you again, Nadine-san." Of course the last time, they were on opposite sides.. and Nadine seems kind of haughty, but... ah well. Mizuki faces front, as it were, about five yards away from Nadine and towards Guy, their opponent... she's waiting, patiently, wondering how her skills will stack up against the Bushin-ryu master's.
Decorum is over. Guy stands up, and cracks his neck, knuckles, wrists, and arms in that order. He assumes his famous fighting pose, and with one hand, beckons at the ladies. The bell gets rung, the cheers start to grow between chants for Guy and chants for the girls, and it seems all is in good order. Game time, and Guy's Japanese face is set in stone. Game face is on, muscles are tense, and he's ready to go.
COMBATSYS: Guy has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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"And the same," Nadine says, sounding quite casual about the whole thing. She still doesn't draw her knives, tilting her head left and right once to stretch out her neck before settling into what just / might/ be a combat stance.
More truthfully, Nadine is trying to get used to a boat. She's not very used to dealing with the motion of big boats yet, having only been on them a few times in her life. THe constant swaying is a little distracting; she does her best to ignore it.
COMBATSYS: Nadine has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Guy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Mizuki has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Guy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
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|-------\-------\0 Nadine
Mizuki's own stance is a bit wider than normal--fortunately, it's alright with the way her style is, the wider base giving her a better balance than most. Plus there's her (admittedly small) base of experience... "I was expecting a different fight," she remarks, to Nadine, "but I had heard that Maki had an emergency..." The ship certainly is rolling quite a bit isn't it?
Ah well. The miko turns her attention forward, waiting for the fight to be called. Probably this isn't what the military men expected... two girls versus a ninja? But well, it should be interesting anyways. A couple of bends to test her center of gravity, and she's ready, willing, and waiting...
Ninja eyes dart between the women. He figures that the distance between them isn't cohesive enough for his signature spinning kick, so Guy decides to test one of the women, rushing at Nadine in a flash. He seems ready to punch, but rather, both arms come out to grasp at her. If he is able to get a hold on her, he will throw her over his shoulder, a quick motion, but one enough to give a decent jarring on impact... if it works.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Nadine with Quick Throw.
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Guy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
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|===----\-------\0 Nadine
"Yes, well, things change." Nadine wasn't actually sure of the reason for Maki's disappearance. It didn't really occur to her to ask. Then, of course, Guy comes in and she doesn't have a chance to ask anything else.
Nadine was prepared for a punch, tensing and preparing to jump forward to disrupt the strike. She was not really prepared to be grabbed out of the air and thrown over Guy's shoulder; she catches air for a moment, then lands with a crash in a messy heap several feet behind him from her own momentum.
She rolls, coming up with one knife and flicking it away even as she rises. The knife is caught by a gust of wind from nowhere and accelerated, briefly surrounded in a silvery corona as her wind chi wraps around it and sends it swerving straight at Guy.
Nadine is kind of hard to get along with, huh? Mizuki is left speechless as Nadine just kind of cuts her off... not in a rude manner, just closing down conversational opportunities. Then again, she's got good reason--there's a ninja amongst them. Nadine is taken for a ride and, when she comes back up, is hurling a knife at Guy.
Mizuki herself has altered her fighting style, recently... and with Nadine flinging a knife, the miko elects to try something new. Crouching, then leaping, she turns in mid-air to present a flying kick for Guy to deal with, a swift leaping side kick that has barely any forward momentum at all as far as Mizuki's body is concerned...
But it's still got at least some impact to it, though to a man like Guy it might not be much.
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Nadine's Zephyr Dart.
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Guy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
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|===----\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Guy blocks Mizuki's Light Kick.
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Guy 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
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|===----\-------\0 Nadine
Guy is moving almost immediately, as he throws Nadine away, expecting a follow-up from those knives that he saw. The crowd is loving the action, and as Guy bobs and weaves around the ring, a few Metro Citizens cheer loudly for their hero. He moves up into Mizuki's personal space to block the kick, absorbing a decent amount of the impact via sheer will. Guy uses that momentum to spin into a crouch, springing back at Mizuki with an elbow smash to the chin.
Nadine Kennicot, resident asshole. There's always one. In this case, though, she can probably be excused because she /did/ have to deal with Guy flipping her over his shoulder.
Nadine finishes getting the rest of the way up. She pulls her knife back to her with the same silvery air chi, picking it out of the air almost lazily as she considers her next move. Pressing Guy hard seems to be how she should do it; he can't keep up evasion against both of them forever.
She moves forward, using the knife in her hand but not throwing it this time; Nadine darts in low, coming up with a fierce stab toward Guy's side. She twists the knife just a little bit at (what she hopes is) the point of impact to add to the effect, since she's not really all that physically strong.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki full-parries Guy's Fierce Punch!
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Guy 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Mizuki
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|===----\-------\0 Nadine
Wh--whoa! Mizuki lands from her kick and she acts instinctively--as any good martial artist should. The incoming elbow meets her open hands, but instead of a solid, head-on *smack* as she blocks the attack, she's redirecting the attack, forcing Guy's elbow past her, and hopefully putting him off-balance. Regardless of whether or not she's able to unbalance Guy or disrupt his flow, she's flowing into an attack of her own.
With Guy so close, it's pretty simple to try and keep her left hand on that striking bent arm, to keep it out of the way; she'll step into him, chopping at his midsection three times with a rigid right knifehand.
Afterwards, she'll slide her left hand to his shoulder and put her right hand on his waist, and use that grip to lift him up, the left contact point like a fulcrum to flip him up, and over and onto his bum. It sounds complicated, but it all takes place in a matter of moments...
COMBATSYS: Guy blocks Nadine's Fierce Strike.
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Guy 0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0 Mizuki
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|===----\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Guy interrupts Hyouryuu no Koki EX from Mizuki with Houzantou.
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Guy 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
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|===----\-------\0 Nadine
It's true. Any good martial artist reacts purely on muscle memory and instinct. Countless Mad Gear beatdowns taught Guy that, so it's pure instinct that throws him into motion. He leaps away from his current target and puts himself in line with Nadine's attack, soaking the damage with a cross-block. Once he sees Mizuki's attack coming, he decides to be a little more aggressive with that elbow. The chops hit him in the stomach, and he seemingly doubles over in pain... but twists, and launches a more direct and fierce elbow attack into Mizuki's midsection before springing away. Sly boots.
Nadine gets left alone for a moment. This is a plus! Nadine is kind of breakable and enjoys any plan that does not end up with her being broken.
She backs up after her lunge, considering her best plan of action. On one hand, she could go in for a crazy attack, one that keeps her a long, long way from Mizuki and Guy. On the other hand, Mizuki probably needs the backup.
Nadine goes in for the attack and provides the backup. She comes in grabbing for Guy's shoulder, trying to grip it at the same time she summons a spinning spiral of silvery wind around her; if all goes well, she uses the sudden upswing in wind currents to add some lift to her weakish arms and send Guy at the closest of the walls.
"It's too bad we didn't have time to coordinate /before/ this," Nadine adds, to Mizuki.
Mizuki gasps, when her technique is interrupted... again. She has just a moment to wonder why that move just gets denied all the time... before she's taking an elbow to the stomach. She definitely needs to do something about that... but what? Stumbling away, she holds her midsection, trying to shake off the pain.
"A shame," she agrees, sounding a little breathless as she tries to recover herself. God, that hurt... Well, there's nothing for it, really. She lets Nadine take the point for the moment; waiting for a good moment, she darts in again, from the side, her hands low. As she closes to within a few yards of Guy she suddenly sweeps her arms forward, creating and driving forward a cresting, waist-high wave of her chi, an icy-blue flare of power that washes forward over where Guy should be...
COMBATSYS: Guy blocks Nadine's Twister Toss.
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Guy 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
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|====---\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Mizuki's Hyouryuu no Fuki.
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Guy 0/-------/---====|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
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|====---\-------\0 Nadine
Almost immediately, Guy reacts to Nadine's grab attempt. The grab does connect, but the upswing of wind doesn't move Guy an inch. His weight perfectly balanced, he slips out of Nadine's grasp just enough to be hurled at the floor, rather than the wall, and with no great force. It hurts, but just. Guy gets up, and sees that attack coming from Mizuki again, and an idea goes off in his head... twisting around the flare of power, he sprints into position between the two... and there's only one thing said, the cameras catching the spoken words as Guy's signature whirlwind kick attacks both fighters.
"Bushin Senpuu Kyaku!"
COMBATSYS: Nadine blocks Guy's Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.
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Guy 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
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Nadine is /right there/. There's no time for her to clear out of the way, especially after exerting herself for a mighty throw rather than picking up some distance between Guy and herself. Distance would have been appreciated.
Instead she manages to take the worst of the blow on her left lower arm, wincing as the foot smashes into it again and agai - she's going to have one /hell/ of a bruise the next day, but she'll be able to keep going a bit longer tonight, and she didn't have the air knocked out of her; both are valuable.
She leaps into the air, kicking downwards at an angle with /both/ feet rather than just one; hit or miss, that same silvery wind picks her up and practically throws her away from Guy, getting that distance she's so fond of.
He goes for Nadine--who makes the safer defensive choice--and Mizuki shakes her head. She felt the power in his strike... she and Nadine are going to have to work hard in order to win this match. Then again, a hard-fought match is the best, isn't it? The redheaded miko backs off to one corner, almost, as Nadine continues the attack. She doesn't -like- leaving Nadine alone, especially against a fighter of Guy's caliber, but sometimes being able to prepare is more important...
She concentrates, and a flare of energy erupts under her feet, rising into a licking, whirling circle around her feet, rising to her knees. It's only a visible reminder of the energy coursing through her body, collecting within her... her spirit, her will to fight.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki gathers her will.
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Guy 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Mizuki
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|=======\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Nadine's Heavy Kick.
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Guy 0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1 Mizuki
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|=======\-------\0 Nadine
It seems as though the kick takes a bit more away from Guy than he thought it would, and he silently wonders if his beating at the hands of Mike Bison did more damage than he thought. He shakes off the second-guessing - no time to worry about that now! - and comes back into the real world as Nadine takes to the air. His eyes watch her, and he goes into that trance that most fighters attest to. Slow motion... let's see... two feet, alright!
Guy opens his stance like a door, stepping backwards enough to allow the woman's kick to pass him. His arms very nearly caress the woman, such his his defensive maneuver to keep her at length, and as she springs away, Guy notices that there isn't a second attack coming. His eyes seek and find Mizuki, and it's decision time. Deciding in a heartbeat, he rushes Mizuki. He's left someone to gather their will before, and it hurt. When he reaches her, Guy attempts to grab her and shove her backwards, and to her right, a violent maneuver designed to disrupt her train of thought.
Nadine has the distance. Now she has to support Mizuki while she gets beaten down. It seems like a logical, feasible way to do things - and best of all, it's safe!
Nadine pulls a second knife from its sheath, switching which is in which hand after testing the balance. She throws them both at Guy without benefit of wind, one after another - one high and spinning as a feint, the second lower, toward his legs, and stronger.
Then she edges toward the side. Wall, wall...where's a DOOR? She wants it to be a running battle if at all possible. She does well on those.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki blocks Guy's Medium Throw.
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Guy 0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1 Mizuki
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|=======\-------\0 Nadine
Violent, indeed... but she's ready for it. The flow of chi cuts off, swiftly--but not abruptly--and the flow attunes her just a bit more to the world around her... she's shoved, but flows with the attack. She's shoved into one of the walls erected around the area, with a loud, painful *bang*, and that draws another gasp of pain from her. But you know... that moment she had was good enough for her to really be ready.
She lunges for Guy, reaching for his arms--looking to get a grip, as it were. But she doesn't want to -throw- him... she's looking to open his guard. So if she gets that grip, she'll pull his arms open, and then she'll go to work. His torso will be the target of a series of knifehand chops from both hands, lashing out across his chest, enhanced with blue-green chi... and after perhaps twelve or so strikes she'll step in close and thrust both palms into his chin, straight up, to launch him sky-high...
... and if things go that far, she'll turn, then launch herself upwards, spinning, using her hands to strike Guy in midair several times with those chi-flared hands.
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Nadine's Power Fling.
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Guy 0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
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|=======\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Guy endures Mizuki's Kouryuu no Ranbu.
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Guy 1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
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Fling? Flung. Guy's used to having things thrown at him, and he moves out of the way of the attack easily. However, it does put him right in the path of pain. The chi attack is oddly familiar to a certain maneuver of Guy's, and the irony is not lost on him as the strikes begin. He endures, however, his mind already a step ahead, and as Mizuki lands, Guy crashes to the ground.
Of course, Guy isn't staying down long. Rising, he throws a fist out at Mizuki, upwards. It'll launch her, and if she's not able to get out of the way? Well, she's getting the same thing she gave: an aerial combo of damaging attacks that have a scintilla of Chi behind them.
Nadine can barely tell what they're doing over there. Flailing and jumping around, of course (when /she/ does it, it's acrobatics; when everyone else does it, it's jumping around) but past that...
She pushes up her glasses with one hand. They gleam for a moment. She's found a door she can use in a pinch; she stands in front of it, just watching for a few moments, tracking how Guy moves and trying to determine what he's going to do next.
COMBATSYS: Nadine focuses on her next action.
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Guy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
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|=======\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Mizuki with Bushin Hassou Ken.
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Guy 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\0 Mizuki
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|=======\-------\0 Nadine
Oh my god. Mizuki gets her own medicine tossed back at her; she cries out in sharp pain with each hit, including the last strike that throws her back down to the deck. She rolls a couple more times until she fetches up against a wall, her clothes dirtied and her body a bit more than bruised... in fact, her body is screaming in pain. She reaches for the wall, pulling herself up...
But she needs just a moment to get back to herself... a moment spent breathing hard, leaning against the wall. It was an incredible amount of pain and damage she just took... perhaps Nadine will be nice enough to step up and tank Guy for just a seconds until the miko can think straight?
COMBATSYS: Mizuki gains composure.
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Guy 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
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|=======\-------\0 Nadine
Guy's giving a bit more than he expected, but then again, it's a two on one situation. So, he springs away from his opponents and takes a moment to compose himself. "Well, you're both good, that's to be certain." His hands are on his waist, and he rolls his head around, cracking some of the joints or muscles in it. "I'd be honored to fight either of you on my own. Together... it's interesting. You're doing very well for being put together on such short notice."
COMBATSYS: Guy takes no action.
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Guy 0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
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|=======\-------\0 Nadine
"Thank you," Nadine says, even though it has nothing to do with her; she's been rather...lackluster today, even if she's not going to admit it. Still, if he can fight them /both/ and do this well, Nadine doesn't think fighting him alone is going to work all that well.
She pulls the last of her knives up, considers it for a moment, and gathers quite a bit of chi to it; it is completely surrounded in a silvery cocoon, although the thing is just as pointy in its 'wrapping' as outside of it. Then Nadine throws it, and it rockets forward with far more speed than her arm could have possibly added as the wind around it starts to discharge. Maybe he won't have time to get back into position? She can hope.
Alright. She's... she's alright. Okay that's lie, she still hurts. but it's time to do this fight proper, isn't it? The miko straightens, finding that she can move at least reasonably well; good enough to see this fight out, at least. "S--sorry about that," she says, in Nadine's direction, as she rejoins the fight after that moment she took.
Taking off, she runs behind Nadine's attack, but to be honest a thrown knife is much faster than her. However, she follows up anyways--running forward, snapping her hands out for Guy's shoulder and hip as before.
If she grips, then, she'll haul Guy up, over, and down, a quick slam--but she doesn't let go as he lands. Instead she retains her grip for just a moment, long enough to fire a burst of icy chi into Guy's frame.
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Nadine's Zephyr Lance.
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Guy 0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0 Mizuki
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|======-\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Guy with Hyouryuu no Gari.
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Guy 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
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|======-\-------\0 Nadine
Again, Guy finds himself on the receiving end of a projectile attack, and that's an attack he can get around. However, it puts him right in line for Mizuki's grab. The grab goes off without a hitch, and the girl propels herself off of Guy's form with a blast of chi... a blast that Guy cannot roll away from. The brightness of the chi obscures Guy's grimace, but not to the cameras, and as he picks himself up... he looks pissed.
The Bushinryuu ninja knew he was dangerously close to losing this battle, and he wasn't about to go down without a fight. So, he moved towards Mizuki and began a routine as old as time itself. He threw his foot up at the girl's face in a quick kicking motion.
What /doesn't/ kicking work on?
Not on Nadine, but that's because she's too far away to kick, not because she has an inherent immunity. The distance, however, is rapidly being closed; she can sense Guy's weakness, and is going to take advantage of it while he's busy going after Mizuki.
She comes in from behind, scooping up one of her knives on the way and practically throwing herself at Guy's back. Her goal is to wrap her arm around his neck, pulling her up while simultaneously putting him in a headlock, and then stab at the small of his back with her knife.
It is, if nothing else, a distraction.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Guy's Light Kick.
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Guy 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
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|======-\-------\0 Nadine
Wh--whoa. He looks pissed. Mizuki would cry if she weren't a hardened, jaded fighter! Okay so she's not quite that yet but she's getting closer. In any case, her instinctive reaction is to get the hell out of the way; it's a quick lean back that gets her out of the way of that kicking foot. And then she decides to continue the lean back, throwing herself into a full backflip, perhaps surprising given her somewhat bulky-looking clothing.
As she comes back up she shifts her momentum forward and rushes Guy again, thrusting her right hand out and up in an open-palmed uppercut strike for the ninja's chin, uttering a loud, sharp kiai.
COMBATSYS: Guy blocks Nadine's Savage Combo.
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Guy 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
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|======-\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Mizuki's Strong Punch.
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Guy 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
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|======-\-------\0 Nadine
Guy reacts in a blaze of motion. The combo coming towards Guy is sensed, rather than felt, and as Mizuki dodges backwards in a lean, Guy leans forward as well, the air between the two fighters barely a foot in space. He twists, and throws up a cross block, taking the shot on the arms from Nadine before rearing back up. In that moment, he steps around Mizuki's punch, flowing around the attack and coming to her blind side.
Guy takes to the air for the second time in the fight, but there is no foot attack being delivered. Rather, he's launched himself at Mizuki, flying over her, but before he would pass just over her head, his trajectory dramatically changes: he drops like a rock in the ocean, his elbow poised to crash into Mizuki's skull with the weight of gravity.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Mizuki with Bushin Izuna Hiji.
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Guy 1/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Mizuki
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|======-\-------\0 Nadine
Nadine lands rather earlier than she'd meant to. That's fine; she continues her attack from the ground, stepping forward for another strike with that knife, coming up at a sharp angle.
Then she steps back, presumably to let Mizuki get herself elbowed in the forehead. Sometimes Nadine just isn't very nice. "I'm surprised you're focusing on her," Nadine says to Guy, trying to draw attention to her - Mizuki needs the heat pulled off her, and Nadine isn't even really that sore now that she's had a few moments to recover. "Either you're afraid of her, or you're afraid of me, and I can't decide which."
... Mizuki is the one who ought to be afraid. The elbow to her skull drops her like a rock; she flattens to the floor and rolls away, holding the top of her head, which feels not only painful but hot, as blood rushes to the site. She will have one hell of a bump until she can heal that off... at this point, she might be tempted to heal herself... but she feels that the fight's too close to an ending. Better in this case to try and take Guy out than to prolong it...
Once again, chi wells up within her, as she rises, off to one side of Guy's position. She has to position this carefully; the technique she's about to use is almost too haphazard to use like this, but she can try to narrow it down... she casts her hands forward, and shouts "HA!!!"
And then a veritable storm of power flares out from her, icy chi reaching out in a narrow corridor for Guy's position--and a bit back of him. The target angle is meant to keep Nadine out of its path, as best as Mizuki can manage.
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Nadine's Medium Strike.
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Guy 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Mizuki
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|======-\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Mizuki's Hyouryuu no Arashi.
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Guy 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Mizuki
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|======-\-------\0 Nadine
Guy's looking a bit winded, but his dance never slows. Nadine's words go unanswered as he ducks the strike she offers at his form. "You're not a threat." That's the attack Nadine gets as he starts to move again. The storm coming for him is readily apparent, and Guy takes to the air again, leaping over the attack and landing near Mizuki. He's not finished, but there's no bone-crushing elbow coming at the girl this time. Rather, he tosses out a very quick backfist at her.
"No?" Nadine asks. "Maybe it's time to pick up the pace."
She holds one hand back, cupping it around thin air rather than one of her knives. Silvery chi fills it, along with a swirling, whirling sphere of compressed air; she holds it up in front of her to check it after about three seconds of charging, smirks, and then throws it underhand.
It hits the ground and explodes into a small vertical tornado, one that slides across the deck with the still-visible sphere of the original attack at the bottom of it; the whirling winds are strong enough to peel the paint off the deck and send flakes of metal flying around.
After a few seconds of it moving forward, it winks out in a last puff of wind. Nadine is quite some distance back by now. Wimp.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Mizuki with Jab Punch.
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Guy 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Mizuki
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"UNH!" Mizuki was expecting the elbow, not the backfist; she pays for it as it smacks her in the head. Stumbling, she realizes that her vision's going; she won't be out for good, of course, but she'll be out of this fight... but she can't let Nadine down like this. There must be something she can do... she concentrates, forcing her energies to work for her once more, reaching towards Nadine.
The blue-green energy that flows over her, towards her, is warm to her, almost wet, and it should, hopefully, give Nadine enough of an edge... Mizuki will pull herself off to the side, just after, slumping down against one of the walls.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki can no longer fight.
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Guy 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Nadine successfully hits Guy with Rolling Storm.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Guy 1/----===/=======|======-\-------\0 Nadine
As he feels the fist connect, Guy barely processes the words of the other fighter behind him. Mizuki begins her final maneuver, and Guy turns to address it. However, apparently the peasant has armed herself with an axe! There's something barreling towards him, and Guy's block is ineffectual. It blows him to the ground, and that seems to be it of the Bushinryuu ninja.
Of course, that isn't it. Silly. Still, the guy standing up is barely a ninja anymore. Guy's face is the absolute end of lividity. He places his palms together, and silently hopes that he's got enough left for this particular maneuver. He walks towards Nadine, fully intending to end this fight in his favor. Here's hoping he's got the strength left. His attack comes swiftly: a foot to Nadine's gut, followed by a backflip kick to her head that uses the foot in her stomach as a leverage point.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Nadine with Iki no Mizu.
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Guy 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Nadine blocks Guy's Kamaitachi EX.
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Guy 0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1 Nadine
The energy washes over Nadine first. It feels good - better than she was expecting. If Mizuki can do that after she's been beaten up Nadine should clearly beat her up more often. She'll thank her for it after she's fully concious again.
More of her attention is on Guy because Guy is coming to beat her up, and frankly, that has a much higher priority than just politeness. She takes the foot on her hands instead of the gut, ducks under the backflip - and then reaches out again, just like before, but at his leg rather than his shoulder.
If she manages to get ahold, she spins around and around and around, winds whirling around the pair as well as glimmering silver sparks. Nadine picks up the speed, further and further and further -
- and then she lets go. The winds keep going in that direction. Ideally, so does Guy.
COMBATSYS: Nadine successfully hits Guy with Twister Hurl.
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Guy 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Nadine
Guy's just too tired. He can't get out of the way of that attack, and it hurls him into the wall with a sickening THUD! Falling to the ground, Guy has to fight to rise from the impact. He's only got a little bit left, but he's determined to give it to his opponent, so he takes to the air for what may be the final time. Landing near Nadine, he's just too tired, and his attack is changed at the last moment. It's only a kick, but it's got the full force of a very tired but very angry ninja behind it.
COMBATSYS: Guy has reached second wind!
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Guy 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Nadine
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Nadine with Light Kick.
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Guy 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Nadine
Nadine was not actually expecting Guy to be able to keep fighting. Generally, after she beats someone up, they stay out - at least, once they've been beaten up as much as Guy has.
The boot catches her in the face before she really knows he's coming in with a loud crack, sending her reeling back several feet. She thinks her cheek may be broken. It hurts like hell even if it doesn't.
She makes a rather indistinct sound, probably because of that same crack. Still, she's not out (quite yet); she comes in with her left foot leading, aimed high at Guy's chest to push him away and hit him hard.
Well, as hard as she can. That's not /that/ hard.
COMBATSYS: Guy just-defends Nadine's Light Kick!
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Guy 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Nadine
Guy's going on one hundred percent instinct. As he prepares to pass out, he finds a reserve deep within. Maybe it's Haggar, cheering on at home, or perhaps Cody is praying for his friend somewhere. Guy blinks... and he's back. Pissed off, and staring Nadine down. Her kick is batted away like a child trying to steal a cookie. "Let me show you how!" His foot and leg are thrown out at Nadine again, with a bit more on them than the last time.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Nadine with Medium Kick.
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Guy 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 Nadine
There goes Nadine's other cheek.
The noise is less indistinct and more pained this time, and Nadine reflexively starts to gather her chi into her, arms dancing with silvery power as she focuses, pressing her back against the wall.
Her hands thrust forward at once, releasing twin spheres just like the one before. The tornado they explode into is significantly larger than the last, strong enough to literally start lifting up the metal underneath it with groaning and creaking noises. Nadine's discarded knives are picked up as well, spinning around and around in deadly spirals somewhere inside the tornado.
Eventually, the whirlwind explodes with a booming sound. The knives are sent off in random directions. One embeds itself in the floor.
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Nadine's Iron Cyclone.
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Guy 1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0 Nadine
Guy flows around the whirlwind. "Oh no, you're not going to hit me again with that, little girl." His dodge, a series of footwork maneuvers and the old bob-and-weave, allows him to dance around the whirlwind, but it does put him a bit of a distance away. Guy looks around, contemplating how to cover the distance, when the answer, embedded in the wall, gives him the kick in the head he needs.
Thrown knives, long-since abandoned by Nadine...
Guy picks one off the wall, and for more as a taunt than anything, whips one at the woman. "This belongs to you, I think!"
COMBATSYS: Nadine dodges Guy's Thrown Object.
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Guy 1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0 Nadine
Nadine is not going to get stabbed by her own knife. That's not how this works.
Nadine twists to the side; it comes close enough to put a slice through the sleeve of her shirt, but it narrowly misses giving her a matching cut. She does not say a bad word, because that ruins her attitude and credit. She definitely thinks one, though, very hard.
"You aren't going to hurt me with my knives," Nadine says, sharply. "I'm better than that." Talking covers up the delay while she considers what to do, but at least she has a knife again...
She charges Guy, coming up toward his face with a wide slice. That's actually a feint for the kick delivered toward his leg, trying to smash his knee out from under him with a mighty blow. Honestly, she thinks she's lost - but she isn't giving up.
COMBATSYS: Guy dodges Nadine's Heavy Kick.
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Guy 1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0 Nadine
She's getting mad, it seems, and Guy doesn't mind chuckling. The feint is seen for what it is, and he dives through the opening between her arm and leg, showing off a bit of his own martial arts prowess. Rising up to one side of Nadine, he growls. "Are you better than this?" The uppercut that comes for Nadine's face is eerily familiar, and as the crowd cheers, it's recognized. If tagged, Nadine's going into the air, and she's going to be on the receiving end of several strikes, from punches to kicks, in a manner precisely similar to Mizuki's thrashing earlier in the fight.
COMBATSYS: Guy successfully hits Nadine with Bushin Hassou Ken.
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Guy 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\0 Nadine
Whether it's the same or not, Nadine hasn't dealt with them before. She manages to block about one of them and dodge another one.
The rest of them hit her much more solidly, and at the end, she's sent rolling away; her knife skitters across the deck as she loses her grip on it. The wind that she was trying to build up explodes away from her in a rush, but lacks the focus Nadine can usually put behind it; it's more a blast than a whirlwind.
She stays down once she's hit the wall and stopped rolling.
COMBATSYS: Nadine can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Guy blocks Nadine's Gale Press.
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A simple cross-block takes care of the rampaging chi attack, and that seems to be it for Nadine. Guy moves to the center of the ring, and slumps to his knees. An announcer calls out the fight results, but the crowd over-cheers him. The fight was phenomenal, and everyone on the boat or watching the fight on television can tell that Guy only pulled that fight out of his rear end with luck, training, and a bit of balls.
"WINNER: GUY!"
Guy can only raise his arms in victory, so tired is the ninja. He's been pushing himself hard as of late, and as the doors open to the makeshift Saturday Night Fight ring, Genin from his school leap into the arena to care for their Master. One offers a water bottle, the other a towel, and two more offer to aid Guy to his feet. He does kill the water bottle in maybe three seconds, but he's not leaving, by his words, "...until my honorable foes do."
COMBATSYS: Guy has ended the fight here.
Log created on 21:36:32 01/25/2008 by Mizuki, and last modified on 00:40:38 01/31/2008.