Description: Situated outside a strange shrine mysteriously relocated to Greece, Hotaru and Miu take on the Guardian, Chizuru. Illusions, chiballs, and energy feathers aplenty! ( Winners: Hotaru and Miu )
[OOC] Hotaru says, "I'll be ready in about 5 minutes, myslf."
[OOC] Chizuru creates a log. SOMEBODY POSE while I get dinner
[OOC] Miu c-cries ;O; i just got home i'm starviiiing
[OOC] Chizuru says, "SO AM I, I haven't eaten since yesterday"
Acacia has arrived.
[OOC] Miu says, "cheater"
M.Bison has arrived.
[OOC] Miu claps hands together. Food in microwave, and ... I guess I can start?!
[OOC] Miu says, "Yes?! No?! Okay writing something. ._."
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Okay, back! Sorry about that."
[OOC] Chizuru is back too. Sorry!
[OOC] Miu returns from unanticipated and unwanted idle v_v
What is a shrine from Japan doing all the way out here? This far out?
It likely boggles many people, from the rest of the SNF staff to the audience that's come out to witness the fight. The signifigance isn't forgotten by the likes of the small girl sitting before the steps of the shrine in a folding chair. Her purple eyes are half-lidded, and the coat she wears in this weather-- warm or cold as it may be-- is closed to the top and the collar flapping occasionally in the wind. Miu Kurosaki's attention is on the small cheap music player cradled in her hands with a vinyl bag-wrapped bottle of water, the earphones playing something subtle and smooth to keep her calm and clear.
Informed that the fight is soon to start, the small girl rises from her chair and moves to the larger, more open area of the site reserved for the fighters. The crow girl's music and drink are left behind on the chair, which gets scooped up by the event staff and carried off with the chair to a safer area until the fight is over.
Paying little mind to the audience rumbling or murmurs to the youth and size of the young fighter, Miu pulls on her gloves-- missing the whole of the third and pinky fingers, designed to somewhat resemble archery thimbles.
"Hn," she wonders aloud, squinting at the building.
[OOC] Miu apologizes ._./ i went to go get my dinner and had to go wrestle a bear to get back to the damn desk. -_-
[OOC] Hotaru laughs.
Hotaru arrives right on top, not a moment sooner. Leave it to the Saturday Night Fight empire to bring so many of the top fighters from around the world all to a single country for a weekend. Hotaru's vaguely considered that there's something strange about the entire affair, but she hasn't paid it too much mind. Her thoughts focused on simply doing well in yet another match.
Fighting alongside Miu, hn... The girl approaches the fellow Seijyun student and gives her a quiet nod, expression reserved, blue eyes studying her partner to be for this match intently. There is no smile for the black haired girl but a quiet nod of acknowledgement, "So they put us together again. Last time went well, hopefully again, ne?" Her tone is quiet, and while not unfriendly, there's a certain coolness to it.
Clasping her hands behind her back, the girl studies the shrine, eyes straying over the hefty chains attached to it. What a strange sight for Greece. "What do you think this is all about?" she asks the other girl. Unlike all of her appearances in the past, Hotaru's hair has been let down, losing her signiture pig-tails for the time being. "Must be someone good to put the two of us against them," she states. Strong enough to challenge her now? The girl wonders how far she's come in recent weeks. Only one way to find out.
Chizuru has already been here for some time. She wanted to see this so-called 'Site B'; seeing a shrine that /she/ would recognize in the middle of nowhere is a bit of a surprise. However, she may not have been terribly obvious because she actually went inside.
She recognizes the style, at least, but not the details, and Chizuru eventually stops investigating it in favour of actually coming back out where she can be seen by the others. "Ah!" she says, apparently pleased. "So it is time. I'd thought it hadn't quite happened yet."
There's a moment of pause before Miu recognizes Hotaru. Brief-- but it's there. Still, her expression doesn't change too much, aside from her eyebrows lifting and the sleepy look in her eyes lifting the barest of amounts. Did they...? Yes. Yes, they did! And they even go to the same school, although they're certainly in their own respective social castes-- like the small Kurosaki belonging to the elite, "some people don't believe she's real" social caste.
It's a very exclusive sort. Just one person.
"I don't know," Miu responds, though she doesn't believe for a moment that this is going to be all that easy. When Chizuru emerges, her head cants, the side-set ponytail she has swishing gently at her side. Breathing in a deep, heavy sigh, Miu draws her arms up, curling her hands so that she's nearly touching her shoulders. Snapping them down, a burst of the odd, strange power she wields -explodes- from her hands, casting feathers of black and white that look almost too real-- except for the glow they shed, the power the power they let out...
... As well as the deceptively large aura -she- puts out.
"We're ready when you are."
M.Bison has disconnected.
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Incidentally, do we want to roll for it?"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "I figure you can just get us started on your next pose."
M.Bison has connected.
[OOC] Miu says, "Either way's fine with me."
[OOC] Acacia takes the opportunity to do a non-interfering audience pose on behalf of my alt who cannot be here due to being elsewhere on the grid. >_>/
The eyes of the world are upon the fighters, the cameras bearing sound and images across the globe. This is SNF, and the whole world watches. So do the people in the here and now, the crowd of mostly locals gathered in this spot in the countryside, just outside Athens. The show of power from the pale girl named Miu draws an appreciative sound from the audience.
It begins.
One onlooker, though, is silent. Standing near the back, at the edge of the wilderness clearing, a girl observes the imminent battle with eyes of cool dispassion. Her hands rest within the pockets of her long yellow raincoat, her feet stand upon the grass clad in skates of hardened synthetics. Not all that unusual, in the mostly young group of fight fans, though her ethnicity is - unlike the Greek audience, the girl, like the trio of fighters, is Japanese.
And her eyes are not on the fighters, but rather on the presence of the old Shinto shrine in the background - upon the stone carvings and timbers, and the lengths of massive chain that seem to shackle the architecture to the ground.
She observes. Expectant.
Ah, there's the third. Hotaru's attention shifts toward Chizuru as the more experienced fighter steps out of the shrine. Given her attire she... looks very much at home here, really. Crisp whites, oversized sleeves that Hotaru has seen Mizuki clothed in from time to time, representing her Shinto priestess background. She wonders if that's the explanation behind Chizuru's appearance.
Miu prepares herself by bursting with power, feathers representing the unusual energy she's controls, and in comparison, Hotaru's preparations are simple, twisting her feet on the ground and sliding one foot forward, turning one shoulder toward Chizuru as she adopts a solid Kenpo stance.
Miu indicates that the two are ready and Hotaru nods to the affirmative, hands tightening into clenched fists, blue eyes focused on their opponent as she takes a deep breath then exhales softly. "What a weird setup," she muses, idly wondering if Chizuru's small tour of the temple revealed anything of interest about it.
COMBATSYS: Chizuru has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Chizuru has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Chizuru
[OOC] Chizuru says, "I moved right, CHALLENGERS GET LEFT"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "ANd yeah, join, since I'm going to open with an attack"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "O-okay!"
COMBATSYS: Miu has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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It was interesting to /Chizuru/, and that's enough for her.
Her eyebrow rises slightly when she detects the surges of chi and the related auras, before her smile broadens. "Ah, excellent," she says, before bowing. "I am Chizuru Kagura, and I am your opponent for tonight. Now, I do hope this will go well. Shall we begin?"
Chizuru raises her right hand, describing a small circle in the air in front of her with her fingertips, and just for an instant, light gleams off the reflective patch. She keeps her hand raised as she advances, a deceptively casual walk.
She lunges, then, toward Miu. There is actually no chi involved, somewhat unexpectedly; Chizuru comes in low, with a wide sweep of her sleeved arm. The sleeve is, very briefly, about as yielding as steel - or maybe that's just Chizuru's arm, buried in it.
COMBATSYS: Miu blocks Chizuru's Zheng Zheng.
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[OOC] Chizuru says, "Incidentally if anyone happens to know wtf the Zheng Zheng name means, I would love to hear it"
[OOC] Hotaru laughs.
[OOC] Mike 'Uno Chang' Bison will look at his KOF'96 mook later.
[OOC] Chizuru says, "I know what attack it is but not what the name means. Thanks."
The energy at Miu's disposal is vast-- and even after a few moments, even after those feathers burst and fade into motes of soft blue-purple light, the feeling still hangs in the air. A distinct, strong one! Through her display, she still shows a degree of formality, her head bowing and tipping forward only slightly. "Miu Kurosaki."
And the elder woman is upon them! Her, in specific, the arm whipping down on the thin rail of a fighter. Remaining virtually flat-footed, the young girl's knees bend and her heels lift, bringing up her forearms in a classic crossed X-formation. She sinks with the forceful weight of the strike-- but holds her ground.
That... kind of hurt...
And in their moment of contact, the unusual energy takes form as a white feather suddenly bursting out of the back of her knuckles. Pressing back against Chizuru's arm, she takes a step in and whips her arm around in a wide arc, as if the katar-like feather were a blade meant to cut her from shoulder to hip-- and if it hits, it has a hauntingly strange feel to it. An electric tingle, almost-- followed with a cold, distinct numbness.
Introductions are exchanged but Hotaru remains quiet. Their opponent seems very polite, controled, calm. Quite unlike the raging youth she fought in her last SNF. Just how much power does she have? Enough to handle the both of them? Hm...
Miu takes the brunt of the first attack as the match kicks into full speed, leaving Hotaru alone off to her side for a moment as the younger student deals with the swiping sleeve from Chizuru and retaliates in kind with one of those strange, sharp feathers she's able to control. For an instant, Hotaru ponders how long it's been since she fought Miu. She might be due to fight her again sometime and see how things go between the two of them now!
But daydreaming isn't going to cut it against the likes of Chizuru, and Hotaru shifts gears quickly, moving in at the same time as Miu does, spinning into a swift, but simple kick, targetted toward Chizuru's side - the intent more to try and lock down her options for reacting to Miu's assault than being particularly devestating in its own right. "Ya!"
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Chizuru with Light Kick.
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Miu 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Chizuru
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COMBATSYS: Chizuru reflects Shubatsu from Miu with Tamayura no Shitsune.
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Miu 1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0 Chizuru
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[OOC] Hotaru laughs, "Miu..."
[OOC] Miu... ow
[OOC] Chizuru says, "I admit, I wasn't expecting it to work quite THAT well"
[OOC] Hotaru scrapes Miu up off the ground.
Powerful? Maybe. Chizuru is certainly skilled, though; that's obvious as soon as she moves. Skilled and very, very well controlled. She puts out exactly the effort she wants to, and seems to be as good at keeping her figurative eye on the chi as well as her physical eyes on the fight.
Chizuru brings up one hand to stop Hotaru's foot, but doesn't quite manage to catch it correctly; instead of the neat palm she was hoping for, she catches the foot on her fingers, which bend backwards and crunch against the palm. She does a good job of masking the pain, but she's going to have /very/ purple fingers tomorrow.
The other hand is where most of her attention is. The right hand that made the small 'mirror' in space does it again, this time much larger, and then Chizuru plants her palm on the back of it; a shimmering sphere of chi appears there, and when the feather-chi-qatar hits it, it shatters in a blast of Chizuru's sealing chi and Miu's own reacting with it.
Chizuru waits, otherwise defensive. She moves back, slightly, toward the chains.
At the edge of the crowd, the girl in the raincoat stands apart from the rest of the spectators. She tilts her head slightly, watching as the flare of clashing energies blossoms between the fighters, bursting upon the threshold of the old Shinto shrine. An auspicious start, at least for the woman named Chizuru. Miu, however, cannot be considered lucky. It would appear, in this clash of mystically gifted maidens, the gods can only smile on one side.
"Mmn," the girl muses, out loud, her voice soft, lost in the roar of the crowd.
"...a pretty question. Would that I could watch, but Seishirou-sama's schedule is...so very tight."
As the words leave her lips, she closes her eyes, taking a breath. She gathers her chi, taking care that the surge of energy is obscured beneath the higher amounts of power saturating the battlefield.
She would greatly prefer to remain, but she has duties to perform this day. And of all the matches, this is the one which requires the least observation...in light of just where they are fighting. It is, after all, Site B.
The shrine can take care of itself.
"Godspeed," Riko whispers, wishing them well.
Then she's gone.
The swipe of her arm comes down in a swift, perfect arc-- and instead of all things going to plain, the white feather explodes with a burst, as well as carrying the energy of Chizuru's attack on her.
"Agh!!"
The clash of incompatible energy types and the results are obvious, her arm blasting backward and her small body being launched back through the air. So violent that she spins in a corkscrew, hitting the ground with a gasp and rolling a little.
Picking herself up to her hands and knees, the crow girl of Seijyun breathes heavily at first, eyes resuming that almost lazy, half-lidded sleepiness. Her expression calms, even if her breathing remains deep and hard, and she slowly rises to her feet. Twisting a little at the waist, she staggers to one side before breaking into a hard sprint at Kagura, moving even if Hotaru is going to attempt to attack as well. Miu's left arm reels back as the sizable energy within her swells -further-, black feathers beginning to phase out of her fist, her forearm, and start to swirl and rotate. Thrusting her arm forward with a punch-like motion, the feathers suddenly expand, bursting out into a large drilling 'lance' of energy ahead of her fist. Unrelenting, it tries to chew through Chizuru's defenses before letting out a burst to drive her backwards-- and hit or miss, it's accompanied by the surprisingly strong sound of wind blasting by the three fighters.
Hotaru suspected that Chizuru had remarkable control just based on her demeanor thus far but when she deals with Miu's attack with a reflective retaliation, Hotaru begins to realize just how much control the woman possesses over her attacks, much to Miu's misfortune. The girl doesn't really follow Miu's trajectory, nor does she charge in to accompany the oft called 'Crow Girl' in the next round of attacks.
"You're going to have to do better than that," Hotaru voices out loud as Miu tumbles by her. While she doesn't specify, it seems her remark is probably meant for her hapless partner moreso than their opponent.
Instead Hotaru pauses, studying Chizuru, hanging back for a moment. Sure, she caught her with a kick, but a lucky hit like that isn't really going to help a whole lot here. Inhaling, Hotaru sprints forward, but rather than head for Chizuru, she veers for higher 'groud', running up one of the long chains trailing down from the shrine into the ground. Whatever she's planning on doing next, it doesn't come immediately, as she merely tries to get into position.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru focuses on her next action.
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Acacia has disconnected.
COMBATSYS: Miu successfully hits Chizuru with Yomosugara.
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This time Chizuru is not quite as prepared, or Miu gets lucky, or possibly sees a vulnerability and takes advantage of it. The drilling lance strikes Chizuru as she leaps upward into the chains, striking her aura with a bright flash of light - but this time she doesn't successfully reflect the attack back, it just partially blunts the damage that she feels.
She vanishes into the chains with clinking noises. "Very good!" her voice calls from somewhere in there. "However, it's only going to get harder from here on!"
Chizuru - the real one - starts to move sideways from chain to chain, keeping partially out of sight. An image, however, dives from the original, a sphere of energy cupped in its hands as it strikes at Hotaru as it arcs along its flight path. It vanishes several seconds after making its strike - but too late?
The feathers swirl a moment longer before the dramatic burst, scattering the energy into a spiral and sending feathers floating out on the breeze for the audience to see, and some last long enough for them to reach over the boundaries to touch. Miu looks up to the chains now, her brow furrowed and stance shifting-- arms out, somewhat ready. Pacing slowly, the small fighter starts trying to figure things out. Like her classmate, she's studying, staring, trying to get a feel for things. She's somewhat sure she knows what Hotaru has to bring to the table, but the moves used by this lady are in an entirely different bag altogether.
So when she springs out to attack Hotaru one more time, Miu shifts her footing-- but ultimately stays back, the odd energy tingling through from elbows to fingertips. One attack failed, the other worked... what could she try next?
COMBATSYS: Miu gains composure.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru stops Choumon no Isshin from Chizuru with Kobi Kyaku.
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As Hotaru scrambles to find higher ground, it appears Chizuru isn't going to give her much of a break. The more experienced fighter slips into the chains and out of sight, and Hotaru freezes, balancing on one of the chains, hands out at her sides as she balances precariously for a moment. Blue eyes narrow, the fighter struggling to keep up with Chizuru's swift movement about the strange battlefield.
And then the girl sees her - the real one, off to the side, but then what is the one coming for her...? Is it like that creepy 'R' Secretary who had duplicated herself when striking out at her and Arika one night during the Jinchuu tournament?
Whatever the explanation may be, the girl decides that while the second image looks very much real, there must be an energy component to it... And just like the wealthy woman the two girls fight, Hotaru has a certain amount of precision when it comes to manipulating energy. Precision that comes into play this very moment as the girl jumps backward from the advancing image.
Blue chi races along her forarms as she presses her hands together in front of her then pulls her palms apart swiftly while in mid-air, creating a small barrier of blue chi. "KYA!" For an instant the shield shimmers, becoming as solid as steel, allowing the illusionary attack to smash against it while Hotaru continues on down to the ground, landing on her feet, sliding a yard before coming to a stop.
A glance toward Chizuru gives the woman a new found level of respect. Their opponent is a tricky one, that's for sure.
Chizuru keeps hanging up in the chains for some time, doing a good job at keeping herself at least partially out of view. She really isn't as stealthy as she thinks she is, though; the chains clink as she climbs around on them, and her white outfit really does stand out when she stretches from one to another.
Chizuru, not attacked for a moment, has time to maneuver. And she does, moving around the shrine until she's closer to Miu - and she swings the whole chain then, back and forth, back and forth.
On one of the 'forward' ones, Chizuru leaps, arcing down foot-first at Miu. This is not actually an illusion, although it might appear to be at first; it's just Chizuru's show, trying to plant on Miu and kick off to land on the ground behind her.
COMBATSYS: Chizuru successfully hits Miu with Heavy Kick.
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Watching Hotaru counter the attack with acute interest, there's part of Miu that wished that she could understand this business better. Creating barriers, throwing illusionary attacks. Illusionary-- and then there's the problem with the real thing, swinging on the chain. Miu's short frame twists and watches as Chizuru swings back and forth on the length of steel, shifting her weight one more time. Her knees bend, her heels lift-- and as she comes closer the first time she takes a quick step back. Keeping in that evasive stance, she looks to take two steps and leap, getting herself just off the ground in an attempt to leap -over- the wealthy woman...
And taking the kick straight on to the stomach.
"Huuagh-!!"
With flight, the excess of force built up in Chizuru's kick, and the hard landing, Miu hits the ground like a sack of potatoes. Holding her stomach and landing aside from Chizuru's plotted course, the crow girl looks like she's had her stomach and lungs squashed in the process of the impacts.
But then, curiously, the odd aura around her -spikes-. As she gets back up to her hands and knees-- again-- she coughs harshly a couple of times. Finally finding her footing, she rises, breathing heavily as her lungs try desparately to catch as much air as possible. Feathers start to spill out from her arms, a few tumbling off her shoulders, seeping from her shoulderblades-- all of them, falling, riding on the wind, hitting the ground. The rise is undeniable-- whatever's in Miu Kurosaki wants to come out, badly.
Holding her stomach, Miu narrows her eyes and steels herself.
"Futaba-senpai, please watch out."
The feathers start to sprout from her arm again, steadily filling from the knuckles of her left hand and all the way up to her shoulder, a thick black sleeve and gauntlet of her unique style. Tilting steadily forward, the small girl tightens up her jaw-- and -lunges-.
Moving faster than she did before, a burst of black and white feathers pops up from the ground where she once stood. Rocketing in at Chizuru, Miu brings her right arm up high and across her chest-- and whips around hard for one more impressive 'slash' from shoulder to hip-- and this time, the strength is much more potent.
[OOC] Miu says, "More if. ._./"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Should I let Hotaru go? I mean, I don't know if/what I want to reflect, so I don't know what order to do it in"
[OOC] Miu says, "Up to Hotaru! :O"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Well she normally DOES go here, so..."
[OOC] Hotaru says, "It's entirely up to you. It's to your advantage to wait for me to pose."
[OOC] Hotaru says, "But I'm fine with whatever. :)"
[OOC] Chizuru will wait, then.
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Cool!"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Also, I'm fine with pausing whenever. Getting late even on my end, so not sure how it's looking for you two. >.>"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "I'm in Mountain, but I proooobably should go in a round or so - maybe after I pose? But, I'll be here most of tomorrow too."
When the kicks strike Miu solidly Hotaru blinks from her new position off to the side. She had gathered that Chizuru was powerful, but thus far she hasn't had the misfortune of being struck by her. And after seeing the reaction in Miu, she's definitely glad for that thus far... The girl shakes her head, trying to put aside such thoughts. Being afraid to get hit? Her brother would never think that way, and either should she.
Miu calls for her to watch out and while Hotaru ponders the wisdom in holding back for a moment, the girl decides to charge in and give it her all. She needs to see what she can do when she confronts Chizuru directly! Running parallel to her partner, Hotaru's right arm flairs to live with a spiraling, red-orange energy. Completely unlike her normal blue hued chi attacks, there's something far more destructive about the nature of this attack than usual for the girl.
And as Miu strikes out, Hotaru does likewise, her chi infused fist slamming forward in an attempt to strike Chizuru in the side at the same time as Miu attacks from the front, discharging all the pent up energy in her fist at the same time!
[OOC] Hotaru really shouold've checked her super... hm... approximates!
[OOC] Chizuru says, "OK! I can either stop here (and react when we start up tomorrow) or finish my turn and THEN pause; which would you guys prefer? I don't know if you guys need to go."
[OOC] Hotaru is good for plenty of time for you to pose. :)
[OOC] Miu has time still!
[OOC] Chizuru says, "OK!"
COMBATSYS: Chizuru blocks Hotaru's Hakki Shou EX.
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COMBATSYS: Chizuru dodges Miu's Psychic Secrets.
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[OOC] Miu says, "You were supposed to type endure 1!"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "NEVER"
The spiralling blast of energy strikes Chizuru's outstretched arm solidly, letting it 'splash' against her aura and push it away with a bright shower of sparks. It actually slides Chizuru back several feet, although some of that is by her own intention - she's /trying/ to move, trying to throw herself aside.
Chizuru hits the ground and literally rolls as she tucks under the feathered slash, letting the drifting chi arc over her harmlessly. It's close, even for the fast Chizuru; Miu lashed out pretty hard, and Chizuru was being pressed from multiple sides at the time.
She stands, shooting a glance back over at the shrine for a moment. Nope, not broken. She looks back, waiting a moment, looking like she's just going to stand there for some time.
It is not, however, to be. She steps forward, throwing himself in a low slide toward - Hotaru, surprisingly, and not Miu. She's trying to educate, not beat on; that means it's time to go after a different target for a while.
[OOC] Chizuru really does, I think, have to stop. Before I pass out
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Okay, let us pause here!"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "I forgot how :("
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has saved the state of this fight.
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[OOC] Chizuru says, "Oh, well"
[OOC] Hotaru :)
[OOC] Miu nods!
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Okay, I'll be home around 6:30 PST tomorrow!"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Thanks for the fight so far!"
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has left the fight here.
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Miu 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Chizuru
ODROP::Hotaru heads OOC.
[OOC] Chizuru will be here then for sure.
[OOC] Miu nods! Until tomorrow! >O</
M.Bison has disconnected.
Miu has disconnected.
Chizuru has disconnected.
Miu has connected.
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Miu has connected.
M.Bison has connected.
M.Bison has disconnected.
Miu has disconnected.
Miu has connected.
M.Bison has connected.
ODROP::M.Bison heads OOC.
M.Bison has arrived.
M.Bison has disconnected.
Chizuru has connected.
[OOC] Miu waves!
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Evening!"
Chizuru has reconnected.
Hotaru has arrived.
[OOC] Hotaru waves!
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Hello! I am on a different computer with a keyboard I'm not used to so I apologize for typoes"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "No worries."
[OOC] Hotaru is good to pick back up whenever.
[OOC] Chizuru can too. I'd need the last round pasted though
[OOC] Chizuru says, "(my log never stopped running, heh)"
[OOC] Hotaru laughs. "Yeah, I could use the last round too. You can do that with log/paste, if you give that a try."
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Also need you and Miu to unjoin so we can reload the fight."
COMBATSYS: Chizuru has left the fight here.
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[OOC] Chizuru says, "I have no idea how to use log/paste."
COMBATSYS: Miu has ended the fight here.
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Just 'log/paste hotaru chizuru <whatever the log number is>=100' 100 being the # of lines from the end to paste. I find 100 tends to be enough to get a feel for where things left off."
COMBATSYS: Hotaru restarts a saved fight.
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[OOC] Hotaru says, "Perfect!"
[OOC] Hotaru thinks it's Miu's pose.
[OOC] Miu says, "I'd scroll up and look but I had to move the computer to another part of the house today. :<"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "She can log/paste you too!"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "IN FACT I DID"
[OOC] Hotaru yays!
[OOC] Miu thumbs up!!
[OOC] Miu cracks knuckles. >O<
Iincyo has arrived.
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Suddenly, a Chairperson!"
[OOC] Iincyogurt poof.
[OOC] Miu says, "-- before i hit enter on my pose. chizuru, did you take any actions when we paused? you posed, but my log doesn't show you taking a swing? ._.a"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Yeah, I have an attack."
At this range, with this force-- the overwhelming aura that the girl puts out, the energy concentrated into her arms so vastly that it even leaves a smell vaguely like ozone in the air-- the arm whips around in a blinding arc of speed that should cleave through Chizuru Kagura and stun her physically and mentally long enough to continue her relentless, merciless assault. But as the feathery knuckleblade cuts the air with a surging motion, that off-kilter energy fails to strike as her target takes a step and slides out of harm's way.
'Psychic,' indeed.
Spinning around hard, the girl stumbles a bit to catch her footing, trying to estimate the distance between herself and Chizuru. More importantly, the energy in her arm becomes distinctly unstable. Her fingers claw out as it tries to find the proper outlet, bursting outward in a grand explosion of black feathers and ambient psychic force. "Gyahhh-kkgh-!!"
The feathers burst everywhere, up and around, flying away from her arm and some spearing into the ground like they were projectiles. Gripping onto her upper left arm, Miu falls to one knee, fingers gnarling halfway into a fist and muscles spasming under the shield of her coat and sleeves.
%tLooking up with a noise caught in her throat, it becomes clear-- Miu needs to choose a new strategy, right here...
COMBATSYS: Miu gains composure.
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COMBATSYS: Chizuru successfully hits Hotaru with Light Kick.
- Power hit! -
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[OOC] Miu says, "oh there D:"
Chizuru has reconnected.
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Sorry!"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "DId I miss Miu's pose?"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Yeah."
Chizuru has dropped a connection.
[OOC] Hotaru'll @paste.
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Thanks!"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Sorry, I had issues. I forgot I was actually connected on the computer I couldn't get to AS WELL"
[OOC] Chizuru booted it off, it's just me now
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Haha, no prob."
She extended herself hard with that aggressive attack and she ends up paying for it as a result. Hotaru was only just starting to pull her arm back, the energy coursing over her arm slowly starting to fade away as she ceases to channel that force.
Unable to pull back into a defensive position, Chizuru's kick cracks the girl hard in the stomach, giving the fragile fighter a taste of the kind of power this opponent can bring to bear, folded forward as she gasps with shock at the power behind the impact, sliding back several yards before coming to a stop, taking a moment to right her own balance.
Well, that definitely explains the rough time Miu has had in dealing with the more experienced fighter, Hotaru muses, blue eyes fixing back on Chizuru. But holding back isn't going to get her anywhere at all. Gritting her teeth, the girl pushes off, charging back forward, attempting to regain lost ground by sliding in, shoulder first. If she connects, she'll follow up by spinning out of the shoulder lunge with a direct palm press, trying to knock Chizuru back.
M.Bison has connected.
COMBATSYS: Chizuru dodges Hotaru's Strong Punch.
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Chizuru has dropped a connection.
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Yes, still here, I don't know where that extra message came from"
[OOC] Hotaru laughs, "No prob."
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Just wanted to make it clear that I wasn't suffering bizarre issues again."
Holding back isn't working very well, but neither, at this rate, is charging.
After her slide, Chizuru straightens up again, one hand held loosely in front of her. She doesn't try to catch the punch this time because her fingers are still swollen from last time she tried to block with her hand; this time she makes an odd circling motion with her hand, catching Hotaru's arm in a loop of her sleeve and guiding it aside like a matador with a cape.
"Good, good!" she says, standing now, hand raised. "It's always inspiring to see the next generation do so well, don't you think?" This isn't actually sarcastic despite the fact that it might seem that way; she honestly is impressed with their skill and persistence. The weak-willed might have given up or complained; these keep trying their best and probably will until either Chizuru beats them, or she herself falls.
Quite willing to give Miu the moment she needs to catch her breath, Chizuru focuses on Hotaru for a moment. She watches, unblinking, for a few seconds, before she shimmers oddly and st arts to move forward while at the same time standing still.
The image swings its hands in a very precise series of arm- and hand-blows aimed at Hotaru's torso while the real one hangs back for a moment, murmuring something in Japanese under her breath and cupping a point in the air. At the same moment the image starts to flicker and fade, Chizuru acts, literally lunging through the illusion with a sphere of orangish energy in her hand. When the energy touches the illusion, it vanishes, apparently into the sphere; that may be the only warning Hotaru has that it is coming at all
[OOC] Hotaru says, "After Miu, and then my pose, I'll be headed home from work. Should only take 15'ish though."
[OOC] Chizuru says, "That's fine with me!"
[OOC] Miu nods!
Her moment of rest taken, used, and abused, Miu's labored breathing steadies, the acidic burn in her veins returns to a quickened, steady pulse rife with adrenaline. Her left hand's shaken out a few times to sever herself from the excess power-- and if those strange manifestations didn't disappear in time, somewhere in Greece someone would think that there was a mass crow detonation somewhere.
But she can't let Chizuru get the upper hand for the entirety of this match!!
Holding her position, she waits to see how Hotaru reacts to the incoming attack, if she can get away in time or if she gets hit. In either case, the small Kurosaki pops up from the ground and charges ahead, running at Chizuru with all she's got. Squatting down a little to get the extra spring, Miu takes a short leap into the air and whirls around for a sturdy kick at the middle of the wealthy woman's back-- curiously, feathers trailing from her leg and her foot, even a few bursting out at the moment of impact.
COMBATSYS: Chizuru successfully hits Hotaru with San Shingi Kore Mittsu.
- Power hit! -
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[OOC] Mike 'Uno Chang' Bison says, "oh dear."
[OOC] Iincyogurt says, "WOah"
[OOC] Iincyogurt says, "P-P-P"
[OOC] Iincyogurt says, "POWERBOOK"
[OOC] Miu ;O;
[OOC] Chizuru says, "That was unexpected"
Her lunging strike is avoided and Chizuru's catching of her arm leaves the girl stumbling a couple of steps before catching herself. Whirling around to face Chizuru - at least, the direction she THINKS is Chizuru, as it's getting rather hard to keep track of where the swift woman is moment to moment, the girl sets her jaw, lifting her hands up into a defensive position. The more veteran fighter's observations are met with a quiet "Nn," from Hotaru, the girl offering the slightest nod of acknowledgement. Compliments are only distractions, she tries to remind herself, nothing to stay focused on for any length of time.
But then comes Chizuru's next illusionary technique and the Kenpo artist tries to see through it again like she managed the first time. There's two of the woman again, one coming at her, and the girl attempts to step around the advancing copy in order to obtain a clear path toward Chizuru, perhaps hoping to catch her off guard while she's still channeling the attack.
But the advancing copy catches the girl with her sweeping strikes, knocking Hotaru off balance, stumbling backward with a gasp, arms flailing as she tries to recover desperately from the loss of control. "A-ah!" Just about to fall, she catches herself just as the assaulting image begins to fade, only to find that the attack hasn't ended just as Chizuru darts in, her hands bringing with them a powerful energy blast that strikes Hotaru hard, knocking the girl clean off her feet into one of the mounted chains. Her back arcs as the chain absorbs the impact, and then she drops forward, catching herrself with her hands just shy of face planting into the dirt.
Gasping for breath, the girl pushes herself back to standing slowly, returning to the same defensive position she had assumed moments ago. Shaking her head to clear her vision, she stares back in Chizuru's direction, trying to get a fix on the woman in hopes of being able to see through her illusions better.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru focuses on her next action.
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[OOC] Hotaru says, "Okay, driving home!"
Hotaru has disconnected.
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Do you think she'd mind if I responded to you so I could write my pose so she wou ldn't have to wait MORE?"
[OOC] Chizuru can hold the pose, but I need to know whether I dodged or not before I write it :D
[OOC] Chizuru just does it. I'll paste her the response if she wants it.
[OOC] Miu says, "It's up to you. XD;;"
COMBATSYS: Chizuru dodges Miu's Medium Kick.
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[OOC] Chizuru isn't actually going to POSE yet, I just needed to know that before I wrote it
Hotaru has connected.
[OOC] Chizuru says, "WB!"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Thanks!"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "I responded to Miu's Medium Kick and dodged it; I wanted to write my pose so I could just drop it in now, but needed to know."
[OOC] Hotaru says, "That's cool."
It is getting rather easy to see Chizuru through her illusions because, at the moment, there are none. That is, of course, subject to change at any time, but right this instant, she seems visible enough and there is only one of her.
She rises from her lunging strike, hand back up, and seems about to say something to Hotaru. She doesn't get the opportunity, though, as she feels more than sees Miu coming in at her back; the display of energy is blatantly obvious to someone as tuned to watching various powers as she is, even when she's not physically looking in that direction.
Chizuru spins, narrowly evading the feathery kick - it comes close enough to mess up her hair - in an almost dance-like maneuver. Using the momentum from the artful spin, she attempts to deliver a deceptively strong strike with the side of her arm at Miu's back, a wide sweeping swing with her left hand.
[OOC] Iincyogurt says, "Don't die Miu!"
COMBATSYS: Miu blocks Chizuru's Quick Punch.
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Her eyes, so usually sleepy and detached from reality, come to focus with grim realization: The two of them, all they're doing is playing into the palm of this woman's hand. Twisting in the air, it seems like, even with knowing this-- she isn't going to give up. No, her elbows pull back and her arm folds, twisting to take the blow across her own arm. Impressively light, the small girl is pushed back from the force, and forced to land lightly on her feet.
She leans ahead one more time, the side-set ponytail having yet to fully settle when she springs. Miu lunges, taking a step and drawing her arm out and back as if to punch...
Then jumps.
Vaulting over Chizuru's head in a single high-angle bound, she stops completely upside-down in the air and tries to grab onto the woman's collar. If she can get the grip, the Seijyun girl tries to 'land' on Chizuru's back, holding at her waist with the sides of her feet and that one hand-- and yet again, a familiar white feather bleeds out of her knuckles. Miu's fist comes down hard at the back of the elder fighter's head and, should it hit, the strike provides enough force to blast not the Kagura, but the crow girl herself backward-- to throw her out of harm's way as soon as possible.
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Go forth my grue legion."
[OOC] Chizuru says, "crap she's gonna grue me"
It's good that she has a second to catch her breath, because it takes about that much time for her to stop seeing several copies of Chizuru, and for once, it isn't because the woman is using her chi illusions to prove to be difficult to track. Hotaru takes a step forward, then pauses, watching as Miu and Chizuru exchange attacks briefly.
Frowning faintly, the girl hesitates, debating using all of her strength in hopes of delivering one final, powerful attack or to try and draw out her own strength a bit longer for the long haul... But considering the fight Miu and she have had on their hands, Hotaru settles on going all out, with everything she's got.
The initial build up isn't visible but still something sensed, a surge of determination, a collection of energy from the world around her to give her strength and speed to deliver everything she's got. And then the girl is off, sprinting for Chizuru before sliding into a crouch as close to what she believes to be the real one as possible, before launching into a powerful, chi laced flip kick with all the strength she's got...
[OOC] Hotaru says, "More if."
COMBATSYS: Chizuru dodges Miu's Psi-Launcher.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Chizuru with Ten-shou Ranki.
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The impact of the flip kick bears the kind of force necessary to knock even opponents significantly larger than the girl clean off their feet most of the time, and is more than enough to send Chizuru up into the air if but briefly. Long enough for Hotaru to shift her trajectory into a dive that takes her right back into her opponent, hurtling the two of them back down toward the ground at an angle.
The angled dive takes the two rolling right back into the small misplaced shrine, out of sight for a moment from anyone outside of the structure. A massive shockwave of a point blank, large chi blast that Chizuru will have been struck by from the diminuitive fighter shakes the walls and rattles the chains, but all in all, the small shrine weathers the explosion of blue, swirling chi rather well.
A tired exhale comes from Hotaru as she starts to push herself back to her feet, trying to get away from Chizuru quickly. She's already gotten the sense that even her strongest hit isn't going to take this woman out of the fight.
[OOC] Iincyogurt says, ""
ODROP::Iincyo heads OOC.
Being pressed by multiple sides, Chizuru's ability to keep up is becoming more stressed. She's excellent at dealing with one person at a time, or a number of less skilled people - but these fighters' persistance is wearing her down, leaving her unable to react to both as well as she should.
While she can clear out of the way of Miu's drop, letting her land about two inches behind her, Chizuru cannot do the same thing to Hotaru's chi-energized flip kick. It strikes her solidly, picking her up and throwing her into the air, and although she tries to twist around to land on her feet, she does not manage it, and Hotaru causes Chizuru to slide several feet on her back.
After the flash of light, Chizuru is significantly slower at getting back up. It might not have taken her out, but it definitely left a mark. Hotaru is fast at getting away, but Chizuru tries to speed that up by using her sleeve as a grapple and literally throwing her out of the shrine, then following her out with a jump. "Much better! Give me all you've got!"
Sailing through the air, Miu's nigh-vacant expression is locked on Chizuru for the entirety of her acrobatic manuver, looking down as if line of sight were what kept her balanced. She steps out of reach, prompting the small girl to bend backwards and throw her legs downward to flip the rest of the way through her technique and--
For once, Miu Kurosaki actually has to -duck-. Only Hotaru could bring that about!!
An impressive rise in power-- and likewise, an impressive shockwave erupts from inside. Miu's position grants her the light show rather than the direct view of Hotaru's attack, the explosive force causing her to shield her eyes briefly. Recentering herself, the small Japanese student tries for the direct approach again-- reaching out to grab Chizuru while she's occupied with Hotaru, her right palm turning upward as her arm thrusts ahead. With a hard breeze, no real gust of wind to speak of, she manifests a rather small-scale version of her great lance of feathers and energy. "Hya!!"
COMBATSYS: Hotaru blocks Chizuru's Quick Throw.
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Giving that last attack all she's got effectively left Hotaru feeling rather drained as she struggles back to her feet, looking to backstep away as quickly as possible to get some range from Chizuru before the woman recovered. She isn't quite as fast as she would have hoped, and given the fatigued look the girl has by now, it probably isn't too much of a surprise that the far more experienced fighter catches up with her too fast.
Finding herself caught by Chizuru's arm, there's little the girl can do to keep herself from being flung back out of the samll building's entrance. Back into the action outdoors, it would seem! The landing would have been a lot rougher were it not for Hotaru's quick reaction, snapping her hands out and grasping a hold of one of the more narrow chains as she flies by, using the grip to swing herself around and get control over her descent.
Deciding to use the momentum she's already got to launch her next attack, the girl releases her grip on the chain as she swings back around at just the right moment to put her on a rough collision course toward Chizuru's back as the woman follows her out of the shrine! She wants all she's got, and Hotaru is going to do her best to deliver just that. "HAH!"
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Chizuru with Light Kick.
- Power hit! -
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[OOC] Chizuru says, "ow"
COMBATSYS: Chizuru reflects Grasping Yomo from Miu with Tamayura no Shitsune.
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[OOC] Hotaru says, "Oh my. ._.;"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "This fight is power-hit-tastic."
[OOC] Miu owwww
Chizuru takes a moment to stride out of the shrine. She doesn't have her hand raised anymore; she's starting to wear down even if she's trying not to show it (and she /is/ trying not to show it; it adds to her mystique).
When she comes out, she is prepared for Miu at least, light flickering and bending in front of her as Chizuru puts up a slightly weaker version of the shield she used before. Powerful or not, it's enough to cause the energy to repel away from her in a short wave, blasting backwards at Miu. Maybe all that practice with Rose paid off.
Chizuru keeps walking forward, and Hotaru swings down at her. /That/ she wasn't expecting. The kick catches her in the side of the head and literally throws her, sending her rolling across the ground rather unceremoniously and with a very sore head.
Grab, channel, thrust-- and -ow-.
The energy shield twists the power that Miu wields, combining with the power that Chizuru has at her disposal and giving her a rather painful jolt with what she normally doles out to others. Though she doesn't fall over, the small girl staggers, grabbing her face and closing her eyes tightly. That -hurts-, on more than one level, and ... it-- it--
Miu huffs.
While Chizuru's been knocked to the ground, the small crow decides to capitalize on the moment. Running, jumping, the littlest Kurosaki gathers up as much of her power as she can in a pinch. When she's in the air, the swirling and rotating feathers begin to bind and build. When she's dropping, the force creates the drilling cone of power that Chizuru's become familiar with since this fight's started. With a hard gust of wind, she thrusts her arm downward, very intent on slamming it into their downed foe. "Eeeeyaaaah!"
Recovering from her acrobatic stunt is a bit trickier than Hotaru had anticipated, the girl coming to a stop with kind of a running slide. Even though she managed to strike Chizuru hard, it looks like things aren't finished yet. The two girls still have their work cut out for them even after all that has happened.
Exhaling for only a moment, she turns to dart back into the mix of things, with Miu leading the way she won't be left behind! A jump into the air seems to imply that the girl is going for an aerial strike, but as she comes down to land in close, she ducks low, attempting to hook her arm in around Chizuru's. The intent becomes clear, as she tries to convert her forward momentum into potentially tossing Chizuru back down if she had gotten up or keeping her locked down if Miu's strikes managed to keep the woman more grounded!
[OOC] Chizuru interrupt 1=tamayura
[OOC] Chizuru says, "I kid, I kid."
[OOC] Hotaru laughs.
COMBATSYS: Miu successfully hits Chizuru with Yomosugara.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Chizuru with Quick Throw.
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[OOC] Hotaru says, "Oh my. ._."
[OOC] Chizuru says, "Well that means there's only one thing left to do."
[OOC] Chizuru says, "CHIZURU SMASH"
[OOC] Hotaru gulps.
[OOC] Miu says, "oh shi--"
Perhaps the opening is Chizuru's undoing.
The blast of wind and drilling cone strikes Chizuru as she attempts to rise, driving her back down to the ground with significant force. She stops trying to get up at that point and settles for rolling away - but instead of rolling, she is flung, landing face-first on the ground.
It looks, for a moment, as if Chizuru is not going to get up at all, or at least anytime soon! But she does, or /one/ of her does, while a second one stays on the ground; the Chizuru image runs across the ground at Hotaru, bringing her hand up into a vertical rising slam before holding that pose slightly too long and flickering out of existance.
Under the distraction of that, Chizuru /does/ pick herself up, very slowly. She otherwise does not move, either forward or back. SURPRISE!
[OOC] Chizuru says, "I don't think being able to dm/recovery back to life will ever get old"
[OOC] Hotaru laughs, "It is pretty incredible."
In a strange manner, the drilling feathers actually keep Miu from landing at all-- holding her up in the air a little bit, her ponytail flapping in the force of the upward-rising wind. But when Chizuru sneaks out from under her attack, the small girl's attack squirrels around the ground a bit-- ripping up bits here and there-- and gives her enough time to hook her legs down to land while the feathers burst and scatter around in the air...
And linger, floating...
With Chizuru flung about and the copy springing to life to attack her teammate, Miu closes her left hand into a fist. Black feathers burst out between her fingers like throwing knives. "Futaba-senpai!!"
Hooking her arm upward, the feathers are cast out in a wild arc-- the five striking the feathers already floating in the air, and those rebounding out like a twisted version of psychic billiards. Feathers clash against feathers and flit about everywhere, some bursting into light and others just hovering there as a distraction-- one designed to give Hotaru the upper hand!!
COMBATSYS: Miu assists Hotaru.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru interrupts Shinsoku no Norito from Chizuru with Hakki Shou.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru can no longer fight.
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The team-up attack delivered, it seems that maybe that's all Chizuru can take. And even if that IS the case, her ability to last so long against the two teen fighters is nothing shy of remarkable. Hotaru knows full well that Miu is capable of delivering some frighteningly powerful attacks just from what she's seen the girl do in combat in the past. And she managed to strike Chizuru with her best technique as well - and yet Chizuru continued on for so long.
Hotaru begins to back away, believing the woman finished for this match, exhaling, glancing toward Miu with a silent, even look that communicates, without a word, 'That wasn't bad work at all.' Miu is powerful. She can respect that. But in the moment the glance is given, she becomes aware of Chizuru's powers of illusion at work once again with another image charging her one more time.
Eyes widen with some surprise, but the girl isn't completely still, her right arm charging with a blue glow. There's no attempt made to get away from the incoming attack - in fact, if anything, she seems dead set on simply barreling right through it at ANY COST. The rising slam catches the girl in the chest and chin, knocking her back just a little, leaving her staggered and on shaking feet...
But it's with one last burst of determination that she slams her right hand forward, discharging a blue, spherical blast through the air, the small blast of force flying in to tag Chizuru right as she's trying to pull herself to her feet. The focused strike sent hurtling toward her opponent, Hotaru gasps one last time, her strength leaving her as she drops to her knees, wobbling for a moment before finally dropping face first into the dirt.
Teamwork: the bane of end bosses everywhere.
Chizuru's eyes widen as she sees them coming at her, but she doesn't have any time to respond. Feathers burst around her, causing her to switch from wide eyes to squinting to avoid getting something in them or blinded. It leaves her open for the one last hit by Hotaru that sends her flying.
Her body seems to flicker in flight, leaving a trail of afterimages that hang in the air for some time even after she lands. Some of them start to move, hands flicking out as they move in a crowd toward Miu. SOme of them move toward Hotaru too, but none of them aim downwards; they all move in perfect synchronization and don't actually seem to notice she's there.
They use circling hands as they batter at Miu, flickering out one by one. When they are gone, Chizuru is absolutely unconcious - but was it enough?
COMBATSYS: Chizuru can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Miu dodges Chizuru's Sanrai no Fujin.
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[OOC] Miu WHEW @O<
[OOC] Hotaru whoas. "This fight was pretty ridiculously close!"
[OOC] Chizuru says, "It was!"
The rebounding feathers and the field of light and energy seems to pay off-- the distraction gives Hotaru the opening that she needs in order to strike, driving Chizuru backwards. For a moment, she grins... but then sees that Chizuru hits the ground, but Chizuru's also walking towards her.
Uhoh.
Though the afterimages are in complete synchronization, though they have a very precise coverage area, Miu has a bit of agility on her side. Taking a dangerous step forward and flinging herself into the air, Miu tucks her hands under her thighs to hold her skirt while executing a picture perfect forward flip, landing in a ball on her feet and diving between the last ones-- and back on her feet in an instant, her hand again snaps closed, the feathers bursting out between her fingers one more time as her small hand closes into a smaller fist, aimed at Chizuru.
But it doesn't seem to matter.
Breathing a sigh, the small girl turns to face her teammate while tugging the tie out of her hair, the lengthy, inky-black hair flowing out in a full wave. The feathers she clutches fall, and the Kurosaki girl resumes her indifferent, detached expression. One last look is thrown to Chizuru before she walks over to where Hotaru is, as well as the medical staff for SNF.
Of course, she won't say anything. She'll just stand there and stare, as if she were waiting for something..
COMBATSYS: Miu takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Miu has ended the fight here.
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Thanks for the sweet fight you two!"
[OOC] Miu >O</
[OOC] Chizuru enjoyed it, no matter if it took TWO NIGHTS
[OOC] Hotaru laughs.
[OOC] Miu says, "Haw."
[OOC] Miu says, "Most of mine do."
[OOC] Miu says, "http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o202/tsumurin-m/roughart/cap0007.jpg \zOz/"
[OOC] Chizuru closes the log?
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Sounds good!"
[OOC] Hotaru says, "Thanks again. :)"
ODROP::Hotaru heads OOC.
Log created on 21:19:27 02/17/2008 by Chizuru, and last modified on 16:56:11 03/28/2008.