Description: Looking for the Hurricane Hime, Mizuki instead finds Iincyo practicing in the Hibiki Dojo. What follows reveals much about the nature of the two young ladies as warriors.
Yurika has arrived.
Birdie has arrived.
The normal wooden floor of the Dojo is as usual as one could get. The Saikyo Dojo is bright and airy today, as the skylights let in the sunlight of the afternoon sky. It's nice, at least, and to those inside, it's just what is needed. The door has been left open enough for some airflow, and it's needed.. someone is apparently working hard inside. Truthfully, they've been working hard .. for a few hours.
Iincyo, or Chairperson, does not only spend a couple of minutes on something.. she tends to stick it out for as long as she feels is enough. So far, an hour or so .. hasn't been doing it.
"YAH!" The bag inside is struck again by the Chairperson of Taiyo High. But it's not just in practice, and training. It's a way to reduce some stress.. as well as frustration from her meeting of a fellow Saikyo student that seemed ... to be as thick as a rock wall. Oh, not Hime either. But it was who Hime was aiming to have her meet.
And yet though she tried, all she got was yelled at, and complained to a bit.
So she had to take care of it. Her frustration, however, is mostly gone. Mostly. "YAH!" A foot slams into the bag, causing it to swing as she stops for a moment, breathing in and out, before continuing again.
Otherwise, the Saikyo Dojo is almost empty.
So this is the famed 'Saikyo' Dojo... (though the nameplate says Hibiki...) It certainly is a clean place, at least right now. Mizuki can appreciate that. And she can hear the sounds of someone practicing--another good sign. The redheaded miko and Justice student isn't just here for no reason, though--she's actually here on a mission of sorts.
And she was hoping to find Himeko--she's had some interesting battles with the Hurricane before, and word had been given that she might attend this dojo...
The miko sticks her head in, peeking. "Ah, excuse me?" she calls out, her voice resonating well in the nearly-empty dojo. Well, there's only one person here... Mizuki pulls herself into the dojo and smiles at the Iincyo.
"Ah, excuse me," she repeats, softly. "I was wondering if--a girl named Himeko was here..." Poor Hime, having been roasted to a crisp by Kyo recently... but Mizuki doesn't really know about that just yet. Not that she'd blame Kyo--as a fighter, at least. Overwhelming power can be tricky to handle.
"I was hoping to challenge her to a fight."
She doesn't hear anyone at first, Iincyo caught up in her own devices, striking at the bag a few times, falling back into a stance, and then lashing out in another way, breathing in and out.. but then she hears a voice during one of those periods, the girl turning to see Mizuki's head, before she pulls her entire self into the building.
"Oh, welcome to the Saikyo Dojo.." She starts, but stops as Mizuki starts about her words. "Usually Hurricane Himeko can be found her." She tries to be as helpful as she can. "But at this moment she's not in .. she could be anywhere." Hime heads all around Southtown. That, and she's a student at Taiyo. Not that Iincyo knows this.
That Kyo thing is just part of it. "She might also be resting up." She had seen the Kyo fight, and Hime lasted. It was quite a sight. The girl herself slows the bag, pushing a hand up against it and smiling. "I would hate for you to come all this way without something though .." She comments, brushing some of her purple hair back.
"I may not be up to the same caliber as Hime.. but I'm willing to fill in for her." Not that she's as good at taking a hit!
Mizuki can wait! Clearly Iincyo has something on her mind. And then there's the reply. "I see. She does seem to be a rather busy person, I suppose just dropping by out of the blue was rather foolish of me." She should have thought ahead... but this was sort of a last-minute kind of thing, really.
But then a solution appears to provide itself! "Oh, well... I'd hate to impose," she says, gazing at the Chairperson for a moment. "But if you would be so kind... I'm sure there's much for me to learn in a bout with you," replies the redhead.
Of course, Iincyo just offered, so Mizuki moves past her, into the dojo proper, onto the wooden floor; she turns to face the girl, taking up her stance, her hands open, arms bent upwards, knees slightly bent and leading with her left side.
"Well, then," she says, with a pleasant smile, "Whenever you're ready... ah..." She blushes. "I'm Mizuki, Kamigawa Mizuki. It's nice to meet you." Almost forgot the introduction...
Shaking her head, Iincyo smiles. "I will make sure she knows you're looking for her. It's the least I could do." She comments, trying to dispel any thoughts of this more or less nice seeming girl from being hard on herself. "And you would not impose.. I've putting this off for too long." She claims, crossing her arms.
"I would hope.. I'm still getting the hang of a normal fight.. so any experience I have is helpful." And she means it. She's not used to some things still. Mizuki's powers, perhaps one of them.
Turning as Mizuki moves past her onto the wooden floor... she watches her get into a stance already? Her head tilts a bit, curious... Before laughing lightly, covering her mouth with a hand. "It's nice to meet you as well, Mizuki... and I'm Chairperson, of Taiyo High." The name might ring a bell. She earned a reputation, not unjustly.. but fighting isn't something she's known for.
"Since you're already ready.. I won't make you wait any longer!" She exclaims, smirking .. and doesn't fall into a stance. No. Not this time. She bows a bit, to show she's ready.. before running towards Mizuki, aiming to heft the gi wearing woman up off the ground.. and then leap up a bit, spinning as she .. aims to come down with Mizuki's head to the mat?!
Wait, what? "Here's something I'm still working on! The screwdriver!" ... .. Is this really Saikyo?
COMBATSYS: Iincyo has started a fight here.
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Iincyo 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Mizuki has joined the fight here.
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Mizuki 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Iincyo
COMBATSYS: Iincyo successfully hits Mizuki with Tornado DDT.
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Mizuki 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Iincyo
Wh--whoa! Mizuki was definitely NOT expecting that... she's frozen for just a moment as Iincyo leaps at her and then she's caught, hefted, and put into a spinning power drop. Wow. She can't help but release her breath in an explosive grunt, twisting and thrashing violently to get away from Iincyo long enough to get back onto her feet. "Not bad," she says, wincing as her head throbs a bit from the impact. That... that hurt.
Mizuki suddenly lunges forward, for Iincyo, snapping her left hand out for Iincyo's right arm--if successful she'll pull that arm wide of Iincyo's body, stepping in to deliver a series of right knifehand chops to Iincyo's body before then getting a grip on her hip and using that grip to flip Iincyo overhead and onto the floor.
COMBATSYS: Iincyo dodges Mizuki's Hyouryuu no Koki.
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Mizuki 0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0 Iincyo
Landing, she leaps back a bit, releasing a breathe as she looks back onto Mizuki, keeping a close eye on her before .. before.. there.
Mizuki lunges forwards. "I try." She exclaims, smiling. But she saw the attack, and as Mizuki goes to grab her arm, Iincyo whips her right body back, inverting her stance to leave Mizuki a bit off guard.
But the knife hands that may come either way have to be stopped. Chairperson is rather poor at taking a hit. More than 'rather'. She's downright fragile, so she can't risk being struck.. well, aims to not be, at least.
As such, the best defense is a good offense, and as Mizuki's already so close.. her left arm slams out in a palm strike, aiming to knock Mizuki off guard before inverting her stance once more, stepping forwards with her right arm leading. In a fist. Towards Mizuki.
"What did Hime say again... right!" She remembers. She has to show her SPIRIT. "Straight and center!" .. Not the best, no. But Mizuki might know what's up. That fist is doing just that!
COMBATSYS: Mizuki parries Iincyo's Strong Punch!
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Mizuki 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Iincyo
Ah, she missed! Really, she's got to do something about that technique... it just isn't refined enough yet, she thinks. Too slow, or too obvious... she'll work it out later. She straightens up a little just as Iincyo leaps back, with just enough time to pull her arms back in from her missed grab; the miko sets herself, looking more determined as she returns to center, just in time for Iincyo's attack to come at her. A two-pronged attack--very effective. Mizuki approves.
However, approval in this case is not the same as being willing to accept the hit either. Her movement is swift; she ducks a little low, thrusting her right forearm to the inside of that palm strike, forcing it out of line, and then rises, using her left forearm to perform the same manuever with the incoming straight right.
With Iincyo off-balance, hopefully, Mizuki continues forward, seeking to grasp Iincyo by the shoulders. If she gets her grip she'll step past and to the right of the Chairperson, forcing her down over Mizuki's extended left leg; as Iincyo would hit, a burst of Mizuki's icy chi would flood the Chairperson's body, for a brief moment.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Iincyo with Hyouryuu no Gari EX.
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Mizuki 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Iincyo
As Mizuki ducks low after it, thrusting her hand into the palm strike, Iincyo aims to try again to pull from the failure of a strike, even going so far to work with it, to try and duck forwards, pushing herself forwards, but no. Her strikes are thrown wide, and she literately does head towards, to dive through that hole that's created.
Instead, she's forced over the leg, a burst of icy chi floods Chairperson's body. The pain is not very enjoyable. It's far from it. She tried to make a bad situation good .. maybe she should have played it safe.
Collapsing to the ground, the girl can't feel her hands.
But she fights on, pushing off, shaking herself off, and then .. falling back into a stance, her hair and jacket slightly blowing.. but she's not exactly a user of chi. Not much, anyways. She's regulating herself however, focusing for later use of energy she'll need.
COMBATSYS: Iincyo gathers her will.
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Mizuki 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Iincyo
Mizuki doesn't feel bad yet. After all, she's barely given as good as she's gotten, so far. But she does feel some measure of happiness at success, at being able to defend herself against Iincyo's punch and then subsequently return the strike. This is what it's about--testing's one's skills and heart against another's. Glory and power aren't really a part of it...
Mizuki straightens up, and backs up a couple of steps, the better to let Iincyo rise up. "You're pretty skilled," the redhead comments--feeling that upsurge of energy from the Chairperson, the miko nods. There are many many fighters in the world--being able to manipulate one's chi is not uncommon--but it's still a measure of skill.
While she might match Iincyo's chi abilities against her own, instead Mizuki lunges forward, again.
Her quick lunge ends fairly quickly, as she halts her momentum in order to transfer her momentum into a cross-armed chop aimed at Iincyo's upper torso, a sharp 'kiai' echoing from the redhead's mouth as she attacks.
COMBATSYS: Iincyo blocks Mizuki's Strong Punch.
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Mizuki 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Iincyo
Honestly, Iincyo is not one to test her skills against others. It doesn't excite her, nor does she relatively enjoy it. This, too, is but something she has to try at. Fighting. Chairperson doesn't like fighting. If she could never step into another ring in her lifetime she would be more than happy.
Yet she does it to help others.
"No. You're wrong." She claims to Mizuki, her arms coming up to stop Mizuki's cross armed chop. There's a fraction of a percent, from what Iincyo sees, that she would mess up. The attack is, while easily prevented, not easily taken. Her arms give as they prevent the strike.
"I've only gotten this far through hard work.. It's not skill." She claims.. she's generally bad at it.
"But don't let that that be a problem.. I'll still make it something for you to enjoy." Why, Iincyo can't even really control her chi very well. It takes lots of effort. Still, as she backs up from the strike, she moves against Mizuki, sending a strike, quick, towards her midsection. "Wind Stance!" A quick strike, a single palm shooting towards Mizuki's chest. She's only learned the basics of fighting. And that's all she can really work with, hair trailing from the sudden movement.
COMBATSYS: Iincyo successfully hits Mizuki with Wind Stance.
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Mizuki 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 Iincyo
For someone who is 'not pretty skilled'... she's been doing pretty well against Mizuki, who considers herself fairly skilled by comparison. A gasp issues from the redhead as that palm strikes, folding her over a little. "Nnnh... hard work translates into skill," she murmurs... almost under her breath.
That's the difference between 'skill' and 'talent', to Mizuki's mind... There are talents and there are skills. Mizuki was born with a talent for chi manipulation--it took training to develop that talent into skill. Stumbling back a few steps, Mizuki straightens up, lowering her stance a little. Blue-white chi licks up in a circle around her, an undulating, roiling circle of energy.
"Skill comes from hard work..." she says, more clearly, to let her position on the matter be public record to Iincyo.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki gathers her will.
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Mizuki 1/-----==/=======|=======\==-----\1 Iincyo
It always tends to look like Iincyo can fight back, at the start. It's where she shines the most. But Iincyo has .. a little trouble keeping up the rest as fights go on, as they tend to do. She .. fails at the longer levels. Chairperson can only control a battle to how she wants it to go for so long.
"Hah......" She exclaims, nodding, "Even if I put all of my hard work into this however.. I don't know if it's right." She exclaims to Mizuki, falling back, looking on as Mizuki straightens her stance.. and chi. Always with the chi with such a stance.
She knows what it means, at least. "I'm not sure I want to have skill in this. I want to help.. but I dislike it." Her own is made clear, as she moves towards Mizuki, leaping upwards, leading with a foot as she falls through the air, a slow and steady strike.
She never really liked fighting. Especially since she's not the kind to 'bounce back' after an injury. Those things take a few days.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki blocks Iincyo's Heavy Kick.
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Mizuki 1/---====/=======|=======\==-----\1 Iincyo
That slow strike is blocked by Mizuki's forearms; the impact is still pretty damn good, though, despite what Iincyo may say about her ability and her skill. Still, Mizuki absorbs the impact, fading back a step or two in order to help absorb that kick. Lowering her arms, she shakes them out a little, gritting her teeth against the odd tingle and sting from the impact.
"That's what a match is all about... whather you know it's 'right' can only be answered in the heat of battle... a question that needs to be asked more than once!" Pushing back, Mizuki straightens her stance...
And then her chi gathers over her head, forming a blue-green cloud that breaks like rain over the miko...
As Mizuki fades back a step, absorbing the kick, Iincyo watches as she shakes her arms. "I'm sorry. I'll try not to do that again. I didn't mean to hurt you." And she means it. With her teeth gritting, Mizuki looks a bit scary.. and Chairperson doesn't immediately move forwards. No. Infact, as Mizuki fades back, straightening her stance and gather her chi over her head, Chairperson falls back, her hair and jacket beginning to blow again.
Mizuki isn't the only one that can prepare for later.
"Fighting .... I still don't like it. I've been told it's worthless for me to continue.. but I'm still here. Mainly because .. they'll hurt others. You might have seen her before. The school incident might happen again.. and that's when I learned to fight..."
Her aura flares, even if it's still weak, a developing fighter. "That's why even if I dislike this .. I'm still here." She claims. "So that's my choice! That's why I chose Saikyo.. and I guess that's why I'm fighting you today. Because of all these choices..." And then she laughs.
"And because Hime isn't here!"
COMBATSYS: Iincyo gathers her will.
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Mizuki 1/----===/=======|=======\======-\1 Iincyo
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Mizuki with Iki no Mizu.
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Mizuki 1/----===/=======|=======\======-\1 Iincyo
Indeed... Iincyo isn't. The soothing rain pours down over the miko, the glowing, watery energy fading just an inch from the floor. Uninterrupted, Mizuki simply looks better as she controls that flow of chi.
And she looks somewhat puzzled at Iincyo's statement. "It's alright... that, too, is part of a battle. I knew what I was getting into when I accepted your challenge... besides... injury doesn't mean as much to me as you might think..." As she just demonstrated.
With her power at near-peak levels, Mizuki feels adequately prepared for the moment, at least. She can see Iincyo charging that power again...
"...even if you don't like fighting... that you're willing to do it says much about you. You've chosen the path of the warrior... and it's certainly up to you how far you go on that path..."
Once again, Mizuki starts forward, seeking to close with the Chairperson, close enough at least to snap a swift kick for Iincyo's midsection.
"But as long as you have resolve you should never regret or question your actions!"
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Iincyo with Light Kick.
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Mizuki 1/---====/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Iincyo
The kick comes forwards, IIncyo believes it will be simple to prevent.
And then her midsection nearly feels like it's caving in. The girl stumbles forwards as the strike hits, holding her stomach as she coughs, hacking, falling off her feet as well, and hitting the wooden floor. It's a simple kick.
It also utterly wrecks Chairperson.
"Agh... I think about it each time I feel this pain.." She says to Mizuki, standing.. "It might not .. for you.." She winces, moving forwards a bit in a stagger. But Iincyo isn't very strong, technically. Her strikes are something at this point .. but it's far from as strong as others.
"Better me than the others though. That's why I keep trying.. so if that happens again .. I'll at least be able to do something." A warrior. She hates that word, she does. It means so much trouble. Yet they needed such strength. It's a curse perhaps. And yet she's here.
Finally getting back to her feet, Iincyo lashes out, two palms, first one towards Mizuki's upper section, than the other lower at her legs, before aiming to sweep with a leg, or 'tail'. "Dragon Stance!"
It's .. slow.
Painfully so.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Iincyo's Dragon Stance.
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Mizuki 1/---====/=======|=======\=------\1 Iincyo
"Truly, an impressive reasoning..." Mizuki has gone through similar thoughts, herself. She winces a little--hadn't expected a kick like that to be so effective. But really, she appreciates and admires Iincyo's reason for fighting. And having a reason is important... it's true, there's no point in 'just' fighting...
Iincyo comes for her and Mizuki feels as though she has something powerful in store... and so she waits until the last moment--for Iincyo to have committed to that slow, powerful attack--before she moves, taking a quick backstep in order to avoid the attack.
Despite how simple it sounds, the timing is not simple at all; Mizuki surges forward a moment later, sweeping her hands from low to high.
"HAAAAA!" is her cry, as a waist-high wave of her icy chi surges forward, hissing for Iincyo's position... but it's pretty slow, too.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Iincyo with Hyouryuu no Fuki.
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Mizuki 1/--=====/=======|=======\=====--\1 Iincyo
She committed. And now she pays for it.
The hands surge forwards as a waist high wave of icy chi catches up to her, and it's really cold. Cold enough to cause Iincyo's bare legs to turn slightly blue. She doesn't get out of the way. She couldn't.
The Taiyo member shivers, kicking free from the ice, but looking just plain pained. She's not doing well at all.. she probably won't end up doing well, either. Shivering, the girl looks up to Mizuki.. it's .. only so much of a chance she has to take..
So she takes it.
Breaking from her position, despite the pain her body keeps sending towards her, Iincyo glows gently.. it's a light blue glow, even if she can't figure out how she does it.. she still does. And compared to her other goes, it's nothing that's slow.. far from it.
"Ah... I'm sorry it hasn't bee too good .. but .. I'll change it! I'll show you just how far I'm willing to go!"
And then she dashes towards Mizuki, throwing a palm strike.. but then aiming for her lower leg, to knock her to her knees..... Hopefully she has it right. Otherwise..
5R5t This is going to be far too easy to simply shrug off.
COMBATSYS: Iincyo successfully hits Mizuki with Lecture Attack.
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Mizuki 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|==-----\-------\0 Iincyo
The kick goes through .. but something's amiss. Iincyo is supposed to move from here. To catch them off guard.. but the strike..
Seems to .. just happen. Iincyo's eye catches it.
This isn't supposed to be this easy. And so, her little rant is something completely else entirely. Something she's angry at. Something .. she's very angry at. "You ... Let me." Iincyo accuses.
Stomping once, Iincyo points down, nearly yelling. "I'm not that weak! .... Even if I say I am..." Chairperson's strikes are accompanied with an aura of chi, and she's throwing herself at Mizuki now. A kick, pulling her up to strike her a few times.
"But even then ..." A final kick to push her away. "You .. DON'T JUST LET me feel good about myself! IT's not how it works.... If I'm .. going to be better... " She points at Mizuki. "Then I want to do it on my own... I don't want to be given anything free!" She says, pointing towards Mizuki.
... and Iincyo says she doesn't have any skills. Mizuki has the grace to look ashamed, her cheeks burning slightly--even as she's comboed out by Iincyo. In fact, she accepts each strike as a form of divine punishment... knocked to her feet by the final kick. And she rises--as impressive an attack as that was, it wasn't enough to take her out.
She sets herself, clenching her jaw for a moment. Then she nods. "You're right. I'm sorry. I--" She pauses for a moment. "It was dishonest of me, and it was not meant to reflect on your skills. You're completely right... I didn't respect you as a fighter in that moment. I hope you can forgive me," she says, softly.
Her hands come up. "I shouldn't've done it. I will come at you without reservation..." And she reaches back.
"With everything I can...!" Her hands sweep forward.
"HYOURYUU NO ARASHI!!!" And then the dam of chi bursts, flooding out to nearly fill the hall, a raging, swirling storm of icy chi that's meant to engulf Iincyo in its path and to batter her nearly senseless...
COMBATSYS: Iincyo blocks Mizuki's Hyouryuu no Arashi.
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Mizuki 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Iincyo
Iincyo looks on towards Mizuki, almost staring. She doesn't move at all.. in the end. She's serious about this. As Mizuki agrees to her, admitting to it, Iincyo sighs... this in itself is somewhat horrible. To have the others look down upon her, play nice, and let her have some breathing room... it's not what Iincyo wants.
As such, the apologizes from Mizuki don't bother her. She can't accept them either. Not because she carries grudges. She doesn't. Because she painted a picture before about how weak she was compared to the others.
She has to change that. "I don't think you have to be forgiven." She claims, standing there, and then everything Mizuki has comes towards IIncyo. The chairperson is suddenly awash in the chi burst, icy chi freezing her, causing her to shiver, her arms over herself.. she feels them.. Numb. She really can't swing them around.. but what she does do, is breathe in and out.
And then rubs her arms gently. "C-C-C..cold...." She claims, before looking up to Mizuki, staying in place.
"I .. shouldn't have said what I did.. but you won't have to worry.. I'll ... I'll fight with whatever I have left ... And I'll do my best!" But first.. she's still.. just a bit... cold.... She warms herself up.
COMBATSYS: Iincyo gains composure.
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Mizuki 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Iincyo
She made a promise to this girl; bedamned if she's going to let up now. She isn't looking down on the girl now, not at all. "You're wrong... I want to be forgiven by you. I committed the one sin I promised myself I would never commit, when I decided to become a fighter..."
She'd seen plenty of fighters with total disdain for those whom they believed they outclassed... and she swore she'd never be the same way... and here she just did it.
Mizuki lunges forward once more, seeking to end this fight with the same kind of attack she began it with, closing in with Iincyo, attempting to pull her left arm wide for that series of right knifehand chops... and finish with the overhead slamming throw.
"I'll give you my best...!" she cries, as she comes in at the Chairperson for what may be the 'final' exchange...
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Iincyo with Hyouryuu no Koki EX.
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Mizuki 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0 Iincyo
.. And that's it.
The time that IIncyo makes herself clear is when she finally gets taken down. She maybe, just maybe, went a bit too hard a bit too fast. But she would rather be knocked out by a bull than simply let her own idealologies get crushed under them! So when her own had been..
Well, the assault from before comes again, her left arm wide, aiming for that series of right knifehand chops, and then.. IIncyo's brought towards the ground with the throw.
Needless to say, when she lands.. she's down for the count. Coughing, hacking, Iincyo doesn't look too good.. though she does look a bit warmer. "Hah... That was good.. Too much for me... but I .. wonder if I can..."
She says, finally, kicking off the ground and rushing at Mizuki. And what she does next..
Is by the book.
Although literately, more like clipboard. It's slid out of her jacket as she takes it, and immediately tries to simply backhand Mizuki with it... if only to set her up, following into an elbow strike, a rising knee, and then smashing her to the wooden ground with both arms, only to try and grab Mizuki's leg, and toss her against the wall.
Before she crumples to the ground.
Tired, beaten, cold.
COMBATSYS: Iincyo can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Iincyo's Textbook Combination.
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Mizuki 0/-------/------=|
... whoops! Did she over do it? No... her judgement was on. It's not like Mizuki literally struck her all-out. Still, Iincyo gets up again--another point in her favor. That, again, doesn't mean that Mizuki is going to just let her hit... again. The clipboard is avoided with a backstep--and as Iincyo continues on, Mizuki opts to slip behind the girl. Sure, it means the rest of the combination misses...
But it also puts Mizuki in position to catch the girl as she goes down afterwards. She clicks her tongue, at herself, as she lays the girl down to the floor, gently. "My apologies, again," she says, as she takes stock of her own condition... she hurts, but not too bad. She'll be able to get home.
"I hope we can spar again, sometime. It was... very educational for me," she says, as she lays hands on Iincyo's stomach, sending a pulse of warm, healing chi through the Chairperson. "I truly admire your reasons for fighting and I think you've worked very hard for your skills... surely you'll only get better." And then she rises, slowly. She's got to change and get back to school...
COMBATSYS: Mizuki has ended the fight here.
Iincyo's going to spend the rest of the day in a warm tub recovering, if she can. But for the most part, she is alright. Iincyo.. however is going to lay around a bit. Unlike Mizuki, she's feeling the .. well, freeze..erburn? Who knows. Anyways, Chairperson once again ends up the one who is beaten rather badly.
"Oh .. of course.. I just hope.. I'll be able to keep up with you better next time." Though the healing chi ends up putting her far better off. "SO that's what that was..." She comments about the healing chi, standing up and moving her fingers about for one of her hands. "..I'll try at least.. I still have to keep it up."
Meanwhile, Iincyois going to be in SAIKYOOOO.
Log created on 01:54:49 02/25/2008 by GLaDOS, and last modified on 02:11:01 02/25/2008.