Description: Mizuki needs to train herself. She wants to become a better fighter. So she starts by challenging Hurricane Hime to a fight...
The HIBIKI DOJO!!!
Or the Hurri-Cave, the potential hideout of the great heroes known as the Saikyo Soldiers! It's.. Well, it doesn't look very cave-ish or even very superhero-ish, but nontheless, as a practitioner of the saikyo style, there's really no better place to hang out at. Or train at! Or have a snack or something.
This is particularly the case for Hurricane Hime; she thinks it's a better place to read in, even better than a library! And that's exactly what she's doing right now within the otherwise student-free locale, sitting cross-legged on the floor and her nose stuffed in a book entitled, 'Advanced Geometry for Geniuses'. Maybe finals is coming up for something, heck if we know.
There's nothing out of the ordinary within the dojo either, there's a radio that's blaring some 80's music, but that's about it. Who would dare brave such a place!
Well, actually...
... Mizuki would. And is, right now. Her footsteps can be heard, almost whisper-quiet (because she, being a proper Japanese person, took her shoes off before coming in) on the floor, just moments before her red-haired head pops into view around the entry way that leads to the dojo proper.
"Excuse me!" she calls, not looking in the Hurricane's direction yet, raising her voice to be audible over the music. "Excuse me!" she repeats herself, as she steps in, "I'm looking for--" ... oh. There she is.
"Hurricane Hime?" she asks of the young girl--though it's pretty much obvious, of course, she's still got to ask. Proper and polite, that's Mizuki to a T.
"Who what what huh what what??" Hime looks up from her book and slams it shut the moment her name is called. Why she didn't respond when Mizuki was calling 'excuse me' is a complete.. And utter mystery. Though when it's all said and done, she's on her feet and lacking footwear of her own, aside from black socks. She recognizes the young miko right away, "Oh hey!! Citizen Mizuki, it's been a while! You can just call me Hime though!" he thumb jerks out, the girl winks and was that a teeth-ping? It may have been, she's still working on that.
She's quick to rush forward, giving a bow to the maiden afterward. "Good to see you agai- Hey have you decided that you want to add a little Saikyo into your fighting style?? The dojo is still accepting students, first lesson's free!"
Mizuki can't help but smile at Himeko's reaction; the whole thing is pretty amusing, though she's not belittling the girl in any way. Actually, after that, Mizuki looks pretty serious, despite her pleasant expression. "Oh, alright then, Hime..." The redhead's lips turn downwards, in a slight frown, when Himeko mentions 'adding some Saikyo'.
Though it isn't at the suggestion. "No, I... well, actually, I guess I am asking, in a way... not really to take lessons but..." She pauses, thinking about how to put her words.
"I want... to train against you. To spar. Not just to test my skills, but to exercise them. I've been doing SNFs for a while, but... they're more stressful. I don't want the stress of 'winning'... I just want to practice for the sake of bettering myself. Does--does that make sense?"
Himeko gives an approving nod of her shortened name and just.. Well, stands there dressed in a pink bodysuit. But looking very cool doing it, mind you! Despite what many people may think, she's a good listener, and she lets the question bounce around in her head a bit. Then nods again, "Yeah! I could understand what you're talking about even if I haven't faced that kind of trial yet myself. Sparring, the art of training and disciplining ones self with the aid of a single opponent with the same goal. That's not very difficult to understand at all!"
Hime throws an arm out to the side, an originless gust of wind causing her scarf to suddenly flap in the same direction. "I guess it is about time I had a match like that against you, so you have yourself a partner, Citizen Mizuki!" the girl grins even brighter. "Though.. I can't promise it'll be as entertaining. Are you ok with that?" As if assuming Mizuki would agree, Hime leaps into a dramatic backflip!
"HUAAAH!" and takes her ansatsuken-ish stance.
COMBATSYS: Himeko has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Himeko takes no action.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Mizuki has joined the fight here.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
Pink bodysuits are kind of odd. But... hey, people fight in all sorts of things. The reasons for Mizuki's training... her quest to become better. Well, they're many and varied, but Hotaru is up at the top of hte list. Despite her words to the kenpoist, she wasn't strong enough to help her, not really. And... that in and of itself hurt more than the attacks she took trying to help her friend. Never again, she has vowed, never again. She'll -become- better. Faster and stronger, more skilled. Physically, she'll advance herself, and with that will come spiritual enlightenment. This has been an essential truth in martial arts for centuries.
"Alright then, Hime... Here I come!" There's no starting bell, no yell--Himeko and Mizuki both know when to start, and when to stop. Speaking of starting--Mizuki moves as if to jerk forward, but then instead moves in a spin from her left, slashing her right hand out--icy chi forming a long, flat triangular spike that lances outwards for Himeko's torso...
COMBATSYS: Himeko dodges Mizuki's Hyouryuu no Kiba.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
"Works for me!" Hime says back, and rolls her shoulder- Well, Mizuki's already attacking, but she goes ahead and says anyway, "Show me your moves!"
She thinks back to their last fights, does a little thinking, and then formulates a strategy before her opponent even reaches her. How's that for test crunching? But does she forget to take into account that her opponent had been stronger since last time? Of course she has, because she's gotten stronger too!
As the chi lances toward her, Hime doesn't seem to have to put a lot of effort in taking a big side-step- Though to be fair she barely gets out of the way in time as it was a last minute move, smooth as it may have appeared to be. The girl then sprints forward, with the intention of lunging forward to get a grip at Mizu's gi-top. Assuming she does, the girl then twists sharply to the side to flip the girl over and slam her to the mat on her back, with suprising aggression. "Hah!"
COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Himeko's Quick Throw.
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Himeko 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
Nh! Her attack dodged, Mizuki is already on the move. Her mantra for today is to react quicker, to be faster. Not to hit harder, necessarily... just to be more active, to achieve that Zen sort of state for combat, where she doesn't think about what she's doing... where she thinks and acts in a single unit of time. Mizuki moves backwards, matching Himeko step for step for a moment, and then as Himeko reaches out, Mizuki performs her -own- spin move...
Moving out of the way of Himeko's hands, she finds herself at the girl's back--and she plants her legs and lunges, attempting to plant her shoulder into Himeko's back, a technique taken from traditional Chinese martial arts rather than Japanese martial arts.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Mizuki's Strong Punch.
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Himeko 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
Himeko's method of thinking isn't.. Quite that zen. It's questionable if it's zen at all, but whatever it does, it tends to work a most of the time. Eyes locked on her opponent she quickly turns after her missed throw, and seems to be just in time.. Because the shoulder doesn't hit body, but rather a hardcover textbook that she holds with both hands and slides back just slightly from the impact. "Interesting!"
She takes a couple of steps back, slipping the book back into her scarf and then? Well.. Nothing, it'd seem, at first. But then she punches her fists togeather and hops from foot to foot, seeming intent on doing something!
COMBATSYS: Himeko focuses on her next action.
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Himeko 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Mizuki
She hit, but not solidly; the redhead pulls back, maintaining her balance; she, too, spins around, to face Himeko, who.. is doing nothing. Well, okay. Mizuki isn't trying to banish thought from her fighting--just to unite thought and action into one. The best fighters claim that as their method... and who is Mizuki to argue?
Seeing Himeko bouncing around, Mizuki nods. "Thank you. You've improved since the last time we fought," she replies, and she means it--she can tell, even this early in the match.
But she isn't attacking just yet. Instead, she begins calling on chi, that life energy flaring around her feet in an icy blue-white-silver, licking upwards in a circle that looks like the corona of a sun.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki gathers her will.
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Himeko 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Mizuki
A compliment? Suddenly Himeko seems to be a little happier, a chipper grin on her features as she nods her head, "Yeah, I really have, haven't I! You've got a good eye to see that so early, ha-HA!"
She's still hopping from foot to foot.. And then suddenly the girl rushes forward, reaching into the holster of her thigh and flips up a small mass of receipt papers. With just a smooth motion of her hand, she manages to make a somewhat clumsy shaped weapon; it looks like a sledgehammer of sorts. She aims to swing right through that aura and toward the miko with a mighty grunt, "Hah!!"
And if she manages to land that slug? The weapon pretty much just explodes on impact.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki blocks Himeko's Super Why!.
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Himeko 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
Though her power is seated in the rain, ice, and wind, the earth is really the source of her powers. When she's drawing upon them, she's essentially rooted to the earth; it takes somewhat longer for her to move. But she's also more 'solid'--more ready. Mizuki's eyes widen as Himeko swings that sledgehammer down and it -does- explode into papers--but on Mizuki's forearms, not her head, mitigating the damage by quite a bit.
"That's... quite a technique!" she offers, as she leans forward, reaching out for Himeko's left hip and right shoulder. If she manages to grab, she'll turn, forcing Himeko over an outstretched leg, slamming her into the dojo floor--and adding a quick burst of icy-blue chi to the mix.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Mizuki's Hyouryuu no Gari.
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Himeko 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Mizuki
A brave and bold defense, Hime thinks! The girl sort of blinks as she finds herself just holding the handle of her flimsy weapon when it's said and done, but it was impressive and that's what matters in the end, isn't it? Don't quote her on that.
"Yeah, I thought it'd be a smash," See what she did there? A pun that doesn't save her from being grabbed by the miko however. Her eyes widen slightly in suprise, but she isn't flipped over! She actually ends up grabbing Mizuki's arms and puts up an incredible stuggle until she pushes herself away the moment she feels the chi coming into play, "Ack!!"
She brushes off her gi and then is back on the offensive, book withdrawn and she tears out a few pages from it, quickly whipping them up into the air. "How about this though!" She points forward, and the sheets fold into paper airplanes, taking a sudden bright glow as they RACE toward Mizuki! If they do manage to crash-land, the planes would crumple on impact.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Himeko's Art Attack.
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Himeko 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Mizuki
... ooh, pun damage. It doesn't actually hurt but it does... Mizuki's eyes narrow, though she's grinning a little too. "You're gonna pay for that one, 'Hurricane Hime'," she says, teasingly. And she will! But first she has to deal with a set of three flying, glowing paper airplanes. Whoa! Mizuki backsteps a couple times, then lunges forward, weaving through the planes, sideslipping them with a great deal of effort.
She doesn't stop moving forward, though, closing the distance with Himeko and suddenly stopping, planting her right foot and shooting her left out for Himeko's stomach. A slow attack, to be sure, but perhaps a powerful one--and aimed for a part of the body that's known to bring lots of pain when disturbed.
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Mizuki's Heavy Kick.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Mizuki
"Wh- Woah wait! I didn't do it!" Hime quickly blurts out, ready to shift the blame on someone else but there's just one small problem.. There's no one else to put the blame on! Whoops! She raises her fingers to her temples, just.. Sort of trying to will a scapegoat. What she gets instead is a miko ready to dish out some kicking justice. Luckily, her book isn't far to reach, and with a quick crouch, the foot plants firmly against the 'shield' instead. "Mmph!"
That was close. She has plans to eat, after all. So now what? Hime plans to strike back, and this time with the Hurricane's trademark Immortal Kick! She has to take a quick step back to get a good start off, and then laps and spins, thrusting her foot out in a VERY cool flying back kick. "Ok how about THIS!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Mizuki with Light Kick.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
Ok 'this' appears to be good. Mizuki zigs and zags a little--and then too much. She zigs out of the way of the kick, but, misjudging its speed, she zags and instead takes the kick on the forehead. At least at the range she was, Himeko wasn't able to get -that- much power behind it.
"... oof!" she exclaims, rather intelligently, as she stumbles backwards. "That wasn't bad," she admits, recovering her footing after a moment. There's just a moment's pause as Mizuki waits for Himeko to land, then she lunges in again, remaining close, adopting a rather karate-like stance as she ducks low, dipping her left shoulder, bringing her right hand up and around, held in a stiff knifehand as she attempts to plant it right into Hime's chin.
COMBATSYS: Himeko dodges Mizuki's Strong Punch.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
Himeko lands smoothly, grinning to herself as she turns to face Mizuki after her landing. "Yeeeeah, it was probably a little flat in delivery but.. I can work on that another time, it's usually my opener, that one!" What kind of confuses the heroine is the shift in stance again. She sort of just.. Blinks, not really sure what to expect... Luckily that's rarely slowed her down in the past, and just like that she's dropped into a crouch, letting the swing fly over her head and barely graze the top of her head.
Mizuki better not bat an eyelash though, because Hime is staying crouched for a reason after that! She runs a finger along the bridge of her nose, and then bursts diagonally upward, curling herself inward so that she near instantly becomes a pink cannonball of doom! "ArrRRRRRRaaaa!!" she yells, flipping at the apex of the strike to land neatly on her feet.. She hopes!
COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Himeko's Medium Punch.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
So far, mostly good. Mizuki's clearly working mostly on her speed--doing her level best to react quickly and properly, to get out of the way. She'll never be super-tough--she'll never take a hit all that well. It just isn't the way she's built. But if she can train herself to -avoid-... well, then, that might make up for it. She has to do a bit more work this time to avoid the rolling Himeko; it's a rather Matrix-y dodge, hands thrown wide as she twists out of the way.
With Himeko in midair, suddenly Mizuki stays crouched, then leaps upwards, throwing herself upwards in a swift, arrowing kick aimed to catch Himeko mid-flip! A strange manuever for the girl, who is normally a ground-based fighter... but she's trying new things, here.
COMBATSYS: Himeko fails to interrupt Light Kick from Mizuki with Ghost Writer.
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Himeko 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
Himeko can't help but take a moment to scratch her head. Mizuki was a lot faster than she remembers their last matches to be like. Yes, she can easily do that in mid-air! "Hu-" She blinks as she sees Mizuki flying up toward her, furrows her brows and then reaches behind her, she's clearly aiming to do no good!
Mizuki proves to be faster than her drawing arm however, with an "OOF!" Mizuki lands a clean kick, knocking her out of the air like an airplane and sends her crashing ungracefully to the floor. However, she's not laying down there for long, with a light pant in her breath she's quickly up to her feet again and she slaps her cheeks, "Whelp got a little overzealous there..." she murmurs to herself. Better be more careful next time!
Mizuki just dodged a bullet... a paper bullet but a bullet nonethless. The lunging kick connects, sending Himeko flying--and Mizuki tucks into a ball, curling her legs under her, then landing in a crouch. Ouch. That looked a little painful, so to speak. Though she isn't going to complain about the success... -or- apologize for it. Those days are long past.
Instead, she waits just a moment, reorienting herself--waiting for Himeko to rise. And... there she is. Mizuki charges forward, once again closing with her opponent. As she nears, she reaches out with her left hand, to grab Himeko's right wrist. If she manages, she'll pull that arm wide and fire off three knifehand chops into Himeko's midsection, her striking hand aglow with blue-green chi.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Himeko with Kouryuu no Renda.
- Power hit! -
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
Hurricane Hime's stance tightens up, she definatly -looks- like she's ready at the very least. She certainly doesn't seem to be looking for any sort of apology either. "Come on, let's do it!!" she barks, and when Mizuki zooms in.. Well.. She most certainly gets what she wants, her wrist is grabbed, and the chops land with stunning force, the sound bouncing off the walls even! The final sends her staggering back and crashes onto her floor where.. She blinks. ".. Oh hey!"
She picks up a shiny quarter. How about that! She kip-ups to her feet, pockets the loot and then dashes forward again, it looks like she's going to go for another throw! And she does, sort of. She gives a short burst forward, unsheathing her paper fan and makes a baseball swing upward, "HYAH!" the very tip of the oversized fan trails with white energy, with enough force to knock Mizuki upward if it hits! She then would thrust her weapon forward, the fan extending to wrap about the miko's ankle and jerk her down sharply back to the ground. With some oomph!
COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Himeko's Mulligan Stew.
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Himeko 1/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
Himeko yay thanks. XD
Hey... she hit! Awesome! But now she has to deal with Himeko coming back at her. She actually wasn't really expecting to hit -that- hard... so she's caught a bit surprised by the effectiveness of it. That doesn't stop her from moving when Himeko comes in with that paper fan; instinctively, the redhead jerks backwards, the energy brushing past her face... and her breathing a little shorter.
"... whoa," she murmurs, in subconscious imitation of a certain Keanu Reeves role. And she, too, knows Kung Fu! ... or at least, martial arts. Still reeling backwards, Mizuki hastily reaches out, attempting to grab Himeko's arms; if she gets that grab she'll plant her right leg and fall back, to hurl the bookworm backwards over her had.
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Himeko with Quick Throw.
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Himeko 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\0 Mizuki
Himeko strikes a pretty cool pose; but the falling body.. Uh.. Well, that kind of was missing, wasn't it? Hime twists her lips, and brushes a hand through her bangs. She was really falling behind here, how in blazes was she going to catch up? She'd need a lot of luck, that much was for certain. Once Mizuki is in range again, she doesn't make an effort to struggle with the grapple this time, she instead trying to jerk free right away.. But not quite, Mizuki's combination nets her the throw and sends Hime flying hitting the floor hard! "Nng!"
She rolls onto her stomach, panting heavier now and she still keeps up the assault- Sort of. This time she whips out her oversized paper fan again and she bursts straight upward once she's close enough- Again the tip goes ablaze, she hoping to drill the energy right under the chin as she spirals upward, "HYYAAAH!"
COMBATSYS: Himeko successfully hits Mizuki with Ghost Writer.
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Himeko 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Mizuki
No lies, that is a -sweet pose-. And perhaps if Mizuki had tried to hit harder this fight would be over. Instead, Mizuki just got told... in a way... the tip of the 'drill' takes her right under the chin and she's kind of glad it's not a sword or a spear or something that's a more traditional weapon. Her head snaps back and she goes flying, landing flat on her back, with a crash. Owww... that... that hurt pretty bad.
Mizuki, however, springs back to her feet, rubbing her chin, subconsciously. Himeko packs a punch! But so can Mizuki, reflects the redheaded miko, as she stuttersteps forward, then plants her left foot, faking a low snap kick before going with a high roundhouse kick instead. "HYAH!" cries the titian-haired girl, as she kicks.
COMBATSYS: Himeko dodges Mizuki's Light Kick.
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Himeko 1/------=/=======|=======\=------\1 Mizuki
Himeko runs a finger along the bridge of her nose, weapon toting hand twirling her fan and sheaths it back into the back of her belt. Well, it's certainly something, the gap is closed a little but there's still a ways to go! She's breathing heavy, but she can still see her opponent pretty well, her reflexes agree with Hime for once, "Hup!" She leaps upward, ends up slipping on a sheet of paper in the process and crashes onto her back; needless to say the high kick ends up nowhere NEAR her.
"Ha HA! My perfect defense!" she declares, and she scissors out her legs, hoping to clamp them about Mizuki's ankles. If she's lucky, she'll be able to jerk Mizuki down onto the floor, face down. At that point she'd spring off her feet, vault into the air and come crashing down onto he miko's back! "Here we GO!"
COMBATSYS: Mizuki fails to interrupt Medium Throw from Himeko with Quick Punch.
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Himeko 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
Whoa! She's goin' down, but she's takin' Himeko with her! ...
...
... or not. Mizuki flails as she's taken down, sort of blindly aiming to hit Himeko on the way down, but she hits only the dojo flooring--which means Himeko has free reign to leap up and come down on the girl's back, eliciting a sharp cry of pain. Y-yow! That was painful!
Mizuki rolls away thereafter, gasping, rolling to her feet, grimacing as she rubs her back. That'll be sore later. But then... she points! "I'm not done yet, Hime! Come and get me!" She even adds in a fake 'evil' laugh, to spur the moment on. "NYA HA HA HA HA!" Ok it's not a very -good- evil laugh, but... Mizuki isn't very evil, either.
Himeko scrunches up her nose again. Hmmn. She manage to land that combination? That's pretty amazing of her! It's enough to make the heroine perk a bit more, and roll her shoulders a bit. She shoulda went all out then! Oh well!
She hops from foot to foot, and then bursts forward, "What?? WHAT! Uh oh, I.. I think it's time!!!" she yells, most surely closing in on the redhead and this time with the intent of slinging yet another series of attacks! She jerks forward with a flying knee, a low crouching kick at the girls ankles, and then finally bursts upward head first toward the Miko's chin!
COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Himeko's Medium Punch.
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Himeko 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Mizuki
Whoa! That's one smooth combination! But Himeko's lookin' tired! Mizuki, by the way, is feeling as fresh as a spring morning. (Not really.) As such, she's able to avoid the attacks--though she opts to stay close, backpedaling away from the flying knee, hoping up over the low kick, and then, only finally, sideslipping the flying Himeko Attack. Girl seems to have a penchant for flinging herself around bodily... wonder who she's been training with?
Whatever. Mizuki turns towards the again-airborne Himeko and once again unleashes her chi, slashing her right arm out and sending that flat shard of icy chi stabbing out for Himeko's torso, angled upwards to account for the airborne nature of her target!
COMBATSYS: Himeko blocks Mizuki's Hyouryuu no Kiba.
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Himeko 1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
Himeko whoops and YIKES. Well, there's another swing and a miss, and Himeko decides now's a good time to get her guard back up again. So she will. And she does! Despite seeming tired, there's still something keeping her going, and whatever is left is enough for her to react by getting her book out again. She thrusts it outward, the chi slamming into her book and even seems to be slightly absorbant in the process; but she's still steadily losing steam. "Huff huff.." Well that's it, enough is enough! The girl clenches her hands into fists, and then settles them onto her knees, and just... Well, she takes a breather. Man, what was she -thinking-??
COMBATSYS: Himeko gains composure.
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Himeko 1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0 Mizuki
Sorry Himeko. No rest for the weary, not tonight. Mizuki is following right behind her chishard, striding forward, at a quick, almost too rapid pace; she's had to wear the other girl down, and even now she imagines it's probably going to be hard to beat her. But she's going to try her best, to the end, doing what she does best.
Shifting back to her own 'native' martial arts, the girl flows forward, closing to range with Himeko and feinting a quick knifehand chop--one that gets aborted in favor of a thrusting double palm strike to the chest, right hand high, left hand low, Mizuki looking to knock the stuffing and the wind out of yon bookwormish type. She's getting back to basics, too!
COMBATSYS: Mizuki successfully hits Himeko with Strong Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Himeko 1/---====/=======|=======\-------\0 Mizuki
Those knife-hand chops are a real mixed bag! Sometimes they're dodged.. Sometimes they're blocked.. Sometimes they hit, but this time it's something new! "Hrrkk!" the girl sputters as she takes the -- Wait a minute that's no chop it's a palm thrust! The girl just.. WHOOSH! THUD! tumbles along the floor and flops onto her stomach. Blink.. Blink. Oh hey! Another quarter! ".. Woah."
Well, that's snatched up, but the really odd thing was that the strike was pretty invigorating..?? Hime is suddenly just dashing toward again, "Nnnnghh.... Take me HOME, COUNTRY FEET!" She leaps at Mizuki with a trio of flying kicks, Dan Hibiki style, a little burst behind each blow!
COMBATSYS: Himeko can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Mizuki dodges Himeko's 3-2-1 Contact.
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Three stunning kicks for glory? Following the third, Hime hits the ground, gloved hands digging into the ground as she lands in sort of a cat-like stance, she even slides back a bit! But whatever invigoration she had then is pretty much gone, the girl flops onto the ground, panting for breath. "D- Dang.. Can't even finish that technique, I must be pretty tired." It was mildly frustrating but, she can't fight well without being able to do her tricks reliably! "Well, I guess if that's the case I'll have to let you off with a win!"
Mizuki's poised on the knife's edge, right here. This is the moment that answers her questions. When Himeko comes flying at her, Mizuki simply ducks and rolls forward, going underneath that flying kick combination... and she springs up just afterwards.
"Hime, are you okay?" The fight's over, she knows that--she walks over to Himeko, kneeling down. "Here, hold still..." Once again, the girl's hands glow blue-green, but this is healing energy, as Himeko will find when Mizuki bathes the bookworm in it, for a few moments.
"Thanks," she says, softly, and sincerely. "I needed a fight like this--a simple fight without anything attached or any urgent need to win..." Dusting her hands off, she rises, and bows, deeply. "Once again," she says, "I thank you." And she smiles. "If you ever want a rematch, come look for me at the YFCC, Okay?"
Himeko plops cross-legged and.. Doesn't exactly undertand what happened at that moment, but she's good to go quite quickly! She rubs at her shoulders, and then raises her hand with a broad grin, "Okie doke! Catch you later!"
Log created on 20:39:57 04/16/2008 by Mizuki, and last modified on 23:38:27 04/17/2008.