Description: Jiro gets his Bang off and gets banged in return by Hotaru, Brian becomes a demonic beast from hell and Naerose... is Naerose. (Winners: Jiro/Naerose)
Another Main Event showing for young Hotaru Futaba, a constant regular in the weekly SNF Matchups. In fact, it's the second time she's been in a Main Event in this very arena with Jiro Kasagi in the match as well. Only, that time they were teamed up rather than pitted against each other, and forced to face the frightfully powerful Kain Heinlein. This fight is quite different though. Rather than being partnered with someone one might assume the girl would be able to coordinate well with, the Kenpo artist finds herself teamed up with someone who is practically her complete opposite! Jiro... well, Jiro gets a Naerose on his side. Comparing and contrasting those two is an exercise left to the reader and the audience packed into the stands surrounding the raised platform on which the match takes place.
The first one out and up onto the tiled arena staging, Hotaru takes a quiet moment to glance over the crowd before doing her best to put the pressure of fighting in front of such a large audience out of her mind. She needs to stay focused. She's owed Jiro a match for a long while, she's decided, so she's going to have to give it her best. Of course, it isn't a one on one, and there are teammates to consider. And her teammate in particular is quite giant. A glance over her shoulder back toward the arena entrance is accompanied by an idle re-tightening of one of her red hair ribbons; a frequent pre-fight nervous habit of hers she's never bothered to break.
Feeling the pressure of being all alone on the stage for a moment, the girl finally grants the crowd a wave and cheerful smile for the cameras. "Hopefully everyone else showed up." she murmurs quietly.
Ah, the stadium entrance. Brian Battler has walked down many of these in his time, and it's always made him more pumped for the event he was to participate in. Be it a football game, a rodeo or a fight, this little walk always focused him towards his goal of victory. Striding down the hallway with an unusually determined gait, Brian enters the arena and pumps his fist into the air. His eyes never leave the center of the arena, where the main event tonight is to take place. It's a rare thing, to see this man with a goal.
As he arrives at the side of his partner, the former NFL linebacker takes a knee and brings his enormous height almost down to her level. "So," he says, gaze finally moving about the arena as he rests his elbow on his knee. "I hope your relationship with this Kasagi guy won't make ya pull back." Taking off his Stetson and tossing it off to the side, the Texan stands again and brings his hand up to his neck. "On the other hand, I hope it fucks with his game plan."
In any case, this'll be a fun day.
Let it be known that Jiro is annoyed.
Oh no, Jiro is not annoyed that he is fighting Hotaru again. In fact, he doesn't mind it. Brian will be disappointed with the fact that Jiro has no second thoughts of beating up his girlfriend in a match-up. They're fighters. Jiro sees no reason to hold back in a fight.
However, the thing that is pissing Jiro off is to find that Ingrid would not be able to make it. Instead? He gets partnered with Naerose. NAEROSE! Oh, this last minute thing has Jiro fuming.
The officer tries to keep his composure as he enters the ring. His eyes drift towards the crowd, waving at them as he gets some cheers of his own.
Making it down to the arena, Jiro looks towards Brian and then towards Hotaru, "Well, this is going to be a nice match-up. Don't hold back, because I won't!"
Let it be known that Jiro has never held back against his girlfriend either.
The witch comes in as a filler for Ingrid, someone that no one is going to be too pleased about frankly. The people watching the event wanted Ingrid.. At least more than Naerose. But that doesn't bother her. The red witch fixes her shades and looks at Jiro. She seems to consider him with a brow raising soooo high that it shows up over the round specatcled shades. She considers Hotaru. She considers Brian. She adjusts her hat and checks her broom.
"None of you are my friends.. Even though at least two of you are supposed to be heros.. And why arn't you my friends? Because you don't like me. How lame is that? It's like none of you even know me. I'm just being myself."
The Witch adjusts her grip on her broom, giving it a brief twirl,
"So what I'm gong to do..? I'm going to totally beat the tar out of each and every one of you until you decide to be my friend!" Exclaims the witch in Red. She tips her hat and then grins,
"Man, I have such great lines," she says to herself.
"Actually I take this back.." Naerose says and points at Brian,
"I totally don't even know you."
"Geeze Kasagi, get over yourself already.. You think only you got problems. Lets get this over with." The which says and shoves a pocky stick in her mouth.
COMBATSYS: Naerose has started a fight here on the right meter side.
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COMBATSYS: Jiro has joined the fight here.
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Jiro 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Naerose
COMBATSYS: Jiro 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 Naerose
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COMBATSYS: Brian has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Brian 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Naerose
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Jiro
Brian stides out and Hotaru is given a chance to see her partner up close. She's fought the monsterously large man before, and even briefly encountered him at a later time. With the way he towers over her, even crouching down to the girl's level doesn't do much to erase the disparity between them. Blue eyes blink at Brian as he speaks up about her relationship with the opposition. Shaking her head, the girl affirms, "No, it shouldn't. I know he's strong enough to hold his own," she answers, a quiet smile making its way into her expression. As Brian expresses that he hopes it throws Jiro off, in not quite those words, the diminutive fighter blinks, "I- I wouldn't count on that. Have to fight him seriously," she finishes, turning toward the opposite half of the stage, looking frightfully small next to her partner as they stand side by side.
She gives Jiro a smile, clasping her hands behind her back for a moment as she waits for the final fighter to arrive. And arrive she does, looking over each of the other participants one at a time. "Hello Naerose..." the girl answers the red witch back, one hand going to rest at her hip, "As I recall, the last time we met you were trying to help a bunch of ship hijackers aboard the Suiryuu. I'm not sure why you think anything has improved between us since then... Time doesn't erase all faults, you know."
With everyone on the stage it's time to get the match rolling however, and Hotaru herself is quick to take the inititive, springing to the offense, darting perhaps predictably toward Jiro, a grin on her lips as she shifts into a more competitive mindset. "All right," she remarks mid-step, "Giving it my best!" The forward momentum comes to a stop early as the girl slides into a low crouch the moment she gets close.
And then she's rolling to Jiro's right side, springing out into a lunging attack from Jiro's side. One hand reaches for his nearest arm, her other hand trying to reach under his arm to plant beneath his shoulder. If she manages to get enough leverage, she'll use her hold to push him back hard, sliding her left leg forward in order to try and topple Jiro right over it onto the ground with a fair amount of force. "HA!"
Perhaps Jiro is ready to fight his girlfriend. Perhaps his girlfriend is also ready to fight him. But there is more than one way for one to be distracted by the other. He nods in acknowledgement towards both Jiro and Naerose, neither of whom he's come into direct contact with. And then, starts wondering who to attack first. Luckily, his shorter compatriot has targeted her significant other. Distractions, they are grand.
Hot on the heels of the Kenpo artist comes the former linebacker, charging towards Jiro like he was the quarterback in a playoff game. Taking to the air, Brian launches a knee towards Kasagi's face, his leg flying barely an inch over the top of Hotaru's head as it rockets towards the target.
COMBATSYS: Jiro dodges Hotaru's Medium Throw.
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Brian 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Naerose
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Jiro
COMBATSYS: Jiro fails to counter Strong Kick from Brian with Helldrive.
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Brian 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Naerose
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Jiro
The Interpol Officer's eye shift straight towards Naerose with an annoyed look. "....You won't get far on the beating up folks if I decide to direct my attention on you." Jiro is _NOT_ afraid to put Mimiru through the wall and cost himself the match. He's craz enough to do it. His eyes sharply shifts from Naerose to Hotaru.
As Hotaru gets into her competitive mindset of getting into the fight, Jiro tigens his fists and he shifts into his stance. "Alright!" He has a feral grin crossing his lips, waiting for Hotaru to strike.
And when she rolls to his right side to capture his arm, but Jiro merely steps towards her direction as she steps towards him, aiming to bump against her to break her off of the attempt to grab him.
Then, when the former linebacker comes forward to launch his knee at Jiro, the man reaches for the man's legs, but he is too late as he's caught in the face by the knee. He is sent sprawling back from the impact, holding his face. "Shit..."
"Hijackers snuck about the S- whatever ship. Yeah, Hotaru.. Err.. you know that ship was Opened to the public?! How can you be a hijacker if everyone is invited? That's like someone going into mc donalds and being accused of being a bandit for ordering a big mac, or did you forget the whole point of that boat was to make everyone fight?! You threw the first punches, and you act sooo victimized. And yet there are so much worse people out there you hang around just fine.. Please allow me to introduce you to one. Jiro Kasagi, please meet Hotaru Futaba, she enjoys long walks on the beach, cuddling cute furry animals and . . . Using cheap excuses to justify her biases while still attempting to appear like little miss good feathers," Naerose shouts back at Hotaru, even with a little snarl, before that infectous (to Naerose anyway) grin comes back.
"Geeze, you people. It's this kind of mentality that makes a girl like me decide it'd better to snarf food off of you then communicate normally.. You know? Cuase if you're just going to be total hypocrates, well at least I can live with myself.."
Naerose turns her shades to Brian, and holds out her palm toward him,
"Brian was it? Sorry really, but you're in the way. En Criento!"
And she unleashes her signature blast of energy meant to cause quick damage. End Creation.
Jiro slips out of the way of Hotaru's attempted grab, but the punishing blow from Brian sends the young man sliding back in the aftermath. Skidding to a stop as her attack missed, the girl recovers her footing quickly, glancing back and forth between Brian and Jiro, wincing just a little. Well, she knows Jiro wants the fights to be approached with the best effort possible...
But she pauses for a moment, noticing a diatribe coming from off to the side. It sounds like Naerose is sore about being called out for aligning with the likes of the Mad Gear leader Katana and the pig-tailed fighter can't help but shake her head, rolling her eyes just slightly, "Did not, you three ambushed Sakura, I wasn't even there when it started. And while the boat was open to the public, it wasn't open to ramming large trucks into it as a means of taking it over. Nice try, Naerose."
She fixes her attention back on Jiro, wishing she could spare the moment to shrug as she really has no way of explaining the eccentric woman in red's behavior herself. And then she's back on the offense, advancing with the same kind of speed she opened with, darting directly toward the young man, drawing her hands in, looking like she might be coming in for a powerful palm strike.
It's only at the last moment that she goes for his arms instead, attempting to sieze hold of his wrists and twist his guard open enough to leave him vulnerable to a series of rapid kicking strikes right up the front of him. He's seen through the tricky technique before, but she's gotta give it a shot. Maybe she'll be fast enough this time. "Ya, ya, ya!"
COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Brian with End Creation.
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Brian 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Naerose
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0 Jiro
Ah, a nice little bit of blood on his jeans. Perfect. Getting the first connecting strike in a fight is always a nice touch. As he hits the ground, Brian rolls over his shoulder and back onto a knee. Watching Jiro sprawl for a moment, he hears his name spoken behind him.
And then, there's a nice shock of pain. Gritting his teeth as capillaries in his nose burst, the former linebacker spins around with a look on his face that could cause a rabid rhinoceros to turn and flee. Hello, Naerose. You've just made the man angry. You're not gonna like him now that he's angry.
Bursting off his knee, the Texan turns his attention to the witch and forcing that broom of hers into one of her many orifices. Perhaps even a new one. Leaping like a hungry tiger, Brian drives his shoulder towards the young woman's midsection, intent on bisecting her with simple blunt force trauma.
COMBATSYS: Jiro endures Hotaru's Shin-Jou Tai.
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Brian 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Naerose
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Hotaru 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0 Jiro
Let it be known that while he is a bit out of it, Jiro is not the type to keep someone out of the picture. With Hotaru and Naerose arguing, Jiro allows it to go through his head. Anything incriminating, at this point, can't be brought up other than the most recent. Plus, Jiro -really- doesn't feel like punching Naerose out now.
He'll do that later.
For now, Jiro is sprinting towards Hotaru as she lunges for him with her hands. The impact of the palm strike forces his body to hunch over while his lips curl to a hiss. Then, when she grabs for the arm and twists the opening over to leave him vulnerable, Jiro is caught by the rapid kicks.
...It doesn't stop Jiro.
Instead, Jiro is launching himself towards Hotaru with his arm preparing for a vicious clothesline.
COMBATSYS: Naerose blocks Brian's Hyper Tackle.
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Brian 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Naerose
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Hotaru 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Jiro
"Fine.. I guess I'm totally done with the straight talk anyway," Naerose says toward Hotaru and focuses on Brian, "Woah, he looks really angry." she observes and then brings her broom in line to attempt to divert some of the pressure of the attack, even with her heel dug into the ground, well it's a fighting arena, so not really dirt to grind against, all the same the defensive posture is not one easy to mistake.
The witch lets out a tiny shriek, even a successful block would hurt.
As clearly demonstrated here, it does hurt, the blunt force trauma taken head on, but that doesn't slow the witch down, not for long anyway. She pushes right back with her own brand of pain.
"You know this would be easier if you just went down already!" And .. Actually that kind of hurt. She really goes for the return fire by aiming a broom upside the head with a wide sweeping motion.
COMBATSYS: Jiro successfully hits Hotaru with Fierce Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Brian 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Naerose
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Hotaru 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Jiro
She lands from her stomping attack, having leaped off Jiro's shoulders into a backflip to come down into a landing a few yards away from him. There's something to be said for distraction here as Naerose speaks up again and Hotaru shoots her a sharp look, "It seems to bother you that some people don't forget what you've done so easily. I could go on and on about-" she continues, getting ready to fire right into a list of Naerose's offenses just in her own personal interactions with the young woman.
But doing so leaves her caught completely off guard by the speed that Jiro lunges back into her with. She becomes aware at the last instant and shifts, trying to raise her arms defensively against him, but she's too late and he catches her hard in the neck. The impact takes her clean off her feet and dropping her to the ground with a pained gasp as she tumbles onto her side. One hand comes up to rest at her neck, the girl shaking her head as she reminds herself to focus on Jiro if she's going to give him a serious fight. She can't keep letting herself be destracted.
Rolling onto her hands and knees, she's back up an instant later, mouth closed, trying to ignore the pain in her throat as she attempts to get in closer. Playing it a bit safer rather than reckless this time, she drops into a low crouch, hands planting against the ground, foot sweeping out in an attempt to trip Jiro to the ground, hoping to leave herself less open to a powerful follow up this time!
COMBATSYS: Brian interrupts Clean Sweep from Naerose with Samurai Bomb.
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Brian 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 Naerose
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Hotaru 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Jiro
Hulk smash.
She may have blocked the attack, but Naerose isn't anywhere safe yet. As he hops back onto his feet, Naerose swings at him. It doesn't even seem to phase the giant as he slams his head back against the broom as it strikes. "Oh, no, no," he says, reaching out and grabbing the witch by the throat. "I don't think so."
Slowly, he lifts Naerose into the air. At full arm extention, he lowers her slightly, then pops her in the air just enough as to reverse his grip on her throat. Whipping her around his head, the Titan roars before he spikes her headfirst into the ground like he'd just made a touchdown and she was the football. Hopefully something will break. Like her skull.
COMBATSYS: Jiro blocks Hotaru's Light Kick.
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Brian 0/-------/-======|=======\==-----\1 Naerose
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Hotaru 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Jiro
A grunt is given towards Hotaru as Jiro says, "Quit getting distracted by Naerose." Jiro runs past Hotaru during the clothesline, then he takes a nice, deep breath. Then, he rears his head up to mentally prepare himself.
When Hotaru gets back up to her feet, Jiro waits for her to sweep out to strike at Jiro's legs. The man tightens his stance, adopting something from an old friend's style. Hotaru might recall this one.
Icon of Stone.
Jiro's stance is so firmly onto the ground that when Hotaru smacks the foot against the young man to trip him, Jiro's unyielding stance prevents him from falling. He is wincing at the pain, mentally, but his stance does not faulter.
"Excuse me...." He soon leaps past Hotaru and straight towards Brian's path.
Jiro has not forgotten about him.
The young man merely reaches over to tap him over the shoulder.
...Should he turn around, Jiro is immediately launching his right fist against his right chin. While the fist is launching upward, the chi erupts into the scarlet flames.
But distracting Hotaru seems to be working for Naerose, it seems to be working very very well. There is a moment that the corner of her lips rise up with the realization that she can affect things by keeping up the chatter. That is, unfortauntely, before she realizes that it can go both ways, or rather, this Brian guy also has the ability to use the lack of attention paying against her and thus she finds herself on the other end with a shocked expression as she gets spiked. It was totally the sort of thing a lot of people probably wanted to do with the witch. She lets out a little cry.
"Urhg.. I wanted.. To.. get to Hotaru.. But you're in the way.." Naerose manages, struggling to her feet, and why save energy now, "So, please just get out of my way!" exclaims the witch now and unleashes her fury which gathered up in twin balls of energy before putting her hands together into a swirling torrent and exclaiming the name of her attack (like so many video games might of done).
"En Criento En!"
Because creativity in attack names wasn't her thing, nor really style.
Her kick blocked, Hotaru is left behind as Jiro leaps past her to go on the offense against the giant she's allied with for this match. Spinning up out of her crouch the girl observes the situation briefly, glancing past Brian toward where Naerose landed, only to see that she's powering up for a big attack against Brian as well. For the moment, it looks like it's up to the football player to tank the powerful attacks that are about to come smashing his way.
With the focus on the largest man on stage by far, Hotaru decides to go after Naerose. The red witch has gotten away with a lot of talk and distractions, not to mention testing the Kenpo artist's patience with remarks about her being some kind of hypocrite, and right now the slightly more assertive girl decides she's heard about enough. She advances with the same kind of speed she's known for, only to skid to a stop a couple yards out and hop in the last bit of distance, landing in a low crouch.
It serves as momentum, it would seem, for the two strikes that come next, Hotaru springing forward, her left hand extended, attempting to smack Naerose in the stomach, her right hand coming in secondly, aimed higher, a straight palm strike for the red witch's jaw, her blue eyes flashing with a certain amount of annoyed indignation, but at the jabs and at the clumsy mistakes Naerose has distracted her into making thus far.
COMBATSYS: Brian Toughs Out Naerose's End Creation End!
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Hotaru 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Jiro
COMBATSYS: Brian fails to interrupt Scarlet Slaughter from Jiro with Jab Punch.
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Brian 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|-------\-------\0 Naerose
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Hotaru 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Jiro
After the first punch reaches out to give Brian a very vicious swing, Jiro's expression becomes filled with determination and downright anger when Jiro announces, "YOU THINK I FORGOT ABOUT YOU, MOTHER FUCKER?!"
Jiro winds the left hand back, channeling forth every bit of energy into the other hand for what is to be an explosive punch. Launching himself forward, Jiro immediately slams his fist out to strike Brian, releasing a powerful explosion of scarlet chi, which bursts out like a detonated bomb upon impact.
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Aw, she's still moving. Too damn bad. Looks like he'll have to just crush the last of her life out under his heel.
But, before he can do that, he's tapped on the shoulder. Wheeling an arm around to swat the tapper away, his hand flies over the top of Jiro's head... and is instead treated to some rather strong language and a pretty nasty explosive fist. That explosion rocks him off his feet and sends him flying, allowing Naerose's own attack to slam into his backside as he crashes to earth. Well, mostly his wallet. Luckily, he's got a fat wad of cash in that, so it does help to soak up the impact of the projectiles.
For the most part, Jiro had calmed down considerably after showing Brian his wrath as Jiro sought to used his chi to pretty much roasted the man with the funnel of chi. But let it be known that Jiro is not the one to let things sit down as it is. Jiro aims to finish the job by channeling his chi together. As if preparing to finish the job with his strength, Jiro instead dashes straight towards the champion football player.
Both eyes widen as he growls. Then, Jiro takes off from the ground and he winds the left hand back. When winded, the chi manifests as a burst of energy before the flames erupt around him. Those burning scarlet flames scorch the air as he soon comes down at Brian, "Arrggghhhh!!" Then, Jiro swings his left arm downward to hack across Brain's chest, should he get back to his feet.
COMBATSYS: Naerose endures Hotaru's Fierce Punch.
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Hotaru 1/------=/=======|-------\-------\0 Jiro
"Wow, Hotaru you sure are not very fri-" then Hotaru hits her with the palm thrust and Naerose is still there, with that biig smile plastered on her face. It was one of those fist of the north star moments or something, she got hit but by delayed reaction of charging through it the witch seems not to have noticed how much it clearly will hurt in a moment, at least not yet. The witch can see that Jiro is taking care of Brian and she's close to Hotaru and decides to attack her instead.
"Here I come..." Naerose says,
"Now .. try not to dodge!" The witch exclaims with a grin as though Hotaru would ever listen to such a ridiculous request. She charges at Hotaru full on and tries to charge over her.
COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Hotaru with Delphine Charge EX.
- Power hit! -
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Brian 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\0 Naerose
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Hotaru 1/---====/=======|-------\-------\0 Jiro
Her strikes go undefended against, much to Hotaru's surprise as she draws back her extended right arm to find the world renown Red Witch grinning back at her as if she hadn't felt a thing. It's enough to make one wonder if they've simply struck an illusion. There's certainly enough fighters the girl has faced that have successfully pulled off deceptive tactics like that against her in the past.
But then the illusion starts to speak, giving her a fair warning that she's going to come charging right back, and the young Kenpo artist simply blinks with surprise. Okay, not an illusion!! She isn't really listening to the request to not dodge, drawing back, turning her shoulder toward Naerose, bringing her arms up in an attempt to weather out the attack and redirect some of the momentum elsewhere. But the girl clearly underestimated the power behind Naerose's incoming charge because in spite her attempts at defense she's plowed over by the young woman and sent tumbling head over heels for the second time this fight, landing hard against the ground and rolling a few more times before coming to a rest.
Grunting, the girl plants her hands against the ground, exhaling as she shakes her head. This is getting ridiculous, she muses. She can't really blame her inattentiveness on anyone besides herself though, she knows, rising into a crouch and taking a swift look over the layout of the fight. Brian is in trouble dealing with Jiro. Probably getting a hard lesson in why one shouldn't underestimate the determined young man... Grinning a little as she shakes her head to clear her vision a bit better, the girl springs into action again, this time going back after Jiro.
She comes in quick, going for a stronger attack to make up for lost ground as she slides to a stop, dropping into a crouch, a powerful surge of chi building up around her as she prepares to launch into her undesputedly signiture technique. "Ten-shou...!"
COMBATSYS: Brian endures Jiro's Firebrand.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Jiro
Frankly, that sucked balls. But that's really not at the heart of matters now, is it? What does matter is that the slight bloody nose he'd gotten from Naerose earlier has much more company. His face is a crimson mask, in fact. And when Jiro rushes in and carves a swath down his chest with a flaming fist, shredding the front of his shirt, blood begins to spill from his chest as well. All that blood and the shirt flpping in the wind make things a little bit more frightening when an inhuman bellow escapes his lips as he faces off with Kasagi.
The end... it is nigh. Hell, a sight like this might make even Rugal take a step backward.
Like a ghostly afterimage, horns seem to erupt from Brian's head. Long horns. A ghastly white billow of air cascades from his nose. He stomps a hole into the ground with his back foot, giving him a better grip to explode out of stance towards the Interpol officer. Three times he makes a pass at Jiro, dropping his shoulder and launching it, and his forearm, towards Kasagi's gut as he charges through, attempting to take him off his feet and keep him significantly airborne.
Hotaru might want to turn away, in fact. If the Stray Dog of Southtown does take air thanks to Battler Airways, the landing will be far rougher. For Brian would launch himself into a tight spiral, landing his head right into Jiro's spine, grinding it there until landfall. And with over 330 lbs of Texan landing on your lower spine, there's a great deal of potential trauma that could occur. Even more trauma could occur after Brian gets to his feet and jumps on the back of your head.
This is not a happy man.
Of course, there's something else about to happen which'll make him a less happy man in the long run. See, a group of medical personnel have taken the liberty of stepping out into the arena proper. As soon as Brian completes his maneuver, a fast-acting horse tranquilizer is shot into his backside via a compressed air rifle. He barely has time to do more than start swearing before the medical team sets upon him, pulling him out of the main fighting area as the sedative takes hold. A second dose is administered as they strap the giant Texan to a gurney and wheel him out. Even sedated, the swearing doesn't stop. But Brian Battler is now out of the picture.
COMBATSYS: Brian can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Jiro dodges Brian's Big Bang Blitzkrieg.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Jiro with Ten-shou Ranki.
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Poor Jiro. Having to contend with the likes of a very brutal, very angry Brian Battler at the same time Hotaru goes tearing after him... If she was half aware of just how psychotic the giant she was teamed up was going to be in going back after the young man, she'd probably have come to a stop early. Promising to not hold back doesn't include going after the young man with her strongest technique right after getting smashed, crushed, and mulched by over three hundred pounds of furious, bloody Texan.
But Kasagi escapes Texan wrath only to get caught by a very swift, very strong chi-powered flip kick from the girl, packing enough power to take him up into the air along with her high flip kick. At the apex of her rise, Hotaru flips forward, correcting her trajectory into a dive right back into Jiro to take him back down with her. "Ranki!"
The dive takes them into a slide landing across the arena tiles before coming to a rest, the pig-tailed fighter kneeling over Jiro, her hands pressed firmly against his chest. Teeth gritted, she focuses intensely, drawing heavily from the world around her, generating and controlling a massive sphere of blue, shimmering chi that builds around the two. "aaaaAAAH!"
Pushing herself further than she even normally would try with the draining attack, she at last allows the chi to collapse back in on her, channeling the entirety of it directly into Jiro's chest, using her hands as a conduit as all that built up power surges into him. A blastwave, invisible to the eye but for the dust it stirs up in its wake, explodes out from ground zero, but fades long before reaching anyone else. In the silence that lingers in the aftermath, Hotaru exhales, shifting her feet beneath her, springing back up with what energy she has left in her.
There was something that Jiro had to do. The two opponents that he had were quite strong. If there is one thing that Jiro has learned and that was not to estimate his opponents. He knows that Brian isn't the type to take lightly. That is why Jiro is acting quick on his feet, especially when it comes time to make sure that Brian doesn't get the chance to even take Jiro off of the ground.
In fact, as Brian is charging at Jiro. When the man is attempting to catch Jiro off-balance, Jiro is quick on his feet to sway his hips back, leaning agay from the shoulder dropping towards his gut. The second time, Jiro is moving the other way with a twist.
Now the third time?
Jiro is launching himself up towards Brian's form as his hands press against the shoulderplates. He is utilizing that as a point to leverage himself off of the ground and into the air.
It wasn't before that Jiro learned to utilize his agility more. Unfortunately, that isn't so much the case now because this does leave him open for Hotaru to take advantage of the situation by a split second.
She nails Jiro quite harshly with the flip kick, sending Jiro off of the ground and soaring into the air in agonizing pain. His eyes widen as his chin lifts. His body is flipped over and then he is caught right into the dive of his girlfriend.
Now... he is pinned onto the ground. As the hands pressed firmly onto his chest..
Jiro actually crack a grin.
But, it is at the moment that Jiro writhes from the well of energy manifesting in him, exploding the living hell out of his soul. The eyes widen as he feels himself taken over by the flow of energy.
"Arrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!"
Pant.... Pant....
As she springs up, Jiro is staggering to his feet, twitching several times. He falls on his knees once more, but he gets back up. A grin is tossed Hotaru's way as Jiro's clothes are a bit ragged and worn through the entire fight. His vest is flayed and his chest is slightly exposed.
He utters out towards only her to hear as he staggers. He made a promise not to comment about the maneuver. He does, however utter.
"Hot."
But then, the scarlet flames manifest in his grasp as he finally trigger the well of energy to overtake him.
"Well... I had yours.."
As the fire flies manifest, Jiro is erupting his right fist out to strike against Hotaru's cheek with an uppercut.
"NOW THIS IS MY BANG!"
Should the first strike make it, the second one will come forth as the energy transfers and release a powerful swing to come Hotaru's way. That fist, if connected, will produce a massive explosion that would tear the air asunder.
"These two.." Naerose says and then makes a musical sigh, "Awww young love.. now if I was invited to the wedding... that would be sooo awesome." Naerose has a musical note to awesome.
"I just gotta make them my friend, and I'm sure enough violence will do the trick." Naerose states and sits back, letting Jiro do his thing for a bit, seriously Naerose doesn't attack, she really .. She should hit Hotaru! That's the spirit, after all, hitting people always makes you happier, right right?
"Okay, Hotaru, here comes.. I'm totally going to.. " The witch freezes, reaches to her shades, "Oh forget it, I can't fake this anymore, you're a couple of jerks and I'm going to be the winner here. Sagitta minor!"
The witch whips her hand toward Hotaru and Jiro and sends fourth a bunch of darts of air, peppering the area with their little sharpness while the witch does a little twirl away from her soon to be eney to try and avoid getting killed or something from the likely violent reprisal coming her way.
COMBATSYS: Jiro successfully hits Hotaru with Scarlet Slaughter.
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Hotaru 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Naerose
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|-------\-------\0 Jiro
COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Hotaru with Sagitta Minor.
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Hotaru 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1 Naerose
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|-------\-------\0 Jiro
Back on her feet, the girl is clearly winded. Drawing the kind of power she did to deliver the attack against Jiro took everything she had. In the end it isn't enough to keep the young man down, Jiro finding the strength to retaliate against her with his strongest technique right back. She shakes her head just a little between trying to get her breathing under control, having not missed his commentary on her techinque.
But when he comes charging back at her with a loud exclaimation, he gets, for the briefest moment before his fist crashes into her cheek, a most bewildered look. He didn't say what it sounded like, did he? Live, on TV, in front of an audience of countless millions, he didn't just-
The thought never quite finishes as the featherweight is smashed to the side by the first hit to connect, leaving her vulnerable to the second hit completely, the explosion of chi and force behind his punch more than enough to send the girl flying back, taking her third nasty tumble this fight, landing hard before sliding to a stop. She doesn't move for a moment, but at last she stirs, hands planting as she grunts, rising into a crouch from which she hopes to get the strength to go just a little bit longer. Naerose gets the shot she's looking for, however, the small surge of driven air smacks into her from the side, knocking Hotaru over again with a small gasp. This time she just doesn't have it in her to get up again, the young fighter rolling onto her side and staying still.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru takes no action.
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|-------\-------\0 Jiro
COMBATSYS: Hotaru can no longer fight.
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|=======\-------\1 Naerose
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|-------\-------\0 Jiro
After the explosion, the carnage, and the utter destruction of the attack, Jiro is looking towards his opponent as he watches her fly from the initial strike and then the latter strike from Naerose. It is then that Jiro is taking a deep breath, gasping slightly before he clutches his chest. Pant... pant..
"Heh... we won." Jiro lifts his right hand up, he looks towards Hotaru, "You did good..." He then looks towards Brian, "...Tsch..." His eyes narrow with contempt, but then he lets go. "...Yeah, you too."
Jiro falls on one knee, taking a deep breath.
The Red Witch is ALL smiles. She watches Hotaru and then gives her a cheerful call of,
"Great Fight Hotaru!" Then she looks at Brian and says, "Sorry for everything.. " Then Jiro.. Naerose walks over to Jiro and offers him a hand with pretty red painted nails to get up, holding onto her broom.
"Hey, Jiro, lets be friends, you me and Hotaru, we can go help her up together, go get ice cream.. Come on.. I know we've had difference in the past but, please, I really think we should be friends.." The witch has a BIIG smile.. An innocent smile, a childish smile. She has the sort of smile that just bleeds, how could you possibly say no.
"We can totally even send that Brian got some candy and a get well card, I mean what makes someone better than candy?"
"...." The young man merely looks at Naerose for a few moments, peering at her with an incredelous look. When her hand is offered towards him, Jiro shuts his eyes for a few moments.
"...I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt this time." His eyes shift towards Hotaru. Then, he looks back at Naerose. "Just don't screw up. Your record is under consideration still due to past notable incidents." He extends his hand out to shake it.
"Really?!" Naerose asks and really despite the sort of never could lose attitude, she's totally surprised that Jiro accepts this and thus the witch gives Jiro's hand a shake and then hops gleefully. This was totally the best news ever.
"You're really tired right?" The witch asks and then grins some more, "I'm gonna go get some ice cream for you guys and I'll be RIGHT BACK.. "
She notices that Hotaru is out of it and jets to a vender.. Of course the vendors here are expensive.. but that's still all she wrote, for the witch anyway.
Log created on 23:17:47 06/22/2008 by Brian, and last modified on 23:22:36 06/23/2008.