Neo League 726 - #750: Aranha vs Nataya

Description: The Dancing Spider vs. The Wandering Monk Girl! A superstar does battle with a neophtye to the Neo League! Aranha starts out strong and nearly ends the fight as soon as it starts. However, the explosive ending is what the Neo League is all about! Thrills and nail-biting spectacle abound with amazing finishing attacks flying around and ending in a DKO! ( Draw Match )



Sometimes Neo League schedules matches in high volume places to take advantage of visibility and free advertisement such a fight can bring. This time though they went somewhere a bit low volume. While one of the fighters got a bit of recognition, and one is more of a recent arrival to the fighting scene. They decided to take this particular fight to the outside of Southtown to give it a more grimy, primal feel to this.

One of the fighters in particular arrives wearing his black tank top and loose white slacks to the fight. If there's any problem with the location, he doesn't show it. Instead he's leaning up against a tree with a laidback smile as he listens to his mp3 sunglasses.

Well, as low volume as 'wall to wall traffic' can be, since the Northern Outskirts is tip to tip urban sprawl, criscrossed by highways and train lines. Nataya is at home in a setting like this. Downtown Bangkok is as choked an urban sprawl as any other large city, the air thick with pollution with a chemical taste to it all it's own. She is, however, a relative newcomer to the scene, although having hammered her way to second place in the Neo League during her debut season has made her something of a talent to watch in some regards. It remains to be seen if she's just a flash in the pan, or if she's here to stay.

She finds enough time in her schedule to do other things, so she arrives by bicycle from her busy day on her delivery route after she gets the call: someone's pulled her tag from the list of available fighters. The name sounds familiar, but she can't exactly put her finger on it until she arrives on scene.

It's the guy from the fight with that Frei character. She waves with a small amount of recognition as she steps towards the ring, making sure she grabs something to drink before the match starts. It's important to stay hydrated, after all. Clad in her usual robe and prayer beads that swing from her sleeves, she looks at the bleak, concrete environment and shrugs. An abandoned lot is as good a place as any to have a fight, she supposes, and she sits on the bench stationed in her corner.

"Nice to see you again!" She says, her voice filled with moderated cheer as she sets her beverage bottle down. She can't call it water, because whatever the flavored stuff is, it's certainly not water. "I guess we'll be fighting each other this time. If you don't remember, I'm Nataya. A pleasure to see you again."

Aranha pushes himself off the tree and moves deliberately as he makes his way over to that familiar face. His lips curling into an even more relaxed smile(if that was even possible).

Reaching out to her with a hand to shake her hand. "Yeah I remember ya. I go by Aranha."

After he draws the hand back whether or not it was taken to be shaked. He twists his neck to crack loudly. With a deep breath. "Nice to see you in action from a different perspective. Let's see what you've got."

He slowly backs away and begins to dance as he watches the Muay Boran fighter standing across.

COMBATSYS: Aranha has started a fight here.

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Aranha           0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Nataya has joined the fight here.

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Aranha           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Nataya


Nataya's polite. Of course she takes the hand and shakes it. The grip is firm and her hand isn't what you'd call soft of smooth. Though her fingers might be considered long and graceful, they've seen serious punishment and are calloused and a little rough to the touch. She shakes once, and steps back. If he's going to give her the first strike, then she's not going to let that go to waste.

She settles back, raising her hands so that the beads swing in front of her in an almost hypnotic pattern. Eyes focus on her opponent and she squares her stance, presenting a narrow profile to Aranha. "Well, all the same. The best of luck to you, Aranha!" She says, and immediately bursts forward.

Her speed is considerable as she darts forward, one leg raising as she uses the friction on the ground to go into a short leap. The attack is a focused knee to Aranha's chest as she tries to smash it into his sternum and drive the hair out of his lungs.

COMBATSYS: Nataya successfully hits Aranha with Light Kick.

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Aranha           0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0           Nataya


The capoeirista moves away, though he doesn't move away at his full speed. At this point he's really testing the waters as far as how to react to this particular opponent. The body doesn't move too far before the knee is driven into his sternum and sending him stumbling backwards and with a bit of oomph.

Aranha eventually gets his feet under him before flashing Nataya a playful grin. "Nice."

Aranha suddenly leaps forward with a front handspring which he uses to jam both of his feet into her abdomen.

COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Nataya with Strong Kick.

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Aranha           0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0           Nataya


Well, it appears that Nataya's fast start is quickly eclipsed by getting tagged early on once again by somethign that should have been easy to defend against. Before she can properly mount a proper defensive maneuver, Aranha's feet are already flying into her gut. The air's pushed out of her lungs and she's forced to compensate quickly. She staggers backward, compensating for the blow, and then swings about, bliiowling clouds of silver mist already rising from her sleeves.

She swings har amrs forward in an arc, and from the clouds emit two small pinpricks of light from the swirling mists. These tiny shining dots grow larger as the travel, followed by swirling clouds until they're about the size of softballs.

The three glowing quicksilver spheres swirl about, tracking Aranha's movements. Should they collide, they'll explode with considerable force, driving the other fighter to the ground.

COMBATSYS: Aranha dodges Nataya's Three Gems.

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Aranha           0/-------/-----==|===----\-------\0           Nataya


Aranha definitely expected that his opening move would be defended against. The fact that it got through was an unexpected bonus for the capoeirista. Pushing off of her, he rebounds into a back handspring to that capoeira ginga, the stance/dance that is an integral part of his style.

The capoeirista continues to keep in motion swaying. It's that swaying that makes him a moving target and what makes him so hard to hit when the quicksilver makes its way to him. The swaying motion is then used to pull himself into a cartwheel causing the colliding spheres to not strike the Dancing Spider. After dropping out of it, he suddenly goes low with a slow sweeping kick towards the leg swinging a kick in the other direction.

COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Nataya with Medium Kick.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-

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Aranha           0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0           Nataya


Well, this is certainly not a good example of Nataya's combat ability! It would appear that no matter what she does, Aranha's able to sneak by her otherwise formidable defenses. The kick drops low, smashing into the foot that Choi threw off center, and then she lands onto her side, irritating the still aching wounds she suffered in her SNF, which results in a pretty poor showing of her abilities.

She exhales. The fight's not done yet, even if Aranha appears to be pretty much ahead of her. Unless she gets lucky very soon, she's just going to get worked over.

Still, she tries to keep a calm face about her, despite the fact that she's facing an upward battle now. Clenching her fist, she calls her beads to the fore, the small lights swirling around as she raises them to defend her, forcming concentric rings as the funnel silver clounds into them. They charge, forming a silver bolt of pure power before blasting it clean at Aranha.

Nataya follows soon after it, evaporating in a puff of smoke. She's gone for an instand before falling in fron the sky, snapping several kicks at his head before sidekicking him into the power burst. That is, if she can manage to get it to connect!

COMBATSYS: Nataya successfully hits Aranha with Six Seals EX.

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Aranha           0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1           Nataya


And then Nataya gets her lucky break. As the silver clouds get funneled through the usually observant capoeirista begins to have some trouble reading the fighter. As the clouds form into that bolt his inability to read her is further exacerbated by the fact that she suddenly disappeared on him. What little he did manage to read from her footwork was that whatever Nataya was going to do, it was going to be coming in fast.

Of course, when someone disappears the most logical place to find them is somewhere behind him and he tries to react to that by dropping down, but his movement is just a little too late and the series of kicks drives him head first into burst which is a bit more agonizing than the the kicks themselves.

Slowly the capoeirista pulls himself up to his feet and laughs though it hurts him to do so. "I guess that was my fault though I have to admit you had nice placement on that."

Soon after the capoeirista is in motion though it's not on the offensive but rather performing flips and handstands as he attempts to pump himself up. But as he moves, there's a pulse of chi building though it isn't visible as he rides this wave of inspiration before it gets away from him.

COMBATSYS: Aranha gathers his will.

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Aranha           1/----===/=======|=======\=------\1           Nataya


Getting her concentration back is key for Nataya. As Aranha gathers up his power, Nataya takes a moment to re-orient herself. having gotten slammed fairly har in the first few moments of the match, landing one of her nastier attacks has allowed her the breathing room to plan her next assault.

She hops back, directing the swirling mists and beads with quick motions of her hands, as if weaving an elaborate tapestry. The beads bob, waeve and dance amidsts clouds, the tiny lights like eyes, keeping focus on Aranha. And then suddenly, they all slam to the ground with a sound like cracking porcelin.

The beads coalesce into shimmering patches, like rolling mercury along the ground. The rolling puddles swarm towards Aranha, vague circles of lightly glowing power. The mirrorlike surfaces freflect their mostly immobile target carefully, and then strike.

Should they hit, each of the five puddles will erupt in a series of silvery smoke explosions. These pillars of pure force will toss Aranha about like a ping pong ball in a windstorm before finally dropping him to the ground when Nataya finally recalls her beads.

COMBATSYS: Aranha blocks Nataya's Five Precepts.

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Aranha           1/---====/=======|=======\=------\1           Nataya


Aranha, even as he makes use of those acrobatic movements which on the surface have no purpose other than to show off it does two things. First it allows for the capoeirista to build himself up to be better prepared for the oncoming attack. Secondly it allows for people to underestimate his defensive capabilities because many people(which isn't to say Nataya is one of them) tend to think he's not paying attention to the fight which would be dead wrong.

Aranha notices right away that the silver puddles approaching him and so he drops out of the one handed handstand that he was before crouching low with his body covered by arms crossed to protect him.

And then they strike knocking Aranha around like a ping pong ball though the covering up helps him immensely. but near the end he attempts to use the pillar to his own benefit by quickly engulfing himself in blue chi as he kicks off the pillars utilizing his parkour to have a bit more control on his movement. Where is he going? He's launching himself from that storm feet first towards Nataya though the chi he used to protect himself is fading away.

COMBATSYS: Nataya blocks Aranha's Sky's the Limit.

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Aranha           1/---====/=======|=======\==-----\1           Nataya


The fierce impact Nataya takes definitely drives her back a little, but her defenses hold true this time around. Faising her arms and projecting an energy feild, the majority of the impact is absorbed, causing her to stumble only slightly, her feet scraping along the concrete ground.

She exhales, her breath giving way to a series of mantras designed to center herself. So far, the match has been a game of catch up for her, and it's finally evening out. It's about time to turn things to her favor, if she can!

The silvery mists whirl around her, feeding back into her as they infuse her with the energy she's been using the entire match. While the action is slightly draining, it infuses her with a little more hot energy and revitalizes her will to battle.

She stands resolute, ready to deal with whatever Arnaha is going to throw at her next, her mantras still chanting under her breath as the mists swirl across her body, beads hovering, watching Aranha like tiny eyes.

COMBATSYS: Nataya enters a meditative state.

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Aranha           1/---====/=======|=======\====---\1           Nataya


The capoeirista has to admit that this is a bit of a first for him as he watches the brutal fighter absorb the silvery mists into herself. He can't help but be curious about those mantras. Eventually though, it has to come down to finishing the fight out and so he has to put the curiosity to the side for only a moment.

Aranha had been doing well even while he has dialed back his usual aggressiveness back so he can see what he can learn from her. Now he's going to push her, swinging a blue chi enhanced roundhouse, and then using the momentum from the first to generate momentum for his glowing spinning jump kick, before turning so his back is toward her so he can flip backwards as he drives a final blue chi kick down upon her head.

COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Nataya with Aggressive Dance.

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Aranha           1/---====/=======|=======\=======\1           Nataya


Nataya gets beaned upside the head as she tries to move out of the way. The other fighter seems to be practically everywhere, unfortunately, and so she's barreled to the ground like a load of bricks, crashing to the ground. Clearly, she's going to have to learn how to get better much faster, and soon!

But if Aranha wants to push her, Nataya shows she can be prodded to take a more aggressive stance. Her arms raise up, and the flood of beads shoot forth from her in a burst of power. The swirling prayer beads spiral forth from her like a corkscrew, ten in all.

Forming a sort of lasso around her foot, Nataya attempts to sling one leg wide to capture Aranha with the strand. If she connect, one of his limbs will be connected to her ankle by the power beam, and Nataya will spin about, smashing Aranha into the ground three times before leaping away on a burst of silver cloud.

COMBATSYS: Aranha interrupts Three Marks EX from Nataya with Face Down EX.
- Power hit! -

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Aranha           0/-------/-----==|=======\=====--\1           Nataya


Aranha's Aggressive Dance was too brazen for him to get his foot away from the lasso of energy threatening to wrap his leg and so he doesn't attempt to get away but when he's slammed to ground the first time he has a bit more control on his fall than his opponent probably would have wanted him to.

Before he can be smashed again, he shoots his body upwards with a roundhouse-like kick thrown with his hands planted on the ground and using the momentum of the kick to pull himself into a standing position before he whips that same leg back across her head, whipping his heel behind her head to hook it around. With his heel at the back of her head he drops his weight downwards pulling her face first to the ground.

Unlucky! Nataya's punded left, right and sideways. It would seem that she's certainly not got a lot of experience fighting live opponents. They're just so unpredictable, and the sheer number of different styles she's meeting up with just can't be brought down by sheer brute force, it would seem.

Still, even as she faceplants hard onto the ground, she can't help but think that if she keeps facing mighty fighters... well, she' going to have to get better, right?

Or at least end up in the hospital eventually, given her habit of not seeing the doctor.

The bones rattle, and she rolls over. Her face is cut, and her nose is bleeding and she's pretty darn sure that one of her teeth feels loose. Stille, she musters a smile through a swoillen eye as the mists rise. They seem to be be almost angry although she obviously isn't. They seethe, ripple, and the beads glow brightly.

"Heads up!" She calls, and the swirling mass comes at Aranha full force.

It's like a torrential mass of destruction, the beads and clouds hurtle towards Aranha at horrific rate as all her beads coalesce into a sphere the size of a medicine ball. It hits liek one too. If the sphere connects, it'll erupt like a claymore mine, blasting Naraha as the individual beads start firing at him with force bolts, raining pain on him before smashing him with a hailstorm of bead shrapnel.

COMBATSYS: Nataya successfully hits Aranha with 37 Factors of Enlightenment.

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Aranha           1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0           Nataya


The mist rise and the beads glow once more and the capoeirista figures out he's probably going to end up in a catch 22 situation. It only becomes more and more clear as the beads and cloud of energy form into a sphere and fly on its path of destruction towards him.

Attempting to dodge? It's a bad idea but so are any of the other options the capoeirista has. Because of that, the capoeirista has to at least make an attempt to get away. Unfortunately, Aranha doesn't get away and his body is bombarded by energy and beads as the explosive force takes him off of his feet.

"You know, there's another fighter that has a lot of similarities to how you fight. At least in terms of energy usage.Fairly close to the same result. Lets see if history repeats itself completely."

After he says that he slowly makes his way to the female monk with a playful smile. It's only a fraction of a second later that he whips an outside crescent kick to slap her in the face with it. Unfortunately, that's the last of his energy and he falls to the ground before he can even complete the the revolution of his kick.

COMBATSYS: Aranha can no longer fight.

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Nataya           0/-------/-----==|


COMBATSYS: Aranha successfully hits Nataya with Light Kick.

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Nataya           0/-------/---====|


Well, it was close, at least! Nataya's comeback is stopped short, and she can at least take some solace in the fact that she didn't hit the ground first. Still, after all that punishment she took in the first round, it's hard to come back and the foot basically just smacks her over.

Without enough power left in her to really compensate, she falls back on her behind with a thud. Well, that ends that. She falls back with a crash. "Oof."

An explosive finish to be sure. Next time, she'll be better prepared to deal with that style of combat. Until then, she's just left there, contemplating the things she did right and the things she did wrong. And one of those things was not going to the hospital earlier.

"I'm sure whoever it is will have his turn beating me up, too." She says tiredly, but with a laugh.

COMBATSYS: Nataya takes no action.


COMBATSYS: Nataya can no longer fight.


"Not quite the same result. And it was a her." The capoeirista rolls over on his back and begins laughing as he stares at the sky. His bruised, battered, and battle scarred body protests against any other attempts at movement. As for him, he has a lot more for him to do. Looking over the footage and going over the mental notes he had been making all fight. Aranha is the type of person who lives for that type of thing.

For now, the capoeirista is just gonna stay there and wait for the medics to look him over and send him on his way. There will be plenty of time to think about his fights both with Nataya and Amy. So similar and yet so different.

Log created on 20:42:47 09/01/2008 by Nataya, and last modified on 12:54:26 09/06/2008.