Neo League 776 - #797: Maki vs Choi

Description: A Neo League battle at Metro City Beach has the hometown hero Maki taking on the small but deadly Choi, who is noted for his lethal fighting style as well as his womanizing ways. But what will happen when he goes up against Maki, someone who doesn't take kindly to that kind of stuff? ( Winner: Maki )



The Atlantic. Or rather, Metro City Atlantic. Most of the year, it was cool, comfortable, and a brilliant break from the broiling summer heat. Now, however, with autumn passing through the city, the waters were far less comfortable. But the crowds weren't here to swim. They were here to see a fight.

The stands were arranged all around a large, wooden platform built on the beach. Normally, this set up was for music and dance festivals that passed through the city. But with the Neo League and Saturday Night Fight circuits, it made an excellent setting for the official combat matches.

Standing in the far corner of the stage, Choi was grateful. His last fight right in the sand was miserable, despite being a victory. Adjusting his Gi, the little man was inspecting each part of his clothing. Yes, he was well up the ranks in the league. But the league was far from over. And worse yet, there was a stranger. Maki. He never heard of her. What he DID know was that she was a she. Rattling the claws embedded in his gloves, he grinned. Then frowned.

Chae Lim.

No... she couldn't be watching... could she? The little man nervously scanned the audience, keeping an eye out for the young avatar of GREAT JUSTICE that might be hiding amongst the yammering fighting fans.

Metro City Beach, a fun place to go and hang out for fun in the sun, whether you're a surfer, a swimmer, a sunbather, or just one of those types who likes being active on the beach. Right now, since it's Autumn, it's not exactly all that busy. But today, it's being used as the scene for a Neo League battle. One that will involve Choi taking on Metro City's own Maki Genryuusai. And it's worth noting that the Metro City folks just love Maki. After all, she helped take out the Mad Gears numerous times, the gang that has been known to terrorize Metro City, and she's also a skilled street fighter. She's not one to mess with.

Taking a last drink of water before she gets into the fighting area, Maki waves to her fans and then turns to face Choi. She looks at him, confused by his diminuitive size, but then her confusion turns into a narrow-eyed scowl. She spies the claw he's wielding, and can just barely make out the sunglasses he wears. She'd heard only a little about him, but seeing him for real is enough to make her realize just how misleading the appearance of some fighters can be.

One thing she does know is how Choi apparently is a womanizer, but he'd better not try anything with Maki. If there's one thing she hates, it's people who try to harass her in that manner. If Choi should even think about doing something like that, he's gonna find himself on the receiving end of Maki's trusty tonfa.

"All right, let's do this!" Maki says to Choi as she jumps up and down a few times to get the blood flowing within her, before getting into her fighting stance.

COMBATSYS: Maki has started a fight here.

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Maki             0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Choi has joined the fight here.

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Choi             0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0             Maki


Choi scans the audience, still paranoid. When Maki steps on, he doesn't turn to look at first. Chae Lim had threatened Choi about performing lewd and raunchy acts. That meant, heaven forbid, less of the purposeful clothing cutting and catcalls. While Chae Lim didn't put up THAT much of a fight compared to Kim, she was A) Still pretty rough and B) Very open to throwing him at Interpol.

Then, the midget hears Maki calling to him.

The little man turns to look, and catches the jumping. Up. Down. Up. Down. He just stared, jaw slack. The Korean licks his lips, and grins ever so broadly. Raising both claws up, he waves at the blonde.

"Get.... What started, Babe?"

Babe? Did Choi just call Maki 'Babe?' Ooh, now he's really gonna regret it, because Maki doesn't like fighters who flirt with her. The way he's looking at her, licking his lips and grinning, it's obvious that Choi is admiring Maki's beauty. And Maki isn't just gonna stand there idly and let Choi admire her body. She's gonna give him something to consider before he ever flirts with her again.

"Calling me babe, are ya?" Maki shouts, her scowl getting deeper as she rushes towards Choi. "Well, if you like my body so much, why don't you get an up close look at it?" With that, Maki drops down as she gets closer to Choi, and attempts to deliver a foot sweep to start things off.

COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Choi with Light Kick.

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Choi             0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0             Maki


Even though Maki gives him mixed messages, Choi goes and decides to stare at the femme fighter's body. Yes, mixed messages. Because on one hand, she refuses to stand and let him stare at her. On the other hand, she is letting him consider the option of staring at her. Mixed messages. It is like the sexual harassment's version of dating.

However, when she dips low to sweep him off his feet, Choi couldn't help but let Maki get her way. What other options did he have? Jumping? Stepping back? Flipping through the air? Leaping into her?

The possibilities were endless.

But no, Choi had to let her hit him. The midget knew that hurt. Low kicks were not something he was used to, and that is where the worst of it came from. Hitting the ground hard, he yelps in pain as the crowd goes wild. "Hey, you want me to get a good look, toots?" He snarls, snapping up on all four, looking up at the blond. "Then how about we see how close you let me get!"

The little man launches up into the air into a back flip, whirling head under heels into a kick. Choi was trying to get momentum back into the fight, momentum that he had lost thanks to blondie. And at the same time, he needed to force the game up high. He did well using both high and low strikes, it confused people. And finally... he needed his kick to squarely strike the woman in the jaw.

Because she kicked him.

HARD.

COMBATSYS: Choi successfully hits Maki with Hien Zan.

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Choi             0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0             Maki


So, Choi wants to try returning the favor in his own unique style, is that it? Well, Maki's willing to play along with Choi, noting how fast he is and how agile he is too. But Maki's quite the agile one too, and she's more than ready to move out of the way of an incoming attack if necessary.

(PSA: Oh, and before we forget, don't DARE even think about calling her 'blondie.' Now, back to the fight.)

Maki, unfortunately, seems to be underestimating Choi's agility, and she doesn't realize that Choi can be faster than her. She finds herself getting kicked square in the jaw, and for a small person like Choi, it hurts like hell. She reels back a little, holding her chin in pain, her teeth gritting. She spits on the sand, relieved to find there's only a tiny bit of blood there, but when she turns back to face Choi, she's really mad now from the look of things.

Maki doesn't do anything for the time being, though. She just keeps an eye on Choi, wondering what else this guy has got up his sleeves, all while muttering something under her breath in return for the kick to the jaw. Most likely, something rather unsavory that we can't repeat here.

COMBATSYS: Maki focuses on her next action.

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Choi             0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0             Maki


Choi's kick lands squarely, rattling the jaw of Maki in a rather solid manner. Choi couldn't help but think of her as blondie. She had blond hair! That's like how people call Choi shorty or baldie. It was just justice against the cruel world!

As he whirled through the air, he grins widely upon the level out. Claws spread out for balance, he noticed... she was watching him. Birdie had taught him what that meant.

His ribs already began to ache already.

The little man suddenly shot down to the ground, aiming straight for Maki's legs. Not into them. Not up them. But through them. If he managed to pass through the two pillars of flesh, he would twist his body around, slip behind Maki...

And drive his claws right into her kidneys.

Non-Lethally, of course.

COMBATSYS: Maki interrupts Geketsu Tsuki from Choi with Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.

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Choi             0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0             Maki


Here comes Choi again. Just like the bull coming at the matador, Maki's ready for Choi to come back at her. And when he zips between those two legs of hers, he's gonna have a surprise waiting for him. Because Maki's gonna demonstrate her signature maneuver on him... personally!

Unfortunately, once again Choi proves to be a bit too quick for the Bushin ninja, and he gets his claws into her side. Which does hurt a bit, but just at that very moment, Maki's gotten down on the ground, balancing on the tip of her tonfa(!) and then starts spinning around like a whirlwind with her leg extended. Of course, with Choi on her side, he'd probably fall off and then be whacked by Maki's sneaker. When Maki comes out, she rubs at her sides and finds that there's some blood coming from them, and she's not happy about that. She stares at the downed fighter and grits her teeth. "That'll teach you," She snarls, "To get that personal with me!"

While he slips by the legs, Choi catches something else. Some much worse that her back side. She whips free, whirling around and... driving a heel right into the midget. He yelps, getting shot across the board with strange cross between a skid and a roll. But much more of a skid. MUCH more of a skid.

The little man converts the skid into a perk up at the end, grumbling furiously. He was losing momentum again... but there was something worse. Inspecting his arms quickly, he saw that a new work of scrape art being applied to him. He snickered, turning back towards Maki. "Well, -blondie-, maybe I should start making this less of a magical experience, eh babe?"

The little man blasted forward, closing the distance between them rapidly. He had to do it rapidly. Maki was demonstrating herself as fast, powerful... and talented. The talent was what made him very worried. It was like Chae Lim all over again. Letting loose a short hop, he drifted hard to her left. Blurring by her, he stuck out a single claw, attempting to rip into her as he flew by.

COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Choi's Quick Strike.

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Choi             0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0             Maki


As Choi comes flying at Maki (or something in that vein,) the blonde ninja is ready and waiting for him to try whatever he might have planned for her next. When she sees that he intends to claw at her, Maki's not gonna have it. She raises her tonfa arm to attempt to deflect the blow away. And it does work for the most part, although her forearm is scratched by Choi's claw. It results in a soft, but noticeable, 'OW!' as Maki shakes the pain off. Some blood, but not much.

"Seems you're still in this fight, shorty," Maki says, a slight smirk, albeit evil, forming on her face. It seems she really wants to take this fight up a notch in terms of intensity. And that's a point she intends to make by swinging her tonfa directly downwards at the midget's head.

COMBATSYS: Choi blocks Maki's Medium Strike.

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Choi             1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0             Maki


The flyby slashing is met with arm. Not the best target, but still a great target. Landing behind Maki, Choi spun around, claws out to keep his balance. But then, the need for balance falls to the side. A tonfa is being swung straight for his head, something that simply could not stand. But something else was dropped as he brought his own arms up for a block. He grimaces as the weapon bludgeons his arms, but that wasn't the big thing.

She called him short.

"WHAT did you say, bimbo?" The Korean roared, raking his claws through the air around him. His body went with the momentum, and he began to spin in place. Faster and faster he whirled, blue streaks of energy coarsing through his claws as he stuck them out flat. He didn't waste time. The human tornado blasted straight towards Maki, attempting to rend her torso violently with wind, chi, and steel.

COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Choi's Tatsumaki Shippuu Zan.

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Choi             1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0             Maki


First off, calling Maki a bimbo is a real bad idea. A real bad idea indeed. In fact, any kind of insult towards Maki is enough to get her angry. And when Choi comes directly at Maki in that human tornado, you can expect Maki to be on extra high alert.

With a shout, Maki jumps to the side as the human tornado goes past her, and watches as he lands. When he's landed, Maki takes a few running steps, then jumps into the air and attempts to grab Choi by the shoulders. If successful, Maki will flip herself over, and then toss Choi into the sand below. All while yelling, "Don't you EVER call me a bimbo again!"

COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Choi with Tengu Daoshi.

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Choi             1/-----==/=======|======-\-------\0             Maki


Choi's whirling shoots past Maki, landing on the ground lightly. Choi was exhibiting quite a bit of grace for a man. However, his insults were beginning to pay off... in spades. Maki rushed at Choi, and snatched him up. The little man squeaks, attempting to rip at he woman as he is picked up.

Instead, he is sent crashing into the sand.

The little man squeaks, struggling in the grit. "UGLY... STUPID... ... SLUT!!!" The midget roared, kicking up a storm of a whirlwind. The dust of the sand shot up in the air, clouding the midget from sight. The sand began to hover... then spin.

Deep creases of blue energy ripped up from the sand around the platform as a pillar of whirling sand began to shoot up. Ripping into the platform, the dust devil bends, twists and arcs as seems to... just right back on the platform to overtake Maki.

COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Choi's Shin! Tatsumaki Shinkuu Zan.

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Choi             0/-------/------=|======-\-------\0             Maki


Wait, did Choi just call Maki a _slut?!_ OK, now he's really gone too far. That is one of the words that you NEVER say to Maki, unless you want to meet an untimely demise at the hands of Miss Genryuusai. Unfortunately, regulations in the Neo League prohibit the use of lethal force against combatants. But that's not gonna stop Maki from trying to take Choi down good.

"Who do you think you're calling a slut?!" Maki shouts as she jumps out of the way of the energy coming from Choi. "Are you calling me a slut? Because if you are, I hope your life insurance is paid up. You pretty much just signed your own death warrant... or rather, it's gonna be officially signed in your own blood!" Maki stares at Choi with narrowed eyes, but doesn't attack him. Instead, she closes her eyes and begins to chant loudly, 'Haaaaaah!' An aura of energy radiates from her as she focuses on gathering her inner power.

COMBATSYS: Maki gathers her will.

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Choi             0/-------/------=|=======\==-----\1             Maki


The whirlwind rattles the stage, but fails to suck Maki up into it's whirling doom. From the depths of the dust devil, Choi stopped his spinning, The storm kept going, but the midget ducked low. As the sand began to spread across the stage harmlessly, he saw Maki began to... radiate a blast of energy. Charging. Or something scary like that.

Nothing Choi couldn't handle.

Even the threats were not even that troublesome. Choi was used to death threats. Especially from women. It was a normal part of his midget life. The little man dug his claws into the board, and sneered at the rush of energy. "Hey, if it signed with my blood... maybe you could seal it with a KISS!" He cackled, shoving himself through the air feet first. While a bit low velocity, he was already falling fast, hopefully catching her legs with a flying kick.

COMBATSYS: Maki endures Choi's Light Kick.

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Choi             0/-------/-----==|=======\===----\1             Maki


"Sealed with a kiss?" Maki shouts as she comes out of her trance. "The Kiss of Death, maybe!" She adds, just before she prepares for herself to take the impact from Choi's kick. As she's hit in the legs, she finds herself losing her balance and preparing to possibly fall over. But this was part of her plan, you see.

As she goes down, she intends to do a forwards somersault, then spin around and attempt to give Choi a tonfa shot from behind.

COMBATSYS: Choi interrupts Deep Strike from Maki with Geketsu Tsuki.

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Choi             0/-------/--=====|=======\======-\1             Maki


And Choi drives right into the woman's legs, attempting to shatter them. Or cripple her. Both were a bit waffly. He just was hoping to start another combination strike. Unfortunately, as he falls to the ground, so did Maki.

But the midget already had his mind set on what he wanted to do. As she spins to unleash her smashing strike, the midget is driving his own claws forward. Her strikes hits... but so does Choi's.

The midget twists a sick grin as he claws lock deep into Maki's abdomen, anchoring him to the woman's body as her tonfa smashes into him. Hard. Very hard. Judging the funny shape and shade the Korean's shoulder was turning, it didn't look like Choi was going to be able to wrench his claws free from her body.

Maki, you ought to help him.

Caught off-guard by that midget, Maki finds herself lying on the ground with Choi's claws in her body. And while she will help him, it's just to get those damned claws out of her body. They hurt like hell, and getting them out hurts a little more. But she does manage to get them out nonetheless, and then she struggles to get back onto her feet. Apparently, being stabbed in the body isn't good for a fighter. She finds she is a little unsteady on her feet, but she manages to get back up nonetheless.

"You can help yourself up," Maki says as she steps backwards a little, trying to regain her breath while trying to not focus on the pain from the claws that just impaled her.

COMBATSYS: Maki focuses on her next action.

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Choi             0/-------/--=====|=======\======-\1             Maki


The little man drops to all fours as Maki pulls free. Maki was in trouble? How about Choi! He wasn't exactly made of steel. He gasped for air, pushing himself up. "Fine. BITCH." The little man spits, making sure he had ALL of his horrible sexist comments taken care of.

And then, the little man staggers. He takes a sharp step forward, then a sharp step back. Waving back and force, it looked apparently he was losing his balance. Choi slips forward, falling face first.

No, wait. He is front flipping.

Into a kick?! Choi falls forward and over, flipping his heel over his head and aiming straight for Maki's face... through the dreaded phantom kick!

COMBATSYS: Choi successfully hits Maki with Toorima Geri.

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Choi             0/-------/--=====|=======\=======\1             Maki


"Bitch?! How dare you!" Maki's now furious with Choi, and now it's obvious she's got a personal vendetta against him. "When I'm done with you, you're gonna think twice about even considering flirting with a woman. In fact, I think you--"

Maki's words are cut off by Choi kicking her in the face. She attempted to move out of the way, but did so the wrong way, and went into the kick instead of away from it. She stumbles backwards, muttering curse words under her breath, and when her hand comes away from her face, there's some blood on it. Now Maki's really pissed. And she's gonna show it in spades too.

An aura of power radiates from her as she rushes towards Choi, attempting to knock him into the air with her tonfa. If it succeeds, Maki plans to keep him aloft with a series of tonfa strikes and kicks, delivered at a fast rate of speed.

COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Choi with Bushin Gou Rai Ha.

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Choi             1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0             Maki


Choi was burning himself out. It was a sad truth. Maki, on the other hand, didn't have such problems. No. As Choi's sneak attack pays out, the blond-haired woman decided to give him a refund. The Tonfa catches the Korean's back, and he is launched into the air...

And with every blow, left there.

Only once Maki stops her assault, does the little man falls down onto the stage with a thundering boom. He stays there, unmoving. He doesn't get up. He doesn't say a word.

He just lays there, mumbling to himself very quietly.

COMBATSYS: Choi takes no action.

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Choi             1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0             Maki


COMBATSYS: Choi has reached second wind!

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Choi             1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0             Maki


"... That's all you got... hussy?"

The little man sits upright, staring straight ahead. The pitter-patter of steel striking wood mutters out as he rolls his claws along the surface of the deck. Choi had a soft smile on his face, like nothing was wrong. His body told a different story. The deep red and blues peppered every point of exposed skin, needless to say of what lied underneath it. But the little man just kept up his smile, turning to look at Maki. With that, he calmly coos so international television could all hear.

"You hit like a Jiro."

Maki is surprised to see that Choi is still going after an assault like that, but given how much guts this guy has to be willing to insult her like that, it's obvious that he's not going down that easily. Nonetheless, Maki continues to watch him warily, not responding to his insults, as she's already angry enough as is. But after a moment, she approaches him warily, and then drops downward a little, while swinging her tonfa upward as she rises, almost like an uppercut using her tonfa!

COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Choi with Genkou.

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Choi             2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|====---\-------\0             Maki


The little man slowly rises up, trying to regain his composure. Unfortunately for him, Maki wasn't wasting this oppotunity to take him out. Her dip to upper cut connects, knocking him high into the air again. However, the midget wasn't out yet.

As he falls back down, the little man does something awful. Horrible. And just plain... mean. Falling back down, he cartwheels like a rag doll, his claws protruding straight out as he attempts to fall right for Maki... and collide with her with claw and midget mass.

But something else was up. A red haze was beginning to drift over the platform. But it seems to be struggling, fighting to get a hold...

COMBATSYS: Choi can no longer fight.

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Maki             0/-------/--=====|


COMBATSYS: Choi successfully hits Maki with Power Strike.

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Maki             0/-------/-======|


...But then, he suddenly recoils as Choi hits the deck hard, collapsing into the darkness.

Too late, too little, it seemed.

Apparently, Maki's getting a bit too arrogant for her own good, since as soon as she sees Choi go down for the count, she turns away to assume a victory pose. That happens to be bad for her, since somehow Choi gets back up and gets her one last time with a surprise attack... no, a really BIG surprise attack. That attack really hurts, it sends more pain into her and causes her to bleed more and more, but somehow, she still manages to get Choi off of her. Nonetheless, she drops to one knee, feeling like she could pass out. But she doesn't, she still has some stamina left in her.

As the officials check on Choi, and then declare him knocked out, Maki gets into a weak victory stance, with cheers coming from the spectators. Some can be heard booing too, since apparently there were some supporters of Choi here.

Nonetheless, Maki turns to look at Choi's unconscious body and say, "You picked the wrong girl to mess with. Next time, I won't be holding anything back! That is, if you think you're capable of taking me on again." And with that, Maki turns to walk off to get treatment for her wounds. She takes a bottle of water from a medical official and begins drinking it. Apparently, fighting can dehydrate you big time. But then again, losing blood can do that too.

Still, let's hope Choi learns his lesson, at least when dealing with Maki Genryuusai. Has he, though? Only time will tell...

COMBATSYS: Maki has ended the fight here.

Log created on 20:31:06 10/23/2008 by Maki, and last modified on 00:28:30 10/24/2008.