Strolheim 2 - Strolheim - Round 1: Team O+ vs Team Bloodshed

Description: The winding paths of the Strolheim Zen Garden are most definitely NOT a peaceful place any longer, for several reasons. The obvious is that there's a fight going on. Flowers are squished, trees are broken, and the poor sand mandala certainly doesn't survive once Choi the Magic Dragon is done with it. Fighters fall one by one... until someone remains victorious! The unobvious would be the seeming tension between teammates. Can Choi overcome being stuffed in a duffel bag by the volatile Yamazaki? Will Alexis actually show up to help her team? Did Naerose REALLY do that well? Find out all this and more! (Winners: Benimaru, Naerose and Alexis)



COMBATSYS: Yamazaki has started a fight here on the right meter side.

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                                 |-------\-------\0         Yamazaki


COMBATSYS: Naerose has joined the fight here.

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Naerose          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0         Yamazaki


COMBATSYS: Spider has joined the fight here on the right meter side.

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Naerose          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0         Yamazaki
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                                 |-------\-------\0           Spider


COMBATSYS: Naerose has left the fight here.

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                                 |-------\-------\0         Yamazaki
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                                 |-------\-------\0           Spider


COMBATSYS: Naerose has joined the fight here on the left meter side.

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Naerose          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0         Yamazaki
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                                 |-------\-------\0           Spider


COMBATSYS: Benimaru has joined the fight here on the left meter side.

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Naerose          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0         Yamazaki
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0           Spider


COMBATSYS: Alexis has joined the fight here on the left meter side.

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Naerose          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0         Yamazaki
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0           Spider
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Choi has joined the fight here on the right meter side.

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Naerose          0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0         Yamazaki
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


Strolheim Castle.

It was a place built on tradition, with expertly carved pillars, designs and all sorts of gothic decorations. Here in this place there would be a great fight, but not conventional, it was the Strolheim tournement. Two teams clash in a battle - but for whatever reason they seem to have decided to shake things up. For one, whose idea was it to give Naerose Delphine a microphone? Perhaps it was Naerose herself, but whomever the official commentator was, or referee, she seems to have turned up her AMP way higher than his. Her voice bellows out,

"Welcome everyone to this main match of the Strolheim Trounement, I'm your sleepy Naerose Delphine, official witch and fight commentator. I admit I err. havn't met my team yet, but I'm sure they'll do their best to bring you the rip roaring good time you've come to expect. In this corner. You have me, Naerose Delphine. In that corner you have.." She eyes her opponent.

"Some fella with his hands in his pockets. We also have .." She reads over an index card, "Alexis LaCoeur, mistress of Gymnastic fighting and .. umm Let me know if I say this wrong, Benimaru Nikaido. On the other side. .. Choi Bounge and someone who calls himself Spider! Lets give everyone a big hand."

Some of the staff are eyeing the red clad woman with half lidded resentment and disbelief. She not only hadn't bothered to show up to the hotel until today, five minutes before the fight, but she also had only briefly spoken to Alexis only, on her team, having thus far failed to attend the team introduction meeting, which she is pretty sure happened at some point.

He crushes a sacred lotus underneath his boot.

"Yamazaki. Ryuji Yamazaki."

Though trees can be easily mistaken for pillars, there's no mistaking the inky black shadow that falls over Naerose Delphine as Yamazaki and his retinue make their way into the Strolheim Zen Gardens. He provides his own name, with very little annoyance that Naerose doesn't have it on hand. That's not really the point, is it? When he speaks, it's in a twisted bile growl perfectly suited to his name, leaving very little room for misinterpretation, but much in the way of distraction.

As stated, his hand is in his pocket, but of more importance is the free hand, locked into a claw so tight that even bystanders could hear the individual joints cracking with the tension as he passes. Despite the obvious iron-on-steel growl and the tension in his hand, his expression is almost faintly amused, his shoulders slumped in relaxation. He is languid, calculated.

See, he's gently and delicately asked Spider to carry the duffel bag for today, because.. he's aching for somethin. And that means he's going to head in first. "Listen, princess," he explains to Naerose calmly.

"I've had it up to here with announcers... are you gonna fight or are you gonna spray on your toy all day?"

As if making the decision for her, Yamazaki's hand will flick out.

If Naerose isn't fast enough, he'll lay a hand on her mic.

And crush the top end while it's still in her hand.

For the record, the feedback distortion will be terrible.

"Princess?! Sweet he called me Princess, did you hear that folks - " Naerose exclaims and then the mic is gone, pulled from her hand by Yamazaki who is mean but.. still there is something she sees, that or she's just fixing her shades for no apparent reason. He's taking her mic away, which is so uncool.

"Hey!" she whines, complaining being the height of her negative emotions. Then well, he sure looks busy with that mic, why not. You know.. Attack.

"Right so Fight!" she exclaims as only means of warning while leaving one hand palm out toward Yamazaki and shouts

"En Criento!"

A white flash, a ball of destructive energy from her palm. . Yes it is a cheap trick to try and get someone when they're not paying attention, but the red clad witch. She figures he started it by taking her mic, right right?

COMBATSYS: Yamazaki endures Naerose's End Creation.

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Naerose          0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0         Yamazaki
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


A very cheap trick.

Thing is, Yamazaki doesn't really need to pay a lot of attention in this case. He's a little busy smashing the microphone into a twisted mass of its component parts in that free hand of his--at the time the blast of destructive energy smashes him well in the chest, driving him back and -- more importantly -- forcing him to drop what was effectively HIS toy now.

Yamazaki likes cheap, though..

"--shit.." he murmurs.

"If you wanted to cut to the chase, princess. You should have just said so!!"

He chambers some killing into his leg, and explodes the entire mass of flesh up until his knee meets his chest, almost knocking the criminal maniac off balance as he looks to empty most of the force in that shoe into Naerose's chin. Shortly followed as he leans back over and tries to smash her into the ground skull-first underneath his boot, by all200 and change pounds of his body weight, force enough to crack the stone cobbled path beneath them.

He likes it cheap. Easy.

And loud.

"Bleed a little.."

COMBATSYS: Yamazaki successfully hits Naerose with Yakiire.

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Naerose          1/------=/=======|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0         Yamazaki
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


Taking a beating like that isn't something a frail witch like Naerose was hoping for or really expecting in the least, but she can jive with it. She doesn't really have a choice after all, he's faster than she is. STill she tries, and that's the important part. She tries to leverage her broomstick against the force of Yamazaki and his incredibly creepiness, because that is where the source of his power probably is. Fitting that Choi is on his team and even as Naerose gets herself pummeled into the ground, she can't help but thing. Yeah, heh, fitting.

"Ugh. Stay back!" she cries, "I have a gum!" and by that she literally means a stick of gum because she pops it into her mouth and blows a bubble as she picks herself up to her feet.

"Man, if you come any closer I swear I'll use it. You want this in your hair?!"

Gripping at strays and not trusting Yamazaki to stay back she flings a flurry of ice darts at him for good measure while retreating.

"Sagitta Minor!"

COMBATSYS: Naerose successfully hits Yamazaki with Sagitta Minor.

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Naerose          1/-----==/=======|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0         Yamazaki
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


Yeah, that's it, the scent... ...that's exactly it.

"THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT!" Yamazaki howls.

Pause. Wh--what the hell?

For a second there, Yamazaki lifts off and backs up when she blows the bubble, wary to an unreal extent. "Oh--what?" What?! He seems to take her seriously, though the twisted dour smirk on his face is hardly changed from only a few moments prior. "What?!"

"Oh, you'd better not!!"

In the face of that, being slung into by wings of ice-darts just serves to distract. And more importantly for Naerose, remind him about someone else who uses ice. Someone he currently owes a huge huge debt to. "....." Blood draws down his shirt as be backs off, trying to fend off the darts with his arms. His pupils contract. "....Lemme tell you somethin about ice."

Yamazaki hardly needs proximity to attack directly. His free hand's knuckles come just shy of dragging across the ground as his arm goes limp, boneless. Swaying. Are you watching closely?

"IT BREAKS!"

Yamazaki's hand snaps across the expanse, crossing anatomically impossible amounts of distance as Yamazaki steps into it, his arm literally a streak as it unloads a fist dead at and into Naerose's throat.

COMBATSYS: Yamazaki successfully hits Naerose with Snake Tamer.

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Naerose          2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0         Yamazaki
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


Benimaru Nikaido, for the most part, was pretty excited about this tournament. Ever since Dynamite Vogue disbanded, he'd been pretty much doing his own thing and keeping low on the fighting radar to.. Let's admit it, wallow in his own self-pity. But word of this tournament had made him decide to give it another shot, despite the high chances he'd have to face Alma Towazu, despite the high chances he'd end up having to 'mentor' someone he hated.

Things worked out, though.. Well. Sort of. Benimaru won't lie, he's really feeling unsure about his teammates, one whom clearly hates his guts, the other whom seems particularly interested in filling her gut. Things are pretty unorganized, but he's going to have to keep his faith in Krauser on this one.. It's not like Benimaru is chummy with the big man, but he does trust his sense of team-making: This can't be a team as incompatible as it first seems... Even if his students did end up blackmailing him in the end.

So there the blonde is now, first staring in horror as the red-hatted witch got her announcer on, then breaking into a bit of a sweat as Yamazki comes forth.. Damn, he should have went with his gut and went first. But Naerose isn't the only spectacle here. Benimaru's there basically in a solid black kilt, with a zebra-print wool shirt and matching headband. As he stands there and watches, his baby-blue eyes grow more narrow, teeth grit, arms crossed, heel tapping the floor and his blood steadily boiling as slender bolts of electrical chi twist around his form.

"Arge!" exclaims Naerose as she is flung back after taking a throat punch and while going back her shades reflect only Yamazaki from their black depths. That hurt and she's in a bad way, but she hasn't had an entirely bad time of all of this, no, not yet, it could have been worse thus far. The witch is shakey on her feet getting up, but she does get up from a ways back and adjusts her shades, using her broom to help get to her feet.

"Heh, I think I'm totally doing my part, but whatever. So .. er you don't like ice huh. That's okay with me. I have something better." The witch grins at Yamazaki with all sorts of blood in her teeth. Wait blood? No .. that's.. Cherry pixie stick?! The horror!.

"If ice breaks, then have some FIRE! Soshite Tsuki Ten, Tuisei Ten Kassei Ten Taiyou Ten Mokusei Ten Dosei Ten Kouse Ten Gendou Ten. . . "

"STAR FALL!"

And true to her word the witch causes the sky .. or ceiling, to rain fire all around her but more specifically all around Yamazaki, or hopefully at Yamazaki. No. Hopefully ON Yamazaki.

COMBATSYS: Yamazaki endures Naerose's Star Fall.

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Naerose          0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|=======\-------\1         Yamazaki
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


Yamazaki puts that bloody hand in his pockets and steps a little closer as Naerose hits the ground, his hair rising in rilled spikes from pure chi--but seeming to do so of its own volition, making him seem like an aggravated hedgehog. "What fun..." He takes another step. "You know, I think your prissy friend over there wants to get in on the action," he notes dourly. "How about you and me.. personal-like. Show em what they're missin'? Show it to me."

YEah, he knows he's beat her like a drum. Show him her best.

"Give it to me."

He frowns.

"STOP YOUR CHATTERING AND GIVE IT TO ME!!" OOAAARGH!!!

Yamazaki disappears underneath the huge storm of force and power that engulfs him, raining blasts from above from all angles, the ground cracking underneath him with the abyssmal force, crumpling him with spectral fire--

/Flaming and bleeding!/ Yamazaki bursts through the curtain without even missing a beat, "SISTER, I BREATHE FIRE!" he snarls, one hand looking just to snatch her up and lift her off the ground. Naerose has good incentive to try and avoid it. The moment he lays a hand on her.. his other hand leaves its pocket, a switchblade clicking open to press against her.

"Only /one/ word has any meaning to me."

COMBATSYS: Naerose parries Yamazaki's Sabaki no Aikuchi!

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Naerose          0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|=======\-------\0         Yamazaki
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


In turn the witch charges forward with a intense look to her shades, her had mysteriously down over her forehead to just hide the expression on her face, her charge brings her onto her broom, using it to take her off the ground and riding over Yamazaki's switch- actually he more like skips off of it, displaying completely accidentally dazzling display of broom control as her short zip through the air brings her only a couple of feet, more like a hop then anything even close to flight, but hey, it gets her past the knife.

"Here have something you can play with. This one is for you..." The witch says at Yamazaki, staring up at him from right in his face, through her shades anyway.

"I'll show you the pain of the universe!" Cries the witch and tries to grab Yamazaki by the collar - if she can - and then if she can pull that off she'll lift him into the air and then summon a localized black stain of cosmic chi, like opening a blackhole right or like a ..

"DARKNESS NOVA!" cries the witch.

COMBATSYS: Yamazaki endures Naerose's Darkness Nova EX.

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Naerose          0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|=======\=------\1         Yamazaki
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


And--Yamazaki doesn't get to play.

Damnit. He elects to blame it on Billy Kane. Yeah. That's the ticket. He was thinking of that bastard, and it threw off his game just enough for her accidental maneuver to get the best of him. It's interesting how his huge frame almost seems to weigh nothing when Naerose flicks him around and over into the blast of black chi, the gangster smashing through it like glass before hitting the ground.

zero-reaction.

He may be bleeding, and battered, almost in as worse a wear as Neerose is at the moment. THe difference between the two.. when Yamazaki peels himself off the ground, he does so with an unreal manner, boneless, sinuous, and altogether uncaring. The pain is intense. He's tasted blood. That's enough.

He walks towards her, inexorable.

For it not to be enough.

See, he's gonna kill everyone here now...

"Hey, listen--"

Yamazaki's fist whips around at Naerose's face, a very small freight train.

"Sit down.." he growls.

Or he's gonna make her his toy.

COMBATSYS: Yamazaki successfully hits Naerose with Strong Punch.
- Power hit! -

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Naerose          1/=======/=======|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|=======\===----\1         Yamazaki
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


When Yamazaki tells you to sit down. You sit down. But you don't shut up. The first thing that happens is she sits down, no wait, the first thing that happens is Yamazaki's fist. Yes Yamazaki's Fist and Naerose's face, the her bottom and the ground. Now if you'ev ever watched the fist of the north stay, you've seen the part(s) where somehting happens, then a delayed reaction later and then the person who got attacked finally gets hit. Well in this case the hitting happens, then Naerose is totally on the ground and like huh, I'm okay? She even says,

"What that didn't hurt, man.. Take this.." Naerose brings both arms out, charges big balls of white chi in either fist then brings them together.

"EN CRIENTO EN!"

The chi flings her back, but further than that the hit setsin, she realizes that she's actually dead. The medics don't have to move, she gets launched out of bounds by her teammates and begins to snore.

COMBATSYS: Naerose can no longer fight.

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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|=======\===----\1         Yamazaki
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                                 |-------\-------\0           Spider


COMBATSYS: Yamazaki blocks Naerose's End Creation End.

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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|=======\====---\1         Yamazaki
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                                 |-------\-------\0           Spider


The Spider stands off to the side, next to the mysterious Team Bloodshed duffel bag. He smirks as he sees hated Naerose go down, inhaling some rich flavor country tobacco, straight from Israel and made with extra high tar. He waits for Yamazaki to go down, not doing anything to prepare aside from breathing poison. It builds character! That's what the grizzled Semite thinks, at least.

Yamazaki is killed right then and there. He died, that day, and they held a fabulous service for him in which nobody but Naerose showed up to eat all the food and leave nothing for anybody else.

In Naerose's mind, anyway.

"YAAAAAAAAAHAhahahahahahahahahah!!!!"

Yamazaki howls laughing as Naerose's explosion goes off on him, forcing the gangster to shield himself with force and a raised arm in the massive thunderclap. But by the time the smoke clears.... Yamazaki's arm is bloodied, but he's still standing. And Naerose... is nowhere to be seen. She almost made him get serious. That thought...

"rgghehe... rrheh..."

He looks around.

".....heheh... eeeheheh.."

He notices the crushed microphone, clearing his throat.

".....heeehEEEehehehe... hahaha..."

"hehehehehe--IT'S NOT FUNNY!!"

Yamazaki suddenly explodes off his feet, jumping away from the arena and right into the sidelines, lighting right into the middle of Benimaru's group, his hands and arms and limbs in general like a maniacal ragdoll lion pouncing right into the middle of those ponces, fists and feet /everywhere/.

He's not really all that concerned about order right now. He's going to get ahold of the first person who presents themselves. It just so happens that the biggest hair in the group belongs to Mr. Metro, and as such is probably going to attract him more, the same way a big fat cockatiel attracts a cat. He's going to get ahold of him, and then he's going to get his hands in him--and then--and then--

it is Yamazaki's solemn and polite intent to start a riot right there.

COMBATSYS: Benimaru endures Yamazaki's ...!!!

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Benimaru         1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0             Choi
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0         Yamazaki
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                                 |-------\-------\0           Spider


Even if Benimaru cries, Yamazaki won't stop.

Even if Benimaru begs, Yamazaki won't stop.

Even if Benimaru runs, Yamazaki won't stop.

Yamazaki will literally sink fingers past clothes and into flesh, picking up O Kilted One and throwing him through a tree bodily--but never actually will /release/ him, just kind of letting momentum tear his fingers free. The tree--an elder, manicured thing--will probably give before Benimaru does--he's tough enough, but if his body doesn't break it, Yamazaki's whip fists will drill through it, tipped by blonde metro sexiness.

"I'M GONNA TEAR THIS TEAM IN HALF!!" he roars, blood welling in his right eye from a burst capillary.

And if he doesn't manage to beat Benimaru through the tree--well, he's just going to have to snap the tree in half and beat the tree through Benimaru--

Hey wait.

That's a good idea.

Let's go with that.

You might feel some slight pressure..

Actually Yamazaki doesn't have to look around very far, Benimaru's the only other person on his team -around- at the moment, and Benimaru didn't notice until now that Alexis still hasn't shown up yet! So he makes the mistake of glancing to the side to notice this, and then double-takes, "Wait, where the hell is-"

Oh wait, that's right Yamazaki is going berserk right now, isn't he? Having tangled with Iori enough times, the model's left with a pretty simple solution.. End this in one strike.

Man, this was -so- not going to be good, he knew what the plan was, and also knew as a result he's going to be out of work for a week or two. Freaking riot-psychos. Beni appears to be caught off-guard, the fists and feet slug at him and it almost sounds like a machine-gun going off! Blood flies from the rapid swipes, and it looks like it's damn near over before the whole thing even starts, Beni's guard nowhere to be seen. Man, he hasn't felt a beating like this in a while and in due time he's hoisted and his carcass is slung at the tree.

It's unfortunate for Yamazaki that that was the exact moment the blond was waiting for, he twirls around in the air, his feet touch the tree as gentle as snow, and then in the blink of an eye, he's gone.

Not that he vanished out of thin air, he's just suddenly -that- fast, a well trained-eye will see the moment before Benimaru's in front of Yamazaki his right hands fingers curled like claws to grasp the gangsters face and forcefully slam him backward onto the ground. He's not gentle about it either, he wants to smash that head down as if he were trying to push him -through- it, while he himself is left in a crouching pose, blonde hair matted against his face in blood, his shirt pretty much torn to tatters, and his kilt? That thing is nowhere to be seen. It's up to you to decide if he looks good in biker shorts or not.

Should he get that hold, the air seems to get a little thicker, and slender blue bolts of electrical chi dance around the hand in question, and a gentle rumble emits from his body, baby-blue eyes maniacly wide and seeming to glow as he grins down to his foe.. "...Yaranaika?" he murmurs, and it's his turn to go into chaos. A blue vortex appears over the fighter, which spits out a tremendous bolt of lightning that strikes the model and of course instantly channels that energy right into his opponent, with an effect that isn't unlike an electrical chair cranked up to full power. Who enjoys their yakuza well-done?

COMBATSYS: Benimaru successfully hits Yamazaki with Electrigger.

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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //                            ]
Alexis           0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0         Yamazaki
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                                 |-------\-------\0           Spider


Yamazaki is momentarily confused as he notices something.

He thought you weren't supposed to wear anything under kilts?

Yamazaki makes bacon out of Benimaru's hide, but in return, Benimaru gets his cat claws latched around his face, pumping his skull back into the rock with a resounding meaty crack that's the sort of thing that people eat as an echo when they're trying not to think about anything at night.

There really is no chance to evade here--and arguably, Yamazaki wouldn't even want to as Benimaru gets ahold of him. It just wouldn't be all that much /fun/ if he couldn't even get a glimpse of this.

Yamazaki's one eye widens inbetween the cracks in Benimaru's fingers as he tastes the chi. It rises the fine hairs on the back of his neck. Is that going to be the way it is, then..?

Yamazaki doesn't in fact make any real sound as the slim man literally electrocutes him. If this were anything close to televised, they'd have to turn down the contrast to keep the bright lights involved in baking Yamazaki's skeleton from giving little kids seizures. He doesn't scream, no. He can't, when his jaw is locked shut beyond his ability to move. Yamazaki is fried, and it's harsh. Really harsh. Every muslce in his body is screwed up by the output, and--

SMACK!!

"CUT THAT SHIT OUT!!"

Yamazaki breaks the connection by smacking Nikaido's hands aside with might enoguh to force his muscles to obey.

He gets up slow, his body literally trailing smoke.

"Shit.." he snarls. "Still gotta finish this.. I'm good. Really."

Is the humor in his /eyes/ boiling?

He doesn't seem to notice.

"LEMME SHOW YA!"

Like a shotgun unloaded point-blank, Yamazaki's bicep goes off, his wrist flicking around in a whipping cross--literally, he tries to whip Benimaru with his still-hot hand, so hard the leather of his fighting glove cracks in the wind, putting bone-crushing force behind that thing.

Yamazaki--stumbles--

"--DAMNIT--"

And falls, chin-first, into the stone, foaming blood--steaming red and boiling thick from the enervation--draining out from the gap in his lower teeth, his arms splayed out bonelessly in every direction, his knees propping him up but doing very little to keep anything but his backside upright. He snorts, choking out words still.

"...kill them, machine. kill them all. gwokhg."

COMBATSYS: Yamazaki can no longer fight.

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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////////]
Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


The Spider squints at Benimaru as Yamazaki gets electrocuted, the reflection of the zapping on his mirrored aviator shades. He steps into the ring as Yamazaki collapses. "Take a break," he says, tossing his cigarette away. He raises his fists, taking Benimaru seriously. Benimaru's already tired, and the Spider is fresh. But then again, Benimaru just took out the Spider's boss in one shot. This is going to be a dangerous fight.

COMBATSYS: Spider focuses on his next action.

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Benimaru         0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////////]
Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


COMBATSYS: Benimaru blocks Yamazaki's Snake Tamer.

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Benimaru         0/-------/-----==|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////////]
Alexis           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Spider


Benimaru is not a kilt master, he doesn't know about that! He's used to more glamorous attire, you know, that get all the girls screaming with glee. Instead he had to whip up something in the span of six hours. ... .. Yes, he takes a long time shopping, shut up. But sure, while it may look like he took out Yamazaki in one hit, look what the hell it did to the -model- in one hit! There's claw marks all over his cheeks, arms and chest, bruises from getting damn near pummled to death and red a-plenty trickling down his body. He looks annoyed that Yamazaki actually manages to go so berserk the Electrigger doesn't take him down for the count, but he is stumbling enough for the shootfighter to read him all too well. There's the temptation to end it with a punch to the face, but suddenly his Beni-sense tingles.. Seems like someone else is ready to fight, and the brutal fist slung his way is met with a just-as-quick backhand, "Tch," just barely redirecting the blow from beating up his body and instead grabbing a little more air. But MOST importantly, Benimaru's other hand meets his hip and he strikes a VOGUE with a cool smile. VOGUE. It'd probably look better if he were less of a mess, mind you.

.. And where the -hell- is Alexis??

Benimaru eyes Spider, and that same backhand remains raised, a gentle, electric glow pulsing from the fist while he rushes forward. As much as he'd like to play around, he's got to end things quickly; in his mind this fight just became a handicap match, no room for error. Once in the Spider's face, his heels kick out to a screeching halt while his arm chops diagonally, sending a wide arc of dazzling electrical chi at his foe!

COMBATSYS: Benimaru successfully hits Spider with Raimei Tou.

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Benimaru         0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Alexis           0/-------/-------|======-\-------\0           Spider


The voltage strikes the Spider in the chest, knocking him backwards. He stumbles back a few steps, smelling burning flesh and looking down at himself. "Not bad..." he mutters, before dashing forward. His steps quickly close the gap, and he grabs at Benimaru's armpit. "Let's see how you deal with /this/," he hisses darkly, attempting to flip Benimaru onto his back.

COMBATSYS: Benimaru interrupts Hymn of Solomon from Spider with Super Inazuma Kick.
- Power hit! -

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Benimaru         0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////                    ]
Alexis           0/-------/-------|=======\======-\1           Spider


Benimaru stands tall, his glowing(?) eyes fixed on Spider and the model looking anything but amused. It's possible he seems a bit insulted since he frowns to the Spider's 'compliment'. In his mind it was much much more than 'not bad', so perhaps he'll have to take things up a notch to get him to see just how awesome he truely is.

Spider grabs the model's armpit, but the very moment that's touched, Benimaru's leg shoots straight up and smashes his foot with obscene force under his chin, a strip of electrical power snapping up from the ground at the exact same time.

Benimaru keeps his leg up in the air briefly, and then lowers it, an almost murderous gleam in his eyes. ".. I don't like being touched like that by men.. Don't do it again."

The Spider is nailed in the jaw, and stumbles backwards, struggling to stand. "Your mouth says no...But your hair says yes," the Spider manages to say, before charging at Benimaru in a sudden flash of speed. He attempts to grab Benimaru in a reverse headlock, before sinking his fingers into his spine with a hard chop. "HYAH!" he cries, blood leaking from his mouth and spraying everywhere.

COMBATSYS: Benimaru dodges Spider's Masechet.

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Benimaru         0/-------/--=====|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////                    ]
Alexis           0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0           Spider


"W... What?" Benimaru manages to spit out, in complete disbelief. There's no way that could have meant what he -thought- that meant but.. What else could it mean? What did Spider -really- mean?? It's enough to knock Benimaru clear out of his emotions of seething hate and frustration, and Spider is close, -very- close to getting the model into a headlock. Beni slips away just barely in time, to instead have himself positioned at the side of the Spider.

His fists raise, and then he lunges forward with a punch right at his foe's head, and assuming that connects, he follows up with a right uppercut, very quick strikes, but hardly lacking in power.

COMBATSYS: Spider blocks Benimaru's Medium Punch.

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Benimaru         0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////                       ]
Alexis           0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0           Spider


The Spider's arm snaps up to block the first punch. The Spider pivots and turns to face Benimaru, knocking the uppercut aside with his other arm. He grunts as he blocks each, his forearms sore from the effort. Benimaru hits /hard/.

The Spider doesn't have much time left. His only choice is to wound his opponent enough for Choi to finish. Yeah, right. Choi finishing. The Spider can only hope he regains consciousness before Yamazaki, or bad things are going to happen.

The Spider's hand snaps out at Benimaru's face, as he attempts to roughly jab his thumb into Benimaru's right, and hopefully dominant, eye.

Meanwhile, the small duffle bag by the sidelines shakes. Then rustles. Then wriggles. And then, something pops out with a very loud gasp. The thing is... not human. It could not be human. If it was human, then it... well, it would probably be something that Yamazaki was involved with. It looked very much like a tiny green dragon suit, with a long snout. But it was shiny, as if it was coated with a vinyl sheen.

"HuuuuuuHEEEZE!" The creature cried, long metallic claws poking out. "Yamazaki, buddy boy, seriously, um, I mean, Master, when are you going to, unleash me?" The beast looks around, googly rattling with every moment. "Spider? I thought you were supposed to-" Then, the whole head snaps towards the collapsed Yamazaki.

"Oh, Hell, the bastard ditched the plan, didn't he. SON OF A BITCH."

COMBATSYS: Benimaru interrupts Quick Punch from Spider with Raijin Ken.

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Benimaru         0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //                            ]
Alexis           0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1           Spider


To Benimaru, Spider seems to have a pretty unusual fighting style.. As much as he'd like to continue checking it out and figure out what the hell is going on with that he.. Really doesn't have enough time. He knows he has one opponent left, and he's got to get rid of Spider as soon as possible. Lucky for him the next attack is one that's easy to read. Benimaru's tatters raise a bit as the slender bolts of electricity race around his body again..

In the moment of time it takes for Spider to raise his hand and thrust the palm forward with his thumb extended, Benimaru has created a small orb of condensed electrical power, clutches it, whipped it at his opponents face and then crushed it, releaseing a powerful burst of electrical power that sends his hair and his opponent whipping backward from the force. (as well as took out a good amount of 'umph' behind the attack).

It didn't completely fail though, the model has one eye closed and a red welt diagonally across the lid. Benimaru slouches forward a touch, panting heavily and sets his hands on his knees.

The Spider gets struck in the face by the electricity, stumbling forward into Benimaru. Blinded and in total agonizing pain, the Spider growls and grasps at Benimaru's arm. If he gets a grip, he locks it, then smashes it with his other hand. At this point, succeed or fail, he passes out from pain and disorientation. Or shock.

COMBATSYS: Spider can no longer fight.

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Benimaru         0/-------/-======|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Alexis           0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Benimaru interrupts Barak Zev from Spider with Quick Throw.

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Benimaru         1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Alexis           0/-------/-------|


Benimaru was pretty sure that Spider was done for.. But no, he does manage to get back up and deliver a final strike to the prettyboy model. Heck he even has the gall to go and grab his arm again, which instantly causes his eyes to widen a again and make him- Well, not furious, but very annoyed! It seems to be locked in place, and he even smashes down on it but at the moment of impact Benimaru seems to break that lock, grip Spiders face and slam him down onto the ground, "I SAID NOT TO DO THAT!!" he roars, picking him back up and slings his unconscious body over toward Yamazaki. Seeming to have caught his second wind then, despite having expeded all this energy, his gaze locks right onto Choi as if dareing him to make the first move. However he isn't looking all that tough when he suddenly slouches forward, holding his eye.

The dragon-man squirms out of the bag as Spider gets knocked down all nasty like. Looking back at Benimaru, the creature suddenly juts his palm forward, opening it's maw wide. From the depths of the mouth, was a pair of little black glasses delicately placed on the face of Choi. The midget looks out, grinning like a cat. "HAH! So psycho is actually dead! Great job, babe!" The Korean coos, dropping his maw back into place. The rest of the dragon comes on, showing that the outfit is, in fact, skin tight, with scale patterns on it. At the rear, a long stuffed tail sticks out.

Choi flashes his claws, swiping at the air. "Now, listen toots. I am grateful for shanking psychofoam there. So how about a little reward?" The dragon man does a gentle pelvic thrust at the direction of Benimaru, showing every nook, every contour of the vinyl outfit. "See, I thought Yamazaki was a moron for forcing me into this. But of course, the benefit ~for the ladies~ can't be denied, eh toots?"

The little dragon flattens his claws straight out, slashing the air real quick. "Now, baby, time to brace yourself, cause the name is Puff, and I'm going to be YOUR magic dragon!" With a short running leap, the midget shoots through the air, curled up into a tight ball. Spinning through the air, he attempts to charge not just in the chest of Benimaru, but up and over into the air.

Since lightning avoids things high in the air!

Alexis is here! She's been here the whole entire time! Issue is, the gymnast hasn't decided whether she wants to fight with Benimaru, or high-tail it back to Southtown.
Fact: She really doesn't want to fight on a team with Benimaru. That's what's been driving her crazy since she ran into him here and found out /he/ was the one that was supposed to be mentoring her. She already /has/ a model for a mentor, and she's extremely loyal on that front. Besides, Benimaru kind've struck her as a creep.
So, here she is, hiding up in a very tall tree, looking down at the fight below. 'course, she hasn't really been paying /that/ much attention to things because, well, she's still undecided as to whether she's going to join in or not and therefore, she's not aware that the witch revealed her identity.
Fact: Benimaru actually /did/ show up in a skirt. Not exactly the outfit the petite blonde was hoping for, but it's not like she and Naerose actually specified what he was to wear. Next time, she'll totally make sure the note says 'wear pink or else!'. Hmm. That's actually a really good idea for next time. That and pigtails.
Anything to humiliate him, right?
Right.
Biting on her lip as she continues to contemplate the issue, she peeks down again. She /really/ hopes Benimaru can hold out and finish the fight without her help. Then she can point out that she's not really needed, go back to Southtown, back to classes, back to her Olympic training, and back to everyone that's important to her.

COMBATSYS: Benimaru blocks Choi's Hien Zan.

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Benimaru         1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Alexis           0/-------/-------|


Benimaru is used to it. He gets it a lot.

So there comes a point where he isn't driven into a homicidal rage anymore when his gender is mistaken, but on the other hand this Choi fellow. This one he for sure does -not- want to keep the wrong idea for much longer! His antics hasn't escaped the models eyes, he -does- keep up with most fight events after all. "Wh.. What?" he replies, appearing to be caught off-guard and thrown into an emotional loop! This saves Choi from getting possibly obliterated by another dazzling display of chi. Intead Benimaru's arms sort of cross in front of him and upon impact he pushes himself away since he wasn't certain he could redirect an entire body! ".. Wh- Why are you dressed like that?" he asks, "And what are you even talking about it looks creepy and -ugly-!"

All right, time to keep moving, once Choi is back on his feet, he now has to deal with Benimaru rushing at him, but this time it isn't with anything fancy- his showboating is on hold for a moment until he can get a little more pumped up.. A fast kick is thrown at the smaller mans shoulder. "And most importantly, I'm a -man-, do I look like a woman to you??" Don't answer that.

COMBATSYS: Benimaru successfully hits Choi with Light Kick.

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Benimaru         1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Alexis           0/-------/-------|


A man? It was not impossible, Choi considers as he breaks from his aerial roll. Benimaru didn't necessarily look like a buxom female. He... or she, could have been cursed with the 'ambiguous' attributes. Or, as Choi put it, either looking like a pretty boy or a cute lesbian. On one hand, the former would say what Benimaru was talking about. On the OTHER hand, so did many lesbians. Or girls who suddenly came in touch with their lesbian side when Choi appeared on the scene. Naturally, Choi would have to apply a more empirical-

Whoops! Kicked in the shoulder!

The midget dragoon squeals as his downward descent gets interrupted by a solid, singular kick. He shoots back up, and then right back down, smashing into the ground with a grunt. "Whoa, hey, I was just thinking that!" Choi spouts, struggling up before bounding into a roll. "But you know, I've heard that story from too many girls. So lets ~test~ this, hey baby?!" Picking up speed with his tumble, the midget aims to shoot right between the legs of Benimaru, and underneath his kilt. If he should make it, he would shoot his claws straight up into whatever presents he keeps underneath his dress, and make the final judgement there.

As probably did many men before, HUH Benimaru.

COMBATSYS: Benimaru blocks Choi's Geketsu Tsuki.

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Benimaru         1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Alexis           0/-------/-------|


Benimaru senses a disturbance in the force.. Is it that he's realized that Alexis is nearby after all! No, he doesn't know that, at least not just yet. That tingling in his head's probably the lingering results of Yamazaki's earlier beatdown and hell, Choi is a fast little booger. ".. You've got to be kidding me," is really as he can say to Choi's stubborness.

At least he somehow knew that Choi was going to go for the tattered remains of his kilt, it allows Benimaru to get into action quickly and bring an end to this madness.. Hopefully. The criminal lacky is in position, and Benimaru for some reason pushes down at his kilt with one hand, clacks his knees togeather and cries 'No!!' as Choi rockets upward. You can see the shoujo bubbles at the moment but I swear Benimaru was yelling in concern for his benis and nothing else!

The model's hand slams down onto the claws, which break into his skin pretty well, but at least he can push himself back to fall onto his back, flip smoothly, and get to his feet again while enduring the intense pain after that pretty stupid way to block. "Nghh.. Idiot!" he grumbles, and the electric charge builds up one more time, dancing around his shoulders and then toward his arms as he sprints forward and tries to clutch his uninjured hand by his throat and squeeze.. If Choi's not quick enough to get free, there's a much shorter charge of electrical chi pumped into the maniac, enveloping his body briefly in a serene, blue wave. "Are you trying to get me killed??"

COMBATSYS: Choi blocks Benimaru's Benimaru Collider.

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Benimaru         1/----===/=======|====---\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Alexis           0/-------/-------|


Well, there was a good thing for Benimaru. Choi didn't think he was a hot lesbian anymore.

If only by a technicality.

The brief glimpse of Benimaru's bitty benis and balls was more than enough for Choi. His claws deflected, the Korean simply snarls.

"Jeeze, Buddy boy. Seriously, what is wrong with you?" The latex body-suit clad midget states. I mean, am I the only NON-freak here? Short of Spider. And..." Bringing his claws and arms close together to push back the snatching Beni, he looks aside to the fair young lady over to the side. There was one person. And there was the red haired witch. And that left Benimaru. Red was KO'd, or something. That left the little piece over there.

Choi's little imagination began to erupt.

Electrical energy suddenly shot over Choi, knocking him back into the real world. Squeaking loudly, the little man snapped into a rapid spin. Whirling in place like a top, he began to fly up-up-up! And while flying up, he was aiming to take Benimaru with him, shredding his skin AND his body with not only his claws, but with the last shreds of electrical energy still coursing through him.

And then, the Gymnast!

COMBATSYS: Benimaru parries Choi's Tatsumaki Shippuu Zan!

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Benimaru         1/--=====/=======|====---\-------\0             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Alexis           0/-------/-------|


".. Nngh.." He doesn't need this, he -really- doesn't need this right now. While it may be a pleasent turn from the brutal violence only minutes ago, Benimaru just has better things to do that be rediculed by a midget running around in a dragon costume. He'd spit something back at him but this is one of those situations where it's just lose-lose no matter what he does. With one minor exception.

Choi is spinning like a top, a human tornado he is, but while he may be fast, the model proves himself to be faster, finding enough in him to show off by slapping the very tips of Chois claws while backing away to make him spin faster than he originally intended. It probably doesn't mean squat to the korean but hey, Benimaru thought it looked cool and that's all that matters in the end.

After that Benimaru scoots a few steps back, and at the snap of a finger his entire body is enveloped in his delicious chi.. "As if you have any right to call me a freak... I'll make you pay for that a thousand times over.." The wave of blue steadily shifts into a wave of violet and then a Benimaru shaped burst of chi goes flying forward with its fist extended to slug Choi in the chin, enveloping him as well should it connect.

"Someone as beautiful as I am..."

Another projectile rips forward with its leg extended to kick the man in the gut. Then a third with a right hook, and finally Benimaru himself sprints forward to finalize the combination with a fierce uppercut to the job. "I sentence you to death by Gen'ei Hurricane, you bastard!"

COMBATSYS: Benimaru successfully hits Choi with Gen'ei Hurricane EX.

[                       \\\\\\\  < >  ///////////                   ]
Benimaru         0/-------/---====|=======\===----\1             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Alexis           0/-------/-------|


Choi's Choinado shoots right up in the air. Unfortunately, it does so alone. Such torments are not tossed about softly. As he hurts Beni's beautifuliness with his own words, the pretty man decides to play duck hunt with the dragon's body. The first punch catches Choi hard. That wasn't the nasty part, but Choi knew what was coming. He focused real hard, imagining the next part of the fight.

Yes. Alexis. The gymnast. With the curly hair. And a bikini-top. And like a beautiful butterfly. An angel in the tree! That kick wasn't a kick. It was a giggling teenage girl rubbing oil on his tummy. The tingle in his spine? That was the romance. And the final uppercut wasn't an up- actually, it was. Crap. But by the time Choi was knocked back in the real world, there was only one thing important to the midget.

He was still standing.

The strikes didn't do much but leave significant internal injuries. But the energy was another story. The entire suit was destroyed EXCEPT where it counted. That meant a subtle hulk-pants line of biker shorts around his pelvis and upper thighs. Everything else? Completely nude, and covered with rich shades of black, blue, and red. Falling on his back, he bounced right back on his feet. "HOOOOOAAAAAAAHEEEEEE! Need to try hard than THAT, pretty boy!" The midget screamed, winding back a single claw, scurrying across the floor at rapid speeds to unleash... a jab. With a single claw.

Right for his well-toned abs.

COMBATSYS: Choi successfully hits Benimaru with Quick Strike.

[                         \\\\\  < >  ////////////                  ]
Benimaru         0/-------/--=====|=======\===----\1             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Alexis           0/-------/-------|


"... Oh dear GOD!" is all Benimaru can say. His greatest, flashiest, most magnificent technique has BETRAYED him! The model raises a hand to his eyes and groans, head turning away and just.. Jesus! Why! While not necessarily traumatized for life, Choi has managed to throw Benimaru completely off his game and seems to be wide open for his blazing attack! Which.. For the most part he is true, the claws jab quickly at Benimaru's abs and he grunts.

.........

Benimaru uncovers his eyes, looks at the red poke-marks on his stomach and then just frowns at Choi, shoulders heaving and the fatigue setting in again. "All right enough is enough." Benimaru attempts to grab the top of Choi's head and push it downward while driving his knee upward, not once, not twice, but thrice! And once done there, both hands grasp the sides of his skull and he twists around to throw him off to the K.O.'d fighters pile.

COMBATSYS: Choi parries Benimaru's Medium Throw!

[                         \\\\\  < >  ////////////                  ]
Benimaru         0/-------/--=====|=======\====---\1             Choi
[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  <
Alexis           0/-------/-------|


Choi's jabbing strike wasn't really supposed to take Benimaru out. Honest. It was more of a morale booster, really. Right now, the entire team's standing rested on his shoulders. It was just like fighting for Kim. Except instead of Kim, it was some maniacal sociopath with penchant for both violent mood swings and cruel acts of psychological and physical torture.

So EXACTLY like fighting for Kim.

This realization overcame Choi like a flash. As Benimaru's hands reach out to clutch his soft, smooth head, the midget does the unthinkable. He PUSHES Benimaru's arms aside. Worse yet, he steps into the Japanese's man's(?) personal space bubble. And then, the Korean sneers loudly.

"You're right."

"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH."

Immediately, Choi begins began hacking like a mad man on mad pills in a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad world. Broad slashes, high hacks, spinning jabs, all the works! He even snuck in some short kicks. Finally, he front-flipped into a kick, and to finish it all off, he began to backflip into a aerial kick, aiming that last smash right into the jawbone of Benimaru.

CHOITASTIC!

COMBATSYS: Benimaru fails to interrupt Hou'ou Kyaku EX from Choi with Raijin Ken.

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Benimaru         0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0             Choi
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Alexis           0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Benimaru can no longer fight.

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Alexis           0/-------/-------|====---\-------\0             Choi


And who does Choi think he is, getting all cocky like that? It would appear that Benimaru has once again failed to show his opponents just how amazing he actually is. Tch! Only one thing left to do, of course, and that's to end it for -real- this time. Perhaps it's the selfish part of Benimaru in him, but if Choi gets in a lucky hit Benimaru's finished. He's got to take down Choi with him!

And hell he's already scratched up like crazy, whats a few more, right? So as Choi goes into his frenzy, Benimaru is letting loose with his electrical talents yet -again-, one arm raised to rather half-heartedly defend against the attacks while waiting for that critical moment to blast him clear across the fighting ground!

The bad news is, after that kick in the jawbone, his concentration was thrown of completely. Blood flies out of his mouth, he staggers backward, collases to the floor. Oh, sure, there's that moment where he starts to sit up, but his body just gives and he stares up at the sky. "... D- Damn. So close. I was so close.. I can't believe this."

Rip N' Tear! Rip N' Tear! Choi goes into a blood frenzy- Yes! THE blood frenzy that the group was founded on. Yamazaki, if he was still awake, would be proud on how Choi is being a cutting fiend! And when his strike lands true... Benimaru has gone down!

Not in THAT way, perverts.

The midget lands deftly, bouncing slightly before balancing himself upright with his claws. He was taking long, hard breaths. Oh, not because he was tired. It was because he was turning around, and looking at the sweet little butterfly up in the tree. "Weeeeeelll weelllll wellll.... Hello there... toots!" The midget begins, continuing his long breaths. "Baaaaaabeeeee... come down to plaaaaAAAA-aaaaaay..."

COMBATSYS: Choi gains composure.

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Alexis           0/-------/-------|===----\-------\0             Choi


So, up in the tree Alexis has sat. She's fairly certain she's been spotted by now, but she's not moving. Nope! She's going to stay in this tree until Benimaru wins the match, just to prove to him that he and Naerose will be just peachy without her! See? She's totally not needed! Those two can go on to win the tournament, and she can just go home... or head to exotic places to watch her favorite wrestler fight.
But then... Benimaru is /out/?!? He failed?!?! How could he do this to her?!? That's just... it's /so/ not fair!
"DANGIT!"
Then again, she could always just leave...
... but she's not doing this for Benimaru. Or Naerose for that matter.
She's here to prove herself. To see if she's got what it takes to make it in the world of fighting. To make Domino proud of her. These reasons are enough to have her drop out of the tree.
Just before she's about to swing down, she spies who she's got to go up against. Oh, she may not know the guy personally... but she's heard stories. Not /good/ stories either. "G-god! Quit being such a pervert and like, put on clothes or something!"
Hands set to the branch she was sitting on, so that she can stabilize herself as she swings herself back and forth. Suddenly, she's flipping off of the branch, tossing herself into an aerial spin. As she descends, the cape about her body is flung off so that it drapes delicately upon a lower branch just as she whips her foot at the small man's forehead.

COMBATSYS: Alexis successfully hits Choi with Tour Jete.
Glancing Blow

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Alexis           0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0             Choi


Choi, waiting for the oncoming girl, does what he does best. Giggling, and click his claws. Like some tricky lobster man. Now, surprising enough, he actually agrees with this new blond female somewhat. Choi really wanted to wear clothing for this. I mean, really badly. However, Yamazaki forced him into the latex suit, and, well, there wasn't much room for other clothing. That made the biker shorts suck for everyone, yes. But think of poor Choi. He was SWEATING like a PORKER in that thing. Right now, Choi wanted nothing more than his hat of pornographic tricks and a good gi. Yes. A gi. HEAR THAT CHAE LIM. CHOI WOULD RATHER WEAR KIM CLOTHING THAN BE NAKED.

*Totally buying off the beat down Choi is going to get from the Kim fangirls*

Anyways, the midget watches her swing around. And around. Choi began to withdraw inward at the mental images of OTHER ways she might swing. Young high-school girls. Always into experim- NO! Focus Choi! If you lose, Yamazaki will lock you in his duffle bag and drag you behind Spider's motorcycle. The midget quickly sidesteps the girl's nimble kick, but falls short. The foot pounds into his shoulder, which gives away into a spin. The midget spins back and around, tumbling away from Alexis. And then, with just as much force, he stumbles back up, charging right for the girl in a cyclonic spin. Blue energy coursing through his claws, the little man just whirled like a top, attempting to clear the ground lost laterally with an blitzing spinning strike. Of course, the attack might leave him open. But that girl had clothing and skin to cut to shreds, garsh darn it!

COMBATSYS: Alexis blocks Choi's Tatsumaki Shippuu Zan.

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Alexis           0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0             Choi


Remember how she's heard stories? Well, Alexis is no slouch in the department of watching televised fights -- she's seen pretty much every Neo League match and Saturday Night Fight that she can get her hands on. Not just the ones of those she goes all squeeing in fangirl delight over either. She's an absolute fight fanatic! While she knows that getting out of the way is the best tactic when it comes to Choi, she also realizes that getting out of the way could wind up being Very Bad(tm).
Instead of tumbling into a side roll, she watches the whirling dervish of man as she tries to calculate where the clawing strike is going to lash out from. Three... two...
... and a simple twist to the side with her arm put up to shield the rest of her body does the trick!
Too bad it still hurt like heck.
With tiny threads of blood trickling down her arm, the gymnast pivots away from him. The mask she wears does a lot to hide the pain in her expression, but it's not doing much to hide the anger in her eyes. She may not be a model, but she definitely prides herself on looking good. The pivot does more than just allow her to get away to inspect her arm, for as she moves her left leg extends behind her. A sharp turn of her body sees her coming back toward Choi, her extended leg cracking out toward him as it cuts through the air with a sound reminiscent of a whip.

COMBATSYS: Alexis successfully hits Choi with Petite Fouette.

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Alexis           0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0             Choi


Looking good and being female are a bad combination of traits when Choi was involved. However, Alexis did choose wisely. Her arms, while rend asunder, were a better target than her clothing! And even more intelligent was her counter-attack. Choi looked at her fac- no, her mask, and got a twisted look over his face.

That look is frozen when the crack rips through the air. Choi immediately stops his spinning, and tries to throw himself back. However, the momentum was too much, and the girl was too fast. In the end, the midget is struck soundly in the chest, and is sent flying back.

The midget stops his skid quickly, and Choi immediately starts stomping back. He was losing a great deal of initiative in this fight as well. Benimaru was a lucky break, but this... well, he would need more luck now. She was fast: Very Fast. Picking up speed, the midget tumbled forward, keeping low. As he approached Alexis, he leapt straight up in the air, arcing his leg around to a quick heel-kick. "Surprise, toots!" Was the cry as he attempted to drive his point right into her chest.

COMBATSYS: Alexis dodges Choi's Light Kick.

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Alexis           0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0             Choi


Surprise? Being an aerial-type person herself, she's no stranger to watching people leap, bounce and flip around while she's standing relatively still. That type of stuff doesn't phase her really, she's been a gymnast for almost her entire life. Well, that, and she's learnt to keep an eye on people she's fighting. Sometimes people can be very tricksy.
Leg arcing toward her, Alexis agilely drops into a backsault. The result of which actually has her landing in an artfully graceful splits. She's not down for very long, her hands pushing against the ground in order to flip her body upward. Executing a double aerial somersault, she twists her body so that her fist can come down on a collision course with Choi's head.
"Surprise, yourself!"

COMBATSYS: Alexis successfully hits Choi with Quick Punch.

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Alexis           0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0             Choi


Well, CHOI was certainly SURPRISED!

His shift-up to mix her up failed. Worse than that, she actually hit back. The midget squeals as he is knocked on his back, a fresh new bruise swelling upon his forehead. "AAAARCHHHHHeeeee" The little man moans, rubbing his forehead. "You little twit! Why can't you just be cute and quiet as I CUT YOU!!!"

That last bit knocks him right back up, claws ripping high overhead. Bringing all his weight down, he slams his claws downward, attempting to rake both across Alexis's body with a long, slow slice.

COMBATSYS: Choi successfully hits Alexis with Power Strike.

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


Cute she has no trouble being. Quiet though? That's not really Alexis' cup of tea! "Duh! 'cuz it's annoying you?" Rolling her peridot eyes behind the mask, the gymnast does her best to flip out of the way when he comes in. This is where things turn Very Bad(tm).
The claws rend through the flesh on her body, leaving extremely long trails of red in their wake. Even though teeth are being clenched tightly, it's not enough to stop the very girlish whimper of pain from escaping. Were this not an /important/ fight, there would very likely be tears in her eyes at this point... but she's doing her best not to seem wussy or cry out with a loud yelp.
She does begin to back away from him. Those claws are dangerous, so getting herself a good distance away is the best thing she can do right now -- that, and the more steps back she takes, the harder it will be for him to see her hurting. Once she's far enough back, she wipes the blood from her body, leaving a path of bloody finger marks crosssectioning where the cuts are. So not good.
Needing to get her mind back into the game, she begins to somersault forward. She makes it seem effortless, graceful and quite easy. Happy she is, to be tumbling along like this. Each rolling rotation of her body brings her closer to the small man. At the last 'sault before she's bowling into him, her foot sweeps outward as she attempts to surprise him once more and knock him off balance.

COMBATSYS: Alexis successfully hits Choi with Tumbling Pass.

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


Choi's counter slash lands true, giving the midget some momentum. Not a great deal of momentum, but at least some. However, there was something worse that was brewing. While he was stacking the blows, he was getting burned out. Well, that didn't make sense. The simple attacks were supposed to regenerate him! Not the case, it seemed, because when she comes bowling over, Choi doesn't get out of the way. Why not? Well, the answer was simply.

Choi never knew what to do with a woman more limber than him.

The midget is tumbled over, his thoughts scattering around him. Finding it almost impossible to focus, he tries to put something together, ANYTHING together.

And then it hits him.

Before Alexis could get out of his whirlwind, he thinks hard, focuses hard. 17 year old girl. Limber. Gymnast. Come on little Choi, bring the next wave! The midget shot up, spinning wildly. Blasting through the branches of the trees came wave after wave of bright blue energy, blowing with the wind. Leaves and dust were sucked clean up as a massive whirlwind erupted from the spot Choi was. The maelstrom howled as it tried to drag Alexis in. But darkness was consuming Choi, and through the storm, he peered through, looking at the tiny butt of the young lady...

COMBATSYS: Choi can no longer fight.

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... Before passing out, the storm carrying him away in the cyclonic death

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

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Alexis           0/-------/=======|


Wow.
Just... wow.
Alexis has never known anyone to stand still while she just flips and tumbles around. Especially the way she has been moving! It's enough to tire her out early on, but dangit! She's just got to put the pervy near naked guy in his place. And that place is nowhere near her!
That really doesn't make her any less surprised though.
Pieces of the garden seem to tear up when the wild-spinning-midget-pervert goes airborne, causing a near tornado of debris to form where he was. She tilts her head, not quite sure what he's attempting to do.
Then it clicks.
It doesn't matter /what/ he's trying to do. All that matters in this case is that she gets /away/ from whatever he's trying to do. Thus, she leaps into a backhandspring, twirls and hops up to grab her cape, and scurries off toward where the rest of her 'team' is situated.
(Ugh. Benimaru... on her team?)
Once Choi falls, to what could very well be his death, she sticks around just long enough to ensure that he's not about to get back up. Then she does the unthinkable. She turns toward the still conscious Benimaru and lashes out with a kick. Not anything hard, but enough to make a point.
"JERK!"
With that said, the little gymnast scurries through the garden, back toward the castle so that she can get to her room and tend to her bloody wounds before any of that debris gets in them.

COMBATSYS: Alexis has ended the fight here.

Log created on 18:40:02 11/16/2008 by Alexis, and last modified on 13:45:27 11/20/2008.