Description: Sagat ventures out of hiding to track down ANCIENT THAI RELICS. The only thing in his way: a stiff throw from JUBEI YAMADA.
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THE PAT SAJACK MEMORIAL ORPHANAGE, SOUTHTOWN
JUBEI YAMADA, Master of Judo, is here on CHRISTMAS DAY to teach Judo to underprivileged children. The fact that most of his underprivileged students are teenaged girls is purely coincidental, of course. He finishes throwing one of the young men in the class into a padded wall, then turns and smiles.
"And that is how you perform my signature Nihon Seioi Dash!" he explains. The students kind of stare because it was all over so quickly (that's what she said). Jubei clasps his hands behind his back and walks back and forth on the mat. He's about as tall standing as most of the students are sitting. "I can break it down into component moves for you, but until you can perform it all at once, you'll never be able to pull it off!" A pause. "Excelsior!"
What could possibly interrupt this perfect Christmas Day, here at the Pat Sajack Memorial Orphanage, famous for the massive vaults of priceless Thai relics stored beneath its very floors?!
It was risky for Sagat to leave Thailand, but luckily roaming the rural villages -- and traveling hidden routes commonly frequented by smugglers and terrorists -- put Sagat into contact with a few disreputable sorts, who were more than willing to acquiese to his demands once he nearly beat them to death.
Spirited into Japan by boat, Sagat has kept a low profile -- Shadaloo may have been given reason to be scared of coming into Thailand, but for all he knows the island nation of Nippon is rife with them. Still, if he is to stop living like a beggar, he must lay claim to the relics he once stashed away...
TWENTY YEARS AGO
"But Sagat," the accountant says, "buying an entire building just so serve as your own personal gym? Why not just put a gym in your house? This reckless spending is going to--"
Sagat, younger and with a black crewcut just beginning to bald at the crown of his head, Tiger Uppercuts his accountant.
NOW
Sagat punches the door to the orphanage. "Hello. I am here on business," he says, reaching through the hole he's made and turning the doorknob, before hunching to duck through. "Do not be alarmed and do not speak to me if you value your life."
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Jubei Yamada was already an old man.
NOW
Jubei Yamada is positively ancient.
Even so, he jumps a little in surprise as the massive muay thai master crashes through the ornate and expensive rosewood orphanage door (only the best for Pat Sajack). Swiftly, the little Japanese man turns to face his eternal nemesis-- A TALL PERSON. Then, his eyes widen as he sees WHICH tall person this is.
"Oh shSagat!" he says, recovering quickly and smoothly. "I don't know what brings you here, young man, but I can't let you go around terrifying these poor, underprivileged children!" He drops into a Judo Pose, whatever that is, then rushes towards the towering Tiger Lord. "Not while Jubei Yamada still breathes! Count on it!"
Veiny old man hands reach out for Sagat's middriff, aiming to throw him down to the mat. Because that's how Judo works.
COMBATSYS: Sagat endures Jubei's Fast Throw.
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Sagat sees Jubei rushing toward him, and even though he's by no means a young man anymore, he has no recourse but to give an obnoxious, snorted chuckle at the aged judo master's advance. Sagat rolls with the throw, which is rather difficult because he's a giant. Still, he's nimble enough to not break his neck as he's planted.
Sagat slowly pulls himself up from the ground, his one eye staring down at Jubei. "You get the one," Sagat glowers, dusting himself off dismissively. "Beyond that -- I will get /angry/. As it is, consider this me at my most merciful."
Then, with just that for warning, Sagat's fist pistons downward, aimed for the Demon of Throwing's prodigiously large forehead!
COMBATSYS: Sagat successfully hits Jubei with Jab Punch.
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"You should show more respect to your elders!" Jubei Yamada counters (verbally), attempting to dash nimbly away from the jab punch. Unfortunately he's a creaky old man, and the jab punch gets him right in the ass, right on the left cheek. Normally Jubei enjoys a little cheek play, but Sagat is not a buxom young lass. The Judo Master clasps both hands to his injured buttocks and hops a few more steps away from the larger man, then shoots a glare at Sagat.
"Mercy is a word you don't even understand, Sagat!" Jubei insists. "Allow me to educate you, using this dictionary that I have conveniently found by this bookshelf!" Not /on/ the bookshelf, mind; that space is taken up with trophies and pictures of Jubei making lewd faces between Judo Convention booth babes. Opening the dictionary to the page with 'M', Jubei launches himself forward and up...
With the aim of slamming the book into Sagat's face and bearing him to the ground with the combination of WORDS and WEIGHT.
COMBATSYS: Sagat blocks Jubei's Strong Throw.
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Sagat braces himself as Jubei takes to the sky; he swings his forearms up as the old man's descent begins, letting the book slam into his arms hard enough to snap the spine right in half. Sagat, to his credit, is only knocked a little bit downward, into a slightly doubled-over position.
Rising again, the shamed Emperor of Muay Thai chuckles. "We never met in proper combat during my reign, Yamada -- though I remember /many/ stories from... lesser fighters." Sagat's voice is deep and broad, rendered further distorted by his immutably thick Thai accent.
"The Demon of Throwing, did they call you? Something like that." Sagat now lunges for the old master, arms out. "Now, let me show you a throw of /my own/!" He attempts to scoop Jubei up and simply /hurl/ him over his shoulder carelessly. "TIGUH!"
COMBATSYS: Sagat successfully hits Jubei with Tiger Carry.
- Power hit! -
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Jubei tosses the ruined dictionary away. Meanwhile, the students have scattered to the back of the room, trying to keep out of the way of the vicious fight. A fight which is, so far, rather one-sided. Before the old man can even regain his footing, Sagat is upon him like a Shin Kudo on a passive-aggressive @mail. "Whu--" he grunts in surprise, as the former Emperor grabs him from behind. And faster than you can download someone else's private database, Jubei is flying through the air, then slamming into one of the few unpadded sections of the wall. The wall buckles under the impact of the throw, and the Demon of Judo's mouth is forced open, spattering the mat below with droplets of blood.
It takes him a moment to recover, and the wizened master uses the sleeve of his white gi to wipe away the blood before turning back to Sagat. "Not bad, young man!" he wheezes, dropping back into a Judo stance, hands up and open, clawed towards the opponent. "But if it's a throw-off you want, you've come to the wrong place!" And with that, he zig-zags across the intervening distance at astonishing speed, before dropping to one knee and sliding into Sagat's legs from the side, his own stubby limbs snapping up, then /twisting/ to bring the big man down. "EXCELSIOR!" he cries.
COMBATSYS: Jubei successfully hits Sagat with Ooizuna Otoshi.
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"Ha ha ha," Sagat laughs, a croaking, bellowing laugh, clutching his pectorals tightly as if to restrain his cackle -- until Jubei catches hold of his thick legs and /snaps/ the giant into the ground. Sagat's upturned jaw bounces off of the mat, causing a streamer of drool to spew out of his mouth. "Ugnh! You little troll!"
Sagat pushes himself to his feet once again. "Your /throws/ will not save your ancient hide -- not from the POWER of one who fights with the FEROCITY of a TIGUH!"
Sagat tramples forward, his body hunched, veins pulsing on tense, dense muscle as he snarls at the littler man. He dashes forward, ducking even lower -- and then comes up, orange chi blaring from his fist as he tries to unleash a spinning uppercut into the air. "TIGUHHH!"
COMBATSYS: Jubei fails to interrupt Tiger Blow from Sagat with Tawara Nage.
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Jubei Yamada gets punked, essentially. Wincing slightly and holding his hip as he levers himself back to his feet, the Demon of Judo turns just in time to see an orange fist right in the middle of his face. "WAUGH!" he bravely exclaims.
He attempts to mitigate this orange fist in his face by grabbing it and using the momentum to throw Sagat over his shoulder, but unfortunately all this accomplishes is to anchor the little Judo fighter to Sagat's arm. Blood flies, and there's a nasty crack that is probably Jubei's jaw. "Ugh," he comments, slumping slightly and sliding across the ground on a slowly-congealing trail of blood, which does not seep into the Judo mats.
Sagat could easily let the matter drop here.
Unfortunately, this is Sagat, and what he said about a punch to the face being the most mercy he was capable of was unfortunately true. The cruel fallen Emperor looms over Jubei's form, letting out another loud, nasty laugh. "I see the years have not been kind to you, Yamada," Sagat says, turning away from the fighter and reaching over -- for the bookshelves.
"It is a shame that to get to where I am going, these must be -- moved out of the way," Sagat sneers. "But if you fall so quickly, you do not deserve them, anyway." Sagat grabs the bookcases and pulls them down and away from himself, letting their contents clatter and crash to the floor.
COMBATSYS: Sagat takes no action.
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"Hurrgh... ughn..." Jubei responds, lying face-down on the mat and raising one hand weakly towards Sagat's pilfering bottom. "You won't... ugh... defeat me so easi... ly..." he croaks, levering himself up against the wall and crossing his legs. "Just need a moment to... catch my breath..." he gasps, closing his eyes.
A faint aura surrounds the old master as he gathers his forces, marshalling his strength for what may well be the final blow.
COMBATSYS: Jubei gains composure.
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Sagat turns around. "Oh -- you still have fight left in you?" he raises a giant foot to try and smash his heel into Jubei's head with a vicious stomp. "How thoughtless of me -- allow me to knock you out."
COMBATSYS: Jubei endures Sagat's Strong Kick!
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Sagat's foot slams Jubei Yamada's white-haired head straight through the padded wall mat, then through the drywall, then through the wooden slats, then crushes it into the bricks beyond, which crumble dramatically and buckle outwards. Jubei's arms and legs flail, then are still for a long moment.
Still more time passes, and the old master does not move.
Then, his hands reach up, brace. He pulls his head out of the wall, face ruined, nose and cheekbones broken yet again. The surgery gets cheaper every time; Jubei gets a discount for volume. Bloody teeth, some shattered, show in a grimace of fierce defiance, and the Demon of Judo gets to his feet, weaving only slightly.
"I /told/ you, fallen Emperor of Muay Thai!" he exclaims, putting up his hands one more time. They tremble noticeably. "I will not allow you to succeed... not while the Demon of Judo still breathes! HYAH!"
The wall disappears, replaced with a waving Japanese flag. The red sun burns, backlighting Jubei dramatically as his hands sway through a complex series of poses. "DAINAMAITO!" Fire surrounds his hands, hair writhing about his face like snakes. "IIIIIIIZUNA!" the flames turn from red to gold. "OOOOOOOTOSHI!"
The kanji appears overlaid on the flag, behind Jubei Yamada, as a Japanese reed flute plays a warbling note and traditional blocks are struck one upon the other. Eyes show the indomitable pride of the world's foremost practitioner of Judo, and he springs forward, aiming to grab Sagat about the torso, carry him straight up into the air, then slam him into the ground-- which will, naturally, /explode/. "CHESTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
COMBATSYS: Jubei can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Sagat interrupts Dynamite Izuna Otoshi EX from Jubei with Tiger Rage.
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"Then if you must no longer breathe -- SO BE IT!"
Sagat faces Jubei, spreading his legs and putting his feet down in a hunched, ready stance, his glare unwavering even in the face of the hallucinations Jubei's outpouring of chi causes. He keeps his eye focused solely on Jubei.
Still, Sagat is not fast enough to dodge. Jubei Yamada fixes to his torso, gripping with enough force to knock the air out of the Emperor's lungs. He wheezes as Jubei lifts him, sputtering from the strength of the little man -- but when he is slammed down, he is slammed directly onto his feet, having adjusted while being held aloft. It hurts, but he can manage -- because he keeps Jubei's grip on him, holding the elderly master's arms.
"TIGUH!" Sagat screams, slamming his knee into Jubei's chest. "TIGUH!" And again. "TIGUH! TIGUH! TIGUH!" After five violent surges forward into the old man's sternum, the disgraced world warrior casts him aside, panting. "You -- were foolish, old man. I have -- hff -- I have killed men for less. But I will spare you... after all, you're ancient enough to die soon, anyway."
Sagat then begins pulling away the drywall, massive hands breaking clear through it with the right application of pressure, to get to the secret doorway to his stash.
COMBATSYS: Sagat has ended the fight here.
Jubei Yamada goes flying out through a window and lands in a large woman's cleavage.
THE END
Log created on 15:40:21 12/25/2008 by Sagat, and last modified on 17:31:35 12/25/2008.