Description: From Metro City to India, a scourge and a saint of Metro City collide in Neo League combat!
India, a truly exotic place and always a popular tourist site in Asia, with many landmarks to see and many people to meet. And naturally, it's also a prime spot for a Neo League battle when it comes to one of the many places to choose from. The setting is the middle of a small town, where a fighting area has been set up, while locals gather to watch the upcoming battle between the two fighters who are going to be having at it between the two of them today.
One of those fighters happens to be the heroine of Metro City, Maki Genryusai. Blonde, beautiful, and bashful... as in bashing your brains out if you get too personal with her! With her tonfa and her Bushin skills, Maki is one person you do not want to mess with. The fighter stands at her end of the area, lightly warming up before the battle begins.
India -- what with its Darjeeling Limiteds and its Slumdog Millionaires and its Van Wilder: The Rise of Tajs, quite a cultural hotspot, its glamorous exoticism enticing many and sundry Westerners. And even though she is herself Asian, Poison is no exception. For her trip to India for the Neo League, the career criminal turned pro wrestling valet turned career criminal has decided to truly go all out --
-- which can be intuited from the music picking up, played by a live band that marches toward the fighting arena, flocked and followed by a troupe of dancing girls in traditional saris and glittering jewelry, their moves choreographed to Bollywood perfection. And as they split apart upon reaching the edge of the arena, they reveal Poison.
Forgoing her usual never-nude cutoffs for an electric pink sari embroidered with gold thread and a king's ransom in gold jewelry, Poison's pink hair is tied back into an elaborate bun. She looks like some sort of cross between 'movie star' and 'cotton candy,' and she sashays with outstretched arms, doing some hip-shaking cruciform dance moves as she enters the arena and the music dies down. "Hey there," she says over to Maki, winking. "Ready to bleed?"
COMBATSYS: Poison has started a fight here.
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As soon as Maki sees who her opponent is, she simply shakes her head and sighs in disgust. "I never knew the Mad Gears were willing to participate in the Neo League. But then again, you and your cohorts will do just about anything to make a name for yourselves." She rolls her neck around a few times and then does a few light jumps to get the blood flowing in her, before assuming her fighting stance. "I'm ready when you are!"
COMBATSYS: Maki has joined the fight here.
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Poison 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
"Mad Gear's got a name, honey," Poison says with a wry grin. "This gig's all about the money." Poison cracks her knuckles, which are covered gold rings; knowing her, the rationale was that it could be the next best thing to brass knuckles. "Sorry that you had to come all the way out from Metro City just to get wrecked," she says in a voice that clearly indicates she is not really sorry.
Poison smooths her sari -- but as it turns out, the gesture is more than what it seems, as she slides a concealed switchblade out of her top and flicks it open. Before she can even call attention to it, the knife is already out of her hand, hurled toward Maki's shoulder. "Hyah!"
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Poison's Knife Throw.
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Poison 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
"Concealed weapons, typical," Maki mutters to herself as she sees Poison produce the concealed weapon from her sari. With a swift move of her arm, Maki brings her tonfa up to deflect the switchblade away, but it does catch one of her knuckles. However, it's so minor that it should stop bleeding in less than a minute or two. Shaking her head as the blade drops to the ground, Maki turns to face Poison.
"Sorry, Poison, but I'm afraid I don't let people wreck me that easily." She says with a scowl. "I hope that sari didn't cost you too much, since it's likely to be a mess when I'm done with you!" And with that, Maki rushes directly at Poison, suddenly shifting mid-dash into a flying kick that heads directly at the pink-haired Mad Gear woman!
COMBATSYS: Poison blocks Maki's Hassou Kyaku.
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Poison 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Maki
Poison locks her forearms together and swings -- she catches the kick to the arms, but this is preferable to a kick to the head. Knocked backward a step or two, Poison catches herself and brings her arms back to bear in a kinda-sorta boxing stance. "Hey," she replies, "it's not /me/ footing the bill. Ha!"
Surprisingly agile in the traditional garment (this should shock no one -- she's always fighting in high heels /anyway/), Poison rushes forward, hoping to catch Maki as she touches down with a jab to the sternum. "Gonna have to try harder than /that/ when Haggar's not around to watch your back!"
COMBATSYS: Poison successfully hits Maki with Quick Strike.
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Poison 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Maki
"I don't need Haggar to watch my-- OWW!" Maki is abruptly interrupted when the jab strikes her in the sternum. It's a good thing it doesn't hit her in a certain spot, or she'd be really pissed off. As it is, Maki has the wind knocked out of her briefly and staggers backwards a little. She holds the spot where Poison struck her and then gets back into her fighting stance. "Pretty cheap shot, but I'd expect nothing less from you." Maki says with a stern look as she observes Poison's every move.
COMBATSYS: Maki focuses on her next action.
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Poison 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Maki
"If it works, sweetie, it works," Poison says, chuckling darkly as she wags her fist tauntingly. "Aw, not even going to fight back? Did it hurt that bad? Poor baby," the Mad Gear vixen says with another cruel laugh. "I thought you were tougher than /that/!"
Poison suddenly spins, swinging her arm out toward Maki and attempting to lock their elbows by sliding her arm through the crook of Maki's elbow and then up under her armpit -- and use the momentum to try and flip her into a classic-model pro wrestling hiptoss.
COMBATSYS: Maki interrupts Quick Throw from Poison with Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.
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Poison 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Maki
As soon as Maki sees Poison coming for her, the blonde ninja stances herself for whatever might be planned by Poison. She's not entirely anticipating a hip toss, though, and Poison does grab her arm, and it does hurt too. But Maki's swiftness turns out to be Poison's downfall, since she suddenly breaks free and drops to the ground.
"Aiyaaah!" Maki yells as she spins around like a whirlwind with her leg outstretched, balancing entirely on the tip of her tonfa. The impact should give her some breathing room while sending Poison away for a few moments.
Poison takes the kick right to the chin, her concentration broken for just a moment by Maki suddenly falling out of her throw attempt. The blow knocks her into the air a bit, sari fluttering as she lands on her side in a heap, clutching her jaw -- she can't help but feel a bit tender there, considering it was only a week ago that Kyo broke it. "Augh! Damn!"
Poison punches the ground in frustration and rises, sneering. "Oh, very funny," Poison says. "Nearly as funny as your little loincloth thing. What is it, a Shiranui hand-me-down?" Poison's next move is pretty simple in its execution -- she just rears back and swings a backhand at Maki's face, hoping to catch her with her heavy rings.
COMBATSYS: Poison successfully hits Maki with Bitchslap.
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Poison 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Maki
"Mai Shiranui could never stand up to the likes of me," Maki says in a matter-of-fact voice, and she should know that too. She once took on Mai during a tournament battle and came out on top. But now is not the time for focusing on such events in the past. Now is time for focusing on things that are going on right now... namely the fact that Maki's attempt to avoid Poison's backhand failed big time, and she finds herself getting knocked to the side, finding the side of her face in a bit of pain.
"Dammit," Maki mutters under her breath as she notices a little blood coming from her nose, apparently the backhand got her nose too. But unlike some, Maki doesn't panic at the sight of her own blood. She gets even more adrenaline-fueled. She immediately goes down in an attempt to sweep Poison off her feet... literally, with a swift foot sweep.
COMBATSYS: Poison blocks Maki's Light Kick.
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Poison 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Maki
"Hup!" Poison counter-kicks, taking the sweep kick to a covered shin -- it smarts, but she doesn't get toppled. "Told you I'd make you bleed," Poison says, grinning broadly. For someone so generally evil, her teeth are perfect.
Poison attempts to grab Maki by her blonde hair now, before she can recover from the aborted sweep. The plan is simple -- keep a hold of Maki's wavy hair, and /pull/, while at the same time spiking her head toward the ground. If it pays off, Maki eats dirt; if it doesn't, Poison at least got a cheapshot hairpull in.
COMBATSYS: Maki endures Poison's Faceplanter!
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Poison 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Maki
Well, that was a pretty good tactic by Poison, fighting fire with fire. And the comment about Maki bleeding doesn't faze her. "I've had a lot worse bleeding than this before. Trust me, you could do a lot better than that." Of course, when Maki sees Poison going for her hair, she realizes that she could be in for a world of hurt now. But then she secretly formulates a plan in her head. As she goes down to the ground, she finds it faster than she expected, meaning she hits hard. But again, this is all part of her plan.
For just when it seems she'd be down for the count, she suddenly rolls forward and spins around, albeit with more blood coming from her nose than before. But Maki doesn't comment on it; Instead she goes directly for Poison's chin with a literal uppercut using her tonfa.
COMBATSYS: Poison dodges Maki's Genkou.
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Poison 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Maki
Poison's response to the tonfacut is to gracefully sidestep, letting the punch whiz by in front of her face with a bemused look. "Oh, please," Poison says, snorting derisively. "Like I'm going to let you touch me with one of your little sex toys."
Poison swings an arm around quickly, hoping to pop Maki right in the back of the neck with a haymaker that she throws considerable force into. "I have standards for /that/ sort of thing."
COMBATSYS: Maki interrupts Power Strike from Poison with Tengu Daoshi.
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Poison 1/-----==/=======|=======\=------\1 Maki
Now Maki's really mad! Calling her tonfa 'sex toys?' You've just made a bad mistake there, Poison. "I'll teach you to use such language!" Maki screams, and then literally does a one-eighty somersault just as the backhand happens to get her in the arm. She grabs Poison by the neck and then does another one-eighty in the air. With amazing fluidity and ability, Maki then throws Poison to the ground. Meanwhile, Maki lands in a standard fighting position, although she shows some signs of slowing down...
"UNGH!" Poison hits the ground with force, tumbling ass-over-shoulders, the billowy folds of the sari managing to keep her modest -- although the garment is now hopelessly dirty, torn in a few places and scuffed in many more. "Such /language/? What, like calling them the big wooden cocks you wish you had? Yeah, I can see how that'd be /offensive/," Poison snorts, pushing herself off of the ground and wiping some blood away from the corner of her mouth.
"But I'm /done/ playing," Poison sneers, bringing her fists back up and dashing toward Maki. The plan now is an even cruder one -- just hammer her with punches until she hopefully stops moving. Poison swings jab after jab and haymaker after haymaker, wildly and recklessly.
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Poison's Absolute Beatdown EX.
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Poison 0/-------/-----==|=======\==-----\1 Maki
A crude plan, indeed, but when you're dealing with the Mad Gears, anything is suitable as a plan. Fortunately, Maki's had worse encounters than this before, meaning that the endless haymakers only get her forearms and tonfa, barely scratching her. Stepping back from Poison, Maki shakes her head and says, "You're just trying to rile me up, and I'm afraid that doesn't always work with me. I have my own ways of getting powered up." And with that, Maki closes her eyes and begins to focus on summoning her chi.
COMBATSYS: Maki gathers her will.
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Poison 0/-------/-----==|=======\======-\1 Maki
"Well," Poison says, pulling back, knuckles bleeding from the repeated punches to the tonfa, "if I can't rile you up, how about I just beat you down?" Poison grins meanly and reassesses her plans -- did Maki /really/ just close her eyes in the middle of a fight? Well, how can Poison /not/ exploit that? Reaching into her sari again, Poison procures another hidden surprise -- a length of chain, that she swings forward, attempting to lash Maki across the chest with it while sliding forward into a sweep kick!
COMBATSYS: Maki interrupts Trip 'n Whip from Poison with Tesshin Hou.
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Poison 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Maki
Of course, Poison would just love to exploit something like that, wouldn't she? Unfortunately, Maki's extra chi means she can focus even harder on what's coming at her. Meaning, that as soon as Poison connects with the chain, Maki abruptly imitates her flying kick from the beginning of the match... only faster and harder hitting. As a result, Poison should go flying, while Maki lands after a moment. She's still bleeding noticeably and breathing heavily, but her fighting spirit hasn't diminished. "That oughta knock your socks off," Maki says with half a smirk, except she realizes Poison isn't wearing any socks.
Poison is blasted clear across the arena, tumbling and rolling as her hair bun comes partially undone and a few bruises and scrapes appear on her arms. "Ugghrg!" the Mad Gear vixen spits as she finally comes to a stop, rising onto all fours and seeming to need a second to get her breath back.
COMBATSYS: Poison gains composure.
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Poison 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Maki
Looks like Poison's in need of a little time to catch her breath. And quite frankly, that works well with Maki as well. The blonde ninja smirks a little more before stepping back to focus on breathing a little and trying to regain some of her stamina.
COMBATSYS: Maki gains composure.
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Poison 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Maki
Poison finally pushes herself up, battered but unbowed, fists raised as she prepares to dive back into battle. Might as well take it easy, though -- test the waters, so to speak, try and make out how recovered Maki is compared to her. So Poison lashes out with a kick, attempting to drive a spiked heel right into Maki's bared thigh and charlie-horse the hell out of her. "Aw, all nice and rested from your little nap, baby?"
COMBATSYS: Maki interrupts Light Kick from Poison with Quick Throw.
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Poison 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Maki
"Yeah, I'm better than I was before," Maki says without cracking a smile in the least bit. She's still tired and not sure how much longer she can go for, but when it's the Mad Gears she's dealing with, Maki's always got extra strength saved up for dealing with them. Even if it doesn't seem like it.
When Poison comes at Maki with her heel aimed at her thigh, Maki braces herself for the impact. But as soon as that heel strikes her thigh, Maki grabs Poison's foot and ankle and then pulls it forward to cause Poison fall down onto her back rather quickly. Looks like Maki's not done with her tricks yet.
Poison is slammed onto her back, taking the impact squarely between the shoulder blades. Growling, she launches back up before Meiya can capitalize, scooping up the chain she used earlier. She swings it around a bit, cracking it against the ground, trying to keep Maki on edge.
What she hopefully concealed well was that when she was pushing back up off the ground a moment or two ago, she also had pocketed her switchblade.
Poison lunges forward violently, seeming to be about to lash Maki with the chain, but swinging too far on purpose -- the intent being to try and bring Maki in closer so that she can flip her knife out and stab the other fighter in the stomach. Mad Gear don't play, it seems.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Poison's Cheap Shot.
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Poison 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Maki
Maki also doesn't play either. She sees the switchblade coming back at her, and she's not gonna let it touch her again. When it comes at her, the blonde ninja ducks down and spins to the side a little, giving her room to deliver a cheap counter attack to Poison. "All right, time to end this!" Maki says as she attempts to strike Poison in the side of the head with her tonfa.
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Poison with Medium Strike.
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Poison 0/-------/--=====|====---\-------\0 Maki
Poison takes the tonfa to the side of the head with a loud 'crack.' "UGH!" she spits, staggering backward. "I'll -- show /you/," she groans, charging forward suddenly with her head reared back. With astonishing force she tries to put Maki on blast with a ferocious headbutt, sending her forehead right at Maki's nose before collapsing to her knees in exhaustion.
COMBATSYS: Poison has reached second wind!
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Poison 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Maki
COMBATSYS: Maki interrupts Headbutt from Poison with Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.
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Poison 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Maki
"Show me what? That you're just as pathetic as all of you grunts of the Mad Gears?" Maki asks, only to be stunned as she sees Poison coming at her with a head butt. Who does she think she is? Zidane?
Almost immediately, Maki is hit by the head butt in the nose, but as soon as she's hit, she doesn't stagger backwards and fall down. Rather, she smoothly goes into her whirlwind spin again, sending Poison back again. Hopefully this should put her out once and for all.
"Uwhh--!" Poison is knocked back, but she's still got her knife in hand, and as she lands right on her shapely, pink-clad ass, she grimaces and clutches the knife by the tip of its blade. "I don't... go down... /that/ easy--!" she rasps, throwing the knife.
COMBATSYS: Poison has reached third wind!
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Poison 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Maki
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Poison's Knife Throw.
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Poison 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Maki
Maki shakes her head, albeit sending some blood to the side, watching as Poison grabs her blade and throws it at Maki again. The ninja jumps to the side, waving a tonfa tauntingly at Poison. "Had enough yet, or do you still want to keep going?" She watches Poison, waiting to see if she gets up for another go round.
COMBATSYS: Maki focuses on her next action.
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Poison 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\0 Maki
Poison growls. "Hardly," she says with a defiant and thoroughly nasty grin. Blood dots and smears her face; her sari is a shambles, tattered and torn, one long, lean leg left bared. She charges again, mounting an uppercut.
COMBATSYS: Maki interrupts Power Strike from Poison with Light Kick.
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Poison 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Maki
Maki is caught off guard by the incoming uppercut, partially due to the fact she's running low on stamina, and then there's the issue of Poison coming back for a third go round. However, just at the last second, Maki sees her chance, and just as Poison strikes her with the uppercut, Maki brings her left foot up and kicks Poison in the stomach to send her back a little ways. But Maki's starting to feel the pressure now just like Poison must be, and it looks like this could go either way.
"URGH!" Poison says, kicked on the stomach so hard she lands on her face, legs flung backward by the force of the impact. "Not... going out... to a little blonde bitch like you..." she groans, making one last desperate attempt to grab at Maki. If she succeeds, she pulls the blonde warrior into a front headlock, her other arm reaching to grab hold of the unitard bottoms of Maki's tights and get a good grip on the material covering her rear -- if only to humiliate as much as assault. Rearing back, Poison's goal is to pull Maki up into a suplex -- and then suddenly drop her forward, sending one knee out to drive it up into Maki's falling stomach!
COMBATSYS: Poison can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Poison's Ulcer Driver.
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Sorry Poison, but not this time. Maki may be feeling weak and like she's ready to give out at any moment, but she's not gonna let you have the final laugh. In fact, Maki doesn't intentionally dodge; Rather, she stumbles backwards while trying to keep her balance, meaning that Poison misses her completely and then goes down for the count. Meanwhile, Maki is cheered by the spectators as she's declared the official winner.
After getting a tissue for her bloody nose and having a drink of water, Maki walks over to Poison and kneels down. "Looks like the good girls win again. If you want to take me on again, you know where to find me!" She smirks and winks before heading off.
COMBATSYS: Maki has ended the fight here.
Poison, meanwhile, collapses in the dirt, spitting up blood and gurgling. She's too exhausted to throw a tantrum, and more importantly, she looks like hell -- worse than any defeat.
Log created on 16:41:51 01/18/2009 by Poison, and last modified on 05:39:53 01/19/2009.