Neo League 901 - #907: Yuri vs Ibuki

Description: While going on a Neo League tour to promote Kyokugen Karate, Yuri Sakazaki unknowingly awakens Ibuki from a nap. What happens next is anyone's guess! (Winner: Ibuki)



The forests surrounding Kyoto are surprisingly large considering the size of the city and the nearby metropolis of Osaka. The trees are a vibrant shade of green in spite of the summer heat the cicadas making their ever present whiring noise in the late mid day sun shine as it streams through the forest canopy. The wild life of the forest taking it easy at the moment letting the temperature drop a bit before hunting for food as the air is thick with moisture from the shores of the close by ocean. In short, it's a rather lazy afternoon.

Ibuki is enjoying a rather nice nap in one of the trees letting a bit of the breeze from the ocean blow over her as she dozes. She lets the rhythmic slapping of the bamboo hitting the stone as it fills with wather lull her into a deep sleep, the temple grounds being a perfect place to chill out on a hot day like this. Granted she's been relaxing since she got back from her trip to Taizou and her teachers feel this slack attitude needs to be nipped in the bud before it gets any worse. Thus her village's elders scheduled her to have a Neo League bout to snap her back into shape! Ibuki is blissfully unaware of this.

Thus it is that the crews for the NL set up shop below her without her paying too much attention so fixed on her nap that she was blatantly ignoring the noisy crowd forming below on the temple grounds. This is most likely the scene her opponent will arrive to when she gets here, the finishing stages of set up and a sleeping ninja in a tree...

The forests are not exactly something that Yuri Sakazaki is familiar with, but that doesn't stop her from coming here if she has a good reason to do so. And given that the Neo League is taking place here, Yuri is more than happy to come to show off the awesome power of the Kyokugen Karate style! Dressed in her unique attire of a karate gi top, purple leggings, and red sneakers with white socks and a red headband, Yuri waves to the crowd with a big grin. "Helllloooooooooo everybooooodyy! I'm Yuri, and today, the Neo League is going to be an exhibition of just how truly amazing the Kyokugen Karate style is!"

Yuri doesn't notice the napping ninja at first, since she's too busy waving to the crowd and grinning. For someone like her, who acts like a child who has yet to hit her true level of maturity, it's hard to believe she's got a name for herself on the fighting circuit.

"Soooooo, who wants to challenge me? Who wants to experience the awesomeness of the Kyokugen Karate style first-hand? Anyone?" Yuri looks around, still grinning widely. For now, it seems there is no opponent on hand.

Between the crowd noise, set up noise, and finally Yuri's self introduction and pumping up the crowd...Ibuki wakes up. Her eyes slide down the tree to what's going on and at first her mind thinks 'Festival', before she comes out of it enough that she realizes what exactly is going on. She promptly smacks her forehead and grumbles, "Lousy elders." Before she stretches and then leaps from the tree.

Landing with a slight roll she springs up to her full height, "I believe that'd be me!" She enthuses while she takes up a fighting stance, "Unless you just want to give up and let me go back to napping?" While it's said jokingly there is a slight plantive tone to it as though she might just really want to do that.

Noting the crowd she waves and gives them a wink, "I'm Ibuki! Hmm I don't really have a style I can say the name of so enjoy my unique ninja style!" She then turns back to Yuri. She's dressed in her usual style of brown gi with torn off sleeves, wrapped hands, wrists, ankles, and feet, and finally her mask and ponytail. With that intro and what she said moments ago it's hard to get a read on her feelings about this fight.

COMBATSYS: Ibuki has started a fight here.

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COMBATSYS: Yuri has joined the fight here.

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Ibuki            0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0             Yuri


Yuri is somewhat startled by the sudden arrival of Ibuki, and she turns around suddenly, looking a little wide-eyed. But after that, she shakes her head and grins once again. "Hello, Ibuki! You're a ninja?" She looks over Ibuki, apparently not keen on how Ibuki has her own unique style of attire, before grinning once again. "It seems we both have our own unique ways of dressing up for a fight! I like it!" She giggles a little, and then adds, "You want to take a nap again? Forget it, I'm sure us showing each other our fighting styles would be more than enough to get our blood flowing again!"

With that, Yuri turns away briefly to adjust her belt before turning back to face Ibuki, and then the crowd. "Laaaaaaaadies aaaaaaaaaaaaand gentlemen! This ninja named Ibuki has chosen to experience the art of Kyokugen Karate up close and personally, and it will be available to each and every one of you live!" She cracks her knuckles and points at Ibuki. "I'm ready when you are!"

At that, the referee comes up into the center of the fighting area and looks to the two fighters. "All right, fighters ready?" A pause, then, "FIGHT!" With that, Yuri looks at her opponent and assumes her fighting stance, but she doesn't make a move just yet. She watches her opponent carefully, not only waiting to see what she's capable of, but also eager to see what she can do.

COMBATSYS: Yuri focuses on her next action.

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Ibuki            0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0             Yuri


Ibuki stretches slightly and works the kinks out while Yuri talks, though she pays attention to the other fighter trying to see what type of person she is by her actions and what she says. Underneath her mask Ibuki grins, "Yep! Do I not look like one or something?" She winks as she says this obviously teasing Yuri just slightly. Retaking her fighting stance now that she's properly loosened herself up. She chuckles at how energetic Yuri is and then she nods, "Thanks, hopefully we won't mess each other's style up too much!"

Ibuki gives one last look to the audience as Yuri talks directly to them. The ninja girl nods, "If you're ready then I'll show a bit of my style right away!" She winks at the audience, "I don't think you'll be able to see my moves too easily!" She sing songs as the ref gets the match underway.

As Fight is called, Ibuki suddenly leans forward and sprints with her full speed straight at Yuri, she pulls one arm back as though to punch the other girl using her momentum to add weight to the punch before she springs forward on her other hand and drives her pulled back fist into the ground to propel her foot straight at Yuri's jawline!

COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Yuri with Medium Kick.

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Ibuki            0/-------/-------|==-----\-------\0             Yuri


Yuri is ready for whatever Ibuki might have in her ninja array of techniques, and isn't afraid of any of them in the least bit. "Come on, I'm ready when you are!" Yuri says, gesturing towards Ibuki with her grin, only to watch as Ibuki dashes at her, ready with her fist.

Yuri thinks she has it made, and gets into a defensive stance, ready to block the punch that is aimed at her, only to be caught off-guard as Ibuki changes techniques at the last second. In spite of this surprise, Yuri attempts to block the suddenly incoming foot coming at her jawline, but she's way too late with the timing. Her head twists to the side, followed by the rest of her body, and she rubs at the spot while groaning a little, realizing she may have strained her neck a little at the same time.

But Yuri's far too tough to let that stop her. Yuri waits for her opponent to get back up, and then rushes at her, attempting to grab Ibuki by the shoulders while pressing her feet into the ninja's stomach. If successful, Yuri intends to do a backwards somersault and toss Ibuki onto the ground, all while landing on her feet and making a taunting gesture.

COMBATSYS: Yuri successfully hits Ibuki with Quick Throw.

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Ibuki            0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0             Yuri


"I don't know you didn't seem all that ready for me!" Ibuki enthuses as her foot slips past Yuri's defenses and collides with her jaw. This is where things wind up not going as well as she'd hoped and Yuri launches a counter attack that she can't quite slip away from finding her shoulder gripped her gut suddenly has Yuri's feet pressed against it she is then promptly spun and slammed into the ground.

Curling into a ball as she tries to lessen the impact of hitting the ground she springs out of it and back to her feet again, "Maybe I spoke too soon!" She chuckles as she lines up her next shot, her back a bit stiff from having taken the brunt of her fall to the ground but she keeps the sensation from registering on her face as the other girl makes a taunting gesture at her, "It might not be that easy next time though." She winks at the other girl.

As she does that she takes a few quick steps forward leans towards Yuri and throws a punch that is immediately followed up by rather nasty elbow strike aimed straight at Yuri's body, if it should land it might even force the other girl to take a step back or two.

COMBATSYS: Yuri fails to interrupt Strong Punch from Ibuki with En Yoku.

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Ibuki            0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0             Yuri


Yuri's grinning after her throw succeeds, and she gets back into her fighting stance, feeling proud of herself. Then again, this is Yuri, she's always doing things like this when she's in the arena. She doesn't take things entirely seriously, but that's just how she likes it. Unfortunately, it could easily be her downfall too.

Seeing Ibuki coming at her with a swift body blow, Yuri decides to try one of her favorite tactics, the En Yoku, by bringing up a shield of her own chi in hopes of deflecting the punch back. Unfortunately, the blow strikes below the shield and sends Yuri staggering backwards and onto her rear. She yelps as she lands, and finds herself struggling to get back up. After a few false efforts, Yuri finally gets to her feet and glares at Ibuki, despite having a hunched-over stance now. "You're tougher than you look. How can you be like this yet go around taking naps in trees? Huh?!"

Ibuki's eyes widen as the shielf of chi is brought up in front of her, but she manages to force her fist lower than the barrier and knock Yuri for a loop. She takes the opportunity while Yuri is down to regain her stance and wipe any hint of the surprise off her features, "That was almost bad for me, hmm I wonder what else you can do." Her cheerful voice seemingly unfazed by what happened.

As Yuri stand up, Ibuki slips back into her fighting stance and pauses for a moment as Yuri asks her question. "Thanks, I think." Then underneath her mask Ibuki frowns for a half second before she gets a sheepish look on her face, "My teacher's never really let me have a break?" She replies in an unsure tone, "Is there something wrong with taking a nap in a tree?"

With that said, she leans forward and charges almost identically to how she had before even going so far as to pull her fist back in the same exact position...but this time she drops and slides forward in an attempt go right between Yuri's legs, and should she succeed at that she'd immediately spring to her feet, wrap her arms around Yuri's neck and give a vicious and powerful twist, in a move that would most assuredly kill an untrained fighter.

COMBATSYS: Yuri blocks Ibuki's Kubiori.

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Ibuki            0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0             Yuri


"Don't give you a break? That's not fair!" Yuri shouts as she shakes her head at Ibuki. "What's wrong with your teacher?" Yuri manages to get herself straightened up after catching her breath, trying to ignore the pain in her stomach as she watches Ibuki prepare for her next technique. When she sees the ninja sliding towards her, Yuri quickly thinks fast and drops down into a crouch while blocking quickly.

Fortunately, her instincts turn out to be right and her defensive tactic protects her against what could easily have been a very dangerous technique. Not surprisingly, though, Yuri does reel back a little in pain, and she finds herself groaning a little as she gets back up. "Whew, you give me a good workout!" Yuri says with a slight smirk, before she steps back a little and focuses on catching her breath some more, hoping she can keep going.

COMBATSYS: Yuri gains composure.

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Ibuki            0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0             Yuri


Rolling back away as her slide is blocked by Yuri, her own body stinging slightly from the unexpected impact, Ibuki stops as her feet touch the ground again sitting in a half crouch as she meets Yuri's eyes again, "Yeah I'd like to relax a bit more than I do...maybe find a cute guy to go on a date or something." She shakes her head and smiles, "But I guess it could be worse right?" She chuckles again as her hand goes behind her to fetch a kunai.

"Well warm up is done, lets get ready for the main event!" Ibuki's cheerful voice resounding around the fighting area as she suddenly stands to her full height and her eyes lock onto Yuri, the intense gaze proceeds a half body turn to build momentum as she springs forward at Yuri, the Kunai being whipped around in large slashing arc right at the other girl's body.

COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Yuri with Aggressive Strike.
Grazing Hit

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Ibuki            0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0             Yuri


"Warm up is done?" Yuri asks, razzing Ibuki. "I've been long since done! You amateur!" Yuri gives the eyeball and another razz, before waiting for Ibuki's next move. When she sees Ibuki reaching for a kunai, Yuri knows that she's in trouble if she doesn't think of something to do fast. And then there's the issue that Ibuki is most likely swift with her throws.

"Ahh!" Yuri says as she tries to move out of the way of the incoming projectile, only to find it hitting her arm, drawing some blood from it. Fortunately, it just skims her arm, but it still hurts like crazy. When Yuri sees the blood, she narrows her eyes and glares at Ibuki. "All right, now I'm mad!" Yuri brings both of her hands behind her back and clenches her fists, gathering her energy. And then, with a yell, she sends a large energy projectile at Ibuki. "Dodge this!"

COMBATSYS: Yuri successfully hits Ibuki with Haoh Sho Ko Ken.

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Ibuki            0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1             Yuri


"It's not to polite to call others amateur." Ibuki's voice is cheerful as ever as the blade of her kunai slices into Yuri's arm. The ninja girl's eyes narrow slightly, "Perhaps you should try a bit harder to make me think it's not a warm up." Is her simple but slightly kurt reply. She begins channeling her own chi for the first time in the match pumping it into her Kunai...

This overconfidence, however, lands her in a bit of hot water as the obviously upset Yuri charges a massive chi based attack against her. Ibuki tries to divert her own chi to her legs and leap out of the way but this isn't enough for her as she is hit rather hard by the other girls attack being flung against a stone lantern and shattering it. Her sore back is going to be that much more sore now, as she clears her head and heaves the little bit of rubble off herself, she stands up again. She takes up her stance again, "Why be mad, you know I'm a ninja, our fighting styles aren't exactly designed to not inflict pain." She's sounding a bit more strained now but she still maintains the cheerful tone despite being rammed through a piece of stone by Yuri's attack. Her eyes, however, appear to be studying Yuri's every move.

COMBATSYS: Ibuki focuses on her next action.

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Ibuki            0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1             Yuri


Yuri wipes her hands with an arrogant smirk on her face as she watches her attack hit. "Looks like you didn't make it that time, huh?" Yuri says, shaking her head with her arms folded, although that smirk abruptly disappears as she remembers the cut on her arm, and she yelps in pain as she aggravates the wound by holding it. "Owww!"

Yuri steps back and watches Ibuki, expecting another sneaky trick from her. But nothing happens, instead Ibuki stares at Yuri, intent on keeping a close eye on her and everything she does. This causes another smirk to form on Yuri's face. "Oh, you wanna have a staring contest? Well, be my guest!" Yuri stares back at Ibuki, watching the ninja the exact same way she's staring at Yuri.

COMBATSYS: Yuri focuses on her next action.

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Ibuki            0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1             Yuri


Ibuki grits her teeth, as Yuri taunts her, but she then smiles, "Nope didn't make it out of the way in time...this time." The ninja girl shifts the position of her kunai so that the blade is pointed down looking like she intends to stab Yuri quite viciously this time. "You should have that arm looked at, it might get infected!"

As Yuri stares at her, Ibuki winks playfully and instantly charges the girl again using the full speed she possesses, that kunai blade being brought around for what looks to be a might blow straight at Yuri's face, then as she lets the feint fall away, her other hand encased in a ball of blue chi is brought up, "Tora!" She roars as she attempts to drive her fist right into Yuri's chest again...this time should she hit...it'll hurt as the chi is explosively expelled inside Yuri's body near all those weak organs inside her.

COMBATSYS: Yuri stops Raida from Ibuki with Saiha.

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Ibuki            0/-------/-======|=======\=------\1             Yuri


"Infected? That's just disgusting!" Yuri says with a sarcastic smile on her face. "Not like you're one to talk, sleeping in trees all the time! Who knows what kind of bugs are in those trees?" She giggles and wipes the blood with her hand before getting back into her fighting stance. "Let's resume this, shall we?"

As Ibuki comes at Yuri, the Kyokugen fighter is able to predict Ibuki's incoming attack, and this time her Saiha, or energy shield, works better than it did before. It stops Ibuki's attempted attack completely. "You didn't get me that time! Nyaah nyaah!"

"I was just giving you a heads up, what since you're a little kid and all. It's a nice place to relax when there aren't noisy people on the ground." Ibuki singsong back to Yuri as the energy of her Raida is stopped cold, Ibuki seems particularly pleased for a moment, "Haven't you learned yet that I rarely put all my eggs in one basket." With that the air begins to move around them.

Using the fact that they are so very close, she slams chi into her leg muscles and be whips her body around drawing up a massive spinning kick as she whirls around again and again in the attempt to drive the chi powered kick right into Yuri's ribs, and should she whiff the trails of chi streaming in the wake of her kick my just catch Yuri off guard!

COMBATSYS: Yuri blocks Ibuki's Tsumuji.

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Ibuki            0/-------/-======|=======\===----\1             Yuri


"Little girl? LITTLE GIRL?!" Yuri's face contorts into a fierce scowl. "NOBODY CALLS ME LITTLE GIRL!!" Now Yuri's really mad it seems. Apparently Ibuki didn't realize it, but despite her behavior, Yuri hates being called little girl or anything associated with it. She begins breathing heavier, although given her current state, that's not necessarily an unusual thing, and she clenches her fists together. "I'm really gonna pay you back for that!" When Ibuki comes at her, Yuri brings herself into a defensive stance, albeit with a little difficulty due to her injuries. But she does deflect the attack, albeit with a bit of pain in it.

"Dammit, why does it have to be like this?!" Yuri thinks to herself as she recovers, finding things a little harder to look at clearly while her legs show signs of imbalance. "You think you've seen everything I've got? Well, check THIS out!" With that, Yuri erupts with energy, and then rushes at Ibuki, attempting to deliver a rising uppercut not unlike the Dragon Punch, albeit with a spinning touch that Yuri's added for her own touch.

COMBATSYS: Ibuki blocks Yuri's Shin! Chou Upper.

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Ibuki            1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0             Yuri


Ibuki smirks, it seems Yuri was mad and mad people make mistakes very very quickly. As Yuri blocks her attack, Ibuki tries to press as hard as she can with her kick to push through and knock her defenses away, but it fails to break through. She shrugs as she flips back a couple of steps, "Pay me back for calling it how I see it? If you don't want me to call you that act a bit more grown up." She replies with that cheery tone of hers.

As she is rushed, Ibuki's eyes get a fierce look to them as she forces her own chi reserves into every single muscle in her arms. Bringing them up she waits till almost just the last second, almost a moment to late, she puts both her hands atop Yuri's fist as it rises covered in energy, it burns and stings to a degree that is hard to describe but she stops the attack...using the force of the punch to leap backwards and regain her breath for a moment, "Not bad..but not quite enough!" She enthuses as she races forward again suddenly leaping up halfway there as she tries to bring her fist down on Yuri's face.

COMBATSYS: Yuri fails to interrupt Medium Punch from Ibuki with Quick Throw.

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Ibuki            1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0             Yuri


Yuri is weak, and when you're weak, you don't always think straight. That's why when Yuri is seeing an incoming fist at her face, she thinks she can try to grab it and throw Ibuki onto the ground. But unfortunately, Yuri's judgement is waaaay off. She's hit in the face and goes spinning onto the ground. It takes a full minute for her to get up, taking quite a few tries to get up. When she does get up, Yuri's having trouble seeing in front of her.

"Unnh... where am I?" Yuri thinks to herself as she staggers backwards a few more times. "Gotta... get awake!" Yuri babbles a little more, taking this time to catch her breath and clear her mind.

As her fist connects with Yuri's face, Ibuki takes a moment to grin and then the other girl goes down in a heap. Ibuki again backs off and she takes advantage of the time she has so she lets herself have a breather as Yuri pulls herself from the ground. The ninja girl watches the other girl closely as she wallows around on the ground to make sure this isn't a trick.

Finishing her breather as Yuri stands up, "Yep gotta wake up, you're in the middle of a fight!" Ibuki says playfully, "Don't drop out of this fight on me now. Get up now!" She cheers her opponent on.

COMBATSYS: Ibuki gains composure.

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Ibuki            0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0             Yuri


Yuri looks up and shakes the stars from her head before looking at Ibuki again. "Wake up? Ohhh..." Yuri steps backwards a little to the edge of the ring, where a fan offers her a bottle of water. "Liquid... good..." Yuri babbles a little before pouring the whole water on her face, although some goes into her mouth so her thirst is quenched somewhat also.

COMBATSYS: Yuri gains composure.

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Ibuki            0/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0             Yuri


"There you go!" Ibuki cheers as her eyes get focused, very intensely focused. Chi begins to swirl around her as she draws in energy from the world around her. It generates a ball of light blue energy around her body as it fills her up, "You ready to fight yet?!" She puts her hands on her hips and almost dares Yuri to come and attack her.

COMBATSYS: Ibuki gathers her will.

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Ibuki            1/----===/=======|==-----\-------\0             Yuri


"I'm ready," Yuri says no longer dazed but still having trouble seeing a little. "I'm ready for ya!" Yuri cracks her knuckles, letting what little strength she has remaining guide her in this situation. "I'll show you that even when I'm down, I'm still dangerous!" A slight smirk forms on the girl's face. "Let me show you why!"

Yuri brings one of her fists back and fills it with her chi. And then brings it forth, sending forth a blast of chi, smaller than the one before, aimed right at Ibuki. "Ko'ou Ken!" Yuri shouts out in a taunting tone of voice, calling out the name of her attack while adding a little razz to it.

COMBATSYS: Ibuki blocks Yuri's Ko'ou Ken.

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Ibuki            1/---====/=======|==-----\-------\0             Yuri


Ibuki smirks as Yuri seems to suddenly take the match much more serious. The ninja girl believes this to be a good thing overall despite the fact they are at the moment enemies. She shakes her head as the Yuri gets a tad cocky but she smirks nonetheless, "Alright show me what you've got!"

Ibuki raises her defenses and waits for Yuri's attack, refusing to break or budge an inch as the attack comes her way. She braces her muscles and forces chi into them as the energy ball comes at her she reaches out and knocks it away with smoke rising form her armored braces and muting the sting her arms feel. "Now you catch!" She yells as she hurls a kunai at the other girl!

COMBATSYS: Yuri reflects Thrown Object from Ibuki with Saiha.

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Ibuki            1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0             Yuri


"So you wanna play catch, huh?" Yuri says, a weak smirk forming on her face. "Well, I can oblige you." Yuri steps back a little, watching the kunai coming at her. Then she brings her shield up again, this time doing more than just protecting her. Instead, it sends that kunai back at Ibuki. "OK, now your turn to catch!"

COMBATSYS: Yuri successfully hits Ibuki with Reflected Thrown Object.

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Ibuki            1/-======/=======|====---\-------\0             Yuri


Ibuki growls as her own attack is used against her so she attempts to wheel out of the way of the returning kunai. She then realizes it's coming too fast so she raises her arms and attempts to block the attack but it quickly becomes apparent that she can't even stop it that way and it imbeds itself into her right arm. She leaves it there stuck in her body for the moment.

She races forward at full speed and then slides at Yuri and attempts to pop up her up into the air. If she should knock Yuri into the air she then follows the other girl up and then attempts to use her feet to grab onto Yuri's head and use it to spring away while forcing her face first into the ground.

COMBATSYS: Ibuki successfully hits Yuri with Hien.

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Ibuki            1/-======/=======|======-\-------\0             Yuri


Yuri finds herself in a strange situation, and she doesn't know how. She finds a pair of bare feet coming at her head, attempting to grab her face and... well, you know the rest. Simply put, Yuri finds that the ground is coming up to her face quite rapidly. And it's obvious that it hurts, since Yuri's lying face down on the ground, while the referee goes to check on her. But Yuri somehow manages to get back up, even though she's nearly counted out at the count of nine. She weakly glares at Ibuki, struggling to keep her stance up. "You... you ain't seen the last of me!" And then, Yuri begins to gather her inner power, while chanting 'Yaaaaaaaaah!'

COMBATSYS: Yuri focuses on her next action.

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Ibuki            1/-======/=======|======-\-------\0             Yuri


Ibuki strikes true and launches Yuri hard into the ground. As the girl gets up and and faces her Ibuki decides it's time to really show her something. Drawing another kunai, Ibuki infuses it with her energy and hurls it with all her might...though it /horribly/ misses Yuri as it flies past. Thankfully for Ibuki she wasn't aiming at the other girl merely her shadow, should it hit...Yuri may find it insanely hard to move suddenly. Then she'd notice that Ibuki becomes not just fast but insanely fast as she draws another chi infused kunai and moves so fast she leaves after images racing back and forth striking the other again and again with the sharpened blade...it all relies on hitting her shadow however.

COMBATSYS: Yuri interrupts Yami Shigure from Ibuki with Rai'ou Ken.

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Ibuki            0/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1             Yuri


COMBATSYS: Yuri can no longer fight.

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Ibuki            0/-------/=======|


Yuri decides, foolishly, to try to use her Rai'ou Ken to attack from the air and stop Ibuki, but it fails big time. She's caught and is stricken by Ibuki numerous times. In fact, by the time Ibuki's finished, Yuri's already laying unconscious on the ground. The referee rushes over and checks on Yuri before stopping the match and awarding it to Ibuki. Yuri can't say anything since she's totally unconscious right now.

She's bloodied and beaten, but she's alive. She just won't be fighting again anytime soon. It may have been a loss, but it wasn't a total loss. She's gained some fighting experience again, and will hopefully use what she learned for the future.

Yuri doesn't quite fully hit Ibuki, but what little does land...is rather painful. Ibuki has to grit her teeth and ignore the pain to push forward with her attack. This determination is what lets her keep going in this situation and pull the victory away from the other girl. She's a tad burned and in pain but she ignores it for the moment to check on Yuri, "Hmm...well now you get to take the nap." She teases slightly before looking at the ref and he assures her that Yuri will be fine.

Ibuki grins and winks at the crowd, "Ninja style wins!" She enthuses as she holds up the victory sign on her fingers. Then she turns back and looks at Yuri for a moment more before running off and asking the NL crew for a pillow or something similar, once she recieves something she takes it over to Yuri and props her head on it...then she covers her in a jacket, "Rest well kay?" She salutes and then leaps into the trees to disappear into the nearby forest.

COMBATSYS: Ibuki has ended the fight here.

Log created on 20:29:19 08/18/2010 by Yuri, and last modified on 01:38:49 10/09/2010.