Description: When Hon-Fu comes to Metro City, his arrogance turns out to be an annoyance to his opponent, Maki Genryusai. Will optimism prove to be the best skill in a fight?
[OOC] Maki says, "Rolling!"
Hon-Fu is living it up.
"Ah ha ha, hel-LO, Metro City!"
The fearless detective is chortling merrily, idly swinging his nunchaku about in a flamboyant gesture of confidence, his eyes sparkling beneath his manly and extremely attractive bowlcut. He came to Metro City to receive an official commendation from Interpol for his tireless efforts in at last capturing the monstrous criminal Yamazaki and putting an end to his reign of terror. They threw a banquet and everything. He even has the medal. It's currently pinned to his shirt.
"Aaah ha ha ha!"
Hon-fu isn't shy.
"I hope you all are ready for a great fight!"
Which is why having this fight in the famous public location of Metro Square is like a cherry on top for the great dessert that has been his triumph for justice. On a temporary stage raised for the entertainment of the populace, sponsored by some new energy drink or another, Hon-fu looks down at the curious Metro Citizens and waves with immense pleasure. He just seems to get more popular by the day.
Most of the people are wondering who he is.
He's just wondering who is opponent will be.
Who is Hon-Fu's opponent today? Who will challenge him?
Why, it's none other than the heroine of Metro City herself: Maki Genryusai. Unlike Hon-Fu, who might be here in a flamboyant and show-off manner, Maki is not here for that. Maki is here just for the sake of the fight. The blonde-haired ninja cleans her tonfa and does a few quick stretches to limber up before she goes to confront Hon-Fu. "So, you're the person who I'm going to be fighting against today, huh?" She smiles a little and offers a brief bow. "I'm Maki Genryusai, nice to meet you." But then she goes into a frown, "However, I do not plan to go easy on you, even if you are with Interpol!" She jumps up and down a few times before getting into her fighting stance. "I'm ready when you are!"
COMBATSYS: Maki has started a fight here.
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Maki 0/-------/-------|
Hon-Fu has reconnected.
Hon-Fu has dropped a connection.
[OOC] Hon-Fu says, "Sorry, not the best connection. :D I got your pose."
Oh, /yes/.
"M-Maki Genryusai!" the detective shouts, his eyes widening with his grin, his own weapon twirling as he turns toward his opponent when she emerges. "What a pleasure!" He knows her, of course, as a hero of Metro City, and as, let's be real here, a totally hot ninja babe. And who doesn't like those? Somebody other than Hon-Fu. This day gets better and better.
"I won't hold back either," he chuckles, already enjoying himself. "But I'll say right now I'm going to avoid hitting you in the face. When I win, you have to take a photo with me. I want you to look good for that." Franco will be jealous for sure. "Already ready, girl!"
He lunges immediately, and seeks to commence with a decisive technique: for Maki's got two weapons to his one, and that's not fair, now is it? He lashes out and attempts to, with the chain of his nunchuks, wrap around one of her tonfa, to force her to either be dragged toward him or let go of her weapon, and then lashes out with a fierce kick for good measure once he pulls her close, knocking her back and away.
COMBATSYS: Hon-Fu has joined the fight here.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Hon-Fu's Sling Whip.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
[OOC] Maki says, "Sorry about that"
[OOC] Hon-Fu says, "If you're sorry about dodging, you should've accepted!!"
[OOC] Maki says, "I meant the delay on my response"
[OOC] Hon-Fu says, "I know, I'm kidding."
"Nunchuks, huh?" Maki comments as she watches Hon-Fu. "Seems you have your own personal weapons also. But it's not what kind of weapon you use, but it's how you use it. Can you truly use it to the maximum of your capability? Let us see!" Without missing a beat, Maki swiftly dodges out of the way of the incoming attack, landing in a crouched position without the slightest hint of effort on her part.
"Don't forget it, it's the beginning of the fight, so anything goes." Maki adds as she gets back into her fighting stance. She then attempts to deliver a swift kick with her right foot, sending her sneaker at Hon-Fu's stomach.
COMBATSYS: Hon-Fu blocks Maki's Light Kick.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
"Ha ha ha, if you say so!"
Undismayed by whiffing so utterly, Hon-Fu pivots on his feet, twisting against the oncoming blow after she crouches and preparing for her counter-attack. He's thus able to neatly parry her kick, redirecting the momentum even as he lashes out. He switches hands easily with his weapon, if only for the surprise effect, and then with a wild cry--
"HUUUWAAAAHHH!"
--twists downward, the cheerful detective heedlessly plunging into battle and lashing out with his nunchaku down at the top of Maki's head. Okay, he said he wouldn't hit her in the head. That was a lie. Really, he meant face.
That's the part that counts, right?
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Hon-Fu's Heavenly Lightning.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Maki
The face is the part that counts, indeed. But Maki's not about to let herself get hit there. Instead, she raises her guard and brings it up to cover her face. The nunchaku strikes her arms instead of her face, which hurts, but not as much as getting hit in the face (Trust us, she knows.)
"Pretty good," Maki says as she recovers her stance. "Seems we're getting into the swing of things. But can you keep up your pace?" Maki asks, before bringing her tonfa to the side as she aims for Hon-Fu's head... more specifically the side.
COMBATSYS: Hon-Fu fails to counter Medium Strike from Maki with Kaoloon's Prediction.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Maki
[OOC] Maki snickers
[OOC] Hon-Fu says, "kaoloon predicted... poorly"
[OOC] Maki says, "You might say that"
His pace, yes. His precision--
"Argh!"
Not so much.
Hon-Fu is a little over-excited, perhaps. Being fearless often has the caveat of being easily /bored/, since danger itself isn't much of a stimulus. He's never reckless as an investigator, being sincerely committed to the success of his missions, but in a fight he's more likely than not to opt for something a little more flashy and hard-hitting than to play it safe. It doesn't work out for him this time: he should have waited until landing after his attack to do anything too fancy. Instead, it attempts to wrap his nunchaku about her attacking weapon before he regains his stance, and while it might have been cool-looking, he can't pull it off in time. Instead, he ends up wrapping his weapon around the weapon that is hitting him in the side of the head, which is not so helpful.
He goes sprawling, but doesn't seem too worn down by it, all things considered -- he almost immediately leaps to his feet, shaking the stars out of his head and grinning again, the mushroom-haired detective hardly fazed. "Oh, I'll keep up my pace," he jokes, "as long as you start hitting harder than that!"
"Next time," Maki says with a stern look, "You might try being a bit more serious about things and knowing when to try to fight back and when not to." She shakes her head and tsks a few times. "Arrogance will not get you anywhere in the fighting world." She steps back a few steps and waits for Hon-Fu to get back to his feet.
COMBATSYS: Maki focuses on her next action.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Maki
"Now, that's just not true!" Hon-Fu complains as he hops forward, dancing about with a merry gleam in his eye, clearly enjoying teasing his more serious opponent. "Arrogance has got me plenty of places already."
He lunges forward, whirling his nunchaku in a feint, only to instead twist and seek to lash a swift kick out, scything high and then low to sweep Maki's legs out from under her before he skips away, still grinning.
"I'll show you the power of over-confidence!"
Someone's in a very good mood.
COMBATSYS: Maki interrupts Light Kick from Hon-Fu with Bushin Senpuu Kyaku.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Maki
Being in a very good mood can be helpful. But it can also result in getting overconfident and getting hurt if you're not careful. A point that Maki intends to prove personally. As Hon-Fu comes at her, the blonde ninja demonstrates her skills with balance and agility. She drops onto the ground, balancing on the tip of her tonfa, and then turns into a human whirlwind, spinning around with her leg extended.
Her attack succeeds, but at the same time, Maki gets hit by Hon-Fu, and she's knocked down. But not before striking Hon-Fu and knocking him away. Talk about giving a little in order to get a little. Oh well, at least she's hopefully proven her point.
As Maki gets back up, she looks over at Hon-Fu and says, "I hope you've learned your lesson this time!"
"S-So much for overconfidence," Hon-Fu mumbles to himself as he crashes to the ground, shaking his head wearily, his eyes crossed from the impact of her spinning kick. But soon he's grinning again, looking up at her from his prone position. "No way!" he detective retorts, and immediately he rolls forward, rushing into an aggressive assault. His stance his more poised this time, and as he lashes out with a swift strike to her midsection with his nunchaku, his eyes are careful despite his speed and enthusiasm.
He can't act so recklessly around her...
But he's not going to stop having a good time!
COMBATSYS: Hon-Fu successfully hits Maki with Medium Strike.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/=======|======-\-------\0 Maki
[OOC] Maki says, "Well, fifty-fifty can't win every time"
Even if you're not overconfident or cocky, you're still likely to make a mistake here and there. That includes Maki as well. She finds herself underestimating the incoming strike at her midsection and thinks she can move out of the way in time. But that's not exactly the case here. Maki's hit and stumbles backwards a few times, clutching where she was hit.
It also knocks the wind out of her, meaning she takes a few breaths to regain her composure, before looking up at Hon-Fu, nodding a little but still not smiling. "You seem to have learned your lesson a little. But can you keep it up?" The last word might be a bad pun attempt, since Maki's next attack involves her doing a literal uppercut with her tonfa!
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Hon-Fu with Genkou.
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Hon-Fu 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\0 Maki
Clearly, he can keep it up with Maki's help.
"Uuahh!"
Hon-Fu cries out in surprise and pain as his cross-block ends up trapping Maki's arm but not her weapon, misjudging its range and getting clocked right under the chin, hoisting him up into the air. The spry detective flips head over heels, though perhaps in part because he wants to, seizing hazily upon his momentum to land in a poised crouch. He does slump for a moment, shaking his head wearily, but the shouts of the crowd stir him. His new medal flashes in the sunlight. He's in Metro Square! He's not going to lose like this!
"This isn't over!" he shouts, swinging wide as he lashes out swiftly with his long nunchaku, just to tag Maki right in the side of the head, to stun her briefly while he maintains a tight stance. "Not by a long shot!" And it's a long shot he goes for, as he prepares to step up his game...
[OOC] Hon-Fu says, "Just so you know, I've got about 40 minutes left."
[OOC] Maki says, "OK, shall we start speedposing?"
COMBATSYS: Maki blocks Hon-Fu's Snap Lash.
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Hon-Fu 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1 Maki
[OOC] Hon-Fu says, "I think we're doing okay as is. XD"
[OOC] Hon-Fu says, "Just wanted to let you know."
Maki goes in for the defense once again, and while she's good at defending, it hurts like crazy nonetheless. But Maki's been in worse pain before. She doesn't let that get her down as she jumps into the air, rebounds off a nearby surface, and then attempts to grab Hon-Fu from the air... while upside down no less!
[OOC] Maki says, "More-if!"
COMBATSYS: Hon-Fu counters Tengu Daoshi from Maki with Confident Counterattack.
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Hon-Fu 1/-----==/=======|=======\====---\1 Maki
[OOC] Maki says, "Ouch."
"Ha ha ha!"
Sometimes, confidence /is/ the answer.
Hon-Fu leaps just after Maki does, perhaps recklessly plunging into the air right after her. Under normal circumstances, it's probably a very bad idea to try to fight a trained ninja in mid-air, but Hon-Fu has the element of surprise, and perhaps the element of being completely ballsy as well, which is an element too often discounted. As she descends upon him, hoping to grapple him, he is already lashing out with a nunchaku wreathed in flame, laughing with mirthful satisfaction as his weapon collides heavily against Maki's body, unleashing an explosive force that knocks her away before she can even touch him.
"Looks like /you/ were the over-confident one!" he shouts after her.
He's kidding, of course.
Looks like Maki's getting a bit over-confident... or not. "That..." Maki says as she forces herself up onto her feet, "Was just a case of me underestimating you again!" She glares daggers at Hon-Fu. "You might think you're getting better..." She stops to clutch her stomach, "But I'm not done fighting just yet!" With that, Maki takes a moment to catch her breath for real this time.
COMBATSYS: Maki gains composure.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/-----==|=======\==-----\1 Maki
"Ha ha ha, big talker!" Hon-Fu shouts as he erupts toward Maki, twirling his nunchaku valiantly. "I'll cut you down where you stand, Maki Genryusai! And then-- you'll definitely take a photo with me!" He hasn't forgotten. "Even if you're unconscious!!" Okay, that's a little weird, Detective.
Fearlessly he plunges forward, his weapon igniting with a mighty blast of red flame, and aims to tear into the recovering ninja girl without mercy or remorse, slamming into her with yet another eruption of fire. He has to wind up for this one, but he looks like he means it, good-humored grin or not.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Hon-Fu's Fire Stallion.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/-------|=======\==-----\1 Maki
Even in her weakened state, Maki still manages to muster up the ability to dodge out of the way in the nick of time. In fact, Maki's regained enough of her breath to get some more fight into her. "You wanna take MY picture?" Maki asks, now starting to sound a bit on the angry side. "I don't think so!" Maki then jumps onto a nearby surface, takes a deep breath, and then literally flies at Hon-Fu, with her foot extended no less!
COMBATSYS: Maki successfully hits Hon-Fu with Tesshin Hou.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Maki
Aww, crap.
"Argh!" is Hon-Fu's wail of misfortune as Maki literally collides with him, sending him sprawling across the stage and digging up grooves in the floor with his momentum, eyes little spinning squiggles for the brief moment before he slowly -- but indefatigably -- begins to stagger to his feet. "If... if that's all you got, then..." He can barely stand, but he's doing a decent job of hiding it. "...ha!"
It's as much a scoffing laugh as a battle cry. Hon-Fu's running out of options. He's got to give it his all while he can. With all his heart he plunges in, swinging out his nunchaku in a wide, all-encompassing sweep. He won't let her get away. He'll clobber her where she stands! And take her down once and for all!
"PICTURE THIS!"
Aaaand the sweep is too high. He totally missed her.
"Kapow!"
Whereupon he sneakily tries to just punch her in the face with his other hand, still grinning widely. This guy just never stops.
COMBATSYS: Maki dodges Hon-Fu's Jab Punch.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Maki
Trying to be sneaky? Don't bother. Maki's watching and she knows what you're up to, Hon-Fu. The jab goes wide as Maki sways to the side. Meanwhile, at the same time, Maki attempts to return the favor by using the shorter end of her tonfa to deliver a personal message... not to mess with her!
COMBATSYS: Hon-Fu fails to counter Weapon Jab from Maki with Kaoloon's Prediction.
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Hon-Fu 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Maki
COMBATSYS: Hon-Fu can no longer fight.
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Point taken.
"Ar... argh."
Mumbling to himself, Hon-Fu falls to his knees, the last of the wind taken out of him by that final strike. He had such a great trick up his sleeve, too. Ninjas are just way too fast.
"N... next time... Maki... Genryusai."
His bad, Franco.
"Next time... for sure!"
Even as he collapses, he's grinning to himself.
Metro City really /is/ fun.
Shaking her head, Maki tsks a few more times. "Looks like you really got ahead of yourself again. But you put up a good fight, that's for sure." One last smirk from Maki before she walks away.
COMBATSYS: Maki has ended the fight here.
Log created on 17:32:50 11/04/2010 by Maki, and last modified on 19:16:01 11/04/2010.