NDP 2012.04 - NDP #32: Daniel vs Chiyoko

Description: Set in the temple of Ginkaku-ji, mysterious waif Chiyoko and her father face off against hard-boiled detective Daniel Jack in the courtyard. While Daniel initially accepts Chiyoko as a perky, if naive, young lady, he soon realizes something dangerously familiar about the young lady... (Winner: Daniel)



Having gone sight-seeing in Japan with her, "Father" as part of the trip for the NDP match and possibly to avoid certain agents of a certain group through travel, Chiyoko is walking up the steps and looking at the various structures, including the temple itself. Finally reaching the courtyard, Dr. Hayashi sits down on the steps nearby as Chiyoko looks around in a fairly interested manner apparently not having seen something like the temple before.

The Temple of the Silver Pavillion.

Daniel Jack stood at the edge of the temple, arms crossed. Like Chiyoko and her 'father,' he too was admiring the serene setting. The detective didn't take as much time as he should to explore the cultural landmarks of Japan. As a student of Todoh, he should have developed more respect for the traditional history of the island. Dressed in his orange Zoot Suit, he casually glances around, noting the older man on the steps, and the strange girl watching the temple. The detective blinks. He blinks again.

He recognized her.

The drunken haze surges back. Shun and the strange girl on Vyle's phone. This was the strange girl. But why was she here? What was her intent? The knowledge begins to click with the detective, and grimly, he adjusts his hat, and draws out his watch. Taking a deep breath in, Daniel Jack approaches the girl. Calmly, and just a bit tersely, he calls out to the entranced young lady.

"Chiyoko? Are you my opponent for the Neo-Development match?"

Turning towards Daniel, Chiyoko nods and says, "Yup!" as Dr. Hayashi looks up from the steps a bit apparently somewhat curious before turning back. Chiyoko then walks back a few steps and starts bouncing on her feet, assuming what looks like a fairly mobile fighting stance as she says, "So, ready to fight?" with a grin on her face.

COMBATSYS: Chiyoko has started a fight here.

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Chiyoko          0/-------/-------|


COMBATSYS: Daniel has joined the fight here.

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Daniel           0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0          Chiyoko


"Well, heck, you sure are perky."
Daniel Jack makes a tight-lipped, strained smile back at Chiyoko, inspecting the pair dilligently. The man seemed a bit intelligent; light build and high forward showed a more thoughtful field. Scientist, maybe doctor or professor. The girl, however, had an unusual air about her, that Daniel Jack couldn't quite nail down. But she looked energetic. STicking a tongue in his cheek, he finally asks the question.

"You two a father/daughter pair?"

Mulling a bit further, he hastily adds to it. "That's actually pretty refreshing, if you ask me. Lets get away from the temple a few ways, you dig? Don't want to ruin the scenery." The detective tilts his head towards the courtyard of the temple, away from the buildings themselves. Daniel Jack begins to step away, before pausing, and turning back around, sticking his hand out, looking at both Chiyoko and Dr. Hayashi. "Oh, by the way."

"My name is Jack. Daniel Jack. Ace detective."

The man sitting on the steps looks up and says, "Oh, no no no. She's the fighter here, not me. Though I am her father." before Chiyoko nods and says, "Yup! It's fun to fight, and the extra money always helps... So, we travel around from time to time for these fights! And I guess we can move a bit further away from this." she says before moving back away from the building as she says, "So... What's a detective? I think I've heard people using that word before. It had something to do with the police..." she says, ending in an inquisitive tone.

Oh dear lord she was dumb as a box of bricks.

Daniel Jack withdraws his hands, looking between the two. "You've never heard what a detective is?" The sleuth eyes Dr. Hayashi skeptically, as if he was asking if she is serious, and if she was, what did he -do- to make her not know such basic facts. The detective takes in a deep breath through his nose.

At least this wasn't as bad as fighting the 12 year old.

"Well, sweetie, that would be a police detective. I'm a private detective. What I do is that people pay me to find out facts, evidence, and to solve certain common law crimes. For example, I am on the trail of a watch theft!" The detective looks at Chiyoko as he stops out at the courtyard, getting in place for the fight.

"Are you digging me?"

"Oh, ok!" Chiyoko says, "...Why would you be going after someone who steals watches? Do you want them?" Chiyoko asks, somewhat obliviously, "Or... Wait. I guess it's kind of like how the police come after you if you try to steal something when you're near them. I don't really understand why they do that, but I don't really do that when they're around so it's OK!" then pauses and says, "Are we going to fight or not?"

Daniel Jack eyes the naive young girl with further skepticism. "Well, you see, there was this Russian dame, and she was very pretty, and she paid me lots of money to find the watch. I mean, she could have asked the police, but the police is often busy with other crimes. So I can be hired to help out the police!" Daniel Jack remembers Hon-Fu, nodding silently.

Wonder how he was doing.

Of course, Chiyoko points out the reason why they were there. "Oh! Right! Yeah, sorry sweetheart, I was wandering off there. I suppose you are ready to face me off then?" The detective drops back into his defensive stance, tucking his watch in his pocket. "I gotta warn you, I am the current leader in the NDP right now, and all thanks to Todoh-Ryuu Kobojutsu! Though Vyle showed me your fight with Shun. Well, a little bit. I wish you the best of luck, sweetheart!"

And then Daniel launches in.

Throwing a palm strike with the left, the detective attempts to keep a steady, conservative pressure on the girl. Following up with a hand chop with the right, he begins to pivot, bringing around his right leg for a straight kick. The detective finishes the combination strike with a roundhouse kick with the left, bringing around from behind with a spin.

"HIYA!"

COMBATSYS: Daniel successfully hits Chiyoko with Zoot Suit Riot.
- Power hit! -

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Daniel           0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0          Chiyoko


Chiyoko tires to maneuver her arms into blocking the strikes, but takes the full brunt of the attack as she falls back a bit saying, "Unh... Nice hit. Let's see if I can do better!" before she makes two spinning kicks at Daniel, then kicks up at him in a combination attack.

COMBATSYS: Daniel blocks Chiyoko's Tornado Spike.

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Daniel           0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0          Chiyoko


"Thanks!"

Daniel Jack actually was enjoying this fight. Maybe it was the environment, or maybe seeing a family duo duke it out on the international stage. Daniel Jack's fight with Shun left a bad taste in his mouth. But for whatever reason, why this Chiyoko girl seemed awfully naive... or dumb... she was perky, and not the rotten kind. As the last kick comes out, though, Daniel Jack is quickly reminded of a clear fact.

She was a fighter.

Chiyoko surges back to Daniel Jack with her blinding combination of kicks. The detective, having not overextended himself, finds his center quickly as the storm comes. Throwing up his guard, he deflects the kicks with his forearms, blocking the assault. As his limbs burn in pain, he grits his teeth. "Not bad at all! Alright scuzzy, here it comes!" As the last kick comes, the detective lunges in, snapping out his own hand to grab the girl by her ankle and knee. Should he get a grip, he would slam the girl hard to the ground, and with a sharp twist, attempt to wrench the leg into a dislocation.

Isn't that a bit brutal, Danny boy?

COMBATSYS: Chiyoko dodges Daniel's Mad Jack Crack.

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Daniel           0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0          Chiyoko


As Daniel moves in towards Chiyoko, she backflips and attempts to bicycle kick him in the chin saying, "Whee! Missed me!" before handspringing back in an attempt to give herself a bit more room.

COMBATSYS: Daniel dodges Chiyoko's Medium Kick.

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Daniel           0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0          Chiyoko


Nimble little lady, wasn't she.

Daniel Jack catches nothing but air, as his efforts to grapple the girl is met with a riposte. As the Bicycle Kick comes, the detective throws up his hands, perfectly deflecting the blow as he sidesteps, moving to the side. "Geeze, what are you? Some kind of gymnast? What kind of martial art is that, scuzzy?" As she gives herself more room, Daniel Jack is already closing the distance.

The detective was all about relentless assaults, after all.

As Chiyoko comes to a land, Daniel Jack already raises an arm back, letting it burn with chi energy. "Kung fu? Maybe some gymnastics. I mean, how old are you anyways?" The detective asks, slashing at the air before him. Orange Chi comes crashing down, unleashing a short wave of the energy before him. The blast comes with a cry from Daniel Jack, belting it out loudly.

"KASANE ATE!"

COMBATSYS: Daniel successfully hits Chiyoko with Mikansei Kasane Ate.
- Power hit! -

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Daniel           0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0          Chiyoko


"Gymnast... I don't know, maybe." Chiyoko says before the blast slams into her and she grunts a bit. She then falls back and says, "I'm... Hm, how old am I? I guess it doesn't matter!" then looks over at Daniel and says, "So, you want to use power like that huh?" and focuses for a bit as her eyes start to glow ever so slightly with psychic power before she punches the air and sends out a ball of psychic energy and force towards Daniel with a shout of, "Haaa!"

COMBATSYS: Daniel overcomes Psychic Gust from Chiyoko with Kasane Ate.
- Power hit! -

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Daniel           0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\0          Chiyoko


She doesn't even know how old she is?

"Wait, what?" Daniel Jack puzzles out loud, eyeing Chiyoko downright confused. First beating up small children, now the mentally infirmed? Was this some kind of campaign from Ken Masters to make Daniel Jack out as a bad guy? Well, Daniel Jack wasn't going to take it lying down. As the blast of energy slashes into Chiyoko, the detective is already moving into the second attack. Bringing his other arm around, an even larger wave of energy was roaring out. The detective calls out, announcing the second attack of the combo frenzy.

"KASANE ATE!"

The blast of energy rips through Chiyoko's psychic ball, the shockwave going much further than the previous Kasane Ate. Arcing forward, the wave attempts to sweep up Chiyoko... and knock her well off her feet. Whether or not it hits Chiyoko didn't matter.

Because Daniel was already getting in position for the next attack.

COMBATSYS: Daniel successfully hits Chiyoko with Kasane Ate.

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Daniel           0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1          Chiyoko


As the blast travels back towards Chiyoko, she braces herself against it but still takes the hit hard and falls back and onto her side, skidding a bit with the force of the blast. She then gets up and slowly steadies herself saying, "Unh... You're strong. Stronger than some other people I've fought... No wonder you're ahead." and wipes some blood off from beneath her nose, apparently trying to regain her composure in the middle of the fight.

COMBATSYS: Chiyoko gains composure.

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Daniel           0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1          Chiyoko


Daniel Jack was already to finish the combination with the third, and most dangerous, Kasane Ate. The detective wasn't about power, no. He wasn't even about speed. What the detective's strategy was the combination of his attacks, to gradual chip away his opponent with a frantic chain of attacks. As he readies to catch Chiyoko next attack... it doesn't come. Chiyoko instead takes a moment to stop... and compliment the detective?! Daniel Jack is just flush. Unreadying the attack, the detective stands erect, grinning at Chiyoko's words as he simply crosses his arms. And to her compliments, he responds with tense, terse words.

"It's not about strength."

Daniel Jack nods firmly, his arms still crossed as orange chi begins to lick up his body. "It's about drive. I am not the strongest warrior in the tournament now. Zach, the psychic cannon, hits much harder than anything I could do. Shun, the young upstart, proved how even imitation Kyokugen has its own strength. And Mister Jones... proves that disco isn't dead." The detective uncrosses his arms, flaring up like a roman candle. Chi now roaring over him, the energy begins to tear up his suit, roasting his hide. As it begins to die down, the detective, eyes glazed over, motions for his opponent to approach him. "If you believe in yourself, more than anyone else, then strength cannot overcome your will. Come, Chiyoko. Show me your best."

"And I will show you the true drive of Todoh-Ryuu Kobojutsu."

COMBATSYS: Daniel burns with the WAY OF TODOH!

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Daniel           0/-------/--=====|=======\-------\1          Chiyoko


"Show you my best?" Chiyoko says, "Hm..." before jumping forwards towards Daniel and crouching down before making an upward kick towards him saying, "Ya!" as she strikes out. Apparently this puts her in an oddly vulnerable position compared to last time, perhaps due to overextension.

COMBATSYS: Daniel endures Chiyoko's Gale Kick.

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Daniel           1/-------/=======|=======\=------\1          Chiyoko


Daniel Jack stands strong, unmoving. As the attack comes roaring in from Chiyoko, the detective simply keeps himself stable, winding back his beckoning hand. Flattening it like a knife, he focuses heartily upon Chiyoko, analyzing her movements cautiously. As the kick finally comes, the detective arm begins to ignite with chi energy. Daniel Jack takes the upward kick with the grace of a statue, unmoving. Unyielding.

And then comes the hand chop.

Daniel Jack's observations merged with power, the detective watching the woman with the due dilligence of a guardian. He saw that vurnerable position. He saw that overextension. And then came that hand chop. It was no mere hand chop, laced with chi.

It was the World's Greatest.

Flawless in execution, the hand chop was unleashed with unstoppable power. Capable of cleaving whole battleships in twain, the detective would not even restrain the fury of the perfect strike, even with the knowledge that a single miss could very well cause a seismic impact that would level the whole island of Japan, if not shatter the crust of the earth itself. Risking the whole world sinking into a molten sea of magma, Daniel aimed that chop right for the collarbone of Chiyoko, aiming to knock her clean to the ground...

And possibly shatter her entire skeleton into dust.

COMBATSYS: Daniel successfully hits Chiyoko with World's Greatest Hand Chop.

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Daniel           1/------=/=======|=======\======-\1          Chiyoko


As the chop makes contact with Chiyoko's body, a loud, "SNAP!" can be heard as some bones break in her body. "Aaaah!" Chiyoko cries out, apparently not ready for an attack like that. Appearing worn out and appearing somewhat hurt she says, "You... Oooh, I'll tear you up!" in childish anger as she jumps back and forth past Daniel, apparently slicing at him with telekinetically edged fists before she elbows him in the chest with a telekinetic spike on the end and then starts to slump over saying, "I... You... Unnh..." before she falls over, unconscious."

COMBATSYS: Chiyoko can no longer fight.

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Daniel           1/------=/=======|


COMBATSYS: Chiyoko successfully hits Daniel with Tempest Rend.

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Daniel           1/-======/=======|


The bone=breaking strike sends Chiyoko to the ground, and with that, Daniel Jack returns to his statue-like stance. Arms crossed, he gazes upon Chiyoko with a stony visage. Unmoving. And then, he speaks. "Just chill, scuzzy."

"It is only the WAY of TODOH!"

Unfortunately for Daniel Jack, Chiyoko had still a little fight left in her. As she surges forward with her psycho-laced fists, the detective doesn't even attempt to block. Arms crossed, he begins to focus... and his frame starts to blur. His colors saturating, DAniel Jack seemed to fade into the surrounding environment, the detective emptying out himself to receive the blow.

And what a blow it was.

The slicing blows rip the detective's suit, though Daniel Jack himself does not move. An unmoving statue, he just stares ahead, his colors faded. Each blow knocked him back, however, his shoes scrapping along the tile of the courtyard... before being knocked clean off. As unconsciousness finally brings down Chiyoko, the detective still stands tall, his clothing ripped to shreds, his body bleeding horribly...

And steadily, he untenses.

"UUUUUUUUUaaaaaaaaagh."

DAniel JAck moans in pain, falling to a knee. Recovering, the detective stumbles back upright, before looking towards Dr. Hayashi, bowing his head. "Sorry about your daughter, Doctor. I didn't mean to rough her up that badly!" He begins, rolling his shoulders. "But this is the Neo Development Project, and I had to do my best. And frankly, sir, you should be real proud of her. She nearly brought me down with that last attack, she really did do her best." Looking back at the girl, the detective nods firmly.

"What a great kid."

COMBATSYS: Daniel takes no action.

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COMBATSYS: Daniel has ended the fight here.


Showing an unusual amount of thought in his expression Dr. Hayashi says, "Yes... Well, she does put a lot into this. I... I'm glad I'm involved in this." he says, apparently looking perhaps a bit sad as he picks up Chiyoko in his arms and walks down the steps. "Thank you... Maybe I should think about these things a bit more." he says as he walks off with her.

Daniel Jack watches the man as he picks up his daughter, rubbing his shoulders. Looking away politely, he felt something nagging the back of his mind. There was something odd about that last frenzy of attacks. Wincing lightly, he realized something... wrong. The injuries he had recieved? He didn't feel them. There was only a numbness. A ever-present numbness running through his nervous system. Not like a chi blast, no.

Like Psycho Energy.

Daniel Jack felt it coming back. The agile tactics. The gymnastic moves. The psycho ball. Could this be... was that a Doll? The detective looks where the man was. "Hey! I have to-" But he was gone. Looking around the courtyard, he scans the surroundings. Marz. Cammy. And now... maybe Chiyoko? Daniel Jack mulls quietly to himself.

This was getting curiouser and curiouser.

Log created on 23:34:00 04/29/2012 by Daniel, and last modified on 10:18:37 04/30/2012.