Description: A tip for the kids in Southtown: Don't go spraying graffiti on buildings, becayse Hayato is watching you. In the process of bringing a miscreant to justice, Hayato meets Dan Hibiki and the two men hit it off. And, as is only proper etiquette for the first time meeting someone, they proceed to go into Dan's dojo and start punching each other in the face. The power of friendship!
Just another day in Southtown, as spring starts to arrive. The birds are singing, the plants in the city are starting to show signs of life... and the petty criminals who preferred to stay warm indoors are back out and doing their thing. Activities of which Hayato Nekketsu strenuously disapproves, especially when they're done by kids. And even more especially when done by students of Taiyo High. Woe unto any Taiyo student that Hayato catches keying a car, or chucking a rock through a window.
But even though it's not a Taiyo student, that doesn't mean that Hayato's just going to stand by when he sees something going down. And as he walks down a quiet street in Southtown Village, Hayato's ears catch the sound of spraypaint. He looks around and catches sight of a kid crouching next to what appears to be a dojo of some sort, with a can of spraypaint in his hand. Moving quite quietly for someone of his size, Hayato looms behind the student, observing the unflattering figure in pink that has been painted on the side of the building. He reaches out, one hand landing heavily on the kid's shoulder, while the other plucks the can of paint out of his suddenly nerveless hand. "Right kid. You know what we're going to do now? We're going to go inside, then you're going to apologize, then, if you're lucky, the worst you'll have to deal with is coming back out here to clean all this up." And with that he begins to drag the stammering kid around toward the front of the dojo, intending to call on the owner.
The Hibiki Dojo -was- pretty clean and well maintained, the latter is still true, and the former will be again. As soon as the two reach the door, a cry of 'KOURYUKEN' can be heard and a punching bag just smashes open the front door. It's lightly charred, but doesn't otherwise look charred, someone must have hung it to the ceiling poorly.
The front door survived too, fortunately, and out comes a man in a pink gi. He picks up the punching bag and slings it over his shoulder, then as he's about to turn around he notices people. "Ah, hello there. Sorry about the punching bag, it seems that it wasn't designed for my strength." Tell yourself that, Dan. Tell yourself that. "Can I help you with anything?"
Hayato pauses as the front door gets smashed open, smoothly pulling the kid back and to one side, but then stops when it becomes clear there's nothing dangerous about to come charging through. He gives Dan a brief smile, but then a serious look crosses his face again. "This kid has something to say to you." The kid, who had started trying to edge away is dragged back front and center. He looks to be about 13 years old, shuffling his feet nervously and avoiding eye contact with anyone.
Hayato frowns after a moment of silence from the boy, then looks back to Dan. "I was walking by and I caught him spraying graffiti on the side of your building here. So I brought him here to apologize." The heavy hand Hayato has resting on the kid's shoulder tightens the very moment the kid starts trying to squirm away again. "Now..." He looks back down at the kid. "You had something to say, right?" The boy squirms a bit, looking around for some form of escape, then stares down at his shoes while facing in Dan's general direction, mumbling something that sounds like "...m'sry..."
Dan nods to Hayato before staring down at the boy, "Look me in the eyes, then speak up. I can't hear you like that." Despite Dan's failings in the arena, he's still a strong-looking, imposing figure wearing a martial artist's gi and having slung a literal punching bag over his shoulder.
"And after you've apologized, kid, there's two options. Either you can explain to the cops what you've been doing to my wall, or you can clean it up before sunset." To Dan, these seem like fair choices. In fact, they probably are fair choices. He turns back to Hayato, "You're one of that school's teachers, right? I think I saw you drag away one of the students a while ago, I think he was skipping class, but I'm not sure."
Hayato glances down at the kid. "You heard the man. You gonna go clean up your mess?" The kid quickly nods, and Hayato releases his grip on the boy's shoulder. "Go get started then. I'm sure there's a tool shed or supply closet or something around here." He glances at Dan for confirmation, then lets the kid trudge off in whatever direction is indicated. "Time for introductions, I guess." He grins at Dan. "Name's Hayato Nekketsu. And yeah, I'm the PE teacher over at Taiyo. And I help maintain discipline in the student body." He continues to grin, but it just looks friendly, rather than sadistic. Hayato doesn't /enjoy/ corporal punishment, though he likes the results. And doesn't actually have to use it all that often, once the threat was established. "Sorry about your wall, but I caught him before he was able to mess up too much of it."
The toolshed is indicated appropriately, and then Dan fishes out a photograph in which he punches Ryo in the gut. A rare moment of fleeting hope, but Dan would never call it such. It's signed with Dan's full name, and it's pretty clear that Dan is the guy in the pink gi, not the one in the orange gi. "Do you know Kasugano Sakura? She's one of my pupils." Not that he has much to teach her, but shhh. Allow the man his illusions, because he gets much more annoying if you don't. "This is my dojo."
Hayato glances down at the photo briefly, thinking for a moment. Then when Dan mentions Sakura he beams. "Oh, Kasugano! She's one of our best students!" Well, maybe not academically. Hayato's not sure about that. But in the things he thinks are important? Yes, definitely. "I think I've heard her mention your name, actually." Not that Hayato overheard much else of that conversation. Chances are it was something that would require Dan's well-honed powers of rationalization to be really appreciated, though.
Grinning, Hayato reaches out to give Dan a firm, but friendly, clap on the shoulder. "Well then, thanks for taking care of one of my students!" He beams happily at Dan, appreciating him as another who sees the importance of instructing the youth, setting them on the right path, and helping them enjoy the Springtime of Youth.
"I'm glad to hear she's doing well at school." Dan answers, and he seems genuinely pleased to hear it. He watches the kid clean up the dojo's wall and points out, "He's lucky you didn't catch him later, he'd have more to clean up." And the guy just puts the punching bag down to the ground, no point keeping it on his shoulder if he's not going back inside.
"So, what do you teach?" Simple question, right?
Hayato also spares a glance for the kid, but as long as he's working, that's the important thing. He turns back to Dan, then taps himself on the chest with his thumb. "I'm a physical education teacher at Taiyo. Handle coaching or otherwise assisting with a bunch of the sports teams and clubs, too." Hayato's athletic skills are pretty versatile. They need to be to keep up with students in Southtown, where people can turn volleyball into a viable fighting style and hold their own against karate masters with it.
The Burning Phys Ed Teacher, as he is known, takes a moment to look over Dan's building approvingly. "Pretty nice dojo you've got here. Been a while since I've been to one, outside of those used by the martial arts clubs." Those he visits pretty often. There's a standing wager that any Taiyo student that can beat him in a fight can skip PE. So far the only ones who have a chance at it are also the ones who wouldn't want to, so it works out pretty well.
"Thank you. So you do physical education and have a been to real dojos before. I take it you can throw a fair punch then?" By now, Dan is sizing up Hayato. In that way one martial artist sizes up another. "Been keeping up or have you been slacking? Then again, I don't think Sakura would give you much room to slack." He smiles pleasantly, clearly in a good mood.
"It's fairly quiet right now, so once our little delinquent is done, would you care to take a look inside?"
Hayato holds out both hands, wrapped in athletic tape, laces his fingers together and then pulls back with a series of popping noises before letting his hands drop again. "Yeah, you could say I've been keeping up with it." He grins widely at Dan, then glances toward the kid. "Looks like he's already making some decent progress. Guess he got some pretty cheap paint." The teacher reaches behind his back, grabbing at something strapped to his track jacket. Pulling it forward, it is revealed to be a shinai. Hayato casually twirls the bamboo sword about in his hand a few times. "I'm good to go whenever you are."
"Well then. Let's wait for him to be done cleaning up and we can go." And that should indeed not take long at this stage, Dan picks the punching bag back up and pushes open the door, once the kid is gone, he'll head inside and sling the bag to the side somewhere. "I'll fix it later, it'd only get in the way if you're thinking of what I think you're thinking of."
Hayato chuckles and nods as he follows Dan in. "Probably a decent idea." He looks around the inside of the dojo, nodding to himself, then finds a good spot on the floor. He takes his stance, swishing the shinai through the air a few times, then leaning his weight from one leg to the other as he limbers up. "I was thinking of hitting the gym this evening, but this is much better." He grins, then settles into a ready stance, waiting for Dan to get prepared. "I'm looking forward to seeing what you've got!" With the shinai held up in his right hand, he reaches out with his left to make a "come on" motion toward Dan, along with giving him another friendly grin.
COMBATSYS: Hayato has started a fight here.
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To open is to be effective, in some ways. Dan is quickly going for his own stance, a mixture of Muay Thai into an Ansatsuken style stance, somehow resembling Kyokugen as well. It's the Saikyo stance according to Dan, but then, that's according to Dan. He cracks a grin at Hayato while his eyes go to discern the guy, analyzing his stance and movements. "Come at me. Show me what you got to bring against the master of Saikyo-Ryuu" He offers the man. He's certainly not looking like he's going to strike first, maybe if Hayato takes too long.
COMBATSYS: Dan has joined the fight here.
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Dan 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Hayato
COMBATSYS: Dan focuses on his next action.
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Dan 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Hayato
Hayato chuckles and gives Dan a nod. "Well okay then!" He starts to stride forward, slowly at first but then quickly picking up speed. It doesn't take him too long to cross the distance between the two men, and as he draws within reach of Dan he suddenly shifts his body to reach out with his left hand. He attempts to snag part of Dan's gi, using the leverage to pull Dan in closer while Hayato brings his right arm swinging in toward Dan. Rather than lashing out with the shinai, though, he leads with a fist toward the center of Dan's torso. The aim is to punch him hard enough to lift him right up off his feet, then use the leverage Hayato's got on him to twist him around and send him crashing to the floor.
COMBATSYS: Hayato successfully hits Dan with Power Punch.
- CRAZY Hit! -
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Dan 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Hayato
This hit be crazy, somehow Dan entitely did not see that coming, and he's been hit, and hit hard. He's thrown back and to the grounds. That's okay, he'll just have to get back up and return the favor somehow, and he smirks. "Not bad." By many definitions that'd be 'quite good' but not for Dan. Dan is ever optimistic about his own capabilities
Dan responds by drawing back his arm and then flinging it forward with a blast of chi to accompany it, "GADOUKEN!" Fireballs are always great fun, right? Well, maybe not when they're fairly easily thrown back.
COMBATSYS: Hayato blocks Dan's Gadouken.
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Dan 0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0 Hayato
Hayato quickly turns to follow Dan as he hits the floor and springs back up. Fireballs, eh? Hayato's not so great with those. He's more of an in your face fighter, with what's in your face generally being a fist, foot, or shinai. Still, it's something you need to learn to deal with to get far in a real fight. The teacher plants his feet, bring up both arms in front of him and letting the Gadouken impact dead on with his guard. There's a flare as it impacts and blasts over Hayato, but as the energy fades away the teacher still looks to be in pretty good shape.
After a moment he steps toward Dan, and this time when he brings his right arm swinging around the shinai is angled for the attack. The bamboo sword is brought in at a downward angle, aiming to strike Dan on the shoulder or the upper part of his torso.
COMBATSYS: Hayato successfully hits Dan with Medium Strike.
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Dan 1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0 Hayato
At this stage, it's pretty clear to most people who aren't Dan that Dan isn't winning, not as much for Dan who gets hit to his shoulder and thrown back some, he manages not to stumble too much, and when he comes back to the fight he at least has some moves to show. He jumps into a turning uppercut, trying to hit Hayato in the jaw and lift him up, then as he spins in the air, hopes to do so again with his other fist. What is this about getting to victory slowly? Dan is at least aware he needs to take this seriously, even if he'll deny vehemently that he's in fact losing.
COMBATSYS: Dan successfully hits Hayato with Kouryuu Rekka.
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Dan 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Hayato
Hayto's head snaps back as he's lifted up off his feet by the first blow. He manages to start getting his head down and make another attempt at getting an arm in the way, but not soon enough to prevent the followup attack, which sends him sailing back. It looks like he's going to go crashing down flat on his back, but at the least moment he manages to twist around enough to land in a sliding crouch. Climbing back to his feet, he rubs at a trickle of blood running from the corner of his mouth. "Nice hit." He grins, clenching his hands tightly. Things are getting exciting!
Lunging back in, the teacher snaps out his right arm in two quick motions, aiming sweeping blows from his shinai at Dan's head. They don't have the full power of his body behind them, but they're so quick that if you blink you might miss them.
COMBATSYS: Hayato successfully hits Dan with Shinai Slap.
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Dan 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Hayato
And Dan is hit again, he really does not have the upper hand here, much as he might believe otherwise. "Nice one." He offers while just taking the series of blows like the man he is, before following it up with another one of his attacks. He just pulls back his punch before releasing it at full force, it's a decently powerful blow, though if it hits, it'll cause Dan to need a few moments to re-align his knuckles. He really hasn't gotten this move right yet.
COMBATSYS: Hayato blocks Dan's Kyuukyoku Tenchi Gadou Zuki.
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Dan 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Hayato
Hayato's arms are stinging something fierce now, but when it comes to enduring punches and kicks, he's gotten pretty good at it. He brings up his left arm, taking Dan's blow square on his forearm. The guard moves back for a moment, but the teacher is able to hold up against the pressure of the assault. "You've got some good punches, yourself!" There's still a friendly grin on Hayato's face. But it's not the fact that he's doing well compared to Dan that makes him happy. No, it's just the joy of fighting well, regardless of winning or losing.
He's just glad that Dan's not one of those people who likes to cut up their opponents. /That/ can get pretty aggravating. "I'm feeling pretty pumped up!" Rather than advance on Dan, Hayato maintains his position, tensing his muscles as an orange aura begins to engulf him.
COMBATSYS: Hayato gathers his will.
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Dan 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Hayato
With Hayato starting to feel pumped up, well, Dan is starting to get into the fight himself. "Yeah, it's a good fight." He agrees, flexing his muscles and grinning enough for the sun's light through the windows to *plink* on his teeth, however briefly, and then he gets back to his more normal stance as a fighter. "Feeling orange?" He beckons Hayato to come over.
COMBATSYS: Dan gathers his will.
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Dan 1/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1 Hayato
The aura starts fading as Hayato takes a step forward. He swishes his shinai through the air once, then grins at Dan. "Okay, here I come!" And with that he's once more charging across the dojo toward Dan. Once more he draws back his shinai, but this time it's not just one heavy blow, or a flurry of quick strikes. No, this time he lashes out with a left right combination where he follows through with his body on each blow as he strikes them across Dan's torso. He then follows up by raising his arm high and bringing the bamboo blade striking down toward his opponent's collarbone.
COMBATSYS: Dan blocks Hayato's Scolding Slash.
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Dan 1/=======/=======|=======\==-----\1 Hayato
Dan blocks the bamboo blade and doesn't seem off much worse for the wear, in fact he then uses the strike to his advantage as much as he can, and that is by trying to push Hayato away while charching up a big fireball, then trying to throw it towards Hayato like it's nothing at absolutely all. He doesn't quite succeed in making it look easy, but it's bigger than the previous one anyway. As it flies, Dan tries to increase the distance.
COMBATSYS: Hayato blocks Dan's Shinkuu Gadouken.
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Dan 0/-------/=======|=======\===----\1 Hayato
Once again, Hayato brings his arms to bear as Dan unleashes an attack. The blast is considerably bigger this time, but the teacher still manages to stand up to it! His arms are actually smoking slightly afterwards. No worries about the damage to his track suit jacket, though... he's got plenty of spares. His arms are looking a bit stiff as he lowers them, though. Maybe that's why he decides to start mixing things up a little bit.
Hayato does still lead with another shinai strike once he can get back in range of Dan, but this one doesn't have as much force behind it. It's really more of a setup for the sudden kick which follows, swinging up and around with the aim of crashing into Dan's side.
COMBATSYS: Dan interrupts Armed Combo from Hayato with Kouryuken.
? Strange Hit! ?
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Dan 0/-------/-======|=======\====---\1 Hayato
In between the strikes, which seem to lack any real impact on Dan, he rushes forward and just punched Hayato in the chin with an uppercut before landing back down and striking a pose, grinning towards an imaginary camera and allowing the sunlight to twinkle on his (somehow still) perfect teeth. "Not bad." He tells Hayato, "Not bad at all."
This time Hayato does come crashing down on his back. He sits up quickly enough, though, rubbing at his jaw. "You too." With a grunt he heaves himself to his feet, and then starts grinning again. "Okay, I think I'm going to kick things up a bit. Get ready!" Hayato takes a few running strides toward Dan, then suddenly leaps toward him, bringing up his arms so that his shinai is held up above his head, with the blade perpendicular to his body. He kicks off of the ground as he leaps, sending his body into a spin as he shoots toward Dan. Orange chi bursts into being alonge the length of the shinai, which is spinning fast enough to be a blur as the teacher zooms toward Dan.
COMBATSYS: Dan interrupts Burning Windmill from Hayato with Kouryuken.
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Dan 1/----===/=======|=====--\-------\0 Hayato
Dan, unafraid, just tries again. Despite realistic odds claiming he'll fail, Dan does it anyway. This time he feels it, most certainly, but he connects his fist again and when he comes down, he's feeling his shoulder sting badly, but he's standing, and he's managed to land another punch. He looks towards Hayato to see how he's doing, perhaps afraid he overdid it? "Nice moves."
One thing about that move, Hayato is somewhat lacking in control once he gets started with it. He wasn't even really able to /see/ Dan preparing to mess with his plans, but he definitely felt it. His head spins right into Dan's fist and he goes flying off course, hitting the ground still spinning and bouncing across the dojo floor for a bit before coming to a halt. Hayato climbs up to one knee, then shakes his head a bit to clear out both dizziness and stars from that blow. "Now that's the kind of thing I like to see!"
Hayato takes a deep breath as he gets back to his feet, lets it out, then takes another one. He starts looking slightly better, but he's still pretty battered at this point. Not enough to keep him from running back into the fray, though. He leaps at Dan, though not quite so dramatically this time. Instead he snaps out his right leg, aiming to drive a kick into the other man's gut. Blazing chi surrounds his leg, increasing in intensity to white around his foot.
COMBATSYS: Dan Toughs Out Hayato's Devastation Kick!
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Dan 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|====---\-------\0 Hayato
The Devastation kick lands, and Dan seems to have most of the wind knocked out of him. But he also seems to have allowed it, taking it like a man and using it to try to punch Hayato's chin again (seriously, that poor chin seems to be a popular target right now) and then turn around and attempt to punch it -again- so he can properly claim victory. That, of course, assumes that he manages to find some breath and keep in a fighting state, rather than pass out.
COMBATSYS: Dan has reached second wind!
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Dan 0/-------/---<<<<|====---\-------\0 Hayato
COMBATSYS: Dan successfully hits Hayato with Kouryuu Rekka.
- CRAZY Hit! -
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Dan 0/-------/---<<<<|=======\-------\0 Hayato
Hayato draws his foot back and tries to hop back to a safe distance to recover his balance, but he's not fast enough. Dan might be looking a bit wobbly, but he still manages to land two heavy blows to Hayato's chin. The last one actually sends him tilting back far enough that when he hits the ground he hits the back of his head pretty hard. There's a bit of muffled cursing for a moment, but the grin is back on Hayato's face when he manages to get to his feet. "Ah, this is a rush!"
The Burning Phys Ed Teacher leads with his shinai again as he lunges at Dan, this time trying to drive the end of it into the center of Dan's chest, with the full force of Hayato's running body behind it. He then lets the point drop down a bit, but only so he can build up the room to bring it sweeping up toward Dan's jaw.
COMBATSYS: Dan dodges Hayato's Intercepting Strike.
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Dan 0/-------/---<<<<|=====--\-------\0 Hayato
And Dan steps out of the way of that attack, letting it fly by him and into the dojo. He seems to be back into a good fighting mood, and even offers Hayato some pointers. "Try not to telegraph your attacks so much, it makes it too obvious where you're striking." In fairness, this was a fairly easy one for Dan to avoid, and where moments before it seemed as though Dan was nearly out of the fight, this little breather he's taking seems to be getting him back into action capability pretty well.
COMBATSYS: Dan gathers his will.
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Dan 1/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Hayato
Hayato approaches Dan a bit more warily this time, but still grinning. "Oh, I just thought you might be a bit slower on your feet by now, that's all. But it seems you've still got some surprises left up your sleeve." The teacher keeps talking as he draws closer. "I'm not completely out of tricks myself, though." And as he says that, the end of the shinai flicks out toward Dan's head. That's just a ruse, though, as Hayato uses the motion to hide the start of the turn which brings his leg up to driving in for another body blow. Seems Dan has got stamina on his side, so Hayato's going to have to try to beat it out of him.
COMBATSYS: Dan blocks Hayato's Devastation Kick.
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Dan 1/-======/=======|====---\-------\0 Hayato
And it seems Dan is again having the wind knocked out of him, that kick got him good even though he blocked it, but the vicinity does have its advantages, and Dan goes for what might by now be a familiar move to Hayato, but so far it's served Dan well. His fist flies up in an attept to hit Hayato in the gut. Ooh, variation, and the followup is an attempt to hit Hayato's poor, poor, poor chin again. When Dan lands, he'll sink to his knees, and the immediate question is: Can he stand up straight again?
COMBATSYS: Dan has reached third wind!
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Dan 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Hayato
COMBATSYS: Hayato counters Kouryuu Rekka from Dan with Counter Thrust.
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This time Hayato is quicker about withdrawing his foot, having learned a lesson last time. And a good thing, too, as it seems Dan is a hard man to put down! But with both feet firmly on the floor, Hayato is better able to deal with Dan's assault. And even with a bit of a change in tactics on Dan's part, Hayato's able to figure out what he's doing. Hayato's no slouch when it comes to punching, and given the position the two of them are in, the teacher has an advantage in being taller and having longer arms.
Hayato's fist goes down as Dan's goes out, and the PE teacher's fist collides with the side of Dan's head before Hayato can take the blow to the gut. And Hayato is sure to follow through on that punch, giving it enough force to drive Dan to the floor.
And Dan is in fact driven to the floor. While he falls to the floor, he tries to make an impact, his right foot lashing out before he hits the ground, for if there's one thing to be said about Dan, it's that he does not give up easy. When he hits the ground, he tries to roll with it to minimize its impact, hopefully allowing him to rise up again so he can keep fighting.
COMBATSYS: Dan has reached fourth wind!
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Dan 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Hayato
COMBATSYS: Hayato dodges Dan's Heavy Kick.
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Hayato glances down in time to see Dan's foot lashing out for him and quickly hop back and out of the way. The kick misses, but Hayato is still looking pretty wobbly. He takes a few deep breaths, still grinning at Dan. "You're pretty tenacious, pal. I like that! But sooner or later, one of us is going to have to give in!" And with that, he brings his shinai swinging around in an overhanded blow. He's polite enough to wait until Dan is back up, since it's no fun hitting someone while they're down, but he doesn't give much breathing room beyond that. The blade strikes down toward Dan's head as Hayato follows through in an attempt to floor the man in pink once more.
COMBATSYS: Dan interrupts Crushing Strike from Hayato with Hisshou Burai Ken.
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COMBATSYS: Dan can no longer fight.
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And Dan's response is to lounge a series of strikes while the blade bears down on him, eventually falling over when he runs out of energy. He might not have won, but in all likelyhood, he has exceeded reasonable expectations. For him, this is not that different from a victory. It is hard fought, and even though he may be out of the fight, he has done well. "You're pretty good." He compliments at the end.
Hayato grunts in pain as Dan's final strikes slam home, knocking the wind out of him. He slumps to his knees, tries to get up, and finds that his legs don't want to cooperate. He lets himself slump forward, resting some of his weight on his hands as he takes a few deep breaths. "Heh... you're no slouch yourself." It doesn't look like he's planning to get up from this position anytime soon. "Thanks, I needed the workout. Once we catch our breath, want to go hit a bar and celebrate a good match?" He grins. Maybe extended exposure to Dan will cause some of the shine to rub off, but for now Hayato likes the guy.
COMBATSYS: Hayato takes no action.
COMBATSYS: Hayato can no longer fight.
Dan is likewise letting himself rest on the ground while he recovers, "Yeah, sure, sounds good." He is in no better position to get up for a bit, but hey, this was a good match. "Good to know Sakura is in good hands while at school, wouldn't want to have to pick up your slack." He grins, and even on the ground that *bling* just shines through.
Log created on 18:41:29 03/01/2013 by Hayato, and last modified on 20:38:17 03/02/2013.