Description: Valentine's Exhibition.. a few days late, but it still kicks ass!
Howard Arena
After some rescheduling, it seems like the Valentine's exhibiton is going to take place - albeit a few days late. Still, the crowd doesn't seem to mind, many of the seats in the vast Howard Arena filled with people looking forward to this.. unusual match. An announcer steps into the middle of the empty ring, the buzzing crowd hushing down as the spotlights come up, bathing the fighting stage in white light.
After some rescheduling, it seems like the Valentine's exhibiton is going to take place - albeit a few days late. Still, the crowd doesn't seem to mind, many of the seats in the vast Howard Arena filled with people looking forward to this.. unusual match. An announcer steps into the middle of the empty ring, the buzzing crowd hushing down as the spotlights come up, bathing the fighting stage in white light.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce the first set of combatants in this Valentine's Exhibition.. The one, the only, the infamous.. Mike Bison! And his partner.. a bag of money!" Despite the fact that the team might be a little bit.. weird.. the announcer still speaks with his usual enthusiastic tone, as though there were nothing strange about a heavyweight boxer teaming up with a sack of bills.
Once announced, the massive boxer steps out from the backstage area - hefting a huge white sack, complete with big dollar sign, over his shoulder as he walks towards the stage. He's met with a mix of boos and cheers, the former far outweighing the latter. There's no doubt that Bison isn't a particularly loved man, but there are those who like him in the audience - mainly people who just enjoy seeing people beaten to a bloody pulp. Stepping up on the elevated stage, Bison - clad in his boxer's outfit of blue shorts and a similarly coloured top with ripped sleeves - raises both hands in the air, the muscles in his right arm bulging out from beneath his skin as he lifts the bag of money above his head.
Lowering his arms, he begins to walk to the far corner, dropping the sack on the ground and folding his thick forearms over his chest, waiting for the arrival of his opponents.
Waiting for the roar of boos and cheers from the crowd to die down to a low enough level to continue, the arena's announcer further goes on, "Aaaaaaaaand, now entering the arena. Weighing in at a combined weight of twoooo-hundred and fourty-four pounds. Hailing from Taiyo Gakuen...Southtown's own, Shingo Yabuki and Sakura Kasugano!"
The cries from the crowd are a complete opposite from the boxer's entering announcement. A resounding cheer echoes through the arena as the two students make their way down the rampway towards the ring where today's match will be taking place. Shingo even taking a brief moment to raise a hand high and wave to all the adoring fans. Even if they're not really his fans but cheering for the couple just because they don't want to cheer for Mike Bison.
He is dressed in a track suit, the top of which is unzipped revealing a basic white t-shirt underneath. His hands are still absent of his Kusanagi gloves but it doesn't seem to bother him in the least right now. As they walk down he leans over and whispers something to Sakura, "You ready to take this guy down?"
Decked out in her winter school uniform, it seems Sakura's more than willing to treat Bison just like any other tournament fight -- by putting all her heart into it. "Yep!" she chirps back, shaking her fist back at Bison. "Yeah... and if you treat me half as bad as I think he's gonna be treating his partner, well... don't expect me to like it as much!"
Marching out to the center of the ring, Sakura waves cheerfully to her adoring fans -- it's pretty much the epitome of Face fighters vs Heel fighters tonight, isn't it?
"It's rare that you get to watch a fight and not care who wins.. Well.. If I could decide the last one standing I would hope it be the bag of money, " Mature comments to a 'fan' standing next to her with a cruel grin. She isn't a loud fan or a cheering fan, she simply watches with a bit of a smile. She's there to watch someone get beaten to a pulp.. And that someone is everyone whose participating. That and she's there for the arena snacks. One of the very few fans still in her seat, she munches on peanut m&m's.
COMBATSYS: Sakura has started a fight here on the left meter side.
COMBATSYS: Shingo has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
COMBATSYS: M.Bison has joined the fight here.
His lips pulling back in a twisted snarl, Bison eyes his opponents with a look of sheer contempt as they enter the ring, snorting loudly and spitting on the ground in disgust. Responding to Sakura's fist-shake with a middle finger, the boxer twists his neck to both sides, several loud cracks and pops sounding out as he does so. "You little fuckin' punks!" yells the boxer, his cavernous voice rising above the din of the crowd as he points at his two opponents.
Rather than wait for the cheers to die down, or the announcer to actually.. announce the beginning of the match, the big man grabs the bag of money and hefts it off the ground. Taking off in a charge towards the pair, he lets out a bellow of rage - swinging the heavy sack in an arc, aiming the object to smash Shingo in the side of the head.
COMBATSYS: Shingo fails to counter Random Weapon from M.Bison with Tsuki Hiji.
The charging bull of man is not lost to the boy from Taiyo. In fact, he was more than expecting himself to be the main target of Bison's rage tonight. Especially after how the boxer's attempt at taking out Shingo way before the match didn't end in his favour. Mostly in part thanks to the intervention of a scary devil lady. But still. It was Yabuki who Bison was after and it looks like he's gonna use this match to finish off the job. Go Shingo. Of course this all works out perfectly for the strategy he was planning to use tonight anyways and equally charges towards the bare-knuckled boxer.
The bag is swung at his head and Shingo does his best to raise a hand defensively to block Bison's 'partner' from striking him. But the combination of Mike's mass, his forward motion, the mass of the bag, and the bag's own forward motion is too much for the boy's one hand. So what if the sack contains nothing but inked paper? It smashes right through Shingo's defenses slamming his own hand into his head and knocking him flat to the ground with a resounding *THUD*. But he doesn't stay down and is on his feet again to face Bison. Pay no attention to the trickle of blood forming at his ear.
Gritting her teeth as she seems to have incited the buffalo into rage much too quickly... well. That's just how it happens, right? Still -- as she steps into her fighting stance, all she can do is clench her fists tightly at her side, gritting her teeth as the sack of money knocks Shingo over. Nope. Because she's got something of her own to concentrate on -- summoning her chi into a torrential column of blue-white energy, drawing the whole into herself with a low rumble, eyes turning to stare intensely upon Bison.
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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Smashing his way past the boy's defenses, Bison lets out a deep chuckle as the hated high-schooler strikes the ground with a dull *thud*. Rather than press the attack on Shingo, the boxer turns his attention to his second opponent - rushing off towards her before her partner can get back to his feet and make any attempts to stop him. As his powerful legs carry him across the fighting stage with a speed that seems out of place in someone so large, the massive man once again rears back with the bag of money.
Gripping the object with both hands, he swings it behind him before bringing it forward just as he closes in on the schoolgirl. With a grunt of exertion - the sack being quite heavy, despite only being filled with cash - Bison aims to slam it into her stomach with all his strength. He'll be damned if he lets her stand there and gather her energy without throwing a few attacks her way.
COMBATSYS: Shingo counters Random Weapon from M.Bison with Tsuki Hiji.
- Power hit! -
[OOC] Sakura WOOTS.
Wait a minute. Shingo was under the impression that he was going to be the one preoccupying the boxer's attention in this fight. So why is Bison turning from the young man when he easily has him in the position to beat him into submission? It could only mean...he's gotten wise to what the tactic of the two teens turns out to be. The Kusanagi-ryu fighter blinks when the man focuses on rushing at Sakura now with that big bag of money. Uh-oh Bison. Looks like you forgot a rule of combat. Never turn your back on an opponent. Cause Shingo will be -damned- if you think he's just gonna stand by and let you clobber his girl with a sack of dough.
In the interest of covering his partner given the two-on-one setting of teams, Shingo follows suit behind M. Bison. Breaking into a sprint almost immediately as the larger man does. The image of the boxer bludgeoning Sakura with the bag is the extra motivation that the boy needs. "RARGH!" He dives forward hands held out in front of him to grab at Bison. Somewhere. Anywhere. He just needs to stop him from reaching Sakura so she can finish power up. Success! Though he missed any upper part of Bison. Shingo's momentum and desire was enough to send him hurtling enough that he locks his arms around the legs of the bull to make him trip up from moving so fast and land on something. Hope it hurts. A lot. The teen smiles up at Sakura. I got your back, yo.
And... Sakura winces a bit, taking a few steps back at the simultaneous clashing of her boyfriend and the fat bag of cash. Wincing a bit, she seems glad that Shingo seems to have come across without damage this time -- and even moreso once it -hits- Bison. Throwing up a fist, she cheers a bit -- "Go Shingo! Go Shingo!" But she quickly returns to the mission at hand, clenching her fists at her sides, skirt and headband kicking up in the wind -- apparently, she's planning to go level two any time now! "HAAAAAAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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Letting out a grunt of surprise as his legs are grabbed from behind, Bison looses his footing quickly and slams, face-first, onto the floor of the fighting stage. The big man isn't down for long, however, quickly standing back up and whirling around to face the pesky Shingo. Both of the boxer's powerful arms lunge out, aiming to grab the kid around the waist..
COMBATSYS: M.Bison successfully hits Shingo with Head Bomber.
Grabbing Shingo tightly around the midsection, Bison lifts the highschooler off the ground with little effort on his part. Keeping him held with a vise-like grip, the boxer rears his head back before bringing it forward - slamming his forehead across the bridge of Shingo's nose once.. twice.. three times. But that's not all.
After the series of headbutts lands, Bison opens his mouth wide and moves his head forward - this time aiming to bite down on the young kid's ear. Once his teeth bite into Shingo's skin, the big man snaps his head backwards, aiming to tear off a piece of flesh before throwing his opponent to the ground harshly.
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The things one does for love. Like tackling a rather large and solidly built boxer-type to the ground when he wields a large sack of money quite efficiently. To say nothing of said boxer-type being no longer a professional boxer for killing a man in the ring. Now Shingo knows what Courage goes through. Yeah he was successful in foiling Bison's go at Sakura. But it left in him in a very vulnerable situation. One that Mike quickly capitalizes on. The next thing he knows he's hefted into the air and having his nose re-introduced to Bison's skull a grand total of three times. Just when he thinks it's all over and all he's getting away with this round is a bloody nose...a chunk of his ear lobe is painfully removed.
"AAAAAAAAAARGH!" The scream is enough to send shivers down the spine of the faint-hearted and some of the weaker stomach members of the audience even faint whilest majority of them in it for the blood roar in appreciation. On the bright side. If it can be seen as that. The ear that gotten bitten just so happens the same hear that was tragically struck with the bag earlier. So instead of two bad ears, it's just one. But Shingo is not going to let that go. With the inital pain still shooting through his nervous system his instinct takes over and he swings a wild fist at Bison. Mainly to get released from the dangerous grip. If some teeth of the man's happen to get dislodged. Even better. "EAT THIS YOU BASTARD!"
Gritting her teeth as Bison reaches out and takes a big ol' bite, Sakura... finds she really can't stand and watch any more! "SHINKUUUUU!" Practically -twitching- with rage, she casts her hands out to one side, letting the cerulean motes of light swirl around into her palms, forming a gigantic maelstrom of energy therein. A dense, white-hot core grows larger with each passing instant, though the growth accelerates with the sudden spike of rage at the fact that Shingo -- the boy who simply can't get mad -- is now RAGING BALLISTIC. Thrusting her hands forward, she looses the devastating ball of swirling blue and white energies at Bison with a tumultuous cry of "HADOOOOOOOOOUKEN!" -- hoping that serves enough warning for Shingo to get the heck out of the way.
COMBATSYS: M.Bison dodges Shingo's Dokugami Mikansei.
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COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits M.Bison with Shinkuu Hadouken.
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With decades of boxing/fighting experience under his belt, Bison has little trouble dodging Shingo's wild punch, weaving to the left as the fist passes within inches of his head. Unforunately, the attention paid to evading his attack leaves the boxer wide open for the schoolgirl's first move of the match. He hears the yell of 'Hadouken', but by the time he turns around to face Sakura it's far too late to move out of the way - the ball of chi striking Bison right in the chest and forcing him back several steps, although the big man manages to keep his footing.
"Grrrrr..." growls the enraged boxer, eyeing Sakura with sheer hatred, "You bitch!" Once again, the massive thug aims to grab hold of Shingo, lunging forward to grip the highschool student by the throat with his large hand.
COMBATSYS: M.Bison successfully hits Shingo with Large Thrown Object.
Closing his hand tightly around the kid's throat, Bison lifts him up in the air with one arm, grinning widely at Shingo. "Time to take a ride, punk!" bellows the enraged boxer, before tossing the kid straight at his partner. Even if the schoolgirl gets out of the way, her partner is in for a rather painful impact with the ground.
The Tame Bite is a very appropriate name for Shingo's flameless version of the Kusanagi style #115 technique tonight it seems. The 'Wild' swing passing harmlessly over Bison's head only frustrates the boy more. Here he is with possibly a broken nose, a chewed bloody ear, and being 'hugged' by an angry black man. What else could go wrong tonight? For starters, he could always be gripped around the throat and flung at Sakura as though he were some large thrown object of some kind. But at least he's keeping up his end of the plan. And that is to keep Bison focused on him so that Sakura can bombard him with those lovely hadoukens of hers. The most powerful of which successfully hitting due in part to his perviously mentioned wild punch. This time there's no shout or cry when he's thrown. He's done enough of that already for this match.
So it's time to return the favour. Recovering from his flight. Regardless colliding into Sakura or not. Shingo springs back to action. Aiming a finger at Bison he states ignoring his own injuries for now, "I don't know what your problem is. But tonight we're gonna settle it. With the Kusanagi flame of life burning upon my fist!" He brings up a balled up hand to punctuate his point, albeit it is not surprisngly unlit. "Burning..." Power, determination, desire, courage, and dare I say it, love swell up within his body to give him what he needs to bring around his own offensive in this fight. He is going to land a hit. Even if it kills him. Let's just hope it doesn't come to that. "SHINGOOOOOO!" Faster than he normally moves, Shingo is all over Bison like bees on honey with a flurry of strategic strikes to known vital points of the human body. The throat, solar plexus, just above the nose, knee cap, temples, and eyes. Although no attack is made to the groin. Now all there is to see what happens. This hopefully gives Sakura to mount her own attack.
COMBATSYS: M.Bison successfully hits Sakura with Large Thrown Object.
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Love! Yes, it's all about love. Love is what made this very match possible, along with the letters M and B and the number 1. Which, if you ride the short bus to school, spells M.Bison! Er, anyway. As much as Sakura may have been looking forward to getting pummeled by Shingo, she didn't expect it to be thanks of the Bison Express -- and as such, gets utterly knocked over and buried by the bruising attack. Extricating herself from Shingo, though, she slaps her cheeks as she rises back to her feet, taking slow and measured breaths -- won't get anywhere by rushing into things, right? "Alright! Go get 'im, Shingo-kun!" And she continues to brace herself for the next wave of attack -- albeit, the blue energy swirling around her unballed fists has a substantially less aggressive pattern this time.
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits M.Bison with Burning Shingo.
- Power hit! -
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Bison's been on the other end of this technique before, and last time he had little problem blocking the student's strikes - but it appears as though he's managed to piss Shingo off, because this time around the blows come much quicker, and with much more power behind them. Struck up and down his body by Shingo, the boxer stumbles backwards as he is pummelled, knocked off balance by the first punch and left unable to defend himself. Once the kid backs off a bit, Bison drops to one knee, staring at the floor of the fighting stage as his grits his teeth harshly, fighting his way past the wave of pain that washes over his body.
"Motherfucker.." growls the boxer, before -exploding- back to his feet in a mad rush towards Shingo. As he approaches, he rears back with his powerful right arm, eyes narrowing and waiting until he reaches the proper distance from his opponent. Timing it as well as he can, the big man lets loose with a brutal straight punch - aiming to crack Shingo right in the face.
COMBATSYS: M.Bison successfully hits Shingo with Dash Straight.
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And what a crack it is. The bare-knuckled punch impacts squarely into Shingo's face. Damaging further his already broken nose and sending a spray of blood into the air and onto Bison's fist. Not that the boxer would mind it of course being the one who got him bloody anyways. This is what he gets for charging head strong at Bison ranting about enchanted flames and all that crap. When will the boy learn? Probably never until he masters the flame himself. He is knocked back flying all the way into the outer edge of the ring. Only stopping when he slams into the wall protecting the front row of the crowd. He did his best. He has no regrets. And now Sakura has a better chance of finishing M. Bison off. After all is said and done. Shingo slumps to the ground back against the wall on the verge of passing out. He fights just to see the outcome.
COMBATSYS: Shingo takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Shingo can no longer fight.
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Gritting her teeth, Sakura notes all the pain and bloodshed in the back of her mind. She keeps repeating the mantra in her mind through it all -- stay focused, stay focused, stay focused. Anger leads to fear, fear leads to... getting her ass beat, after all. Not gonna happen. So instead of letting anger and fear control her -- she uses it as a force multiplier, knuckles pulled to a taut white as they swing to her side. Shingo may be fond of counterattacking, and Bison may really REALLY like punching -- so it's only fair that Sakura be allowed to fall back on what she does best -- fireball! And so that's exactly what she does, summoning forth a decently-sized bloom of cerulean blue chi, which she then rushes on to Bison post-haste. "HADOOOOOOUKEN!" It's not quite as big, or quite as -fast-, as the last... but she's hoping it's enough to catch him off-guard!
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits M.Bison with Medium Hadouken.
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Bursting out in sick, demented laughter as his fist absolutely demolishes Shingo's face, Bison watches the youth sail into the wall with a grin. Unfortunately, this gives his remaining opponent enough time to capitalize - sending another ball of chi his way, the projectile slamming into his back and sending him stumbling forward before he regains his footing. "Heh heh.. don't worry, bitch, you're gonna join your boyfriend in a second.." he threatens, before rushing towards her, propelled forward by his piston-like legs.
Pulling his fist back as far as it can go, the boxer throws out yet another straight punch - the same move that finished Shingo off only seconds ago. Perhaps he's hoping it'll have a similar 'impact' on the schoolgirl.
COMBATSYS: M.Bison successfully hits Sakura with Dash Straight.
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Sakura says, "'Bitch,' 'whore'... you really know how to make a woman feel all warm and mushy inside!" Well, that might be a poor choice of words for the Taiyo schoolgirl, as he's about to make that a reality from the way his bare knuckles impact into Sakura's face, sending her flying backwards, heels of her shoes skipping harmlessly across the ring in her flight.
Tipping forward as she skids to a halt, she clutches her face with a hand... and in a sick sense, actually starts... laughing? Even though her face is already bloody and swelling from the blow, she still finds the strength to curl it into a laugh... for her hands never really stopped glowing blue after that last fireball. Indeed -- as hard as it may be for her to even remain standing, it's a relatively simple task for the schoolgirl to summon forth insane amounts of chi into her palms. Snickering lightly, she spits out a spurt of blood before hoarsely whispering, "SHINKUUUUU..." One trick pony, is she? Well -- no worse than the boxer's complement of straight punches this match. Pushing back to her feet, she spreads her hands to accomodate the growing orb of blue flames, crackling with electricity for the few seconds before she unleashes the freight train of energy at her opponent: "HADOOOOOOOOUKEN!""
COMBATSYS: M.Bison interrupts Shinkuu Hadouken from Sakura with Gigaton Blow.
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COMBATSYS: M.Bison can no longer fight.
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"What can I say? I call it how I see it.." replies the boxer with a grin, truly relishing the impact of his fist against Sakura's face. For a moment, he actually thinks that the strike was enough to knock the schoolgirl out, and he turns his back to Sakura - raising his hands high in the air in victory.
That is, until he hears the -laughter- coming from behind him, quickly whirling around and tilting his head at his opponent. "Oh, you like pain? Well, then you're in luck.." growls Bison, stomping towards her, his pace quickening as she gathers her chi. Spinning around in mid-run just as Sakura begins to intone 'Shinkuuuuu', the massive man reaches striking distance and lets loose with a brutal right punch, all of his strength and momentum backing the single blow.
And it connects, brutalizing the schoolgirl's face, but not before she's able to release her attack. The massive ball of chi strikes Bison at point-blank range, sending the boxer flying backwards several feet before his 220 pounds frame strikes the mat with a *thud*.
COMBATSYS: Sakura takes no action.
COMBATSYS: Sakura can no longer fight.
Sakura didn't even -expect- that. She -should've, of course, from how much people loooove to hear the charge-up and the word 'Shinkuu'. But... them's the breaks. And break is definitely an apropos word for what happens to Sakura's face afterwards -- as not only is she knocked backwards, she's sent utterly flying backwards out of the ring, crumpling against the first layer of stairs -- and then flumping over, totally unconscious. No more laughing, no more grinning... just... peaceful, blissful rest. Happy fun reconstructive surgery, here she comes!
"DOUBLE KAY-OH! Ladies and gentlemen this match is over! Let's hear it for our fighters! I'm sure they were happy to please you tonight. That is if any of them were still standing! Thank-you and have a good night!"
The announcer guy resurfaces just as the dust clears on the arena and the medical staff is already flowing onto the floor to tend to the wounded fighters. One of them even managing to retrieve the piece of Shingo's ear that got bitten off and putting it on ice for reattachment later. Which surprisingly made it through relatively unharmed. Save for being bitten off. All three fighters are placed on their respective stretchers after having whatever holes they're leaking from plugged up first. And after what they witnessed in the ring, they have the good mind to keep Shingo and Sakura in seperate rooms of the medical facilities in the arena from M. Bison (That is if the arena does have medical facilities. If not, everyone is driven off to the hospital).
The crowd has begun to clear out of the arena, some stragglers staying behind to see any of the follow-up impromptu matches between random fighters. The floor already being cleared of any debris and still wet blood. The fighters already gone. Talk about your exhibition matches.
"Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Good fight and good night."
Log created by M.Bison, and last modified on 23:57:27 02/16/2005.