Tournament: Soujiro vs Miho

It is a gorgeous day for a fight! The sun is shining and the crowd is hyped up as the Crownless Cup start to ramp up down the brackets. In one far corner is Soujiro, stepping out to explosive fanfare from half of the audience and all of the cluck clucks. A single mallard can be heard amongst them all. The blue haired samurai raises a hand, giving them each a greeting in doing so before stepping further onto the pitch. "First Vivi and now you, Miho? After we reforged Kogarasumaru together, I hope you will take great pride in seeing it used to its full potential today!"

Miho is here glad in her orange and grey combat outfit, she's looking eager and it's clear she's cleaned up from the forge. She's looking good she's ready and she'll strut out into the arena her tail swishing as she goes.

"Hello and yes I was glad to help with that it was an honor to work on such. I intend to forge a weapon of my own soon prehaps after the tourny is done."

She will be patting the Katana at her hip but she also has a Nagtinata at ber back.

"Let me show the world the quality of what I forge."

Soujiro Seta offers a big smile to Miho. "Then let us begin without further delay," says the excited samurai, issuing the challenge out for a clean and fair duel. His hand is on his saya as he launches forward, drawing out the holy blade Kogarasumaru with the first opening strike of the match.

Miho grins "I bet your crew will be jelous of this. I intend to make it burn in them." She grins even more, as she readies her Katna she wtche Souji fdor a moment while she keeps up some level of defence hardening hsrsel she's rapidly striking her foe with her Katna.

"Let us see how my huble namless blade faces your holy blade!"

Soujiro Seta meets Miho in the heat of battle with a radiant aura of light. Its enough to cause the crowd to swoon as he deflects and counters the rapid strikes. Finally he makes enough space to put a hand on his other katana. Don't blink or you'll miss it. Fwoosh! To the other side. Wait, no, Guilty Gear move! Swoosh! Back to his original position with a reverse cut. "But the person in the ring right now is just you and me. Lets make the most of it!"

Miho seems very happy at this fight she does not care if she wins or loses. She's just ogint ot take joy in this. She smirks for a moment.

"I guess it is just us and our blades."

The clash contiunes She's clealry being pushed hard, but it's clear she's got a lot better under Souji's training. Blades clash there are some hits and she didn't miss it but it's clear she's had to deal with it which does reduce the fury of her attacks for a moment...

Soujiro Seta leans into the next attack, letting the clean hits clash straight up against her armor. "Your moves are being more bold by the minute," he says as he plants a foot. Two blades, perfectly aligned, as he buzzes in an electric 360 back against her. An 'oooh' and 'ahhh' from the audience on the magical display of the pair crossing swords.

Miho says "One can not turtle against a dragon such as yourself." The clash contiunes as he pulls off a move that is very skilled as it is flashy. She's not finished eith she's got a trick as she recover her blade burts into flames as she launches an attack at Soujiro trying to keep up the pace of the attacks.

Soujiro Seta plants a foot and lets his offhand katana handle the heat of the oncoming attack. Sparks fly as the strength of his sword arm is met with the precision Miho has come to know and respect from the fighter. He isn't looking to exploit any vulnerabilities, but instead retaliate with all out force to meet hers! Stronk battle!

Miho is having a grand old time with this its clear from the look on her face. Soujiro is a living legend for a reason after all and she has been holding her own for the moment. He launches an all out attack and she will meet it in kind. She knows how a blade is made and shwo shows everything she has with it and shocking speed the heat of her blade picks up as she channels the power of the forge in her attacks.

Soujiro Seta rushes up to meet the attach. Miho brings the heat. Souji brings the strong counter up at the last moment with both swords. And crashing down is the divine wrath of a samurai omnislash!

Miho sees where this is going, it could be it but hey if she goes all out, that's all that matters right? So she keeps pushing as hard as she can. There's a clash of baldes, a meeting of souls! She's attemping to parry and block as many of the strikes as she can but it's clear some might get through still she might just endure this...

Soujiro Seta does not hold back! He does not relent. It would be an insult to Miho to pull punches and Souji does no such thing as he treats her as an equal on the battlefield. A warrior deserving of a cross-element strike of thunder and fire not only from himself but from Koga, his ethereal assisted spirit within the blade. Overwhelming force!

Miho is strong, she's so strong it's beyond what a human could be on earth. There are odds she could lift a small car now. She has an idea it' a flash one as she triggers her defect causing a glowing sheil to appear before her. She'll pull what looks like a yen coin of some sort in her off hand and flick it at Soujrio. The thing is its' going fast enough to embed in stone. Gill toss to the extream!

Soujiro Seta sees that gil. There is only one thing appropriate to do when someone throws money at you. YOU CUT IT IN HALF! The keen blade of the katana slices through as Souji charges in. He is coming for ya, Miho. Both katanas out for a cross slash that comes with coin shrapnel to boot.

Miho is about at here limit she knows it she watches him cut the coin in half, it's a really otherworldly moment as this happens she feels time slow down fore a moment but she also knows she's just about done here. This is her last push and she knows it. AS the coin falls she launches her findal stike drawing her katana just like in the movies.

She has hit her limit and put everything she had left into that final attack. There is the sound of singing steel and behind Souji as she is? Miho collapses to the ground...with a Gash in her side. Someone call a medic and a tailor...

Soujiro Seta heads on over as the match is called in the final exchange. He extends a hand over to Miho to help her back up. "A fine match, Miho. You could really /feel/ the intensity behind every strike you had." Smile. "Be proud!" Sparkle. They will fix that gash up in no time.