Match 2: Yuuki vs Wynfei

Wynfei
Breg Epona - Arena Floor



    It's a cool evening as but the Arena is lit up and streams of people are out here. The stands are not full yet but people are running out trying to get a good spot to sit and watch the match. The arena floor has been cleaned and cleared up for the next round of matches.

    Wynfei was in one of the fighters waiting rooms. He was going up against Yuuki someone he's seen fight and he honestly wanted to meet her but he guesses he will meet her now. Closing his eyes and relaxing himself, he was going to have fun but he would need to focus while in this fight.
Yuuki
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    It seems that the match is not long to start though as a cheer echoes around the arena. Yuuki can be seen walking out from her own side of the arena, hand waving energetically to the crowd as she makes her way towards her starting point at the center. She had a lot of fun with her first fight and is expecting just as much from this one, if the grin on her face is any indication. Of course, she's also in this to win. But having fun is a good side-effect of that. Or would it be the other way around?

    Yuuki stops a short distance from the dead center of the arena. She performs a few stretches. She draws her sword, getting in a few good swings. Just making sure everything is working as expected. She then moves her sword up to rest on her shoulder as she looks in the direction of her opponent, waiting for him to join her so they can begin!
Wisteria
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    The crowd has gathered, people are selling food and drink in the stands like any sporting event. There is a hushed rumble in the air like surf on rocks comes from the crowd. The tall albino woman with the black geometric bunbun tattoo on her neck stands in her wisteria print kimono on the announcer stand. The magic screens coming on half showing one fighter entrance and half on the other.

    "Well Well Well! Look how far we've come in the Grand Balancing of the Scales!?" Wisteria announces to the crowd. "Semi Finals already, I want you to give all your love for this one... well until I'm down there in the second half of the Semi then I want you to give me all the love right folks?" she laughs "Now however I want you to give your love for Yuuki a Sleepign Knight from the Eastal League, an Imp known for her speed and dueling prowess let's see how that works for her against Wynfei the Crescent Moon Cainine Cait Sith... No I'm kidding sorry Wyn just couldn't help but call back to my own old flub. He's the successor to Sun Wukong the Sage Equal to Heaven, that stone monkey with all the kicks and punches. Let's hear it for our fighters and get this match rolling."

    The doors open to allow the fighters to enter the arena.
Yuuki
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    Yuuki waits for Wynfei to enter the arena with her, before raising her finger to swipe at the air a few times. A window appears in Wynfei's view, asking for a challenge.

    As the challenge is accepted, a countdown appears in the air above the two fighters. Yuuki slowly moves her sword off her shoulder, shifting it down and to her side as she lowers her stance in preparation. A smile on her face and twinkle in her eyes as she eyes Wynfei like a hawk preparing to strike. As the countdown reaches the single digits, Yuuki simply says, "Good luck, have fun!"

    3... 2... 1...

    START

    The match begins and Yuuki is already off! She starts running across the ground in the direction of Wynfei. She's fast, but not going straight either. She zig-zags her way forward in case her opponent tries to get off any ranged attacks, making it hard to aim in her direction.

    As Yuuki closes the distance, her blade takes on a dark shine. Darker than it usually is. Once Yuuki finally reaches Wynfei she darts past him, blade sweeping out towards him. She then performs a quick hop to zag once more, spinning through the air around behind him she unleashes another quick slash, completing the two hit combo attack. Each strike causes a small amount of darkness to seep into Wynfei, briefly sapping part of his strength as a debuff and also applying a DoT.

    Yuuki lands again, spin-skidding to a halt facing Wynfei in preparation of his counterattack.
Wynfei
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    Walking out Wynfei walks out and goes towards the center of the Arena. A pleasent smile shows on his face and upon seeing Yuuki his smile grows bigger. "This is pretty awesome, I've heard a lot about you Yuuki. I hope we have fun and my the best fighter wins." he says to her as he clicks on and accepts the duel challenge.

    He bows his head, "Oh hell yeah I will." he says. He looks to Wis, "Nice intro, thank ya." he winks at her. As the countdown neared the 3, 2, 1. Wynfei moves into a relaxed fighting stance. His fist balled up and his tail swayed lazily behind him. He cleared his head, something he's learned how to do that in his real life but even now.

    START

    The moment Yuuki came at Wynfei, the Monkey Cait-Sith holds his ground letting her come at him. As she makes her attack, Wynfei moves fast, she isn't the only fast fighter here. He moves and steps in towards the blows his arms cross in front of him as a flame like aura rises in front of him, the darkness of the Twin Strike flashes against the flames, though the darkness seems to surround him as he blocks and he can feel his strength sap a little. "Nice, my turn." he says as he dashes through the darkness leaping into the air spinning like a top in mid-air as he rapidly comes in towards Yuuki as she turns to face him, "Peekabo!" his right foot slams forward towards her aiming for her chest.
Yuuki
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    Yuuki can feel the heat of those flames as her strikes hit that firery defense, but she doesn't let them deter her from continuing on.

    Yuuki is proving Wisteria's description of her true as she starts running again when Wynfei comes charging in. Her boots rapidly hit the ground as she darts off to the side, drawing the martial artist in. Wynfei leaps into the air, unleashing a well aimed strike towards Yuuki's chest. As he does so, the Imp seems to blur, briefly moving even faster as she is suddenly several moments ahead of where she had been before, causing the kick to just graze her shoulder.

    Yuuki quickly circles Wynfei, to keep just out of reach of his limbs while still within attack range of her sword. She unleashes a quick jab in his direction, trying to stick the point of her sword into him.
Wynfei
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    Oh yeah, Yuuki has sparked something within him as she moves. She IS fast which only causes Wynfei to turn up no as well. No more talking, it's time to fight and have fun. A smile still playing on his face. Oh yeah anyone who know him who have fought with Wynfei knows that this is exciting him.

    The kick did graze her, but as she moves so does he. Pushing himself and seeing how Yuuki is moving, he has an 'AHA!' moment. He stops and as she comes in, he slams his foot down hard, channeling his ki, energy starting from his stomach and moving through his body and then it travels through and into his foot as he slams it down sending out a 'SHOCKWAVE!' throughout the arena. This is intended to knock Yuuki possibly off her feet.

    As she comes in at him, he weaves through her attack though the darkness that he was struck with still hits him and a wince shows on his face. Thouth he tries to push through the pain and dash forward as he throws a punch aiming it for the Imps stomach, and as he tries the attack he quickly pivots around to attempt to keep on her not giving her much room to maneuver.
Wisteria
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    Wisteria stands watching the fighters as the magic screens focus on both of them. "And it's Yuuki off to a quick start, that probably doesn't surprise anyone except maybe Wynfei a little she does get in a good hit off the bat but Wynfei is as expected quick on his feet and turns to offense quickly. These two are both great fighters, not to be underestimated. I guess no one here is terribly taken off guard by these semi finalists being good at what they're doing." The crowd cheers.

    "Looks like Yuuki is taking an early lead but it does not look like Wynfei is going to give in easily. Let's show them both some love!" she says to an increased roar from the crowd.
Yuuki
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    The shockwave proves to be effective, Yuuki quickly losing her balance against the shifting ground beneath her, this causes her to trip. Yuuki is briefly falling towards the ground, presenting a good opportunity for Wynfei to go for a strike.

    And go he does! The punch comes streaking in towards Yuuki's gut.

    But Yuuki isn't just fast on her feet, she's also fast on her mind! She reacts quickly, bringing her sword up between herself and Wynfei's strike. Reinforcing it with her other hand, she winces as Wynfei's sword strikes the flat of her blade.

    Yuuki is launched back a little by the impact. She manages to twist in the air, landing on her feet and skidding to a halt. She gives Wynfei a grin, "Not bad! I'm just getting started though."

    Yuuki pushes off the ground towards once more to strike. Her sword arm moves fast, so much so that it's hard to see what form the attack comes in until it's essentially too late.
Wynfei
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    Wynfei isn't using a sword or any weapons at all. The Cait Sith is fully hands and feet and the rest of his body. Yuuki is good but he wasn't going to allow that to shake him, he had to be better and seeing how quickly she is able to react, he knows he has to as well.

    'Adapt.' this is all he says to himself as he see her come back at him. The Shockwave did what it needed to but yeah. He lets out a breath and as he stands there, he lets Yuuki get within his guard, the first strike he catches by lunging forward and pushing his sword arm back a bit, but as she strikes again he attempts to jump back but she is able to catch him cutting into his left side. "Don't you dare go easy on me." he says to Yuuki.

    Upon saying that, using his natural grace and speed, Wynfei leaps over Yuuki, his speed is fast enough to buffet her with a little wind and as he leaps over her, he does a spinning tornado kick throwing it towards the center of her back, and as he lands, he quickly pivots and dashes towards her left side throwing a reverse knife hand aimed for her ribs, hoping to catch Yuuki off guard. He has to calm himself even though he likes a good fight one has to have situational awareness.
Yuuki
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    "I would never! That's disrespectful." Yuuki would never stoop so low as to go easy on someone. It's almost as bad as double dipping!

    Wynfei's quick jump over Yuuki does give him the opportunity to get in a good kick to Yuuki. The first significant hit he's been able to do so far. But as he goes in for the second strike, Yuuki uses the very momentum of the kick, plus her own movements, to roll out of the way of the piercing hand.

    Yuuki comes up on one knee after her roll, quickly sweeping her sword upwards at Wynfei's gut.
Wynfei
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    Wynfei notices she doesn't back away, his reflexes are fast and he rolls to the side letting Yuuki's knee strike, but something else catches him, her blade missing him as eh rolled out of the way.

    He comes up channeling his ki through his body and letting it out without any effect. He isn't shirking away from the fight. With Yuuki staying close in, he wanted to make sure he capitalized on this to keep her from being able to use her sword. Nope, he isn't letting her get away, he had to start changing the way of the fight and lunges forward towards Yuuki throwing a knee towards her chest and as he does this a flash of light erupts around him as he throws this attack hoping to catch her off guard and knock her back and away.
Wisteria
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    "Watch that mobility from our Monkey King, but will his rock hard fists and feet beat all that slashing steel?" Wisteria says into her magic mic as the screens show close ups of the action, the long shots people can get just by looking down in the Arena. "Not a lot of wave arts in this fight, this is fist to steel and body to body." The crowd cheers and roars as the fighters go back and forth.
Yuuki
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    Yuuki is feeling just a tad pressured by Wynfei keeping in real close. It does make moving her sword around just a bit difficult. But Yuuki has ways of dealing with that! But first, she has to deal with the fact that there's this bright light. No Yuuki, don't go into the light just yet!

    Yuuki is briefly disoriented by the flash, making her attempt to defend less than stellar. She does manage to bring her sword around to try and block that knee to this chest. But it was a last second move and she can't steel herself for the resulting blow.

    There's a grunt from Yuuki as she takes the impact, a small bit of HP getting knocked off the bar as she skids backwards on her feet.

    Yuuki's eyes blink as she tries to return them to normal. But she knows she can't let up on the attacks. So Yuuki charges back in to meet Wynfei, striking with a pair of slashes that probably won't do much. But they should keep Wynfei long enough for Yuuki to recover. Plus if they actually hit, there's a something little extra for Wynfei.
Wynfei
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    Wynfei is getting rocked right now but he hasn't slowed down nor dropped back or away from Yuuki. He had to keep up the pressure on her, to make it difficult for her to attack or defend. The range for a sword is small but he knew he had to stay on her. The bleeding from her last attack causes him to pause slightly as he feels it through his body. He looks to the side of he gauge and he sighs as he sees his health.

    Wynfei's eyes scan Yuuki and as he moves this time he can feel the pain from other injuries. He wipes blood from his lips and he watches as Yuuki comes in towards him, his arms up again and he channels his ki again though he steps towards the imp as she uses his sword strikes, that flame aura erupts around him and as she makes contact, thorns explodes from the impact racing towards Yuuki to try to attack and entangle her.

    He then suddenly brings his hands out to either side of him and as he does so energy can be seen engulfing his hands, and he adopts his fighting stance as he pulls both his hands together at his side as the energy brightens more and with power and speed he thrusts his hands forward unleashing a arrow like energy wave directly at Yuuki, nearly at point blank range, "EMPYRIAL ARROW WAVE!" he calls out as the dark purple like energy flies from his hands directly towards Yuuki!
Wisteria
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    Wisteria watching and commenting from the announcers stand "It looks like Yuuki has our favorite monkey on the ropes, he's certainly on the back foot. Those hits just keep coming." There is a collective gasp from the crowd. "OOoh that is one heck of a flashy Wave Art lets see if it gets Wynfei back into this match?"

    Wisteria smile widely "OOOh I wonder, is Wynfei an alpha edition? Does he have a fault with his damage limiter? Will we see hyper Wynfei from here?"
Yuuki
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    More of those flames burst as Yuuki strikes Wynfei's defense. If anything it probably makes for a really flashy fight for the audience!

    But as Wynfei charges up that attack, Yuuki's eyes go a little wide as she realises what's about to happen. She's not in a good position to evade that outright. And she sure as hell can't block it with her puny sword. She'll just have to make do!

    The spell explodes as it quickly reaches Yuuki, who disappears in the result blast of light, a cloud of smoke left behind by the explosion.

    There's a puff as something comes flying out of the top of that smoke. It's a Yuuki! And she's flying! Oh wait, no, it was just a rather big leap. Nevermind.

    Yuuki leaps out of the blast created by the magical attack. Her HP bar has lost an entire third. Her body is marked with shining patches of red, showing the damage the spell had wrought. That was a heavy hit! But Yuuki doesn't look upset. Or concerned. She looks excited! A grin on her face.

    The flightless winged Imp arcs through the air towards Wynfei, raising her sword up over her head. It begins to glow with light, trailing behind her as she falls towards the martial artist. She unleashes a single heavy strike, enough to create a small burst of wind outwards from the impact point when it hits.
Wynfei
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    Seeing that wave of ki explode towards Yuuki and actually hit her. A small grin shows on his face but the fight isn't over, he saw a nice chunk of her health just drop off her. Seeing teh difference he blinks as this fight is close. He had to do things right, still he had to stay focused. He stumbles backwards a little as he is hurting, angry red marks are on him.

    He could hear Wis as she announces whats going on, the purple energy wave crashes into the opposite side of the arena blowing apart some of it. Still it looks like Yuuki still has fight in her and he watches as she comes in at him again, there is still darkness within him which poisons his system and he can feel it racing through him. Though as she rockets in towards him, Wynfei shakes his head, 'Get out of your damn head and FIGHT!!!!' he screams at himself and he waits for Yuuki to get in closer and as she flies at him, he tries to jump backwards away from her as she punches missing the initial hit but she continues to come at him and he grunts in pain as the rest of the hit strikes him. "Nice!" he laughs as he throws a knee right into her stomach.
Yuuki
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    This fight could very well turn out to be a close one. Yuuki must obviously know this. As such she will probably focus on playing this out carefully, conserving her strength, making sure she survives to the end.

    Anyone who thinks this doesn't know Yuuki.

    After her last falling strike on Wynfei, Yuuki doesn't relent. She charges him again, focusing on her offense to the point that she doesn't even go for a defense. Wynfei's knee strikes Yuuki dead on in the stomach. The Imp flinches at the impact, the discomfort showing on her face while the damage shows on her HP bar.

    But it doesn't delay her for long as she launches into another assault. Her blade shines with that darkness again as she swings her sword once, twice. The two hit combo from the start of the battle. But there's a sudden flash of movement. A surprise third strike!
Wisteria
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    Wistera shouts "Ooh it looks like hyper Wynfei is a thing, but so is Yuuki! Watch these two go. It's going to come down to a split hair on the hitpoint bar!" She's bouncing on her toes, not so high or fast as she does when she's in were form but hey she's still bouncy.
Wynfei
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    Wynfei's body shakes a little but he pushes that aside and grits his teeth. His knee strike did connect but Yuuki is fraking awesome! She was still coming at him and keeping up close and personal. He wasn't going to back away, he had an idea, and it's something that just popped into his head. He can't believe he had a Ray Stance moment. How could he think of Ghostbusters at a time like this.

    Still as Yuuki's blade flashes in at him, he was ready, she did this at the start of the match but, "FUCK!" he says as he sees teh third strike come at him. He tries to weave through the blades and is able to weave past one strike but the other two....wait, he stopped it and took the other two, and as he is taking the hits, a bloody grin shows on his face a purple energy coalce around his arms and shoots down to his hands. "EM....PRYIAL.....ARROW WAVE!!!" eh cries out as he thrust his hands against Yuuki's chest firing the ki wave directly on her. HIs hands touching her chest as he fires.
Yuuki
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    Wynfei's hands touch Yuuki's chest as he fires...

    ...

    It's a good thing Yuuki's not the type to get embarrassed easily or Wynfei would have some serious screaming in his future. Instead of getting all flustered about his choice of hand placement as he attacks, Yuuki instead chooses to show why she has the class combination of Gladiator, instead of something seemingly more appropriate like Blade Dancer.

    As Wynfei summons his remaining strength to cast that large spell once more, Yuuki drops her sword.

    Yes. She drops it. As in she releases it, letting it clatter to the ground.

    Yuuki's now two free hands move to grab Wynfei's wrists, at which point she pulls them them to the side, forcefully altering his aim. The spell goes off, the wave of magic rushing to the side of Yuuki. She's still caught on the edge of it, as evidenced by the large patch of glowing red damage. But her HP bar didn't drop anywhere near as much as it would have with a direct impact.

    And Yuuki now has Wynfei held by the wrists.

    She quickly pulls him close.

    And headbutts him in the face.
Wynfei
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    Dropping her sword does catch him guard and the flying headbutt smacks him hard and Wynfei feels the pain. He tried to dodge but this was unexpected and her speed helped her in this regard and he is smacked and well the headbutt would've hit him but the Monkey still is able to move and back flips as Yuuki comes at him. Though as he completes the flip he falls to the ground as the darkness she used finishes the job and Wynfei drops to teh ground.

    MATCH OVER!$E$R
Wisteria
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    "Here is that massive Wave Art once more! But watch those hands boys!" she sticks her tongue out. "Oooh Yuuki showing why she's a dueling master, her zanshin seems unmatched! OOOH that headbutt looked uncomforetable for everyone involved." Then Wynfei's HP bar drops into the RED the word WINNER pops up over Yuuki's head with a Rainbow of fireworks that fill the sky over the arena.

    "THERE WE HAVE IT Folks! Yuuki has made it into the Finals! Hope you'll all stay around to cheer me on so that I can meet her there! Get yourselves something to drink and eat and when you get back don't worry I'll make sure the next fight is a good one!"
Yuuki
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    Yuuki leans down to retrieve her sword, returning it to her sheathe as the end of the match is announced. She makes her way over to Wynfei, laughing joyfully as she rubs the spot on her head that had connected with Wynfei's. She didn't take any damage for it, since it registered as an attack. But she still felt it!

    As Yuuki reaches Wynfei, she offers a hand to him, saying with a grin, "That was great! A more tense match than my last one. That big attack is seriously scary! I'm not sure I would have survived another hit."
Wynfei
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    His HP reset and he could still feel the pain, but Wynfei takes Yuuki's hand. "You were great." he says to her. "This was awesome and this was almost similar to my last match but I wasn't that hurt before." he laughs. "Maybe we can spar again some time, and sorry about that last attack, I was trying to end the match quickly." he says to her. "Sorry." he says and bows his head.
Yuuki
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    Yuuki is still grinning as Wynfei apologises, clearly not worried about it, "Nah, it's fine. It was a good move! A spell like that at point blank. A less skilled dueler likely would have gone down from that."

    "As for the sparring, I'm always up for that! Drop me a chimlink some time!" Yuuki gives Wynfei a wink, before turning and heading back to her waiting area so she can wind down.