Duelist League: Syx vs Vertina

Syx
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

So Syx has actually been signed up for this Duelist League thing for a while, but he hasn't done any fights in it because he's been too busy, well, mostly being himself.

But now he has decided to actually have a fight, and win or lose, figured it'd be great to start against someone he's kind of familiar with. The arena hasn't seen as much action since the tournament, a thing Syx hopes comes around again once the next year rolls around, but regardless he figures they can give the folks in Breg Epona a bit of a show.

Syx's entrance music plays out of nowhere, his Harmonics working as ever to ensure he has a fancy entrance. Still no pyro though, so he'll have to work on that himself. He throws both of his arms up, and fire shoots out from his palms, sailing up a few feet before exploding, "Yeah! Lets hear it!"
Vertina
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

That must be nice to have your theme music whenever you want it.

Vertina does a few warm-up stretchs as usual. Getting to throw down with a pro like Syx is something else.

But then for a moment she stops. Her expression shifts a bit in confusion. "Wait, it just occured to me. If you're having a match with me, does that make me the Heel? Or is this just one of those Face vs Face exhibition match type things?" At least she has a grasp on how some professional wrestling works.
Syx
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Syx grins a little bit as he looks across at Vertina, "Technically speaking I was the 'evil foreign heel' in NJPW and since I suppose we're still in Japan, I think that might make me the heel." Though from the sound of the crowd cheering, it seems like they're rooting for both of them.
Vertina
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Vertina laughs. "I don't think the audience cares either way." She rocks back and forth from one foot to the other, keeping her movements limbered up. "As long as we give them a proper show, at least."
Syx
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Since the two are set, and the arena is ready to go, Syx decides to open up the show the right way. With a lot of fire!

He immediately goes to town, launching himself into the air and engulfing himself with flames. Once he's up there, he grins down at Vertina, and then launches himself at her like a meteor, aiming to smash into her with a full body press while everything around him burns!
Vertina
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

If he didn't come flying full bore into the match, well, he wouldn't be Syx. Vertina steps back and braces herself, even as her fiery aura ignites around her.. and still gets slammed down hard by the flying body blow. But Syx quickly finds that landing on top of her for a powerful strike doesn't come without some cost, as she drives the claws of her battle gloves into his sides and uses the additional grip to throw him off again.

"That.. was not my most stellar of starts," she admits, even as she rolls back onto her feet afterwards. "But that's one hell of an opener."
Syx
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Syx is still on fire, so when Vertina hits him she's going to have to deal with the flames that come with it. He rolls off of her, and falls back into a combat stance, and then slams one of his feet into the ground, rattling the whole of the arena as he does so, "That was a great counter, Vertina! I'm impressed!"
Vertina
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

The ground shakes, though Vertina lashes her tail and digs her heels in to help keep herself stable through the vibrations. "If there's one thing I've learned from sports, it's not to let a bad play ruin your entire game." Muscles tense, almost as if drawing some extra strength from the earth itself... And then Vertina literally leaps into action with such speed she's practically a blurr. A blurr of a flying dropkick at Syx.

That doesn't stop as that foot reachs the ground and she immeadiately pivots on it, engaging in a spinning move that uses her tail like a whip, forcing her opponent to keep their space apart if they don't want a painful whallop. Being a bit on fire isn't going to slow her down so much!
Syx
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Syx is actually caught a bit off guard as Vertina comes in with the dropkick. He takes the blow, and then stumbles backwards, before getting his feet taken out from under him by the tail sweep. That's something that Syx never really thinks about. He has a tail, he should use it!

And since the idea is already in his head, he raises more flames around himself, and then wheels around and swings his tail in an arc towards Vertina, aiming to smash her in the midsection with his tick dragon tail.
Vertina
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Vertina may have great speed and agility, but having that protective aura of ki helps soften some of blows she can't completely avoid. Case in point, she shifts the sand beneath her feet to sidestep Syx's blow. It still catchs her side, but the aura minimalizes the damage that could of been done.

A heavy breath follows, as that still knocked some of the wind out of her. But then she grins, showing a bit of fang. "Might as well use what we've got in this world, right?" For example, she makes use of the fact she has -horns-, and tries to smash him with an energized headbutt!
Syx
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Syx blinks out of the way when Vertina comes in for a headbutt. It was a good move, especially with having horns. But Syx re-appears behind her. He takes a second to cast a quick healing spell on himself, and then moves to grab Vertina around the waist.

He hauls backwards, swinging his body to throw Vertina with him, in order to slam her head and neck into the ground, the crowd pops and cheers for the ongoing fight!
Vertina
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Vertina Can't really do much to stop a suplex. But her own martial arts training does include some manner of rolling with the blows, which she can do. Being slammed into the ground is going to rattle your bones no matter what, though she's tumbling onto her feet as soon as she can pull free with the impact. If a bit wobbly in doing so. "Oooh that stung... but getting suplexed -by- the mighty Syx is still an experience." The fast and furious fight is already taking its toll.

But she'll just go down swinging if she has to.

Flames of a familiar intensity ignite, though in her case, it's with her feet, as she heaves one leg up and then drops it on Syx in a big blazing axe kick!
Syx
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Now this is what Syx is after! As Vertina manages to get out of the suplex, despite taking the blow, she's still coming! As she rises up to strike at him with the Ragnarok's Wisdom, Syx shifts one direction, bringing up a wall of flames, and then the other way, bringing up a wall of water. The two mix and instantly turn into steam. It's scalding hot, though if that'll be enough to hurt Vertina, that remains to be seen.

He moves to grab her even though she's kicked him hard, and he returns by stepping back, and launching forward with a superkick, and then wheels around with a spinning heel kick.
Vertina
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

The steam trick looks really cool, and while it does help fend off Vertina's attack it becomes a bit of a proverbial double-edged sword. Because it also makes it harder to see her, and that's something Vertina can take advantage of with her own techniques. She quickly moves out of line of sight, and when Syx tries to strike back with his grab and kick maneuver, the only thing he hits are the afterimage mirages of her fast movements.

Just before she comes at him behind with a fiery drill kick.
Syx
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Holy crap she's fast. Honestly Syx isn't sure how she manages to be that quick, but he misses pretty severely, whacking the hell out of an afterimage.

When she hits him from behind, he stumbles forward and then hits the ground. He manages to roll and come back onto his feet, however, getting back to his feet and he takes a second to wipe off his face, "Well well. Look what just came off cooldown."

He grins at Vertina, and then she can see the flames encircle him, as he plants his right foot and pushes off of it, launching across the battlefield at her, the intent being to slam into her with a full powered lariat that happens to also be on fire.
Vertina
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

There's no need to guess what ability Syx is talking about, considering it's the biggest bang in both their kits. And the fight had gone on just long enough for...

It's not for a lack of trying. Vertina ignites a dazzling flash of light, followed by her combination of protective aura and agile movement. It's just not enough to contend with that potent of a move from a powerhouse of fighter though. The arm catchs Vertina across the chest even with the defensive attempt, and as one would expect from a movement lariet she's left laid out on the ground hard.

Groan. "... at least he wasn't spinning ..." Then collapses again. That's an end of the match for sure.
Syx
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

Syx charges right through the flash of light, and his lariat finds the mark. It reduces her HP down into the red and that's when the match finally ends! Syx skids to a stop on the other side of her, and then turns around to give Vertina a hand up, "Great fight!" He holds her hand up, along with both of his, basking in the roar of the crowd.
Vertina
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

It takes a moment for the end of the duel to register before Vertina accepts the help up, and holding up her arm. Her head is still ringing a little. "At least I gave you a good workout for the trouble." Crowd seems to have enjoyed, which is what really matters.
Syx
Breg Epona - Arena Floor

"We'll have to do this again sometime." Syx says, as he gives Vertina a grin again, before he wanders towards the arena exit, now that their fight is over.