Meeting of Fire [Yoko versus Hirashi]

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"Yoko Yotori, are you ready?"

The short brown-haired middle-aged man who looked like he had a great deal of maturity in him would be the arena's proctor, meant only to carry out the traditions of the Agni Kai duel, usher forth the initiation of the match, and enforce the rules upon both combatants: Yoko Yotori, being the one addressed first by the proctor, would nod and bend her limbs into a horse battle stance. She was wearing her normally ostentatious apparel; white boots with red flame patterns along the bottom, light pink socks that reached all the way past her knees, extremely short shorts black in color, a flame red bra, a white and black-striped cotton scarf, and long black fingerless gloves. Over all this was a black overcoat, with sleeves that hung uselessly at the sides without Yoko's arms to occupy them, and was unzipped and about ready to fall off her body to reveal her half-naked body. Her hair was fashioned in much the usual way as well, with two long red locks falling down over her ears, and a ponytail held up by two pseudo-hairpins that reached to her lower back. The last thing of note would be her headband adorned with a cartoonish skull, of which she would loosen and let fall down to her neck to reveal the red eye tattoo on her forehead through her bangs. Once that was done, her arms would fall to her sides within the coat and she would give a light smirk at her opponent. For this match, Yoko had left her Burning Broom back outside the arena.

This arena was a perfect square, being forty meters long and wide. It was also an elevated platform that had two sets of stairs on opposing sides for teh combatants to walk up. The design on the ground was similar to the Fire Nation's flag, just resized into a square. It was all smooth stone that was dusted with powder to help the combatants keep a good footing, and around the entire perimeter of the arena was a flammable edge, to be set on fire once both the participants of this Agni Kai were prepared—it was meant to keep them boxed in, and spike the energy of the audience observing this fight. The proctor overseeing this duel nodded now, and would now turn to the dark-haired male known as Hirashi. He looked a bit older, but from Yoko knew about him they were the same age or something. He also was a bit hyped about the flame red designs for his clothing, but he was much more conservative about his body than Yoko was. The crowd waited mostly in silence, but some murmured. The cheering would come soon, soon enough, and Yoko knew it would be her name they would be cheering. Two assistant firebenders would be on opposite sides outside the arena, on standby with clenched fists pointed at the fuses that would surround the battlefield in flames. The proctor spoke:

"Hirashi Kimura, are you ready?"

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Hirashi silently walked to area where his Agni Kai would be going on today. Though Hirashi could truly care less about the Agni Kai that was about to go on, he figured that he should at least try somewhat. Since Hirashi knew that it would not look good on his part if he only half assed this Agni Kai, against one of the other Fire Nation Generals. A girl that just happened to be the same age as Hirashi though Hirashi did not know much about her, as he did not spend a lot of time hanging out with the other children of the fire nation. And what Hirashi did know about the girl came from her reputation as a bounty hunter. Though none of it really mattered to Hirashi, as to him she was just a regular member of the Fire Nation like himself. Though unlike her Hirashi was of noble blood. His uncle even being the ex fire lord.

Hirashi then figured that he should start preparing for this fight by coming up with a strategy. Hirashi would first start doing this by checking the girl out. To see if she had any noticeable handy caps like a limp or something. But the only thing Hirashi could really see is that the girl did not where a lot of clothing. As she was practically naked here in the arena in front of a crowd of people. This shocked Hirashi a little. As he was use to seeing this girl half naked, but be figured she would put on something that covered more skin in an Agni Kai. Since Hirashi was not perverted but he could already picture the girl during the Agni Kai with her big boobs going all over the place. Though Hirashi could care less about the girl’s boobs.

He was sure that a few of the people here in the arena would either not like it, or be overly excited about it. Though only a simple minded person would get overly excited over a girl with huge ass boobs, bouncing all over the place. Though as Hirashi thought about it, he himself would start to get excited as well. But Hirashi instantly put a stop to that. As it was not in his nature to just get overly excited over some girl that he had no idea about. Though the main thing that took away from the girls cuteness was her third eye. Something that Hirashi did not care much for. But from what Hirashi had heard about the girl it had something to do with her fighting. So Hirashi figured he would learn about it soon enough.

So as Hirashi stood near the arena still thinking about how the fight would play out, the proctor would ask him if he was ready. Hirashi would instantly walk into the arena and give the proctor a nod. The crowd would then go wild as the proctor announced the fight of Hirashi and Yoko. With both Hirashi and Yoko standing in the middle of the arena, all the crowd had their eyes on them. And as soon as the proctor said the worlds begin. Hirashi would lash out with two quick punches sending to quick streams of fire at the girl. As she was only a meter away from Hirashi, and right after the punches Hirashi would drop down to the ground doing a sweeping kick at the girls legs as fire covered his foot. Since as Hirashi did this his sword his hid the ground a little making a small sound.

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As Hirashi gave his nod of preparedness soon after being asked, that was Yoko's cue as her smirk deepened and her body began moving around even though the match hadn't been announced to begin yet. As the assistant firebenders shot fires out to ignite the perimeter of the arena up, she would shrug her overcoat off one shoulder and then yank it off with the other; in that same motion she would swing the coat in front of her and then throw it off to the side along with a spark of fire. In synchronization with the arena being lit up, the spark of fire would catch the coat and send it bursting into chromatic flames, completely disintegrating the article of clothing on the spot. Contrary to this young Hirashi's belief it was not the announcement of the Agni Kai beginning that caused the crowd to roar in excitement, but rather the renowned showboating signature to all of Yoko's displays. She was sure that there were a lot of people in the stands today who came only to witness another spectacular performance from the red-haired girl hotter than the devil, and the thought warmed her up. Now with nothing hiding her half-naked body, the cheering only became stronger if not a tad wild. And that, friends, is when the proctor announced the beginning of the match.

Hirashi transitioned right into it, throwing two light blasts of fire off the bat before Yoko was able to act, which quite the intriguing black light. She was forced to go on the defensive as she brought both her fists in front of her and unleash twin jets of rainbow fire to intercept his attacks. At the same exact time, she would throw her body flying backwards in time with the release of the pair of spectral plumes to send her flying quite far back. The backwards leap would create a total of five meters between her and her opponent, and then she would stumble back several steps to complete a seven meters distance; she had all too much leeway to react to his third move—he had thrown a flaming kick through the area her legs had once occupied, and given the range, there was no reason to exert energy making an evasive maneuver. Rather, she took the time she was given to make an attack of her own as he was in the process of sweeping. She would stomp her foot in front of her as if she was lunging forward, as her right hand came swinging al the way from behind her, to above her, and then down in front of her.

The motions Yoko made correlated to what was at first a small rainbow ball of fire. It grew quite fast as it traveled, akin to a catapult. The woman's arm was the launcher, and the projectile was the fireball that would fly out towards the General at the apex of her swing. The three meter wide rounded inferno grew more brightly and more vividly than the typical everyday fire, epitomizing the energy of life; This was because Yoko understood her element like the dragons before her. She gave the fire not fuel of fury or hatred, but rather she used her excitement, playfulness, and other indefatigable qualities about herself to feed her firebending. Not only would the fireball seem livelier, but it would be more powerful and pure than the typical flame utilized by benders of the nation. To complete its arc, the projectile would come falling down at Hirashi from above, meaning to crash into him and then explode into twice its original size for an instant—an instant was all that was needed to be declared the honorable victor, as long as she managed to burn him.

While that did that, Yoko would begin swinging her arms around her in a fluid motion as her legs did a sort of dance; licks of fire from one shade to another would appear and disappear as quickly around her body like an aura, warming her bare skin as she continued the choreograph. Her hands stood out most as she prepared this charged attack, now completely encased in a layer of rainbow fire that left trails of light in their wake while in motion. However, she waited for the right time to unleash it upon Hirashi, looking forward to him slipping up.

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As Hirashi sent his punches of fire at Yoko and set up for his second attack. He would already be going to set his plan into motion. As pushing Yoko farther and farther back, would allow for him to keep playing the offensive and forcing her to play the defensive. This would somewhat give Hirashi an upper hand in the fight. Since defensive was something that could win fights. But when it came down to the element of fire, it was all about the offensive side. As fire was a more aggressive natured element with very little ways of actual defense to it. Though it did have its few ways of defending other people’s attacks. Though most fire benders did not use the element of fire, as most fire benders tended to use the aggressive side of the element of fire. But through all of Hirashi’s training and strategic teachings, he has learned the proper ways of using the element of fire to defend himself.

So as Hirashi could see that his kick would miss as the girl was flying back. He would take it upon himself to change the move into something else. Since it was not need for him to have wasted that energy. Hirashi would then continue the kick, but instead of stopping he would use his hands to support his body up as his legs traveled under his body. This motion would be the same as a B-boy doing a flare dance move. And at the same time Hirashi did this it would start to form a giant sphere of fire around Hirashi. This spear would start to blacken the arena, as Hirashi’s black fire covered himself. As this sphere would work as a perfect defense for any on coming attack that was headed Hirashi’s way. As the last thing Hirashi could see before his field of vision was cut off by his fire was the girl stomping her foot.

As now Hirashi had a sphere of black fire that was five meters wide to all of his sides. With Hirashi being the center of the sphere, as Hirashi could now not see anything. As even the sky to Hirashi was useable as the sphere had a top that was at least eight meters up from the top of Hirashi’s head. Hirashi figured that this would be able to block almost any incoming attack. As well as somewhat send Yoko into even more of a defensive state. Though she was lucky that she had gained the fire nation resistance to heat, because if not the heat from this attack would most likely get to her. As the heat intensity of this attack that Hirashi had just started to use was one that could make many not from the fire nation feel as though their skin was starting to rip from the heat.

Though Hirashi knew that this would not work on Yoko but it could at least by him sometime as he worked on a plan. Since eventually Hirashi’s arms would get tired from supporting his body. Or Yoko would find a way through the defense. So Hirashi figured that it was now time for him to start brainstorming ideas. As Hirashi had yet to really see the way this girl Yoko fought. But Hirashi figured that she had to have some good combat skills as she was a general of the fire nation just like himself. Though Hirashi got his position form his noble blood and training at the royal academy. And Hirashi had no idea where this girl came from or what her upbringing was. The only personal information that Hirashi had on her was that she was a well known bounty hunter.

This also had to show that the girl did have some good fighting skills. But still Hirashi could not figure out how she fought. As Hirashi was a offensive fighter who tried to end battles as fast as possible before anything could happen. But so far all Hirashi had seen this girl do was defensive attacks. And Hirashi doubted that she was a defensive fighter. Because of her bounty hunter rep. But the girl also just did not scream offensive fighter to Hirashi. But then again Hirashi also knew that looks could be deceptive. So Hirashi figured that for know he would approach her as though she was an offensive fighter just like himself. Meaning that he would fight fire with fire, using his offensive attacks to counter her offensive attacks. And in the end it would most likely come down to who had the most creativity with their fire bending. Since the creativity that one brought into their bending could help them in defeating their opponent in a battle. And right now Hirashi decided that it was the time for him to put his creativity to the test.

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The fireball full of color would assault from above on the spiraling shield of fire lacking color—they clashed with a display of flares and shimmers of heat throughout the air. The spinning of his shield caused the resulting explosion also to radiate out with the centrifugal forces all around him. The thing here was that Yoko's strength in firebending was underestimated; her attack had been concentrated into one blast from above, while Hirashi had spread his defense all around him. He was not focusing on the attack itself, and thus wasting his energies. Not only that, but her blast had struck the weakest point of the shield: The top. Everywhere else the outside membrane of this fire shield would be spinning to increase the defensive capabilities of an element lacking in resistance, but not the top. Needless to say, as Yoko played her fire to its strengths against his inefficient defense, there would be a-smashing with the shield quickly crumbling; it too would disassemble and fly out in a ring with Yoko's attack. Though it probably would not be enough to burn the General, he certainly would feel the heat of the attack lick his body. It wasn't a very good display of the man's skill as a firebender, wasting his energy on a shield like that... it would have been ultimately more effective to counter with a straightforward blast of equal force—countering an attack with an attack instead of defense.

As the fire cleared, Hirashi would see Yoko's calm and fluid dance, as her flames flickered with highly compressed energy. The glow they possessed showed that they contained a great deal of power, resulting from the time she had spent charging this up. Now, she was ready, and she would signify this by jumping up and landing in a wide horse stance, thrusting her arms out to either side of her and yelling loudly for effect. The two rainbow flames that were in her palms would fly in opposite directions and hyperexpand into four meter wide infernos in flight. Then as Yoko swung both her arms in front of her and clapped them together, the two giant fireballs would begin arcing their trajectory around the arena to come a full one hundred and eighty degrees toward Hirashi. They meant to clash into Hirashi from the left and right, each with greater power than the average fireball on account of the preemptive energy packed into them so that a normal defense wouldn't work on them very much at all. If he tried, he would be burned quite badly as the conflagrations blasted right through his counter.

Dodging would be difficult as well; as the two fireballs would clash as was there original intent, they would cause a massive explosion that created a shockwave of heat and blaze perpendicular to the directions of the fireballs. Even this explosion had an incredibly strong force that a conventional defense would not prove effective against, due to the charged up energies being released. With an explosion five meters in diameter, and a ring of fire that traveled out three meters past that, for Hirashi's sake she hoped he'd was a fast runner. It was large enough that a giant constant fire would be left in its place, blocking off a chunk of the arena. And all the while the multi-colored spectrum of the fire would emanate brightly and cause the display to appear so much more beautiful than it was. The crowds around couldn't help but cheer and whistle, being excited by the bright lights. The corner of Yoko's mouth would twitch upward, her ego being fueled by the approval of the audience—she liked putting on a show for these people almost as much as she liked playing this Agni Kai game. It was a very good thing that the redhead had more in store for them all, and Hirashi.

Since her hands were already together, she would spread them out a bit to create a blaze between the palms. When it took life and began flickering around like naturally-occurring fire, she would split it into two complete imitations of each other and spread her arms out again. She was once again charging the flames with her energy to make them as powerful as she had just previously displayed. She performed the nameless dance she had before, and each fraction of a second that passed gradually caused the twin flames to glow brighter and flare more strongly, being contained into such small blazes. This time it would be a bit more evident what Yoko was doing, and maybe a little easier to stop her—otherwise, Hirashi would soon be dealing with another super-powered blast... and who knew what kind of attack it would be formulated into next besides Yoko? She had quite the strange mind.

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[AUTOHIT!!!]

There was an ungrounded theory that when a samurai swung his sword, that within seconds of coming into contact with their target time would slow down worlds for them, allowing them reaction time and precision far beyond what should be normal for a human being. This was similar to the deceleration of time Yoko perceived just before the two chromatic fireballs came smashing together right into the Black-Flamed General Hirashi. What she was seeing was completely unexpected, as she had at least expected counter attacks to her own charged flames. But as Hirashi seemed to be completely taken off guard, he had no response to Yoko's converging blasts... and with no defense the damage would be unprecedented. With a grit of her teeth, Yoko dispersed the flame between her hands and twisted her arms cross each other violently. The fireballs previously aiming for her opponent would make sharp turns in Yoko's direction, but would not be quite great enough to avoid each other. Just a meter in front of him, they would clash with a bang and a crippling shockwave. A vividly colorful ring of fire would fly out from the resulting explosion and drive right into him—a perfectly vertical blazing line that set his clothing on fire and burned his face. His body would be sent flying back off his feet, with a rough impact on the ground, followed by a long slide towards the outer edge of the playing field. His head raced for the wall of flame that was the boundary of the arena, gradually slowing and slowing... but would it be enough?

He finally skidded to a halt, his hair inches from touching the wall of flame. The proctor of the match finally reannouced his presence to the combatants, throwing his hand toward Yoko's direction and shouting out his declaration of the victor. "Yoko Yotori is the winner of the Agni Kai! She has brought great honor to her name!" Most of the audience roared in approval, though whether they were cheering for Yoko's triumph or simply the theatrics of the show itself, went unknown. She was sure some were hoping the fight had gone on longer, as Yoko had thought it would. The assistants came next, jumping into the arena and swinging their arms around: they began bending, extinguishing the flames on the poor general, the rainbow fire that Yoko's explosion had caused, and the bordering fire of the arena as well. Of course the assistants would come up to the Black-Flamed General, questioning his condition and whether or not he wanted to be taken to a hospital quickly to treat his facial burn while it was still fresh—should he be unconscious, they'd take him anyways. As for Yoko, well Yoko had won! She bathed in the approval of the audience around her, waving and beaming at the audience around her. Bows galore, blowing kisses, all that jazz.

If she was done here and her partner had no more to give to her, then she had no reason to stay longer. She had gotten her praise. So, if Hirashi did not try to communicate after the fight, she'd walk down the steps from the arena, and away where she could go do something else. The Agni Kai had been fun, and her name became even more renown than it already was, at the expense of someone else who was more or less known in the fire nation.

[Attempted Exit]

Subject: Re: Meeting of Fire [Yoko versus Hirashi] Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:39 pm

this is what i have decided since Elendril has asked me about the auto hit.

first
the first fireball, while the shield was still up, would be deflected because of the rotation of the shield. After that, the shield will be gone along with the fireball.

second
since he did not post in 48 hours, the projectiles Yoko had sent after the first fireball would hit. If Elendril would like to continue the fight after that is his own decision.

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Hirashi would see as the fireball above hit his shield causing it to get shot off in an opposite direction and making Hirashi’s shield go down. But Hirashi would not be able to move in time to stop the two oncoming fire balls that were about to hit him. Though Hirashi would be able to change where they hit him, as Hirashi would jump at the last time from his flare position. This would cause the two fire balls to hit right on the sides of his stomach starting to set his clothes on fire. Hirashi would then instantly land on the ground rolling putting out the fire on his clothes as the sides of his stomach now had medium burns on it.

Though it was nothing much that Hirashi could not handle. Though Hirashi would now have to get some medical treatment. But none of this really mattered to Hirashi. As this was just more of a Agni Kai for the hell of it. Plus Hirashi could not get mad about something that he did not give his all. Though he must not tell this to other people. As they would most likely think that he was just making up an excuse for losing the fight. And so as the assistants ran to assist Hirashi, he would tell them to just get him a doctor and some burn medicine. As the burns that he had received would not be bad if he gave them medical attention as soon as possible. And as the girl Yoko walked out of the arena. Hirashi would scream after her “good match”

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