2nd Tenkaichi Bending-kai Heavyweight Division ~ Quarter-Final Rounds ~ Match 2 ~ Kouzai vs. Loo Li

“Hello folks, and welcome to the first annual Tenkaichi Bending-Kai Heavyweight Quarter Finals! We are about to begin our Second Match!” The announcer said into his microphone, the noise blasting over the roaring crowd. The battle would take place in a long, rectangular Imperial Arena. Sand covered the floor, and though rectangular, it had rounded edges. Stands stretched around the outside, and backed into the stands where the private boxes were was the Imperial Palace and the Emperor's Box, as well as mansions and palaces belonging to important nobles who also had their own private boxes attached to their homes.

The entire place was of made of sandstone and marble and was fabulously decorated. A massive golden brazier stood above the Emperor's Box, being supported by two Tengu. It was on fire, and the fire was said to never go out. It was white fire too. In the arena there were several pools of water around the edges. Many tricks and traps were riddled everywhere through this arena, to be activated by Mr. Showbiz's will.

“Today, we'll be witnessing the fierce battle between Izanami Ezofuji-no-Tsukuyomi and Kiara Hide. The gates will open on my mark. With the combatants set, and the battlefield ready for them, let's give them a warm welcome! Now before we begin, let's remind our fighters that they'll each have 500HP and will roll a random number of 50 instead of 20 for the Heavyweight Matches. Attack and Defence stay the same, at 10. Izanami will have the honour of the first strike! Now without further ado...”

Izanami gave a soft smile. She was home. The palace to her left, on the other side of the wall where the Emperor's Box was. Her cousins and uncles and aunt were up there, as well as her siblings. All cheering her on. Moreover, Izanami had been present for the construction, dedication, and opening of this arena, not to mention the lighting of the fire, which her brother did. The eternal burning white flame. The white flames were the pride of the Ezofuji, specifically the Tsukuyomi Branch. But now was not the time for distractions such as family, memories or places of residence. Now was the time for fighting.

Izanami's opponent was a girl by the name of Kiara Hide. She'd never heard of her, but she was a dark bender nonetheless. Apparently, Izanami's older sister, Alyssandra had fought her in the previous round. She was strong in her own right, but Izanami was confident in her skills. Either way, the outcome of this match would not be determined by confidence or by thoughts, it would be settled with action and decided by skill and perhaps even a touch of luck, and with that, Izanami began the match. Her first move a simple one. Two blasts of fire coming from a punch, following by a wave of flame that erupted from a spinning kick originating from Alyssandra's then back leg, now front leg.

Attack Accuracy

Random number (1,10) :

9

Attack Strength

Random number (1,50) :

36

((OOC: Health update, my health should say 500, I'll fix it next post.))

Defense:

Random number (1,10) :

6

Kiara was uneasy. She hated large crowds. The only reason she was in this stupid tournament was because some man saw her skill in combat and offered to pay the combatant fee. Besides, she had to get stronger to defeat the girl who had taken away five long years of her life. But this was just ridiculous. Stuck in the middle of the Vermilion Empire, there were nobles and imperials everywhere. Part of her knew they were there for the show, but a paranoid part of her thought they were watching for her to slip up, to give them a reason to remember her name, as the dark bender child who murdered her father.

She shook her head, trying to rid herself of these thoughts. She instead eyed her opponent. She seemed almost happy to be there. Most of Kiara's face was hidden by the hood of her cloak. The woman struck. Kiara dodged the first blast, but the second grazed her arm. Reacting to the moment of pain, she wasn't fast enough to avoid the kick, straight to her stomach. She gasped and fell backward, her breath knocked out of her. She looked down to find that her clothes were a little burnt, but, thankfully, still in tact. She would have grinned, had she been a different person. Her opponent had foolishly brought herself closer to Kiara. A long spike formed from Kiara's shadow, launching toward her opponent.

Attack Power:

Random number (1,50) :

43

Attack Points:

Random number (1,10) :

3

Defence

Random number (1,10) :

4

Izanami knew the dangers of fighting a Dark Bender, and knew that she would need to bend shadows during the day in order to fight. The sun was almost directly overhead, and currently the only two shadows being cast were Izanami's and Kiara's. It seemed less likely to Izanami that Kiara would bend her own shadow right in front of Izanami's face, allowing her to dodge, and more likely that she would use Izanami's shadow against her. Izanami was right, for no sooner had she figured it out, her opponent had already taken the chance to strike at her with a spike of shadow. Smiling, Izanami jumped and vaulted over the spike as one would leap a fence, and land with a quick twirl, on her hands.

Using her hands for balance and torque, she spun like a top, and thanked the gods above she chose today to wear pant-leg hakama as opposed to her usual kimono. Her legs outstretched, acting as the larger end of the top, Izanami loosed a whirl flame from her feet that appeared as a wheel when she spun, aiming to use her spinning, flaming feet to strike Kiara at close range. Izanami thanked Kiara, mentally, for that attack, as it allowed Izanami to get close to Kiara. Dark Benders were mid to long range fighters, and in close combat, unless they were particularly fast or particularly skilled, they were at a disadvantage unless they could get surprise on their side.

Attack Accuracy

Random number (1,10) :

9

Attack Strength

Random number (1,50) :

4

Defense:

Random number (1,10) :

7

Kiara Hide
HP: 460/500

Kiara watched the woman leap onto her hands and begin spinning. She heard the gasp of every man in the crowd as her skirt went with her, then a pause as they realized she was wearing pants underneath. As soon as the ring of fire formed, Kiara ducked under it, but not far enough, and the top of her head was lightly singed. Not a big deal. She had felt worse head pain before, and none of her hair was badly burned. With the woman on her hands and her head now closer to the ground, not to mention her flailing skirt creating a wider shadow, Kiara chose that moment to strike.

She put one foot behind her and extended her good arm forward, reaching out to the woman's shadow. As soon as she felt the familiar confirmation that she was in control, she swung her hand upward, a motion that would send the woman flying into the air, or at the very least cause her to lose her balance and fall on her own fire.

Attack Points:

Random number (1,10) :

6

Attack Strength:

Random number (1,50) :

44

Defence

Random number (1,10) :

2