3rd Tenkaichi Bending-kai | Lightewight Division | Semi-Final Round | Match 8 – [#22] Leilani vs. [#24] Ru-Zheng

“Hello folks, and welcome to the first annual Tenkaichi Bending-Kai Lightweight Semi-Final Round!  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 circular Ba Sing Se arena, which had pools of water around the edges. 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 Leilani Ezofuji-no-Susano'o and Ru-Zheng. 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 100 HP and will roll a random number of 30 instead of 20 for the Lightweight Matches.  Attack and Defence stay the same, at 10.  Leilani will have the honour of the first strike!  Now, without further ado...”

Leilani was here for three reasons: 1. To find her sister and bring her home.  2. To see her distant cousins that she hadn't seen in a long time.  3. To win.  Of course, her first match here wasn't working so well for that.  Leilani tried to dodge the flying bits of Earth, rock and stone that kept flying at her when she fought Trace.  She dodged a few, many hit her in the back, sides or chest.  Leilani gained a few cuts, scratches, several bruises, a bruised rib, and was knocked to the ground.  In the end, Leilani had lost and walked away fairly injured.

Luckily Leilani had made up for that bitter loss by defeating her last opponent and moving on to the Semi-Finals of the Lightweight Division. It wasn't what she had expected, but of course, it was better than nothing. Now Leilani had a real shot at winning. If she could be crowned Tenka Musou, the Strongest Warrior Under the Heavens, she could easily defeat her sister and bring her back home where she belonged. Now enough hoping. Time to get serious. Using her Dark Bending, she gathered twelve spinning balls of dark matter that circled around parallel to her back, as she held out her arm, the balls travelled down the length of her arm in single-file and shot themselves towards Ru-Zheng.

Attack Accuracy

Random number (1,10) :

4

Attack Strength

Random number (1,30) :

3

Defense:

Random number (1,10) :

9

HP: 100

Ru was ready to fight. His last battle ended in a forfeit from his opponent for some prize Showbiz offered. After that battle, Ru also noticed something different. His once generic orange flames, now burned a golden hue. He liked the sudden 'upgrade' albeit an aesthetic change.

His opponent, Leilani, struck first. She gathered twelve shadowy spheres and launched them at Ru. With nothing more than a simple hand gesture, Ru summoned his own twelve spheres of golden flames. The flames met the dark orbs in the center of the arena and exploded. Ru was actually impressed with the defense he just displayed.

It was his turn to strike. Ru devised a plan in his head. He didn’t know how it would result, be he hoped for something good. Ru boosted himself into the air, the gold flames jetting from his feet. He positioned himself carefully and began the arm movements of lightning. Over the course of the tourney so far, his lightning was getting way better. The sparks leapt to and fro from Ru's arms. Still in the air, he pointed his index and middle finger in the direction of Leilani, letting loose a brilliant golden bolt of lightning.  

Accu

Random number (1,10) :

1

Strength

Random number (1,30) :

23

Leilani raised a wall of darkness that blocked and absorbed the lightning bolt. Gold. Interesting. Coloured flames too. Just like her cousins. This was going to be interesting. With a smile, Leilani sank the wall back down into the shadows. Ru-Zheng was still hovering above the arena using his golden flame boots. Leilani paused a moment. She knew what she was going to do next, but the first she wanted to get Ru worried. Make him wondering what she would do.

Then, she lunged forward, reached a hand out, like she was grabbing something invisible. Using her Dark Bending, she created a massive hand of shadow and grabbed on to Ru. Then, the shadow hand mimicking the movements of her real hand, Leilani aimed the hand downwards, looking to slam Ru and the hand down into the ground.

Attack Accuracy

Random number (1,10) :

9

Attack Strength

Random number (1,30) :

21

Defense:

Random number (1,10) :

2

HP: 79

The shadow hand threw Ru to the ground. The earth cracked and crunched beneath his body. Leilani was a powerful bender, Ru knew that, that’s why he needed to fight just as well as she did. Ru got up, grabbing his side in pain. He brushed tiny pebbles from his hair and clothes, readying himself to attack.

He clenched his fists,  fire shooting from every opening. He rushed Leilani, he wanted to attack her in close quarters but still be able to have as much distance as possible between himself and Leilani. Once he was relatively close to her, he set his arms ablaze. His golden flame covered arms would hurt more than a regular punch. He lunged at her, aiming a punch right for her face.

Accu

Random number (1,10) :

4

Strength

Random number (1,30) :

6

Sara!  Because you rolled a perfect 10, I am going to give you what I call the Showbiz Special Fun Day Offer of Doom and Happiness!  What does that mean?  It means you are now given a choice!  Know that much like Vegas, the house always wins.  Give something up, win a prize.  Win a prize, give something up.  We shall see.  Open the spoiler and respond to choose your prize:


Choose wisely.