Crawley vs Tenrai

Tenrai TsuchiPost One

Tenrai was new to this. He didn't expect to be stranded in a kitchen; he wasn't even that great at cooking. So what did this have to do with anything? Was he forced to be the chef for this thing? For the sake of everyone's well-being, hopefully that was not the case. I mean, Tenrai, himself, thought his cooking to be five-star material, but it wouldn't be the first, or second, or...well, let's just say a few people may have vomited in response to eating his cooking before. Nevertheless, it didn't stop him from trying.

After rummaging through several cabinets, Tenrai eventually found a frying pan of decent size, subsequently placing it on the front, right burner of a nearby stove, also turning on the heat. To make things short, he found some ground beef in the fridge and formed a couple hamburgers. After they sat in the frying pan for quite some time, and upon flipping them a few times, they were done. Well done. None of that pink bullshit. Tenrai refused to serve an under-cooked burger. After placing them on a bun and adding in some ketchup, they were ready for eating (they were seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic salt as well). There were three hamburgers in total; one in each of his hands, and one laying on a glass plate on the counter behind him.

After biting into the first one, Tenrai frowned, then threw the disgusting thing across the room. Definitely not cooked long enough. If he recalled correctly, that one was cooked the shortest amount of time, although in reality, the third one was the least done. Perhaps one of the others were better. Just to be safe, he placed the second burger on the plate with the third, then pulled out a dagger from a small sheath at his waist. After cutting the second burger in half, it was determined; this burger was the one. Tenrai sheathed the dagger and took the right half of the hamburger in his left hand. Upon taking a single bite, Tenrai closed his eyes and let out sort of a moan from his mouth. "Now that's a good burger!!"

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While stuffing his face, Tenrai suddenly heard someone else. He turned his head to the direction of the sound, mouth full of beef and bun. He momentarily stopped chewing for a few seconds, but after that, he went on as the man began speaking seemingly random things. The first thing he really noticed was that the strange man wore practically nothing. Clearly he was either overconfident, simply used to formal fights, or was just that good. When the man got close to him, Tenrai instinctively moved to his right, closer to the stove he just cooked on, and further away from the supposed champion, disallowing the man from getting too close.

Before, he didn't really have time to speak, considering the man kept on talking, but he also couldn't talk with his mouth full of food. So, after a few more bites and a large swallow, Tenrai finally spoke up with a light laugh in his initial words. "Don't be silly. Why would I run away from someone until I knew they could take me? Although, even then, prolly not gonna happen." Tenrai glanced over to the remaining burger before speaking again. "There's a burger left if you want it..."

Something finally hit Tenrai after that last statement. This guy just told him that quitting wouldn't be embarrassing. Well, he heard it before, but it was only now that he understood that this man was his opponent. If only he had known that before offering the hamburger to him. Either way, Tenrai moved the conversation, making it associate with the fight that was likely to proceed. "You look like a boxer...well, a kick boxer, with your lack of armor. Perhaps I should even the playing field and remove mine? It might slow me down too much, after all...and considering the small size of this room, speed is pretty essential. No matter the result, we should probably begin this thing soon...you seem eager enough." If the armor were to be removed, it would be later. As much as it seemed like Tenrai wanted to be fair, he also didn't want to lose, so if this guy couldn't even put a scratch on him due to the armor, there was little sense in taking it off. It's not like his samurai armor was designed to make the wearer incapable of quick movements. In all honesty, it might be the thing that gives Tenrai the win. The type of "arena" they were in already gave a few of his capabilities hindrances, so his chance of success seemed dim to begin with. No matter though. Tenrai was always prepared for a battle.

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Well, that was good to hear. His opp didn't enjoy gaining any advantage. But then the attempted slap came. If Crawley had moved a bit closer before trying to do so, it may have landed, although how much damage can a slap do in the first place? The point is, he didn't, so Tenrai avoided the slap by simply moving to the side once more, furthering himself away from. As he moved, he also spun his body to squarely face Crawley. He reached his left hand up to his shoulder, then kept going until it was behind his back, scratching it as he spoke. "Eager seemed to be an understatement. But okay..." Tenrai smiled as he did two other things simultaneously; the first was jumping backwards. He seemed to sort of glide across the ground, or at least his jump seemed further than it should have been. Furthermore, he remained close to the ground in his jump, so it was more of a backwards lunge than a jump, I suppose. The second thing would be more notable; in his left hand, the one he had reached over his shoulder with, a bow would be present. Likely before Crawley would even have any time to react, Tenrai would have already pulled the bow's string backwards. As this happened though, a shimmering white object would appear at the bow's string. What it was was pretty obvious. What goes along with a bow? An arrow; however, this arrow was not any normal arrow...and not just based on appearance. According to the rules, "ammunition" was not allowed, which an arrow might be considered; however, the only ammunition-like aspect of it was the fact that it was an arrow; the only arrow-like aspect of it was the shape and the way it was fired. Yes, it could pierce things as well, but it was far from your average arrow. So far from it that it could be given a new name. Perhaps those not too familiar with the rules would be confused by Tenrai's use of an arrow, but surely the so-called champion would surely not be phased. The most shocking thing, however, would have to be where Tenrai was pointing his bow. Where, you ask? Well, let's just say it involves the pubic region of the body. Was he really planning to hit that area? Meh, who knows? But just in case, for Crawley's sake...hopefully he didn't enjoy sexual activities too much.

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Sorry for making you wait. I don't have school until Monday, so I should be able to post a decent amount before the prelims potentially end.

Edit: Oh yeah, and I realize we were only supposed to number our fight posts, so I'll change my post numbers if need be.

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Indeed, Tenrai did draw his bow, but upon seeing his opponent charging him, which was, to some extent, expected, he wouldn't even bother stringing an arrow, since it was pointless to even attempt after Crawley stampeded towards him. Instead, as the kick approached, and as his opponent was left blind (metaphorically) due to his positioning, Tenrai would prepare an attack. At the same time, he also prepared to take the hit. So, as Crawley's foot came within only a few feet of Tenrai's head, Tenrai began moving both of his arms. His right arm began raising. As the kick landed on Tenrai's right cheek, he wrapped his right arm around his leg. This did two things. One, this lessened the distance the kick could have sent Tenrai backwards, which would also cause Tenrai to pull Crawley with him. Secondly, this would hopefully prevent Crawley from escaping.

While not at the exact same time, Tenrai's second action would start happening before the kick landed as well. With his left hand, still gripping his bow, Tenrai swung, first somewhat upwards, then downwards, aiming for the area behind his opponent's knee (did I mention the bow had a blade along the outside edge?). There wouldn't be enough force to chop his leg off, especially with Tenrai's posture, but it would definitely be enough to cut through the skin and cause some damage. There were a few ligaments in that area, a bunch of veins, bone, muscle, etc. Bone and muscle damage would be fun, and the veins might make him bleed out eventually (although it'd take a while), but the area Tenrai was interested in was the ligament along the outside of the knee. Any damage to it would make it both painful and difficult to walk, likely causing the leg to give out here and there, depending on the severity of the injury. Tenrai might receive a broken cheek or jaw bone from Crawley's attack, but Crawley might have problems with walking after this. Taking damage was never a good thing, but it sometimes put you in the best position to attack yourself, and given Crawley's choice of attack, he wouldn't even see it coming.

That wasn't it though. After the blade attack, Tenrai would follow up with another one. After the bow attack would miss or hit, Tenrai would let go of Crawley's leg and punch upwards at the front of his knee. The bow attack might not have done enough damage, so Tenrai decided to attack the other side. Unless Crawley somehow turned his head around to look at Tenrai's hand, which his leg would likely be in the way of, Crawley would miss something else. It wasn't obvious, but the air around Tenrai's fist would seem a bit distorted, as if something was surrounding it.

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Tenrai would have normally went in for the kill, but he had to be cautious. Crawley hasn't shown much yet, so he had to have something left. As such, after he fell to the ground, Tenrai immediately lifted his bow and pulled the string back. Last time, Tenrai didn't have time to do this, so Crawley had never seen the arrow. This time though, the chance of Crawley interrupting it was a lot lower. As he strung his bow, the same shimmering, white arrow as aforementioned showed up. While he did this, Tenrai also began stepping backwards, moving at a decent pace, but slow enough to keep a clean eye on Crawley. Again, the bow was aimed at his junk. He had a reason for this, and no, it wasn't to rid him of his d**k. It was easy to change his aim to either of his opponent's legs if he aimed at what was between them.

While stepping backwards, Tenrai spoke with a serious tone, different from the humorous one he showed earlier. "I'm normally not so merciful, but they say we can't kill. I'm fine with knocking you out, but wouldn't it be easier to just forfeit?" Seemed as if the tables had turned. Not twenty seconds ago, Crawley had advised Tenrai to quit. Was he really all talk, or had he been planning something? Holding something up his sleeve still? Or perhaps he had come from prison and felt like it was necessary to hold it between his a** cheeks? Either way, Tenrai wouldn't bite just yet. The two now had at least fifteen feet between them, assuming Crawley remained still. "So what's it gonna be? Have no balls or simply want me to remove them?" That last bit wasn't sincere, he simply thought it sounded funny.

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Tenrai shook his head as he edged backwards at the same pace as Crawley came forwards, not allowing him to gain any potential advantage. "Perhaps I'm simply too cautious. I respect your pride, but it has no place on the battlefield. Or maybe it does on this battlefield...and I just can't see it." Tenrai's eyes were affixed to Crawley. He wasn't letting him out of his sights. Given the small size of the kitchen, however, he was going to run out of room to move backwards soon, and after that, the only place to move would mean that an object would impede his vision. So this was it, either Crawley did something other than beg, or Tenrai would be forced to take action. "I'm a bit disappointed. For a champion, all you managed to do was land a decent kick to my face...and that was, well, pretty much of my own will. And I just realized that belt could just be a fake, a toy that some wannabe fighter bought in hopes of winning by intimidation. Not like I've ever seen you before, haven't heard anything about you. And lastly, maybe those hits to the knee messed with your head a little somehow...but we're not in a ring, unless your a chef who has issues with anger and tend to beat people over the head with frying pans." Tenrai wouldn't say anything else. He only shook his head from side to side to confirm his final answer. He wasn't going to play by Crawley's rules. As he stepped back one last time, he made brief contact with a counter, three small drawers that were firmly shut. This meant the same thing for Tenrai as it did for Crawley: end of the line. Crawley, if he still had any hope of winning, would regret giving Tenrai this much time to prepare.

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Why couldn't this guy just give up? When Crawley stuck out his chest, Tenrai shook his head. Upon him standing up, Crawley moved his aim from between his legs to his left leg, the opposite one that was attacked beforehand, keeping his eye sight on that part of his body. The second after he moved the bow, he would release the arrow. The arrow wasn't as fast one might expect; it was comparable to the speed of a thrown spear. As long as Crawley didn't move, the arrow would plunge about an inch, inch and a half into his upper leg, about four inches above the patella (bone in the knee). Directly after it pierced the leg, without any hope to pull it out, the shimmering arrow would explode. This, firstly, would cause the damage to his leg to be more severe, but it was also a strong enough force to send him in one direction around ten yards. Granted, considering there were counters all over the place, among other structures, it was likely that he would simple be forced into one of them. Plus, the arrow exploded at his leg, so the force wasn't at the center of his body, meaning he probably wouldn't exactly be sent backwards without some weird, flying pattern.

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At first, Tenrai smiled at his success, but as Crawley made efforts to come back from the dead, his face looked more, well, shocked. The next thing he knew, something was flying towards him. Luckily, he still had his bow up, so rather than hitting Tenrai, it hit the bow, deflecting in a new direction. His bow, of course, also fell to the floor. So the attack wouldn't work, but it did leave Tenrai without a bow. Something more important was on Tenrai's mind now though. Where the hell was Crawley? And how could he have moved so fast with an injured leg? Either way, Tenrai couldn't panic. He reached down at his waist and unsheathed his dagger with his right hand, immediately scanning the area for his opponent. He glanced to the right, left, and upwards. Basically everywhere but behind him, considering his back was facing a wall and a bunch of counter tops. He couldn't really believe it. All that, and he was still moving. More so, he wasted an attack he had built up for a little while.

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Unless I get on tomorrow before school somehow, this will likely be my last post (if this thing does end on Monday).

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