Re: Sin with a Grin[Isamu, Kurai]

Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:14 am

Sin with a Grin[Isamu, Kurai] - Page 3 BACDviJ

ISAMU HAGANE| Thousandfold

"Maybe I will, but I guess we'll see, won't we?"

Maintaining that nonchalant air, his body positioned in a defensive stance - left leg positioned before the right, his arms positioned in a defensive guard - Isamu simply bided his time until the large man approached him first.

The moment the bulbous fist set into motion, Isamu drew his body backward with his right foot, shifting his body to its dominant side, his fist shooting forward like a bullet at high velocity, targeting the man's liver. He mightily preferred the blade over his fists, having trained with the weapon his entire life, but that hardly made him any less of a threat in unarmed combat.

There were several techniques he cultivated and adopted throughout his life that he could easily fall back on no matter what. This technique, resembling one of the many attacks a boxer could employ to end a match - the liver shot - was but only one sequence of his martial prowess. In a thunderous flash of superhuman prowess, he roared from Bull's right side to the lift, executing a brutal hammer strike with his fists to the other ribcage, aiming to shatter bone and flesh.

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Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:55 pm

Kurai

When Isamu’s fist hit the Bull’s liver-area, what was struck was thick and well-toned muscle. It was like slapping a ham against a tree, especially without any really strength being put behind it. The Bull, being a mostly-normal human, had taken hit after hit over years of dangerous conditioning. Even if he felt the strike, it was difficult to tell as the large man smiled and laughed at his opponents weakness.

“That it, ya puss?” The Bull said in glee and quickly wound up a punch that aimed his bulbous fist to the side of Isamu’s head. If the hit made contact with a normal person, they’d likely end up in a coma. The man seemed to be intent to truly harm the opponent in the ring with him. “Stay still and let me whale on ya!”

Kurai had a drink brought to her and was pretty relaxed up in her VIP section. While the fight was going on, she had multiple people try and talk to her, but she dismissed them, more interested in seeing if Isamu could actually win this fight. Since the Bull was known to take a few uppers before his fights, she wouldn’t be shocked if the big guy could barely feel a muscle in his body. This was to be very interesting.

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Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:18 pm

ISAMU HAGANE| Thousandfold

"Look at you, big guy. Proud of yourself for taking a few hits~?"

Unfazed by the initial attack proving fruitless, Isamu didn't immediately move when the man launched a counterattack at the side of his head. For what it was worth, it did cause his head to shoot backward, but that was the extent of it. Slow as the brute was, he could have certainly evaded his strikes. The hulking frame didn't provide much in the way of speed. That much was certain. No, if anything, Isamu wanted to toy with him, work at his pride, tire him out. If he couldn't take any damage in full condition, he would simply wear him out by evading when necessary, and pretending that the strikes did connect, were wearing away at his body. Mocking him with a lopsided grin, Isamu wiped away the blood on his nose.

"Is that really the best you got? Guess the people you fought before were probably amateurs."

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Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:40 pm

Kurai

“You laughin’ at me? I ain’t the one bleedin’, boy.”

The fact that Isamu wasn’t really fazed by Bull’s attacks obviously bothered the large man. Letting out an impressive roar, and getting the crowd on his side with their cheers, the Bull charged forward. Both of the hulking man’s hands reached out in an attempted to grab Isamu by the arms. He may not be fast, but if he got a hold of Isamu, he was confident in his ability to do the man harm. He could squeeze him until he cracked or maybe snap an arm in half with his bare hands. Either way, all he needed to do was grab Isamu, and the fight should be his.

For a brief moment, Kurai thought Isamu was done for. That strike to the side of his head was dangerous for most people, but Isamu took it like a man. Seeing that only excited the woman more. She stood from her chair, with her drink in hand, and leaned against the metal railing that made up her VIP section. The woman took a drink and watched, waiting to see which man was going to impress her tonight.

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Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:24 pm

ISAMU HAGANE| Thousandfold

"A little blood'll make me look cool in front of the lady rootin' for me in the crowd. No hard feelings, though."

Bold bravado aside, Bull was pretty strong. But he wasn't exactly the spitting image of intelligence. Speed wasn't his forte either, a trait that made his job far more easy. The moment he shifted his body forward to grab him, Isamu shifted his body backward, dropping onto the ground hands first to kick the front of his toes straight into his eye. Just because his muscles were impeccable, the human body still had its fair share of soft spots no matter who you were.

Unless he was sporting some high-level durability, Isamu would exploit those weak spots every chance he got. If that strike to his eyes proved successful, he'd go in to repeat the same method as he did before, resorting to liver shots and brutal knees to the midsection, except this time, each strike was exerted with greater strength, doubling the impact of his blows with physical enhancement.

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Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:51 pm

Kurai

When something threatened your eye, your body just reacts quicker. Even if Bull wasn't the most intelligent creature, didn't mean he couldn't dodge an incoming attack, especially one as targeted as this. He closed his eye and leaned his head back and to the side. Isamu had speed on him, so he did not get completely out of the way. Instead, Isamu's shoe scraped across the whole side of his face. Luckily for Bull, his eye was not kicked in, but the hit was gonna bruise his face.

"Did you just try to kick out my eye?" Bull asked, clearly surprised. "Alright then!" The man seemed to get more excited. Since Isamu's strike was only half-successful, Bull took his next attack as strong roundhouse kick aimed at Isamu's rib-section. Whether it hit or not, he didn't stop there. Attempting to be quicker on his feet, his roundhouse kick continued into a second one, aimed a bit lower, in an attempt to take Isamu off his feet. Still not the most speedy, Bull had been enough fights to take his opponents by surprise, especially when they did the same and surprised him first.

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Sat Oct 07, 2023 3:51 pm

ISAMU HAGANE| Thousandfold

"Of course I did. How else am I going to take you down, big guy? Striking your body is provin' more of a hassle than I first expected."

The roundhouse kick that met his ribcage was pretty painful, but Isamu had seen enough combat throughout his life to appear relatively unfazed by the whole affair. If anything, with the adrenaline pumping in his veins as they were, he was excited. The possibility that he might lose was exhilarating. Before Bull could follow up with another kick and maintain a significant offense, Isamu contorted his body around to drop toward the ground and slide against the cage of the arena behind them.

Leaping upward, using the arena like a springboard, he'd dive toward striking at the man from above, an axe kick targeted right at the top of his head. As slow as he was - or at least based on what he'd appeared to be so far, Isamu was aiming to throw the man in a daze, using the momentum from his drop to land a blow that would impair his senses and rattle him a bit.

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Sat Oct 07, 2023 4:12 pm

Kurai

Excited about landing a good hit on the smaller man, Bull laughed as his other kick came around. When that did not hit, the spin that his second kick required didn’t allow him to come back around in time to see Isamu had pulled off some speed and agility. By the time he looked up, the man’s shadow being the indicator of his position, Isamu’s kick came down hard on his head and face. Bull yelled in pain, stumbling backwards holding his face, looking through his fingers with rage in his eyes. Unfortunately, his vision was blurring and he did not like pain.

"PUNY BASTARD!" Bull darted forward with all of his efforts, his large hulking body taking up a lot of space as he attempted to prove why he was called "Raging Bull." The large man went to tackle Isamu, using his hands to grab onto the male at the same time. If this succeeded, he'd continue running and slam Isamu into the fighting cage and pin him there. "YOU'RE GONNA DIE! I WILL CRUSH YOU!!"

Kurai was impressed by the way Isamu moved. Outsmarting the Bull was easy, but the fact that Isamu was strong enough to make the beast stumble was impressive. However, when Bull became rageful, he had a habit of crushing his opponent within the next thirty seconds, so this next bit would likely be the end for Isamu.

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Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:33 pm

ISAMU HAGANE| Thousandfold

The end? Nah, Isamu remain relatively poised as this large bastard encompassed half of the space in his charge. Perhaps it was his nature as a man, or maybe even the fact he was fighting in front of an attractive woman, but losing wasn't an option here. The moment he charged him like a bull, Isamu resorted to the speed he prided himself on as an assassin, springing off of his feet a second time to allow the mad bastard to hit the cage, landing atop his back to draw his fingers around his face and ruthlessly puncture his eyes if he was able.

Assuming that first attack landed, he continued to assault the spot on his head he struck earlier, assaulting the back of his head with a flurry of brutal strikes to the head, using his knuckles to exert enough force to draw blood and bust his head wide open. He would not stop until this man laid on the ground. If it meant resorting to his more brutal and efficient tactics? Then so be it. Bull certainly didn't mind brutalizing anyone who entered this arena. Why not give him a taste of his own medicine, eh?

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Sat Oct 07, 2023 6:24 pm

Kurai

The Bull charged straight into the metal cage. Even though there was time to stop, his sheer size prevented him from being able to. Now, his face held the print of diamond shaped red marks. What he did not expect was the boots in his back. He looked up just in time to see Isamu try and stab his eyes out. Grabbing the man’s wrists before before he was blinded, Bull still felt the sting of having both eyes pressed in. “DAMN, WHAT’S WITH YOU AND THE EYES?” Bull yelled, as if his threat to kill Isamu wasn’t a damn good reason to permanently blind the man.

Isamu’s wrists slipped out of his hands and Bull put his own hands over his eyes, thinking that was where Isamu was going to attack next. Proving wrong, the assault to the back of his head was brutal. His brain was shaken so harshly that Bull couldn’t react, but froze like a statue as he skull was being destroyed. It took around eight hits, but Bull’s eyes finally rolled to the back of his head and the large man fell forward into the side of the cage. His face squished against the metal, the Raging Bull slid down the side, not moving and knocked the hell out.

The crowd went silent for a few seconds as Bull lay there. The announcer ran into the ring and grabbed Isamu's wrist. "A SHOCKING SURPRISE! THE BULL IS DOWN AND OUR NEW CHAMPION," the announcer pulled the mic away to ask Isamu a question. "So, what's your title, kid?" Well, 'Assassin Fist Isamu' did not click with the announcer, because he gave Isamu a look that said 'you're joking, right.' Raising Isamu's arm, the announcer yells, "APEX PREDATOR!!!" The crowd went nuts, screaming and chanting his new title. The announcer let Isamu's arm go and pointed up to Kurai, "You'll get your prize money up there."

With that brutal barrage of hits, Kurai was practically on her toes. How many would it take for the Bull to fall? When her former champion went down, Kurai's smile grew. She grabbed a chest from off the table and set it on the railing for Isamu to see. Within was his prize money. Now, he just had to claim it. It wasn't long after the fight was over that Kurai's guards began clearing things out for another fight tomorrow.

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