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Haguro It's a new day, and the MECC is still underway! People are watching from all sorts of places: Locally in the stands, streaming online, paying overpriced pay-per-view fees instead of subscribing to the MECC Network for a nominal fee of $9.99.

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Haguro's having her first match today, and she's looking somewhat anxious. She hasn't had a real and proper duel since she had changed forms, and she's excited to give her new techniques a real test! The boatgirl just doesn't know who it is she's fighting precisely, so she's busying herself by checking her gear over: Turrets, weirdo Abyssal armor, and regular boat armor.

Everything looks set. Now she just needs to get a good look at who she's facing.
Touta Konoe      This is actually Touta's second match so far! As he arrives on the scene he probably doesn't seem to impressive. A young man dressed in mostly black. Even the sword he carries unsheathed on his shoulder was pitch black. Though despite his more bleak color scheme he seems fairly upbeat as he arrives at the arena, even going as far as waving to the boat girl on the other side of the arena.

     "Heya, you're Haguro right? Looking forward to the match!"

     The announcers were a bit slow on the announcements so he figure before things got too crazy he'd give a quick meet and greet.
Haguro Spotting Touta, Haguro looks confused for a brief moment. She looks as if she's considering something, but lets out an "ohh" of understanding as he greets her by name. This is her opponent!

And then the color drains from her face a bit. He's young. Is she going to get a bad reputation for attacking a child? It takes her a moment to snap out of that brief panic, and then she smiles awkwardly in return while raising her hand in a quick salute.

"Y-yes! And you're Touta, I assume. Let's have a good match!" Right. He's still an Elite, and he's already fought before. The sword he carries draws her attention as well, and she hops from side to side briefly to get her blood/oil/whatever pumping before settling into a wrestling stance.

Her turrets are also adjusting. "I'm ready when you are."
Touta Konoe      As she gives him a salute, Touta gives a two finger salute of his own to try and return the greeting. Though looking her over as well she was really...Loaded. He's pretty sure he's seen this kind of set up before though. "Hmmm...Sort of reminds me of Yuudachi.... Oh yeah, looking forward to it! Best of luck to ya!"

     Without further commentary from either of these two the match would begin. Touta definitely takes the initiative to press the offensive. He presses forward and raises his blade above his head, "Better keep that guard up though!" It really looks like Touta's about to start this bout off with a strike from his blade but just as he's about to swing down, but it's bait! Instead a knee comes flying for Haguro's chin!
Haguro "Yuuda...? Oh! I didn't know you knew them as well." Haguro chuckles softly as she finishes settling in. Watching him carefully, she holds one arm high and the other lower as Touta comes hurtling towards her. The blade catches her attention again, and she's already moving forwards to try and intercept it when she notices it and Touta himself going higher. It very well near smashes against her jaw, but a quick pivot and nearly falling on her side has Haguro slipping just out of the way of that knee!

"Fast...! But I can be fast, too!" Seizing her chance, she reaches up to try and grab Touta by the leg, fully intending to just throw him bodily across the arena. She's not using her guns yet, but they're still twisting and turning as if poised to fire!
Touta Konoe      Touta's feint gets read completely! Or was it? Either way, Touta's attack doesn't land its mark and because of it he'll be easily pickings for Haguro's grasp! He's thrown across the arena rolling onto the arena floor for a moment but ends up getting himself to his feet before slamming into anywalls or the like. "Wow, didn't think she'd be so quick with all those cannons weighing her down. Guess I'll need to stay on my feet."

     Without another word he goes charging back towards Haguro with a smile on his face. It seemed like close proximity was his range of comfort. As he press his charge unlike before instead of striking at her directly or pulling a feint he tries to get on one of her sides as he brings his blade into horizontal slash to slam his blade into horizontally. He's gotta make up for that last attack after all.
Haguro Adjusting her footing once more, Haguro glances downwards briefly as she tries to find the right stance. She's done some training for her techniques before, but using them against a single live opponent is still different from handling untrained crowds!

She'll just have to improvise. As Touta comes charging in, the shipgirl tries to move in for the same maneuver as before: Eke out a dodge and counter spectacularly! She then proceeds to have his blade carving right across her side, peeling off armor and even drawing blood!

Oil. Whatever it is, it's clearly painful for the Cruiser, but that only serves to fire up further. "Your skill with a blade is impressive, Mister Touta. How long... Have you been training this way?" Getting in even closer than his blade still feels like her best option here, and so Haguro sodliers through the pain! She rears back for what looks like a big haymaker, but ducks forward suddenly before spinning around with a heavy backhand aimed right at his sword arm.
Touta Konoe      "Thanks but trust me, this is nothing! The last guy I fought makes me look like I was just playing around! As for how long...How long do you think?"

     it's not too often that he finds himself being complimented during a fight, but even if he says such things, it's not like he doesn't appreciate the kind words regardless. With all that said and done though the fight continued and strangely enough for Touta to see is that it's Haguro this time who's trying to get into close quarters combat. Which for a girl with cannons on her back or whatnot that seemed really surprising! In fact there's more surprises to come as her wind-up haymaker ends up being a feint itself only to end up slamming her arm right into his blade arm. It was so surprising in fact that she ends up disarming him entirely of his blade and it looks she might have caused a bit of swelling and bruising of the arm as well!

     "Not bad but!"

     It's at this time that Touta decides to implement fistacuffs with fistacuffs and return the favor. The hand that was previous holding his blade strengthens as it's used to parry the previous arm that was used for a backhand as he brings his other fist back to his chest. It was clear he intended to retaliate with his fist and he was planning to aim right in the center of her chest with a blow that probably would have seemed way more intense than what a kid his age should be capable of if it actually ended up hitting.
Haguro "It's hard to tell, honestly. Um... I know there's people that are much older or younger than they look, so..." Haguro squints briefly, then holds up three fingers. "... Decades?"

It's a guess, at least! Whether that's a compliment or calling Touta old depends on perspective.

As the fight moves to close range, Haguro's style becomes more apparent: Instead of heavy strikes and blows, she's trying to get in even closer to limit Touta's movement range! That blow to her chest has her reeling momentarily, and the ferocity of his blow raises even more questions for her. The strike, despite not hitting her square in the chest, still manages to break off more chunks of armor, and Haguro's forced to take a few steps back to regroup.

Still not time for a different approach. Moving in yet again, she goes for a quick sweep to the ankles before grabbing at Touta's arms to try and spin him around rapidly for another throw!
Touta Konoe      "That's way too old!" Well, she's definitely right about not judging people by their appearences but if Touta was to give her the actual answer she'd be a bit more surprised that it wasn't that long. Unfortunately even with his strike being what it was, he can't really say he can land his strike where he wanted it, and once more he ends up paying the price. Haguro's counter to sweep him catches him off guard and leaves him susceptible for yet another nasty throw. He goes slamming into a wall this time instead of just into the floor and the sound of cracked bones echoes amongst the crowd. For better or worse, Touta begins to look like a battered child. Bloodied, bruised, it even looks like a bone might be popping out there. If Haguro's concerns about beating up a kid were ever to arise it'd probably be in this moment. And yet, the crowd loves it. It's like they enjoy watching this kid get abused.

     "Haguro...You really know how to dish it out. Haven't even used those cannons yet either. Scary~." Even as brutalized as he is though, slowly but surely he's picking himself and starts putting himself back into a fighting stance. He takes in a breath from the other side of the arena where he had been flung to and in that breath Haguro begins to see something. His wounds are slowly closing. Bones are going back into place. Blood splattered upon the ground is returning...That's probably not a good sign. "Grasp the earth..."

     The ground below Touta begins to crack and shake, the sword that had been knocked to the side begins flying back into his reach from the center of the field and he brings it up into his stance. "...Grasp the world!" And in that moment he vanishes. Well, no he doesn't, he's clearly charging straight at her. Except it's not that clear either. The small boy's body appears to be a blur up until the point of his attack where he appears right in front of Haguro once more! He brings down his blade once again to strike at Haguro from above and in this moment she'll realize this is probably the craziest attack he's dished out so far.

     "50,000 FOLD!"

     Whether she takes the full brunt or ends up dodging it completely, the moment that blade makes contact with something she'll feel the weight of that blade is not something that is appropriate for something that small. It's definitely not something that a kid his size should be able to swing around either. He's trying to hit her with that?!?!!?!?
Haguro "Eh? I-I'm sorry! But it's... It's really hard to tell sometimes!" To be fair, she's technically pretty old herself. Shouldn't she be used to this by now?

Haguro's noticing those mounting wounds on Touta, and she's looking a smidge uncomfortable! Actually, fairly uncomfortable, considering her questionable reputation as of late.

"Eh? O-oh! that's just because I wanted to..." There is nothing she can say to make things better. Because she wanted to BEAT A CHILD? Shaking that thought out of her head, Haguro takes on a more defensive stance as she watches Touta showing just how he's managed to get so far despite his apparent age.

The regeneration makes sense, anyway. She has no idea what she's listening to as far as grasping things, but she can see the effects of it clearly enough as the world breaks around them. She steadies her footing, braces her arms over each other, and she watches Touta to try and find the gap in his attack!

It's the force of it. Instead of pushing into the attack, she turns her cannons forward finally as she prepares to push back and away from it. It comes sooner than expected, though, as Touta suddenly appears in front of her. Only the startled firing of her cannons in Touta's path pushes her back enough that the blow winds up shattering her armor and some of her turrets instead of her body with it, and Haguro still ends up tumbling around and rolling a few times from the impact.

     "That was... What was that?" She's still trying to figure it out, as she picks herself back up slowly, bleeding/leaking from the forehead while slowly righting herself after that retreating fire.
Touta Konoe      "She got away aga- Aaaaah" It's the last thing Touta can say as Haguro is able to combine an offensive and Defensive move simultaneously by using her cannons to propel herself just enough out of Touta's assault to avoid the brunt of the damage. Meanwhile, Touta gets to take another nasty blow of cannon fire that completely decapitates him. Literally, his head goes flying for a moment...But the decapitated body reaches for the head and reaches for it in the air before putting it back on his shoulders. Once his head's on straight he chases her down, he knows that he's been taking more hits than her but he can tell by the looks of it she's starting to tire out. "If that's the case I just have to keep putting on the pressure! 1000-fold! 0-fold! 1000-fold! 0-fold!"

     Unlike the previous attack Touta tries going for one powerful swing and instead goes for many quick but powerful strikes one at a time. It seems he's trying to change up the strategy just a bit.
Haguro Haguro actually looks mildly horrified when Touta's head pops off. Even though she's resolved to become a more determined weapon for whatever ends she pursues, it doesn't make seeing a decapitated teenager any easier!

At least he can pick it back up no problem. That should probably be unnerving for her as well, but after everything she's seen in the past months? It's fine. As Touta renews his assault, Haguro dashes forward to try and catch him off-guard and instead catches several of those blows straight to the face and gut. Blood sprays from various gashes on her arms and face, and even more chunks of armor and turrets go flying. She's in this deep already, though, so the only path forward is... Forward!

By trying to trade hits and wear Touta down faster than he can cut her down. No longer concerned with the appearance of things, Haguro starts targetting Touta's legs and sides again, trying to take him to the ground with rapid chops and kicks!
Touta Konoe      As the two exchanges blows and armor along with blood litters the arena Touta can't help but smile as he keeps pressing on. Not because he thinks he's going to win. He has no idea of the sort. Rather, he respects Haguro's drive to keep pushing the offensive as hard as she can. She knows her limitations and how close both of them are to reaching the limit. Even Touta's starting to feel the strain of trying to keep up with her attacks. He can feel her trying to cut out his legs from under him. To try and wittle him down till he's absolutely nothing. If he's gonna go down at the very least he can try to take her down with him. A double KO, that'd be fine right? It'd be way safer than taking the chance that his next attack is able to pull through or not...It's the first thought that comes to mind, but when he starts thinking of that, another voice bubbles to the surface...

     'It's only natural for those who have stepped forward to take on more risk than the norm. And what of it? It's much better than those rotting pigs who covet idleness within their safety net. Those things worth seizing lie at the end of risk.'

     The words spoken to him by a very special person. Words that Haguro was living up to in this very moment. If he couldn't do the same how could he look this competitor in the eyes when all was said in done. So he'll bet all the marbles on his last attack, "Uuuuuaaghhhh!!! 100,000 FOLD!" Swoosh.
Haguro On her last breaths now, Haguro's swaying heavily on her feet as she tries mustering up enough energy to bring the fight to the close. Touta seems to have the same idea as he brings out even more of those seemingly bottomless reserves into one last giant swing. Unable to maneuver much or throw herself out of the way, Haguro makes her stand the last way she knows how!

She swings both arms at Touta. One is aimed at slowing the blade down. It carves into her arm, metal and blood mingling as that blow nearly cleaves her in half even after sacrificing most of her arm to slow its path of destruction.

She isn't cleaved in half completely, though. Everything in her mind is screaming at her to just yield now except that stupid, stubborn, overachieving side that won't ever let her live it down if she gives up here.

Her other arm comes around towards Touta, and she tightens her fingers to thrust them towards his face. It's not a pretty or skillful maneuver, but she's banking on having just enough power and bodyweight to pin him down!
Touta Konoe      Touta gets pancakes! Or rather he gets pancaked. He puts as much as he can without forcing himself under in his own attack but Haguro proves incredibly resilient in the matter, Sacrificing her arm and allowing his blade to cleave into her as to allow the fight to continue. Then using all of what she has left to strike at his head and pin him down. It was a good move on her part. No matter how much he regenerated if he's pinned down there's not much he can do. After all, he can heal up as much as he wants but if he can't get up anymore...Well it seems an efficient way to take down an immortal at the very least.

     Already using up most of his reserves at this point while he could usually lift things that were quite heavy, he's just out of juice. Haguro can tell already that this is it, he's done. She's got him pinned and his head stuck to the ground. But if that wasn't enough of an indication he's using what little strength he has left to try and tap out from under her. So with a weak tap on the boat girl's shoulder he knows this fight was over...
Haguro It takes a good bit of time for Haguro to finally slide off of Touta, partially from fatigue and partially from trying not to pass out from the shock of having her arm cut up so badly. Luckily, the medical staff on hand will tend to that, and she's still got enough wherewithal to hold something resembling a conversation!

"That was... Good, Mister Touta. We sho... We should fight again sometime. On the same side, even." She chuckles lightly, but it's somewhat forced since the pain is starting to sink in further as the adrenaline starts wearing off.

Everything hurts so much. Why couldn't she be /that/ kind of immortal?!
Touta Konoe      "You bet, I'd be happy to fight with you someone like you any day..." Touta grabs Haguro as she starts to slide giving him the leeway to do as such. Now he actually is kinda forcing himself but... "Hold on just a bit more. The Shrine should take care of ya in a second...Besides..."

     He looks her over and sees that her wounds definitely are serious but at the same time he's been at the Shrine long enough to know that now that the match had concluded the healing/casualty reversing effects should be kicking in soon. "Can't have the winner looking so beat up right?" He gives Haguro another smile as he helps to raise her arm over her head for the crowd. She was the winner after all, and she needed to act the part.