Unthawed ( Emily / Open )

[seishounohana]

Emily wasn't exactly a fighter.

She wasn't built for fighting.

It was her will, however, that made her strong. That will that urged her to fight when she could. She was courageous, but not reckless. She was a a thinker, who used her charm, wit, and personality to gain the advantage.

She was also experienced enough to realize, when he had pulled back, how much strength he had. It was way more than she had experienced in this school so far. An image of Linda came to her mind, reminded once again of the strength she had.

It amazed her, that she would be facing a person with strength like this again. Her body pulled the opposite way, Emily would allow her body to fall to the right to try and avoid the shoulder strike to her pelvis. From there, she would try to land on her hands with the front of her body facing the ground, and her legs pulled back (so yes, no touchy there, :P). She would then Try to kick him with both her feet, right at the kidney and on the lumbar area of his spine. Should it have a critical hit, it would decrease the strength and speed of his legs by a decent amount considering that the lumbar area bore the weight of the entire upper body. The hit to the kidneys would also give him a nice shot of pain across lower back that would linger for a while.

Yup. Emily didn't want to give this up.

If she would lose, she would get information about him.

It was a win-win, at least.

[Travis]

It seemed at least that Emily was trying to do the smart thing, and not get hit. It helped that she had such a small frame, so dodging was going to be far easier for her, then it would have been for Travis. The only advantages Travis had when it came to his body build was the fact that he weighed more then her, and his reach was no doubt bigger. Travis knew when she fell to the side that he wasn't going to be able to keep his current position, because his back was revealed. So he immediately began to turn to his left to face her.

It was then that her feet would connect with his stomach, and He'd bend over slightly due to the force she had been able to get behind the blow. She was strong, very strong for a girl of her frame. She was able to get far more strength then Travis had ever expected her to dish out. So far she was living up to everything that he had thought she might be. 259 had a way of making the unlikely little girl into a dangerous weapon with time.

While it hurt, Travis knew he had an opportunity to cause some damage here. His arms would be in the perfect location, and his right hand would snap for her right ankle, while his body would shift downward a little bit more as his left hand would shoot forward toward the small of the girl's bac. Travis would aim to slam his palm against the girl's body, and then use the blow to force her down hard and let her palm pin the girl's body between his hand and the earth beneath it. It would be a strong, swift blow. But Travis wasn't aiming to break the girl's back or anything of that sort.

Whether his palm connected or not, and as long as his right hand actually grabbed a hold of her ankle, Travis' body would pivot on his right foot so that his left side swung away. He'd use the grip upon the girl's hand to swing her around, and angle it upwards a bit so that he could launch her into the air. He'd immediately jump forward toward the girl, swinging his right hand straight out to try and connect with her body while she was in the air.

[seishounohana]

From here, Emily knew who was going to win this fight.

It was particularly obvious. He was waaaaaaaaaay out of her league, if she even had one to begin with anyways. His hand rammed hard against her back, causing her wince. She hadn't felt this much pain from one hit since her fight with Linda.

She began to snicker, a second after her upper body landed on the grass. Way to go. But Emily wouldn't let him do any further damage though, as the heel of her free foot would try to hit against Travis's wrist. She hit it in a way that would trigger a reflex on his hand to release his hold on her ankle.

If he actually did let go, Emily would quickly retract her foot from his proximity and quickly twisting her body she would be on a crouch. Emily was a quick and agile young fighter, and she wasn't afraid to use her small frame to her advantage. The girl would then try to slash her fans horizontally from right to left towards his neck.

Interestingly, he was next to a tree.

[Travis]

Travis wrist was hit, and he'd release his grip upon the girl's leg, his hand going numb in the processes. The girl was actually pretty damn strong, and it really surprised her. Few people he had fought were able to put fourth such strength when they had a small frame like her. And what made it worse was that she was fast. But Travis WAS use to fighting faster opponents. He had found ways around it, but it still made things difficult.

The girl pulled herself into a crouch, and Travis threw his upper body backwards, though he hadn't really intended to dodge anything at first, it looked like it would work out for him this time. He had originally threw his upper body back preemptively, because he planned to attack low while the girl was crouched. His right foot would have shot out as the girl swung, low with the aim to connect against her crouched body, and hopefully knock her ass away from him with a powerful kick.

[seishounohana]

X__X Not so sure. Please PM/IM me if something is wrong >_<

Emily had noticed that Travis had leaned back. She was anticipating something, even as her body was pulled to follow the direction of her arms. It was then when Travis decided to kick her. The shift in Emily's weight from center to the left had Emily lean towards the left and the foot would barely brush against her back. It was lucky that Emily's previous move was done in this manner, and that she had a small enough frame to allow this.

"Dammit, that was close. He just brushed against my back but my skin felt like it was pinched... ow." She thought, as she quickly locked his leg on her right armpit and slammed her left fan hard onto his kneecap in an attempt to either dislocate his knee or crack his kneecap. Either way, it would be painful.

[Travis]

There was only one thing that the girl happened to overlook. The fact that Travis possessed the strength he did meant that he wasn't going to have any problems lifting her up, and whipping her around. She caught his leg, and instead of considering this to be some kind of bad mistake on his part, he'd put that strength of his to use. Due to the fact that he was already leaning backwards, all he planned to do was continue with his kick, and as those muscles tensed, Travis would use the girl's own hold against her.

His leg would lift upward, and there was no doubt in his mind that he'd be able to hoist her up into the air rather quickly. It was then that he'd pivot on that left foot of his, which was still currently upon the ground. His body would rotate counter-clockwise, and then Travis would redirect that leg of his, and the girl upon it down as he spun and he'd aimed to slam her into the ground.

She wasn't bad. She was fast, that was for sure. And as far as he could see it, that was his only real problem here. If it wasn't for the speed, he probably would have connected clean by now, and possibly even won. But he wasn't giving up just yet. He'd catch her sooner or later, if he didn't get her this moment.

[seishounohana]

If there was anything that having such a small frame was bad for, it was for resisting being lifted. Travis was strong; very strong, in fact. He was twice as powerful as she was considering that he lifted her up with a leg off the safety of the ground.

Since it was her that locked his leg that allowed him to lift her up like this, she lifted her arms as soon as she felt her feet losing it's contact with the ground, letting his leg fly upward as she now was at a crouch on the ground. Her speed was her greatest asset right now, and she was not afraid of using that fact. He was very strong, and unless she pulled out whatever cards she had, she will lose this fight.

Now slightly crouched on the ground, Emily would do a sweep kick in an attempt to rid Travis of his balance and send him over to the floor.

[Travis]

Shiiit~

Travis' leg was kicked out from under him, and he'd land upon his back, his head snapping in Emily's direction. He wanted to make sure he kept her in sight. She was fast, and that was his only problem. If only he was a little faster, he'd be able to use his strength to it's fullest. As long as she didn't come in with a quick attack, Travis was going to have to make it to his feet, and it was best for him to do it with her in sight. He'd roll onto his left side, that left arm pushing off the ground so that Travis could move himself into a crouch.

He wasn't going to attack though. Instead, he'd much rather wait here and let him come to him. She was fast, and while she held strength from what he could tell, all he needed to do was lure her in and if he had to eat an attack to land one of his own, he'd do it.

A few solid blows, I can beat her..

[seishounohana]

So far, things were going in Emily's favor. She didn't really know if Travis was holding back, or if he had a plan in mind. He was most certainly stronger than herself, and Emily considered herself lucky that she had the speed to put up with him. She was actually surprised she wasn't knocked out by now.

Still crouched, hands planted on the ground as she finished toppling him over -- which he did. He was falling forward onto her, and considering how big he was, that wasn't exactly a good thing. For all she knew, he could be real good at grappling. Retracting her foot quickly, she would pull herself to be sitting at a crouch in such a way that her knees were at a ready to stand. Then afterwards, she would pull a fist back and lash it forward in a sharp jab in an attempt to hit him at a soft spot in the abdomen around 2-3 inches above the navel. However, things were moving quickly -- the moment it would miss, Emily would have to improvise an escape somehow, should the need arise.

[Travis]

Travis watched as the female prepared herself to attack again, and then threw her right fist toward his body. He had no intentions of moving either. He'd much rather give her a sense of accomplishment with her blow, and try and catch her off guard. So when her blow came in, Travis' right leg would snap up and swing toward Emily's side as he lay upon the ground.

He would end up being hitting his abdomen, and the only thing he really did was tighten his midsection to try and help cushion the blow somehow. It would hurt, and he'd lose a good bit of air, but he had planned on taking a hit anyways. With hopes that if he threw his own attack, he'd be able to catch her when she struck out at him. Regardless of whether she managed to block or not, she was going to feel the force behind it for sure.

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Emily's hit landed, but no sooner than Travis hit the ground, his leg snapped up and went forward for her side. Things were happening quickly, and if Emily didn't do anything -- this fight would end up being over real quick.

She was quickly reminded that her fans were still hanging from her wrists. This was new; being too engaged into the fight to remember her own weapon. Her free hand came to grab it and she tried to have it hit Travis's leg in order to 1) try and damage him in spite of the inevitablilty of his attack; and 2) to try and lessen the impact on Emily's own body in general.

Should that work or not didn't really matter much - if anything, it could only dispel the attack to be bearable at least, but Emily was still hit on the side. It was obviously a very powerful hit despite Emily's efforts; she was thrown a few feet back and she was knocked to her side.

"... I didn't really expect me to last this long." She said, pulling herself upright with her hands. "You sure pack a whallop."

Thing about speed is, you'll get caught at one point or another.