[Round 1] Whirda & Yuuka vs Dongja & Marisa

[Karl Jak]

Face to Face
#17 Whirda & #31 Yuuka Kazami vs #15 Ok Dongja & #03 Marisa Kirisame

Marisa’s desperation offensive roared across the budokai arena.

Exhausted, Yuuka lifted her parasol and grimaced as the beam crushed into her chest.  The ray exploded, bathing the arena in another kaleidoscope of colors as the tile buckled behind the woman’s heels.  She felt her breath leave her lungs, but her legs didn’t give out until the attack had faltered.

“You got nothing on me… little girl,” Yuuka groaned as she lurched forward, her parasol shaking in both her fists.

“On the other hand,” a voice to her left spoke, prompting Yuuka to slowly glance over at the approaching Dongja.  “Here’s something from me,” he boomed as he swung his staff at the older woman’s face.  A moment later, she crashed into the grass and rolled until she came to a rest against the brick crowd barrier.

Dongja grinned until he saw the shadow.

“Mistake,” a cold voice whispered in his ear as a dagger tore through his shoulder.  The sorcerer grimaced as the blade vanished.  His reflexes sluggish as the wound sputtered blood down his chest, he had nothing to offer before the dagger’s pommel crashed against the back of his skull and sent him tumbling out of the arena.

Whirda, dagger dripping blood on the floor, stared at the now unconscious form of the sorcerer.  He’d live—she hadn’t nicked anything too important.

“You’re forgetting something,” Marisa barked as she swung her broom like a claymore at the side of the other woman’s skull.

A smile spread across the face of the contagion-addled woman as she twisted and threw herself at her adversary.  Marisa’s eyes went wide, but her arms were too extended to do much as Whirda’s forehead smashed into her nose.  A dagger found the magician’s right lung.

The broom clattered to the arena as Whirda grabbed fistfuls of the other woman’s clothes, twisted, and threw the woman toward the edge of the platform.  When Marisa somehow managed to catch herself near the edge, a boot to the face finished the job.

Somewhere in the background, another gong sounded as wisps of light swirled around a still-grinning Whirda.

One step closer…

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Whirda (3.05) & Yuuka (2.7) defeat Ok Dongja (2.8) and Marisa (1.9)

Whirda & Yuuka advance to Round 2

Ok Dongja and Marisa move to Match B of the Redemption Bracket and will face the loser of Sasuke/Serraph vs Ahana/Eternity

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