Strike Master Quarter Finals: Tsukiko Vs. Phoebe

Phoebe laughed at her opponent when she simultaneously dissed both her fighting ability and her trash talk. “You say that now, but you were doubled over in pain not thirty seconds ago, you little slut. I donâ€t care what you say about the way I talk—Iâ€ll be the only one whoâ€ll be doing any talking by the end of this match, because Iâ€m going to shatter your stupid fucking jaw.”

When Tsukiko came in, zig-zagging back and forth to try to deceive Phoebe, the American girl would plant her boots firmly on one spot on the mat, her fists up, waiting for her foe as she made her attack. When she swung her leg forward, Phoebe would throw a defensive kick, letting Tsukikoâ€s shin crash against her own rather than slam into her thigh. It still hurt, but with any luck it hurt the other girl, as well. Phoebe would try to follow this up with a quick jab to the girlâ€s face, hoping to throw her off-balance.

Tsukiko hissed as Phoebe checked her kick with her shin, she knew that there was going to be a bruise. Seeing her opponent throw a jab, Tsukiko leaned back as she showed off to the crowd by doing a Matrix dodge. She planted her hands behind her before her head hit the mat as she swung her legs up trying to catch Phoebe in the jaw with her foot before she performed a back hand spring to come back to her feet. Being as acrobatic as Tsukiko was it was going to be hard for the cowgirl to throw her off balance.

"That all you got sweet heart?" Tsukiko would say with a smirk.

Phoebe was a little angry when her jab was dodged in such a dramatic fashion. She couldnâ€t believe how many blows this Japanese bitch was managing to evade. But Phoebe could do it, too. This Tsukiko was pretty obvious with her intentions—she didnâ€t exactly telegraph her attacks, but when Phoebe saw her go down on all fours and the muscles in her leg tighten, the cowgirl knew to jump back, keeping herself out of harmâ€s way as Tsukikoâ€s feet swung upwards.

Before Phoebe could even try to follow up her jab attempt, her opponent would go flipping away, managing to get herself out of the cowgirlâ€s reach. The American girl growled, pounding her fists into her thighs. “Iâ€ve got plenty more than that. But it looks like youâ€re too scared to be within even ten feet of me,” Phoebe said. “I thought this was a striking tournament, missy. The way you fight, though, Iâ€d think it was a pretty princess dance exhibition. If youâ€re as tough as you think you are, why donâ€t you come over here and trade some punches like a real woman, bitch?”

"Because I'm not stupid like you..." Tsukiko said chuckling shaking her head. "Throwing one punch at a time, not even trying to set up your attacks, using no striking combinations and to top it all off you expect me to just stay still and get punched while you run at me like a dumb bitch. It's a miracle that you hit me in the first place at all if that's the way you're going to fight. This tournament is open to high fliers and Strikers if you've forgotten so both styles are encouraged but if it's striking you want from me, I guess I can oblige."

The girl let lose as she started to show off some of her own skills as she got loose and used her speed to her advantage bouncing back and fourth on the balls of her feet. Raising her fists, she stepped in an d feinted a low left leg kick but instead jumped forward with her lead leg and come in with a superman punch to Phoebe's jaw.

Phoebe laughed back at Tsukiko as the girl woefully misinterpreted her whole style of fighting. She couldnâ€t help but feel a little insulted—of course, she knew how stupid girls like this were, so she would have to cut Tsukiko a little slack!

“You think I want to fight like this? The only reason Iâ€m throwing one punch at a time is because youâ€re too scared to get hit to stick around within fighting range for more than ten seconds,” Phoebe explained slowly. “Itâ€s one thing to try to protect yourself, but itâ€s a whole ‘nother ballgame when you engage, then disengage, the engage again, over and over again like some stupid flitty skank. I guess I can understand, though; if I had a glass jaw like you do, Iâ€d want to stay away from a clearly superior opponent, too.”

When Tsukiko came in and aimed a shot at her face, Phoebe would lean to the side and let it merely graze her cheek. Then, hoping to use her foeâ€s forward momentum against her, the cowgirl would crouch down and try to slam her fist into the girlâ€s solar plexus.

“Thatâ€s just a stupid excuse for your incompetency as a fighter. God... I must be turning into a face if I feel so much pity that Iâ€m starting to give my opponent advice!” Tsukiko said getting rather frustrated with her opponent, so frustrated she started to forget she was in a fight. She blinked as her opponent stepped in and drove her fist into her gut. “Uggh! Damnit!” She groaned as she felt all the air get knocked out of her body. The dark haired girl felt rather queasy as she felt a sickening sensation rise from her stomach. This caused her to lurch over in pain as she backed away from her foe. The girl had a nasty punch that was something Tsukiko couldn't deny. However, Tsukiko was only now really starting to get pissed and frustrated.

Phoebe did not reply to her opponentâ€s taunts at first, and just let her fist do the talking. As it slammed into Tsukikoâ€s vulnerable midsection and dug itself in, she would laugh at the pathetic excuse for a fighter who stood doubled over in front of her. “Whatâ€s the matter?” she would ask mockingly as the Japanese girl backed away. “You suddenly realize that youâ€re not cut out to be in the ring with me? Starting to have second thoughts? Doesnâ€t matter, ‘cause youâ€re gonna get your ass handed to you on a fucking platter, you dumb bitch!”

She was pumped up, now, and Phoebe would charge Tsukiko and try to do some more damage to the girl. Phoebe would bring her hands together and raise them high over her head, before trying to bring them crashing down onto the back of Tsukikoâ€s head. Her goal was to force the girlâ€s face down onto her thrusting knee, maximizing the damage that the girl received in just the one blow.

Tsukiko was still pretty winded by the knee to her solar plexus to react in time to move away from her opponent, her hands were also clutching her stomach, she glanced up only to find the girl's hand pull her in to smash her knee into her head. Tsukiko groaned as the knee threw her head back and her body with it. The Japanese girl's back hit the mat as she rolled onto her side clutching her face as she cried out in agony kicking her legs onto the mat. Tsukiko hissed as Phoebe had scored a brutal hit on her, she would have to bring it together if she wanted to make a comeback.

"You F- You Fucking! UgH!" Tsukiko was cursing under her breath as she plotted what she would do to Phoebe once she got her hands on her.

Phoebe laughed devilishly as Tsukiko groaned, sprawling back onto the mat. That should shut the girl up, at least for a while. “You wanna try to finish that sentence?” she mocked her, walking over to the downed Japanese girl with her hands on her hips. “‘You fuckingâ€â€¦what? Iâ€m waiting, you pathetic little cunt. Whereâ€s all of your big talk now, huh?”

Reaching down to seize ahold of Tsukikoâ€s hair, the cowgirl would try to drag her opponent to her feet, planning to aim a few combinations at her pretty little face, just to rub it in how gravely the girl had underestimated her fighting ability.

Feeling the girl's fingers dig into her dark hair, Tsukiko's eye would shoot open as she felt herself being pulled up. The girl now rabid with fury wasted no time at all in her pursuit of revenge. Before she even got off her knees, Tsukiko would try to drive her knuckles into Phoebe's crotch in brutal fashion. Utilizing her speed, she would shoot up to her feet while attempting to drive her knee into Phoebe's abdomen with deadly accuracy. Finally, Tsukiko would continue her brutal onslaught of under handed attacks by grabbing a handful of the girl's hair and slam her skull into the other girl's nose!

"I'm going to FUCK YOU UP!" Tsukiko said as she said that so loud the crowd heard it from the stands in the back.