Closed [Fighters Pit] Rough Around the Edges

[Skylar Draykin]

OOCMaybe it'll make it hurt less XD Skylar let out a growl of frustration. She didn't have time to attack again as Billie closed in on her. Skye saw her raise her knee and went to block it but at the last minute saw her leg come down and quickly got her foot out of the way. She smiled....that was until she felt a foot on her side. Skye collapsed to the side from the suprise kick, but quickly got back up, stumbling backwards a step. She coughed a bit and tried to catch her breath quickly. She jumped forward into her stance again. She clenched her jaw and glared at Billie. She could hear James in her head in his usual 'told ya' so' tone, See what happens when you get cocky?. Skye lunged forward, landing on her back foot and using her left foot in a sideways kick to the gut. Skye put all her force into this one, hoping to land a good one. She hopped back again. Dodging was never really her style. In fact, it was agony to do it. But Skye was getting the feeling that the only way to defeat Billie was to be calmer than usual and level headed. She hoped she wouldn't have to the whole time but it was starting to look like Billie might give her a run for her money.

[Billie]

Billie’s kick hit and left her opponent stumbling to get back to her feet again. Skylar looked royally pissed off at having been hit first. Billie could see the way she clenched her jaw and glared that it had taken her off guard. Billie needed to make her more angry, after all, blocking and dodging was her strongest point. She’d found it to be more useful than focusing on the attack. Skylar, on the other hand, was obviously more powerful in terms of the force behind her strikes, so she had to be careful.

Billie waited and saw her opponent lunge forward. Unfortunately for Skylar, that kind of obvious strike wasn’t going to cut it. In fact it was lucky for Skylar that she had managed to retract her leg so quickly after being blocked, or Billie might have had the chance to grab it and send her off balance. She did keep in mind though, that a kick like that would have winded her had it hit, and she’d have become vulnerable. “Powerful, but obvious” She said with the hint of a smirk. “Try a combination of attacks”

With that comment, meaning to fire her opponent up more, Billie ran towards her. She began with a number of fast jabs to her stomach before mercilessly pushing her further back with kick, jab, elbow and punch alike. Skylar would have to find some sort of opening to end her relentless barrage, and Billie knew the longer she tried to keep her attack up, the more likely that outcome would become a reality.

So, with one last effort, she would launch a kick at her stomach, and then follow it up with one aimed at the back of Skylar’s knees, hoping to sweep her feet out from under her and get her on the floor. In hindsight, it might have been a bit of a risky kick considering she’d never attempted that before on a real opponent. She just hoped the onslaught previous had been enough to compensate.

[Skylar Draykin]

Skye ground her teeth as her kick made contact with Billies arm that blocked it instead of the intended target. Her face became red with anger and slight enbarassment. She could not land a single strike on this girl. Skye had underestimated Billie. She could have kicked herself if she wasn't getting kicked by her opponent. It didn't help any when Billie spoke. Her words were like throwing dry wood into a fire. But once again, she had no time to act upon her rage. Billie began an onslaught of brutal punches. Luckily, Skylar noticed she didn't hit as hard as Skylar. Then came the knees, legs and elbows. Skye continued to take the beating until she figured out a rhythm. She began blocking most of the attacks, letting a few slip here and there. But blocking them helped keep her endurance up. A sudden kick towards the stomach almost caught her off gaurd but she managed to block it. Skye noticed how Billie went to the side and quickly jumped to the opposite side, rolling on the ground and jumping up. She was positioned enough on Billies side to jab a few times into her side before attempting a left handed upper cut. Skye was not left handed but she put as much fury into the punch to hopefully at least make Billie stagger. She then spun on the ball of her right foot three hundred and sixty degrees to kick Billie in the back.

[Billie]

She’d been afraid of this. She barely managed to block the jabs, and doing so had put her off balance and disoriented. The uppercut connected with her jaw with a crack sending her staggering backwards. The kick sent her to the ground face first, gasping and spluttering. “Get up! You’re vulnerable! Get the petch up!” Yelled Sadie. It was so loud it was as if the Inarten woman was squatting right beside her and yelling right into her ear. So she rolled onto her back (Which hurt) and sprung back to her feet before Skylar could finish her.

Back on her feet she backed up a little, spitting blood on the ground. She must have chomped down on her lip or something. “That’s more like it.” Billie said chuckling. She put her guard up again “You pack a petching punch, Skylar” She said grinning wildly and jumping lightly forward and back on the spot. She had to step it up, it seemed, and she definitely couldn’t let herself get hit like that too many more times. It would mean her defeat, and there is no way she was going to let that happen. It was time to counter, head on attacks weren’t always going to work, even though she had gotten quite a lot of solid hits in on her opponent.

Billie gestured for Skylar to come at her again with both hands that were held in front of her face. She was really fired up now and she wasn’t going down so easy. She had a feeling she'd playing too nicely with Skylar thus far , this was a steadfast woman, and Billie wanted to defeat her. She’d not had a fight like this in a long time.

[Skylar Draykin]

Skylar didn't like to admit it, but she had taken Billies advice when she attacked the young woman. She would yell at herself later but she was too focused on the figure in front of her. She could only smirk at the great feeling of hitting her. It felt amazing to get a crack in finally. She watched as Billie picked herself up before Skylar could do any damage with the promise of no blocking. Skye saw the grin on Billies face and heard her words. It was never good when her oppnebt smiled, especially after the beat down like the one Billie just recieved. It really wasn't much but it was enough to make Skye happy. But now Billie was smiling at her. She wasn't supposed to smile. Skylar hopped a couple times, twisting and shaking her wrists. "Living in Sunberth and having three brothers, gotta learn to make a statement." Skye didn't usually talk to her oppenents, she felt it wasted energy. But this wasn't a normal fight. She watched Billie almost taunt her with a 'bring it' motion. That was all Skye needed. She charged once again at Billie, pulling back her right hand for a super packed punch towards Billies face. Then she grabbed at her shoulders and brought her knee up towards thhe gut. She was going for power at the moment to compensate for lost endurance during the previous attack.

[Valdoran]

Valdoran hated to admit it to himself but it was hard keeping concentration on a fight between two attractive women, he wasn't sure wether to be amazed at the power behind their blows or drool at their beauty. He shook himself and watched their moves intently, watching Billie anger Skylar was smart, making her less focused on tactics and more on destroying them, Valdoran began to admire these two women, seeing as they both continued despite half the pit watching them go at it. Valdoran began seeing openings in Skylar's form when she attacked, such as when she charged if Billie got close she could deliver a gut punch or a knee that would feel like being gored by a bull, also noticing that mere sidestepping when she began to strike would guarantee a dodge unless Skylar was fast enough to convert her blow into a clothesline. In boxing, rabbit punches were illegal, he remembered that, but this wasn't boxing, this was no holds barred brawling where the only rule was beat your opponent without killing them.

[Billie]

Sunberth. Billie couldn’t say she was overly surprised. The same ferocity she’d seen in many people in her home city was present in Skylar’s blue eyes. Interesting. She’d yet to meet someone here that she knew was fro Sunberth like her. Billie would have to share the fact that she also hailed from the lawless city of Sunberth, but now she had no time. Skylar was already charging at her like an fuming bull. The smile disappeared and her face became serious again in an instant.

Billie stepped to the side, simply flicking the punch to her right with her wrist. The block was made to re-direct, rather than stop the attack all together, and that was the beauty of it. It was used in combat with more than one foe as well when sending one opponent sprawling into the other when surrounded. In doing so, she had assured all that momentum built behind Skylar’s strike would continue to push her forward. In fact, Skylar’s power may actually work against her if she wasn’t able to stop herself in time.

Billie spun on the ball of her foot and aimed for her opponents back with a short and swift sidekick placed between her shoulder blades. She hoped to fortify the momentum that was already carrying her forward from the over-powered head level punch, and unbalance her completely.

If Skylar did fall to the ground, Billie would waste no time in closing in. To win, she’d have to get Skylar into a position she couldn’t get out of. Billie would place her knee firmly onto Skylar’s back, and then use her hands to put her in a strangle hold. This would hopefully immobilize her.

Sadie probably would have done this more violently, for example, strangling her with her iron grip and forcing Billie to try and get out of it. But Billie wanted make win, not teach. The two of them were equals here.

[Skylar Draykin]

Skyes worst flaws in battle were impatience and short temper. And that was her downfall. She charged forward with no thought but power behind her fist. She didn't realize that Billie had only redirected her hit right away. Not until her elbow was already past the woman's head. She wanted to stop, willed herself to halt and turn. After all, the best way to get defeated was tp expose your back. But it was too late. She felt the side of Billies foot hit her back like a brick. She had already stumbled when trying to stop herself during her attack so the force made her completely fall. Luckily she got her face turned so she smashed into the ground with her cheek and not her nose. Before she could even think of getting up, she felt the knee in her back. It should have been then that she gave up, but it wasn't in her character to surrender. Strong, and suprisingly powerful arms wrapped themselves around Skyes neck and had a very tight grip. Skylar struggled with Billies hold. Sge twisted and wiggled this way and that. But it was no use. Skylar had lost. "Shyke." She mumbled under her breath but loud enough for Billie to hear.

[Billie]

Billie waited until Skylar stopped struggling, and then let her go and stood up getting her breath back and wiping the last of the blood that hadn’t dried yet off her bottom lip. It felt tender, but not puffy, that was good. She couldn’t help but smile triumphantly but she wasn’t one to brag, and it wasn’t as if she’d left that fight without a scratch. She smiled at Skylar and extended her right hand in order to help the girl up off the floor. “Thanks for a great spar” She said with a genuine smile “We should train together again sometimes. I’m sure you’ll want a re-match,” She guessed with a slight chuckle. “You’re very powerful, maybe work on your predictability.” She suggested lightly, hoping she didn’t sound like she was rubbing in her victory.

It had been a great fight, and she immediately liked the girl. She wanted to remain in some sort of contact with her so that they could spar again. Billie hadn’t met anyone who was more suited to help train her style of fighting than Skylar. She just rushed forward without thought, but with such power that, with a little work, would definitely put Billie in her place. Not if she let taunts get to her so much, however. Billie hadn’t really been teasing her as much as she could have.

“You said you were from Sunberth. Well me too.” She told her “Interesting to meet someone else who grew up there. When did you move to Syliras? Maybe you came with your brothers?” She asked wiping her sweaty brow and stretching her arms and legs out a little.

[Skylar Draykin]

Skylar looked at Billies hand for a second before taking it and pulling herself up with Billies help. She only watched as the woman thanked her for the spar and then suggested that they train together. Skye looked at her for a bit, raising an eyebrow. Then she looked Billie up and down as if seeing her for the first time. After a second or so, Skye smirked and replied, "Ah, I guess you'll do." And laughed good naturedly. It wasn't everyday she was beat by an opponent who then wanted to work with her as an equal. This was an odd feeling to have: respect for her opponent. It wasn't something givin to people after a fight. The loser had to show that the winner was indeed their superior, which could be seen as respect by some. But Skye was not one of them. Anyone who beat Skye was usually too full of themselves to gain her respect, and anyone she beat held it against her. At least it was that way in Sunberth. So when Billie comes alomg and beats her but still wants to learn from her, it was a very weird feeling. But she didn't want it to go away. It was refreshing. Skyes respect for Billie became stronger when Skye learned she was from Sunberth. Anyone from Sunberth in this city was instantly a friend of Skyes. Especially after that fight. What a rush! "Um...about a month. " She replied. The Billie asked about her brothers. Skye froze for a second. "N-no. uh...I'm here by myself actually." She said. The actual reason she was there came flooding back. But Skye wasn't one to show emption to a complete stranger. "Here for better money." she said.