Post by Ayami on Feb 22, 2021 11:30:31 GMT
[Osmium Training Plates Applied, PL gains doubled!]
[Super Compressed Training Gauntlets Equipped! EXP Gains Doubled!]
[Super Compressed Training Gauntlets Equipped! EXP Gains Doubled!]
The time had finally come. Ayami had crawled her way through all six rounds of the gauntlet to the very top. She was so close to being crowned this club's "Queen of Dance". A coveted title for certain, and one that in her mind would mean she had successfully "mastered" dancing to a degree where she could feel comfortable incorporating it into her fighting style. For some this little detour might have seemed so very pointless. Why would they ever need the validation of a title that meant nothing outside of this single place. But to her it was assurance; a test of her skills - And if she could clear a test then it meant she had mastered that skill.
But before she could claim that title she had to dethrone the one who held it first. It all came down to this final showdown. It was the mechanic herself versus the King of Dance; Miraculous J. The man who had already defeated her once. He was by no means a pushover. He was the best of the best, and if she wanted to have any chance at all of dethroning him and clearing the gauntlet, she was going to have to put into practice that the previous six rounds had taught her. It was a trial by fire and the only way to clear it was to push through full speed! The crowd was fired up more than they had ever been in so very long. Miraculous danced here every day, but this time he was dancing with purpose. It drove them to levels of hype previously unheard of in this sleepy little disco club. They chanted his name with fervor.
"Mira-cu-lous! Mira-cu-lous! Mira-cu-lous!"
Ayami may have been the underdog, but Miraculous was the fan favorite. She couldn't have expected the crowd to so easily side with her, and she didn't. If she wanted them to cheer her name then she was going to have to earn it through style and grace. The MC turned challenger spun on his heel and then stopped, pointing at Ayami.
"TRUE BLUUUUUE! YOU'VE COME SO FAR AND YET YOU'VE STILL GOTTA DANCE ONCE LAST TIME! It's been a LONG time since I've gotten to use my magic! ARE YOU READYYYYY?!"
The mechanic gave a cheerful nod, pumping her fists in excitement as she responded to him - Matching his excitement in order to stir up the crowd even further!
"I've BEEN ready! SINCE THE VERY START!!!"
Miraculous moonwalked backwards and gave a shout!
"THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR TRUE BLUE!!! MAKE SOME NOISE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! It's the rematch of the century!!! Don't let me down Ayami, just feel the music in your heart and you'll never fail! So long as you're dancing for someone else's sake then you're already a master!
He gave the young inventor a warm smile, reaffirming her and helping to push away those feelings of fear lurking in her mind...She couldn't help but grin just as brightly to match the man. But with that, it seemed like this match was all set to take place. He called out to the crowd with a booming voice!
THAT'S RIGHT TRUE FANS!!! IT'S THE MAGICAL MAN, THE KING OF DANCE, YOURS TRULY, MIRACULOUS J!!! VERSUSSSS....TRUUUUUUUE BLUUUUUUUUUEEE AYAMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"
The crowd roared, practically climbing over themselves in excitement! Miraculous J spun around rapidly on his heel once more, but this time the blur began to change color! Once he stopped his clothing was completely different from what it had been before! He was now in a snow white suit with a white hat to match!
[Star Power: 10,000]
"ONE LAST TIME! GIVE IT TO ME WITH PASSION!!!"
"DANCE!" "FOR!!" "YOUR LIFE!!!"
The lights in the entire club shut out entirely, the whole disco palace had gone dark...But just then the shuttering sound of spotlights coming on rang out, and all the lights above the dance floor beamed to life making the two competitors glow like stars in the night sky. The crowd had been plunged into darkness but none of them seemed to care considering all eyes were on these two dance champions!
"It all comes down to this! Show us some REAL magic True Blue!"
The duo started the match by syncing up their warm up dance, moving in perfect unison. The crowd was dead silent, simply taking in the spectacle before them. The pair burned to life and began to each do their own styles of dance! Miraculous J with his smooth movements and crowd hyping shouts, and Ayami with her breaker martial arts fusion! She performed flips - This time assisted by her aquatic affinity to propel them into truly inhuman levels of amazing. The mechanic leapt into the air doing a corkscrew spin that was launched into hyperspeed by the spinning water which formed a cyclone around her! She hung in the air for a second before landing on one foot and spinning to face the crowd! She gave them a wink and a grin! A short moment of cheering from the audience confirmed that she had wowed them with that move!
But Miraculous had only just begun! He slid backwards on the dance floor as if he were hovering, and with a spin his moves seemed to practically sparkle in the light of the club! More cheering that was quickly silenced showed he was doing a good job hyping them up!
"Hey heyyy!"
His moves wowed them for several minutes as he pointed out to them, spinning on his heel and hopping backwards mid-spin. Landing on both feet stylishly! Meanwhile Ayami swung her arms from side to side with an infectious enthusiasm! It was time to use round four as an example of what she had learned! Distract your opponent and draw all eyes on yourself!
"C'mon c'mon~!"
The elfen leapt up towards the ceiling, with the assistance of her water control she latched onto the disco ball, sprinkling water droplets everywhere and making them hang in the air! Rather than raining down on the dance floor, these hovering droplets were illuminated by the spotlights, making it look as if Ayami had placed thousands of little stars up above the disco floor! She then began to dance on top of the disco ball, making it spin as she kept her balance perfectly!
"LET'S...!"
Finally with a playful bow to the audience she did a backflip off of the disco ball, pulling her limbs into a tight spin before she landed and pointed her finger towards the sky!
"PARTY NIGHT!!!"
The crowd once again cheered before going silent again to continue watching with baited breath! She then chose to kick it up another notch! Ayami did a handstand, placing one hand on top of the other, she extended her legs outwards and began to spin like a wild top! She traveled across the entire dance floor before stopping in front of the crowd, throwing her legs to the side in a double L shape before twisting herself around in order to hop back onto her feet! Miraculous followed up on her momentum by performing all of his signature moves one after the other without missing a beat! They poured out as if the elfen had just broken a dam. The crowd was being worked up one after the other! Ayami knew then that she had to keep her momentum going if she wanted to put a stop to that onslaught of style!
The young inventor did a spin at a diagonal tilt three times, and then on the final spin landed on one leg, holding the other up while she placed a hand underneath her chin. She then kicked her legs up in the air, dropping down on her side and spinning around on the floor rapidly! She controlled water underneath her hip in order to make her movements even more smooth than a typical break dancer could achieve. It was like she was flying across the disco floor! Once her momentum slowed to a stop she threw her hands back behind her head, placing them firmly against the floor. She pushed herself back up onto her feet! It was time for the lesson she learned from round five...Glitter! She tossed another of her glitter capsules into the air, causing it to explode into pink shining glitter that only shined even more brightly than before with the spotlights focused down at full brightness! She began to do ballerina twirls, spinning the glitter around with a water jet that circled her like the rings of a planet. Three rings that spun wildly around her gleaming under the color changing spotlights, they slowly converged and switched places as she danced! She finally dispersed the water after sending the glitter up to the ceiling! And finally?
Round six...Deep focus!!! Ayami closed her eyes for only a moment and focused as that endless sea came alive in her mind. She took in a deep breath and exhaled, exploding across the dance floor as she did all of her break dance moves from before but now at blinding speeds!!! The crowd had been whipped into a frenzy by this girl's incredible antics! As the music began to fade out she closed this match by performing a spin on the ground, propping herself up with her hands as her legs spun around her on a pivot! She then jumped using her hands and landed on her feet, throwing her arms outwards and smiling just in time for the music to stop!
The crowd roared to life as the time to pay close attention had come to an end. It was truly ceaseless as they had witnessed something that could unarguably be described as "Magic", just as J had asked for. In his mind the winner was clear as he smiled at the elfen who had finally bested him.
"WAS THAT INCREDIBLE OR WHAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN?! YEEEEAH HAAAHHH!!! GIVE IT UP FOR TRUE BLUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
The crowd's cheer only grew more intense! Ayami was...Exhausted by this point. She had put everything she could into this final match against the king of dance himself. But much to her pleasant surprise the audience loved her!!! Miraculous J stepped forward towards the young inventor as he held his microphone up.
"This has been truly magical! A sight to behold!!! But all good things must come to an end...And I think it's time to CROWN A WINNER!!!"
The elfen girl watched with baited breath of her own as he was about to declare who won this match. Her heart pounded heavily in her chest and it became hard to swallow. Did she do enough to claim victory? Or had she fallen just short of a perfect dance? It all came down to this as the tension became as heavy as a ton of bricks...Just as the MC King of Dance opened his mouth to speak, someone threw open the club's front door in a panic!
"We've got trouble boss!!! Some thugs are looking to trash this place! They're saying if you don't come out now they'll burn the whole club down!"
The entire audience groaned in disappointment almost as if on cue. The crowning moment, the finale of this entire gauntlet they had waited to see was now being rudely interrupted by some trouble makers! Rather than panic however...Miraculous J gave the bouncer a cool nod, tipping his hat.
"Well let's not keep 'em waiting then! Let's HEE-HEE-HEAT THINGS UP and break the ice!"
Miraculous and the bouncer stepped outside, but the natural curiosity of everyone else was far too strong. Everyone - Even the bartender himself left their spots to go check out what was up! The entire club poured out of the building onto the street, watching as the boss himself faced down these thugs.
"Let's be reasonable and talk this out. I'm sure we can get to the bottom of the problem!"
Though he took the moral high road, the men staring him down were decidedly less calm about this. Among the gang the guy who Ayami saw getting beaten up earlier today was standing there brandishing his injuries with a scowl of rage on his face. One of the thugs swung a steel bat to threaten Miraculous.
"The bottom of the problem is your little student roughed up one of our boys! We want a rematch!"
The club's owner simply wasn't giving in to their threats. He shook his head, waving a finger to discourage them.
"I don't think a 5v1 is a very fair rematch do you?"
Without warning a sixth thug had snuck up behind Miraculous and held a gun to the dancer's head.
"Unfortunately for you I don't think you're in a position to make decisions here. Either someone comes out and fights us right now or you'll be doing your dancing with a halo over your head!"
Ayami gasped in shock as she saw the scene unfold from the sidelines. She glanced around at Miraculous' six gauntlet challengers...Every single one of them was frozen in shock. Even Kasima who had won handily against the thug not so long ago was afraid. - In her case afraid that her interference would cost Miraculous J has very life. Then...The elfen really was the only one who could do something. She took a deep breath, steeling herself for what was about to come next. If she wanted to save him she had to act NOW. She dashed forward without thinking...Running up and stopping in front of the man who was being held hostage. To her luck they didn't kill Miraculous. Instead they all began to smile devilishly, each one wielding weapons that they were all too happy to show off by smacking them against the palms of their hands.
"Well well well! You're not the one we're after, but if you're really in such a hurry to kill yourself then who are we to argue? Let's make this girl pay boys!!"
Ayami looked deep into her mind, remembering all that she had learned today, from the first moment she witnessed Kasima fighting, to all seven matches within the gauntlet and how she managed to wrest a victory from each of them...And then she grinned, she crossed her arms and put one leg out before pulling it back and putting the other out instead. She continued this rythmic dance as the thugs leapt into action!
"Dance for your life."
One of the thugs tilted his head in confusion right as he reached her.
"What?"
Ayami continued to grin and then suddenly did a kick, putting all of her weight into it as she crashed down on him like a meteor.
"Dance for your life!!!"
The first thug had been knocked flat on his back. Ayami leapt back onto her feet and balled her hands together in one big fist, spinning and striking the next thug to run up. And then she repeated the process again before he could recover from the hit. Finally regaining his senses he raised the steel bat to the side and swung! But Ayami dropped down, avoiding the swing and causing him to overshoot. She then did a hand stand, placing her hands together and spinning with her legs extended! She struck him in the face with her kicks in a rapid flurry countless times before putting more power into the final spin and knocking him away!
"Yahoo!!!"
As another two thugs ran up hoping to overwhelm her she dropped down onto her shoulder and began to spin across the street like a top, taking them both off guard and striking them with a spinning barrage of kicks! The crowd had been launched into an absolute fervor over the display! This girl wasn't just beating these dangerous thugs...She was doing it through the power of dance! She stopped by pressing her palms firmly on the ground, but just as both of the two thugs began to shake their heads in a daze, she sent her legs flying outwards in a pose, one went forwards and the other went backwards! She pressed the soles of her shoes right against both thugs faces with the same force as a punch! They were knocked away as blood poured from their noses!
The fifth thug ran forward holding a pocket knife up in a stabbing position, ready to put an end to this! But Ayami waited and watched as he drew closer...And once he was in range she slapped him with her left hand, pivoted on her foot and punched him with her right hand, continued spinning and struck him with the back of her left hand, and then leapt up, kneeing him right in the face! Before he could even react to the pain she fell down onto her side, spinning as her legs kicked out striking him hard enough to send him right onto the pavement!
"C'mon c'mon!!!"
But the brutal beat down didn't stop there! The elfen continued spinning, kicking him while he was down on his back! She finished up with a pose before returning to her feet! She had almost forgotten about the last thug left in the group...The one who held Miraculous hostage! He had forgone holding the dancer at gunpoint and instead chose to try avenging his fallen comrades!
"I'm putting a stop to this right now!!!"
He fired off his pistol, the gun recoiling heavily in his hand...Utilizing Deep Focus Ayami was able to feel the motion in the air and react to the bullet flying her way. She slid around it on her feet as if dancing, causing the bullet to harmlessly embed itself in a brick wall...And then the inventor rushed him! She balled her hands together and spun on a tilt, striking him once, twice, three times...And then stopping on a dime and raising her right leg up in a pose, just so happening to strike him in the gut with her knee as she did so. He stumbled back, clutching his stomach in pain with one hand and raising the gun up with the other. She didn't even give him the chance to fire this time...Ayami dropped down into a slide, kicking his feet out from underneath him. She then pressed her hands against the ground and raised her body upwards, both of her legs striking him in the crotch!!! As he got knocked away she continued lifting her body upwards until she was doing a hand stand. Before the last thug could even hit the floor Ayami extended her legs out and began to spin again! A flurry of kicks impacted his face as he was taking a massive beating without once hitting the ground!
The gun-toting villain wished for this crazy ride of pain to stop...And he got his wish. Ayami stopped spinning and brought her legs together, sending them both crashing down on his back!!! He hit the sidewalk with such force that it cracked underneath him. And with the last of the six thugs too incapacitated to continue fighting the elfen martial artist brought her legs back down to the ground, standing up and giving the crowd a bow. Since the fight began the audience had only grown bigger from passerby on the street stopping to witness the spectacle. They all roared in applause as the walls of the buildings on the street echoed their admiration. They hadn't just witnessed a new champion of dance - They had witnessed a hero! Miraculous J clapped as he approached the inventor, raising her hand into the air he began to speak.
"AND WITH THAT TRULLLYYY MAGIC DISPLAY I think we have our WINNER! One I'm sure nobody will argue against! YOU KNOW HER, YOU LOVE HER, SHE'S THE TRUEST OF BLUE AND THE BIGGEST OF STARS...AYAMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!"
She smiled as she watched the audience cheer for her...She had done it. Against all odds she had defeated the gauntlet and been crowned the "Queen of Dance"...What's more, she even saved a man's life up against insurmountable odds. She felt...Happy to say the least. But it seemed The MC himself wasn't done with what he had to say. The elfen inventor blinked, surprised that there was more to this than a title.
"We alllll know the prize for winning the gauntlet and dethroning yours truly don't we? WOO! THAT'S RIGHT! AYAMI!!! You're now the proouuud owner of the Citrus Sands!!! CHIKA-WOW!!!"
She opened her eyes wide in surprise as she watched the man dance away casually.
"You mean...Me? As in, ME me? As in...I OWN this place now?"
He spins in place and stops, pointing at her.
"CHIKA-YOW! That's right True Blue! Anyone who can dethrone me earns this place as a prize! Consider it my gift to the better dancer! Just make sure you leave an empty spot on the dance floor for me! WOO!"
It wasn't something she was even expecting...Ayami was entirely at a loss for what to say. But...The more she thought of it, the more such a thing seemed like a great idea! After all, she loved dancing, and this victory only fueled that love more. Besides, it was clear from the moment she walked in that the Citrus Sands had seen better days...Maybe now in her hands she could help it to see a new golden age, back in the spotlight and better than ever before. She could only grin brightly as she watched the crowd...She had achieved what she set out to do and became a master of the dance. Within that final fight against the thugs her theory on combining dance with combat had been proven picture perfect. Her path to master of her family's very own martial arts was now crystal clear. There was a renewed passion in her heart to show her Grandmother that she was worthy to pass on the art her family held for so long - Not only was she worthy, she was going to show Aya that she was the best possible choice for becoming a master of the arts.
Besides...With her dancing mastery she could impress a certain android that was always on the elfen's wandering mind. She had a sneaking suspicion that Zeni would love to come here and dance sooner or later. And the new business owner elfen inventor? She was intent on making the Citrus Sands the brightest shining star in South city, all to win the android's heart. Ayami gazed up past the neon lights of the city streets, up at the stars hanging above in the sky. Her passion was burning brightly like a wildfire, she felt unstoppable...And somewhere out there in the stars she could see her destiny shining back at her, because this girl's future? It had only just begun.
And she was going to pave her path with success.
[THE END]
