Recruiting (Open)

[Matrim]

Matrim was dressed in a Kane Hodder t-shirt of his fathers. Some hard core band his father saw in Seattle when he was a kid. He was wearing gym shorts and made his way to the gym to get a good work out and see if any strong kids were there. He had been thinking of starting a gang, of course, he was more the number two then the leader of something. What he really wanted, was to run into Corgan again, or maybe the Hikari kid. Something told him the Hikari kid was tough, and he obviously came from a leadership background so he might be more suitable for this position.

Of course, Matrim would fight him to make sure he was up to the job. That would be the only way Matrim would relenquish that spot to him. The boy would have to make Matrim work up a sweat in order for Matrim to approve.

Matrim walked into the gym which was relatively empty except for a few chumps who thought they were tough by lifting as much as 150 off the bench.

"Weaklings..." Matrim said, ignoring them. He made his way to an declined bench used for sit ups, getting a 100 lbs. weight used for bench press he situated himself on the steep decline with the weight on his chest his arms crossed over it, he began to work out since obviously no real talent had shown up to the gym today. Of course, it was still a bit early. Maybe somebody would show up.

[Alex]

Alex made his way to the gym, dressed in a white t-shirt and black long shorts. Normally, he'd wouldn't go to the gym for anything, but something told him that he'd find something interesting in the gym. As he stepped into the gym, he took a quick glance around, finding only chumps who thought they were tough, just by lifting 150 off the bench. Yeah, right. Alex however, soon discovered that there was one guy who wasn't a chump. A blue-haired guy. Matrim. How interesting.

Alex walked over to the straight bench beside Matrim and picked up two 50lbs weights, and placed one on each side of the bar. He then laid down on the bench and began lifting it. Although he wasn't lifting as much weight as the other guys in the gym, he was able to keep up a steady flow of repetitions. After he had warmed up his arms, he sat up on the bench, and turned to face Matrim. " What brings you here?" he asked, a thin film of sweat forming on his face.

Something told Alex Matrim had been trying to seek him out, but for what reason, Alex had no idea. He had a feeling though, that he'd find out soon enough.

[Matrim]

"Well I was looking for an actual challenge. Someone I could actually fight who would prove themselves since I'm starting up a club of sorts.... call it what you want but I'm trying to find the strongest fighters for it. A student run authority."

Matrim said this while finishing the set, afterwards setting the weight on the floor above his head, sitting up and turning towards the boy.

"This place is just too chaotic. I thought a little organization might help. Personally, I think you have leadership in your blood. I was hoping to run into you outside of class so I could talk to you."

Matrim got off of the declined bench and leaned against the structure, "So how about it then. Fight me so I can see what you are made of, and then start this club with me. I already have another person in mind who would most likely be interested. What do you say, Alex?"

Matrim had remembered his name when he said it in music class. People always make a fuss, people either underestimate him, or overestimate him. Or maybe they are estimating him perfectly. It all depends on how he fights.

Don't know what type of guy he is, but hopefully he's the fighter I've picture him to be. Hopefully he's tough. With a Qi like mine there is no way I'd be able to lead the damn thing. Nothing is frightening about not being able to hurt me that badly. Maybe his is different...

Matrim saw a cute girl in the gym and then focused his mind.

Pay attention to Alex damnit!

[Jeremiah Sykes]

Jeremy walked into the gym, fully dressed in his martial arts GI. He had come to train, and thats just what he was going to do. Stepping onto a mat not far away, he watched as a boy stepped into it, raising his arms and calling anyone who wanted to step up to do so. He stepped forward, coming to a halt just before the edge of the slightly raised mat the kid was standing on.

"Ill fight."

He stepped up, the ten or fifteen people who were gathered around it staring up in awe at the massive mountain of a man. He wasn't yet eighteen, but he was bigger than anyone here, that was for sure. Instead of coming forward, the guy clapped his hands, then looked back to the crowd. "Anyone wanna fight this bear? Anybody! Lets get an interesting match started people! Good, clean fighting! No cheep shots, and no Qi abilities! Just pure skill in fighting alone! Is ANYBODY up to the challenge?"

Jeremy waited, looking to the crowd calmly. A few people off in the wrestling area looked over, as well as the weight lifting section. He simply waited, not talking any trash, or giving off any sort of "I'm a bad-ass" aura. He was simply here to train, and he hoped somebody of worth would come forward and give him a good workout.

[Lunari Awren]

(Lunari is controlled by Solaris-Sammeth)

Class was sometimes a major chore. Honestly, this whole school was a chore. Her schedule often consisted as follows...Physics in the morning for two periods, and then a period of Astronomy. She liked teaching both yes, but seriously, sometimes the kids got on her major nerves. Solaris usually helped, but sometimes, he was just like a little kid. Heck, he was ALWAYS a little kid at heart. Oh well. A brother to the last.

She'd completed the routine core maintenance rather quickly, charging the supercalculator's emergency battery, and just checking up on Solaris. He was technically still seventeen at heart, often he still acted like it too, even as a teacher. It was no big bother really. She'd lived with it up to this point, what would it matter now?

Lunari stepped out of the elevator, and started her long walk down the hallway...although in a minute, she'd reach the door to the gym, where it was normally quiet, and she could walk through without being disturbed by much larger kiddies. However, that would prove to be a mistake.

The outdoor bell rang, and classes started to switch, in a hurry, Lunari ran quickly, pulled a high speed ninety degree turn, and avoided much of the hallways hustle and bustle. Unfortunately, the gym this time was not quiet. Several, multiple kids were here...one of them was MASSIVE, a full two feet taller than Lunari at the least. She looked down at herself; she didn't appear to be a teacher...she had a red beret, her MAC-based glasses, as well as a tight fitting shirt with a techno-based logo...the 'Chronos' logo. Looking up, she heard a booming voice.

"Anyone wanna fight this bear? Anybody! Lets get an interesting match started people! Good, clean fighting! No cheep shots, and no Qi abilities! Just pure skill in fighting alone! Is ANYBODY up to the challenge?"

Wow. The largest guy picking a fight with someone...in front of the smallest girl in the school. She tilted her head, and took off her beret...her eyes shining a deep green. No Qi...that meant no Eye's of Luna...well, pure Eight Trigrams couldn't hurt either.

"If no one else want to, I'll do it..." She mentioned, timidly raising a hand. They don't know what they're in for...

[Alex]

Alex stood up, and folded his arms as he heard Matirm explain why he was here. "Well I was looking for an actual challenge. Someone I could actually fight who would prove themselves since I'm starting up a club of sorts.... call it what you want but I'm trying to find the strongest fighters for it. A student run authority." How interesting. He wanted to start a gang, or a club as he called it. Well, that certainly interested Alex. "This place is just too chaotic. I thought a little organization might help. Personally, I think you have leadership in your blood. I was hoping to run into you outside of class so I could talk to you." Well, here he was, outside of class, and he was willing to talk.

" So how about it then. Fight me so I can see what you are made of, and then start this club with me. I already have another person in mind who would most likely be interested. What do you say, Alex?" Alex nodded, a smile playing on his face. So that's why Matrim seeked him out, well, Alex wasn't to deny a challenge. " Alright then, I accept your offer." Alex repled, he ready to start, except a distraction came, in the from of the big guy from his English class. " Huh? What's he doing here?" The guy stopped just before the edge of the mat, and called out. "Anyone wanna fight this bear? Anybody! Lets get an interesting match started people! Good, clean fighting! No cheep shots, and no Qi abilities! Just pure skill in fighting alone! Is ANYBODY up to the challenge?"

Alex turned and faced Matrim, blocking out the noise, he was here to show Matrim his skill, and show him he would. Everything else didn't matter to him. Moving over to one of the free mats, he took his position, " Are you ready?" he asked Matrim and went into his fighting stance, his feet spread apart shoulder-length, his right foot out in front, his body down low, keeping his centre of balance relatively well. No leg sweeps here. He placed his right hand out, his left hand on level with his shoulder, near his face. " Let's go." he said to Matrim, a determined look in his eyes.

[Matrim Aldon]

Ding Ding Ding! We have a Dual Fight here people so Listen up.

Fight 1:
Name of Fighter 1: Matrim Gallagher
Name of Fighter 2: Alex Hikari
Monitor: Matrim Aldon
Location: Gym
Description of Location/Setting: Weight Room with wrestling pads, bench press stations, free weights, and spectators.
Time Period: Afternoon
Special Rules for the Battle: None

Fight 2:
Name of Fighter 1: Lunari Arwen
Name of Fighter 2: Jeremiah Skyes
Monitor: Matrim Aldon
Location: Gym
Description of Location/Setting: Weight Room with wrestling pads, bench press stations, free weights, and spectators.
Time Period: Afternoon
Special Rules for the Battle: No Qi powers

Lets Get it on!

[Matrim]

Matrim walked up, judging the stance.

Boxing... Kickboxing.... Judo... Wrestling.....

Matrim decided which one he would do, he faced Alex squared up with his knees slightly bent his arms out in front of him, his left foot half a step closer to Alex then his right.

Wrestling.... stay on the inside, keep balance, and just attack. Try to bring out his Qi power.... good reminder.... be ready to use Qi at any point.

Matrim took a few steps closer to get closer, and then decided to go all out to see what type of moves this guy made.

Screw it, Kickboxing is how I always start off.

Matrim aimed a kick with his right calve towards Alex's stomach, if he caught the kick, hed be ready to pull his leg back with all his strength, and attempt to punch with his left fist.

"Show me what you got."

[Alex]

OOC: Just a note, Alex's stance has him standing sideways, guess I didn't make it clear enough in my last post, sorry about that.

Alex watched as Matrim walked over to face him and got ready, getting into his stance. When Matrim fired his kick at his stomach, Alex immediately reacted, instead of catching the kick, he dodged to his right and fired a punch right into Matrim's side. If he blocked Alex's punch, Alex would be ready, he would just switch and attack with a kick of his own. " Show me what you got."

Alex grinned at this comment, " With pleasure." he replied, the fight had begun. Time to see how good Matrim was, and if he needed to, Alex would use his Qi, but that option was up in the air, and only if he needed to use it. " Bring it on."

[Jeremiah Sykes]

OOC(( Jeremy wasn't the one calling out. The kid in the ring was. Jeremy just said "ill fight" he wasn't calling out to anyone.))

Jeremy turned to the girl, who was at least two feet shorter than him, as she stepped up into the ring. Now Jeremy wasn't usually one to fight a woman, but she stepped in of her own accord. He wondered why someone of her stature would try and fight him, and it gave him pause for concern. She MUST have something up her sleeve. He would have to wait and see after the match started. He turned to her so he was fully facing her, then waited for the guy who had spoken to get out of the ring. He bowed.

He Brought up his fists so they were in natural boxing stance, his arms rotating lightly at the elbows. He started forward, his feet remaining light, so he could move at a moments notice. He knew, with her small frame, she would definitely be speed based, so he would have to rely on all his speed to help him. He knew it may not be enough, but as soon as he got a hold of her, if ever, the match would be over.

As he drew closer to her, his left fist would shoot down for a punch to the face. He kept his center of gravity lowered, so if she moved, he could react quickly.

[Matrim]

Having dodged his kick to his right Alex shot out a punch to Matrim's ribs which were relatively exposed, Matrim was ready for it. He took the hit to test the kid's strength. It was pretty strong, Corgan was stronger, but he didn't get off as many hits as he would have liked to in the long run. After all was said and done, there would be a pretty solid bruise from the hit, at the moment it groaned a bit, Matrim shook it off.

Matrim the wrist which belonged to the attacking fist, not letting go of it he raised his left foot and began to kick towards the ribs underneath the extended arm, hopefully the heal would connect directly with the bone, causing a massive amount of damage, much more then the punch he just took, otherwise if it was blocked, he would twist the wrist with his other hand, and attempt to put some damage on that arm.

OOC: Yeah I just did a poor job of trying to say I was facing you so that I wasn't sideways, wherease you were. Squaring off was a terrible word choice on my part.

also, if you still want to do that kick, go ahead and auto-hit it since I kinda had him not pay attention to anything you were doing.

[Alex]

Alex, while he did manage to connect his fist to Matrim's side, had a feeling that Matrim allowed him to hit him, possibly to test his strength or see what Alex was made of, but certainly not because he couldn't react to it. With his arm outstretched, Matrim held onto Alex's wrist and proceeded to hit Alex in the ribs with his left foot, but unless Matrim was caught up in the moment, he may or may not have forgotten about Alex's other arm, his free right arm.

Bringing his right palm sideways, Alex caught Matrim's foot in his hand, and using the grip Matrim had on his left wrist, he swing his right foot in an almost roundhouse kick, connecting with Matrim's ribs. While Alex's arms were powerful, his legs were the most powerful part of his body. With his left leg firmly planted on the ground, Alex brought his right leg back down onto the ground and fired his left heel straight up, heading towards Matrim's chin. " Show me what you got." he thought.

OOC: I took the free auto-hit you gave me, it's starting to get good, mmmyes.

[Matrim]

The Joy of a good competition. Someone who can land a few hits on me. But I still have him.

Matrim then decided it was best to go shot for shot. He launched off the ground a bit, pulling on the wrist he was still holding on to, making a roundhouse kick with his own right foot aimed for the back of Alex's neck. He had two options at this point, but both ended with both boys on the floor the way Matrim saw it.

If he goes to kick a second time, I'll get a good kick off to the back and side of his neck, otherwise he can pull the kick and dodge. Either way when my body hits the ground I'll pull him down as hard as I can to get him on the floor with me. At that point I'll start thinking of a submission hold to put him in... forcing him to reveal his Qi to me.

[Alex]

Alex, at the last moment, shot his heel straight up into the air, missing Matrim's chin by mere inches. This was mostly as a measure to get Matrim off balance. As Matrim launched a roundhouse kick aimed for the back of Alex's neck. Alex, at this point, realized that he had only a couple options. Bringing his right hand up, he caught Matrim's ankle before it could connect with his neck. As Alex held onto Matrim's ankle, his left wrist was still in Matrim's grip. Alex, far from panicking, instead smiled, he was having a damn good time.

Alex, using the grip he had on Matrim's ankle and the fact Matrim was holding onto his wrist, used that fact and pulled his arm back, and fired it right at Matrim's exposed face. Matrim would most likely block it with his free hand or dodge it, so he prepared another attack in case. " Come on Matrim, don't leave me hanging."

[Matrim]

OOC: I'm guessing you let go of my legs then?

He let go of one of his foot, grabbing the other foot.

Ground yourself, quickly now Matrim!

Matrim brought his foot down to the ground as quickly as possible, only wavering for a moment keeping hold of Alex's left wrist, then Alex let go of his other leg which he was using to block a high kick to Alex's head, Matrim didn't have momentum to kick, so he had another plan.

Big mistake.

Everyone assumes that blocking and dodging is necessary to avoid attack, when Matrim always chose the third option. Countering.

Matrim twisted the wrist hard and fast counter clockwise, while pulling on it equally as hard, this would twist the arm behind Alex's back, causing him to face away from Matrim. His right arm would never reach its destination. He would be free to stomp toes, but Matrim set out a job for his right arm, he reached underneath Alex's armpit, bending his elbow and putting his palm onto Alex's neck as quickly as possible.

"You're holding back." Matrim said, finally getting mad, and let go of Alex, taking three steps back. "Stop holding back, come at me with full force, Qi and all. And I'll promise to do the same. I meant it when I said I want to fight you."

Matrim started to build up his Qi, not quite activating it, but having it on the ready.