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World Martial Arts Torunament! (Open RP)


Metropolis University Gymnasium

25000 people gathered for the first annual World Martial Arts tournament. The massive tournament was now well under way, bringing together rival schools of martial arts from all over the world. Every major discipline was represented here, as well as quite a few rare ones. In part of the ring, people were giving demonstrations with weapons showing advanced techniques much to the wooing crowd who loved watching swords and bo staffs, sai and nun chucks flail in the air.

On the other half of the hall was where the real meat of the day was. The world martial arts tournament. The qualifying rounds were already over, and now it moved on to the top 40, each competing head to head. The styles were matched up at random, and the rules were simple, no murder, that’s all.

In the audience a woman sat, her entire body covered in a black martial arts gi, the giant cooly hat covering her face, which was bandaged up her neck and covering her mouth. She watched the fights passively, not taking any real interest in any one match. Indeed it seemed as if she was on the search for something else..

Their was a wickedness, a darkness which was brewing somewhere in the stadium, but it seemed to not be…coherent, together. It seemed lost, but it definitely was their…
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Not a lot of people liked #23, Chase Roque. He had been using fighting techniques not yet seen in any form of fighting, which resulted in his opponents not being able to predict his moves. What READY made people mad is that he failed to even wear proper fighting clothes. He wore an orange hoodie, followed with a Grey T-Shirt and dark faded bootcut jeans.

So why was he doing this? For the fun of it. So many teams wanting so badly to win, and all he wanted was SOME challenge.

He sat back as he watched the large amounts of crowds around the area, smirking amusingly.
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Kate had heard about the martial arts tournament and after her embarrassing defeat in front of Ms. Marvel, who she was trying desperately to impress, she decided it was time to sharpen her skill. She had arrived at the tournament dressed in a tight purple outfit with sun glasses to match. Purple was her color and this outfit not only looked good but it allowed free movement. She sat in the stands watching the tournament until it was her bout.

Most of the combat styles used she was familiar with, though there were a few she did not recognize. Especially the style that Chase Roque had been using. His movements were almost hypnotizing and fluid. As she watched him fight she quickly realized that it was nearly impossible to telegraph his moves or to anticipate them at all. She was impressed to say the least.

Finally she was called for another match. The announcer called it. “Kate Bishop versus Gavriil.” With that a large man in a tank top, camo combat pants and black combat boots stepped up on the mat. He was well over six feet tall and had his blonde hair cut into a flat top. He stance immediately betrayed his training to anyone who knew about different fighting styles of the world. He was Spetsnaz, the elite special ops soldiers of Russia. He placed his large fists on his hips and laughed throwing his head back as he saw Kate step up on the mat. His huge muscular build jostled with his chuckle at the much smaller female.

Kate was confident and did not even remove her sunglasses. This angered the man who immediately launched a flurry of attacks at the girl. Smaller and much faster, Kate was able to dodge the incoming attacks easily. She played it defensively until the opening she wanted presented itself. With a quick feint followed by a dodge she was beside the man planting her foot into the back of his knee. A loud pop was heard as his kneecap dislodged from its normal location forcing him down to the mat with a loud squeal. A perfectly placed kick to the back of his head put him face down. Finishing the spin, Kate smiled and bowed to the judges. She hopped off the mat as the EMTs brought a stretcher to the mat to take the damaged quivering man from the arena.

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Kate and Chases's matches got loud cheers from the audience as they completed them. They'd have about 30 minutes before their next matches, which would be against slightly more skilled and powerful opponents.

In the audience, the woman in the cooly hat watched both of their bouts with some interest, the calculated and precise movements of Kate's counters and abilities, and the fluid and awkward motion of Chase's.

"Interesting..." the woman said.

also in the audience would be another man. He looked to be peak physical condition and had long, blonde hair. His eyes focused on Kate mostly... The Savant, the Birds of Prey greatest enemy and ally seemed to have found another..object of his interest.

Under the gym a team of women wearing military fatigues and masks were busy placing what looked like charges under the foundations as another woman, one in a dark cloak which covered her face was slowly unlocking several seals on a large, ornate metal box.

"Soon everything will be ready..." the woman said.

(You guys, and whoever else can post your next matches or actions when you feel like it, if you make it past those fights, then i'll post your quarterfinal opponents)
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The training facilities the Justice League and the Justice Tribunals had to offer were among the greatest in the world, but once one transcended the "normal" masteries that distinguished "mere" martial artists and soldiers from the living legends of martial arts that made up a good chunk of Earth's heroes and villains, there was only so much you could learn from fighting robots and holograms.

And sparring matches with the likes of Wonderwoman, Batman, and Karate Princess weren't exactly easy for Jaeger to acquire for...various reasons, so he leapt at the chance to take part in this tournament. Especially since the viral sabotage the Network's failsafe against him breaking free of the implant controlling him had crippled his ability to directly wield magic.

His showing in the weapons demonstrations went exceedingly well. No matter what the challenge or opponent, Jaeger's swordsmanship passed with flying colors. He may have been stripped of both Weaver and the magic his Ysherian training took for granted in its forms, but the young man's sheer experience and talent were more than able to compensate and adapt. It was going to take a fight with a true peer to see if his swordsmanship was even slightly crippled now, but so far Jaeger had yet to see a martial artist present that could come even remotely close to him on that front. The greatest challenge so far was not making it look *too* easy least the spectators grow bored.

Unarmed combat was proving a completely different matter altogether.

"Ooof!" Jaeger grunted breathlessly as his opponent, a lithe red-headed woman, landed a partial kick to his ribs despite his raised guard. Their duel had become a drawn-out slog that was more of a measure of endurance and willpower than pure martial skill.

The Ysherian-born human countered with a blinding flurry of punches and knee-strikes that his opponent deflected and evaded with lightning swift quickness despite the beads of sweat trickling down her face. A particularly powerful blow forced her to jump wide to Jaeger's flank, just as he planned. One of is hands darted under his raised arm, halfway concealing it as it thrust towards her and...nothing.

The martial artist was well out of Jaeger's reach if he had been hoping to land a physical blow. To many of the spectators, it was yet another example of the baffling, nigh-insane, tactics that kept creeping into white-haired hero's form numerous times throughout the match that only served to waste offensive opportunities or leave Jaeger completely exposed to his opponent.

People who knew Jaeger, or were at least familiar with more supernatural forms of martial arts, might have seen it for what it was, though. He'd poured so much of his time and experience into acquiring his sublime mastery blades that it left only his Ysherian training to provide for his unarmed capabilities. Jaeger was still a talented enough student of war that even that was still enough to qualify him for entry into a World Tournament, but true masters of the highest levels of martial arts would have seen that his form was comparatively stiff and "by the book" rather than something seasoned with years of proper experience. It wasn't like his swordsmanship where Jaeger had put enough of himself into it that he could just...adapt nigh-instantly to compensate for training that assumed he could still weave bolts of lightning, spears of ice, and arcane shields in between his physical strikes.

The red-head was used to these reflexive mistakes on Jaeger's part by now. She dashed forward, landing a quick punch to his lower jaw that forced him back a step before following up with a punch and kick combination that he managed to catch.

That was why Jaeger had turned this into an endurance match. He couldn't quite match the woman's sheer martial skill as long as he remained crippled by those reflexes, but he could wear her down until it no longer mattered. Her form was one that called for rapid dodges and lightning-quick blows to overwhelm and dispatch her enemies as swiftly as possible. When he concentrated on defense, he was able to mitigate enough of the damage to last long enough for the cost of such energy-intensive tactics to be felt by even her prime example of athletic prowess.

The woman's breath came out more ragged than his, her sweat dripping down in greater quantities. She actually backed away when Jaeger advanced and tensed as he threw a powerful punch that would end the match then and there if it connected with the side of her head!

It didn't.

With speed Jaeger didn't think his enemy was still capable of moving with, the red-head shifted so that his blow missed her head by scarcely an inch. He could feel her sweat clinging to his knuckles as she sprang forward and threw him to the matte by his extended arm. Jaeger's eyes didn't even have time to widen as he felt her press herself down atop his back, her arms and legs instantly sliding into position to trap his. Whether she intended to twist submission out of him or merely pin him in place until she'd caught breath enough to finish him, Jaeger was doomed if he couldn't break free.

And he couldn't.

The woman kept each of his limbs perfectly pinned so that he could do little more than wiggle them beneath her. He was too exhausted to just bodily throw her off...wait. In her haste to trap him, his opponent had leaned a few inches forward too much. Her head was within reach of his.

A swift jerk, and the back of Jaeger's skull slammed into the red-head's chin. She pulled back out of reflex, releasing just enough of the pressure for him to throw her off with a supreme, adrenaline-enabled exertion of strength. This time, her eyes barely had time to widen before Jaeger's foot connected with her face and sent her tumbling across the mat, unconscious.

If the crowd cheered, Jaeger was deaf to it as he numbly moved to take a seat and a long, long drink from a bottle of ice water. Right now, all he could hear was his heart pumping in his ears. He might have won a victory, but didn't didn't feel like one. He'd merely managed to outlast his opponent until she was forced to make a mistake he could exploit. Endurance and Willpower were great things to have, but they were no replacement for actual fighting skill...particularly against the foes Jaeger usually fought.

Also, it didn't seem like he would be lasting much longer in the unarmed portions of this tournament if the remainder of the fighters were even slightly more skilled than the last one.



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Kate watched the next few bouts with interest but nothing caught her eye about the combatants. She decided to limber up for her next bout and left the stands to move to the warm up area. As she started to stretch and limber herself for her next match she saw it. A small humanoid with blue skin and orange glowing eyes. Though he was all the way in the back of the stands and surrounded by hundreds of people, he stood out. She could not help but watch his creepy orange stare.

Sang stood at the top of the stands behind the last row of benches with his arms folded over his chest. The out pour of fighting power that swelled from the area had drawn his attention. Sang was in need of an army of elite warriors to destroy the Azurans and this was a perfect place to start. His power of possession might come in handy here, but for the moment he watched to see which few were the cream of the crop. He had suppressed his own power to hide it from any that might be able to sense it, like that Jaeger.

The first person Sang had met on this world was Jaeger, who had tried to attack him. Jaeger was powerful for sure and he had held something back during their skirmish, Sang was confident that he would make a good soldier in the coming war. Sang was happy to find capable warriors on this little world, warriors that would fight under his banner against the Azuran scum.

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    Sitting in the stands in a her Metropolis Prep school uniform Reverie Star was bouncing up and down in her seat with excitment watching the matches unfold before her. She had watched You-tube videos of these tournaments and loved them, but when she heard the next would be held in metropolis she pulled every string she could to get tickets.
     And that was before she had found the strange crystal that had imbued her with magical abilities. Now beside being excited to be here watching the exhibitions and matches she had a secondary goal. She had so far been okay out on the streets using her abilities to stop some petty crimes and minor level villains, but if she was going to run with the big name heroes she needed to learn to fight. So she figured she needed a teacher, and were else to find one than at the WMT. So far a few combatants had peeked her interest not the least was very skilled woman in purple. She joyfully munched on popcorn as she watched the amazing displays.Making a list of who she would approach to see if they would take her in as a student.


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((Hopefully I'm not too late.))

Sporting a short Halle Berry hair-do, brown with some streaks of blonde, red, and purple, a woman sauntered through the main entrance. She pulled her sunglasses up so that her currently grey eyes were visible.

She was the epitome of a fashionista. A model. A diva. She strutted on high heels that showed off her long lengths. Her hands in the pockets of her cherry red coat. A short dress underneath gave teasing hints of her perfect form.

She handed in her two tickets and continued in, a young man with dirty blonde hair followed close beside her. He looked like Cam Gigandet. He was wearing a black tuxedo with shiny shoes and had a Bluetooth headphone in one ear.

They maneuvered through the growing crowd for their designated seats. The women put her attention on the matches, the man seemed to be looking everywhere else.

"Don't worry Tyler... You're going to do fine." She said to him.

"I uh..." He stared, wiping the back of his neck, "I don't know about this." He replied.

The women frowned, "You don't have to win. Just do your best. I promise." She breathed.

The young man sighed and set his shoulders. "Alright. I'll see you later."

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Down in one of the rings, the hottie entered with his hands and feet wrapped in white cloth, he had on black tight shorts. His surfer body was lean and hardened with muscle. He was about six feet tall. And now he bounced on the balls of his feet somewhat, putting weight on one and then the other. His breathing was calm.

His opponent was a black man, bald with broader shoulders, more rippling muscle and a itty bitty waist. His thighs were massive.

The two threw themselves at one another. The black man came in with a powerful uppercut and Tyler deftly spun to the side and spun around with a backhand. The black man brought both hands together to deflect the blow. And the two separated.

Tyler retaliated with a sudden shift and had a foot flying upwards. The black man back flipped and barely avoided it. And then jumped forward with a flurry of punches. Tyler blocked some and dodged others. Getting small minor hits. The two men began to sweat.

Ty got backed off and found the edge of the mat touching the backs of his feet. He dropped down and tackled. Getting grabbed and tossed over the black mans shoulders to land hard on his own back. The air was knocked from his lungs. The black man spun around and jumped up to land a sinister blow to the downed youth.

Tyler barely turned his body out of the way and pushed himself to his feet. As the black man landed, Ty punched at his thighs and then rose to his full height, now he was delivering a rain of hard hooks and strikes. Eventually the black man disengaged and got a solid hit to Tyler's chest. A loud noise that went out to the crowd. Some cheered, some booed.

Tyler backed away and got his bearings, he wiped his hair out of his eyes and smirked. He ran forward suddenly and blocked some hits and got a slap to the other mans chest and fast before he back flipped and then slid forward, underneath, between the mans legs. He came up and gave a slap to the side of the black mans head, taunting him to turn around. And as he did just that Tyler spun around fully, landing a powerful kick to the mans side and launching him a few yards away.

It was awesome. It was pure adrenaline. Tyler put his hands on his knees panting.

The black man crumpled on the ground awkwardly but still managed to disentangle and get up. Resuming his ready position.

Oh crap...

The man ran and jumped, spinning in the air with a downward curve, his foot extended to end the fight. Tyler was so tired. Still... He had to try. At the last possible moment he twisted, letting the foot pass his face by a mere inch. The black man landed with Tyler's leg between his own. They were standing close together. But things happened too fast. Tyler shoved and the man held onto his hand, pulling him along. Tyler seemed to fly forward and then landed again. The black man still held his wrists tightly. Ty kicked the other in the shin which was a mere distraction this close and then climbed up the mans leg and up his chest and onto his shoulders and back flipped off. Forcing his hands free and the black man down into the mat.

Ty cartwheeled over him as he rose and the two tangoed a little longer. Each getting good bruises, until finally Tyler feigned a move to the right and instead twisted only partially to the left and brought his knee up hard. The black man exhaled sharply and Tyler followed with a quick uppercut. Catching his opponent in the jaw.

He won. But damn that hurt like hell. He fell to his knees panting. Sweat. Some blood. He looked down at his sore body. Black, blue, red, greenish, and even yellow in some places. Maybe even a cracked rib. And it dawned on him that the next match was going to suck.

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The announcer would step down into the middle of the main ring and the crowd, still excited from all the amazing fighting and exhibition displays they had just witnessed would roar. He smiled widely, letting the athletes hear and enjoy the cheers a moment before speaking.

“So I take it you're all enjoying this event!?” he said.

The crowd cheered again loudly.

“Good! This event is sponsored by Archer Braun! Who loves to see men and women compete in pure, martial combat! Our next bout is the last bouts before the quarterfinals. Will our contestants please step into the ring!”

Two women entered. One was stocky and stood around 6 foot. She was Brazillian and had long, brown hair. She wore a gi with the name “Jade Dragon Dojo” on the back. The other was a woman of Japanese descent and had long, black hair and a black gi on.

“When you're ready ladies... begin!”

The wrestling and Brazilian Jiu jitsu master took on the karate master in a match for the ages...

Meanwhile underground, the women in their para military garb finished hooking up the strange device beneath the auditorium was activated. It began to pulse, sending out energy in waves... the effect was immediate.

The fighter's skills and energy were all being copied, downloaded to this mystic device. Their brainwaves were attempted to be read to copy the unique skills which made them...them

Meanwhile back upstairs..

The winner! The Jade Dragon Dojo! The BJJ master grinned, raising her hand in victory.

“Now the quarter finals will be announced! Take a 25 minute recess, then find your name and your opponent.

(Now comes the fun part, this will work like a real tournament. I'll match you up and each opponent posts the fight and the outcome they believe will happen. Then from their, whichever you picked to win (yourself of the NPC) will move on to the next round. If it is two PCs in the next round, then we'll do this the old fashioned way. You each write the story and how you think it'll go based off past stories you see of that Rper, and a group of blind judges will pick the winner, and we move on!)


Chase Roque vs Stacy Monroe- 30 years old 5.3, Master of all 36 chambers of kung fu.

Kate vs Jade Dragon Dojo representative Cathy Kaitz- 34 years old, 6 foot, Enhanced strength, Wrestling and BJJ master of 25 years.

Jaeger vs Charles Donovan- Muy thai 40 years old, 6 foot 6, 240lbs- former British Special forces

Tyler (Myketra) vs Damian Stone- Ninjitsu and Krav Maga, 31 years old, 6 foot 1.
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