Yuuku

Yuuku by Agustian Noor.

## New Blood

Yuuku was bored. Her sister had departed for college but Yuuku never had the grades nor the desire to get a "higher" education. As a young woman of 24, she'd been quite happy for most of her life to manage her small algae farm with her sister. Now that Kuma was gone, the life of a scrub tech was wearing thin. After all, cyanobacteria regulation during those days was not what it would one day become.

It was a scorching April afternoon when Yuuku heard the fights in the Preservation were starting up again. As a long time fan of the fights (especially the ultraviolent, hyper-athletic half-time roller derby bouts), Yuuku packed up the algae pond and headed directly to the Preservation. She left with hopes of helping behind the scenes. She couldn't have imagined what she would actually become: a fighter, leader and revolutionary.

Yuuku arrived to find the fights were still in the planning stages. Unfortunately, reviving roller derby bouts was not in the plans. At that time, the organizers were low on fighters and made a deal with Yuuku: if she could draw a crowd with her fighting skills, they would consider reinstating the half-time shows.

## Rutt

Yuuku fights in an untrained, vicious style that is simultaneously no style at all. She has discarded form for raw power and thus is able to perform unthinkable maneuvers. She typically wields two blades, fashioned from the scissors she used on the farm to cut hair. She has rigged her elbow and knee pads to hold these blades so she can use them hand to hand or configure her armor for specific configurations of “shear danger.” When she affixes one of the blades to her left knee, she enters a state known as “lead jammer,” the most dangerous of her setups.

## Fight History

ALGAE SCRUB: DeCERVANTES V. YUUKU

The arena was destroyed but some fans lingered, demanding the final fight of the evening. It was the ideal time to unleash the secret fighter the organizers had hiding in their stable. Yuuku stepped out for the first time to face DeCervantes, a fight which did not go her way. Supernatural elements affected the field of play, something Yuuku had just not been prepared for. Who was this other scrub tech? Why was his handsome face so sinister and why had the metal pipes on the floor of the arena bent to his will?

The events of that evening were subtle but clearly supernatural. This gave the organizers pause. They directed attention to the destroyed arena and confiscated the tape of the fight for further study. They could draw no conclusions...

FIGHT 24: SIBLING RIVALRY #2 (YUUKU)

Yuuku had offered a few pointers to her younger sister after watching her get beat by Sweat Pants Ninja, and Kuma had taken issue, challenging her sister to an official match in the ring. This fight went unfinished as Der Burgermeister and El Mariachi ruined their fight by crashing into the ring. Much to Yuuku's chagrin, the organizers claim this interruption negates the fight on she and Kuma's contract, obligating them to fight again.

FIGHT 31: THE FRYING PAN (YUUKU)

Yuuku was ready to make good on her promise to the organizers to hype up the crowd. She wasn’t prepared for Spike and Lovetrails speed nor their amazing distancing techniques, but Yuuku was more than able to take advantage of Kuma’s sacrifice. After her little sister took a laser ball to the chest, Yuuku was able to infiltrate their line and slice them up quickly. She put Spike to sleep, unaware of what would become of him thanks to her actions....

HEAD GAMES: YUUKU V. APSU

Yuuku is assigned the task of nursing Apsu back to health after his near-death experience in Fight 31. These two were born to be lovers...and fighters. Apsu and Yuuku form an uneasy partnership, training each other to better each other.

When Apsu recovers, Yuuku appeals to the organizers to speak with the management. The request is agreed upon if she can beat Apsu, the people’s champ. They fight to a standstill but she has still impressed Waiting Room enough to have an audience.

Waiting Room hears her request and agrees to honor it but Yuuku does not miss the fact that she was manipulated once again into fighting someone she cared about. This sets in motion the events that will dominate Yuuku's destiny.

TOTAL HOMERS KUMA/YUUKU V. CUPERTINO

Never in her wildest dreams did Yuuku imagine she would be watching her sister go toe to toe with Cupertino, the legendary derby racer. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect such brutality from Tino and never did she expect to have to step in and get her ass kicked as well.

EXPECTATION: APSU V. YUUKU

Another fight for Yuuku, this time cruely put against Apsu who they know she has become friends with. Yuuku learned her lesson from Tino. She doesn't hold back.

MUSHY BANANAS: YUUKU V. PEASANT

Her trip to Rinkutown pits her against the guy who loves to face the newcomers. Yuuku takes him down. This is the beginning of her rise to power in Rinkutown.

SEASON 4

IPSO FACTO: RINUTOWN V. PRESERVATION

Her last encounter with Apsu had shaken her to the core, but this was a confrontation on a completely different scale. As the fate of two societies hung in the balance, Yuuku once more found her self pitted against the one man she would never have wanted to fight, the one man she thought would never betray her.  Why did politics suck so much? Having to choose between the love of her life and her principles, Yuuku wished she wasn't so damn principled.

This fight was made of two teams, Rinkutown led by Yuuku and the Preservation led by Apsu.

RINKUTOWN: Yuuku, Cici, Tiger Ant, Taipei Sugar, Peasant, Shiso, Como Rust (in Fight 89)

P-TOWN: Apsu, El Mariachi (no guitar), Burgermeister, Cupertino, Mutt, Tower (in Fight 89)

## Later Years

Yuuku ended up with enigmatic wanderer Rio for a time. She is the only one to receive the honor of facing Bruce in battle aside from Rio.

## Trivia

Yuuku’s fatal flaw is that she is at times too singularly focused to observe the big picture. The ends justify the means, no matter what.

She’s left-handed.

The organizers loved her because she fought purely for the hype. She became addicted to the thrill of the fight and was, for a brief time, the highest-grossing fighter of the Golden Age.