Description: Waiting in Taiyo for a fight, Sakura is greeted by Mimiru... and a fight! (Draw Match)
Mmm. Sakura's found that she's been very lucky with medal fights here in the Taiyo High courtyard lately. So... even though she's already done her fighting practice for the day, with her master Ryu, she decided she'd at least make a token effort to hang out here at Taiyo.
... It might be hard to recognize the girl with a schoolbook open in her lap though: Kasugano's not exactly known for her academics. Studying just happened to be the only viable excuse to get out of the house, and she =does= need to study.
The medal on her right shoulder glints as she flips through her book in the the fading mid-afternoon sunlight. Sighing, she looks up and around... isn't there anyone to challenge for a fight, and relieve her ever-present boredom?
Unlike Sakura, for Mimiru, it's been rather the opposite. She had little luck finding opponents -- aside from chance meeting or Max actually sniffing out someone with medals. So far? Well it's been pretty bad luck on her part. Defeat after defeat. Thankfully, some of them actually decide to let her go without taking her medal, but that's just even more humiliating. She doesn't mind being defeated but being treated like that is almost worse! Well at least, Mimiru's always seeing things on the bright side, and there's still hope as long as there's light and since she still has a medal left, that means she can still win! Because everything begins with just a medal!
Hands in her pocket, Mimiru's idly prowling around, kicking some rock on the ground as she keeps walking by. "Well, it's over now, finished letting other people win not to make them cry, we're gonna get serious and go kick some serious butt now, starting right now." Mimiru says, as if to convince herself a wide grin growing on her lips as she hits her knuckles into her palm.
And then, call it fate, but Mimiru's eyes catch the glimmer that comes from the medals Sakura has on her shoulder, "Ohhh! This is my lucky day!" The girl says with a grin. She hums softly and tilts her head to one side, "Heh! Sakura, you're in the tournament too?"
Well... Sakura actually hasn't been in too many fights for the tournament yet. Pickiness, or what have you, there's been Other Things To Do, not the least of which was roping Mimiru's brother into menial labor.
So... Sakura's only got one more medal than the four she was given, due to a surprise loss to Xiangfei. But she's been eager to accumulate more! And when Mimiru asks, well... "Yep! You know me -- if there's a tournament in Southtown, I just gotta enter it!"
Putting a bookmark in her textbook, she closes it and stuffs it back into her bag. "Why, y'wanna fight or something? I'm kinda bored myself, so..." She twirls a finger in the air, flashing a friendly grin. "Shingo must be off doing =something= or other, so I just came here to study and all. Just in case someone like you came along!"
It's a stretch, but she =is= kidding...
With a soft chuckle, Mimiru straightens herself up and she beams a little, "Well, wouldn't expect anything else I guess." She nods a few times and she lowers her gaze over her medal. Her lips curl into a wide grin and she says, "Well, I've been playing Santa Claus a little bit too much, I think it's about time to collect. Let's see if you've been a good or bad girl, and maybe I'll give you my last medal or not." Mimiru says.
Mimiru gives a shrug to Sakura and she actually mimics the other girl, stretching a bit idly as well. "Sure, why not? I don't get the chance to see people with medals all that often, so gotta fight the few ones that actually comes about!" Mimiru states.
Settling herself in her combat stance, Mimiru grins and adds, "Well since you were waiting for me, I might as well not decieve you and offer you something fun to do..."
COMBATSYS: Mimiru has started a fight here.
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Mimiru 0/-------/-------|
"Hrm... sure! Why not?" Leaving her schoolbag on the bench, Sakura swings her hands forward, pulling herself to her feet. "Yuusha... Well, yeah! I'm hoping it will be!" She stoops before Max and gives him a slight pet to the head, just in case he'd forgotten who the dog-loving Ansatsuken prodigy was. "Sorry, Max... we're about to get serious now!"
And then she takes a few steps to clear a distance between herself and Mimiru, flashing a friendly smile back at her. No need for preparation -- Sakura's been ready for a fight for a while, with her headband about her as usual, and her handguards snugly in position. "Well... whenever you're ready, show me what you've got!"
And somewhere, somehow, cameramen move into position. Never underestimate the power of the Kanzuki zaibatsu camera crews...
COMBATSYS: Sakura has joined the fight here.
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Mimiru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
The canine doesn't seem too keen on that while fight idea. In fact, it whimpers a bit at Mimiru and glances at her, ears going flat over its head for a moment. When Sakura comes near him, he just sits there by Mimiru's side, the large imposing dog all too calm and friendly, letting her pet his head a few times. Mimiru glances over to the canine and she gives him a thumbs up, "Don't worry Max, I'm going to take it easy on her, so you can just sit this one out and watch me." Mimiru says with a few nods of her head.
"Alright then! Time to get serious!" Mimiru says with a few nods of her head. She grins to Sakura and then cracks her knuckles, "Alright... But that means I'll have to go Super Mimiru on you!" She bites her lips and then says, "But since that's what you want!" Mimiru says.
The little girl then dashes off toward Sakura and she narrows her eyes as she tries to make up the distance between both of them as quickly as possible, "Here! Take that!" Mimiru says, clenching her hand into a fist as she swings it over Sakura's belly, her hand glowing with energy, empowering her fist as she attempts to strike Sakura with... "SUPER MIMIRU PUNCH!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Mimiru's The Angel's Palm.
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Mimiru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Smirking back at Mimiru, Sakura hops from one foot to another in an attempt to 'warm up' and such. She's mildly amused at the way Mimiru keeps talking tough... but in a way, that's just what Sakura does, so hey! "Yeah! Give me your best and I'll do the same!" The spunkiness is not unwelcome!
But when the self-proclaimed Super Mimiru Punch comes screaming her way, Sakura's quick to evade it with a timely backwards hop, the glistening punch missing her by inches. "Whoo! That was close!" she compliments, feeling the heat off that one!
But she's also quick to return the favor with an attack of her own -- in this case, a medium-height kick to the thigh. Just a wake-up tap to let Mimiru know she's paying attention! "Hup!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Mimiru with Light Kick.
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Mimiru 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Sakura
A swift evade! Close call. Mimiru staggers back, a little at Sakura's kick, trying not to lose her balance. She winces a bit, flinching slightly but Mimiru tries to maintain her grace by spinning around to recover from it. The girl moves one hand down to idly rub her thigh a little and she gives Sakura a glare, though her lips remain into a smile, "Alright... That was a test... Let's go for the real stuff..."
Mimiru charges over Sakura and she shouts, "Here! Have a taste of this!" Mimiru says as she spins around and tries to kick Sakura, aiming for her hips this time, considering her height, "Suuuuupeeerr Miiiimiiiruuu keeeeck!" She shouts. The whole shouts are just to help intimidate, with the kya that comes along with it but it didn't seem to help her much in the past.
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Mimiru's Light Kick.
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Mimiru 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Sakura
The real stuff? Somehw, Sakura has her doubts. The kick is a bit slower than she'd thought, but that's okay: Sakura inverts her arm, blocking from the inside and continuing to pivot around.
She seems to enjoy the attack names at the very least. "You're sure about that? How come this one wasn't glowing?" she quips as the kick lands. But rather than, y'know, continue talking, she instead moves to try and land a punch to Mimiru's midsection. Not a hard one, by any stretch of the imagination, just a good quick one since Mimiru seems to be the type to get out of the way quickly! "Yutta!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Mimiru with Jab Punch.
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Mimiru 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Sakura
Narrowing her eyes as she keeps the pose after Sakura's block, Mimiru just snorts and she says as she explains the lack of glowy thingies on her kick, "Well my Super Mimiru Kick is the lesser version of my Super Mimiru Punch, you see." The girl admits, sticking her tongue out a bit.
Unfortunately, Mimiru seems a bit lacking on her reflexes right now and it's almost as if she just stands there and get hit by Sakura's jab punch, as if she never saw it coming. She was about to block it, really, but she just failed and instead, Mimiru winces. She bites her lips and attempts not to bulge too much, opting to lunge at Sakura to attempt to grab her while she's still near by.
If she manages to get her hands on her, Mimiru will then just throw herself backward to force Sakura to fall with her and then use her feet to push her up and throw her off over her head.
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Mimiru's Quick Throw.
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Mimiru 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Sakura
After her punch, Sakura quickly pulls herself out of the way of that grasping hand. Feet, throwing over her head... not really on the Ansatsuken fighter's agenda for this midafternoon. "Oh-toh..." she exclaims, finding it necessary to throw her hands to either side for the evasion. "Almost!" She takes two quick steps back, clearing the distance as she speaks, "But I thought you were good at turning stuff around on people!"
Chuckling lightly, she scratches her nose with the back of her hand. "I mean, like, just whipping around and -delivering- the ownage!" But she doesn't want to irritate Mimiru by not attacking -- rather, she steps in with a quick punch, before delivering the true payload -- an overhead kick intended to crash down onto Super Mimiru's shoulder. She's probably not affected by the upskirt fanservice that accompanies such an attack like the boys might be, but the true danger comes in the kick itself! "Yu-ttah!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Mimiru with Flower Kick.
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Mimiru 1/---====/=======|===----\-------\0 Sakura
You never know! Mimiru might just use it as an excuse for why she didn't actually swiftly roll out of the incoming kick. Why she didn't have the time to step back and avoid it. Now all Mimiru does is stand there and take it like a real tomboy!
Well she tried to avoid it but it was more a mix of indecisivity that made her just stand there discombobulated. And it hits her shoulder. Slam. Mimiru's knees tremble but she doesn't fall down to them. The girl pants softly and she bites her lips, "... Yeah, I do... But I'm a pretty considerate girl, you know... I just deliver ownage to people who can take it. I don't want to own your butt too solidly, beside, I know how important those tournaments are for you so..." Excuses, excuses, excuses.
Mimiru grunts and then lunges at Sakura as she attempts to grapple her once more, though this time she opts for something simplier, just striding to her side and making her trip with a quick sweep of her legs and by slamming her down to the ground.
COMBATSYS: Mimiru successfully hits Sakura with O Soto Gari.
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Mimiru 1/---====/=======|====---\-------\0 Sakura
Tough words! Though Sakura's probably leaving herself a bit too open for attack, considering her nearly uninterrupted string of successes.
Nearly, because just as Sakura starts to get out of the way, Mimiru's right there to sweep her legs out and toss the girl to the ground! "Oops!" Wham! Right to the ground!
She's still chuckling a bit at Mimiru's continual taunting though. "I dunno, I'm pretty sure I can handle your ownage!" But rather than try and reciprocate, Sakura instead kips to her feet, stepping to a safer distance as she dusts her skirt off. "So don't hold back on my account!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Mimiru 1/---====/=======|====---\-------\0 Sakura
With a soft hum, Mimiru assesses the situation and she frowns a bit at Sakura. She lifts her hand up and scratches her chin idly. Her lips curl into a wide grin and she shakes her head, "Nah... I don't think you'd be able to withstand Super Mimiru at her full force." Mimiru admits with a few nods of her head.
As for herself, Mimiru just takes this as a little opportunity to get her breath back while they have a little bit of idle chatter, "Though we'll see... Perhaps some other time, just a fight for fun, I'll show you how hard I can kick your butt. I'm sure it'll make you nosebleed." Mimiru says. "Well, alright, I've shown you some, how about you do the same, huh?" Mimiru asks, arching a brow.
COMBATSYS: Mimiru focuses on her next action.
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Mimiru 1/---====/=======|====---\-------\0 Sakura
Smirking back at Mimiru, Sakura nods slowly. "Okay, okay... maybe you're right! Maybe I'm =not= ready for the full Super Mimiru package, right?" Clapping her hands, she then rubs them against one another as if warming them up. "But I can at least show you a trick of mine!"
What kind of trick? Well... it starts off with Sakura running towards Mimiru, shoulders low. She follows that up by grabbing for Mimiru's shirt. "Here it comes!" And if she's -lucky-, she'll manage to grab hold of her long enough to pull herself up, feet landing sideways upon Mimiru's upper torso, and using it as a springboard for Sakura to catapult herself backwards sharply. "Yu-ttah!"
COMBATSYS: Mimiru fails to counter Sailor Shoot from Sakura with Ippon Seoi Nage.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|
COMBATSYS: Mimiru can no longer fight.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|
Well looks like Sakura's lucky! Because Mimiru doesn't quite have the time to actually reverse the grab against Sakura, alas. Mimiru blinks a few times, a bit lost by the whole spinning around and as Sakura uses her as a catapault, the girl just crashes head first against the pavement. Thuds.
With a few whimpers and groans, Mimiru pants softly and she rolls on her back, lying there on the ground. "Ah..." She grimaces and says, "Well... I think you've got enough for today... Guess I'm going to play Santa Claus again..." Mimiru says.
Skidding to a halt on the schoolyard bricks, she looks back to the fallen Mimiru with widened eyes. Sakura feels =really= bad for a moment, especially with the thought that Mimiru might be seriously hurt here.
It's alleviated when Mimiru pushes back to her feet, but instantly Sakura's holding out her hands. "Oh... no... Christmas is every day for me! Don't feel like you gotta or nothin... I was just lookin for somethin' to do, really!"
Looking awkwardly to the side, Sakura brushes the back of her head. "... told you I wasn't gonna go easy or nothin, but seriously, like... don't worry about it! It was, like, a draw, y'know? I don't wanna knock you out of the tournament or nothin, I just wanted to see what it's like fightin the Super Mimiru an' all." Giving a glance back to the girl, she adds a brief smile. "Though I'll have to wait till next time, from what it sounds like?" Not without honor, at least, she's admitting her luckiness in a very, =very= roundabout way.
COMBATSYS: Sakura takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Sakura has ended the fight here.
Well at least Mimiru knows when to stop rather than push herself too far and just hurt herself needlessly. There's a difference between pride and recklessness. Even if she's hurt though she tries to keep a straught face.
Mimiru winces and she accepts the hand, forcing herself back to her feet. Mimiru winces and she rubs her shoulders, stretching slightly, still she tries to take it easy as she feels more or less extra light after that beating. "Well, if you say so..." Mimiru says, lips curling in her ever so cheerful smile.
"You should ask Natsu, she knows how nasty I can be when I turn into Super Magical Girl Mimiru!" The girl strikes a pose though she winces, "Well... Next time! I generally try to keep myself for bad meanies."
Realistically... Sakura should've stopped herself before that! But... whenever she's done that in the past, she's regretted 'going easy' on people. Jiro, for instance, turned that 'going easy' around into an embarassing upset. But more commonly... feelings get hurt. But Mimiru seems to be handling it even better, and for what it was, Sakura's pleased. She =did= want to fight Mimiru, after all.
"I'll ask her, yeah. I've been wanting to fight her seriously for a long time now!" Scratching the side of her cheek, she notes, "But she always wants to go to the cake and pastry shops with me instead..."
Shrugging brightly, she smiles back at Mimiru. "And it's better that way, really! Show the badguys what you -really- mean!"
That's Mimiru! It's hard to actually get her in a foul mood. She grins to Sakura and she gives her a thumbs up, "That's big sis. Well, I told her, it's better to eat fruits and vegetables but she prefers sweets, oh well, what's with sweets anyway? Icecream, candies, cookies, yurk." Mimiru folds her arms in front of her chest and she says, "Nothing like a carot, cuccumber or a banana... Hum! Watermelon! Big refill of water!"
Mimiru grins and she says, "Well yeah... There was that one guy the other day, he was like big and meanie, with a white coat, and he kinda came out of nowhere and started beating me up with his baton, so I actually had to kick his butt and stuff." Mimiru shakes her head and she adds, "But... Anyway, he seemed to know like Jiro and I don't get it, because everyone who knows Jiro wants to beat me up, so I figure something's wrong... But anyway!"
Mimiru concludes her little mindless speech with a few nods of her head.
"Yeah, well. I try to eat other stuff too, but that's kinda like a fun thing, y'know? Me and Nat-chan have =always= done that kinda stuff together, it's just a force of habit now, really!" Rubbing the back of her head, she lks away again, still listening.
"... Baton?" That gets her attention. "... white coat? Is this Dr. Tran or something? I don't know anyone else with a white coat..." Shrugging quietly, she walks over to the bench with her schoolbag, calling back, "Sounds like you taught him a lesson, though?"
"I suppose." Mimiru says with a nod. She glances to Sakura and folds her arms in front of her chest, "Nah! I kick that guy's butt so hard he can't even touch me, I'm like, Mimiru! The uuuuunnnnntouchable!" Her lips curl into a wide grin and she adds, "A white furr coat or something. It kinda like make me thing someone else was actually pimping out my brother, ahahah. Guess he was jealous 'cause I got on his turf and made more money with charity with Jiro than he does."
Mimiru then lets out a nervous chuckle and one hand goes up to scratch the back of her head, "Ahahah... Huh, yeah... That part is still in the making, but I'm getting to it, don't worry!" Mimiru says with a few nods of her head, "Well Sakura, I'll cya later! So you can feel the mighty power of Super Mimiru one day!"
"Huh," comments Sakura. "I don't think I know who you're talking about though... if you get a name, tell me r Jiro so I can help you kick his butt!" Grinning, she pulls her schoolbag over one shoulder. "And sure, okay!" Sakura nods her assent, smiling brightly in return to the Super Schoolgirl. Waving in departure, she calls out, "Take care, Mimiru!" And she twiddles her fingers to her dog, as well! "Seeya round, Max!"
And with that, well... it's starting to get dark, so Sakura starts stepping to the front gates.
Log created by Sakura, and last modified on 21:34:19 11/10/2005.