Description: Shingo takes on Sakura on her home turf! (Winner: Shingo)
10:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Sakura's taking a break from her usual training schtick, largely because she's been fighting -well- more than normal this week. So... right now? She's eating her breakfast on the back porch. Why the back porch? Well, the back porch makes a better place than the kitchen if you're going to be playing 'fetch the stick' with your dog. Grinning, Kasugano hurls a small stick all the way across the backyard, with her Shiba Inu yipping merrily along after it. And the Taiyo schoolgirl takes a moment to scarf down some bacon and eggs.
The residence of Kasugano!
A typical abode of the average middle-class family living in a close proximity to the city's Business District. Nothing really out of the ordinary here from outside appearances. That is to say, nothing out of the ordinary in the eyes of the one and only (or so he thinks but that's a story for another time) Shingo Yabuki. The one and only boyfriend (or so he hopes!) of the girl whose residence he's walking up towards. And if he's not? He just might have to get a refund for the white stallion, white suit, and bouquet of white lillies that he was thinking of purchasing one of these days to sweep the fighting schoolgirl off her feet. In lieu of that he figured that he'd give her a phone call instead. This is a loose paraphrasing of how it went.
Sakura: Hello?
Shingo: Yo, baby. Sup? Look, you got something I need. Like really really bad. I need to have it now. Girl...you got what I need. I'm coming...over.
Sakura: ...Kay.
And that's how he ended up ringing the doorbell.
Shingo, Shingo, Shingo. Always being the gentleman, and ringing the front doorbell, rather than walking around to the backyard like Sakura's family and a few less tactful friends. Still it's annoying as heck, and Sakura's too busy playing with her dog to hear the front doorbell ring. So Shingo will just have to stand there without any reply at all!
Well, at least until Mrs. Kasugano answers the door a few seconds later. "Oh, Shingo! Such a pleasant surprise! Come in, come in... Sakura-chan's right on the back porch eating breakfast." And she gestures him inside, through the front hallway, across Tsukushi's domination of a video-game RPG world, and out the sliding glass door to where Sakura's seated.
Mind, when he shows up, Sakura sets her fork down, leaping up and giving the Kusanagi-ryuu disciple a big ol' hug. "Morning, Shingo-kun! What's shakin?" She hasn't put her medal on just yet, favoring a t-shirt and baggy cargo pants for this weekend morning, but they're easily obtainable, to be sure.
Sakura's clothes are easily obtainable? She might have to do something about lest some less savoury types decide that they want to implicate her in their nefarious dealings of global conquest! Which sounds like a really bad plot from a really bad video game that has yet to be made. In other news...when he's hugged he grins widely and holds her for second longer than he normally would with any other one of his friends who came up to hug him. "Good morning!" The lad replies. "Nothing much." If no one knows what Shingo is wearing then they should either play a King of Fighters game or just look at his desc. Because he's wearing what he's normally wearing any day of the week. Even days that he doesn't have school.
"Oh man, when I called I didn't think you'd be eating breakfast. Sorry..." He hangs his head for but a moment since there's almost nothing in the world that can keep him down for long. But the medal thing isn't all he came over here for. He can wait. "Come! Let me join you in breakfast!" Shingo grins widely and motions back for Sakura to continue her meal if she wants to. He doesn't mind at all. Don't mind if he seems a bit hyper today either. Just so glad to see the girl. Really.
Pssh. Damn prepositional phrases.
"Eh? No, I was just finishing up!" chirps Sakura as she lets go of her boyfriend. The plate's almost empty, see, just a few strips of bacon remain. "Saving the best for last! Want a piece?" By this time, Kuma's coming back -- he wants a piece too! So Sakura drops to her knees, breaking off a piece of crispy-fried pig and tossing it to the dog, who scarfs it down like the happy carnivore he is. Sakura finishes off the rest of her piece, holding up the plate to Shingo in case he decides to take her up on that offer.
Mind. The phone conversation comes to mind, with the phone still being beside her on the porch. "... So... what =did= you come here for? Ain't it kinda early for you to be up on a weekend?" she asks with a wink.
Early nothing. It might be for him specifically but Shingo rarely ends up sleeping for any extended period of time past 8 hours or half-past eight in the morning. Whichever comes first and depending on what time he passed out the night before. More often that no though he can be up at a moment's notice. Especially on the weekend. Hate to see the day go to waste just by him sleeping in. "Oooh, bacon! Thanks!" A hand plucks a strip from off the plate and it is instantly popped into his open maw and relished. Mmm. As to the question posed to him... "Well...other than to see you? I was thinking that we could do a quick match for Karin's tournament? I mean, we're both in it, right? Funny how we haven't gotten around to it yet, huh?" Shingo beams widely. Now that the bacon is gone she has his full attention.
Well, Shingo's always out =late=, right? So... yeah, whatever: Shingo's a smart man for not questioning the young woman's throwaway statement. "... Well, sure! That'd be cool. And yeah, Karin finally fought me last night. Almost kicked my butt, too! I mean..." She throws a punch, a high snap kick, and revolves into what looks like a flower kick in demonstration. To the air, of course, not Shingo. "... it was like: One! Two! Three... and I'm about to fall over already! But I managed to turn it around in the end." She pauses for a moment, scratching her cheek. "I guess she didn't get it on tape though, cuz I didn't see any ninja camerapeople around." Shrugging mildly, Sakura finishes off the rest of the bacon and hops off the porch, arms thrown high to show her enthusiasm!
Landing with a small cloud of dust in the barren backyard, Sakura's already adopted her fighting stance when she whips around to face Shingo. "Hyaa! ... Oh." Blinking down at her bare hands, she shouts, "Tsu-kun! Throw me my handguards, they're right besi--"
Before she can even finish the requests, Tsukushi's tossed the vambraces out the sliding door, without even snapping his gaze away from the TV.
Catching them in midair, Sakura pulls a medal out, pinning it on her t-shirt just beside the collar. Pulling her brightly-colored pleather on, she once more adopts the tried-and-true stance. "Whenever you're ready, sweetie!" Her T-shirt and cargo pants might not be very DVD-worthy, but it's probably a safe bet the Kanzuki satellites are in position overhead anyway.
COMBATSYS: Sakura has started a fight here.
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Shingo has joined the fight here.
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
Ready to fight at the drop of a hat. That sure comes in handy for fighters such as these two that have a tendency to get into precarious situations every now and then. Even with a period of rest such as they have now they still never get tired of fighting. Probably because they've gotten close to the point of no return where once you get into fighting you can't or don't want to stop. Shingo gives Sakura the second she needs to get her handguards on and shifts into his own Kusanagi style fighting stance with a nod. "Heh. All right! Let's give those cameras a show!" No comments on the fight between Sakura nad Karin it seems.
He says this, yet his actions dictate otherwise. Normally Shingo is more than welcomed to start things off with a Shingo Kick to the head, unless they're female, then it's a kick to the trapezius. Yet, he does no such thing to start off against Sakura. He just takes a deep breath and exhales, "Stay cool, Shingo." Got to keep a calm sense about these things. Exchanging punches with Sakura is always a challenge.
COMBATSYS: Shingo focuses on his next action.
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
One thing Sakura did forget to put on today was her headband, but as her impromptu wardrobe addition proves, she wasn't fully expecting a fight. Anyway... she's apparently been listening to too many announcers, because she can't give it up, and keeps facing it straight! And while she halfway -did- expect a Shingo Kick... well. No need for such things just yet, right?
... But while Shingo may be abstaining from his most widely-known attack, there's no clause that says Sakura has to. While coupling her hands by her right side, Sakura flashes a broad grin back at Shingo. "Let's get this party started!" Blue flames dance between her hands, assuming the form of a sphere one split-second before she thrusts her palms forward. "Hadoooouken!" cries the schoolgirl, sending the mailbox-sized fireball hurtling towards Shingo.
Kuma barks, and Tsukushi pauses his game to go out to the porch and watch.
COMBATSYS: Shingo dodges Sakura's Medium Hadouken.
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Shingo
Watch? There's nothing to watch between these two. Except, you know...Shingo doing something really freakish. Like dodging one her almost-but-not-quite trademark hadoukens! Insanity! Since when does Shingo dodge fighters of the same skill level as he is? It's just not possible! Or is it? Hasn't he evaded some of those azure orbs in their last fight as well? He grins widely and jumps high enough to clear the medium-sized hadouken and not pay for his risky manoeuvre by taking it to the face.
As soon as he lands he breaks into a quick sprint at his girlfriend. With his loving arms he reaches out to embrace her. Well, more of a 'grabs her t-shirt and pulls her forcefully towards him as he keeps coming forward with a shoulder slam to the middle of her torso. Which is sort of low for him. Darn those short people. "Yaaaaaa!" Should it hit the slam should be strong enough to send her tumbling head over heels for him.
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Sakura with Hatsugane.
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Sakura 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Shingo
FOUL. Sakura's eyes widen as Shingo pulls off a miraculous dodge -- thankfully for the family yard, her fireballs aren't made to keep on going much beyond their target, and this one fizzles into nonexistence before hitting anything else.
Of course, when Shingo closes on her, Sakura tries her darndest to throw her arm up to defend. Doesn't work though, as she gets tugged by the shirt, slammed in the torso, and sent flying head-over-heels just as planned. She lands right in front of Kuma's doghouse, limbs flying every which way before she can tumble back to her feet. "Heh... good one!" she compliments, not completely pressing a charge. Not =yet= anyway. Instead, she just clenches her fists by her side, a small whirlwind stirring up around her as she smiles back at Shingo. Just a minor setback!
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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Sakura 1/-------/=======|==-----\-------\0 Shingo
She's not pressing the charge? Then what does she call what she's doing right this very second?! Huh? HUH?! Charging, that's what! Like some sort of cute little deadly arts trained credit card. Darn credit cards! Hopefully unlike those pieces of plastic, Sakura won't get him in the end. He might have to get Capital One. Wonder what's in Sakura's wallet?
"Thanks! I've had a little of practice in fine tuning my tactics," Shingo grins directly refering to all the fights he's had in recent weeks. Mostly due to the start of the Medal Tournament that has had him fighting quite a good decent bit of different fighters and finding out what works for who. Now to experiment with something else. Sakura looks like she's about to do something that might hurt. Let's see if he can keep her on her toes by him sprinting from left to right and upon getting close letting loose with a quick flurry of light punches before hopping back before she can hopefully tag him with something painful.
COMBATSYS: Sakura interrupts Jab Punch from Shingo with Small Hadouken.
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Shingo
One might think that Sakura, being in the eye of the miniature hurricane, can't really move from her spot if she wants to keep doing what she's doing -- collecting energy. And in a way, that assumption is mostly correct. While Sakura grins at her boyfriend's comments, she keeps that in mind... and when Shingo decides to dazzle her with a flurry of wake-up attacks, Sakura doesn't fully buy it.
In one sense, her power-up sequence is interrupted. But for another... well, just a little bit of the energy flow is swept into her right hand in the process. Maybe Shingo doesn't notice, as he's currently sending a fist towards Kasugano's chest at the moment. It hits, as does the followup punch, evincing a brief , "Nngh.." from Sakura. But he'll definitely notice the end result as Sakura compensates for her relative lack of reach through metaphysical means: the 'surge fist' technique that sends a fist-sized blossom of energy ramming into Shingo's midsection. "HADOUKEN!"
Staggering back from the blows, the Taiyo schoolgirl flashes an impish grin. "I've had a bit tougher time in the tourney than you, but it's been helpful!"
Shingo's not going to argue her on that point even if he might not think that it may be true. His fist getting engulfed by what he thought was one of if not his fastest attacks at his disposal. Strangely enough, the second time this week it has been interrupted by another fighter. Maybe he should just give up on using that silly move in favour of something that hits a bit harder. Maybe as hard as the small hadouken hits him despite its size. Shingo watches the energy engulf his fist and then just knock him back as his fist touches her. He slides through the grass since the hadouken kind of made him react faster with the hopping back then he planned and readies his next move for the girl.
"I see that," he grins back with a hand gently rubbing his chest. Mind, not the hand that was used in punching a second ago. Well, it's time for something else. Lacking hadoukens of his own, he settles for the next best thing. "SHINGO KIIIIIICKU!" It's only fair. Sakura's already used two of her four hadoukens. He might as well use his Shingo Kick as well then! Haha! If the recent past is any indication, she's either going to dodge or block it though. Alas.
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Shingo's Shingo Kick.
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Shingo
The most-feared attack in Shingo's arsenal... the very shout of its name demands respect!
Or, in Sakura's case, the expected dodge attempt, as Sakura ducks low and dives into a rapid tumble. Shingo's kick flies overhead while Sakura rolls back to her feet, springing right back up with a grin. "Sorry, try again!" she quips back, jogging backwards to put some space between herself and the fellow fanb^H^H^H^H fighting enthusiast.
But... again, she's not quick to attack. They've fought enough to know each other's capabilities, and in =this= case... well, dashing in for a punch is liable to get her owned. So she just bides her time, an ebullient grin hiding her true strategy here.
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|=====--\-------\0 Shingo
Sakura may have her reservations about rushing in with a punch to her boyfriend's face after been on the receiving end of his Moon Elbow on several different occasions. So her doubts are well met. However, no matter how many times he gets hit with a hadouken to the face every time -he- blitzes the girl. He can take a hit. Repeatedly. Over and over again. It's like hitting a flesh wall that will keep on smiling. This is why he can slap a smile on his face and then dash over to Sakura into a flying jumpkick to somewhere on her torso. Like her shoulder or something. Because he doubts any one of them want a Shingo-sized shoe all up in her grill.
COMBATSYS: Sakura interrupts Strong Kick from Shingo with Medium Hadouken.
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Sakura 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Shingo
Well. Since Shingo's already resigned to sucking down damage, Sakura may as well live up to expectations, right? In this case, when the leaping kick comes close, Sakura smiles back at Shingo. "HA! PREDICTABLE!" she shouts back, having totally snared one of Geese's catchphrases.
This ain't no Shinkuu Nage though, and she can't windmill her arms to the side and toss Shingo overhead. Something about size differential, y'know? So Sakura instead goes with what she knows -- a larger version of the trick from before. Both hands, glimmering blue with energy, cup by her side as the kick comes hurtling in -- when it lands, Sakura pivots to one side, lightening the impact while still leaving her in perfect, point-blank range.
And then both hands whip forward, sending the bright blue nexus of concussive force hurtling out to slam her boyfriend in midair. "HADOOOUKEN!" Talk about predictable...
He can be predictable all he wants. As long as it's working, right? Sure he's taking more damage than Sakura is from each of his hits but at least he's still hitting her. Much better than having a whiff fest. Not to mention that the more hadoukens she tosses his direction then the closer she gets to tiring herself out. And as energetic as she can be, he's pretty sure that his stamina is a tad better than hers. Plus hadoukens build character. Or so he keeps telling himself from each blast of energy that hits him. Once more he is blown back, this time a greater distance than before, and rolls along the ground a some feet away just short of hitting the porch of the house. The same porch that he uses to rebound off of like a giant human pinball and rockets back at Sakura with his signature grin of enjoying the battle. "SHINGO KIIIIIIICKU!" Now how's that for predictability? Could this be the start of a spamfest?
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Shingo's Shingo Kick.
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Sakura 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Shingo
H... hey! Interference! Tsukushi's eyes go wide as Shingo comes close, but thankfully his intrusion doesn't last long before the Kusanagi-ryuu disciple springs off and flies off towards Sakura.
The schoolgirl herself is wise to these tricks though! Spamfest or not, there's only one sure way to safely deal with Shingo's attacks -- and that's not to get hit with them at all! Throwing herself hard to the side, Sakura tucks her shoulder towards the ground and rolls off to the side. It's a lopsided roll, since she's not used to it, but it serves the purpose well enough. Staying kneeled down, Sakura slowly pushes back to her feet... but once more, she's choosing not to attack Shingo.
Why? ... Well, he =did= call it, she's getting worn out, and it's plain to see from the panting on her face. Time to recharge, with another bright burst of energy, flowing around her in a wide spiral. "Sakura... Hurricane!" she quips, for lack of something better to say. Like maybe 'haaaa...' like she were in some kinda anime, but hey, this works.
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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Sakura 1/=======/=======|=======\-------\1 Shingo
Second time it misses. Maybe it's time he switched over to another technique for repeated use in bashing in the heads of opponents. Unless they're female, then they get their shoulders bashed in. Like it really matters where someone gets hit when they get hit from someone he hits kinda-sorta hard as Shingo does. This is why one does not stand still in one spot when fighting him. It's usually a bad plan. Good plan for Shingo though! So he's not going to complain when people do it.
He lands and kicks up some dirt when he abruptly changes his direction to home back in on the evasive Sakura and heads straight for her hoping to do what he can to interrupt her self-named hurricane. Is it just him or does it seem like he's doing a lot more offensively than he normally does. Could be all in his mind. But that full rotation he makes before swinging around with a powerful hooking fist aimed at Sakura's shoulder is definitely not! "KURAE!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Shingo's Dokugami Mikansei.
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Sakura 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|=======\-------\0 Shingo
Fist to shoulder... yeah. Oh well! Sakura won't be trying anything risky -this- time, though, as she needs every last droplet of that energy for her nefarious purposes!
Which means that she bends her knees, dropping her shoulder and fending off the punch with her forearm as well. Larger surface area, less damage, or so the theory goes. And it seems to work somehow, as Sakura isn't flying off into the backyard fence or anything.
Not -yet- anyway. But she does crouch down from the blow, as it does still kinda hurt -- and she then leaps back and away from the boy with a grin.
Now, one might expect her to land on her feet and =then= fireball. But Sakura doesn't really see a need to go through all that formalities. Leave it to the impatient girl to go ahead and curl her hands at her sides while she's in mid-jump. Just when she's at the apex of her leap, right before gravity starts tugging her down again, Sakura whips her hands forward. "HADOOOOOUKEN!" The concussive blast of energy that follows is... pretty big, big enough to engulf Shingo whole, but if it misses it's just as likely to leave a decently-sized crater in the backyard. Is it any wonder that there's no grass in the backyard?
COMBATSYS: Shingo blocks Sakura's Large Hadouken EX.
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Sakura 1/-----==/=======|=======\-------\1 Shingo
Feel the burn! If hadoukens could burn. Which certain types do. Thankfully, not this one. It is big though. Much too big for Shingo to take a chance and step to the side like he did earlier against the smaller medium hadouken. This leaves one of two really viable options for him. Use his arms as a make-shift shield to dissipate most of the energy that make up the attack or fail that miserably and suck it all up like a hungry anteater ripping apart a termite mound. Without the satisfied feeling of a full stomach. So once again, Sakura's backyard is safe. Thanks to the Powerpuf -- wait a second. They had nothing to do with this! And is it still really saved even though he buckled down with his feet and tore it up some from being forced back? Well, it's more saved than if the hadouken left a crater there anyways.
Lowering his arms that are all tingly now from being struck with some hardcore concussive chi, Shingo watches Sakura until she descends from her jump. Very carefully. Not in a pervert stalker kind of 'very carefullly' but more along the lines of 'wait till she lands so he could then punch her as soon as her feet touch the ground' sort of way. Because that's exactly what he wants to do. Aside from the fact that his punch looks more like a sliding kick to prolong her air time for a few seconds longer.
COMBATSYS: Sakura fails to interrupt Medium Kick from Shingo with Large Hadouken EX.
- Power hit! -
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Shingo
These two have fought each other enough to know that, well, Shingo can take a hit! So she'd kinda expected that he'd not only take the fireball like that, but still plow through and nail her as she lands. So she'd started getting another round ready.
She just didn't think he'd be that =quick= about it! She'd planned on landing before firing, and that kick just... well, it's just that much quicker! Plus, it's coming from the opposite direction of Sakura's firing arc, hitting her square in the back and sending her flying off towards the doghouse. Her accumulated energy spins into nothingness well before impact, lacking the guidance from Sakura to complete it. Thudding against the doghouse, =hard=, Sakura flips over it, landing in a low crouch, panting and breathing heavily while Kuma gives two sharp barks of warning in the background. This... is just another day in the life, believe it or not!
Oh he can believe it. Though they don't exactly see each other twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and so on he still has a decent idea of what goes on in her life. He'd better! What sort of good boyfriend would he be if he didn't? A crappy one, that's what sort. As if kicking around his girlfriend didn't already make him crappy. But hey, it's not like this would count as domestic abuse, per se. Comes with the job or hobby of being a fighter. Shingo doesn't even have time to wince empathetically when Sakura hits the doghouse after he himself narrowly misses scarfing down another hadouken. He's too preoccupied with keeping the groove going.
And coming to a short sliding halt from the kick to look over Sakura is a funny way of maintaining his present advantage. Maybe the rhythm is still going in that brain of his. The same brain that sees it fit to tighten his fists even as he grins to the girl, "Keep using those things and I just might build up an immunity to them, you know?" The barking dog is noted but not looked at, don't want to risk taking his eyes off the young woman he's fighting.
COMBATSYS: Shingo focuses on his next action.
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|=======\=------\1 Shingo
This is very true. And... while she could easily throw =another= one of the ginormous fireballs at Shingo, it's probably not in her best interest, with him =expecting= something like that.
So what does Sakura do? ... Well, she takes a step back with a grin, lacing her fingers together and stretching out her arms. Eyes narrowing lightly as she yawns, the schoolgirl notes, "Well... you're already immune to my punches and kicks, so what's little ol' me s'posed to do?"
All that slinging is starting to take its toll on her though. Not to mention the wounds -- her forehead's and arms were grazed by the shingles on the doghouse, so they're looking delightfully bloody. Just a flesh wound though. But as Sakura clenches her hands by her side, she flashes a bright grin at Shingo. "Ah well. It's not just a normal date, Shingo -- I'm gonna win this time!" No whirlwind this time, just a renewed smile and a light flutter of clothing as she gathers her strength for the last stretch.
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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Sakura 1/----===/=======|=======\=------\1 Shingo
Awww. How could she do that to him? Totally dash away all his hopes and dreams of becoming a super chi shield that could shrug off any and all chi-related energy attacks without even batting an eyelash. He thought that she was a loving and caring girlfriend. Guess he was wrong! Now does this mean he's going to complain about the lack of energy being flung around? Pfft. Of course not! He's a doofus. Not stupid. Further proof of this is when he refrains from commenting about Sakura winning this time. He'd hate to open his mouth and insert one of those Shingo Kicks into it.
"Heheh. All right, then Sakura-chan! If you're going to win? Then win! But first you've got to get past my..." Know that sprinting and dashing around Shingo's been doing all fight? He's doing it again. Yep. Straight at Sakura. Like an out of control freight train. "Flaming Phoenix Forger!" Only difference is that he's in complete control of the impending shoulder tackle-ram that is going to turn her world upside down when it hits her. Not unlike that first Hatsugane. Minus the whole grappling bit.
COMBATSYS: Shingo successfully hits Sakura with Ge Shiki - Kake Hourin.
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Sakura 1/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Shingo
... Well, it's =missing= the grab? It's just a shoulder-ram then? Ah, Sakura can take that! All she has to is meet his shoulder with hers!
Sakura also does horribly in Physics class, incidentally. It'd take an immovable object t stop an irresistable force, and Sakura is decidedly =not= that force. Even though she =does= attempt to buffer the hit by channeling some of that energy she's been gathering into defense... but that trick never works. Or at least, it doesn't =now=.
Blasted back by the rushing shoulder, Sakura's feet barely scrape the ground -- only touching down at the end, as she skids to a halt. Defiant till the last, she grins back at Shingo, even as she stumbles forward a half-step from near exhaustion. "... Flaming... Phoenix Forger? Yeah... about that..." Shaking her head, she nonetheless curls her hands by her side, the telltale bloom of chi growing larger. "Well, let's see how that immunity's paying off for you!" And if at first you don't succeed, try try again! "Hadoooooouken!" she shouts, loosing the blast towards Shingo. All or nothing, do or die!
COMBATSYS: Sakura can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Shingo dodges Sakura's Medium Hadouken.
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Shingo 0/-------/------=|
Now to be fair. Shingo -did- tell her she could win if she wanted. Under one condition. As long as she could get past his Kake Hourin. He told her. Straight up without any strings or bells attached. The fact that he had in fact planned this out is not a string or bell at all. He just didn't realise that he planned it out till -after- the fact. Since he can get caught up in the fight and not notice that he's actually thinking when he doesn't think that he's thinking about thinking. And if he thought about that statement he would be confused. Also? Leave him and his cool attack names alone. It makes him happy. Do she really want to take away his happiness?
'Hadoooooouken!'
Looks that way. Rest well true believers! This is where all that talk about hadouken defense comes to the test. She wants to know how well his building of immunity is paying off for him? Well then he thinks he'll give her a demonstration. Riiiiight after he bends down to tie his shoe laces that have somehow become undone. The blast passes over head as it already begins to fizzle out. He stands back up and looks prepared for the energy missile now! "Huh?! Where'd it go?" He looks around bewildered for a split-second and then realises that he somehow made the hadouken magically disappear. Kusanagi power, obviously. Both arms thrust into the air triumphantly. More for making the attack disappear over actual victory. Next he casts an embarrassed smile over to Sakura and rubs the back of his head for the little display he did there; feeling a little like a fool for exaggerating his reaction for nullifying the signature projectile of Ansatsuken.
COMBATSYS: Shingo takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Shingo has ended the fight here.
Well. However Shingo wants to evade the projectile is his own prerogative. For her part, Sakura will just be stumbling forward and dropping to the ground, hands flattening against the ground in lieu of her entire frame flattening. Because that'd just be... yeah.
Still. She can admit that she'd probably even more smug if the situation were reversed and it were =Shingo= hucking out flames that could be easily evaded. But, in reality, that's only a small comfort to Sakura, considering the boy stopped to tie his freaking shoelaces in the middle of a fight. Accidental or otherwise... well, she's just not going to take that well.
Lowering her head, she closes her eyes, drawing in her breath slowly. Rocking onto one knee, she sighs lightly to herself and undoes the medal from her collar. "Mm. This's yours, then?" she asks, just before targeting Shingo with a thrown object - the medal. "Congratulations..." she offers in a slightly subdued voice. Weak. Like she might not be all that ready to, y'know, go to the mall or anything after this.
Log created by Sakura, and last modified on 12:42:25 11/12/2005.