Description: Gabriel pulls off a surprisingly balanced fight against Sakura! (Winner: Gabriel)
MEDAL MANIA, everyone's talking about this new sort of tournament, it's sweeping the nation, the nations, it's sweeping. Well anyway, that's nice and good but it promotes greed and see that is why, Kai Gabriel with her default medals in hand, holding out, waving around addresses a crowd of spectators who are probably watching her more out of stunned disbelief.
"You see this? METAL? It's shiny, but it is not a moral substitute. Everyone whom is so interested in mere distractions such as this, you are fooling yourselves, instead you should be helping one another to see the light!"
Someone comes up with the idea of asking her why she entered in the first place.
"To show you the errors in your ways first hand! I sacrifice my virtue so you can know the true horror of immorality. I will further demonstrate by drinking this shot of expensive brandy, watch how greed affects people."
She takes a shot of expensive brandy.
"Metal?" Sakura was just wandering through the mall when she spotted Gabriel proselytizing her peculiar religion and, um, apparently contributing to public drunkenness.
That actually looks kinda fun.
"Hey, Gabriel... lemme help you with that! I'll sacrifice my virtue a bit for the sake of the greater good! Just gimme a shot, right?" Sakura says this with a big smirk on as she walks up, mind you ... the service she provides is less one for Gabriel's mission and more one of 'heckler.'
Of course, she might end up serving as a perfect example for Gabriel, with one of those very medals pinned to the collar of her sailor fuku.
"Excellent! Sakura Kasugano-san .. You shall serve as a perfect example of what sin and impurity and lack of virtue represents! If you are all not careful, this could be you!" She gestures to Sakura, places the expensive bottle and shot glass in front of her, meanwhile people seem to be more then happy with what they're seeing. If anything Gabriel could be pushing people away from virtue and toward her religion with the misguided belief that it was somehow a faith for debauchery.
Ah... why not? Sakura reaches for the bottle and pours herself a shot. She is juuuust about to put the glass to her lips, when she blinks and quirks an eyebrow at Gabriel. "... Wait a minute, this is some kind of trick! I'm already =way= more moral than you! You probably spit in this." Shaking her head, she walks up to the nearest person, holding out the shot of alcohol to him. He looks like he wanted a drink anyway, despite the early hour. "Hey, you there. You're immoral, right? You'd jump for free booze? Here, prove me wrong!" Grinning the whole while, she's =enjoying= this. Is the man going to take it? Well, does it =matter?= She's already drawing snickers from a few of the crowd members.
Gabriel seethes inwardly. As if she would do something as disgusting as spitting. That's just like accusing her of doing something as unlady like as breathing! Of course she doesn't partake in such disgusting habits. So she's giving away her expensive brandy. Despite her inward annoyance, Gabriel's outward appearance registers only mild disapproval.
"You're drinking from the lips of sin and the depths of despair ! Turn now to the light and - " the bottle is not going to last long at this rate. She resigns herself with a sigh and sits down on the nearest bench.
"I have failed merciful mother, but where words do not reach, other means might," she seems to be talking to herself, abandoning her little rig of rig ness. Naturally people won't hang around tooo much longer now, right right?
One glass, two glasses, three glasses, four... the bottle sure -doesn't- last long. But since Sakura's a minor, she'll probably get off with a slap on the wrist, if she's caught at all. "Wow, lots of immoral people! Step right up, and.... oh, foo, the bottle of immorality has run dry!"
... Pause. "Hey, that means we're saved!" She walks back to Gabriel with a grin. "See, see? If this bottle represents me, then I've eradicated all the sin in my soul by sharing it with friends! That means I'm off the hook, and I'm completely good now, right?" Doesn't Sakura's smug grin just make you want to bust her in the face?
This reasoning is given a little bit of consideration. Is what Sakura has said true..? She taps her jaw, looks at the sky ... light for guidance and then looks at Sakura as though searching. She comes to a conclusion and makes one quick motion. Somehow a bottle of aquafina appears opened in her hand and her other one is reaching to pull back Sakura's head. But if you think this is for dumping you're wrong, she looks ready to try force funneling the water down the girl's throat.
"I know just the thing, if you take the sin within yourself perhaps I can purify you before it goes out of control and you become like a walking sinfest. Sin harvest.. hmmm, sounds like an immoral video game character would use that as a special move they would call out everytime they.. Actually that does not sound to far from the way you are already."
... Well, there's two possible courses of action here. One -- knock the water out of the religious nut's hand and spill water =everywhere=. She'd already nearly drowned -once- this weekend, not again! So the second option is to just grin and bear it, letting Gabriel pour =some= of the water into her throat. Glub glub.
Of course, with the bottle =that= close, she just bites the thing and rips it out of Gabriel's hand, spilling a subtantially less amount of water in the process.
Gulping, then coughing to free the water from her throat, she takes the bottle in her hands and glares at Gabriel. "You can't purify me if I'm =dead=, Gabriel!" And with another, somewhat pointed glance to the metal she was talking about earlier, she coughs once more. "Look, you're gonna have to find some other way of purifying me, or whatever the heck you're thinkin' a'doin'!"
"Well actually, " Gabriel begins, satisfied enough for the time being, not noticing the look toward the medals and generally in her own little world that happens to be less absent minded and more mis guided.
"I can. anyway, where was I, oh yes, you see when you're dead there is a time to perform rituals like rites and on top of that, at the very least dead people can't sin more than living ones. Oh and besides, I trust you to know how to swallow." Gabriel sets the water aside, looking satisfied and not talking about the medal cause she is free of greed. That or she doesn't completely get the metal tourny.
"Well..." Sakura ponders on that for a moment. "Yeah, maybe you can."
Pause, as she scratches her cheek. "But you've seen what I can do =alive!=, and in the name of purifying my own soul even! I mean, see here -- you actually believed me! My bottle was empty only because I spread my sin to others, even though in a, um, real sense, my bottle never truly runs empty if I am with sin!" Another pause. This is turning into a sermon!
Shaking her head, Sakura waves her hands. "Anyway, I'm =very= full of sin! And pride! And I think you need to beat it out of me, because brutes like me won't listen any other way. You have to speak my language!" She points to her nose, adopting a grumpy expression. "Street fighting's my communication! So you must stop me by proving that these 'medals' don't mean anything! You're gonna show me that, like, they aren't a substitute for morals, right?"
Somehow Gabriel was sure she was being manipulated. She just couldn't quite figure out what Sakura thought she stood to gain this all with. So Gabriel looks thoughtful, rubs her jaw and then looks at the sky.. light again. A few things flash through her mind, which for the sake of internal monologue's being inaudible to other people, we'll have her say out loud.
"I suppose after the failed trip to find the magickal lunar Tiara that Mimiru-san wanted, this could be a chance for me to work on that new technique I've been attempting to develop. Last time I attempted it.. I did fail.." She frowns a little, "So I may accept your proposition.
Well. Sakura's not very subtle in her manipulation. Kinda like telling her these aren't the droids she's looking for, complete with hand motions, but lacking the Force. "Well... you always say I'm full of sin! You're the only one who can save me, Gabriel... everyone in this town just ain't down with you yet." Kasugano gestures to the thinned crowd -- no more booze, and there's plenty of shopping to do -- as visual demonstration of her point. "You're gonna have to fight me sooner or later, right? Ain't it better to stop me before I get =really= out of control?" Pause. She holds the half-empty water bottle up. "I'll drink the rest of this if you can defeat me!"
COMBATSYS: Gabriel has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Sakura has joined the fight here.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
If Sakura drank the rest of that water, she'd be saved for sure.
"Okay, I find your terms agreeable and I will show you no mercy, I hope you have said your final prayers, if you should happen to die in this battle, may your sins be forgiven.." Gabriel goes into every fight with that kind of resolve.
Okay, so instead of trying to kill Sakura, she'll just go up to her and try a palm poke to the nose. Sort of a wake up call, you're fighting Gabriel! She's a crusader of light, get serious!
COMBATSYS: Gabriel successfully hits Sakura with Quick Punch.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Some palm poke... Sakura doesn't even try to get out of the way of it, instead thinking she can knock Gabriel's palm away before it gets to her. She's wrong! The palm smashes down, easily smacking her in the nose and causing the tomboy to stagger backwards somewhat. "Ow! Well, that's a good start, at least!" she offers.
"I don't plan to die today though!" she cries, arching back and driving a very quick, very direct thrust kick towards Gabriel's midsection. "Hyaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Gabriel with Medium Kick.
- Power hit! -
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Gabriel 0/-------/---====|=------\-------\0 Sakura
A hammer! That is, well she gets hammered. Gabriel sort of falls back onto her bottom. Ouch! But then she picks herself up with a bit of a grumble. Actually it was more of a pained wince and cry.
"That .. hurt.." she says, looking almost like she's pouting. It wasn't fair. Then she goes for the jugular! Attacks for the bandana thing, attempting to grab Sakura by that thing around her neck and just well tug her over a outstretched ankle.
"Now.. repent.. please."
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Gabriel's Quick Throw.
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Gabriel 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Sakura
Well... once Sakura senses her shirt being grabbed, she already has a rough idea of what the girl's going to do -- tug her forward and over one ankle. So Sakura just rolls with it -- in fact, she adds to the motion, forward-fliping over the ankle and landing on the other side, taking only nominal damage from Gabriel's additional momentum.
"Almost... but not quite!" she chides! Of course, at this point she's beside Gabriel -- and lunges forward, trying to latch her arms around Kai's neck, to pull her into a tight headlock before delivering a chop to her shoulder. If it works, that is. "I've got lots more evil in me than that, you know!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Gabriel with Sakura Strangle.
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Gabriel 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Sakura
URhg.. "Sakura-san, this kind of physical contact.. Are you sure you're a fighter..?" chokes Gabriel while being well choked. Eventually though, Sakura's going to have to let go, and Gabriel's going to help her by well.. Struggling and finally rubbing her neck she considers Sakura. How annoying, she seems to think to herself.. This wasn't very good of a religious experience!
COMBATSYS: Gabriel focuses on her next action.
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Gabriel 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Sakura
Well, Sakura =did= just kick her. And choke her. And chop her on the shoulder. "W... why, was I not =fighting?=" she asks, a bit insulted at that notion. The thought of what Gabriel might really have been hinting at is lost upon her, though. Sweeping her hands to one side, Sakura smirks. "I'll show you how strong I really am, then!" A blossom of chi sprouts into existence from her palms, swirled into a seething mass of energy... but it doesn't stay there long before Sakura thrusts her hands forward with a cry: "Hadoooouken!" It's only a meter wide, nothing to be scared of!
COMBATSYS: Gabriel reflects Medium Hadouken from Sakura with Mimic.
- Power hit! -
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Gabriel 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Sakura
This is specifically what Gabriel had been waiting for like.. all of her life. She wanted to steal the most popular of abilities, the one everyone knows, everyone recognizes. The absolutely bomb. Reppuken would be cool to steal too someday, but today.. She wanted this. She watches the ball coming in with rapt anticipation, it's clear she really really wanted to get to do this. She'd been practicing in her dorm and everything. It couldn't go more according to plan, one hand thrusts out, and seems to absorb the energy momentarily before she thrusts her palms out with a cry of "Hadooouken!"
There. Now she is one step closer to dying happily.
COMBATSYS: Sakura overcomes Reflected Medium Hadouken from Gabriel with Medium Hadouken.
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Gabriel 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Sakura
Well, if Gabriel wanted to be Hadoukened, all she had to do was ask. ... Oh right, she =did= ask, several months ago.
Anyway. Sakura's eyes go wide as Gabriel not only manages to stop her Hadouken dead... but spits one right back at her! What? "How the heck does =that= work?" she exclaims, taking a few preemptive steps backwards.
Of course, Sakura's the undisputed master of the copycat game. Well, as long as you leave Shingo out of the picture. And if anyone can copy a Hadouken right, it's Sakura! Cupping her hands to the side, she narrows her eyes at the incoming xerox-Hadouken. If she messes this up, she'll be in world of pain and embarassment. So she =has= to get it right! The energy surges in her hands as she shoves the blast forward: "HADOOOOUKEN!"
And one brief flash of light later, the real (copycat) deal is hurtling right through the dissipated leftovers of Gabriel's Hadouken, heading straight for her. Can she do this again?
COMBATSYS: Gabriel blocks Sakura's Medium Hadouken.
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Gabriel 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Sakura
Actually she doesn't even try, she's smiling now, something Gabriel so rarely does. She had waited so long for that day, it didn't matter to her if it hit, or missed, it just had to happen. So when the real copy cat of the real deal comes in over her real fake copy cat of the copied deal of the real deal, she just crosses her arms and lets it break over them. She's still smiling.
"Finally.." she says and actually pulls a notebook out of her pocket to mark off her todo list, 'Copy the hadouken technique,'. She then jumps into the air to show another copied technique, Chun Li's head stomp, or was that Hotaru's head stomp..?
COMBATSYS: Gabriel successfully hits Sakura with Light Kick.
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Gabriel 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Sakura
Well, then! Sakura figures she's done warming up against Gabriel, so it's time to finish her off! And with that Hadouken crashing down, it should be... "Uh...?" Sakura looks up just in time to find Gabriel's foot crashing down upon her. STOMP'D! Oh, the indignity!
Stumbling to the side, Sakura nonetheless remains standing. And she follows after Gabriel, whirling her foot around to try and swat the girl out of the sky. "Hyyyyyyaaah!"
COMBATSYS: Gabriel dodges Sakura's Strong Kick.
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Gabriel 1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0 Sakura
Gabriel somehow, by a miracle of modern science, known as gravity, manages to sail out of the way of the kick and only hit the ground. Actually.. That was something of a relief because, kicks hurt and.. she didn't really want to get hit by that one. So now we have Gabriel, standing there, looking thoughtful.
"Last time I tried this technique, I used borrowed " *stolen* "power, however it was not strong enough, I need to try stronger, perhaps.... Right, I Will try this one instead.."
She begins the prayer ritual of her attack known for it's colossal size, but easily dodged. It was the promise! But this time when the golden aura begins to build, she tries focusing it into the palm of her hand, squeezes the palm and tries to form a sword with it. It seems a little much for her to control, unwieldy and far to slow. Still she raises it up and exclaims,
"New technique mark two! Avenging Angel!" And she swings that sword at Sakura, which vanishes after the swing as she opens her palm, only a little bit of residue remaining and sizzling in her palm. Yep, still too powerful for her to handle.
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Gabriel's Mirai e no Yakusoku.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\0 Sakura
"Heh... nice!" notes Sakura. It's an honest compliment! Sakura -had- been wanting to experience a fight with Gabriel first-hand, even if she had kinda gave her the runaround in the past.
As it is though... that looks painful. Accordingly, Sakura steps in, hoping to put an early stop to the energy sword, interposing her left forearm before it can crash down onto a more tender spot.
Staggering lightly from the blow, Sakura grins back at the tall girl. "Avenging Angel?" One good hard punch rockets out towards Gabriel's sternum. "I called myself 'Avenging Eagle' for like a day or so!"
COMBATSYS: Gabriel dodges Sakura's Fierce Punch.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\0 Sakura
Kai Gabriel is still wincing over the energy she herself just tried to wield. Weaving out of the way of Sakura's punch was more of a sort of stagger because well, she still felt it.
"I do not get it, avenging eagle..? Actually I think Alma coined the term, 'Avenging Angel'. One time I was trying to hurt him with a sword and that was what he later said about it. I liked it." Gabriel shrugs, obviously.
This time it's a shoulder charge toward Sakura's chest, but rather then bouncing off her .. nothing, nevermind, rather then hitting her there, her real aim is just to make the girl back up over her ankle and trip.
COMBATSYS: Sakura fails to interrupt Quick Throw from Gabriel with Quick Throw.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|=======\-------\1 Sakura
"Eh? Oh, it's because I had this mask..." That's one way to get Sakura to let down her guard -- make her =think= about something! She'd had this notion of just grabbing Gabriel and tossing her to the side, but oh no, the taller girl =stopped= and tossed her over an ankle! It's a good solid hit, and Sakura's feeling the pain now as she lands on the concrete sidewalk. At least it's on her back, and not her head.
"Oof. But... you're letting other people name your moves for you? What'd you call it -before?-"
Shaking her head a bit, Gabriel steps back and then leaps into the air to lock her legs around Sakura's head. This move is favorites among men and young girls who have fascinations with other girls. That is until Gabriel thrusts a ball of purple hurt in their face and kickflips off their chest.
"I didn't.. It was a real sword before, but Acacia stole it and broke it, so I decided then to try and form a sword out of my own energy for only when I needed it. This technique.. has eluded me for some time now." She admits.
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Gabriel's Serpent Snare.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-------|=======\=------\1 Sakura
Um, so what does that make Gabriel? Luckily, Sakura doesn't put that much thought into her fights, she just hauls off and decks people.
And, in this case, throws her arms up to keep the condensed ball of ow from getting anywhere near her face. Doesn't stop the kickflip, but hey.
"Sounds like you just need some inspiration! I mean, you can pick up/lmy= moves by watching, right? Just like that Kurow guy!" Oh, she remembers. That's one reason she'd been avoiding Gabriel, after all.
But she says this in the midst of running, and then jumping, towards Gabriel, foot extended to crash into her sternum. "I dunno anyone who uses swords though.... Jiro, maybe!"
COMBATSYS: Gabriel blocks Sakura's Medium Kick.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-----==|=======\=------\1 Sakura
Lifting her arms to deflect the kick, it glances off her side instead and meanwhile Gabriel is making a face at Sakura.
"Jiro? Eww.." she reaches into her pocket, pulls out a book and chucks it at Sakura's head.
"I almost forgot I was purifiying you, but really Jiro is.. the last thing I would want to emulate. I can figure this technique out on my own, just give me a little more time."
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Gabriel's Thrown Object.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-----==|=======\==-----\1 Sakura
Sakura's just trying to subvert Gabriel! ... Yeah, it sounds good on paper.
The book is fended off with a raised forearm, all in due time. Sakura steps forward again, hauling off with another punch. Nothing fancy, just a straight direct punch -- she's actually getting a bit frustrated here! "Yeah, thinkin' 'bout that, copy someone better than Jiro! Someone who won't set their cornflakes on fire!"
COMBATSYS: Gabriel interrupts Medium Punch from Sakura with Strong Throw.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-----==|=======\====---\1 Sakura
"Yeah.. Not to mention someone who doesn't suck.." Gabriel replies, then blushes rather crimson for being so incredibly improper. Then as Sakura pelts her in the chest with her fist (luckily Gabriel is older and therefore more padded, actually %#@$#@ that hurts!) Gabriel hugs around Sakura's fist with her arms, twists and shoves her into the ground as hard as she can. Actually it's the arm lock part which is apparently supposed to be hurting the most just now.
Rising up afterward quickly she continues, "I was thinking of learning two techniques, you see I was taught one early on I don't really use, but it will be a very long time I think before any of this becomes an issue.. I ahh.. havn't even perfectly my 'Avenging angel' to the point of being able to use it."
Oof! Sakura once more gets shown the hard way how serious Gabriel is about winning... and how her slacking off at the beginning of the fight has come to bite her now. Stuffed, once more, to the ground, Sakura winces back at Gabriel.
"Man... you're really dead set on this, huh? I thought you were just kidding around at first..." she comments, pushing back to her feet. But this time? This time she's playing crafty. A burst of blue flame erupts around her fist. "Well... you could copy Terry Bogard's! It's be like this!" And with a sudden rush, she dashes towards Gabriel with a cry of "BUUUURN KNUCKLE!", fist outstretched to totally =slam= into her.
COMBATSYS: Gabriel blocks Sakura's Medium Punch.
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Gabriel 0/-------/----===|=======\====---\1 Sakura
Gabriel lifts her hands to block the move and really braces herself, as though Sakura might actually perform the token Burn knuckle! But then.. well she's seriously let down when the move that actually comes her way ends up not resembling the burn knuckle in even the smallest of bits. She looks sad as though she really expected something great and big but then shrugs a little.
"Serious about training? Serious about everyhing, eventually I will make the move work. But I do not do the burn knuckle, at least, I havn't tried, I have my own version. Instead though I'd rather hit you with something more my style."
As soon as she said it she realized it was true, her little 'serpent snare' had a lot in common with Terry's burn knuckle. Anyway, she makes a strike with both palms instead, toward Sakura's face.
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Gabriel's Strong Punch.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-----==|=======\=====--\1 Sakura
Well. It was a spur of the moment impulse, not a practiced study of the Burn Knuckle. So the fact that Gabriel brushed it off as easily as she did speaks more to Gabriel's ability, than to Sakura's failure to properly grasp to the Tao of Moves Named In Bad Engrish.
Two palm strikes to the face? Well... again, two palm strikes to the face? Two forearms to defend. Sakura could keep this up for a while, all told. But it's about time she shows Gabriel something a bit stronger.
That would be... dropping her forearms, and dashing forward with a leaping uppercut to the sternum. She's gonna hit, really she is. "SHOOU'OOOU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Gabriel dodges Sakura's Shou'ou Ken EX.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Sakura
Gabriel had honestly planned for this, knowing. . Sensing the power in Sakura building. She had to find a way, some way, anyway to last through the 'burning knuckle'. If she didn't brace herself then and got hit there would be no point in her holding reserve, when Sakura let loose her power, Gabriel had to be missed, regardless of if she had saved her strength or not. No she would not go down with strength left, she would overkill her defense on the 'burning knuckle' so if this hit her now she wouldn't go down. . . And her preparations at least pay off one move move. The uppercut truly only just misses.
"Alright! We're really going now!, ii-ya!"
Cries Gabriel, not repent or confess, this was perhaps a show of respect, along with a chop to the passing Sakura.
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Gabriel's Quick Punch.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-----==|======-\-------\0 Sakura
"Wow, you're really hlding out!" The chop, once more, is met with a passing forearm, but it really is whittling down Sakura's defenses, from the looks of her shaky arm.
But really... perhaps it's time to use her feet instead. Sakura's foot snaps out to strike at Gabriel's knees, in hopes to buckle her to the ground. "Kyaa!"
COMBATSYS: Gabriel blocks Sakura's Light Kick.
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Gabriel 0/-------/----===|======-\-------\0 Sakura
Gabriel sort of blocks with her hip. It's less of a block then just a deflection of the damage so it doesn't hurt as much, because let's face it, those things can really hurt. So then to counter she draws up and back another two palmed thrust. This was more of a Geese Howard deal.
"Oh.. yes, that reminds me.. After this.. I need to try that new technique again.. I really need to work on it.." she exhales a tired breath.
COMBATSYS: Sakura fails to interrupt Strong Punch from Gabriel with Flower Kick.
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Gabriel 0/-------/----===|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Well, whatever that technique was, it worked. Sakura tried to wheel about a kick to slam into Gabriel, but... well, didn't work. Sakura flies back from the two-palmed thrust, gritting her teeth. "Good, good."
Now Gabriel totally seems in her own world, one hand opened, palm toward her chest, but not against it. She draws a deep breath as though concentrating hard on something.
"Okay.. Here goes.."
she murmurs and then pulls back on her hand and balls a fist, purple energy forming up in a flash with a crackle and a hiss into a sword. She then focuses her attention back on Sakura, drawing back that hand with the energy epee and darts foward, getting ready to strike.
"Divine assault, Avenging Angel!" she cries, as though trying to re-assure herself of the nature of this attack. She wasn't honestly sure she had it figured out yet.
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Gabriel's Mimic.
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Gabriel 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Sakura
Once more... Sakura's feeling a bit worn out right now. And Gabriel's persistence is mind-boggling here.
So she takes a step back, raising her shaky forearm once more to absorb the brunt of the sword, but rather than follow up with a serious strike... Sakura just steps backward, clenching her hands by her side. "Okay, look... I'm really impressed, but this is driving me =nuts= right now..."
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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Gabriel 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Sakura
Kai Gabriel stands back a little, looking at her hand and sighing to herself, under her breath she murmurs,
"No, still not right.. I have to work on it more." She observes Sakura for a moment or two while she speaks and then offers,
"Would you like to stop now then...? I do not see the point in a fight going all the way until someone is beaten into the ground. All I'd ask is you drink the rest of the water."
COMBATSYS: Gabriel takes no action.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Sakura
Gritting her teeth, Sakura nods. It's... akin to a submission. It's been a stalemate so far -- one good hit from either side could easily turn the tide here. But Sakura... Sakura's been having a lot of issues the past two weeks.
Sakura stops, takes the water, and downs the rest of the bottle.
COMBATSYS: Sakura takes no action.
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Gabriel 0/-------/-----==|=====--\-------\0 Sakura
COMBATSYS: Sakura has left the fight here.
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Gabriel doesn't consider it submission, afterall, technically this was a medal fight wasn't it. The Justice High student didn't really care about winning it seemed.
She sits down then and pulls out some water of her own and downs it. . Yep holy water is great stuff.
"I .. need to train that.. so so much more," the Justice High girl murmurs to herself under her breath and shakes her head before smiling to Sakura,
"Now you are pure, be free amongst the world wonder of innocence, look with eyes unclouded with hate." Wow terrible cliche lines.
COMBATSYS: Gabriel has ended the fight here.
Sighing lightly, Sakura runs her fingers through her hair as she's 'blessed.' Visibly agitated... but she stands there nonetheless. "... Thank you, now I can leave in peace forever..." she monotones, before eventually waving her hand to the side. "Seeya around, Gabe." And with that... it's off to the ice cream store.
[OOC note - Sakura later gave Gabriel her medal anyway for a job well done.]
Log created by Sakura, and last modified on 09:15:44 11/17/2005.