Description: The Chaotic Christmas Bash moves on to the local Victoria's Secret store! (Winners: Leona and Kensou)
Awwwwwwww YEAH BABY!!! Here's the match that -everyone- has been waiting for, there's no doubt about that. This match, it has a little something for everyone for all you perverts out there.. There's the ghetto-girl poser, the spunky schoolgirl, the quiet military bi- er.. woman, and for all you boy-lovers out there, the possible okama. Welcome to Victoria's Secret, where yet another historical throwdown is about to take place, a good portion of the store had been cleared out so that the fighters have space, mainly between the isles and the registers. And there's lingerie, lots and lots of it, but of course being one of those big stores, it carries other styles of clothing as well; a lot of winterish stuff actually.
The starting point is Register 4 of 8, where Li Xiangfei is standing on the counter, with a callspeaker thing at her mouth. She's dressed in ol' Vikki's sportswear, a nice looking red hoodie, zipped all the way up that leaves her midriff bare.. It's actually a little embarassing for the gal- And she has matching style pants, and a most badass set of sneakers with grey stripes. By her side of course, (hopefully) is her partner Sakura, "Attention all shoppers!!" the Hip-Hop Honey cries to the rowdy crowd about, "The most awesome match in Pay Per View history is about to take place, and you do not want to miss this! After I beat my opponents, I will force them into camisols! So whatever you're doing, wherever you may be, whatever religion you practice, do not MISS THIS FIGHT! Oh yeeAAAAH!!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei has started a fight here on the left meter side.
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The last time Xiangfei and Sakura fought together was the finale of the Medal Tournament -- this time, it's a bit different! As before, the two young women are in matching outfits, but this time, they're promoting the venue by wearing official Victoria's Secret merchandise! Like Xiangfei, Sakura's modeling an embarassingly short terry zip-front hoodie ($45), colored red^H^H^H washed bright coral, but instead of the pants, she's got on a matching skirt ($39) as well. The striped Diesel sneakers ($88) are a bit of a change from her usual Chuck Taylors, but she'll do anything for her sponsors! (Read as: 'sell out')
And Xiangfei's partner, currently standing at register 5 with the other microphone, turns her head away from Xiangfei at that last comment, hand covering her face. But she recovers shortly afterward, clicking her mic on to shout, "And for those of you watching at home, come on down for 10% off your next purchase just by mentioning The Duck Pond special! That's 10% off the =price=, just in case you were wondering! But, to my =worthy= opponents, don't think =either= of us is gonna be discounting the =pain!=" Sakura sets the mic down, pumping her fist into the sky! "Bring it on, you two!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Man, why the hell is Kensou here in /Victoria's Secret/. This is not where he should be! This place is embarassing and he's not sure where he should actually be looking, given that there's lingerie everywhere and pictures of models in lingerie and he's a nice and innocent young man, you know! Wearing his usual fighting attire, the Psycho Soldier looks faintly embarassed just to be here, a bit of colour in his cheeks while he tries very hard not to look around. At least he doesn't have to worry about getting embarassed looking at his /opponents/, though! So he'll focus on them, watching Sakura and Xiangfei, shuffling his feet. He's impatient to get this fight started, so he has something else to think about... As such, he doesn't really have any smack to talk in reply to their opponents. He does cough uncomfortably, though.
COMBATSYS: Kensou has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|
Ralf and Clark talk Leona into entering this Pay Per View and what is the result? They get two matches fitting for fighters of the Ikari warriors cliber and Leona is stuck fighting in a lingerie store. Not only that the rather loudmouthed captain of Strongest happens to be one of her opponents this evening along with Sakura. At least she has a reliable partner from what she can remember. Kensou has a good fighting spirit if nothing else from what she remembers and hopefully he is enough to help keep both of the other fighters from coming at the Ikari at once.
Her hair is held up in a loose ponytail by her dogtags, but a blue and green camo bandana also rests on her head and keeps the bangs out of her eyes. She is dressed in her usual way for the most part with she fights. A mid-riff baring black tanktop along with somewhat baggy camo pants that match her headband along with her black combat boots. "Let us get this over already." she murmurs and adjusts one of the fingerless gloves she wears.
COMBATSYS: Leona has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Xiangfei 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Kensou
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Leona 0/-------/-------|
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Xiangfei laughs, giving a thumbs up to Sakura, and you can be sure that there's going to be some Nokia promotions in this fight, believe it! And she seems realllly eager to win this battle, only because she wants some seriously blackmail material to use against Kensou. Leona, she had nothing against, though she was a little curious to why Ralf seemed so nervous about the woman, "Let's bring it to -them-, Sakura!" Xiangfei then cries, leaping off the counter, flips in the air and lands right in front of Kensou, "Hah!" the boy gets to deal with her quick combination of a palm thrust, and then a leaping spin kick to the chest, "Hyah!"
Well... Sakura =used= to have a minor grudge against Leona, but time apparently heals all wounds as Sakura is giving the military woman a big ol' grin. Nodding back to Xiangfei, Kasugano shouts back, "Right, Xiangfei!" Tilting forward, the schoolgirl breaks into a mad dash for Leona. She zips back and forth between the discount bins, before taking flight in a rushing jump-kick aimed at knocking the Ikari backwards. "HYAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Kensou fails to interrupt Light Kick from Xiangfei with Strong Punch.
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COMBATSYS: Leona has joined the fight here on the right meter side.
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Xiangfei 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Leona
[OOC] Leona just noticed her mistake. e.e
[OOC] Sakura hehehs.
Well, fine, bring the fight to them! Kensou is totally ready for you, Xiangfei! ...Or, well, maybe not. The younger Chinese fighter doesn't try to get out of the way of, or guard against, Xiangfei's attack; instead, he takes a swing at her, though he doesn't time it quite right and instead the kick to the chest knocks him back, staggering into a clothing rack. Which ends up in him getting distracted. Ow, wow, this is doubly embarassing.
COMBATSYS: Leona blocks Sakura's Medium Kick.
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Xiangfei 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Leona
Kicking the mercenary and knocking her back are two different things. Yes Sakura is quick enough to sling that foot outwards to connect against Leona, but the Ikari has plenty of time to hunker down and let the foot just slam against her forearm and glance off of it. Though now that it seems her opponent at the start has been decided she may as well find out how well she can do against Sakura since they were meant to fight long ago. She swings her leg up high as she pivots on the heel of her other foot and brings that leg down quickly aimed for the schoolgirls shoulder rather roughly.
Oh dear.. Poor Kensou indeed, that had to be embarassing.. And of course Xiangfei has to get a kick out of such embarassment, she keen on teasing the boy a little more, "What's the matter, Ken-Ken? If you think about it, this place is a lot like a training ground! .. uh.. Sorta.." she sprints after the boy, leaving Sakura to do her thing for now and grabs one of the lacey, black corsets off the rack- It is them promptly shoved toward Kensous face, followed by a backhand to the gut with her opposite hand, "SUPRISE!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Leona's Strike Arc.
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Xiangfei 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Leona
By itself, flying jumpkicks don't tend to be all that effective -- but they do prove to be dramatic starts to a fight. Smiling broadly as her kick thuds against Leona's guard, Sakura quips back, "Heh, 'bout like I figured..." as she falls back. When Leona's kick comes crashing down upon her shoulder, the schoolgirl drops low to the ground, raising her arms and catching the blow on doubled-up handguards. She waits for Leona's foot to pull away before uncoiling into another leap. Her hands chop downward at Leona's shoulders while her feet splay to either side --- if she lands the hit, she'd most likely leapfrog right over top of the Ikari's shoulders in a quick somersault. "Yut-taa!"
COMBATSYS: Kensou blocks Xiangfei's Quick Punch.
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Xiangfei 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Leona
/Ken-Ken/!? WHAT?! Kensou is momentarily distracted by the corset shoved in his face... But not so much that he doesn't get his arms in the way of Xiangfei's attempt at a backhand. Hmph. "Too slow! Been piggin' out again, huh Xiangfei?!" That said, Kensou swings his right fist in a wild haymaker aimed at ploughing through whatever guard Xiangfei might mount, and if it hits, he follows it up with a wuick punching combination, finally hitting her with a short-distance shoulder check to try and knock her /away/. "Yaa-!"
COMBATSYS: Leona just-defends Sakura's Sakura Otoshi!
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Xiangfei 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Leona
Once she notices the blow isn't going to land as solidly as she hoped the Ikari puts a bit less force into it and quickly withdraws her foot to slam it down on the ground to make sure she keeps her footing. It gives her a good amount of time to step foward towards the leaping Sakura and grab her out of the air by the ankle and shirt with both gloved hands. With a bit of a grunt the mercenary attempts to swing the girl about before she gets loose from the grasp and toss her into the nearest wall display head first.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei blocks Kensou's Ryuu Renda.
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Xiangfei 0/-------/-----==|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Leona
Yes, Ken-Ken. After all, if Xiangfei isn't going to call him bad-names.. As... Often as she used to, may as well have a nickname, right? For a moment, Xiangfei thinks she's in serious trouble when the boy comes at her with a kerrraaayzee combination of attacks, "P.. pigging out??" she cries in shock, she thrusting her palms out to push the strongest punch aside, and twists this way and that to avoid the other strikes, "Is being obnoxious your trademark or somethin- OOF" she sells the shoulder rush, falling flat on her back and doesn't move. She's down, folks, she's down! Well, not really, in fact, Kensou's probably way too used to this technique, as she suddenly handsprings upward and tries to bicycle kick the boy in the chest, "Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-TA!"
COMBATSYS: Leona successfully hits Sakura with Ordeal Buckler.
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Xiangfei 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Leona
The camera spares no detail as Sakura gets whirled about in mid-air (the secret color for the day is 'plum'), flying over into the wall display just as Leona had planned! Crashing into the plastic manikins modeling the latest in the 'Body By Victoria' fashion line, Sakura really doesn't have the luxury of bracing for the fall... but she =does= manage to dislodge one of the manikins. And in doing so... Sakura is struck with divine inspiration.
Well, no, just the half-bodied manikin. "Hey, Leona! Don't you think it's time for a change of wardrobe?" And just to underscore her point, Sakura whips a tight circle, chucking the lingerie-adorned plastic at Leona in an attempt to daze her further. "Hyaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei successfully hits Kensou with Esaka.
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Xiangfei 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Leona
Ow, dangit! Kensou gets kicked in the chest, staggering back /again/ into that rack of racy clothing. Cry. But he's not going to stay off-balance for long, that's for sure! Not Sie Kensou! Gritting his teeth, the Psycho Soldier grabs the rack he'd fallen into, wheeling it around and swinging it right at the stupid, giant-foreheaded face of Li Xiangfei! "Eat this!!" Kensou cries out, and we can only hope Xiangfei doesn't take that instruction /literally/.
COMBATSYS: Leona blocks Sakura's Large Thrown Object.
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Xiangfei 0/-------/-----==|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Leona
If anything the cheesy line might have been the only thing that halted Leona's attack. There isn't much of a response from the woman aside from the slight twitch of her brow. She shakes her head and turns about while swinging her arm out to knock the half body of the display model and seeing that perhaps Xiangfei is giving Kensou more trouble than it is worth she decides to give him some help. She has to leap up and over one of the racks of clothing that is between herself and Xiangfei. She comes over and swings a kick outwards to slam the back of a boot across the back of the other fighters head.
COMBATSYS: Leona successfully hits Xiangfei with Heavy Kick.
- Power hit! -
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Xiangfei 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Leona
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei blocks Kensou's Random Weapon.
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Xiangfei 1/-------/=======|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Leona
"Woah that's quite a rack you have there, Kensou! Very impressive!" she cries with a laugh, hands on her hips. She's quick to defend it, of course, and she twirls around, spin-kicking the object hopefully right out of Kensous hands and winces a little.. Hm, that actually still kind of hurt. The only warning of Leonas attack is a shadow, and she tries to leap out of the way.. POW!! Nailed right in the head and crashes right on her side, ".. Ugh.." she gives her head a light shake, and then with a clap of her hands, "Gee whiz! So it's your turn, huh? HAH!!" she throws her palms outward and releases a blast of blue-and-white chi at the woman, looking to knock Leona right back where she came from, though through the rack rather than over it!
So Leona's not the talkative type -- that's fine! Sakura's just trying to make conversation here! And... apparently it's just enough to make Leona turn away from the schoolgirl. "Hey, where're you goin, Leona? We were just gettin' started!" Recovering from her close encounter with the wall, the schoolgirl follows along after the fighter -- though there's clothing racks in the way! No problem -- Sakura just vaults on top of one, kicking a '40% Off' sign out of the way to give her a clear spot to stand and curl her hands to her sides. Petals of blue chi whirl around rapidly in her palms, before Sakura thrusts those palms forward with a cry of "HADOOOOUKEN!" The cerulean energy orb rockets out at Leona -- it won't hit Xiangfei due to the high vantage point, but it and Xiangfei's Nanpa might make a Leona sandwich!
Well... Okay, that didn't work out quite how Kensou was hoping, but it's better than nothing, right? Right. With Leona looking to tangle with Xiangfei now, that leaves Sakura without anybody attacking her, and that just doesn't seem right, does it? It's so inhospitable! Fortunately, Kensou's got enough room to maneuver, so he takes a few running steps and then /vaults/ over Xiangfei and Leona both, over Sakura's chi blast, in a totally sweet jump kick aimed right at the fighting schoolgirl. "Uryaaa-!" cries Kensou, and oh yeah... His extended foot is surrounded in blue-tinged white Psycho Power, a streak following him through the air. Hi, Sakura!
COMBATSYS: Leona dodges Xiangfei's Nanpa.
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Leona
COMBATSYS: Leona just-defends Sakura's Medium Hadouken EX!
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Xiangfei 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Leona
The shot looked to be enough to throw Xiangfei out of her rhythm and the responding blast of chi sent the Ikari's way allows her ample time to sidestep out of the way. That leaves her in the way of Sakura's own attack though and the sandwich attach meant for her effectively is nullified when Leona swings around to slash her hand down as it lights up with faint traces of her own chi. It slices down through the ball and diminishes enough that the rest kinda nicks her sides for menial damage. Her free hand was already busy yanking off an earring though. She tugs it off and she then tosses it backwards towards the downed Xiangfei. Either way once that little earring hits something it results in a small explosion that leaves that small part of the store singed.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei negates Earring Bakudan from Leona with Large Thrown Object.
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Xiangfei 1/------=/=======|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Leona
Fast hands, fast hands! Xiangfei gives a slightly frustrated grunt toward Leonas nimbleness, but.. It could have been a lot worse, right? So what does the chinese fighter have to work with here when Leona breaks out with earring action? She snaps her hand out and then holds out a pair of silken, red panties, "TAA-D-- ... .Ohboy.." Now she has no idea what the earring does, but she holds the panties out like a shield, letting it bounce up into the air, and then BOOM!!!
"HOLY CRAP!"
Debris comes falling down from above and one of the flourecent lights go out. Her jaw drops as a bit of pink fluff falls on her head, and then she stares at Leona, ".... Ooooh. Look what you did."
COMBATSYS: Sakura interrupts Ryuu Sougeki from Kensou with Small Hadouken.
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Leona
Sakura's more than a little disappointed to see her sure-kill Hadouken snuffed like a candle by Leona's intervention... she =does= seem to recall Karin running into similar difficulties in their last team battle. But such is life --- and besides, she's got Kensou's foot to worry about! That means... uh-oh!
Sakura =does= get slammed in the chest by the flying kick, but with her hands still glowing a faint blue from her =last= fireball, she's in the prime position to return fire to the Psycho Soldier. And she does so, whipping both hands forward and unloading a concussive blast of blue chi into his stomach. "Hadoooouken!"
Course, she's knocked to the ground, landing in a compromising position on the floor, but there's a chance that even =that= could work to her favor, considering her target. "Sup, Kensou? Long time no see!" She flips back to her feet afterwards, though, ducking behind a display stand for a moment...
Augh, always with the Hadoukens! Kensou gets blasted back off of his kick, hitting the ground and rolling a bit. Ow, man. Not good. "Heh... Ow," is the youth's reply to Sakura's comment and OH GOD WHY DOESN'T SHE WEAR PANTS WHEN SHE FIGHTS?! "Uhhhh... 'scuse me!" the Chinese fighter says, hurriedly turning about to... Go after Xiangfei again! It's utter mayhem here in Victoria's Secret, it seems! So what's the Psycho Soldier trying to do, exactly? Just trying to get a hand on Xiangfei, so that he can fire a brief blast of blue-tinged white Psycho Power, and hurl her through the nearest display, is all. "Yaa-!"
The chain of events on how Xiangfei manages to avoid being caught in the blast are certainly unconventional one might say. That is why there is a moment of hesitation from Leona when she finds Xiangfei unhurt despite part of the store looking pretty bad off. Oh well, it can be taken off her earnings for all she cares. To take away her explosives is limiting her fighting ability and thus making her an easier target. Either way Xiangfei's words just get a small tch in reply from the Ikari and she regains her composure enough to resume her attack. Clapping her hands together she thrusts them forward touching at the palms and creating a greenish ball of energy that soon spikes outwards in an attempt to impale the Heavenly Hip Hop honey.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei dodges Kensou's Sunda.
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Leona
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei blocks Leona's Baltic Launcher.
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Leona
Oh. My. Crap. Or What the Dilly yo! Xiangfei has to put her Kung-Fu skills to the test here when both of her opponents come storming down on her like 'woah'. Leonas abrupt burst of tingly energy is responded with... Er, well a not very kung-fuey like defense, she shys away from it, her palms held out and using a bit of her own chi to defend against the blast. Kensous rather hasty attack is just that, very hasty, and she leans to the side, a very simple lean and twirl to avoid the attack. Very lucky!
"Not cool!" she declares, though in all honesty there's no reason for her to say that, she got lucky! "Sakura! It's time for the Red-Eye Flight to the Sky technique of Ultimate Disaster!!" and as she says this, she crouches, one foot extended as if to foot sweep, but then a ring of dust billows from beneath her feet, she bursting upward to slam Kensou right in the chest with her rising shoulder attack, "HAAAAAAH!"
Doubleteaming is not fun! But unfortunately, Sakura's a bit too far away from Xiangfei to draw fire from either of her aggressors, but that's not to say she'll just stand idly by as her teammate gets pummeled. The duo's sandwiching of Leona didn't work so well, so why not Kensou this time? "Heh! Stow all carry-ons beneath your seat, and prepare for takeoff!" Kasugano charges in, blindly ignoring the Ikari for the moment as she attempts to nail Kensou in the back with a hard leaping uppercut! "SHOOOOU'OOU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei successfully hits Kensou with Tenpou Zan.
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Sakura 0/-------/--=====|===----\-------\0 Leona
Augh, god dammit. Kensou - who is clearly having /no/ luck today - lets out an irritated huff of air when his attack is dodged, and then to add insult to injury, he's getting doubleteamed. So, he gets hit with Xiangfei's shoulder block, but it /seems/ that Leona's getting in the way of Sakura's attack, so Kensou is free to get knocked away... Though he does add in a parting shot as he goes, snapping a punch right at Xiangfei's face before he's hurled back into another rack of lacy underthings by Xiangfei's attack.
COMBATSYS: Leona blocks Sakura's Shou'ou Ken.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Leona
Kensou is a bit less experienced than the Ikari in these matters and if Leona has learned anything from being in the Ikari it is to watch the backs of your partners. That is why she plants a foot firmly on the ground and she turns about to spin and get between Kensou and the charging Sakura to leave him from getting pasted by both fighters. Once again arms raise and the uppercut glances off the forearms of Leona as she reaches out to grab Sakura out of the air by a leg and slam a fist in her gut while yanking her back down to the ground.
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Xiangfei with Quick Punch.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Leona
Rats! Leona was on the ball there, and there isn't much Xiangfei can do about it- But at least her attack hits cleanly, but in turn, so does Kensou! Which she was counting on, but she didn't expect it to send her staggering back like that, "Rrf!" she holds her nose, wincing a bit, "Drat," and she's back on Kensou, leaping into the air and snaps at him with an old fashioned karate chop across the chest, "KYAH!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Leona's Strong Punch.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Leona
That... didn't go according to plan, though maybe the plan would've worked better if Sakura paid more attention to the Ikari. Or maybe if she didn't call her shots, y'know? But hindsight is 20/20 -- what's done is done!
Once her uppercut glances off Leona's guard, Sakura continues with the follow-through -- pulling her feet up and out of Leona's grasp as she twists around to stick her tongue out at Leona. "Biiih!" Oh, how mature!
But the sharp twisting has another purpose -- sending her into a backflip, so that she can steer her trajectory enough to land in another high vantage point -- this one being the bargain bin behind Xiangfei. It's a bit hard to stand up though, but Sakura's wide stance is enough to accomodate her. Kasugano locks her elbows at her sides, grinning back at Leona. "Good teamwork, you guys!" she compliments, as her hands clench shut. "Now it's time for the real battle to begin!" A small whirlwind stirs up around Sakura, laced with the usual blue tendrils of chi.
... Location, location, location. The upsurging winds just happen to bring up a storm of mismatched, half-off panties and bras that happened to be in said display bin. An unfortunate consequence, and clearly not one Sakura had planned on if her reddened cheeks are any indication. But... she holds position! "Haaaaaa....!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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Sakura 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Leona
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei successfully hits Kensou with Quick Punch.
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Sakura 1/-----==/=======|====---\-------\0 Leona
Ow! GOD DAMMIT! It seems like Kensou just can't catch a break today, however hard he tries. So he gets chopped to the chest, which hurts, sure... But it could be a lot worse. Speaking of a lot worse... Kensou's pretty much had enough. He's mad as hell, and he's not gonna take it anymore! Gritting his teeth, despite the pain and fatigue and damage he's taken so far, Kensou lashes out with his right hand, trying to palm Xiangfei's face. And if he manages it? Then he blasts her right in the head with a hellish burst of Psycho Power, like pure white light shining through the entire store. "Haaaaa-!!"
There might be a bit of frustration from the girl escaping her grasp, but that is about it. The little taunt doesn't do much to distract the Ikari from her goal. She watches Sakura impassively for a few long moments then she shrugs slightly before pushing up off her feet and dashing forward right towards the girl. She pulls a hand back and she leaps forward as she lunges forward towards the school girl to bring that hand across Sakura's front side to cut both cloth and skin if she manages to connect. A little light show and a small tornado of lingerie isn't going to keep the Ikari from hesitating this time around.
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei fails to interrupt Senki Hakkei from Kensou with Chou Pai-Long.
- Power hit! -
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Xiangfei 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0 Leona
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei has reached second wind!
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Xiangfei 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0 Leona
Oh yeah, Kensou totally gets a grasp on Xiangfeis face all right, but she doesn't go flying away like some sort of little sissy, no way! She's been hit with this technique before, it f's her up but good, yes, but now it's war! Xiangfei lashes back physically and mentally, but the intense shock from the blow just rattles her too much for her attack to be effective. Her skullcap goes flying off, Xiang crying out from the awesome power of psycho power and drops to one knee.. is this it? Is our heroine finished?
The chinese girls eyes widen, her teeth grit as she stands back up, stomps her foot and then slaps her cheeks, *smack smack* "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" She's gone blazing!
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Leona's Grand Sabre.
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Xiangfei 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 1/--=====/=======|====---\-------\0 Leona
Grinning as Leona closes in, Sakura throws up her arms in defense. Oh, she'd be a sitting duck for this, wouldn't she?
Not quite -- all she has to do is draw her feet together, and drop into the bargain bin, taking only a fraction of the full power of Leona's slash upon her padded handguards. The storm of lingerie falls to the floor as the whirlwind dissipates, but Sakura... well, she tries her best to wrap her arms about Leona's ankles and hurl her to the side. "HYAAA!"
W... Wow. That worked! Kensou is shoved back by the force of his Psycho Power assault fading, stumbling back a few steps, but...! Damn, he'd expected that would be enough to put Xiangfei down, but alas, it seems that the 'Heavenly Hip Hop Honey' is too stubborn for something like that. But at the same time, it's not like Kensou's going to give up! Instead, a serious and focused Sie Kensou dashes forward at Xiangfei, putting one foot on her leg as she rises up to her feet, and using that as a point to push off of, putting him up /higher/... So he can swing his other foot at her head, catching her with a Psycho Powered kick! "Uryaaa-!"
COMBATSYS: Leona blocks Sakura's Quick Throw.
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Xiangfei 1/--=====/=======|==-----\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 1/--=====/=======|====---\-------\0 Leona
Feeling hands grasping for her ankles the Ikari is quick to prepare for the worse so when she is pushed aside she easily lands in a roll that reduces most of the pain that she might have felt from the feeble toss. She straightens back up while cricking her neck and glances over towards Kensou and Xiangfei briefly. Both look to be about even down the stretch so it seems that Sakura is still the biggest threat of the two fighters she is facing. With the schoolgirl still kinda encased by that bargain bin, Leona takes off her other earring and casually tosses it after the schoolgirl in hopes of catching her in the blast.
COMBATSYS: Kensou successfully hits Xiangfei with Ryuu Sougeki.
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Xiangfei 2/<<<<<<</<<<<<<<|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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Sakura 1/--=====/=======|====---\-------\0 Leona
Xiangfei had a couple of decisions here. She made the wrong one. As soon as she's back up, she crashes down- Or rather up again, Kensou gets super saucy with a surefire technique! "OOOF!" the psycho kick connecting like woah, she grits her teeth, eyes widening and the adrenaline pumping through her body something fierce! She believes in her teamate of course, but she has a feeling Sakura still needs her help! And so after crashing to the ground in a crouch, she makes a quick hand-motion, and a large cloud of dust bursts behind her. "HYAAAAH!!" She storms toward Kensou, striking out hard at his chest if things go with with her palm. It's then followed up by a double-palm strike to the same spot, and then finally she steps back and snaps forward like a bullet with a jumpkick to finish the combination, "Hup! Hai! HAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!"
COMBATSYS: Xiangfei can no longer fight.
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Sakura 1/--=====/=======|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Leona's Earring Bakudan.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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After getting a much-less-than-satsifactory result from her attempted Leona-toss, Sakura finds herself the unenviable target of Leona's explosive! Did =someone= forget to yell 'fire in the hole?' Ah well -- the =good= thing is that Sakura has a split-second with which to coil up, and then spring out of the bargain bin, with a few of the lacy garments flying out in the process. ... Nothing compared to the ensuing explosion which sends -everything- flying out of the way. Now it's an even -deeper- discount!
Tucking into a tight somersault in mid-air, Sakura rights herself, landing (for once) upon solid terra firma, once more facing Leona. She gives a quick glance to Kensou, before turning her gaze back to the nearly-unharmed Ikari. "Wow, no pressure at all here!" she chirps, backing away warily. Kasugano takes a moment to calm herself down -- she has a feeling she'll need it!
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Kensou
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COMBATSYS: Xiangfei successfully hits Kensou with Chou Pai-Long EX.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\0 Kensou
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Nope, no pressure, apparently! Since Kensou's a little too slow on trying to get out of the way of Xiangfei's last gasp, and he pays for it! He's... Pretty much out of the fight, that's for sure! "Hah... Hah..." Well, at least he took Xiangfei down. And he gave it his all, despite a really luckless showing over all. "Keh..." he brings his hands up in front of his face, teeth gritting as he gathers all the Psycho Power he can, before sweeping his hands out and launching a crackling sphere of blue-tinged white right at Sakura! Whether it hits or not, though, he won't know, because h falls right the heck over, passed out.
COMBATSYS: Kensou can no longer fight.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Leona
It does seem that Sakura might have her work cut out for her, but she has done well to stand this long against the Ikari without getting hit too many times. There is a slight quirking of Leona's lips into a bit of a smirk before it fades away almost as quickly as it had shown. Even if she had not wanted to be in this fight it has proven to be quite an interesting one. And blowing the hell out of a place like Victoria's secret makes it all that much more fun for her. She continues her assault on Sakura in an attempt to not allow the girl too much of a break to clear her head and think of what to do next. The mercenary is already back on top of her with a lunging kick meant to slam into the girl's stomach and knock her back into the wall.
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Kensou's Choukyuu Dan.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Leona
COMBATSYS: Leona successfully hits Sakura with Heavy Kick.
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Sakura 1/------=/=======|=====--\-------\0 Leona
Well... as her attention is divided between the two fighters, Sakura really does have to pick and choose here. There's another attack from Leona closing in, and there's a big blue ball of Hurt(tm). She knows firsthand how much Kensou's attack hurts, and hops back to avoid it -- but that's not quite enough to carry her out of the way of that massive kick. She takes it fill to the stomach, plowing through a revolving display stand and knocking that over on her path to the wall.
"=Yeow= that hurt..." mutters Sakura as she pulls herself out of the miniature crater she'd made there. (Sheet-rock. Weeeeak.) "Round three it is, Leona! Are you ready for your closeup?" Sakura's got a lot of ground to make up for here, and she's hoping she can cover the distance! Breaking into a run, she pulls her hands along behind her, a blue aura trailing from her open palms. "Haaaaaaa...." And then she hops, skidding to a halt as she slams her hands forward, a six-foot-wide blast of chi rocketing out: "aaaaaDOOOOUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Leona with Large Hadouken EX.
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Sakura 1/----===/=======|=======\-------\1 Leona
The Ikari plants her foot back down on the ground and she rolls her shoulders to loosen up. It really does seem like it is down to just her and Sakura after all is said and done. Kensou did pretty damn well and he managed to keep Xiangfei busy and eventually take her out. She couldn't ask much more from him in this case. "Let us finish this, then." she quietly murmurs in response and as that blast comes her way she bursts forward and slowing only a moment from the force of the projectile before bursting through it and rushing right towards the schoolgirl. She then charges up for a blast of her own. Hands extend and another ball of greenish energy explodes forth to slam into Sakura in an attempt to take her out.
COMBATSYS: Sakura fails to interrupt Baltic Launcher from Leona with Shou'ou Ken.
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1 Leona
"Sure thing, Leona!" Even though she's a bit weary from the uphill battle, Sakura Kasugano rises to the challenge! Just to show how seriously hardcore she is, Sakura doesn't shy away from the greenish blast -- she rushes towards it, a deep blue aura surrounding her in the process. "Shhhhhh....." she hisses in the middle of her run, fully intending to plow right -through- the greenish energy and sock Leona right in the jaw!
She gets about halfway through, but the immensely powerful force slows her charge to a dead stop for one split second, before churning her back around, smacking her to the side with the net effect of it looking like the greenish energy just pimpslapped the schoolgirl away. HARSH'D. The schoolgirl barrel-rolls away, landing on the floor in a heap, but she's quick to spring back to her feet anyway. "Okay... I'm still in this though!"
Xiangfei is down for the count as well, by the way. She wishes she could get Sakuras back, but thems the breaks! So she flops onto her butt, leans against one of the registers, pumping a fist in the air, "Lets go, Saku!! Come on, girl!"
It looks like the girl might be wearing down some. It didn't take too much to press her attack and push the girl back and overcome her attempt to counter her blast. She dismisses the energy and once she sees Sakura is still fine enough to stand and not give up Leona presses her attack. She bounds acrossed the trashed store and she then runs up the wall to push off of it and come sailing down at Sakura with hand raised. SHe makes a hard slicing motion as she lands in a crouch to create a cut at a downward angle before pushing off her feet and twisting her hand to create another cut as she springs away.
COMBATSYS: Sakura interrupts V-Slasher from Leona with Shou'ou Ken.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Sakura 0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0 Leona
If at first you don't succeed, punch the Fates in the face and try again! Leona's incoming slicing motion is noted, but Sakura's feeling just a bit too edgy from the fight thus far. That is to say -- she's hurting enough as it is, what's a little more pain? One instant passes, as Sakura crouches low to the floor, but when Leona's slash comes in, the Taiyo student rises into a rapid leaping uppercut, completing that cry that had been cut off just now: "SHOOOOU'OOOOU KEN!" Boom! One chi-boosed uppercut, brought right into the airborne Leona.
That is possibly the first blow that even hits the Ikari and causes her to actually let out a small growl from the pain of feeling the fist plow into her. She spins about in midair on her way down and lands in a crouch while rubbing the chin with the back of a gloved hand. She turns her head to spit a small stream of blood before standing back up fully and rolling her shoulders and shaking her head some to clear the cobwebs. It still isn't enough to take her out though. Once she recovers enough she dashes forward towards Sakura again and leaps forward to extend both legs out to dropkick Sakura right in the chest and knock the air out of her.
COMBATSYS: Leona successfully hits Sakura with Light Kick.
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Possibly... but Sakura -had- nailed Leona with the Hadouken earlier. Unfortunately, Sakura's still a bit winded ... so she can't really just -evade- the dropkick. Consequently, she takes it full in the chest, knocked backwards to the floor.
But... that doesn't mean the schoolgirl is entirely without her tricks! Her hands cup to one side, flaring with blue energy -- and then she halfway sits up, shoving her hands forward at Leona. Not likely she'll get =up= from her current position, but it's worth a shot, right? Especially with a 6'-wide fireball at close range! "HADOOOOOUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura has reached second wind!
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COMBATSYS: Leona just-defends Sakura's Large Hadouken EX!
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Sakura 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Leona
Sakura is a scrapper, the Ikari will give her that. She always thought Ralf was just joking about how good of a fighter the schoolgirl really was. Leona can even feel herself getting a bit winded from the extent of their little showdown between one another. Finally thinking it might have been enough to take the girl down Leona finds herself about to be blasted again. Though this time she manages to get her arms up in time and brace for impact against the fireball that slams into her. She then lets out a low growl and throwns her arms downwards to push away the energy so Leona can continue forward and bring her leg up and back down across the head of Sakura to finally get the girl to stay down. Or she hopes at least.
COMBATSYS: Leona successfully hits Sakura with Strike Arc.
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Sakura 0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0 Leona
Boot to the head! Sakura =had= started to pick herself up, but Leona manages to plow her arm through it, finding the critical point needed to completely dispel the wide-range fireball into nothingness. And not only that, her leg comes down to crack Sakura right in the noggin.
As Sakura flies backward, she... really has no other option but to swing her legs around in a last-ditch effort to knock Leona's legs out from under her. But really, she's out otherwise! Right?
COMBATSYS: Sakura can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Leona blocks Sakura's Strong Kick.
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The kick comes in before she manages to get both feet back on the ground fully planted, but the mercenary manages to turn at the right angle that she only ends up staggering back a few steps instead of being knocked over completely. She takes a few deep breathes as she stands up fully to glance around at the carnage that has turned this place into ground zero. "I am not paying for all of this. I don't even like lingerie." she mutters to herself and she reaches up to untie the dogtags from her hair and slip them back around her neck.
She pulls off the bandana and wanders over to the possibly still unconcious kensou and plots it down on his head. Tonight she will consider him an honorary Ikari since he did well. She straights back up and stalks out of the store, pausing only briefly to look at where Xiangfei is and give a nod to her before heading out. If Ralf or Clark gives her shit about this fight there will be hell to pay.
COMBATSYS: Leona has ended the fight here.
Meanwhile... Sakura just thuds back to the floor, nearly unconscious as she watches Leona walk away. The key word there -- nearly. Twiddling her fingers, the exhausted schoolgirl mumbles, "Thanks for the fight, Leona..." And then she just falls asleep. Ah, sleep.
Log created by Sakura, and last modified on 05:41:35 12/12/2005.