Description: Ohhhhh Canada o/~ Kim Kaphwan and Sakura Kasugano have a long-fated rematch in front of a giant statue thing. (Winner: Kim)
The streets of this small town in Canada are awfully busy today. The reason is pretty simple, but at the same time, pretty absurd; at the center of this town, in the town square in fact, one of Ken Master's insane league fights has been set. Camera crews and reporters hustle and bustle around the wide, circular center of town, a rather nice fountain of... a beaver spouting water at the very center of it all. There's silence for a while beyond the hushed murmurs of the crowd. Who would be competing? Where are they? Well, that answer comes soon enough...
"HYAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Because out of the sky comes Korean hero Kim Kaphwan, teeth glinting with the patented Nice Guy grin as he soars down to land on the top of the beaver statue's head, poised in a kick-esque stance!! ... now, normally he's not quite so hyped up. But after his last match, the Tae Kwon Do master is psyched and ready for more! This will be fun!
"Let's give it our all!!"
Whether or not his opponent is even here yet to hear his request is entirely up to debate. He can't see much beyond the PING of his teeth!
COMBATSYS: Kim has started a fight here.
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Kim 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Sakura has joined the fight here.
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Kim 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Crickets are chirping. Special Canadian crickets built to withstand the chill of near-Arctic weather. And that's about all the applause Kim will get for his special showing, as Sakura Kasugano is nowhere to be found.
For all of about sixty seconds, anyway, before the schoolgirl comes dashing out of Town Hall. She's not wearing her usual schoolgirl uniform -- heck no, that's awful cold! Instead, Sakura's wearing a blue, short-length Chinese dress, with baggy white pants. It's partly an homage to the -last- time she'd happened to fight the illustrious Kim Kaphwan -- and partly a nod to how frickin' cold it is!
Her Chinese-style slipper-shoes squeal as the schoolgirl screeches to a halt in front of Kim. She tips forward in a quick bow -- "Sorry I'm late! Didn't think it'd be this -cold!-" Grinning, she pulls her hands into fists, pivoting to present her left side to the Korean champ, grinning. "I've been wanting a rematch for a while, Mr. Kaphwan!"
You know...
After a while, it starts getting uncomfortable when posed like this.
Kim looks around, slowly. He blinks once, twice, as his brown eyes scan the crowd. No Sakura...? He's left there to pose like an idiot for a while, before he slowly relaxes atop the statue, stretching out one leg, and then the other, before crouching. And then... He hears the squeal of shoes. The squeal of--better not question it! His ears perk, he looks down, and!!
"Sakura Kasugano!"
He remains perched on that statue for a while, grinning widely and happily. Giving a single nod, he stretches out his arms. "So have I! Let's make this a fight to remember!" Apparantly he doesn't mind her being late. He's a patient man, after all! Instead, he smiles, and begins to stand.
"Ready?"
And once the confirmation is given, his slow raise turns into a leap, sending him downwards toward Sakura in a rapid-fire series of bicycle kicks.
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Kim's Hishou Kyaku.
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Kim 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Beaming a smile back to Kim, Sakura is truly -honored- to be here. On the one hand... Kim is the national hero of Korea! But on another, their last fight was a rather pivotal point in Sakura's life -- one that culminated in her becoming the bona fide student of her idol, Ryu! So... right now, Sakura's bound and determined to prove that her last narrow victory wasn't just a fluke!
"Ready!" Nodding her response to Kim, Kasugano is more than ready for this fight -- and as he leaps, Kasugano drops to one knee, raising both hands over her head. The bicycle kicks are met with her padded handguards -- the first two, anyway, before Sakura decides the Korean master is too strong, and uses the kicks like a wall to leap backwards and away from. "Hyaa!"
Clop-clop go her feet as she lands a yard or two back, but it's not long at all before she charges right back in, whirling a rapid high kick around to try and clock the Tae Kwon Do artist in the jaw. "Hiiii-yaaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Kim blocks Sakura's Medium Kick.
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Kim 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Sakura
Well, Kim is prepared, then! He'll give this his all, and he's sure Sakura will do the same for him, so there'll be no restraints. Just like always. Honor your opponent, even if they don't do the same in kind; good thing that Sakura is a kind-hearted girl then! And skilled at that, as she blocks the first two of his kicks and seems to simply push off the rest. Using that momentum to push /himself/ back, Kim lands on the ground away from her with a smile, hands at the ready--
--... And good thing, too! One hand snaps up, to intercept Sakura's kick before it can strike him as solidly as she might have hoped. The armguard does a decent job of absorbing most of the impact, before Kim makes his own attack. "Huaah!"
One elbow snaps forward, to strike Sakura in the shoulders. Almost immediately after, Kim lifts into the air, intent on striking Ryu's #1 fan in the gut with his knee. All in swift succession.
COMBATSYS: Sakura interrupts Strong Punch from Kim with Large Hadouken.
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Kim 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Sakura
Grinning as her kick is received, Sakura seems... quite pleased, actually! The challenge is more than welcome to the plucky schoolgirl. And she's also pleased when the man decides to counterattack with his own charge -- if only because she's got something special planned for the Korean. The punch to her shoulder is met once more with her handguard, knocked aside without too much trouble, and she pivots to her right. The kick, however, warrants a bit more of the schoolgirl's attention and lands right as it was intended to, right in the belly! But... while she was being kneed, a plume of blue flame had sprouted up between her cupped palms. While that knee's still extended, Sakura whips both hands forward, the burst of flame suddenly inflating to a six-foot-wide maelstrom of energy and rocketing out to engulf Kim! Of course, Sakura's still staggering backwards from the blow... but she's quick to dispense a grin. Sneaky girl, she is!
Wait a minute, what's she planning--
Oh.
Ow.
Sneaky, indeed! Hopefully the girl doesn't have more of that up her sleeve! Engulfed, Kim goes hurtling through the air, smoking a little bit from the blow. But even then, he's quick to recover in mid-air, landing in a crouch at his feet with a grin. "Clever!" He compliments sincerely, giving a nod of his head. But he's not on the ground for long. Though it hurts, he keeps on forward, rushing towards the girl in an attempt to snap his foot out in a rather sudden and quick kick, his white pantsleg blurring as he attempts to strike her solidly in the side. The last blow has phazed him a bit, his vision is a little hazy from the sudden flash of light... but let's see how effectively this goes over!
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Kim's Light Kick.
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Kim 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Sakura
Sakura smiles warmly, at that. Her last fight with the Tae Kwon Do master was one of the most rewarding, and this is really no different to Sakura! The incoming kick is met with a quick sweep of her bony forearm, though that =is= starting to wear on the girl. "Heh-heh..." she chuckles in reply, narrowing her eyes lightly as she suddenly dives to the side -- but no, that's not it. She's reaching to -grab- Kim by the leg and twist him about into a throw -- and if she's lucky, she'd be aiming her elbow right into his solar plexus for a dazing blow. "Yaaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Kim just-defends Sakura's Medium Throw!
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Kim 0/-------/-======|======-\-------\0 Sakura
Her grasp does get hold of the Tae Kwon Do master quite securely. Eyes snap wide as Sakura grabs him by the leg, and he is just as suddenly tossed--except, when that elbow comes for him, two hands snap out to grasp the arm between them, so that it rather harmlessly stops a few inches from Kim's gut. A grin accompanies the man's bright eyes before he releases and pushes off Sakura, to go flying through the air. His intent is to land, feet first, on a wall, before pushing off the wall in a long leap towards the schoolgirl. "HUAAAAAAAH!" both feet snapping forward, to kick her FIRMLY in the shoulders, intent on pushing off and landing a small distance away from her in splits, and a large smile.
COMBATSYS: Kim successfully hits Sakura with Hangetsu Zan.
- Power hit! -
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Kim 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Sakura
Uh-oh! Sakura doesn't particularly -like- the fact that her elbow's been caught, so she -does- start pulling back and away from the Korean, thankfully enough. Not only that... but when Kim's wild aerobatics result in him flying towards Sakura, her reflexes are quick enough to allow her to fling both arms out to either side, totally matrix-dodging underneath the flying Kaphwan.
... Well, perhaps 'totally' wasn't the right word there -- she had the right intention, anyway, but she hadn't bent back quite far enough, and still managed to get nailed in the sternum. Thudding flat against the town square as her legs give way, Sakura is nonetheless still smiling.
Kipping back to her feet, she whirls back around to face the Korean. "Heh... have you gotten -faster?- Amazing..." She can't help but feel a little fangirlish, even now!
But... Kim may find that the schoolgirl has a few tricks of her own. Even if they've been borrowed. The telltale crackle of electricity signals an upsurge of energy between the girl's palms. "Shinkuuuu..." The ball of blue flame swirls, though it's turned inside out from the normal Hadoukens, drawing inward like a vacuum. And it's also crackling with electricity -- though Kim will get a much more detailed view of such, as Kasugano thrusts both palms forward, sending the orb hurtling towards him at hellacious speed. "HADOOOOOOUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Kim blocks Sakura's Shinkuu Hadouken.
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Kim 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Has he gotten faster? With a leap, Kim gets out of his split position, even as Sakura seems to be preparing something. The grin on his face is wide, but doesn't hold that teeth ping. Not yet, at least!
"Well, I have been training!"
His eyes edge open a little bit, though, as Sakura gathers an /immense/ amount of chi. He doesn't move, however. Instead, his legs spread out, and he clenches his hands into fists, his grin showing all the wider. "Show me what you've got!!" And then it flies at him, a swirling maelstrom of bluish flame that screams at him like a tornado of pain. Arms come up in a block as that projectile SMASHES into him, upchurning stone and concrete as he's forced harshly back by the thing. But eventually... eventually, the two forces negate, and Sakura's hadouken is left swirling, paused, in mid-air.
Until Kim snaps his arms to his sides and disperses it with a mighty, "HYAAA!!!"
That's about all the warning she'll get before he launches forward, running swiftly in an attempt to grasp the girl by leg and shoulder, and then? Well, toss her rather suddenly in the air, if all goes well.
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Kim's Sakkyaku Nage.
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Kim 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Sakura
... Well, here, Sakura frowns a bit. It seems like whenever she throws a Shinkuu Hadouken, someone chomps it up and spits it aside! A bit disheartening, that. But her disappointment doesn't last long, replaced instead by slack-jawed surprise at Kim's sudden burst of speed. She gets a hold of herself, though, and vaults into a high leap, pulling her legs up in midair to let the Tae Kwon Do master rocket right underneath her. But before he can get =too= far, of course, she'd be unhinging those legs again, aiming to drive her heels right behind the Korean's shoulderblades -- and in the process, allow herself to springboard right off of him to safety. "Yu-tta!"
COMBATSYS: Kim just-defends Sakura's Medium Kick!
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Kim 1/-------/=======|-------\-------\0 Sakura
The plan is a good one, of course. Sakura's very skilled, and it'd be foolish for Kim to underestimate her at this point. Which is why, once his head stops feeling so fuzzy from the girl's massive chi blast, he spins back into action. His reaction time is incredible, both hands snapping up in a spin as she assaults him, so that her feet impact rather securely and safely against his hands, his powerful arms absorbing much of the force. It also allows her to continue to springboard -- but Kim is soon to follow her, flying forward in an attempt to strike her solidly with not one, but two roundhouse kicks to the side, before completing the maneuver with a powerful backflip kick that will send him high into the air and away from his opponent. "Hah!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura interrupts Sanren Geki from Kim with Medium Hadouken.
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Kim 1/---====/=======|====---\-------\0 Sakura
Talk about disheartening -- not only wasn't she able to land a kick, but she kicked him in the -hands!- But... at least she had time to spring back to safety, rather than have her ankles snagged by the man. And... at least she's wearing a little more coverage than just her usual skirt and gym shorts. Not that the married man would be concerned...
Still, the roundhouse kicks do pose an interesting challenge to the schoolgirl, as she just happens to be turning about to face him again. Once more, she fends off the blows with her left arm, steadily withdrawing as the two roundhouse kicks smash against her. But, as before, her hands are already amassing a critical amount of cerulean chi -- chi that's unleashed just as Kim begins to execute his backflip, with Kasugano leaping backwards to evade the brunt of said kick. Her scream, as the concussive shockwave rushes out to meet Kim: "HADOOOOOUKEN!"
Well, ow. Again. He knows his attacks have done their share of damage on Sakura, but in compensation, he gets struck rather mightily by a mass of chi that slams into him and yet again sends him flying. He recovers though, in mid-air no less, and flies /right/ into the beaver statue. One arm snags back to grasp onto an elongated tooth, the other tensing as his feet clench behind him. That hurt! Ow! Well... he'll shake his head a bit to try and get rid of the flares of light in his eyes, and then--
Then he launches himself forward towards Sakura once more, his hand cocked back with the intent of snapping it forward in an open-palm strike aimed for her face. Once he gets close enough, in any case. With how blurry his vision is though, it might not go as intended. Is that /two/ Sakura's? "UWOOOOAAAAH!" Well, he just picks one and goes with it!
COMBATSYS: Kim successfully hits Sakura with Strong Punch.
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Kim 1/--=====/=======|=======\-------\0 Sakura
... ow, indeed. Sakura keeps her eyes on the man as he springs off the beaver statue, but this time, she won't be =quite= so lucky to get out of his way. The palm strike slams into her face, sending her spinning to the ground -- which she hits with her own palm, vaulting back around to land on her feet. However shakily that may be, anyway, as the girl's about to keel over. "Guh... well, I guess it may have been a fluke after all!" chirps the schoolgirl, bravely attempting to smile despite the discoloration on her cheek, and the obvious weariness. "But I've still got plenty more for you!" As she says that, a light breeze whips through the area, setting her long white headband a-flutter. She's planning -something-, that's for sure...
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Kim 1/--=====/=======|=======\-------\0 Sakura
Wow! He hit home! Kim wasn't quite expecting it. The attack was more or less to keep Sakura on her feet, and keep her moving. But feeling the palm strike solidly on the girl's face, he blinks once, before smiling and landing on the ground. A fluke? "Nothing's ever a fluke. You won on skill, miss!" He means it, too, legs spread out as he lifts both hands into the air. "But... show me what else you've got!!" She's planning something, he knows, but Kim would be a bad sport if he didn't at least continue the fight, instead of standing around waiting. Which is why, Kim goes flying at Sakura, his body slowly shifting in mid-air so that he soars at her -- upside down. His intent is to slam her with an overhead kick. And, if that's successful...
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Kim's Hou'ou Tenbu Kyaku.
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Kim 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1 Sakura
The Ansatsuken prodigy gives a brief smirk at Kim's words -- yeah, she =did= earn that win, didn't she? But just the same -- Kim's kicks =hurt=. Especially when Sakura's still reeling from his -last- scored hit. So when that inverted kick comes, she hates to, but she thrusts her battered forearms up to defend it -- "Wow, so fast..." comes her whispered response as the kick knocks her backward just the same.
Really, though? Sakura =does= have plenty more fight left in her. And she's going to use that to try, try again -- this time rocketing back at Kaphwan with a high snap kick, aiming to knock him right back into the air. "Hyaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Kim blocks Sakura's Medium Kick.
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Kim 0/-------/---====|=======\=------\1 Sakura
She did earn it! Which is why this will all boil down to a matter of skill in the end, and who can keep going the longest. Kim, for his part, continues his assault despite the prepared look that Sakura seems to have. She's planning something, he knows. Which is why he'll need to be prepared when the time comes -- and hopefully whole and healthy, too. Which is why, when he lands, he is swift to react, one hand snapping up to block her assault with a wide smile. It stings a little, but -- he'll persevere. He has to!
As soon as the kick is blocked, he rockets forward at short distances to plunge one knee firmly into Sakura's gut. The intent is to send her flying -- and quite far, at that, if it happens to succeed at hitting her.
COMBATSYS: Sakura fails to interrupt Heavy Kick from Kim with Shou'ou Ken.
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Kim 0/-------/--=====|=======\===----\1 Sakura
COMBATSYS: Sakura has reached second wind!
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Kim 0/-------/--=====|=======\===----\1 Sakura
... nngh. Not good. Sakura tries to short-circuit Kim's repeat attempt with a hard uppercut to the jaw, but there's this whole height difference which the girl has yet to internalize. Most notably -- Kim's limbs are just a weeee bit longer than hers, and her punch falls woefully short. Consequently, she takes the knee to the gut, flying faaaaar back, and hitting the ground in a rapid tumble. No such luck on that front.
It's at this point, that Kim settles his leg, seeing Sakura go flying. He blinks, and wipes his brow a bit, exhaling a heavy sigh. This has been an exhilerating fight thus far, but as Sakura crashes to the ground, concern touches Kim's features. He relaxes a little bit, stretching out each leg. He's not going to pursue a prone opponent, though. So he stretches, then waits for her to get up and act again. It wouldn't be fair to kick her while she's down!
COMBATSYS: Kim focuses on his next action.
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Kim 0/-------/--=====|=======\===----\1 Sakura
No, it probably wouldn't be fair. But at the same time, Sakura halfway -expects- the man to. She's right on the cusp of consciousness, blackness tugging at the corners of her eyes as she forces herself back to her feet. If she were more committed, she might be able to eke something serious out. As it is, though... the girl can barely stand on her own two feet, wobbling unsteadily from side to side.
And yet, she's still got a smile on, though it's a shaky one. "Heh... I... wouldn't want you to think that was =it= for me yet, Mr. Kaphwan... I've got... so much more to show you first!" Clenching her hands by her side, a breeze kicks up around her. It adopts a blue hue, tossing her lucky Chinese dress and headband around as it spirals up around her -- a refreshing breath of fresh air for the schoolgirl who undoubtedly needs it. It won't make the wounds go away, but from the way her stance and smile both solidify, perhaps she's grateful Kim took a moment to reflect. And for that, she offers tamely, "... Thanks."
COMBATSYS: Sakura gathers her will.
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Kim 0/-------/--=====|=======\=======\1 Sakura
Thanks? Kim looks puzzled for a moment, tilting his head to the side... before a grin replaces it, a brilliant grin that teeth-pings radiantly in a lightsource all it's own, even as he jerks a hand forward in a thumbs up. "No need to thank me! Just show me your best!!" That's all he requests of the girl. Which is why, he rushes forward again, intent on coming right at her.
A fast motion takes Kim right up into Sakura's defenses, even as she charges up. He flashes a smile, even as she is intent on charging up for something obviously big. He crouches, only for a moment... before he unleashes a sudden, snap-up kick that seeks to hit Sakura RIGHT in the jaw and send her flying, the force behind it immense.
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Kim's Hien Zan.
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Kim 0/-------/---====|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Sakura
The best? Sakura =hasn't= shown her best today, but not from lack of trying! When the snap kick comes up, Sakura hops backward, crossing both arms over her to absorb the blow. Does it hurt? Heck yeah! But not nearly as much as it would have if, y'know, he'd slammed a foot into her jaw or anything.
Backpedaling rapidly, she pulls her hands back to her side. "The best is yet to come!" assures Sakura, curling her hands by her side. Once more, blue petals swirl in her palms -- but this time, Sakura's closes the gap to Kim with a quick dash, before whipping her hands forward to release the four-foot wide charge of chi. "HADOOOOOUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Kim slows Medium Hadouken EX from Sakura with Large Thrown Object.
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Kim 0/-------/--=====|=======\=------\1 Sakura
Another projectile! Kim has to react quickly to this one. He has no moves like this of his own, not being the chi-wielding type, but he can still throw things. Looking around somewhat hurriedly, Kim snaps his arms forward and grabs the first thing he can -- a camera crew's video camera. "Sorry!" He offers with the same motion that he hurls the thing forward with both hands...
And manages to disperse most of that chi. the fringes still knock into him, though, causing him to stagger back just a little bit... but he's still standing, and still grinning! "Show me some more!!" He requests this as his legs spread, and he beckons with his hand. "Give me your all!"
Her all, her best? ... Kim seems to be taking care of that pretty hardcore. Sakura... well. She's pretty determined, but Kim's lasting a lot harder than she'd expected the man to, especially after their last fight. At least in her mind... it =is= a fluke despite his claims to the contrary.
But that's no call to just roll over and pass out. Besides, what's he gonna grab, another video camera? Kasugano keeps pressing the charge, her face turning a bit red as she pulls her hands to the side, flares her hands blue once more, and thrusts an even larger fireball after Kim. "HADOOOOOOUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Kim blocks Sakura's Large Hadouken EX.
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Kim 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Sakura
No, there's no more video cameras to grab. Instead, there's just himself, and Sakura. So as that large fireball comes crashing at him, his attack is the best and only one he can do -- he blocks. Both arms come up, in a sudden snapping motion, even as Sakura unleashes the assault with more chi than the previous. This time, however, he intercepts it with both arms, and with a grit of teeth, he breaks through it all with a sudden shove forward. And then?
"KIYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
Kim is in the air.
His intent is another round of bicycle kicks like his first attack, all of them striking Sakura's body in rapid-fire succession, aiming to knock the girl straight into the ground with unyielding force.
COMBATSYS: Kim successfully hits Sakura with Hishou Kyaku EX.
Glancing Blow
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Kim 0/-------/-------|=====--\-------\0 Sakura
Sakura leaps backward. She gets tagged by one of the kicks, that much is sure -- it resounds into the girl's thigh as she leaps back, but doesn't do much more than that. Oof.
Ah, what the heck. Kim asked for her best? Her best right now just happens to be a sweep kick aimed at knocking the man off his feet again. Sure, he'll probably get the heck out of the way, but anything remotely resembling a solid hit will give the girl some much-needed confidence at this point. "Nnnngyaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Kim with Medium Kick.
- Power hit! -
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Kim 0/-------/----===|=====--\-------\0 Sakura
Well, if Sakura's looking for a confidence boost, she just got it in that kick smacking Kim solidly in the legs. Ouch. That hurt, probably more than Sakura even anticipated, but it doesn't stop the man. Even as he goes crashing towards the ground, his hands slap against the concrete so that when he crashes against it, he can push off mightily. Not quite down yet!
One hand lifts, to strike Sakura soldily in the chin. If successful, Kim will be following it up with another strike, a roundhouse kick to send the girl flying towards that beaver statue... fountain. Thing. "Huah!"
COMBATSYS: Kim successfully hits Sakura with Strong Punch.
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Kim 0/-------/---====|=======\-------\1 Sakura
Just as her desperate kick lands, Sakura instantly pulls back, hands sweeping to her side once more with the telltale crackle of electricity. "Shinkuu..."
One punch to the jaw in this messed-up attraction, the roundhouse kick gets the reaction of a schoolgirl flying into the fountain -- hard concrete feels like a mountain. It's a bum rap for a last-instant attempt at a dodge which just happened to result in a critical failure for Sakura... but one thing's for sure -- she'd tossed a present towards Kim with one arm, even in the midst of her flying towards the fountain. Will it hit? Probably not, but the Taiyo student couldn't help but try her best in this fight. "Hadoooouken..." The wide blast comes weak, and half-formed, a pale shadow of the formerly tossed one... but there's no glory in going down without a fight.
COMBATSYS: Sakura can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Kim blocks Sakura's Shinkuu Hadouken.
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A pale shadow? Don't tell that to Kim.
The thing still burns as badly as the last did.
With nothing to use to counter the half-formed Hadouken, Kim can only do what is readily available. To close to safely dodge, and to just accept it would be foolhardy -- so instead, he raises his arms, and blocks the assault with every fiber of his being. Both hands pull back... and then SLAM forward, knocking into the large, incomplete projectile, so that Kim rushes straight through it. It hurts, admittedly, but as he cuts through the thing...
He's still standing.
He stops with a gasp. He waits a moment, to see if Sakura will be getting up. But, determining she won't be, he doesn't bother giving the same victory sign he gave the cameras on his first fight. Instead, he walks over to his opponent, and holds out a hand for her with a wide, gentle smile. "Here, let me help you up." He offers, before adding,
"Congratulations. You did extremely well."
COMBATSYS: Kim has ended the fight here.
Sakura doesn't think so. Then again, she can't really think much of anything with her head pounding as much as it is. Spaced-out from her close enounter with the fountain, it's a few moments before she even realizes Kim's talking to her, let alone extending a hand to her.
When she -does- realize it, she draws in a long, deep gasp of breath. Forging a smile, mostly for appearances alone, she accepts Kim's gracious offer and hops back to her feet. "Thanks. It was an honor," she admits, casting her eyes downward evasively. She... doesn't feel like she's quite lived up to the 'legend' this time, that's all. Forcing another smile, she looks back up to the man. "We'll fight again, though, right?" With a brief squeeze of his hand, Sakura releases, hurrying back to the Town Hall. Well, as best as someone with a slight limp -can- hurry.
Those eyes gain a touch of concern, though Kim Kaphwan does an excellent job of hiding it. Instead, he just continues to help her up, and offers another smile to her words. "It was a great honor. And Ms. Kasugano -- I mean it. You did well." But the squeeze, and the words, Kim watches her leave. And then...
His hand juts out, in a thumbs up. His teeth? Gleaming the gleam of JUSTICE.
"You can count on it!!"
Kim does not stick around for interviews if there are any this time because -- man -- he's hurting. So, with crouched legs, he leaps up onto onw of the rooftops lining the town center, rushing off and away before anyone can intercept him. South Korea's legend is off again!!
Log created by Sakura, and last modified on 03:02:12 12/15/2005.