Description: Could an unexpectedly brutal start turn this Taiyo High match from St. Patrick's Day celebration into a St. Valentine's Day Massacre?! (Winner: Billy)
Saint Patrick's Day isn't as huge a deal in Japan as it may be in the Western world. But Southtown, being a highly Westernized city... is caught up in the festivities. This Saturday night, the revelers are out in force, even though it's just barely evening -- the beer taps have been freely flowing since noon! Is there any place in Southtown that's safe from the drunken shenanigans?
Why yes! There =is= such a place, and it's behind the controlled-access gates of Taiyo High's very own Taiyo Dome. No drinking is allowed here -- or so the signs say -- but the excitement level is nonetheless very high as two star Taiyo athletes are here to defend the school's honor from... well, England. It all depends on how far you carry the metaphor, really, as Billy Kane is pitted against Sakura Kasugano and Natsu Ayuhara - the latter of whom is making her triumphant return to the professional fighting stage.
And... true to the March 17th spirit, Kasugano is wearing a green-and-white uniform, waving to the crowd as she emerges into the floodlighted arena! She'd even go so far as to walk arm-in-arm with one of her best friends... if the girl weren't almost a foot taller than her! "Geez, did you grow =taller?=" asks the 5'3" shorty under her breath, still smiling and waving back to the indomitable Taiyo High contingent!
Natsu has her arm draped casually around Sakura's shoulder lazily, grinning like a bandit to the gathered crowd. There's something different, more.. primal, to a fight crowd then one that comes to watch volleyball. It's true, Natsu has been gone for a while. Overseas attending a volleyball training camp. She has missed this. THe high energy, high tension world of SNF. She practically skips down the runway into the arena along side Sakura.
Natsu too has given deference to the holiday. Not much, however. Her usual red jacket has been replaced by a green one. Her uniform under the wind breaker is still bright Taiyo red. For now, Natsu is standing straight up, at her full height, surveying the crowd.
Of course there's some people who have never cared to drink in the first place, and one of those happens to be Billy Kane. He's had his share of green lemonade to celebrate the drunken hijinx, but so far not a drop of alcohol. If the pair had hoped his vices would give an advantage, that's not the case; The bodyguard is rather laughably clean cut for a man in his position within one of the most brutal and relentless criminal organizations on the face of the planet. But that doesn't mean he's not about to have a bit of his own showboating; Saturday Night Fight today is more about fun then anything else, and he wears a green jacket and slacks. The undershirt is white, with a shamrock upon it. Of course the bandana of red and white remains unchanged, long crimson bo staff resting across a shoulder. "Hey hey hey!" is offered to the crowd more then anything, the bodyguard stretching himself in either direction with a broad yawn. "Oh. Ryu Lite again. ...And a giant?" Natsu's even taller then Billy is! Well, he hardly cares about that, spreading his stance and lowering the end of the staff. "Well, let's have some fun with this one... I'm in good spirits today!" That doesn't mean he won't try -- he's pretty damn sick of his long string of failures to say the very least.
COMBATSYS: Billy has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Billy focuses on his next action.
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Billy 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Natsu has joined the fight here.
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Billy 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Natsu
COMBATSYS: Sakura has joined the fight here on the left meter side.
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Natsu 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Billy
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|
The crowd is wild, now! With the referees giving the signal to begin, Kasugano looks positively thrilled! Curling her hands into fists, she looks up at her friend: "Alright! This is the kind of crowd I =love= to fight for! Don't you think so, Nat-chan?!"
But then it seems that British guy's making fun of her again. Sakura just fought the guy just a few days ago in Howard Arena -- but that was =his= home turf, not her own! And she also has a very good friend at her side now, instead of just some guy she rode motorcycles with once.
Billy totally fails to dampen Sakura's spirits with that comment -- with such a crowd, and with him being such a nice guy, how could she feel bad? "Yeah, me too!" she agrees excitedly! Slipping out from under Natsu's arm, Kasugano stagger-steps forward. "Let's get this party started!" And the Ansatsuken Angel slams her hands forward on that note, a cerulean ball of chi rushing out towards Kane. "Hadooooouken!"
Natsu is stretching when Sakura yells. She smiles, and looks over at her opponent. She nods across the ring, "Good Fight!" She calls out, then crouches on the mat. She springs her long, powerful legs out below her, propelling herself high up into the air. She throws a volleyball up, and her broad shoulder extends her powerful arm, smacking the back of the volleyball, sending the projectile in Billy's direction.
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Billy with Medium Hadouken.
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Natsu 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Billy
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Billy overcomes Serve Spike from Natsu with Blazing Cane Thrust.
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Natsu 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Billy
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The massive crowd doesn't much affect Billy; He's used to having a lot of fans, one of the few world renowned fighters who continued to make many exhibitions and other public displays except for a /couple/ breaks. Although he seems to have little luck these days, alas. The 'Ryu Lite' was indeed intended as a tease; He has respect for her now, although to be fair he had none the fight earlier, and the best response to that ball of fire is trying to hurl himself aside. This doesn't suffice and he's caught in the size, the poof of chi inciting a hiss of pain. Sliding to a stop, instantly snapping out his staff in Natsu's direction with a snarl. It separates into three segments connected by chain, knocking away the incoming ball and continuing almost unperturbed in a quest to hit the Taiyo student in the stomach. Knocking her breath out is only half the issue, as when he yanks it back she'd burst into flames, probably to an uncomfortable level. "Yah!" He may not be off to a GOOD start, but it's not a bad one, either!
Wow! This fight's sure off to a bang-up start! Sakura pumps her fist in triumph as her opening gambit lands upon him! "Yeah! That's how it's =done!= The Ansatsuken prodigy seems a bit more amazed when he whips his cane out for the followup though, and shouts, "Hey, Nat-chan, watch out--" But there's one thing Sakura's learned -- never take your eyes off Billy! His hands are a much truer indication of what he's about to do than the tip of his staff ever could be. Food for thought! Kasugano narrows her eyes at the man as she cautiously steps forward.
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Natsu 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Billy
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|
COMBATSYS: Billy successfully hits Natsu with Blazing Cane Thrust.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Natsu 1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0 Billy
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|
Natsu is struck on her back as she's coming down, the three part staff striking her right in the small of her back, at her spine. Natsu cries out, and her back spasms backwards as she hits the mat, hard. She pushes herself back up off of the mat, and looks over at Billy. She shakes her head. That was a good move. She needs to get herself back into shape. She stares at the man, and charges, her leg plants into the mat with a thwack onto the surface, her weight shifting back, throwing her leg up at his torso, almost whipping the leg around it's full pendulum force.
COMBATSYS: Billy counters Heavy Kick from Natsu with Fire Dragon Pursuit Cane.
- Power hit! -
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Natsu 1/=======/=======|=====--\-------\0 Billy
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Sakura 0/-------/-----==|
Although Sakura is doubtlessly happy enough to take her time and leave Natsu to deal with Billy for a few moments, those 'few moments' might be more then enough to get her taken out of the fight. And as she charges, there's a look of complete surprise. "Oh come on... That--That's just..." The reason is that her vicious kick hits the interposed weapon; Billy then disconnects it into three segments, shoving Natsu off-balance and beginning to unleash a veritable onslaught of strikes with the weapon, cackling as he impacts her upper body with both sides before reconnecting it with a twirl and utilizing a final downward motion to /slam/ her into the ground. "Your partner's not doing too well, Ryu Lite..." is offered towards the tomboy, and there does seem to be some amount of almost genuine apology to the statement as he slips backwards. It's not any fun to BREAK them this quickly!
Sakura hasn't seen Natsu very much lately. That volleyball camp kept her away.
But if Billy's pace keeps up, she's going to see Natsu in a hospital.
This makes her rather angry.
The good thing is... Sakura was edging close to Billy. The =bad= thing is... while she lunges towards Natsu, she's not close enough to stop the pain from being brought. Her jaw hangs open in disbelief as Natsu takes a second series of blows -- one that would likely =kill= someone smaller than her. And they say St. Patty's day is a HAPPY holiday?!
"Yeah," agrees Sakura, "You're just scared of me messin you up like last time, ain't'cha?!" She's not sassy, or spunky, any longer... no, she's =serious= when she steps in between Natsu and Billy.
With a leaping uppercut, express-mailed into Billy's face if she's lucky. "SHOU'OOOOU KEN!"
Natsu. Well, That hurt. Natsu is sent flying backwards by the man and his shaft. She nits the mat, and stares affixedly at Billy. She pulls her body up from the mat. Natsu is panting heavily, as she unfolds her tall body. Natsu's body start to glow with a firey red. She leaps into the air again, as volleyball anfter volleyball appears before her hand. As she strikes them, the balls begin to burn, glowing, red flames streaming off of them, each of the flaming balls sent flying in Billy's direction.
COMBATSYS: Natsu successfully hits Billy with Thousand Spikes.
Glancing Blow
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Natsu 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Billy
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Sakura 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Billy dodges Sakura's Shou'ou Ken.
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Natsu 0/-------/---====|======-\-------\0 Billy
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Sakura 0/-------/------=|
There's a rather incredulous look upon Billy's features at Sakura's obvious rage when she rushes towards him; He manages to hop backwards without too much difficulty, and her fist misses by a margin. Yet when she descends, a hail of scorching balls goes right over her small head. However, Billy's rather small also. The bodyguard gets pegged solidly in the face by a couple, but then just ducks. This interposes Sakura between him and Natsu's obvious rage; Unless she wants to pummel her friend to get to the Southside bodyguard, she'll have to cut it short. "Owww... You think I wanted to beat the shit out of her?" Billy now looks defensive and outright insulted, beginning to swirl his staff around overhead as he shimmers with heat. Sparks and motes of fire follow, seeming to match the new look in the man's eyes. "So your friend has no skill. Get over it. She won't learn anything from this if you play momma cat to her!"
COMBATSYS: Billy gathers his will.
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Natsu 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Billy
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Momma cat? ... The notion of Sakura being =motherly= is a joke in itself, let alone with big-sisterly Natsu the object of such concern. The irony's lost on Sakura, who isn't exactly in a joking mood. Or one to really take insults to one of her dearest friends lightly.
Even if Billy =does= seem like he has a few compassionate bones in his body, unlike many of her SNF opponents.
But that doesn't really shake Sakura from her path here. She may have missed with her signature strike, but she's still interposing herself between Billy and Natsu. "She's not gonna learn nothin' if she can't go to the volleyball finals, either!" ... Not like Sakura even remembers when those =are=, really. But she =is= concerned!
Pulling her hands back, she shakes her head at Billy. He may be twirling his staff, but she knows a way through that. And it involves a big blue burst of chi swirling in her hands. "Just stand still for a moment, it'll be over soon!" Kasugano steps forward, slamming both palms out towards Billy, a concussive shockwave of energy rushing out to him. "HADOOOOOOOOOOOOUKEN!"
Natsu, for her own part, is still panting heavily. SHe glares at the Duo locked in closer combat, "Hey. I'm no pushover." She yells. Natsu throws herself at the mat, rolling along the ground to Billy's side, past Sakura. It's funny how small that large, gangly body can become when rolled up into a tight ball. As she exits her roll, she clasps her hands together, locking them tightly to each other, using the momentum of her movement to push her fists forward. She brings this mass of fists up near Billy's side.
COMBATSYS: Billy blocks Sakura's Large Hadouken EX.
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Natsu 0/-------/-----==|=======\===----\1 Billy
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Sakura 0/-------/------=|
COMBATSYS: Billy counters Rolling Receive from Natsu with Water Dragon Pursuit Cane.
- Power hit! -
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Natsu 0/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Billy
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"You really think I'd put her into the hospital?" Billy sounds to be more insulted then anything else so far, almost laughing. "Then lemme take your mind off her. I came here for a fun fight, not you freaking out like I'm a monster." The huge ball of energy is deflected with the twirling staff, before the summoned energy suddenly cuts off. Twisting towards Natsu, he suddenly catches both fists, and brutally shoves her away a second time. Detaching just the end of his weapon, two vicious strikes are offered, both smacking the Volleyball star in the face. However, Sakura would know that -- although it hit cleanly -- it's nothing serious. "See? There. She's down, with only a couple boo-boos. Gonna stop bitching now?" Billy spits to the side, leaning on his staff and looking none too pleased with the encounter thus far.
Natsu says, "BIlly, when I was asking you to give me the shaft earlier. This isn't what I meant."
Sakura... well, yes. She overreacts. A LOT. But she also knows =exactly= how much Billy hurts, having faced him just a few days prior! And Natsu... well, Sakura's a bit one-sidedly thinking that Natsu's not used to handling that much damage at once. Selfish, protective... yeah. That's how Sakura rolls when her best friends are getting hurt.
She gasps, eyes following Natsu as she flies backwards... but her ire towards Billy is far from extinguished. Especially with how nonchalantly he brushes Natsu away. "Yeah, you're a real gentleman!" she shouts, charging at Billy with a hook punch! ... Or so it seems at first, as she swings much too early, bringing her torso out of the way for a rapid thrust kick to the stomach. "Hyaa!" Maybe the skirt flying out of the way will distract him!
The audience seems to start cheering again, at any rate, hoping to bring Natsu back to her feet once again! "FAI-TO! FAI-TO! FAI-TO!"
Natsu looks up at Billy, she shakes her head. "Sorry... Sakura..." She says, Obviously upset with herself. She pushes herself against the floor, and in a last effort, swings her leg back against Billy's kneecaps. Hopefully this will knock him off his feet enough for Sakura to get something to connect. Natsu looks over at Sakura's chants, and she quirks a smile. She lays there, panting on the floor.... Then, her arms fail, and she collapses.
COMBATSYS: Natsu can no longer fight.
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Sakura 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\1 Billy
COMBATSYS: Billy dodges Natsu's Heavy Kick.
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Sakura 0/-------/------=|=======\-------\1 Billy
COMBATSYS: Billy counters Strong Kick from Sakura with Ifrit Crisis.
- Power hit! -
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Sakura 1/------=/=======|-------\-------\0 Billy
Well, Billy truly isn't feeling this fight anymore. The fun's already tainted to him, and no amount of green clothing is going to change that aspect. Normally he would draw this out and have a little more fun, but apparently Sakura wants to make it personal. Natsu's final assault is shifted aside, and although Sakura's doing some kind of peculiar maneuver with her kick, it's only met with the staff being hurled in her direction. A momentary cower follows, before he's struck. This time there's no smirk, drawing forth another weapon surging with fire and impacting Sakura in the stomach. Flowing into a quick rapid-strike with the bo staff, each one igniting viciously, she'd finally be smacked high in the air as the weapon blooms into a huge stream of flaming rods connected by chain. And at the apex of her height, /slammed/ back down, causing a second geyser to shoot straight up in a massive wash of flame. "Fine. You want me to just kick your ass? Then I /will!/" Billy spits to the side as his weapon retracts, assuming an iron combative stance and simply narrowing his eyes. Well, at least Sakura gets to face him without even a nuance of messing around.
So... maybe this isn't such a fun fight any more. Sakura wanted it to be, sure! But Natsu's her friend, so it's a bit different than seeing Adelheid get smacked around! ... She's allowed to express concern, isn't she? That's what tomboys do when they're threatened, isn't it?
... Well, Sakura has a few moments to consider her situation while she's caught on fire, slammed around in midair, and put through a dance the likes of which she =has= felt before. At least... something similar to it anyway. Bouncing off the arena floor, she finds herself a fair distance away, dusting off the flames as she pushes back -- however unsteadily -- to her feet. "Hey, watch your mouth!" She curls her fingertips, cracking her knuckles as she settles into a wary, defensive position. "There's children present!" A glance is spared to Natsu before she turns back to Billy, a faint smirk on her face. Maybe now she =can= fight as herself, who knows?
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Sakura 1/------=/=======|-------\-------\0 Billy
"I don't give a damn." Billy states, with a somewhat scathing quality that few people manage to see in him. He adjusts his jacket a few moments, before rushing towards Sakura anew. He's hanged back more then enough for the battle thus far, and appears at least willing to make the finale an impressive show. Although she might be content enough to hang back, she'd have to deal with Billy suddenly ducking in low and shooting out his staff in a sweep towards her ankles; Trying to take them out and drop the girl upon her rear, hopefully in a panty-friendly position. "You want a fight, now you got one!" Disgruntled much? So it would seem. Let's see how well Sakura manages against a very slightly winded Billy. When he's usually dangerous enough au naturale...
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Billy's Quick Throw.
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Sakura 1/------=/=======|-------\-------\0 Billy
Well, c'mon. When =doesn't= Sakura want a fight? ... In fact...
"Well, c'mon, when =don't= I want a fight?" Sakura seems a bit incredulous at Billy, here. He's not making any sense! All she was concerned about was protecting her friend. That's a team-up battle, that's =what teams do!=
With a staff sweeping out to knock her off her feet, though, the girl nimbly hops up, skirt flipping up from the nonchalant gesture. They're =gym shorts=, dammit, just like the ones Natsu's wearing! Perv!
She doesn't futz around though -- the girl lands just beside Billy's staff, rushing right up to try and catch him in the stomach with another uppercut! "SHOOOU'OOU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Billy blocks Sakura's Shou'ou Ken.
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Said shaft flits down, catching the punch cleanly and shifting it aside, although he wobbles heavily from the expenditure. "You are getting the wrong idea..." Billy states with a smirk, planting his bo upon the ground before suddenly using it like some manner of erotic stripper pole, swinging around with both feet out in an attempt to impact Sakura in the chest for her trouble. "It wasn't a fight before. You guys never had a chance unless I gave you one!" Well, Billy being arrogant is old hat, even if he can be a good sport. The latter it seems is what is missing from this conflict, landing back in a crouch thereafter assuming the prior motion succeeded. He's rather low to the ground now, and in something of an inferior position to retaliate cleanly...
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Billy's Fierce Strike.
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Sakura 0/-------/=======|=------\-------\0 Billy
Ooh, arrogance! ... Yeah, Sakura does that trash talk thing too, so she can recognize it as such. "So you gave me and Adel one?" Her smirk continues, as she dives to the side, rolling into a tumble. Springing back up, she's still smirking: "Is =that= what you're saying?"
But the girl doesn't stop there -- she leaps forward, aiming to hook her left arm about Billy's neck, slinging her legs past him for a flying lariat takedown attempt! "I think you're just making excuses, now!"
COMBATSYS: Billy interrupts Strong Throw from Sakura with Light Kick.
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Sakura 1/-----==/=======|==-----\-------\0 Billy
"You two got a real fight, but I didn't expect to win." Billy admits rather overtly with a smirk, caught by the neck as Sakura maneuvers before momentarily going with the motion. But he snaps up his foot thereafter, catching the girl in her stomach and pushing off. He lands harder then desired thereafter, rolling back to his feet and sliding away in a burst of dust. "This one... Well, you're not in a good position, are you?" Rising back up, Billy then gets distracted as he tries to get as much dirt as he can from his pants. The sweat alone is going to be a bitch to get out. Hrrrgh! Everything about this fight is getting on his nerves. Must just be one of those days...
Well, no, Sakura's =not= in a good position. But she does a lot better when she's up against the ropes, actually! Too much of the good life and she gets soft, and all that...
Her fall to the ground is hastened by Billy's kick, but at least she got =something= of a hit in. Kinda. Sorta. Didn't she?
She lands ... decently. She can spring back to her feet at any rate. But when she turns around, she shakes her head. This battle's wearing on her nerves and her reserves, too! But she's still got plenty of fire yet, as can be seen when the girl pulls her hands back, lit by a flickering mass of electricity. "Yeah, but if life serves you green lemonade, well..."
No one ever said Sakura's retorts were smart.
"Just never mind that, okay?" she snaps, shrugging in dismissal. What she means to say is: "SHINKUU... HADOOOOUKEN!" And actions -- her hands thrusting forward to present a rather =awesomely huge= ball of electrically-oriented chi -- speak much louder than words!
COMBATSYS: Billy just-defends Sakura's Shinkuu Hadouken!
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Sakura 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Billy
"...What?" Billy asks, apparently not understanding what she said in the slightest. But as she gathers the ball of energy, the man merely places his hand upon his face, shaking his head slowly. He begins to whirl his staff, both ends igniting into plumes of fire. Thrusting it forward, it interposes forcefully. Her own amount of chi seems direly insufficient, entombed in the whirls before dissipating cleanly at it's conclusion. Billy continues to spin it, before flicking the weapon down as trails of fire follow. "You've got skill. I used to think you were just some chump stalker. Hell, maybe a few years ago you were." Billy smoothes out his jacket, before hefting up his weapon and gripping the base. "But you've got many more years before you're my level. And the best way to learn..." Suddenly he shoots out his staff, which once more dislocates into three pieces that hurtle, connected by the chain. Trying to strike Sakura in her abdomen, and upon retraction ignite her into a wash of flame. "...Is to see just how far you have to go!!"
COMBATSYS: Billy successfully hits Sakura with Blazing Cane Thrust.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|====---\-------\0 Billy
Chump stalker, huh? At least Sakura's graduated past =that= stage. She'd be more pleased to hear how well she's impressed him if she weren't staring down the barrel of a staff lit on fire.
Well, she won't have to stare down it long as it's smashing into her stomach. She isn't quick enough to dodge this time, getting driven back hard by the blow.
Gritting her teeth from the pain, she pats out the flames with her hand. She doesn't move to attack, though... not just yet. "Hey, it's cool, man. See, I train with people who hit a lot harder than you." Shrugging her shoulders, she adds, "I'm sure it wouldn't take me long to figure out how you do that flaming thing with your staff, if I set my mind to it." Another brooooad smirk. "I wouldn't want to put you to shame though. Everyone's gotta have their specialty!"
Stalling? Yeah, probably.
COMBATSYS: Sakura gains composure.
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Sakura 0/-------/---====|====---\-------\0 Billy
"There's more to winning a fight then hitting hard. And there's more to training then getting hard. Don't insult me when you know as well as I do." Billy states with a wry snort, before slipping backwards and beginning to summon up his own energy once more. His staff whirls around overhead, an aura of heat permuting the bodyguard as he grins. "I bet you could. And that's why I respect you. Five years, maybe you can take me. Maybe... But I'll enjoy smacking you around while I still can." Billy gestures through the haze of smoke and crackling sparks as his staff whirlwinds, for Sakura to come towards him. "Now shut up and show me what you got."
COMBATSYS: Billy gathers his will.
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Sakura may have been amused at the start of the fight, playful even. Then she got serious. And now she's back to palling around and making light of what's clearly a disadvantageous situation for her.
And now Billy's turning dark. Oh, the emotions! But Sakura's back in a good mood, now that the medics are turning their attention to Natsu -- as it doesn't seem either Billy or Sakura are anywhere close to her. Nodding to them, she makes a silent promise to visit Natsu as soon as she's able.
Which may be a while, considering.
But right now, right... she's in a good mood. "Hey, I'm -not- insulting you. You said five years, right?" She taps herself on the temple, here. "I'll have it all figured out by then, you watch!" But with him spinning his staff around, and him telling her to shut up...
Well, that might just be a challenge.
The girl jogs up, eyeing that spinning staff. What a bother! She can't punch through it without being wicked fast, and kicking is even harder. "Alright, then!" She simply opts to leap up and =over= the staff. Sure, he can bring it down, but not only would he have to face up into the lights -- he'd have to look up the girl's skirt. Oh noes, what would Lilly think? ... But more importantly he'd have to stop the girl's mass from crashing down onto him! "HYAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Billy counters Strong Kick from Sakura with Fire Dragon Pursuit Cane.
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Sakura 1/------=/=======|=======\-------\0 Billy
That bitterness was simple; That Sakura truly thought Billy the type who would hurt Natsu more then would be necessary to win a fight. She merely was a lot more fragile then he anticipated! Which has begun to peter away, and now that Sakura's no longer being so outraged at the brutalizing assault he visibly lightens. "Hrrmph. Five years..." Although Sakura might find that Billy /doesn't/ look up, mayhaps a tinged embarrassed, he still merely stops spinning his staff to catch the blow. Hefting her up, it would be as she falls towards the ground back-first that he takes apart his staff and makes sure to give her a heavy working of the ribs before the thud on the ground. Cacklecackle! "--Five years is a hell of a long time!!"
Well, it's easy to think that someone's going to beat the crap out of someone when they are, in fact, beating the crap out of someone. It's a perfectly logical conclusion, there.
So much for the false sense of security, though. Kasugano thought her luck in hitting Billy would turn around for the better and allow her to land a full hit... but it's just not in the cards and Sakura finds herself once again snared by the chained-together-staff. Bam, bam, bam! It's just not the kind of bruising you want to wake up for the next day!
But Sakura's not... =totally= out yet. "Yeah, an' I'm patient!" Shaking her head out, she pushes back to her hands -- but she doesn't stand. No -- maybe she can't.
Instead, she spins, glowing a brilliant cerulean blue. She aims to slam her feet into Billy's shins for four solid hits, before standing to deliver a massive high-kick, sending him flying up towards the roof of the Taiyo dome and providing lucky cameramen with the shot of a lifetime! "HA! HA! HA! HA! HAAAAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura has reached second wind!
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COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Billy with Haru Ichiban.
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Sakura 0/-------/------=|=======\=------\1 Billy
Okay, maybe Sakura's not quite as far away as anticipated. Billy dropped his guard a small amount upon putting her down, and as she erupts back into fighting force he pays for it. For Billy... CANNOT LOW COUNTER. He is helpless to the shin strikes, And he's forced to stare at the faux-panties as he goes into the air as well, landing with a thud thereafter. But Billy gets back to his feet, somewhat shakily, and then lets out a laugh. "Hey... not bad. Maybe if your partner did more I'd be out by now." But he's beginning to spin his weapon with frantic speed, both ends blooming into fire as Billy grins. "But it's time for you to stay DOWN!" And then he unleashes a huge ball of fire, that scorches across the ground in her direction. Trying to consume tasty Sakura clothing for dinner, and detonate at the conclusion. "SEE YOU IN HELL!" ... That was just impulse.
COMBATSYS: Billy successfully hits Sakura with Blazing Whirlwind Cane.
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Sakura 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Billy
Well... sure. He just had to get that jab in on Natsu, didn't he? But she tried, and Sakura tried. That's what counts most, right?
... Whoa. That doesn't count for much against a huge-assed fireball rolling her way. Sakura leaps at the thing, aiming to head right =over= it... but she ends up finding herself right in it just the same! She's on fire, ladies and gentlemen! From the angle she's hit, she's knocked upward by the force, limbs flying every which way!
But when she lands... it's on one foot. She doesn't have much energy left, but she's able to channel the remainder into a harsh rolling kick -- leaping off that one foot and pivoting forward into a scything overhead kick! It's the last she's got! "Hriii-HAAAA!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura can no longer fight.
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COMBATSYS: Billy counters Flower Kick from Sakura with Water Dragon Pursuit Cane.
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But the last that Sakura has isn't enough to bypass Billy's preference to underline that he's still a far cry above her. Up the weapon goes, catching her heel and shoving her backwards. Two swipes of the end whip out, smacking Sakura in her chest with a last chuckle before retracting anew back into the full weapon. "Well... A good show. A shame we had to go to the finale quicker then I wanted." Billy comments, raising it up towards the crowd. "HEY HEY HEY!" is offered at the drunken patrons, as he twists to rest it across his shoulders. Sakura's strong stuff, she'll get away with at best some bruised pride. "See you in five years, eh?" is the last thing called over his shoulder.
COMBATSYS: Billy has ended the fight here.
Log created by Sakura, and last modified on 22:16:16 03/19/2007.