Description: Bahamaru?! This fight in the Bahamas has eye candy for both Sakura and Benimaru -- but they really should be trying to beat each other up, shouldn't they? Faito! (Winner: Sakura)
Somewhere in the gorgeous Bahamas an epic battle is about to take place. At this time of year, there really aren't many other better places to be for the fine sun, the fine drinks, and most importantly the fine women.
This particular beach, which at the moment remains unnamed, is populated by plenty of beach-clad figures taking a swim, playing a little volleyball, or just strolling about, but if one were to check out the live band near the shore of the snack shack, they'd be in for a treat that is battel.
Benimaru Nikaido, model, lover, and fighter, has been having it pretty rough lately. Being in a relaxing atmosphere like this is very soothing on the nerves. He stands at the shoreline in sandles and white shorts, with a matching color button-up shirt to go with it though it's rolled up a bit and tied in a knot at the tummy.
He'd actually -like- to start his match soon, but it's kind of tough to do so when one is surrounded by many, and I mean many tan, bikini-clad women (I hope they're all women???) wanting autographs... And not many of them have paper, if you know what I mean.
AND I THINK YOU DO. "Ladies, ladies, please.. One at a time I'm not ambidextrous," the blonde model insists with clear amusement in his tone.
Benimaru's autographing adventures probably last a bit longer than even he intended, though, as his opponent is late as usual!
Sakura Kasugano is here soaking up the sun -- anything's better than freezing from a frosty Southtown winter, after all! And, appropriate to the local climate, she too is garbed in a bikini -- a red and pink floral-print -- with a matching sarong knotted about her hips.
And she's late. That's why she's running towards the match, her long white headband streaming along behind her in a vaguely calming wavelike motion. Due to her speed, she's carrying her sandals in her hand, a somewhat determined look on her face. ... And stressed. So much stress!
Stopping short of plowing right into the mass of fans, she pants lightly, leaning on her knees for a moment. "*huff huff* Heeeey, sorry I'm late!" It ought to be quite obvious she hasn't been getting =quite= as much sun as the locals -- being stuck in school will do that to a girl!
There's actually a bit of a scramble when Sakura comes bursting into the scene, as if.. They anticipated what was going to happen. Actually there is a bit of common sense in mind when it comes to Sakura, and it seems the fans of Beni are knowledgable about said girl as well. So what does this mean?
It means when Sakura screeches to a halt, there's a splash of slightly wet sand nailing Benimaru from the stomach and below, and he cringes as if it had hit him in the face. The young model turns to the graduate with nothing less than a pleasent smile however, seeming genuinely pleased to see his opponent. "Curious I hadn't heard any news about Sandstorm Kasugano hitting the shores.." and he winks. "I'm just teasing of course, I would wait for you until the end of time if it meant having another match against you. It's been quite a while, I almost thought you'd been avoiding me." <3
COMBATSYS: Benimaru has started a fight here.
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Benimaru 0/-------/-------|
COMBATSYS: Sakura has joined the fight here.
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Benimaru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Kasugano doesn't notice the splash of sand on Benimaru until she lifts her eyes up. Oops. At least the others got out of the way first! "Sorry about that!" she apologizes, more to the others than to Benimaru himself, who seems to be laying on the charm rather thickly! ... It's enough to get Sakura to narrow her eyes cheeks turning a pale shade of pink from his offered smarmalade. "A-aww... that's, uh... sweet! ... Kinda... "
Scratching her cheek with a fingernail, she tosses her sandals to the side. Someone'll grab them, she's sure! That's what fight officials are for! "So're you done trying to sweet-talk me?" asks Sakura, tightening her gloved hands into fists and taking a preemptive step back as she looks up to the model, expectantly. "Or should we start bringing out the pain?"
Kasugano may be -waiting-, but she's far from unprepared, if her determined eyes and her faintly bemused smirk are any indication!
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Benimaru 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sakura
Benimaru raises his hands up to his hair, combing his fingers through it. The Blue and white static quite visable as he brushes it upward and creates that do that everyone knows and loves. Granted it's hardly perfect, he didn't have his mirror, but who will notice? Once he gets a good look at Sakura though, he suddenly seems mildly suprised by what he does see.
"'Sweet talk'? Ah, I'm sorry it's just I don't remember you being so.. Womanly last time I met. Interesting what graduating from high school does to a girl, ne? But all right, I'll make my move after I work down your defenses a bit." A bit of a myschivous grin forms then, as he raises his fists almost like cat paws as he takes his shootfighting stance. Seeming intent with keeping his sandles on, he takes a few steps toward Sakura and gives a little test strike, raising his left leg for a simple high kick to the shoulder. He can't tell if Sakura's improved by just looking at her anymore, which is mildly puzzling to the hero.
COMBATSYS: Sakura fails to interrupt Light Kick from Benimaru with Medium Kick.
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Benimaru 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Sakura
All this, because she happened to bring a swimsuit to the fight instead of her uniform? Well she can't really wear the Taiyo colors, since she's a Seijyun University student, and besides, it just seems wrong to wear a uniform in the Carribean like this! But even still... she knows when to shut up and take an honest compliment, and nods her head lightly in appreciation. "Heh, thanks..."
Wearing down her defenses, though? "Pff, like you'll stand a chance of that?!" Overconfidence is quite often Sakura's downfall, as she thinks she remembers Benimaru's style enough to predict his next move. So he's lifted his leg -- that means a kick to the side, right? Sakura steps in as if to bring her knee up into Nikaido's stomach... but in the process seems to have overlooked the fact that he's actually kicking -higher- than she expected. So, rather than take a kick to the shoulder, she gets a sandal stuffed in her face! The Ansatsuken Angel staggers backwards in surprise, rubbing her cheek with an overplayed frown. "I guess I had that one coming, huh?"
"Tch.." Of course maybe Sakura was just a little unlucky in her timing, but that keeps one thing quite clear to Benimaru much to his own amusement. "So the saying goes, 'the more things change, the more they stay the same'."
Oddly enough it seems after he realizes exactly where he struck he looks apologetic and runs his fingers through his hair again, mumbling something to himself. Wow, yes, he'll definatly have to be more careful with those kicks. "I ah.. No I wouldn't say that at all, actually, that was entirely my fault.. It's been a while."
Benimaru actually hangs back a little then, taking a moment instead to concentrate on utilizing his speed while striking low.
COMBATSYS: Benimaru focuses on his next action.
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Benimaru 0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0 Sakura
Sakura didn't mean to make Benimaru feel bad about it! She shakes her head with no small degree of enthusiasm: "No, no! It's cool!" See? She's smiling, and smiling is good! Her face probably won't show much of a bruise afterwards...
While Benimaru's hanging back, though, Kasugano's already fired up and rarin' to go. "But let's make up for lost time, huh?" she exclaims, curling her fist beside her and dashing sharply towards Benimaru. Leaping forth, she fires her fist upward into his chest, channeling her kinetic energy into knocking him onto his rear! "SHOOOOU'OOOU KEN!"
COMBATSYS: Benimaru blocks Sakura's Shou'ou Ken.
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Benimaru 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Sakura
And what a pretty smile it is! Benimaru seems to be slightly at ease, but even still a little more on edge than usual. "All right, after you the-"
Well there she comes with her trademark big blast uppercut! However he's more than ready for it it'd seem, with her extended fist close, his forearm raises up and brushes the attack away from him while leaning in the opposite direction. "A lot of force behind that, it's good. But power isn't much good if you can't hit me," the model teases.
Watch out, Benimaru's suddenly getting a little grabby, or at least he's going to try to as he tries to use the closeness to his advantage and get the girl in a reverse headlock. Assuming he can do that, it's followed with a very quick lift into a snap suplex sending them both to the sand. One harder than the other.
COMBATSYS: Benimaru successfully hits Sakura with Quick Throw.
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Benimaru 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Sakura
Kasugano had hoped she'd have the element of surprise with her Shou'ou Ken, but apparently she telegraphed a bit more than she would've liked! Pulling her fist back after it's blocked, Kasugano's already on the move again, dancing off to one side... but Benimaru's just a bit quicker, snagging the girl just long enough to bring her overhead and *slam* her into the sand. Oof! Sakura inhales a bit of the sand in the cloud that results, and tries to cough up as much as possible while rising to her feet. Ow, sand -stings- when it's like that! "*cough* Wow, didn't see -that- one coming, nice!" comes an honest compliment from the Ansatsuken prodigy, as she steadies her stance. Benimaru's got quite an edge on her so far, but since he's going to be trying to wear down her defenses, it's only fair she try the same to him, once he stands! Coughing once more, she opts to belay the trash-talk for a moment, dashing in to snapping a thrusting kick right into Benimaru's solar plexus, arms pulled back for balance! "Hyaaaah!"
COMBATSYS: Benimaru dodges Sakura's Medium Kick.
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Benimaru 0/-------/------=|===----\-------\0 Sakura
Benimaru isn't staying in the sand for long, that much is for certain. While shootfighting doesn't use a lot of holds, and.. Actually that one was pretty illegal, it's imperitive that one isn't on the ground for long.
Beni does off-handedly wonder if Sakura doesn't fight at the beach much.
"It's good to change things up every now and then, but throwing is hardly my expertise." the model admits as Sakura snaps forward with thrust kick action! "So are you still training with 'that' guy?" Again it's like he's one step ahead of her, he hops backward enough so the foot stops just short of it's target. Looks like he's going to return the favor with a chain of blows then, starting off with a roundhouse kick to the midsection, twisting into a sobat kick, and finalized with a flash-kick style strike, electrical chi trailing the very quick arc!
COMBATSYS: Sakura blocks Benimaru's Handou Sandan Geri.
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Benimaru 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Sakura
Sakura won't exactly be slapping Benimaru with the rulebook here. Fightin's fightin'!
It has been a while since Sakura's fought on the beach though -- especially one in this hemisphere. But she's still fairly used to balancing herself upon the shifting sands; otherwise; not wanting to topple over, she drops to the sands in a defensive stance immediately after her kick whiffs. As luck would have it, this puts her in a prime position to defend against Benimaru's roundhouse kick, which impacts her forearm instead of her midsection. When the sobat kick follows, Kasugano borrows some of his kinetic energy, using the impact to send her spinning backwards, and conveniently, out of the way of the electricity-charged kick that follows. "Whew!"
Landing from her flight in another low crouch, Kasugano rises back to her feet -- though her hands are pulled back to her side. "Uh... kinda! He's doing his own thing now, so the daily sessions are over with..." But while she speaks, a rather large orb of bright blue chi is forming at her side. She seems unperturbed by the surging energies, or the miniature sandstorm they're kicking up at her feet, as she continues, "But -technically-, yeah, I am! Why, you want a lesson?" Grinning, Kasugano thrusts her palms forward, loosing the concussive blue sphere of fear at Benimaru with a cry of "HADOOOOOOUKEN!"
And then she coughs, as sand gets churned into her mouth. Maybe she forgot about -that-.
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Benimaru with Large Hadouken EX.
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Benimaru 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Sakura
Benimaru doesn't fight on beaches everyday himself but.. He's fought on plenty of them back in the hayday; in fact he's fairly used to all sorts of environments. But being quick on ice, sand, or normal ground is a necessity for the young Nikaido. "That wasn't exactly what I had in mind, but since you're offering, how can I say 'no'?" he manages to ask between the time the energy charges up, and then comes blasting toward him with teh serious force (tm). Energy isn't anything he's unfamiliar with, in most cases he'll respond with a blast of his own but instead with sparks dancing about his fingertips, the hadouken slams into his palms, but only breifly as he's quickly overwhelmed by the force and sent flying back, crashing into the sand and kicking up a nice big cloud of it.
It takes a moment, but hopefully the masking of the cloud will help throw off Sakura's timing; he's quickly back up and rushing forward again with more slender bolts dancing about his form. "I was just wondering what it takes for you to ignore the fact that headband is going to leave such a tanline." If Sakura's not careful she'd quite suddenly find herself dipped back, one hand at the small of her back, the other TASTEFULLY at her neckline. It may be a hallmark picture moment, but the sudden surge of chi that's practically forced into the schoolgirl is anything but!
COMBATSYS: Benimaru successfully hits Sakura with Benimaru Collider.
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Benimaru 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Sakura
Well, Sakura -meant- to ask if Benimaru wanted a lesson from -Ryu-, but if he's so eager to accept one from -her-, all the better! "Heh-heh..." she chuckles, scratching her nose with the back of her handguard. "Plenty more where that came from!" she offers!
But it seems the cloud -did- make it a bit harder to tell what, exactly, Benimaru was up to. Evasively, she hops backwards in an attempt to bring herself out of the way, but the model's much too fast for her this time, leaning her back just so! "Nnngh!" she grunts, as her muscles spasm uncontrollably from the sudden influx of electricity throughout her nervous system. It's not exactly a pleasant sensation! She's left twitching for a bit, but is grateful for the moment it ends, as she has the time to leap free of Benimaru's picture-perfect embrace, panting from the shock. "Tch... as long as I never take it off, what difference does it make!?" As much as she'd =like= to charge right back in and sock him for that, Ryu's teachings and her recent battles have suggested it might be better to hold her ground for a moment, gathering her strength, and more importantly, her wits! Smirking, she adds, "Besides, I'd rather worry about -how- I win, rather than how awesome I look doin' it! One totally follows the other, anyway!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura focuses on her next action.
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Benimaru 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Sakura
The model stands up, fingers raises to his forehead and he just.. Shakes his head. "You must be kidding, there are some things about women I'll never understand.. And I don't mean to brag but.."
The shootfighter notes that Sakura is biding her time again, albiet quite briefly. He's not going to have long to dilly-dally. "When you're as talented a fighter as I am, -how- you win.." His feet plant pefectly on the sand, and he advances with his right fist drawn back. it crackling with that powerful energy once more. It's thrust forward, his fist stopping short of slamming into Sakura, the energy instead doing the rest of the work in an explosive, but quite easy on the eyes, burst of electricity! "Is secondary, my dear."
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Benimaru's Raijin Ken.
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Benimaru 0/-------/-======|=======\-------\1 Sakura
Sakura sure is biding her time! She's made a name for herself for being impulsive and headstrong, but the truth is... well, she can't get away with that as well as some other powerhouses can! She's not that strong and not that quick; she's also not built for taking a whole lot of damage, either. In the mold of her idol and master, she's tried to become good at everything! ... So, over the years, it's come to pass that she does put a lot of stock in how she -wins-, rather than how she -looks-.
Not that she expects Benimaru to understand this. Most folks understand actions better than words. And considering Sakura was hoping to bait him into an attack, well, she proves this theorem correct by leaping sideways, just out of the path of that perfectly direct strike.
That's not to say words don't matter at all though. "So the question for ain't =how= you win, but =if= you win?" Insert an overly broad smirk here!
But, as before, Kasugano's already drawing her hands back to one side, hoping Benimaru's too dazzled by his own electricity to notice the surge of power coalescing at her side. With that power in her grasp, the young woman thrusts her palms forward, aiming for the Benimaru-sized shockwave to slam into Benimaru's side at point-blank range! "HADOOOOOOOUKEN!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura successfully hits Benimaru with Large Hadouken.
- Power hit! -
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Benimaru 1/------=/=======|=======\===----\1 Sakura
Swing and a miss .. And a miss? Benimaru actually looks impressed by Sakura's sidestep, and as for his understanding of Sakura's situation, well.. Sakura wasn't the one that just flat out never had to work very hard to get to where they are today.
"Touche'," Benimaru replies, quite used to Sakura's ribbing even if it has been a while. The energy flares up from the girl again, and Benimaru seems a little suprised; she wouldn't be doing it again so soon would she? Again he tries to handle the energy by letting it slam into his palms; but this time it's somehow even -more- powerful that before! "W- What??" *BWOOOSH*
Benimaru yet again is blasted back and down into the sand once more, sitting up and feeling an intense burning along his front and palms. Spitting out a bit of sand himself this time, the model gets up and makes another dash forward, twisting a little to the side as he reaches for Sakura's arm. His intent is to use that arm as leverage for a quick shoulder throw onto the sand.
COMBATSYS: Benimaru successfully hits Sakura with Quick Throw.
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Benimaru 1/-----==/=======|=======\=====--\1 Sakura
... Well. Sakura didn't have to work so hard for the -basics-, they just came natural. The rest, though...
But back in the present, Kasugano's pleased that at least her -Hadoukens- are hitting their mark, even if the rest isn't going quite so spectacularly. "Sorry, I guess you weren't ready for lesson two just yet!" When Benimaru dashes in, she -thinks- she can step back and out of the way, but again, Benimaru proves to be quicker than she anticipates, and she finds herself tossed right over his shoulder, and lands spine-first in the sand. Ow! Maybe it'd be =better= to wear more clothes to the beach in situations like this, because the sand can sting that much more in such instances!
But since her arm is already kinda close to Benimaru anyway... Kasugano figures that may be of some use. Flopping onto her side, she maneuvers herself such that when she rises back to her feet, she's charging fist-first right into Benimaru's solar plexus. Nothing =too= fierce, but she's a bit irked that she hasn't actually hit him yet! "Hyyyyaaa!"
COMBATSYS: Benimaru blocks Sakura's Medium Punch.
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Benimaru 1/-----==/=======|=======\=====--\1 Sakura
Benimaru isn't going to complain, seeing Sakura looking so femenine is quite a treat! Well the brash attitude kind of shakes things up a little but you know what, that is aww-right. Benimaru likes that in a woman after all.
And so comes another rough yet controlled punch, and again the model manages to get away with looking a little cool; his palm whips up and a satisfying *smack* of skin hitting skin is heard, but then again Sakura finds her blow just brushed aside, baby-blue eyes strangely intense at that very moment. "I suppose it's time to kick things up a smidge.."
Positioned at the side now, Benimaru twirls around and crouches low, belting a backhand toward Sakura's solar plexus , and then stand up to drive his knee into the girls side, a quick but powerful combo!
COMBATSYS: Sakura interrupts Medium Punch from Benimaru with Shou'ou Ken.
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Benimaru 1/--=====/=======|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Sakura
Sakura grumbles, a bit ticked that, yet again, her attack is brushed aside! But in the grand scheme of things, with her Hadoukens keeping the playing field levelled, it isn't a -terrible- situation to be in. Kasugano shakes her hand out, trying to put some feeling back into it. It's not over yet!
Bobbing and weaving backwards, she shakes her head to Benimaru's comment. As he drives a backhand towards her, she's already advancing, closing the gap a bit earlier than he may have liked. She twists as she draws close, and his backhand slams across her clavicles instead, with a grunt of pain from Sakura . But the reason for the twist is the surprise Sakura bundles with it -- a fearsome uppercut aimed right at his solar plexus; a reminder of that punch from earlier in the fight that she -wasn't- able to connect with. With Benimaru himself twisting around for that kick, it may not hit where she wants to, but it'll sure hurt a lot! "SHOOOOO'OOOOU KEN!"
Landing safely from her leaping uppercut a moment afterwards, she quips, "Yeah, I kinda kicked it up a few already. Try to keep up!"
BAM! KNOWLEDGE! One moment Benimaru thinks he has the match in control again with that feeling his backhand will land but good, and then the next he is knocked completely silly by Sakura's trademark uppercut. It's an awkward position, the blow itself, but it definatly gets the job done, landing nice and clean into his mid-section and then upward. "Hnnggh!"
His knees tuck in a moment and he flips in the air to land on his feet, then holds his side as he nearly drops to a single knee from the surge of pain. "D- Did you now? I'm pretty certain I should feel honored. Very well then.. Don't blink, I want to show you something interesting.."
Benimaru stands up straight, and again he quite flashily displays his electrical energy while cupping his hands behind his head. The bolts become longer as they dance around his form, and with a sudden flash of light a blast of model-shaped energy blurrs toward Sakura with it's fist extended. Following is a second and third with a front kick and a high knee, and finally Benimaru hovers forward, twirls and snaps into a standing uppercut to complete his sassy technique. "Hiiyaaah!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura has saved the state of this fight.
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Benimaru 0/-------/---====|>>>>>>>\>>>>>>>\2 Sakura
COMBATSYS: Sakura fails to interrupt Gen'ei Hurricane from Benimaru with Midare Zakura.
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Benimaru 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Sakura
COMBATSYS: Sakura has reached second wind!
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Benimaru 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Sakura
"You should!" agrees Sakura, "It's pretty important!" But it seems Benimaru's following through on that suggestion to kick things up a notch... for as much as the plucky schoolgirl had thought she'd had enough of a lead to get out of the way of his pretty broadly telegraphed -intention- to attack... the actual execution still manages to catch her off-guard! She's caught in the midst of a hop to the side, her fist curled up for an attempt to drill another Shou'ou Ken into him... but her mid-torso is nonetheless caught by Benimaru's leading punch. Knocked back to the ground, she finds her muscles convulsing, leaving her shivering helpless as Benimaru's kick, and the knee that follows, crash in for even more pain. And if that weren't enough, the dazed Ansatsuken student's pummeled skyward by a brutal uppercut!
Flying through the air, Sakura finds the rushing wind to be a bit... invigorating, actually! Her neural system's on fire from those bolts of electricity, but the wind is enough to shake some of the numbness off. It's enough for Sakura to impart some control onto her spin, changing her landing posture from 'terrible' to 'passable'. In other words, the plume of sand kicked up from her fall is only -six- feet high instead of twenty!
But when the sand srttles, Kasugano's form is standing there. Panting, wheezing up sand... but standing. Barely.
"*cough cough* Sorry... I, uh... missed that. Mind runnin' that by me again?" It's obvious she couldn't =take= that again, but that never stopped a good trash-talker!
Benimaru always has fun with that one, he's sure Sakura's never even seen that one before; making preparing for it nearly impossible; or so he'd like to think. Flash and glamour, he's well aware can work against an executer that doesn't know what he's doing.
Unfortunatly, though, he intended that to be the fights finish, and Sakura isn't down and out like he would have expected. And he nearly facepalms to her little quip. Nearly, he actually ends up looking mildly amused in the end, settling a thumb in his pocket. "I try to avoid doing the same thing twice a match, sweetie. If you want to see it again, you'll just have to take some time out of your busy schedule for a re-match." Teaching time and fighting time are different times, after all.
"Speaking of, I seemed to have ignored a crowd favorite.. Think you can handle it?" Benimaru raises his hand like a gun to his lips and winks.. The light show comes to an abrupt stop as he races forward, and then proceeds to rush in circles about the graduate.. He's almost a blurr at one point until he kicks up a suddenly burst of sand (away from Sakura,) from his feet kicking out in a scissor motion, and balances all his weight on one arm, "Shinkuu....." He twirls like a damn top, his body a human sweeping machine as he spins two, three, four, five times! "Katategoma!!!"
COMBATSYS: Sakura dodges Benimaru's Shinkuu Katategoma.
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Benimaru 0/-------/---====|=======\==-----\1 Sakura
Well, she was certainly stunned -- but more from the shock than the beauty. It's hard to really appreciate someone's moves while you're having your intestines punched inside-out by said moves!
Sakura's smirking all through Benimaru's retort, and when he raises his hand for a thumb, she sticks her thumb up in response. Sure, she's ready! No, really, she's =ready=. When he runs circles around her, she leaps, kicking up a small plume of sand herself... and neatly carrying herself out of the path of that vicious scissoring kick. "Hey, I got a move kinda like that!" she quips, headband fluttering beneath her as she vaults to safety, curling her hands up by her side. Oh, Benimaru might have a compunction against using the same move twice in a match, but Sakura's got no such thing! "Shinkuuuuu...." she cries, blue energy lighting her form as her feet touch down, and she starts dashing back towards Benimaru, just as he winds down from his kick. Oh, man, another fireball!?
Wrooooong! For as soon as she gets in range, she darts to the ground, sweeping her slender leg around in a kick with a similar motion to Benimaru's, but a different axis -- she's practically sitting on one foot, while her other leg whirls around her. "Haaaaaru ichibaaaaan!" Okay, so it sounds NOTHING like Katategoma. Who (aside from Benimaru) can pronounce that word, anyway!?
COMBATSYS: Benimaru fails to interrupt Haru Ichiban from Sakura with Super Inazuma Kick.
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COMBATSYS: Benimaru can no longer fight.
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Yes, the model is suprisingly calm after a battering like that. Of course he was too suprised by her being -up- to remember to ask if she was all right. It also may play a part in his other bad calls of judgement and really.. Knowing it's Sakura Kasugano he really should be used to it by now. While the crowd is cheering over one of his trademarks, it picks up when Sakura manages to evade it; it's a pretty climactic part of the match!
The model screeches to a halt, and seems mildly suprised yet again. So she's got more in her does she? He knows he doesn't have much time left, so it'd probably be wiser to try and blast through her attack and hope it'll be enough for him to remain standing as well; it's hard to tell how much power is behind those kicks, but he finds out the hard way when one of his snaps out. Those kicks barrel into him, sledgehammer like blows yet intense speed keeps him in place, and the is finally sent sailing back and INTO the water.. It splits and splashes up around him from the trail and then settles for just a moment.
And he sits up, hair plastered to his face and shoulders. "G'uuhaa.." Benimaru brushes the hair aside to peek with one eye, and stands up calmly with his fists raised; and then sets them down with a shake of his head. ".. No, that's about it for me, I'm sure. You win this match, Kasugano."
Kasugano knew she wouldn't be standing much longer, herself -- which is why she poured darn near -everything- into making that series of kicks count! She's emboldened a bit once she actually feels her bare feet hitting home against the model, rising up to deliver the final roundhouse that sends him barreling into the water. She holds her pose there, her heel pointed at Benimaru, elbows to either side for balance, as she watches him for the signs of recovery. The fangirl always loved it when Chun-Li did that, after all! ... And Sakura herself will probably be making plenty of her own fans happy once photos of her current stance get posted to the internet, but that's another matter entirely! She's too hopped-up on adrenaline to worry about that! Only when Benimaru concedes does the bikini-clad Kasugano lower her foot, and raise her fist in acknowledgement! "Yeah! That was crazy close!" Allowing herself a moment to catch her breath, and the announcers a moment to bellow out the official stuff, Sakura runs over to Benimaru with an exultant, beaming grin. "That was killer! I didn't think I'd be able to get back up after that one set of yours! What do you call that, with the rushing forward and electricity an' stuff?!" Giddy as, well, a schoolgirl, could she be interested learning the technique for her own?!
COMBATSYS: Sakura takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Sakura has ended the fight here.
The blonde model isn't going to complain. But then again, he's not really one of the many that actually really can check it out! He continues to brush his hair back behind his shoulders, the white shirt clinging to his skin and making her look super hawt- The fangirls are screaming, I swear it. And Sakura's smile is returns with one of his own, a thumb settling in his pocket again and seeming quite pleased that Sakura's so buzzed about his super attack. "Gen'ei Hurricane.. I created it while I was modeling in Europe for a year, it's been working quite well for me so far. You've improved so much, Sakura it is really amazing.. Ah.."
Benimaru is about to say something when suddenly.. W- What the hell? Who was that white-haired man who just turned and left the crowd, was that??? Benimaru frowns a little, then looks apologetic. "Speaking of, I do have some business to take care of but.. Would you mind if I call you up sometime and treat you to lunch so we can talk? Fantastic." He shifts to the left and then makes a sprint onto the sand, and then beyond.
Kasugano's changed enough over the years: she may be -mostly- a tomboy, but she can still appreciate the sight of the well-toned body before her. Especially with her heart racing from the fight. She used to be disgusted by comments from people like Benimaru, but she's talked with him enough to know it's just not -possible- for him to turn off the charm. But she manages to keep her excitement focused upon the technique instead, nodding eagerly in response. "That's awesome, I'll have to give it a shot!"
So she's able to smile a bit when she actually receives the compliment. "Thanks! I can tell you're improving too, that --" She trails off, though, as Benimaru himself seems distracted. She looks back at in the direction of the white-haired figure, but sees nothing out of the ordinary. Turning back to Benimaru, she finds him... sprinting off! "-- that was a really close..." Blink, blink! "Match?" she concludes, head turning to follow Benimaru's retreat.
Sakura stands there dumbly for a moment, as Benimaru dashes off. Processing, processing. "... Huh. Sure! And, uh... thanks for the fight...!" she adds, waving her hand high. Not that he'd see, but she's got fans of her own watching, and she doesn't want it to look like she'd just got brushed off! "Seeya!"
Log created on 19:14:09 12/19/2007 by Sakura, and last modified on 05:47:12 12/21/2007.