432/Bonding Through Fists

Bonding Through Fists
Date of Scene:	08 October 2015
Location:	Mitakihara - Infinity University
Synopsis:	Hannah takes up Kyouko's offer of a sparr.
Cast of Characters:	Hannah Sharpe, Kyouko Sakura

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Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Miss White doesn't forget promises, and thus, just before closing time she showed up at Kyouko's conbenie work place with a wide grin on her face.

"So, Kyou-chan! Ready to get punched a lot?" /That/ might explain the grin, before she's all but physically hauling the other girl towards Infinity U's gym.

After one quick abuse of henshin powers, she's in boxing shorts and a tank-top, and offering over the usual combination of head-armor and mouth protector.

"So, how do you want to do this? You going to come at me with a weapon, or do you actually want to learn kickboxing?" Despite it all, Hannah sounds eager, relishing her new role as 'coach' to Kyouko.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko had been expecting Miss White to take her up on her sparring offer at some point- after all, the other woman had always wanted to recruit her. Kyouko was the one with the seething hatred to overcome. Still, she was taken a bit by surprised when Miss White just showed up at her store and dragged her off.

    At first she was a bit suspicious, because for all she knew her former-enemy was dragging her someplace to imprison her again. But being taken to Infinity reassures her somewhat- although she's not particularly familiar with the school, it's not a WPS facility, and Sayaka goes there so it can't be all bad.

    She has to change the old-fashioned way, but luckily she was planning on working out after her job anyway, so she had clothes with her. Soon enough she is also wearing workout shorts and a loose t-shirt, and standing with her hands on her hips across from Hannah.

    "I just want to fight you." She says, a small frown on her face. "As long as you don't use any magic, I don't think I need any instructions." She pulls something from her bag. It's a small metal cylindar, and when she presses a button on its side, it snaps out into a metal quarterstaff, about as long as she is tall, but very light. She always /did/ fight with her spear in a very staffy way, after all. She twirls it skillfully, smirking a little bit..

    Though, then she adds, "Although I'm never adverse to picking up some new techniques."

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Hannah tilts her head as she hears that 'shnick' of an unfolding quarterstaff. True to her word, she doesn't even bother with perception magic.

"Staff, huh? I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Alright. Let's do this!"

She laughs joyfully as she gets into a fighting stance, bouncing on her feet just like she always does when using her magic.

"Try not to cry too much, okay~?" Teases the girl, before she's moving. Light on her feet and fast, one hand up to protect her face, she rushes in almost immediately to try to make handling that staff awkward. A pair of right-handed, hard jabs to the abs come to test Kyouko's defenses, then she's backing up, leaving the girl room to swing her staff in turn. Seems she's going a bit easy on her while she figures out just how good Kyouko might be! There's a look of intense concentration on her face. Fighting blind, after all, isn't easy and she needs to take in every sound to be able to react in time.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    If Miss White had come out and asked if it was okay to use perception magic, Kyouko probably would have been fine with it, at least to the level of ordinary human senses- but, as it turns out, it seems the blind woman doesn't even need that much sensory input to be a real threat! Kyouko was even going to put padding on the ends of her staff to avoid any accidental injuries but Miss White doesn't even giev her time!

    Kyouko curses as the other woman darts in towards her, sending those jabs at her midsection. Automatically, she twirls her staff back in her other hand, away from her opponent, trying to give herself room to wield it. The first punch lands, making her grunt with pain as some of the wind is knocked out of her, but she's already moving, dodging back so that the second doesn't quite hit, just brusthing her t-shirt without making significant contact.

    Despite the ache in her abdomen from that hit, as Miss White dodges back Kyouko is bringing her staff around in a low sweeping motion, switching hands and half-spinning as she turns back from her dodge to try and knock the woman's feet out from under her!

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
"Huh. Looks like all of that time with your spear paid off! Good, I was afraid this would be boring!" Comes Hannah as Kyouko dances away.

She can't actually tell where the staff is coming from, so she pulls back on instinct, the tip of the staff smacking against both legs as it comes at her. She winces as it impacts against her ankles. Ow.

But at least she knows how long the staff is now. Ignoring her bruised ankles, she throws another jab at Kyouko, a quick feint, before she pivots on her foot. Putting all of her weight into a kick, she flexes her hips, aimed right for poor Kyouko's head! If Kyouko can dodge, though, she'll be slightly off-footed for her to counter-attack!

"Let's see if you can take a real hit, Kyouko-chan!" When did she suddenly become so familiar with the girl!?

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko sees that kick coming, and ducks, although as Miss White projected, doing so makes her answering move, a spinning sweep with the staff at mid-section, off-balance meaning there isn't much strength behind it. It does serve it's purpose though, which is to allow Kyouko to get some space, backing off as part of the move.

    "Here's a secret," Kyouko says, smirking, breathing a little hard. "Fighting with a spear was never my actual magical power. Well, the spear was magic. But my skill.. wasn't!" As she says this last word, she rushes forward, spinning her staff in a blinding blurr, hitting out first one way, then the other with the other end of the staff, intending to get Hannah to dodge the first blow only to walk right into the second.

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Hannah leaps back from the spinning strike as it clips her, giving Kyou perhaps more room that she thought. The girl is barely winded, smiling, and there's that wild look of enjoyment in her eyes. This is a girl who truly enjoys fighting in a deeply primal manner.

Then she's coming again, rushing in, and unleashes a flurry of blows. Hannah's on point, dodging back just as Kyouko predicted. She feels it coming at the last second, taking it on the side with an 'oomph!'

"Heh. Not bad! You're not just some kid even like this!" She laughs, before throwing out a jab to the shoulder, followed by backing away. One quick aimed knee to the shins, and then Hannah aims a hard uppercut, right for Kyouko's jaw! She's not holding back anymore.

"LET'S DANCE, KYOUKO! HAH HAH HAAAAH!"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "Nobody can be 'just some kid' after fighting for her life on the streets for four years!" Kyouko retorts, "Even with magic to lend a hand." The two trade blows, Hannah's fists meeting the light metallic staff that Kyouko whirls and feints with just as skillfully as she did with her spear, though without that weapon's deadly bladed tip.

    Scoring that hit to Hannah's side, Kyouko smirks in triumph, single fang peeking out of the corner of her mouth, but she doesn't have much time to celebrate as Hannah dives back in, aiming for her shins, causing Kyouko to look down and dance backwards.. almost perfectly setting herself up for that uppercut!

    But her instincts are wild, just like her- she's always been an instinctive fighter, operating more by what 'feels' right than by any cogent thought, and it saves her here yet again. She seems to sense the blow coming and jerks her head back. The punch doesn't miss entirely, it clips her jaw, but its just a stinging hit rather than a knock-out blow.

    She turns that dive to the side into an attack of her own, fluidly sliding away from that clip and whirling her staff around behind her shoulders to try and ring Hannah's bell from the other direction!

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
So close! But Kyouko dodges out of the way, and around that staff whirls! Clonk! She gets a solid smack, Hannah's fists going up at the last moment to avoid being utterly knocked out. She goes stumbling, catches herself, and then wipes off the trickle of blood from her mouth.

"Alright, you got me with that one. Heh." Hannah's a bit dazed, and she gets a bit more extravagent! She charges in, giving a leaping kick aimed to force poor Kyouko to the ground!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko smirks as her blow lands.. although she can't keep a strange mixture of concern and satisfaction out of her eyes at seeing the slight trickle of blood on Hannah's mouth. Hurting the woman who caused her so much pain feels good.. but she didn't come here to hurt her. Not really, and she didn't mean to be that rough..

     Of course, it seems Hannah has no such compunctions as the woman dashes at her with that leaping kick! Kyouko is taken by surprise, having figured the other woman would be out of it a bit longer after such a blow, and she grunts.. managing to fall back, but not enough, the kick striking her in the sternum and forcing her back to the ground under Hannah!

    She keeps hold of her staff though, and even as she falls, tries to use it as a lever to push Hannah up and off of her so she can squirm away!

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Whump! Right atop Kyouko! The older girl's taller and heavier, and she uses it to her advantage, trying to pin Kyouko down with her legs. She'll give a few punches to the ribs, at least until Kyouko employs her staff! She's forced to grab the other and, trying to rip it free from her grasp! It'll be a test of strength, but it does get Hannah in an awkward position, not entirely pinning the girl down! And no more punches while she fights off that staff!

"Heh heh...c'mon, Kyouko, give in and I'll let you up! Just say 'You beat me, Miss White!'" Encourages the girl with a grin even as she grunts and struggles, muscles tight and breathing hard herself now. Kyouko's proven a stronger opponent than she first thought!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko might not have her magic, but like she said- a lot of her fighting skill wasn't due to magic, just her weapons were! Still, she's not got any super-slippery tricks to get out from under Miss White at this point. She grunts and stuggles, shaking her head as Miss White demands her surrender. "Never!" She declares.

    Suddenly she hits the retract button on her cool little staff, and it whips back down into a foot-long cylinder. She spins it around and points it at Miss White, then hits the extend button again, and the metal tube expands quickly once again!

    If Miss White doesn't think fast, she's going to get the end of that quckly-telescoping metal tube right between the eyes!

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
That staff slides away, retracting, and Hannah knows what's coming! She can't leap off in time, and so she very simply turns the other cheek, getting smacked right in the temple! This time, it's her turn to fall, the strike dazing her and sending her rolling off of Kyouko!

"Cunning little!" She mutters as she pulls up her fists, trying to protect herself while she tries to work off the spinning of her head! Her legs kick at Kyouko should she come for her, but they're highly inaccurate by now! Each kick, however, is rough and hard, likely lashing about near Kyouko's knees!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    As Hannah is forced to roll off of her, Kyouko grins in triumph and does a neat little kip-up, flipping back to her feet almost effortlessly, twirling her staff around and trying not to give Hannah time to recover.

    She swings down with her staff, intending to bash the grounded girl, but gets a kick in the knee for her trouble, stumbling slightly and backing off. She pauses for a moment, panting..

    "Shall we take a bit of a break?" She asks, flushed and slightly sweaty, but looking vital still, like she's been enjoying the fight. She leans on her staff, and offers her other hand to Hannah to help her up.

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
With Kyouko kicked away, both girls panting, there's a hand down. She doesn't notice it at first, but eventually grabs hold through sheer intuition. With a little groan, she gets to her feet, giving that hand a good, tight shake.

"Heh. That was fun! We're definitely doing this more often!" By her grin, she's been enjoying it herself.

Wiping off some sweat, she laughs.

"Come on! Ice cream's on me!"