12. Sparring 2: Kasugano vs. Satsu
NOTE: This chapter contains nudity. and I think that's it.
"Okay, Darrell," Sakura K. started. "How did it go?"
Darrell stood on his porch with his hands in his jean pockets. "It took a while. but I managed to talk to my mother about the whole thing and I'll be able to stay with you guys! It took an hour, for crying out loud, but I did it!"
It was two days after Sakura split into Sakura Kasugano and Sakura Satsu and the four of them were in Darrell's hometown in New Jersey, USA. Their stay was pretty fine in Darrell's house, but now they were about to head to their next destination; San Francisco to meet with the Pan American Champion, Ken Masters.
"Let's go, already!" Darrell said eagerly. "I can't wait to head to San Fran!"
The four of them picked up their belongings and started to leave, but as soon as they got to the sidewalk, the front door swung open.
"DARRELL!!"
"Huh?" Darrell gasped as he turned his attention to the door. The voice came from a young, brown-skinned kid, roughly 10 years old. He was a bit obese and came up to Darrell's shoulder in height. He had on gray sweatpants with a gray, short-sleeve designer shirt. He was also carrying a few travel bags with him.
"Nijel." Darrell mumbled. "What do you want now? I'm leaving to San Francisco and we have to get to the airport now if we're going to make it in time."
"Don't you think I know that," Nijel shot back. "I'm going with you."
"What?!"
"I asked Mom if it was ok. She knows that you'll be going around the world. and ultimately going back to Japan. I want to go, too!"
"Nijel, my brother." Darrell started, ".there is no way that you can come with me. Things have been a bit dangerous and nasty lately, and I don't want you exposed. Wait. did you say that Mom OK'ed this?"
Nijel nodded. {Oh, man. I hate it when he does this,} Darrell thought, unhappily.
"So your little brother is coming with us, huh?" Hinata acknowledged. She had a smile on her face.
"Yeah. I guess. but he is only coming to San Francisco and then he's going back home!" Darrell answered. Something hit him right there. "Nijel, there is only one way you can prove that you are ready to come with us. First, did Mom give you any traveling money?"
Nijel nodded.
"Okay, this is what you need to show me."
"What is it? Whatever it is, I'm ready."
"Show me the moves that you were talking about. I'm interested in knowing what you got."
Nijel had a huge smile on now. He took his bags down with the rest of the group's and stepped into the driveway. Darrell followed him and stood a good few feet from his brother while the girls looked on.
"We are pressed for time, so I want you just to show me your strongest moves," Darrell ordered.
"Fine," Nijel responded. He wasted no time as he held up one hand into the air. Nothing seemed to happen for about 5 seconds, but Nijel was only charging up. A small, dark blue ball of energy formed in his hand. It grew to about twice its normal size.
"Cosmic."
Nijel clenched his hand and his energy ball then trusted his hand forward to his brother.
"SCATTER!!"
Tiny shots of the energy ball flew towards Darrell. Darrell put up his guard and blocked only the ones that came his way. The rest of them smashed into nearby objects and exploded. Only the ones that Darrell blocked actually did some damage.
"The kid's pretty good," Sakura S. commented.
When Nijel's Cosmic Scatter attack was finished, Darrell put his guard down again and put on a smile.
"That's your range move. Now, show me another move."
"Gladly."
For Nijel's next attack, he raised his hand once again. Another purple energy ball formed into his right hand and now, the ball grew even bigger than last time. When it was done expanding, Nijel called out the name of the move.
"Cosmic Bomb!"
Nijel launched the huge bomb to his brother.
"No way I'll block that. Let's see its power."
Darrell clasped his hands to his side and his red-orange aura appeared again, forming a small red ball.
"Shakunetsu Shinku Hadouken!"
Darrell launched his blast and it collided with the Cosmic Bomb. There was a small power struggle between the two blasts, but only after 3 seconds, the Hadouken beat the Bomb, and it traveled past as the Bomb exploded.
"Nijel, DUCK!" Darrell commanded and his brother followed his order. The red blast went sailing above Nijel and exploded just behind him.
"Hey! That wasn't fair, Darrell," Nijel complained as he got to his feet.
Darrell shrugged. "The fighter with the most power and experience will win in any standoff, Nijel. Your moves are pretty impressive, but there is one more that you haven't showed me."
"I know. Are you sure you want to test it?"
"Come on, already."
"Okay."
Nijel kneeled down and put his right hand to the ground and channeled his energy into the pavement. Darrell stood in a defense stance, waiting of his little brother's attack. Then, a spark of electricity came up to the side of Nijel, making Darrell jump backwards. Another spark came in front of Nijel. Then another. Nijel was then surrounded by a blue aura with lightning surrounding him.
{Hold on a minute. I remember this!}
Darrell took his eyes off his brother and looked at his friends. "Listen, when I say so, JUMP!!"
The three girls just looked at him for a while as he looked at his brother. Nijel's body flashed white. and that is all he needed to see.
"NOW!!!"
On cue, both Sakuras and Hinata jumped into the air as Nijel trusted his energy into the ground, creating a large wave of electrical energy that swarmed under the girls towards his older brother. Darrell blocked the wave with all he had in his guarding power. The electricity sent shocks through his body, but he managed to block the wave until it disappeared.
"Geez, boy!" Darrell said while shaking his arms. "You should give me a warning before you go and use your Cosmic Shockwave!"
Nijel laughed a bit. "I shouldn't need to give you a warning. if it was a real fight!"
"Okay, let's get out of here." Darrell turned back to the Sakura twins and Hinata and grabbed his bags. "Ken Masters, huh? Let's see what the deal is."
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"Those kids are really something."
On top of an apartment building was a figure hidden in his own darkness. Only his eyes were visible, which were totally red and focused on the five kids walking away.
"When the time comes. I'll test them. But for now, I'll let them have their fun."
The cloaked figure then disappeared from sight soon afterwards.
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It took about 4 hours for everyone to arrive at the San Francisco airport and another 40 minutes to find a hotel to stay at in. Nijel, Darrell, and Hinata were already in the room, setting up for their short stay, but the Sakura twins said they needed to get some things straighten out with each other. They went to a public park a few blocks away from the hotel and found themselves a nice, open, grass field to stay at. The two stood right in front of one another, wearing identical jeans, sneakers, and shirts. The difference is that Sakura S. wore mostly red and black and Sakura K. wore blue.
"What's the problem, Sakura?"
Sakura K. took a deep breath before answering. She made eye contact with her twin and said, "Listen. I really don't know why, but I want to see what you got. I know that you are me, but there is something different about you."
"I'm glad that you noticed my special-ness," Sakura S. responded as she put her hands on her hips. "I'll be glad to have a little match with my. uh." She trailed off.
"What's up?" Sakura K. asked.
"Something just came up. If we are really the same person, should we call each other 'sisters'? We are twins, you know."
Sakura K. cocked an eyebrow. "Good point. Maybe we should. It makes sense. No one needs to know that you are really me in another body. So, how about it. sis?" Sakura K. went into her fighting stance. "You don't mind a little sparring match, do you?"
Sakura S. simply copied her 'sister's' fighting stance. "Of course I don't. Let's do this!"
Both Sakuras started the match by throwing random punches and kicks at one another. Punches were blocked and kicks were dodged with so much speed, it seemed as if it was a huge blue and red blur where they were fighting. Sakura K. broke the action by pushing her sister away then charging up some of her energy. She got into a familiar stance, clasping her hands to her sides. Sakura S. recovered from the push, saw what was happening and mimicked.
"Hadouken!" both Sakura's yelled out as they threw their energy balls at one another. The Hadoukens smashed into each other and instantly canceled out. Sakura K. got out of her Hadouken stance and rushed forward with her fist to her side.
"Shouoken!"
Sakura S. could see the move a mile away and easily blocked it. As Sakura K. jumped into the air, Sakura S. changed up another Hadouken and hit the original out of the air. The normal Sakura fell back to the ground, but safe fell.
"Shunpukyaku!"
Sakura K. managed to see the darker Sakura perform her, or rather, 'their' version of Ryu's hurricane kick. Unfortunately, just like the Shouoken, Sakura K. saw it a mile away and knocked her sister out of her Shunpukyaku with a shorter version of the Shouoken. Just like her sister, Sakura S. safe fell.
Sakura K. raised her right leg over her head and brought it down, but Sakura S. moved out of the way in time and punched the other Sakura in the back. Sakura K. jumped back, startled. She turned around and managed to block a roundhouse kick from her sister, then a few punching moves. Sakura K. dashed away from the last lunging punch, leaving the dark Sakura open to a small uppercut.
Sakura K. was about to follow-up with another attack, but her sister grabbed her before she could move and spun around to her back. While grabbing her by the neck, Sakura S. started her strangling, but.
{Come on. Don't you think I know my own grappling move?}
The original took her left leg, swung it around the other's leg, and pushed backwards. Sakura S. let out a gasp as both fell back to the grass.
"Cheap trick, sis," she said to Sakura K, rolling out from under her.
Sakura K. laughed as both girls sat up on the grass. She looked straight into Sakura S.'s eyes and the darker twin copied. They both then turned their gazes to the shirts that they were wearing, observing each other.
{She's just like me. in every way. save for the suntan skin. Hmm. well, look at this.}
Sakura K. stared at the red shirt that her twin was wearing. On the right side of her shirt was a small smudge of mud where she fell at. It was small but noticeable. Sakura K. started to giggle a bit.
"What's so funny, sis?" the dark Sakura asked.
The original just pointed at the red shirt the dark Sakura was wearing. Sakura S. looked down, saw the stain, then glared back at the giggling Sakura.
"Oh... You. That's funny, huh?"
Before Sakura K. could respond, Sakura S. dove forward, tackling the lighter twin and pushed her on her back.
"Hey!" Sakura K. yelped as she threw Sakura S. off her and inspected the back of her shirt. She growled when she saw a large mud stain where the blue fabric should have shown. {It must have just rained recently.}
"Hey, suntan!" Sakura K. yelled out to her sister, who just returned with a smirk on her face. "You are going to pay for what you did to my shirt!"
"Sun. tan?" Sakura S. repeated, trying to register the new name. When she did, she shot back with, "Those are fighting words, snowflake!"
"SNOWFLAKE!! Okay, that's it!"
Both Sakuras dove at each other and stated wrestling in the muck. First, Sakura S. had the advantage, pressing her weight to pin her sister, but Sakura K. reversed the pin, throwing the other one to the ground. This pattern lasted for only two minutes, ending with the twins lying on their backs, exhausted.
Sakura K. managed to sit up and look down at her sister and almost busted laughing. Sakura S. was engulfed in mud and grass. She looked like a pig rolling in muck. which is what she did. Holding back a big laugh, the normal Sakura snickered while putting a hand over her mouth, "Who [snicker] has the [snicker] last laugh now?"
The dark sister slowly opened her eyes to look up. and strangely, she smiled.
"No one does," she answered. "Look at yourself before you go celebrating!"
"Huh?" Sakura K said while looking at herself, and she gasped. Just like her twin sister, her clothes were covered in mud. Both Sakuras stared at each other. then Sakura K. fell on her back again and both started laughing long and hard.
"I can't believe that we acted like that," Sakura K. said when she finally stopped laughing.
"It's your personality, sis," Sakura S. noted. "Whatever you would do, I would do. It's the fact that. well. we know each others' moves so well. except."
This caught Sakura K.'s attention. "What do you mean, 'except'?"
"I mean that I have a few moves that you don't, or can't learn."
"Oh, really? Show me, then."
Sakura S. stood up as her sister looked on. She got into some weird stance. then her image split into 5. Sakura S.'s images warped past Sakura K. As Sakura S. went back to normal, Sakura K. greeted her with, "Where did you learn that?"
Sakura S. turned to her sister and replied, "It comes with the power. especially if you know the Shungokusatsu, like me."
Sakura K.'s eyes bulged out. "YOU KNOW THE SHUNGOKUSATSU?!?"
Sakura S. just nodded in agreement. "I knew that you'd be surprised. I used that to defeat Bison."
Sakura K.'s eyes read disbelief. "I don't get it. I really don't. How could you have possibly used that move and still not be some murder psycho!?"
"My Shungokusatsu is different than the original. Mine is based on hits, not power to kill. I might have killed Bison with the move, but he didn't have a soul of his own. He was nothing but Psycho Energy, so I couldn't sacrifice your soul. I know better than that, sis."
"So, you're saying that your Raging Demon does kill if the need be. and even if it does, my soul can't be lost, right?"
"Exactly. And now that I'm not in your body anymore. I can't sacrifice your soul even if I wanted to. As for me. I'm only your dark side, not you in particular. I can use it as long as I have the power to and no harm will come to me."
"Looks like you have an advantage, sis," Sakura K. said while getting up. "Come on. We have to get these rags in a washer."
Sakura S. got to her feet and together started walking out the park. On the way, Sakura K. continued their little conversation. "Hey, sis. How does it feel to be. you?"
Sakura S. looked into her twin's eyes and answered, "You mean how it feels to have Satsu energy in your veins?"
Sakura K. nodded.
"For anyone else. it would be a hassle controlling this energy. Just look at Ryu. But for me. it is sort of like having regular energy. It's not so much of a big deal, really. You and I are on the same playing field. I just know some of the dark arts, that's all."
"I see," Sakura K. replied. She started laughing as she looked around the park, but her laugh quickly disappeared when she found out that everyone in the vicinity was staring at them.
"Obviously. our little match made us. uh. well."
"Attractive?" Sakura K. completed her sister's observation with an embarrassed look on her face. "Obviously they don't see two complete clones fighting in mud everyday."
Both girls let out nervous giggles as they ran out of the park to the hotel.
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"Where are you guys going, huh?"
"The question should be where have you to been. You two are totally filthy!"
Sakura K. and Hinata were having a nice conversation at the door of their hotel room. Sakura S. and Nijel just stood there, looking on.
"We had a little sparring match in the park not far from here," Sakura K. responded. She had her arms folded as she spoke. "We. got a little dirty and are about to take a little shower."
"You better make it quick," Hinata said. "We're leaving for lunch in a few."
"Fine." Sakura looked at her twin sister. "Come on, sis. Let's go!"
Sakura S. joined her twin and went into the hotel room. Hinata waited until the door slammed shut before asking Nijel, "Where is your brother?"
Nijel looked up and answered, "He's still inside doing some things."
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"You want us to do WHAT!?"
"You heard me." Sakura S. said, holding two bath towels. "If we took our showers together, it would be much faster than if we went one at a time. Besides, we have nothing to hide from one another. We are the same person."
"I think it's just weird." Sakura K. muttered as she prepared to step into the large shower. "But I guess you're right." She turned to the rather large shower and sighed. While her sister put the towels, the lighter twin took off her top and jeans, revealing her bra and panties. Just as she tried to take off the bra, Sakura S. reached into the shower to turn it on. Just as Sakura K removed it, Sakura S. looked up. and smirked.
"You really are weird, you know that?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" the lighter twin asked while getting rid of the rest of her clothes and stepped inside. Although the pounding water distorted the darker twin's voice, she could still hear her.
"I mean that. I was supposed to be created like some psycho, bent on killing people. Just look at Ryu."
"So?" Sakura K. asked while lathering up a washcloth and letting the warm water wet up her hair and bare body.
"I'm saying that something happened. somewhere along the line and I came out like a twin instead of a real evil side."
"Did you want to be a murderer?"
A pause from the other side of the curtain before the darker twin answered.
"Well. I didn't think about it that way. On one side of the issue it's not exactly natural. but personally I'm glad. I can't really picture killing anyone just because."
"And the Bison thing?" Sakura K. continued the questions and rubbing the soap-covered cloth along her body.
"I had no choice. Besides."
At that moment, an arm reached from out the back of the shower and touched Sakura's butt, making her jump.
"Hey!"
Sakura S. laughed as she stepped in, ending her previous statement. "I like this. I can actually have a life; a REAL one. Besides, you always wanted a sister just like you. Remember when you kept saying that once Tsukushi turned 6 and he started to know how to get on your nerves?"
"Yeah."
"Looks like your wish came true." the darker twin ended while washing the dirt off her skin. Sakura K. stared at her for a while and smiled. She was right. Her wish did come true. After a few seconds, both just concentrated on getting clean. but Sakura K. had an idea.
"Hey, sis."
"What?" she asked while facing her. to meet a fingertip full of soap on her nose. She gasped then looked at the lighter twin giggle at her.
"Yeah. I always wanted to do that to my sis, remember?"
"Yeah. and you also wanted to do THIS!"
The darker twin grabber the lighter one by the head and put her in a headlock beside her, making her come face to face with the running water.
"H-hey!" Sakura K. sputtered while laughing through the shower. After about a second, she had another idea. She reached over. and tickled her sister right on the breast. That broke the hold, making the Satsu twin burst laughing.
"That's not fair, sis!" she yelled. "We KNOW that we're ticklish!"
"Duh! That's why I did that and this, too!"
Now the lighter twin used both hands to continue the ticklefest, making her sister slump to the ceramic floor in laughter. She tried to continue but Sakura S. used her arms to block it and counter with her own tickles. Instantly the original sputtered in laughter. They kept this up for another 5 minutes before remembering that they were supposed to eat and stopped the shower.
"You know, I think I'm going to like having a sis," Sakura K. started while reaching for a towel. "There's just one thing."
"What's that?" the darker twin asked, just getting out the shower.
"Mom and Dad."
"Oh. Well, let's worry about that when it happens."
"Yeah. I guess."
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"What in the world are you doing, Darrell? We have to go already!"
Darrell put a hand on the bathroom door. "I know. but I got to go to the bathroom. I'll be out in a few seconds. I promise!"
It took a lot more than a few seconds. Just as Darrell opened the door and entered the bathroom, the Sakura twins were just coming out the bathroom. They made eye contact. and all three immediately stopped in their tracks. Darrell was staring at both Sakuras, who were wearing nothing but bath towels. They were still wet from the shower. All three blushed severely, sweatdropped. then all that could be heard within a five block radius of the hotel was.:
".AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Followed by a very small.: "Uh. excuse me.?"
End of Chapter 11
NOTE: This chapter contains nudity. and I think that's it.
"Okay, Darrell," Sakura K. started. "How did it go?"
Darrell stood on his porch with his hands in his jean pockets. "It took a while. but I managed to talk to my mother about the whole thing and I'll be able to stay with you guys! It took an hour, for crying out loud, but I did it!"
It was two days after Sakura split into Sakura Kasugano and Sakura Satsu and the four of them were in Darrell's hometown in New Jersey, USA. Their stay was pretty fine in Darrell's house, but now they were about to head to their next destination; San Francisco to meet with the Pan American Champion, Ken Masters.
"Let's go, already!" Darrell said eagerly. "I can't wait to head to San Fran!"
The four of them picked up their belongings and started to leave, but as soon as they got to the sidewalk, the front door swung open.
"DARRELL!!"
"Huh?" Darrell gasped as he turned his attention to the door. The voice came from a young, brown-skinned kid, roughly 10 years old. He was a bit obese and came up to Darrell's shoulder in height. He had on gray sweatpants with a gray, short-sleeve designer shirt. He was also carrying a few travel bags with him.
"Nijel." Darrell mumbled. "What do you want now? I'm leaving to San Francisco and we have to get to the airport now if we're going to make it in time."
"Don't you think I know that," Nijel shot back. "I'm going with you."
"What?!"
"I asked Mom if it was ok. She knows that you'll be going around the world. and ultimately going back to Japan. I want to go, too!"
"Nijel, my brother." Darrell started, ".there is no way that you can come with me. Things have been a bit dangerous and nasty lately, and I don't want you exposed. Wait. did you say that Mom OK'ed this?"
Nijel nodded. {Oh, man. I hate it when he does this,} Darrell thought, unhappily.
"So your little brother is coming with us, huh?" Hinata acknowledged. She had a smile on her face.
"Yeah. I guess. but he is only coming to San Francisco and then he's going back home!" Darrell answered. Something hit him right there. "Nijel, there is only one way you can prove that you are ready to come with us. First, did Mom give you any traveling money?"
Nijel nodded.
"Okay, this is what you need to show me."
"What is it? Whatever it is, I'm ready."
"Show me the moves that you were talking about. I'm interested in knowing what you got."
Nijel had a huge smile on now. He took his bags down with the rest of the group's and stepped into the driveway. Darrell followed him and stood a good few feet from his brother while the girls looked on.
"We are pressed for time, so I want you just to show me your strongest moves," Darrell ordered.
"Fine," Nijel responded. He wasted no time as he held up one hand into the air. Nothing seemed to happen for about 5 seconds, but Nijel was only charging up. A small, dark blue ball of energy formed in his hand. It grew to about twice its normal size.
"Cosmic."
Nijel clenched his hand and his energy ball then trusted his hand forward to his brother.
"SCATTER!!"
Tiny shots of the energy ball flew towards Darrell. Darrell put up his guard and blocked only the ones that came his way. The rest of them smashed into nearby objects and exploded. Only the ones that Darrell blocked actually did some damage.
"The kid's pretty good," Sakura S. commented.
When Nijel's Cosmic Scatter attack was finished, Darrell put his guard down again and put on a smile.
"That's your range move. Now, show me another move."
"Gladly."
For Nijel's next attack, he raised his hand once again. Another purple energy ball formed into his right hand and now, the ball grew even bigger than last time. When it was done expanding, Nijel called out the name of the move.
"Cosmic Bomb!"
Nijel launched the huge bomb to his brother.
"No way I'll block that. Let's see its power."
Darrell clasped his hands to his side and his red-orange aura appeared again, forming a small red ball.
"Shakunetsu Shinku Hadouken!"
Darrell launched his blast and it collided with the Cosmic Bomb. There was a small power struggle between the two blasts, but only after 3 seconds, the Hadouken beat the Bomb, and it traveled past as the Bomb exploded.
"Nijel, DUCK!" Darrell commanded and his brother followed his order. The red blast went sailing above Nijel and exploded just behind him.
"Hey! That wasn't fair, Darrell," Nijel complained as he got to his feet.
Darrell shrugged. "The fighter with the most power and experience will win in any standoff, Nijel. Your moves are pretty impressive, but there is one more that you haven't showed me."
"I know. Are you sure you want to test it?"
"Come on, already."
"Okay."
Nijel kneeled down and put his right hand to the ground and channeled his energy into the pavement. Darrell stood in a defense stance, waiting of his little brother's attack. Then, a spark of electricity came up to the side of Nijel, making Darrell jump backwards. Another spark came in front of Nijel. Then another. Nijel was then surrounded by a blue aura with lightning surrounding him.
{Hold on a minute. I remember this!}
Darrell took his eyes off his brother and looked at his friends. "Listen, when I say so, JUMP!!"
The three girls just looked at him for a while as he looked at his brother. Nijel's body flashed white. and that is all he needed to see.
"NOW!!!"
On cue, both Sakuras and Hinata jumped into the air as Nijel trusted his energy into the ground, creating a large wave of electrical energy that swarmed under the girls towards his older brother. Darrell blocked the wave with all he had in his guarding power. The electricity sent shocks through his body, but he managed to block the wave until it disappeared.
"Geez, boy!" Darrell said while shaking his arms. "You should give me a warning before you go and use your Cosmic Shockwave!"
Nijel laughed a bit. "I shouldn't need to give you a warning. if it was a real fight!"
"Okay, let's get out of here." Darrell turned back to the Sakura twins and Hinata and grabbed his bags. "Ken Masters, huh? Let's see what the deal is."
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"Those kids are really something."
On top of an apartment building was a figure hidden in his own darkness. Only his eyes were visible, which were totally red and focused on the five kids walking away.
"When the time comes. I'll test them. But for now, I'll let them have their fun."
The cloaked figure then disappeared from sight soon afterwards.
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It took about 4 hours for everyone to arrive at the San Francisco airport and another 40 minutes to find a hotel to stay at in. Nijel, Darrell, and Hinata were already in the room, setting up for their short stay, but the Sakura twins said they needed to get some things straighten out with each other. They went to a public park a few blocks away from the hotel and found themselves a nice, open, grass field to stay at. The two stood right in front of one another, wearing identical jeans, sneakers, and shirts. The difference is that Sakura S. wore mostly red and black and Sakura K. wore blue.
"What's the problem, Sakura?"
Sakura K. took a deep breath before answering. She made eye contact with her twin and said, "Listen. I really don't know why, but I want to see what you got. I know that you are me, but there is something different about you."
"I'm glad that you noticed my special-ness," Sakura S. responded as she put her hands on her hips. "I'll be glad to have a little match with my. uh." She trailed off.
"What's up?" Sakura K. asked.
"Something just came up. If we are really the same person, should we call each other 'sisters'? We are twins, you know."
Sakura K. cocked an eyebrow. "Good point. Maybe we should. It makes sense. No one needs to know that you are really me in another body. So, how about it. sis?" Sakura K. went into her fighting stance. "You don't mind a little sparring match, do you?"
Sakura S. simply copied her 'sister's' fighting stance. "Of course I don't. Let's do this!"
Both Sakuras started the match by throwing random punches and kicks at one another. Punches were blocked and kicks were dodged with so much speed, it seemed as if it was a huge blue and red blur where they were fighting. Sakura K. broke the action by pushing her sister away then charging up some of her energy. She got into a familiar stance, clasping her hands to her sides. Sakura S. recovered from the push, saw what was happening and mimicked.
"Hadouken!" both Sakura's yelled out as they threw their energy balls at one another. The Hadoukens smashed into each other and instantly canceled out. Sakura K. got out of her Hadouken stance and rushed forward with her fist to her side.
"Shouoken!"
Sakura S. could see the move a mile away and easily blocked it. As Sakura K. jumped into the air, Sakura S. changed up another Hadouken and hit the original out of the air. The normal Sakura fell back to the ground, but safe fell.
"Shunpukyaku!"
Sakura K. managed to see the darker Sakura perform her, or rather, 'their' version of Ryu's hurricane kick. Unfortunately, just like the Shouoken, Sakura K. saw it a mile away and knocked her sister out of her Shunpukyaku with a shorter version of the Shouoken. Just like her sister, Sakura S. safe fell.
Sakura K. raised her right leg over her head and brought it down, but Sakura S. moved out of the way in time and punched the other Sakura in the back. Sakura K. jumped back, startled. She turned around and managed to block a roundhouse kick from her sister, then a few punching moves. Sakura K. dashed away from the last lunging punch, leaving the dark Sakura open to a small uppercut.
Sakura K. was about to follow-up with another attack, but her sister grabbed her before she could move and spun around to her back. While grabbing her by the neck, Sakura S. started her strangling, but.
{Come on. Don't you think I know my own grappling move?}
The original took her left leg, swung it around the other's leg, and pushed backwards. Sakura S. let out a gasp as both fell back to the grass.
"Cheap trick, sis," she said to Sakura K, rolling out from under her.
Sakura K. laughed as both girls sat up on the grass. She looked straight into Sakura S.'s eyes and the darker twin copied. They both then turned their gazes to the shirts that they were wearing, observing each other.
{She's just like me. in every way. save for the suntan skin. Hmm. well, look at this.}
Sakura K. stared at the red shirt that her twin was wearing. On the right side of her shirt was a small smudge of mud where she fell at. It was small but noticeable. Sakura K. started to giggle a bit.
"What's so funny, sis?" the dark Sakura asked.
The original just pointed at the red shirt the dark Sakura was wearing. Sakura S. looked down, saw the stain, then glared back at the giggling Sakura.
"Oh... You. That's funny, huh?"
Before Sakura K. could respond, Sakura S. dove forward, tackling the lighter twin and pushed her on her back.
"Hey!" Sakura K. yelped as she threw Sakura S. off her and inspected the back of her shirt. She growled when she saw a large mud stain where the blue fabric should have shown. {It must have just rained recently.}
"Hey, suntan!" Sakura K. yelled out to her sister, who just returned with a smirk on her face. "You are going to pay for what you did to my shirt!"
"Sun. tan?" Sakura S. repeated, trying to register the new name. When she did, she shot back with, "Those are fighting words, snowflake!"
"SNOWFLAKE!! Okay, that's it!"
Both Sakuras dove at each other and stated wrestling in the muck. First, Sakura S. had the advantage, pressing her weight to pin her sister, but Sakura K. reversed the pin, throwing the other one to the ground. This pattern lasted for only two minutes, ending with the twins lying on their backs, exhausted.
Sakura K. managed to sit up and look down at her sister and almost busted laughing. Sakura S. was engulfed in mud and grass. She looked like a pig rolling in muck. which is what she did. Holding back a big laugh, the normal Sakura snickered while putting a hand over her mouth, "Who [snicker] has the [snicker] last laugh now?"
The dark sister slowly opened her eyes to look up. and strangely, she smiled.
"No one does," she answered. "Look at yourself before you go celebrating!"
"Huh?" Sakura K said while looking at herself, and she gasped. Just like her twin sister, her clothes were covered in mud. Both Sakuras stared at each other. then Sakura K. fell on her back again and both started laughing long and hard.
"I can't believe that we acted like that," Sakura K. said when she finally stopped laughing.
"It's your personality, sis," Sakura S. noted. "Whatever you would do, I would do. It's the fact that. well. we know each others' moves so well. except."
This caught Sakura K.'s attention. "What do you mean, 'except'?"
"I mean that I have a few moves that you don't, or can't learn."
"Oh, really? Show me, then."
Sakura S. stood up as her sister looked on. She got into some weird stance. then her image split into 5. Sakura S.'s images warped past Sakura K. As Sakura S. went back to normal, Sakura K. greeted her with, "Where did you learn that?"
Sakura S. turned to her sister and replied, "It comes with the power. especially if you know the Shungokusatsu, like me."
Sakura K.'s eyes bulged out. "YOU KNOW THE SHUNGOKUSATSU?!?"
Sakura S. just nodded in agreement. "I knew that you'd be surprised. I used that to defeat Bison."
Sakura K.'s eyes read disbelief. "I don't get it. I really don't. How could you have possibly used that move and still not be some murder psycho!?"
"My Shungokusatsu is different than the original. Mine is based on hits, not power to kill. I might have killed Bison with the move, but he didn't have a soul of his own. He was nothing but Psycho Energy, so I couldn't sacrifice your soul. I know better than that, sis."
"So, you're saying that your Raging Demon does kill if the need be. and even if it does, my soul can't be lost, right?"
"Exactly. And now that I'm not in your body anymore. I can't sacrifice your soul even if I wanted to. As for me. I'm only your dark side, not you in particular. I can use it as long as I have the power to and no harm will come to me."
"Looks like you have an advantage, sis," Sakura K. said while getting up. "Come on. We have to get these rags in a washer."
Sakura S. got to her feet and together started walking out the park. On the way, Sakura K. continued their little conversation. "Hey, sis. How does it feel to be. you?"
Sakura S. looked into her twin's eyes and answered, "You mean how it feels to have Satsu energy in your veins?"
Sakura K. nodded.
"For anyone else. it would be a hassle controlling this energy. Just look at Ryu. But for me. it is sort of like having regular energy. It's not so much of a big deal, really. You and I are on the same playing field. I just know some of the dark arts, that's all."
"I see," Sakura K. replied. She started laughing as she looked around the park, but her laugh quickly disappeared when she found out that everyone in the vicinity was staring at them.
"Obviously. our little match made us. uh. well."
"Attractive?" Sakura K. completed her sister's observation with an embarrassed look on her face. "Obviously they don't see two complete clones fighting in mud everyday."
Both girls let out nervous giggles as they ran out of the park to the hotel.
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"Where are you guys going, huh?"
"The question should be where have you to been. You two are totally filthy!"
Sakura K. and Hinata were having a nice conversation at the door of their hotel room. Sakura S. and Nijel just stood there, looking on.
"We had a little sparring match in the park not far from here," Sakura K. responded. She had her arms folded as she spoke. "We. got a little dirty and are about to take a little shower."
"You better make it quick," Hinata said. "We're leaving for lunch in a few."
"Fine." Sakura looked at her twin sister. "Come on, sis. Let's go!"
Sakura S. joined her twin and went into the hotel room. Hinata waited until the door slammed shut before asking Nijel, "Where is your brother?"
Nijel looked up and answered, "He's still inside doing some things."
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"You want us to do WHAT!?"
"You heard me." Sakura S. said, holding two bath towels. "If we took our showers together, it would be much faster than if we went one at a time. Besides, we have nothing to hide from one another. We are the same person."
"I think it's just weird." Sakura K. muttered as she prepared to step into the large shower. "But I guess you're right." She turned to the rather large shower and sighed. While her sister put the towels, the lighter twin took off her top and jeans, revealing her bra and panties. Just as she tried to take off the bra, Sakura S. reached into the shower to turn it on. Just as Sakura K removed it, Sakura S. looked up. and smirked.
"You really are weird, you know that?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" the lighter twin asked while getting rid of the rest of her clothes and stepped inside. Although the pounding water distorted the darker twin's voice, she could still hear her.
"I mean that. I was supposed to be created like some psycho, bent on killing people. Just look at Ryu."
"So?" Sakura K. asked while lathering up a washcloth and letting the warm water wet up her hair and bare body.
"I'm saying that something happened. somewhere along the line and I came out like a twin instead of a real evil side."
"Did you want to be a murderer?"
A pause from the other side of the curtain before the darker twin answered.
"Well. I didn't think about it that way. On one side of the issue it's not exactly natural. but personally I'm glad. I can't really picture killing anyone just because."
"And the Bison thing?" Sakura K. continued the questions and rubbing the soap-covered cloth along her body.
"I had no choice. Besides."
At that moment, an arm reached from out the back of the shower and touched Sakura's butt, making her jump.
"Hey!"
Sakura S. laughed as she stepped in, ending her previous statement. "I like this. I can actually have a life; a REAL one. Besides, you always wanted a sister just like you. Remember when you kept saying that once Tsukushi turned 6 and he started to know how to get on your nerves?"
"Yeah."
"Looks like your wish came true." the darker twin ended while washing the dirt off her skin. Sakura K. stared at her for a while and smiled. She was right. Her wish did come true. After a few seconds, both just concentrated on getting clean. but Sakura K. had an idea.
"Hey, sis."
"What?" she asked while facing her. to meet a fingertip full of soap on her nose. She gasped then looked at the lighter twin giggle at her.
"Yeah. I always wanted to do that to my sis, remember?"
"Yeah. and you also wanted to do THIS!"
The darker twin grabber the lighter one by the head and put her in a headlock beside her, making her come face to face with the running water.
"H-hey!" Sakura K. sputtered while laughing through the shower. After about a second, she had another idea. She reached over. and tickled her sister right on the breast. That broke the hold, making the Satsu twin burst laughing.
"That's not fair, sis!" she yelled. "We KNOW that we're ticklish!"
"Duh! That's why I did that and this, too!"
Now the lighter twin used both hands to continue the ticklefest, making her sister slump to the ceramic floor in laughter. She tried to continue but Sakura S. used her arms to block it and counter with her own tickles. Instantly the original sputtered in laughter. They kept this up for another 5 minutes before remembering that they were supposed to eat and stopped the shower.
"You know, I think I'm going to like having a sis," Sakura K. started while reaching for a towel. "There's just one thing."
"What's that?" the darker twin asked, just getting out the shower.
"Mom and Dad."
"Oh. Well, let's worry about that when it happens."
"Yeah. I guess."
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"What in the world are you doing, Darrell? We have to go already!"
Darrell put a hand on the bathroom door. "I know. but I got to go to the bathroom. I'll be out in a few seconds. I promise!"
It took a lot more than a few seconds. Just as Darrell opened the door and entered the bathroom, the Sakura twins were just coming out the bathroom. They made eye contact. and all three immediately stopped in their tracks. Darrell was staring at both Sakuras, who were wearing nothing but bath towels. They were still wet from the shower. All three blushed severely, sweatdropped. then all that could be heard within a five block radius of the hotel was.:
".AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Followed by a very small.: "Uh. excuse me.?"
End of Chapter 11