Chan: Okay, that last chapter was overly STRANGE!! *Holds up hands* But hey, I didn't write it. ^_____^

Hinata: Chan.... remember what I told you to do...

Chan: NO!! I REFUSE!

DeNice: *sitting on the sidelines* ?

Sean: Darrell is a pimp.

Darrell: WHAT?!

Hinata: ...Just make sure it happens.

Chan: I refuse to write such things!!

Mitsukake: *chanting at a safe distance* Catfight.... Catfight.... Catfight... OOMPH!

Chan: Ow... ow.... OKAY OKAY I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO!!!

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Chapter 14 - Tamagawa Minami vs Taiyo part 2

"LET'S GO!!"

Sakura and Hinata both shouted as they charged at one another, determination in both of their eyes. Sakura took the initiative and leapt upwards first, and twisted her body violently to the right, allowing one leg to swing outward and strike Hinata in the face rapidly.

"Wow..." commented Mitsukake as he saw Sakura's skirt flare up and his face turned bright red. A sharp smack on the head from a female bystander brought Mitsu's attention back to the fight instead of what he had just seen.

Hinata's bright red hair whipped across her face as she hit the ground on her back, her face stinging from three sharp blows from Sakura's foot.

"Ow..."

Sakura landed on the ground softly, but staggered to the side a little while clutching her ribs. The force that had been placed on them made the broken one poke a little, and it was painful. Quickly, Sakura removed her hand and attention from that area. Hopefully, Hinata hadn't noticed that Sakura was revealing her weak spot...

Too late. Hinata was standing up, smirking at Sakura.

"That place must hurt, huh?''

(Shit...) thought Sakura as she took her stance again, brushing her dark brown hair out of her eyes. (Now she knows where to hit me at...)

"GET READY!!" Hinata called as she aggressively charged at Sakura and delivered a sharp blow to Sakura's stomach. The force knocked Sakura off balance, and as her hands automatically went behind her to break her fall, Hinata kicked Sakura in the ribs as hard as she could.

"THAT'S DIRTY FIGHTING!!!" called Mitsukake, furious at Hinata's tactics.

"Shut up!" screamed one person who was watching the fight.

"YOU SHUT UP!" retorted Mitsukake as he turned around, only to find himself glaring at a tall, huge boy a lot older than him. He looked mean, lean, and a lot stronger than Mitsu. A sweatdrop rolled down Mitsu's temple as he gave the guy an angelic smile and slowly turned around the watch the fight again. (Lol)

A loud scream was emitted from Sakura as she hit the ground, both of her arms clutching her ribs. The pain surged throughout her body as she rolled on the ground, about to cry in pain.

Hinata stood over Sakura with a dominant look on her face.

"Just say 'I give up' and it'll be all over..."

"No!!!"

Sakura's leg caught Hinata's ankles and Sakura jerked herself to take Hinata down with her to the ground. Once Hinata fell, Sakura rolled to the side and sprang to her feet.

"HADOUKEN!!"

A small, rushed burst of blue energy emerged from Sakura's palms and hit Hinata in the stomach full-force, causing her to scream in agony as she literally flew back to the ground. Sakura took this time to get up and inspect her rib... Something... was odd. It didn't seem to hurt when she did that like her Shunpukyaku did...

(Maybe I'm just imagining things...)

As Hinata got off the ground, clutching her own stomach with an arm, Sakura twisted her waist, seeing if her rib was really back up to par. It still stung a bit but it wasn't nearly as bad as before. She gave a bit of a laugh then faced her friend/opponent.

"You little cheat..." Sakura smirked, winking at Hinata. "I didn't think you'd stoop that low."

"I just thought I test drive that rib," the Taiyo girl spoke. "You looked to be favoring it... Nice little play-acting."

"Thanks... but playtime's really over this time. Show me what you really got, Hinata."

"No prob..."

On the sidelines, Sean looked at Ryu, who was still eyeing Sakura with interest and asked, "You really think she's gotten better? That little play could have really threw anyone off."

"Sean..." Ryu started, "I personally think Sakura wasn't playing it for a bit, but I admit she can definitely continue. Just look at her as she fights her friend. She's still in top form."

"Yeah... Maybe... I should warn Ken about her progress..."

"Maybe you should. Ken should heed it, too." Ryu answered with a smirk on his face. While the two special guests chatted, Darrell, who was waiting on the side, was comtenplating his situation as he rested from his earlier performance.

"Okay... I was about to go nuts when I saw Sakura do that... Now she's up and well... but Hinata won't go easy. I'm just happy those two are going toe-to-toe. I just gotta wait until Sakura and Karin get the others weakened and I'll bust out my old secret reserve." A sudden sneaky smile grew on his face. "They won't know what hit them..."

"Hey, Darrell," Karin called him from his side. "What are you so worked about? You think we won't get this off... or are you wondering if you'll get a chance to fight after I get in?"

Darrell just shook his head. "No, Karin, and if you're on our team, you better learn not to brag. Next thing you know you'll be floored..."

"Oh... is that so? I bet you that I'll be the one to get the last hit and you'll thank me for winning this for the school."

"IF that happens... Now keep your eyes on the fight. You might miss your tag cue..."

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In actuality, Sakura and Hinata weren't intending on switching out. As they went fist to fist and so, the crowd grew in loudness and such, expecting a big move soon. Some pervs were actually taking photos like Ran... only not for school purposes. Fortunately for them, no one caught them... until Daigo, the man of honor, started to play the role as bouncer, ejecting those fools. Meanwhile...

"SHOUOKEN!"

Hinata sidestepped Sakura's uppercut special and kicked her in the back, making her stumble forward. She then threw the first punches of her Rengakiken, but Sakura ducked down under the punch and swept her leg under Hinata's, tripping her. Hinata safe fell backwards and saw Sakura dash in, expecting her to do another move and decided to just hit her out of it with a light kick to her ankle. Sakura did the same, ironically, and the two traded kicks, breaking the momentum a bit. It seemed minor (because both were light kicks) but Sakura managed to see Hinata's attention quickly go to her leg... and then gave a roundhouse kick to her jaw. Critical hit...

The crowd let out a long "Ooooooooooo!!" noise as Hinata shuttered a cry and fell backwards to the crowd. A majority of the Taiyo seniors and juniors had their jaws open, since Hinata was very popular among them for getting their fighting spirits up... and she just got dropped by Sakura's move. Sakura herself let out a tiny yelp, eyeing her friend's motionless body as it lay on the ground in a heap. After reliving herself of her sudden shock (after all, it WAS one of her best friends that she just KO'd...) she sighed and raised an arm.

"I won!"

After she whispered those victorious words, the crowd let loose loud cheering and chanting, all of them praising Sakura. Her knees became weak, and she glanced over to Ryu, who was softly clapping his hands and smiling. As she began to fall to the ground, Mitsukake rushed out from the crowd and embraced her tightly before she could touch the ground with anything other than her feet.

"That was... wonderful!!" exclaimed Mitsukake as he gave her a gentle squeeze. "I've never seen a cheaper fighter than Hinata... It was great the way you handled her!" he spazzed as he grinned playfully.

"Oh... thanks..." Sakura blushed from all this attention she was receiving from everyone.

Mitsukake's hand quickly traveled behind her head and brought their faces close. Sakura's eyes widened as he placed his mouth onto hers and gave her a long, wet kiss. The crowd stared in silence, but then erupted with cheers louder than a million jet planes flying over a city. The only people being silent were Hinata, Ryu, and Darrell, whose mouth was hanging open as he gaped at Mitsukake.

"What the hell....?" he stammered as Mitsu brought has face away from Sakura, whose face turned beet red.

"If Darrell can kiss another girl, then that means you can kiss another guy to make it even..." explained Mitsu. "Congratulations on the fight again..." Mitsu let go of her and walked back to his spot he was watching the fight from, leaving Sakura dumbfounded as Darrell gaped at both of them.

"NEXT FIGHT BETTA HURRY UP OR I'M GONNA BREAK THIS PLACE!!!" threatened a loud, male voice from the audience as the sounds of a mob/gang fight began to sound. The main attraction kept all attention, though.

"You didn't need me at all!" wailed Karin to Sakura as she forced an open bottle of water into Sakura's mouth and nearly made her choke.

"AAUUGHHGHHHGH... GURGLEEEEE...." choked Sakura as she wrenched herself away from her rival. "Don't kill me, please!!"

Karin tied her long, platinum blonde hair back behind her head with a pink ribbon as she gave Sakura a big thumbs up. "Don't worry about me! I'll be fine as soon as I knock out that hot-looking dude over there!" She pointed at Kyosuke and smiled. "I won't need you, so you can go ahead and take a nap or something."

After Karin and Kyosuke prepared to duke it out in the arena, Darrell marched himself over to Sakura, who took a seat on the hard pavement ground and laid down.

"Sakura..."

"What?"

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Meanwhile, Karin and Kyosuke were staring at each other, analyzign each other's obvious strenghs and weaknesses. Kyosuke observed that Karin was sometimes hot-headed and careless. Karin saw that sometimes, Kyosuke was afraid to play a little dirty. They were both planning to use their opponent's weaknesses against them.

"KYYYAAAAAA!!!" Karin lunged forward carelessly and brought her karate chop down on Kyosuke's forearm that was blocking his head from her. With his masculine strength, he managed to repel her and force her backwards.

"Ahh!"

Karin had a soft landing on her rear as she cursed herself for wearing her most fashionable designer boots. Using one hand to undo the zippers, she hastily pulled the boots off and threw them to the side, standing on the hard pavement in her socks (Ran definitely took a pic of that).

"You've gotta be kidding..." Batsu thought out loud as he stood patiently to the side next to a Pacific High student. "Karin can't be serious about this..."

"What's wrong? Scared to hit a lady?" taunted Karin as she fluttered her eyelashes at Kyosuke in an insulting manner. Kyosuke's face turned a little red before he began to raise a fist.

"Cross Cutter!"

Karin blocked Kyosuke's two energy waves and managed to land a foot in the soft region of his stomach. Kyosuke bent over slightly, and met a sharp knee to his chin that caused him to fall flat on his back.

"N-N-not... bad..." he gasped at Karin who stood over him triumphantly. "I've seen worse..."

"Yeah, I'm sure you have... loser!" Karin grinned.

Kyosuke smiled slyly before grabbing Karin's ankles and flinging her down against the ground several feet away. He rose and bought time to charge a super attack while she was busy trying to get up.

"What the hell was that?!" she laughed at him as she brushed the dust off her back.

"Tactic," replied Kyosuke, gazing at her dangerously over the rim of his glasses.

"Sure," scoffed Karin, who tossed her hair. "Can we actually fight now?"

"As you wish..."

Kyosuke nodded at Batsu, who was standing several yards behind him, ready to tag team against Karin.

"Last Symphony!" chanted Kyosuke in an accented voice before Batsu came running.

**Bang Pow Crash**

In the blink of an eye, Karin was flat on the ground, her mouth hanging open stupidly as if she had been caught by surprise. Batsu stood on one side of her and Kyosuke on the other, both of them grinning at one another.

"That was fun..." coughed Batsu as he wiped beads of sweat from his forehead.

"Yeah, whatever..." replied Kyosuke as he took off his coat and tossed it onto the ground several meters away. He turned his back to Batsu and walked over to the bench, where he plopped down to take a break after fighting so much.

"AND THE WINNER IS KYOSUKE WITH THE HELP OF THE WONDERFUL BATSU ICHIMONJI!!!!" squealed a Taiyo freshman girl from the crowd. "WHOO-HOO!!"

Batsu walked over to Ryu and begged him for a sip of water. Ryu agreed and Mitsukake walked over to them as Batsu gulped down half of the water bottle in two gulps.

"Cool move..." commented Mitsukake absentmindedly as he stared at Sakura and Darrell talking. Their faces were turned away from the crowd and they appeared to be whispering to one another. "Wonder..."

Ryu raised his eyebrows as Batsu tossed his water bottle onto the ground and sighed.

"Thanks, Batsu..." he joked as he reached into Karin's drink cooler and pulled out a soda. "Want some of her... what the hell is this?"

All three of the boys gaped at the 2-liter soda Ryu was holding labeled 'TURKEY AND GRAVY artificially flavored soda' and nearly lost their stomach's contents.

"I heard about that..." choked Batsu as he suddenly found himself not thirsty anymore. "But it gives me an idea!"

"What?" asked Mitsukake and Ryu at the same time.

Batsu eyed two more bottles that were still in the cooler, smiled wickedly and spoke loudly. "Whoever loses the fight has to drink these... to the very last drop..."

Suddenly, almost everyone in the crowd fell silent... then...

"YEAH!! TURKEY AND GRAVY FLAVORED SODA!! THEY GOTTA DRINK THE WHOLE THING IF THEY LOSE THE MATCH!!!"

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Chan: Ew. That's just nasty... I heard about it, but I've never drank it... I don't want to drink it...

Sakura: Puke, puke, puke, puke, puke...

Chan: *Edges away* All right you can stop that now... *Runs away to find trash can as well*

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