Disclaimer: I don't own Angelic Layer or anything like that, but I do own Taki, Sakuraryu, Kajuu and anyone else you don't recognize ^.~

" "-Talking ' '-Thinking -My Occasional Comments

And no, my character is not a perfect OC (and how I hate those who are) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Hey, Sakuraryu! We're here!"  Kajuu looked down at her small purse as she talked.  "We've gotta rebuild our name know that we're in a different region.  You up to it?"  She asked as she took the Angel in her purse out, and brought it up to her stomach.  "Let's go find a Training Center!" She said, once last time before putting her Angel away.  Kajuu walked around the new area, completely lost.  She was wearing a pair of faded jeans that had holes in them in all different places.  She was wearing a short sleeve shirt that was white with red sleeves.  Her long, light brown hair that she normally wore up was down, flowing over her shoulders.  She walked around the city, getting odd stares from people.  'I must look funny to them…no one at home stared at me like this.'  She thought as she wandered around hopelessly.

Finally, she had found a girl who was also carrying around an Angel.

"Excuse me," she said as she walked up to the girl and tapped her on the shoulder, "could you tell me where the nearest Angelic Layer Training Center is?"

"Yeah, you go down this street, then turn left.  Then you take a right, and the Training Center is on your right."  The girl pointed towards the street she named.

"Thanks a bunch!" Kajuu shouted as she ran away, following the girl's directions.

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"Alright! I made it!" Kajuu walked into the center carefully taking out her angel.  "Here we are, Sakura!"  Kajuu went up to the desk, sat Sakura down, and pulled out her Angel Card.

"Hello!" The lady at the desk greeted with a cheerful smile.

"Hi! I'd like a ticket for a match!" Kajuu handed the lady her card.

"Alright! You'll be on Layer 2." The lady handed the card and a key back to Kajuu.

As she was walking away, she bumped into a girl who had just finished a training session.

"Watch where you're going, shorty!" The girl said as Kajuu fell backwards.  The group around the one girl began to laugh.

"Stuff it." Kajuu murmured, getting up.

"Excuse me?" The other girl said, advancing.

"I said: Stuff it." Kajuu retorted, walking towards Layer 2.

"You play Angelic Layer?" The girl followed.

"Yeah."

"Then I challenge you!"

"You sure?"

"Of course."

"Fine.  I've got a ticket already for Layer 2.  Meet you there."  Kajuu walked ahead to Layer 2.

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"Angels to the Layer!"  A booming voice rose over all the noise in the area.

"Sakuraryu!  Use the force of the Layer to topple this foe!" Kajuu tossed her Angel into the layer.  "Angel, fall-in!"  She gracefully floated down, her white hair flowing behind her.  As soon as her feet touched the ground, her piercing purple eye opened.  She was clad in a white dress that went no further than her thigh, and no higher than mid-neck.  Her gloves went up to her forearm, and her boots, to her thigh.  There was purple mesh scattered on Sakura's dress.  She stood with one foot slightly in front of the other, her arms up protecting her face.  On her knuckles were hard plastic protectors.  Both were purple.

"Not much of an entry.  " The other girl said with a laugh and continued "Raging water! Guide Taki to victory!" She threw her angel into the Layer.  "Angel fall-in!!"  Taki's short blue hair billowed behind her as she rose in the air.  She did three summersaults, and then thrust her hands downward to the Layer, and did a head dive straight towards the ground.  Just before the Angel smashed into the ground, she shot her feet down below her, and landed softly on her feet.

"Angelic Fight!" The announcer called.

Sakura stood, waiting patiently.  Taki suddenly charged at Sakura at an alarming pace.  'Maybe she does have talent…' Kajuu thought.  'Back flip!'  She thought at the last second, and Sakura did a high jump-type flip over Taki.  'Run and spin kick!'  Kajuu thought again once Sakura had landed.  Taki was still recovering as Sakura charged.  Just within reach, Sakura did a spin kick right into Taki's back, sending the Angel flying across the Layer.  'This'll give me time to think…now; Taki has more speed than Sakura.  Also, it didn't take much effort for Sakura to send her across the Layer, so she has to be a lightweight Angel built for speed! Ok…stay on your toes, and don't expend too much energy.'  Just as Kajuu finished her analysis, Taki was charging again.  'Defend!' Sakura crossed her arms in front of her face to protect herself.  Taki put all her energy behind a series of punches.  All of the punches hit Sakura's arms, except the last one.  Taki's last punch was a devastating blow to Sakura's stomach. 

The Angel went sliding across the Layer, just barely managing to stay in.  Before Sakura could get up, Taki was already coming for another attack that would surely knock Sakura out of the Layer.  'Sakura! Get up!!!!!'  Kajuu thought desperately, but Sakura couldn't get up soon enough.  Taki leapt into the air and came down hard on Sakura.  "Sakura!" Kajuu's voice rang out through the all the other noise.  Kajuu eyed the damage meter on her visor.  'Good, Sakura can still fight… but only barely.'  Taki had moved back, and stood, no defenses up, staring at Sakuraryu.  'C'mon Sakura…up! Up!'  Kajuu thought desperately.     

Sakura lifted her head and tried to push herself up.  As she did this, her damage increased.   'Fudge!  If Sakura gets up, she'll hurt herself even more…if we can just…' Sakura managed to get up, and as soon as she did, Taki was on the move again.  'Gravity Charge!'  Kajuu thought desperately.  Sakura did two back flips, and as she pushed off the last back flip with her hands, silver wings sprouted out of Sakura's back.  She flew to the very top of the Layer.  She did a series of spins as she did a head dive towards the Layer.  She thrust her hands out and a ball of light formed in her hands and broke her fall, and as it made contact, it exploded.  Through all the dust, Sakuraryu could be seen flying at top speed towards the ceiling.  Taki's damage meter reached its maximum.  When the dust cleared, the announcers voiced echoed; "Sakuraryu wins!"

"What? This…this isn't right! Taki!!!!"  The other girl quickly picked up her Angel, and flashed Kajuu a dirty look.  Kajuu just smiled, and motioned for a handshake.  The other girl just turned away, and walked out of the room.

"Looks like we did it, huh Sakura?"  Kajuu smiled at her Angel.

'Wow, I'd love to fight her…maybe she'll enter in the Official Tournament…' A short, brown hair blue-eyed girl thought as she stood in the crowd.  She pulled an Angel out of her pocket.  "Wouldn't you like to fight her, Hikaru?"