Tournament of Anime Heroines
Part 6: Final Showdown

Sakura and Pan found themselves teleported into a small dojo. They were inside a square room with two paper walls and two wooden walls. The floor below them was made of pine wood with a large white circle painted on it. In each corner of the room was a small, golden dragon statue. Hanging from the rafters above were Chinese paper lanterns. Red and yellow streamers decorated the top edges of the room.

Sakura and Pan stood at each end of the room, facing each other. They each stared at the other.

"Sakura vs. Pan!" the Mistress exclaimed. "Let the final round begin!"

Pan struck a fighting stance.

"Don't expect me to go easy on you!" she said.

Sakura also struck a fighting stance.

"Same here!" she replied.

"Bring it on!" Sakura's inner self (a white outline of herself before a black background) erupted fiercley, "I'm not backin down, even if we have become great friends! Boo-yah!"

The two then ran towards each other. Once Pan was close, she kicked at Sakura. Sakura crossed her arms blocking Pan's kick. Pan kicked again. Sakura blocked. Pan then punched. Sakura ducked and spun around, extending her leg to trip Pan. Pan leapt back and missed Sakura's trip.

Sakura stood back up and threw a punch towards Pan. Pan dodged. Sakura threw another punch. Pan dodged again. Sakura threw a third punch. Pan caught Sakura by the fist and then kicked Sakura in the stomach, sending her staggering back. Sakura held her stomach for a few seconds.

She then faced Pan and ran forward. She leapt in the air and kicked towards Pan. Pan grabbed Sakura by the leg, much to Sakura's surprise, and flung her back. Sakura was sent flying towards a wooden wall. Before she could hit the wall, Sakura quickly moved her legs toward it. She instantly kicked the wall and sent herself flying back towards Pan. Facing the other direction, Pan was unexpectedly kicked in the back of the head and sent tumbling across the room.

Once Pan stopped, she picked herself up and charged at Sakura. She lifted her hand up in a fist, ready to punch. Pan almost hit her, but Sakura suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke. Pan was left hitting air, confusion running across her face. Sakura then appeared in a cloud of smoke a few yards behind Pan. She reached inside her side pouch and pulled out a handful of shuriken. She flung them forward. Pan sensed the attack and leapt up. The shuriken fell to the floor. Pan somersaulted forward. She landed back on her feet and faced Sakura.

"That was pretty tricky there!" she said.

"You haven't seen anything yet!" Sakura replied.

Sakura raced forward towards Pan. She flung her fist forward, ready to punch. Pan dodged out of the way and elbowed Sakura in the stomach. Pan then took her fist and almost punched Sakura in the face. Sakura ducked and punched Pan under the jaw. Sakura stood up and released a series of fast punches at Pan. Although a few missed, most of them were successful. Pan was hit hard by the bombarding punches. Caught off guard, Sakura threw a final blow at Pan.

Pan was sent flying across the room. She crashed through the paper wall with full force. Pan then found herself on a balcony smashed against the wooden railing. The balcony overlooked the edge of a rocky cliff over a thrashing sea. Pan gazed over slightly at the crashing waves below. Sakura snickered from inside the pagoda.

"Now let's see you dodge this" she said as she took out a kunai from her pouch.

She flung it forward towards Pan. Pan gazed as the ninja projectile flew towards her. The Kunai inches away from her, Pan leapt into the air and back flipped over the railing, making the kunai stick into it. Sakura gasped as she saw Pan dive over the cliff's edge.

"Gyah" Inner Sakura exclaimed, "What did she just do? She didn't just throw the match for me! What an idiot!"

Sakura raced outside across the balcony and over to the railing. Sakura gazed over the railing in shock. She saw as Pan, glowing with energy, flew above the water and back up the cliff. She flew up next to the balcony and Sakura, hovering a few feet from them. Sakura was shocked.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Inner Sakura yelled!

"You can fly?" Sakura asked.

"Among other things!" Pan said.

Pan then charged herself with energy and bulleted toward Sakura. She hit her dead center and sent the two of them flying across the dojo. They both crashed through the other side and saw themselves stumble down a steep set of stone stairs. They tumbled on down, each one holding onto the other. They finally reached the bottom, stumbling into a rock garden. Sand clouded the air as the two made impact. The sand died down, revealing Pan who had Sakura pinned to the ground.

Sakura kicked Pan away from her and towards a nearby boulder. She leapt up and faced her, reaching into her satchel.

"It's over!" she exclaimed.

She pulled from her satchel a handful of Kunai. She flung her arm back.

"SAKURA BLIZZARD TECHNIQUE!" she screamed as she tossed the Kunai forward towards Pan.

Pan watched stunned as the Kunai flew towards her. She leapt into the air just as soon as the kunai neared her. The kunai hit the boulder, causing a great explosion on impact.

Pan floated in the air above the explosion. She gazed down at Sakura.

"Now it's over!" she exclaimed as she stretched both her arms out, palms facing Sakura.

"KAMEHAME…" she chanted, forming a ball of energy in her hands.

"HA!" she exclaimed, releasing the ball into a beam.

The beam flew rapidly towards Sakura. Sakura tried to run from the beam, but it was of no avail. The beam hit her dead on. A large explosion occurred, sending Sakura flying back into another boulder. The debris from the explosion settled, revealing Sakura sitting collapsed before the rock.

Pan flew down and ran towards Sakura. She knelt down before her.

"Are you okay?" she asked anxiously

Sakura struggled to look up, her face slightly bruised.

"You just hit me with a blast rivaled to an atomic bomb, you knucklehead!" Inner Sakura screamed, "Does it look like I'm okay?"

"Yes" Sakura said weakly, "But I'm afraid I can't go on! You win!"

Sakura then collapsed on the ground before Pan who looked down at her with worry.

"But was it worth it?" Pan asked.

"WINNER!" the Mistress exclaimed, "Pan!"

The two then disappeared in flashes of lightning.

End of Part 6
Next: Game Over

And the tournament is over! Well, the story isn't over, but that's that for the competition. What D'yah think? Did you like or dislike the outcome? Review.

If you were the first ten to check out the last chapter, you'd notice some typo errors. Originally, It was going to be Sango and Pan in the final round. I then changed it so it was Sakura versus Pan, being that it would be more interesting since Sango just throws her oversized boomerang around to fight (sorry Sango fans, no hard feelings)! So, I changed the last chapter a bit, but I accidentaly left some errors behind, thus confusing some readers. I managed to fix those errors and hopefully everything is straight!

A side note to this chapter: I added the Inner Sakura dialogue at the last minute. Originally, they weren't in there, but Sakura without Inner Sakura is like a hot fudge sundae without the hot fudge.

Finally, my devoted fan Arue (who does the most reviewing) has done another fanart for my fic, just like the last fanart for my "Tournament of Anime Heroes" fic. Go to her profile page for the link to her art gallery, you'll find it there under "The Champions: Girl Power!".