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Sakurazuka Kaoru

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Posts: 18

(17/01/2009 10:30 PM)

Demon
Seventh Captain of
Inner Heaven

Hermaphrodite
Thinks he's a guy
But looks like a girl!

Be nice and friendly
And don't irritate her!

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The gong rang through the air like a belt of thunder, once, twice, three times, and with each hammer, the crowd settled down a little more. They knew the next match was going to start and they wanted to know who was going to get beaten black and blue in the arena next.

Once all was silent, the announcer shouted out, "Behold, the next match! They may be both from the beginner's tier, but that doesn't mean the fight won't be good! On the left, she's just a little girl with a wooden sword, but she's been unstoppable ever since she first showed up! We don't know where she came from and we don't care! You love her, you want to hug the stuffing out of her and you want to see her beat the next big, bad adult into the ground! It's Kaoru!"

The child let out a sigh of annoyance at the speech. She hated most everything about it, but she understood it was the announcer's job to get the crowd riled up. The truth was irrelevant. Relativity was all that mattered. They could relate to a cute kid. A demon captain from another plane was a bit harder to get behind. Instead of dwelling on it further, she readjusted her kimono and skipped on out into the sight of the crowds, hopping and waving enthusiastically. Yoshimitsu liked it when she acted cute because the people would bet more. If it got her fights so she could move up and get more money, that was fine by her, and she enjoyed it, anyway.

Next, the announcer would call out her opponent, and when she beat him, her next fight could finally be against Hapless Han and she would be out of this third-rate children's dog and pony show.

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(07/04/2009 04:07 PM)

Incidental Characters

They're here only incidentally
And won't be here very long
Unless they're very useful
Usefully incidental!
...Er... yes...

"And speaking of that big, bad adult-" began the announcer once more, "He's the biggest, baddest, meanest adult from this side of the Jade Empire! He's supposedly eaten bears alive and destroyed a mountain with his prowess - he's big, he's bad! He's the Triple-Tonne Tanaguchi!!!" With that, a loud cheer rang up from the crowd, as people stood up and applauded, splashing drink and dropping monetary bets everywhere.

The fighter in question was a brute. That was all that could be said about it. He was huge, with a frame ove five times the size of the slight little Kaoru. His arms were as thick as pillars but his eyes were small and beady and he towered over the little lilac haired creature with a delighted grin on his face. "Heh----?!" he placed a hand to his brow and mockingly began to search the arena. "Where's my opponent! I don't see anyone except a little child!" He snickered then bent down - the strong stench of alcohol on his breath - "What'cha doing here kid? This ain't no place for you to play around. You've fought small-fry up til me. Why don't you turn around and run on home to mummy?" he snorted loudly, tapping the wooden sword carelessly at his side. He seemed to be the kind of man who used brute strength rather than skill when it came to fighting - judging by the way he held his weapon.

"So what's it gonna be kiddie? You run home back to your mummy's skirts, or stay and get pulverised?!"

"I am CUTE!
You Hear me?! Cute! Cute I say!
Mwhahaha!
Bow down and obey me and my cuteness!!!!"

- Goku Iikou -

Sakurazuka Kaoru

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Posts: 19

(07/04/2009 07:08 PM)

Demon
Seventh Captain of
Inner Heaven

Hermaphrodite
Thinks he's a guy
But looks like a girl!

Be nice and friendly
And don't irritate her!

Face to face with the monstrosity of a man, Kaoru had to tilt her head back nearly all the way just to glimpse his face. A hundred remarks ran through her mind as he rattled on and on. His eyes were the eyes of the fool, she thought, dim, tiny things indicative of a small spirit and smaller mind. He had been clearly drinking before the match. Alcohol in such excess was for the realm of amateurs and idiots in the first place, and for those among even them that desired a quick end to their life when imbibed prior to combat. His shouting indicated yet more faults, as one who feels the need to shout so is often either in possession of little, if any, self control, or an intelligence too little to understand it.

But through all the shouting and insults the large man hurled down at her, she remained silent, blinking up at him with her large, childlike eyes, because children didn't say such things. Instead, when he finally finished, she brought her leg over and spontaneously stomped on his foot.

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(07/04/2009 08:09 PM)

Incidental Characters

They're here only incidentally
And won't be here very long
Unless they're very useful
Usefully incidental!
...Er... yes...

The action surprised the man more than hurt him, and he let out a loud yelp in shock, stumbling backwards and holding onto his foot momentarily, growling like a wild boar. The crowd cheered and laughed uproarously, clapping at the little child's spunk. Tanaguichi growled and snarled, raising his wooden sword above his head, "You little brat!" he barked, swinging his sword through the air with as much force as a tree falling in the forest, vicious and angry, and definately not happy to hear himself being laughed at by the crowd about him.

Sakurazuka Kaoru

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(08/04/2009 03:32 AM)

Demon
Seventh Captain of
Inner Heaven

Hermaphrodite
Thinks he's a guy
But looks like a girl!

Be nice and friendly
And don't irritate her!

The child's sudden movement was so graceful compared to her opponent's unpolished bruteness that when the sword came down, it was like she just wasn't there anymore. With a small half-spin, she came around to his side, instead, allowing the weapon to collide with the ground as she promptly stomped on his other foot.

The Incidental Characters

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(08/04/2009 07:41 PM)

Incidental Characters

They're here only incidentally
And won't be here very long
Unless they're very useful
Usefully incidental!
...Er... yes...

"Brat?!!!" He roared, lifting his foot up and swinging it heavily through the air with an attempt to perhaps kick Kaoru in the face while bringing the sword down with a ferocious movement from the other side. "I'll get youuuuu brat!" he shouted, stomping on the floor angrily and snorting like a bull. The crowd cheered and clapped once more. This was a very good fight indeed!

Sakurazuka Kaoru

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(08/04/2009 08:21 PM)

Demon
Seventh Captain of
Inner Heaven

Hermaphrodite
Thinks he's a guy
But looks like a girl!

Be nice and friendly
And don't irritate her!

Since her foot had already been taken off by the time he brought it around, Kaoru was already moving back when he tried to kick her, and jumped back again to clear his second strike with his sword, all the while still not having drawn her own. The "child" wrinkled her petite little nose up at his snarling and stomping. "You look like a boy cow," she told him, intending to use the more child-like reference. It would likely offend him more than being compared to a mighty bull and would remind him that he was facing a "mere" child, whom he had yet to even hit.

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Posts: 186

(08/04/2009 08:29 PM)

Incidental Characters

They're here only incidentally
And won't be here very long
Unless they're very useful
Usefully incidental!
...Er... yes...

"GRAAAAAAAHHHH!" he roared again, snorting and snarling angrily as he charged towards her at full pelt, running like a giant boulder rolling down a steep mountain-side. He made a move towards her, though suddenly his foot, heavy as it was hit a soft spot in the floor. There was a crunch, and suddenly the huge Ten Tonne Tanaguchi was no longer quite so huge. In fact the floor had collapsed beneath him and he was wedged from the stomach-up in the podium. "Wraaaaaaagh! Get me out!!!!" he shouted. The referee blinked, looking totally shocked. Technically the fighter had not stepped out of the circle, so he was still technically in the match!

Sakurazuka Kaoru

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(08/04/2009 09:02 PM)

Demon
Seventh Captain of
Inner Heaven

Hermaphrodite
Thinks he's a guy
But looks like a girl!

Be nice and friendly
And don't irritate her!

Kaoru, too, stood silent for a moment or two. That was, indeed, a shock. Who would have thought that the floor would have given out quite so spectacularly? Indeed, she had been under the impression the arena was solid ground. Still, not one to pass up such an opportunity, she grinned as she moved over, making sure to skip, to the large man and knelt down in front of him just out of arms' reach. "Whoops!" she observed. "You slipped and fell, Mr. Tanaguchi! Do you need a hand up?"

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(08/04/2009 09:10 PM)

Incidental Characters

They're here only incidentally
And won't be here very long
Unless they're very useful
Usefully incidental!
...Er... yes...

The fighter snarled and cursed and growled, swinging his sword about angrily and violently all the while, "Brat! Goddammed bratty! I'll kill you!!!" he shouted. His face turning as red as a beetroot with fury while banging his fists on the ground almost causing it to shake and to cause some people in the crowd to fall over.

Sakurazuka Kaoru

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(08/04/2009 10:49 PM)

Demon
Seventh Captain of
Inner Heaven

Hermaphrodite
Thinks he's a guy
But looks like a girl!

Be nice and friendly
And don't irritate her!

But still, the child just leaned back so she wouldn't be caught by the sword. "I was just going to help you up," she answered, "but if you really don't want up ..."

Kaoru stood and moved out and around behind him so he would be unable to turn and get to her, and she reached around and grasped the hilt of her wooden sword. "Are you sure you don't want me to help you out of there?" she asked one more time.

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Posts: 188

(09/04/2009 09:52 AM)

Incidental Characters

They're here only incidentally
And won't be here very long
Unless they're very useful
Usefully incidental!
...Er... yes...

"Shut up you little brat!" he snarled wriggling inside his squished entrapment, trying somehow to escape. "When I get outta here I'm gonna squish you under my foot!!!" he yelled. By this point, all the crowd who were sitting in the stands where upon their feet, waiting with baited breath through the anticipation of what could happen next. The referee - who was standing behind and a little to the side of Tanaguichi, raised his hand in preparation for the round to be over.

Sakurazuka Kaoru

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(11/04/2009 02:14 AM)

Demon
Seventh Captain of
Inner Heaven

Hermaphrodite
Thinks he's a guy
But looks like a girl!

Be nice and friendly
And don't irritate her!

The child grinned impishly and knelt down behind him so she could whisper quietly enough for no one but him to hear. "Don't take it too hard," she advised him, the happy-go-lucky tone gone from her voice as she spoke more seriously, though this was a relative tone, given that it was still the voice of a child coming from a child's body. "Bigger men than even you have tried and failed, Ten Tonne Tanaguichi. And for what it's worth, you're pretty powerful considering your limitations."

She jumped back to her previous position energetically as she drew her wooden katana and thrust it into the air. "Okay!" she declared with a bright, childish smile and spun about like she was going to strike him in the side of the head, but stopped before connecting. Instead, making it plain so the audience would be able to see, she spun her sword about, propped it on her shoulder, raised her foot and "gently" kicked him in the back of the head. In truth, the soft motion had actually had enough force at the right location to render Tanaguichi safely unconscious.

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Posts: 189

(11/04/2009 05:30 PM)

Incidental Characters

They're here only incidentally
And won't be here very long
Unless they're very useful
Usefully incidental!
...Er... yes...

A silence descended on the crowd, all blinking, looking utterly astounded as the man fell unconcious. Even the referee seemed to forget his place for a moment. Suddenly a cheer rang out from the crowd and the refree got back to his senses, ringing the gong. "And the winner is--- Astoundingly enough! That pint-sized-punter! That little Lady Kaoru!!!"

Zack Martin

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Posts: 147

(11/04/2009 08:53 PM)

Colonel
Human. We think

Cool, sharp
But a nice guy

Has a natural fighting gift
Excellent at martial arts
As well as other things
You'll have to find them out for yourself!

Zack was watching the fight with probably a little more interest than most. He'd come along to Karou's first bout worried about her, and with each passing fight, that worry had turned into curiosity. She was strong, fast, and most certainly more intelligent than most others her age. The rate she was winning, she'd be fighting against him soon, and that was something he was very much looking forward to. Shifting the sword on his back a little he departed silently, heading for the fighters entrance. He wanted to wish her luck before the next fight given it's importance, though he doubted very much she was the one who needed it.

"If you're lucky, I might actually try. If you're stupid, you'll stick around to see it."

-Zack Martin-

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