Just before the tournament (for sarah gatt)

Akashi didn't understand the answer to her question and as she was hauled up she tried desperately to see who was assaulting her but she could barely see a thing. The knee to the face sent her reeling and she landed on her back. She could still hear her music playing and just wanted this woman to leave. She managed to get to her hands and knees once more but was facing away from Sarah now. She just hoped she could keep enough energy to stand up. She already felt like blacking out.

Sarah marched up to Akshi as she again tried to stand up. If the woman was smart she would have stayed down. Not that it would have stopped Sarah. Now that she knew Akashi was in the tournament she might as well take her out of it while she had the chance. and even better, Akashi still didn't know it was Sarah attacking her.

As she was on her hands and knees Sarah would come up behind Akashi, and then stomp down hard on her knee.

Akashi fell down and clutched her leg as pain shot through her. She gave a cry of pain but suddenly growled. She looked in the direction of Sarah and began to speak. "If you want to do this then fine but it'll have to wait, I have a match to get to." Akashi slowly began to get up again, this time facing Sarah.

Sarah laughed in a very mocking way. The sight of Akashi as she said that, bloody and battered, was hilarious to the red-haired woman. "Shut up," Sarah chuckled, and then viciously grabbed Akashi by her hair as she was halfway off the floor. "You're in my world now." And then Sarah would send punch after brutal punch into the woman's face.

Akashi grunted when Sarah grabbed her hair. Akashi took one punch then another, each one threatening to send her into unconsciousness. When the third one came she reached out her hands and grabbed Sarah's wrist and squeezed it tightly. "No!" She yelled. She was shaking and had no idea where she managed any kind of strength. "You listen to me." She growled. "Nothing! is going to keep me from that match. Nothing!" She lowered her head and tried to spear Sarah into the wall.

Sarah pummeled Akashi with an almost child-like glee, once, two times, but on third, she was caught at the wrist. Growling, Sarah tried to pull away, but the grip Akashi had on her was too tight. Just when she thought the woman was through she was back for moe. "OOOFF!!" Sarah grunted when Akashi barreled into her, just about lifting her off her feet, and then she let out a cry as her back slammed against the wall. "Grrhh...fuck off!!" Sarah shouted. Rasing her arms hihj she would bring them down over the back of Akashi's head in an axe-handled blow.

Akashi clutched onto Sarah's outfit tightly as she kept herself buried in Sarah's stomach. The axe handle smash caused her to loose consciousness for a mere second before regaining her composure and maintaining her grip, only her position keeping her from falling over and hopefully to keep from noticing. Tightening her grip she tried to throw Sarah to the ground and stumble backwards. "No matter how much you beat this body, you'll never break me! Now get out of here!" Akashi felt faint and almost blacked out again. Gasping for breath, she leaned over and looked up to see if she could catch any kind of look at her assailant. From the blur it could be anyone but something seemed familiar about this woman but she couldn't make it out. She'd think about it more later. For now she needed to leave and turned to walk out to the arena.

Sarah grinded her teeth when Akashi refused to let go of her. She forgot how resiliant the woman was at times. Then Sarah stumbled when Akashi tossed her, but managed to keep her footing and stay standing. Things were turning against her. What started out as an ambush was quickly evolving into a brawl, and while Sarah would have loved to stick around and show Akashi just how breakable she was, Sarah had a match to get to herself, and wearing herself down beforehand just wasn't smart. She was content with the fact that Akashi wouldn't get far in the tournament in her shape.

"Fine then," she shrugged, and turned her back on the woman. "See you around..." Sarah smirked. "...diaper girl." Referring to Sarah's old nickname for Akashi would give her a hint to who did this to her. With that in mind Sarah walked down the opposite end of the hall.