Vespa vs Yayuuki "Lucky" Sakura: Is a Wasp and a Cheerleader so different?

Vespa was sincere in her praise. Any additional power to the hive was welcome, and while Lucky was technically something closer towards a wanderer, someone who was not quite as close to the hive as Vespa considered herself, but she had earned her place in the Queens army and the companionship of her loyalist soldier. To see that Lucky had trained herself to this degree, earning herself a powerful attack that seemed like a simple standard roundhouse meant Lucky had grown exponentially since they last met. The Queen would be pleased, and so in turn was Vespa.

Vespa paid Lucky’s declaration to win little mind. The loyal knight had grown stronger as well, and though that kick was indeed powerful, she was sure of her durability. One simple kick was never enough to squash Vespa, so driven to battle for her queen. She could get up after the most devastating of blows, and her training only strengthened her endurance. Lucky was in for her own vile fight, despite the comradery the two shared.

Rather then let the peppy girl smash her once again, Vespa actually put up a wall of defense. She had learned the advantages of using herself as a shield as much as a spear, and so adapted a few stances that made use of her strength and endurance. Her arms moved to block the incoming attack, Lucky’s boots smashing into the warrior’s forearms and causing her to roll backwards. It earned some distance between the two, but Vespa was quick to fly back towards Lucky like an angry wasp.

Lucky was quick to recover, already moving towards Vespa. The Wasp actually crawled towards the cheerleader like something out of a horror movie. The knight was quick to climb to her bipedal stance, quickly rising up to throw a light uppercut that would be followed with a clothesline attack.

Lucky charged down Vespa with the intent of taking her to the floor... but little did she know that the wasp had been ready for such a counter attack! Instead of taking her blow head on, Vespa put up a guard between the cheerleader's boots and their target, a twin-arm wall that deflected most of the force and making the oncoming attack FAR less effective! Sakura fell to the floor as her opponent rolled away, the golden cheerleader quickly hopping back up to her feet... only to be subject to a disturbing sight:

The bee crawled towards her quickly, unnervingly so, like something out of the Grudge or something! Her movements were borderline uncanny and strange, hypnotizing in the way such things were! Lucky's eyes were wide, in shock that Vespa would choose to come at her this way... but it was effective enough for closing distance safely seeing as she was able to get back to her feet and deliver upon the smaller Lucky a POWERFUL uppercut to her stomach!

"UUUUURF!" She gagged, bending INSTANTLY over Vespa's fist, her jaw cheeks PUFFING out to catch the air being force into her mouth from within! Her rival wasn't done so quickly, however, no, she had a clothesline up and ready for the cheerleader's consumption! The knight's arm SLAMMED into Sakura's chin DEAD on, knocking her HARD on her back with a resounding *THUMP*, leaving the girl laying flat out and spread-eagled, just desperate to fill her lungs with air once again!

"Huff.... Huff... Huff..." She gasped, her eyes clenched shut, trying to bare with the pain knotting in her stomach. "...Ow...."

“HAAA hahahahahahahahahaha!”

Lucky had no IDEA what Vespa was truly capable of when the Wasp woman aimed to impress. Crawling like the insect she was based on was child’s play to her, and her speed was unmatched! She did prefer to face an enemy standing as her arms were where she stored her stingers, but she had long grown accustomed to using herself as a weapon, be it her violent bites of her hard as a rock armor. Lucky hardly expected such a brilliant maneuver, so stunned by what she saw she actually dropped her guard! Oh, how pleased the royalty would be with Vespa, the praise she would shower her with! The full might of the Hive would bear down on Lucky, to show her exactly what she was missing!

Vespa quickly raised herself to a preferable offensive position, and nailed her target directly in her thorax. The muscles were strong, but hardly a comparison to Vespa’s exoskeleton~ The newcomer was left wide open to the senior warrior’s clothesline, and she fell upon the larger wasp’s attack. Now the newcomer was dazed and left ripe for the plucking. Vespa smiled down at Lucky warmly before bending over and grabbing a tight grip of her top, pulling her limp form into a sitting position so that Vespa could speak into her ear.

“Hehehehehehhehee hee hee hoooo~ You have grown too used to your wings, little one. Fear not~ The Hive an I will show you how to walk as I just have. You will be a fine soldier, with just a little more training~”

If Lucky had yet to respond, Vespa would simply pick Lucky’s limp form off the ground until the cheerleader was standing. Afterwards, the Wasp would simply throw her into the corner post, giggling to herself all the while.

Lucky was more or less out-of-it as Vespa laughed over the apparent shift in favor, barely able to catch the words of encouragement(?) her opponent had thrown her way. Her declaration (as strangely as it was worded) breathed new fire into the cheerleader's breast, a fire to teach HER a thing or two! While Vespa stood there as proud as a bee could be, Lucky took her time on the ground to formulate some kind of plan... What could she do when she got to her feet? What move could she use to knock those snickery giggles right off the bee's lips?

...Vespa grabbed at the neck of Lucky's top, yanking her up into a sitting position so that they were closer. The soldier-bee sounded confident, more confident than before considering the lack of fight Sakura was now putting up, the larger woman simply pulling the cheerleader too her feet... AND TOSSING HER towards a nearby turnbuckle! Forced into a sprint by Vespa's throw, Lucky charged at the corner, seemingly going to impact with it dead on... BEFORE suddenly she made a HUGE jump, landing upon the upper most turnbuckle in a great display of acrobatics! What was more, Lucky wasn't just doing this to stop her blind charge! No, she was gonna show Vespa just how much good her "wings" can do her when her back was to the wall!

"I'll teach you!" She declared, springing back an instant after she had landed upon the turnbuckle... and MOONSAULTING right over Vespa, attempting to SLAM into her and bring the wasp DOWN! Little good her "walking" would do her when she's flatted against the floor, huh??? Sakura normally wasn't this aggressive but this was a rivalry, darn it! She was gonna give Vespa EVERYTHING because that's what rivals did! Afterwords, they could go out to eat, maybe spend a few hours having fun but now? This very moment? She wasn't Vespa's friend as much as she was her opponent!

If her moonsault landed the way it intended to, Sakura would scoop up one of Vespa's legs in a pinning position, looking down at her opponent with a blaze in her emerald eyes!

...If not and Vespa was able to move out of the way? ...It was gonna be a long and painful way down then...

Lucky felt so very light in Vespa’s hands. The poor cheerleader was absolutely whopped out after sustaining two devastating blows without so much as a piece of armor to defend herself with, and now all she could do was lay limp in the Wasp’s grasp. The sad little thing would have to grow stronger, if not for the royalty, then for herself! Though it may be rough, it was Vespa’s duty to ensure that Lucky grew to be the best soldier she could be! In order to insure success, no punches could be pulled, and no mercy shown…unless the Queen commands it, of course~

With a simple heave, the cheerleader was on her feet! It would only take a small effort to toss the shell-shocked woman towards the turnbuckle, the Wasp intending to smash the Un-Lucky girl against the post! Vespa always felt so excited when in battle, serving her Queen and she could hardly control herself enough not to go chasing after Lucky like a mindless drone. She growled and snickered to herself, watching Lucky careen towards the corner at top speed…but it still wasn’t fast enough! Vespa wanted the Queens praise and a valiant battle! Standing there would earn her none!

“Hoo Hoohahahahahahahahahhah! FOR THE GLORY OF THE HIVE!!!!!”

Vespa charged after Lucky like she had personally disturbed her hive, looking to deliver a painful reminder who was the larger of the two in the form of a tackle against the post. Vespa was determined to keep on Lucky, but she screeched to a halt when the smaller warrior hopped up on the highest ropes, and declared Vespa’s faulty education.

“Eh? Speak up! Come down from there and fight with honor!”

No sooner had the Wasp spoken then Sakura launch herself from her perch, twisting around in the air and SLAMMING right into Vespa. A direct hit, and one that toppled the woman back down to the floor with a loud “Oof!”

A hiss escaped Vespa’s sharpened teeth, and she began to rub the sharp pain in the back of her head. All of the concern for herself disappeared the moment she felt one of her legs get hooked, and the referee began to count.

“1!”

“2!”

Vespa growled even louder then before, lifting her shoulder off the floor to wrap it around the Cheerleader and toss her away violently. Vespa’ eyes flashed a desire for battle, to continue on with the spar and to see if she could best this young warrior or not. The Royalties most loyal soldier did not doubt her chances of victory…but she did think about them carefully.

The smaller cheerleader SLAMMED into Vespa with remarkable accuracy and force, bringing down the bee-knight and rolling her up quite effectively and quickly! Sh had anticipated her rival to kick out instantly, for her to come back like a raging hive or something like that but with each second counted, Lucky began to feel more and more hopeful! Maybe she did it already... Maybe she got Vespa down and would win this no-problem! Maybe-

"WAAAAH!" Lucky cried as she was practically HURLED from Vespa, rthe cheerleader sent rolling a good foot or so from this sudden break in the hold! She was quick to recover herself, however, hopping up to her feet quickly and making a dash RIGHT at Vespa, refusing to let her even have an instant to recover herself! With an arm stretched out to the side, Sakura aimed a clothesline RIGHT at her opponent's neck as she was getting up, aiming to knock her down again as swiftly as she'd rise! Should her rival be quick enough to shift out of the way, Lucky would simply keep running, whirling around so that her back connected with the ropes she was sprinting towards... and propel herself off their stretching-elastic binds! Coming at Vespa faster this time, Lucky would JUMP at the last second before they might collide, raising her knee so that it would SLAM into the bee-knight's cheek and hopefully send her back down to the floor again!

...Had to keep her grounded and weak... She really couldn't compete well in a slug-out with Vespa...

If this attack managed to connect... or if the clothesline had, Sakura would raise an arm... and then kick her legs out from under herself so that the point of her elbow would fall into her rival's stomach in an elbow-drop!

Vespa rolled away just as quickly, her teeth bared in a grin and her shoulders shaking from her consistent snickering. She would not be bested so easily, and the fact that Lucky looked just a tad bit disappointed surprised Vespa, just a little. It must have been her imagination. Surely, she would never dream to let the match end so…dull. Not for the Queen! The Wasp convinced herself she was imagining it, and nothing more.

Vespa was positioned much as she had been before, in her insect crawling stance, but hopped right back up when she noticed Lucky charging her again. The grin did not disappear from the Wasps’ maw, as she knew what was coming. Lucky was so adorable in a way, she seemed to repeat the same mistakes as their previous battle, and this time Vespa was ready and waiting. Lucky’s arm stretched out for a clothesline, but it would not fell an impact of any kind. The wasp was quick to duck underneath the attack, throwing an elbow into the passing cheerleaders lower back as she ran pass.

“Ha! You repeat your attacks, Lucky! You will never best me with recycled tacti-ARGH!!!!”

Well, perhaps she spoke too soon. Lucky’s sudden knee to Vespa’s chin made a pretty good argument against Vespa’s previous taunt, and the Wasp collapsed into a heap, her yellow eyes stunned beyond belief as she crashed to the floor. She had hardly any time to think before a sharp elbow slammed into her abs, the Wasp curling up in defense of her stomach. A shrill cry of pain came from the wasp before she tried to roll away, clutching her stomach and hissing as she did so.

“W-Won’t fail her again……The royalty…will have her victory…heh heh…”

Lucky's plan went off without a hitch, her knee first leveling Vespa and bringing her to the ground, and her elbow soon after falling upon her exposed belly! Well THAT was suitable payback for those hits from before! Sakura couldn't help but smile proudly as her friend rolled away, clutching at her belly! She had her on the run, looking for a chance to breath! Well... She wouldn't get that chance! Sakura was here to win and that meant NO BREAKS FOR YOU! The Cheerleader followed after Vespa quickly after she rolled to escape, reaching out to grab the larger woman by her shoulders and pull her to her feet! If she had enough strength to roll away, Lucky obviously hadn't done enough damage to submission her yet! That was fine though... even though she was breathing heavily still with her chest bouncing deliciously in time, she had reattained enough air to go on the strong offensive again... and she would keep it up for sure!

If she managed to get Vespa to her feet, Lucky would strike at Vespa's cheek with a straight-up forearm strike before returning that uppercut to her stomach with one of her own! Her fist, if left unimpeded, would connected with the wasp's solar-plexus, aiming to give HER a taste of breathlessness!

Lucky's competitive drive was going ALL THE WAY in this fight... mainly because she didn't want to disappoint Vespa! She had trained so hard for her and wanted nothing more than to give her the fight she deserved! While the wasp might've been fighting for the force she called "Queen" and "Royalty", Sakura wanted nothing more than to dedicate her performance to this girl! Even though she secretly wished they could've gotten together a whole lot before now, she would give Vespa her all... 100% This entire fight!

That's what friends do for each other, after all!

Lucky was right on top of Vespa, giving her no chance to catch her breath or recover from any of the cheerleader’s attacks. She clenched her teeth as Sakura grasped onto her shoulders and began to hoist her up onto her feet, no doubt planning to inflict even more damages. Vespa’s abs still hurt from the elbow drop from earlier, but would never let something as trivial as pain stop her from showing her worth to her queen.  As soon as Lucky grabbed onto Vespa’s powerful shoulders, the bee swiped her hands away, almost violently.

Sakura slammed her elbow into Vespa’s cheek, hurting Vespa’s face more so then any stinger could. The Wasp snickered and swung a forearm blow of her own, smashing her elbow into her foe’s face the same way she had just done. The two were beginning o simply pound one another, as Lucky sent an uppercut into Vespa’s abs, looking to push her advantage while she still could. The blow burned the damaged warrior’s stomach, but Vespa still fought, cocking a fist back and firing it off into Lucky’s general direction. The punch lacked Vespa’s usual abundance of power, her lungs still empty from the blow.

Vespa needed to recover, and since retreat was not an option, she went on a wild attack! Right after the punch, the wasp lunched forward to collide her skull with Lucky’s. Vespa was hopping to stun her just a bit and leave her with a need to recover much like the knight. If it failed, then the black and gold woman would have to think of something, and fast!

The two women fell into a trade-off of hits, the Cheerleader's blows prior doing very little to stunt her opponent's performance! It was truly incredible how she was able to keep fighting as well has she had after taking such blows, Vespa apparently having been training her durability as much as everything else! Sakura SLAMMED her forearm into the Wasp's cheek... and recieved one in return! The cheerleader's head was knocked sideways, forcing her to take a step back to right herself... before throwing a powerful uppercut punch right into her rival's stomach! She had been sure this blow would've brought Vespa down to her knees, her fist striking DEAD ON and fast without anything to soften the blow... But it seemed it was not strong enough to even STUN her rival, the wasp instead letting off a strong... if wild punch of her own... Which connected solidly with Lucky's jaw!

While it wasn't quite as powerful as the forearm beforehand... it was enough to shock Sakura, her eyes wide, a small spray of saliva escaping her lips!

W-wow... She thought to herself as focus returned to her! She... She's so strong... What kind of training did she do...? I gotta know! Her emerald eyes, previously blank within her stun, flashed back to life as she WHIPPED her head back, determined to keep her momentum coming! She wasn't gonna lose this... Not even if Vespa-

*CRACK!*

Sakura fell HARD on her back as both Sakura's and Vespa's heads collided in an unintentional (at least on Lucky's end) mutual HEADBUTT, their foreheads CRASHING against one another with enough force to make even the crowd outside cringe! Lucky stared up at the lights above her blankly, the throbbing behind her eyes and the sharp burning of her forehead causing tears to whell up!

"Unnnnnnngh...." She groaned softly, bringing her hands up to limply cover her face. "Owwwww...... Whyyyyyy......"