[center][img]https://www.andersonkenya1.net/uploads/monthly_2018_05/sakura.gif.4172cca03a08e0d31f296dd0e369c2ea.gif[/img] [h3][color=fff79a]Kasugano Sakura[/color][/h3]
Level 3: 10/30
Location: The Atomos, onto the Sea. [@DracoLunaris], [@MULTI_MEDIA_MAN]
Word Count: 568
Points Gained: 1
New EXP Balance--- Level 3: 11/30 [/center]

	Sakura swerved around as Junior instructed her to close the bay doors. [color=fff79a]"Can't you do that from up there!?" [/color]She shouted, now beginning to look around for buttons to press. But she realised that Junior was intent on retreating. Those ship girls- she didn't see much, but she could tell they were losing the fight. The enemy fleet, particularly that all white woman, was beginning to destroy them. Sakura had never been in a real, all out battle like this, and she felt fear well up inside her. For a moment she backed up from the cargo bay opening, her hands drawn into her chest. 

	Kamek rushed in. [color=fff79a]"I...I guess there's nothing we can do."[/color] Sakura said, dejectedly. Her heart was once again heavy with the idea of making sacrifices in the name of the greater good. This encounter might just prove that The Maw was their only way forward. The ship girls would be destroyed. One day these monsters might even reach Limsa town and destroy the whole thing. She felt powerless and bitter. Her fists clenched. Two snipers appeared to cover their retreat.

	An orb was brought into the ship. By one Kamek's minions. Sakura snatched the orb up and held it in her glove hands. She didn't know this girl. Didn't know her name. But everything that was left of her in this world was in her hands. Sakura knew how the spirits worked. She had been filled in in Smash City, and in her Galeem influenced travels had picked up knowledge about these objects. Her eyes began to shimmer wet. The image of the ship girl was free of Galeem's influence. She had died because of Galeem. She had friends, out here on this very sea. Sakura had before this moment been scared of the puppets of this world. But they were still willing to fight to protect the things they cared about it. Even if this whole world was all topsy turvy, evil still existed, and evil still needed to be vanquished.

	Sakura had never been a hero before, but there was a first time for everything. Princess Peach had told her that things were going to work out. And most importantly, she could never imagine Ryu walking away from a righteous battle that needed fighting. If he was here, he would probably tell her to stay back and go himself. 

	[color=fff79a][i](But Ryu isn't here. I am. I have a chance to do the right thing. Besides, even if Ryu was here...he would probably look really stupid in a dress with cat ears! HOWEVER, I CAN PROBABLY PULL IT OFF!)[/i][/color]

	She glanced back at Geralt, Kamek, and Junior, eyes shining. [color=fff79a]"I'm going down there. I'm gonna help them escape."[/color] Sakura said. With that, she pressed the spirit into her chest and became one with the spirit of the fallen sailor.

	As she transformed Sakura dove towards the closing cargo bay door. She transitioned into a roll. Finally, she propelled herself up and out. Spreading her limbs out wide she slowed her fall.

	 [url=https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/File:SFEX3-Se_%E3%80%9C%E3%80%9C_no!.ogg?embedplayer=yes]"Se~~~no!"[/url] She cried out, wind rushing past her ears. As she reached the surface of the water, she pivoted her legs down to catch herself, and hopefully, skid across the ocean's surface like a water strider bug.