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Level 7: 31/70
Location: Carcass Isle- Kosm's Beach
Word Count: 514
Points Gained: 4
New EXP Balance--- Level 7: 35/70 [/center]

	Sakura grimaced as Rika almost got bisected. Fortunately, her allies, including Bella, intercepted it. [color=f49ac2]"Be careful, [i]Rika-chan!"[/i][/color] She called out, shooting another fireball at the Orphan. She just wasn't sure how to push in. They were all too disorganized! They needed a concentrated strike, but big baby had them all on the back foot. It's power was immense.

	But she couldn't think about that now. She realised that Bella was about to get blown sky high by this creature's glowing blood attack. [color=f49ac2][i]"Bella-san!"[/i][/color] Sakura shouted, announcing her intention. She sprinted across the battlefield as high speed, kicking up sand and dust behind her. As the creature brought its viscera attack down, Sakura slid right between its legs. She popped up right infront of Bella and bumped her back into Bella's front, sending the Abyssal backwards. Sakura stomped the ground and a red miamsa burst off her. Sakura used Red Focus, a powerful defensive move that turned her into an attack absorbing machine.[color=f49ac2][i] "SEI!"[/i][/color] The viscera attack would burst against her, parting in a narrow formation around her as Sakura defended both herself and Bella from the attack. It used up a huge amount of defensive Ki to do, and if Sakura got hit before she got it all back, it would be a hard hit.

	After blocking the massive hit, Sakura jumped forward instead of backwards to make her retreat. With a quick hop as the monster recovered from its attack, she turned and planted her feet on its chest and pushed herself away with a push kick. She rolled along the sand and retreated, guiding Bella away from the Orphan. 

	[color=f49ac2][i]"That was kinda cool, huh?" [/i][/color] Sakura said breathlessly. [color=f49ac2]"Get that gauntlet fixed, okay, Bella-san? And don't get squished."[/color] With that, she turned and rushed back into battle. She grimaced as the frozen Hat Kid got smacked away, but fortunately the kid was a whiz at magic and managed to defend herself with powerful ice. [color=f49ac2]"Watch out!"[/color]

	Sakura didn't push in on the Orphan. Instead she stayed a little outside it's swinging radius, guard up, plugging fireballs into it when she got the chance. No big offensive pushes, but just offering another target for it to swing at. Ready to dodge, hop, or roll out of the way of any of its attacks. And keep watching it to see how it fights. That viscera attack was already familiar to the Seekers, maybe the melee attacks could be, too. Even wild fighters had patterns. Even random chance could be exploited, for not every option had equal risk and reward.

	[color=f49ac2]"We have to find a moment to strike!" [/color]Sakura said. If she had to block some glancing impacts as she dodged away, she'd be okay, but it would stop her "Grey Health" from restoring and reset the timer on that. Because of this Sakura was especially wary of defending herself. But she couldn't just sit back and let the thing run rampant. Hopefully her fireballs and presence would put pressure on it and divide its attention.