[center][h3][color=00a99d]Kari Black[/color]
& [color=39b54a]Hyokomon![/color][/h3][/center][hr]
Kari couldn't help it, the explosion of water made her flinch and duck down behind the nearest vehicle, her still hurting hands held just above the ground. Her breathing was becoming ragged, her pulse was quickening, and she could tell she was on the verge of panic. With the distance between her and the water she'd managed to not get hit, but that didn't matter. What mattered was that it could happen again, and she might not be so lucky next time. Glancing towards her new bird friend for just an instant, she saw that the avian wasn't looking her way anymore. Instead it was staring at the source of the wave.

[color=39b54a]"Coelamon..."[/color] Hyokomon's voice trailed off. In a battle against an aquatic digimon, she didn't have many options. The sea was not a place for a samurai to fight comfortably in. Unsure of what to do, she turned towards the weird digimon she'd sparred with only to find that it was no longer next to her. Hyokomon's head whipped back and forth as she searched the field for it, and after a few seconds she saw the end of one of the bags Kari was carrying sticking out from behind one of the strange boxes, much farther away from the sea than the two had started at.

Hyokomon ran over to check on the trembling human. In the few seconds since the water explosion, Kari had ran to the other side of the field and hunched down behind a pickup truck that had its front end buried in the ground, standing as a vertical shield for her. She'd just finished switching her gloves for new ones, her now 'clean' hands folded over her head. She jumped slightly when she saw Hyokomon come into view.

[color=39b54a]"Are you okay?"[/color] Hyokomon asked, genuine concern in her voice. This kind of reaction wasn't normal. It was even less normal when she considered what she knew about her new Shogun. After all, she was certain that one who had gone unscathed in the sparring match was a Champion [Adult] level, if not higher... Aha! Hyokomon's eyes lit up with recognition from her sudden epiphany. Her Shogun must have a weakness to water! Even an Ultimate [Perfect] stage would have trouble against a digimon that wielded their weakness, to the point that a battle could be decided by affinity despite a stage difference. Hyokomon reasoned that she could be forgiven for not knowing, since she didn't notice any fire anywhere on her Shogun. But that left a difficult situation. If her Shogun couldn't fight, and she herself was at a disadvantage in the water...

Hyokomon glanced back toward the beach, where she saw several other digimon battling Coelamon. Though... some of them looked like her Shogun. Were they the same species? If they were all weak to water, then it would be up to the others. Based on their size, she had to assume that all of the digimon who weren't the same species as her Shogun were Rookie [Child] stage like herself. She wasn't sure what stage Coelamon was, just that it was beyond her own. Her head turned to look once more at Kari. She began to say something when she was struck by a splash of sandy water. Not enough to do any damage, in fact there wasn't much at all given the distance away from the impact, but it was enough for Kari to see Hyokomon getting hit by, enough to slightly dirty her left wing.

The human gasped as she saw it. [color=00a99d][i]If that had hit me... If I wasn't behind this, then...[/i][/color] Her mind began to slowly spiral until Hyokomon spoke. 

[color=39b54a]"Shogun, if you're weak to water, that's fine. As your samurai, I'll fight for you."[/color] The bird digimon unsheathed her blade, looking back to the battle. Coelamon seemed to be on land now. Why had it left it advantageous habitat when it could attack at range? The reason didin't matter. What mattered was that Hyokomon could assist now. But first... [color=39b54a]"Just give me permission to leave your side and fight. If that's okay, I'll do my best to win so you don't have to hide anymore."[/color]

Kari didn't move a muscle. Hyokomon's words were enough to snap her out of her anxiety, if only for a moment. The bird was serious about that Shogun thing? Really? Her eyes moved upwards to look in Hyokomon's directly. Something like it, whatever it was, that could have killed her in a single blow when it wasn't even fighting seriously, and it wanted to give her that kind of authority? If that was the case, then...

[color=00a99d]"Get 'em."[/color]

Hyokomon smiled, and her response was brimming with joy. [color=39b54a]"Right!"[/color]

The samurai began towards Coelamon as quickly as it could, taking stock of the battle as she moved. The others were all attacking Coelamon's eyes, except for two who were trying to pierce its scales. She had a few options, but she decided on one just as she entered fighting range, jumping into the air. 

[color=39b54a]"Cleaving Cut!"[/color] A two-handed swing downwards at Coelamon's right eye. Not perfectly executed, it began its contact above the eye that she targeted, and would end below it. But if it didn't move in time, it would also deeply cut the eyeball itself.