But you just lean to the side, letting the force of her punch carry her past you, and then gravity does the rest as she hits the ground with a grunt. She lashes out again, but you drop your head back and the uppercut sails past your chin. "Come on, you're going to have to try harder than that!" But she tries again and again, but she flinches back whenever she looks at you directly. Making it trivially easy to dodge whatever she throws at you, and all she ends up getting for her trouble is her face in the dirt. "Don't let a little fear bother you, push past it! Where's the girl who broke through a Yamanaka special by sheer willpower?"
"You're...too...fast" She pants, but she lunges again. You can see her gritting her teeth as her fist barrels toward you face, you let that one get close. Her knuckles almost kissing your cheekbone as you tilt your head.
"Come on! Find those limits! Push past them! Never give up!" Her other hand comes up, aiming to catch you as you dodge, but you brush that out of the way. Her foot lashes out, driving at your knee, but a short hop brings you out of range. Then you smirk, time to take it up a notch. Your own taijutsu skills aren't the best by the standards of your team, but for this they're more than sufficient. Your hand lashes out, catching her shoulder and throwing Sakura off-balance, then you knee comes up. She coughs as the wind is forced from her lungs and she goes sprawling. "That it?" You quirk an eyebrow out at her gasping form, "Giving up now?"
Shakily she gets to her feet, brushing the dirt off of her dress, "I..thought you said...you'd...just dodge."
"Wanted to see if you'd get up after getting hit." You smirk, "And you did! So come on, show me what you got!"
