The scene before Sakura's eyes left her with but a moment to process what was going on, after having freed the prisoners they were escorted out of the room and Sakura spent her time immobilizing the soldiers so they wouldn't be an issue for the group but the biggest hurdle had always been the Commander. How does one act in the face of a person who has beaten up two of your friends with pre-existing knowledge that their strength was unlike anything they've seen so far?
Sakura was angry but she couldn't just act on a whim, she was still tired from releasing all the prisoners from earlier but the lady standing over Hakai's body had a black wound on her torso. Seeing as how she had came right as Hakai fell onto the ground, she only saw the last exchange but it painted enough of a picture for her to understand what happened.
'' You hurt my friends. ''
The Dark Hand Commander laughed loudly as Sakura's words left her lips. She had no reason not to laugh, all things considered, they had what was coming to them from her point of view and she started walking towards the girl as she planned to deal with her as well.
'' They came into my home without proper consent, same as you I reckon. The boy who disguised himself to be captured by me had malicious intent coming into my home and causing a ruckus. It only makes sense that they get punished, you can't just do whatever you like without thinking about the consequences. You don't get special benefits just for being ignorant kids, you have to learn just like the rest of us. ''
The Commander used her threading powers to create a giant hammer to crush Sakura into the ground, bringing it down atop the female with intent to incapacitate her. The ground broke apart but there was noticeable resistance, once Nyoko paid proper attention to the area beneath the hammer she formed she'd see that a large dome made out of vines had protected the girl.
'' I'm not going to just let you beat me up. If they are down for the count then I have to do something because we always have eachothers backs. Who do you have ?!?! ''
Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs within her vine dome before opening up the side of the dome so she could run out towards Nyoko. Sakura's speed wasn't anything special but Nyoko had attempted to move at heightened speeds to show how much she outclassed Sakura but the wound that Hakai inflicted made it difficult. The very attempt to push her body to greater speeds made her ribs hurt and if she tried to force it any further, she knew her body would react greatly to it and in that very moment Sakura seized her chance.
The pink haired girl utilized the Focus Rupture technique on Nyoko, right on the spot where the Commander's wound was located. This was intentional as she had to level the playing field even further and due to inflicting grave damage on the wound, Nyoko had felt a pain unlike any she's felt in a long long time and it forced her to scream as the pain had rippled throughout her body.
'' You bitch, how dare you hurt me. If I had the energy to scream any further I would but I won't waste any energy that can be spent on hurting you. ''
The female re-molded her threads into the same multitude of fists that hung off the back of her, now being used to pummel Sakura. The pink haired girl was forced onto the offensive, using her nature fear to create rapid vines to block even though they were immediately broken and got several hits on the girl.
'' I can't keep this up, although the consistency of her strikes feel as if they are losing impact so I might be able to turn this around. Yes, I can feel her momentum dropping. She's slowing down , just a bit more. I need to wait just a bit longer. ''
The female waited for the next interval where the attacks reached a point of having 2 seconds between one attack ending and the next beginning to respond. Sakura moved extremely close to the female's personal space and punched at the wound one last time. The Dark Hand Commander was sent flying by Sakura's strength, crashing onto the ground with her eyes rolled back. Was the battle finally over?