Dark Agency

Chapter five: The duel

  Shredder,one off the best assassins you'll ever meet underground, in the dark agency his skill is only second to Rogue's, due to this he's established a rivalry with Rogue though it seems to be one sided, every now and then he tracks down Rogue after further honing his skills to ask him to a death duel, but he almost always gets rejected since Rogue seems to gain nothing from it. After that time he interfered in Rogue's mission and had Rogue's points reduced which angered Rogue so that he accepted the duel and gave Shredder a good trashing, he hasn't been able to get Rogue to accept any of his duels...
"You want a duel again huh?, seems you didn't learn your lesson last time, but unfortunately I'd have to reject as always...let's get going Candy"
"Yes boss"
"Wait!, So the rumours are true?, you really did get an assistant, hahahahaha, that's so funny, the almighty Rogue needs help from an assistant, goes to show that you've become weak,I don't even need a duel now to know that I'm stronger than you hahaha..."
After hearing what Shredder had just said, Rogue who was leaving stopped right in his tracks, as a master of his emotions Rogue could easily brush this off, but when it came to cases with Shredder making fun off him it really got under his skin. He calmly turned over his shoulder with an expressionless face starring at Rogue with eyes that exuded killing intent
"What was that Shredder?, Are you making fun of me?, and you heard some pretty interesting rumours, I'd like to know the source if you don't mind?" At this point Rogue was already walking back towards Shredder, and the pressure of his killing intent kept growing as he got closer to the one he'd locked his eyes on. Shredder began to feel excited, if he could use this situation to his advantage, he'd be able to get Rogue to fight him without holding back.
"Hmm, looks like the rumours were right on the dot, cheer up Rogue even if your reputation takes a dent you still have this hot chick to yourself, ain't that a good collateral?"
"Okay I'm done playing with your games Shredder, tell you what I'll duel you this once and in exchange you tell me where you heard about this, and you'll also swear to never make fun of me on this case again"
"Look at you being greedy Rogue, you can't ask two favours for one so here's a scenario, if I win I get to have a night with your assistant over there, how a bout it?"
"You have a deal, then if we're doing this let's do it right here right now"
Candy who had stayed quiet the entire time couldn't just let what she had heard slide, she was an assistant not a slave and she still had her opinions and rights.
"That's not gonna fly master Rogue!, There's no way I'm spending a night with this lunatic!"
"Calm down Candy, I don't bet when I know I'll lose"
"How's that supposed to comfort me, don't rope me into your personal matters"
"Like I give a fuck, this is all your fault anyway so you might as well be responsible, plus if I lose I'll compensate you with birth controls"
"My fault?!, I'm just following the boards orders so you'll have to take your case with them"
"Just shut up watch, if I can't defeat this rank two guy then how I'm I rank one"
"Ooh a lovers quarrel, you didn't strike me as the relationship type Roggy boy, you go with a hit and run approach"
"Roggy boy?, What's that, don't tell me you're into that stuff, nigga you bi?"
"Definitely not!, I myself cringed on that part don't know how it slipped out, and I like women for the record, curvy ones with big ass's"
"Don't care about your freaky tastes, let's get this duel over with, I'm quite tired, the faster we do this the quicker I can get to resting, come at me!"
"Don't need to tell me that, I was already about to!"
 
  Shredder charged straight at Rogue with an astonishing speed in his step, it looked as if he was aiming for a head on attack but at the last moment he instantly jumped into the air and attacked with a kick from above. Rogue hadn't anticipated this kind of move from Shredder since he was known for going head on into battle, and his movements were not something that could be done without years of training, but it's not an attck Rogue couldn't dodge, moving ten steps in a second, Rogue had already cleared from Shredders attack range and was preparing his own counter, once Shredder landed he was met with a two sweep kicks in an instant, to avoid the danger he tried flipping backwards to create some distance but he'd already fallen in Rogue's trap, though he avoided the sweep kicks, he got pummeled into the ground with a devastating blow and was now pinned down.
"Your not the number two for nothing, to think you would avoid my hurricane kicks, nobody has done that before, it's not your fault that you lost its just the fact that my speed and reflexes are even sharper than a normal person's. Before you can make one move I could probably make two or three, the case would have been different if you were using your kusarigma since you've honed your fighting style with that, but your close combat and non-weapon skills need more work... remember to keep your end of the bargain Shredder"
  Shredder was still where he layed after Rogue had gone, he thought he had become stronger but he just realized he wasn't the only one, a crushing defeat although Rogue was holding back, even if he had his weapon it wouldn't have made much difference, as he wondered how there could be such a gap in skill between the rank one and rank two, someone unexpected appeared before him.

"I can't believe Vergo sold me out like this, I'm gonna beat the shit outta him when we meet next time, I don't care if he became a manager!"
"Master Rogue, is it okay if I ask you a question?"
"What is it?, Rouge replied with an annoyed tone, he was still pissed after learning from Shredder that Vergo told him about his new assistant, if this mission was a secret only the board knew off how did Vergo get the information?. But the more he thought about it the clearer the answers appeared, Vergo was smarter than your average person, since he's now become a manager Rogue could bet all managers were given orders to support their mission needs even if the mission details were not revealed, looking into their backgrounds Vergo could easily deduce that the board had forced an assistant on Rogue since they had been wanting to for over a year now. A notable trait about those geezers is that they make sure things are going their way...and this forced assistant was probably here to do that.
"Master Rogue!, Are you listening?"
"What is it?"
"Sigh, I wanted to ask you a question, but nevermind it can wait since you have a lot on your mind"
"You might as well not ask if it's not that important"
"You're being sarcastic?"
"Are you asking or not?"
"I see you're no different from your rival you have a trashy personality as well"
"I get that a lot, but don't  lump me up with that crazy guy..."
"I'm just stating facts"
"Your snobbish cold personality isn't something to be proud of either, I bet this is the real you compared to that regulator skit you put on before"
"That's none of your business...I just wanted to know how you did it, from where I saw it, Shredder's attack was perfect and surefire but you easily evaded it as if you knew what he'd do, even with my skills I'm not confident I could've dodged that attack"
"That's what's been bothering you all this while?,if you really want an answer it's simple, I did predict his moves,because I led him to make those moves"
"What do you mean?"
"That's something we can discuss another day, you drive I'm too lazy to do it", Rogue says as he hands Candy the keys to the Ferrari 458 Italia they were now standing over.
"where are we headed"
"I'll direct you, just get in"