Yumi - 52

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I didn't want to believe it...

I thought maybe it was just lying and it wasn't really you...

I wanted to believe you were stolen from me...

Yumi can't deny what she sensed. All the hatred and wrath overwhelming the katana in Kaiya's hand was enough to know. Whatever the sword had become in Kaiya's hands is far more powerful than when she'd seen it last.

That blade killed my mother...

It took everything...

I won't let it kill you, Sapha...

The draconic beam connects, if it weren't for the pain Yumi might even be amused by the familiarity.

Not often someone knows how it feels to be impaled..

Probably even less by the same person...

She's blown back several feet, landing in the sand with a gasp of agony.

Sapha is there now, holding her hand, saying something Yumi can't make out. Hold on? It'll be okay? Sapha, I...

Her consciousness starts fading. She feels the earth tremble as Akkokaido roars and the tide is pushed up under her as it must be moving closer. Her strength collapses and everything goes dark.

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