In your heart shall burn- Male Reader x Yang Xiao Long (Vol. 5)

Chapter 4- Branwen

Y/n pov

You let out a roar as you ran at full speed towards the group of Bandits with Yang running beside you. You glance at each other before splitting off in your directions, moving in a half-circle shape around the bandits before you stomp your leg down on the ground, firing off a shot that sends you flying towards the bandits while Yang charges them head-on. The bandits scramble to get ready to fight but jump in shock as Yang slams her fist straight into the side of one of the men, making him gasp in pain before the loaded round in her gauntlet fires, shooting him at high speed straight into a nearby tree. Using this moment of shock to your advantage, you let out a cry as you fly towards the bandits at high speed, kicking the closest one straight in the side of the head, causing him to instantly go down with his aura shattering from the hard impact into the ground. Seeing no chance of winning this battle, two of the bandits seemingly realize the best choice at the moment is to run as they turn a full one-eighty and run in the direction of the camp. This left only two bandits to fight the two of you, two bandits shaking in their boots over your ability to fight back rather than just giving up. They seem to ponder over what they might face back at camp over retreating before letting out a cry as they split up and charge at you both.

Y/n: (sighs) Looks like you two picked the wrong option.

The bandit raises his axe and swings it down with full force in hopes of cutting you down, but his swing is suddenly stopped and a long clang is heard ringing through the forest. The bandit looks at you in shock as you suddenly raise your swords and block his swing. His look of shock turns to one of fear and surprise as your raise your head and look up at him, showing that your mark has activated and has expanded over your eye, changing your iris to a crimson red colour.

Y/n: (chuckles) Oh buddy, you're in for a bad time now.

The bandit lets out a small yelp of shock over your sudden tone change, having gone from the jokey tone before to a more serious one. You let out a cry as you push your blades up with all of your force, pushing the bandit back and causing him to lose grip on his weapon. You quickly move in and use this opportunity to slam the blunt side of your blade into the bandit's side before following it up with an overhead swing, slamming your other blade straight down into his skull, causing him to instantly collapse to the floor. You glance over and watch as Yang fires off a shot from her gauntlet straight into the chest of the final remaining bandit, hearing him let out a groan of pain before dropping to the floor. Yang slowly takes a deep breath as her eyes glance down at her hand, seeing it shake slightly. She quietly curses to herself before continuing her slow and steady breathing. Once she finally manages to calm herself, her eyes move over to Shay, seeing him slowly attempt to sit up.

Shay: (groans) Who are you? (Continues to try and sit up) Oh, it doesn't matter. When Raven finds out what you did, you're dead!

Yang scoffs at the comment and turns around, walking over to her motorcycle. She pops open one of the satchels attached to the side of the bike and starts to remove the accessories to her jacket, unclipping the coattails and gloves, and shoving them in the satchel before turning around to look over at Shay.

Yang: Possibly. But I doubt that. I'm her daughter, after all.

Shay's eyes suddenly go wide at her comment, his eyes turning to you as if he's asking if what Yang said is true. You give him a small nod to answer his question, watching as he slowly falls over on the ground once more.

Shay: I'm so dead...

You watch as Shay collapses down on the ground once more, with you letting out a soft sigh, your marks slowly decreasing back to its dormant state before you turn and look at Yang.