High School Of The Dead:The Forgotten Years. (HOTD Fanfic)

Chapter 18. The Killing Joke

Swinging my dagger, I managed to stop Yamato's wild swing for my right side,barely even flinching at the ring of blades and sparks that was created by the impact. "How does it feel to be back, twerp?" I growled, pushing the blade away from me. "Is all the killing worth the while?" Yamato replied with a snarl, pushing me away with his foot. "I'll be satisfied with you on the ground, bleeding!" He spat out at me. Swinging the blade over his head, he brought it down, only to be stopped again by my dagger's blade. "It was one match! Why hold onto that much hate over something so petty?" He laughed insanely, kicking my right knee, just like he did at state, causing me to crumble to the ground, and hear the girls scream out. "Because... Quinton... You didn't just shame me, but also caused my father to flip out on me after the match. I had to go to a Karate camp for the summer,and get the shit beaten out of me for six weeks of my life! Do you know how that made me feel?!" He demanded,striking down at me, bit I managed to roll away,dodging the blade by a inch. "I won't let you win this time around,though. This time, I will win!" He roared,stabbing down at me. I deflected the blade past me, then grabbed his shirt,flipping him over me,and springing up to my feet, favoring my injured side. "You mean all this... All the bullshit I had to go through, WAS OVER DADDY ISSUES?" I asked, shocked. He laughed,rising up to his feet. "If only you really knew,gaijin. Then you would feel my pain." He charged at me, blade swinging. I parried the blade to the side, knocking the sword out of his hand,and away from him. Not missing a beat, he headbutted me in my face, making me stumble back, and drop my dagger. "And once you're dead, I'll get the trophies I deserve." I suddenly had a flashback of back at the Takagi mansion, and I saw Shidou Koichi standing in Yamato's place. "What's the matter,gaijin?" Shidou/Yamata taunted, snatching my dagger up. "Seeing double?" Backing up, I narrowly dodged his attacks,crying out as he/they sliced my chest a little,causing some blood to run out. Thunder cracked over head,and the rain opened up above us, causing my chest to smear like crazy. "Its time I ended this little game once and for all." Yamato crowed, finally snapping back into view. Rolling away from his wild stab, I kicked him in his knife hand, and rolled to my feet, the dagger landing point first into the dirt in front of me. "If you want to end it so badly, get that sword." I jeered back, gesturing to the weapon to my right. Picking up my dagger,I watched as he ran to the blade, eyes tracking me as he twirled the blade into his hands. Not giving him a second to gather himself, I ran screaming at him,dagger held in the stabbing position. Turning my body away from his instinctive stab, I slammed my body onto his, slamming him and myself into a nearby wall, and stabbing him in his gut,facing away from him. "H-how?" He gasped,then spewed out blood onto my right shoulder. "I trained so hard to beat you... How?" I twisted my blade,then yanked it out, allowing him drop to the muddy ground. I flicked my weapon,splattering the ground with blood. "Because,you small little sadist. You don't fuck with my family, you don't fuck with my friends, and you ESPECIALLY DO NOT FUCK WITH MY GIRL!" I roared this last part, digging my first two fingers into the hole I made. "Now you're going to talk. Do you know of any kid who carries one of these?" I pulled the joker card out of my pocket,waving it in his face. He laughed, popping a blood bubble in his nose. "Yea. And he's lucky I didn't shoot his pale ass on sight. He's probably half way to your school right now,hair white as a ghost." He then spit on my shirt front,causing me to smile. "You like to laugh a lot,Yam boy. I got one for you that would be a real killer." Slicing a large slice in his throat, I stuck the card directly into the gap, causing the already spraying life force to splatter all over my face. "Consider that my killing joke,Yamato. Enjoy it in hell." Flicking off my blade,I limped over to my katana, and picked it up. As I rose up, I heard the crowd erupt into cheers, whooping and yelling. Smiling weakly, I headed for the exit, where I saw Katya and Saeko rushing towards me. I opened my arms, and hugged the two of them, feeling Yamato's blood wash away with the rain and tears I wept. "Now I understand, Victor." I mumbled quietly. "Now I understand."