The Betrayed Champion

Chapter 34

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The Betrayed Champion by Itssupereffective
Games » Pokémon Rated: T, English, Adventure & Drama, Ash K./Satoshi, May/Haruka, Dawn/Hikari, Paul/Shinji, Words: 132k+, Favs: 941, Follows: 747, Published: Sep 10, 2011 Updated: Aug 23, 2014
1,444 Chapter 34: Battle on the Inside
Well here it is, chapter 34 of The Betrayed Champion, the second to last chapter. The three year journey is almost over people, it's been a long ride.

Look at the end of the fic to see when the final chapter will come out, enjoy!

Knowing he couldn't overpower Ash, Red pushed off of him, using that momentum to get a bit of breathing room but Ash didn't give Red any space at all. He hadn't had much training with a sword but he thought logically and meticulously with each swung he took, making sure he didn't leave himself open for a quick counter attack.

Ash kept swinging and thrusting his blade at Red, with each motion pushing him back as all he could do was block his attacks. Flicking his wrist he swung at his arm, blocked. Thrusting at his heart, dodged. Anything to push him back and eventually Red found himself out of space and sweat beading down his face from deflecting all the blows.

The continuous strikes took a lot out of Ash as he already felt his arm getting weaker with each strike, but he put that aside for now as he saw his opportunity to strike Red down. With both hands on the hilt gripping it so hard that his knuckles had gone white Ash swung his sword over his head and brought it down with full force on a downward strike.

Red knew exactly what Ash was doing though as when they blade came down on him, instead of just trying outright block it he angled his blade so that he caught Ash's sword on his tsuba, the base of his sword. Shifting his legs to give him better leverage with Ash's sword caught in his tsuba, Red parried his sword around so Ash's defense was wide open for an attack. Unable to defend himself Ash saw right where Red's attack was gonna strike and just before it could get hit him in his heart he was able to shift his body enough to catch the sword in his right shoulder.

Ash's eyes widened in pain as he kicked Red straight in the chest to get a bit of space, sending him into the wall and with him, his newly red colored sword tip. Having a few seconds to breathe Ash touched the sword wound with his hand and felt the warm blood seeping out from it. He had to bite his lip from screaming in pain as his breathing was heavy from a combination of the strikes he had dealt and the injury he had just been given.

The fatigue on Red's face was evident was well as he pushed himself off the wall that he had been kicked into. Pieces of it chipped as he got up from it as he dusted off the foot imprint that was left on his chest. "Better than I thought."

Not wanting to let the adrenaline that pumped through his veins go to waste he went right back to work except this time going on the offensive. Almost catching Ash off guard he took a swing at him, testing to see how much was still left in his tank. As he blocked Red could see his motions were getting just a bit slower and not as forceful as before. He lost strength in his right arm after that hit and Red knew now that it was only a matter of time.

Taking advantage of the situation Red took a quick hard swing at Ash's right injured shoulder. Ash gritted his teeth as he had to use all his force to block that one as the sweat poured down his face. Without a moments notice Red was at it again as he swung at him again but this time it was different. Hearing the same clank noise that started the fight Red got them right back into the same position they had started with.

Deadlocked once again with each of their swords at an impasse Ash had to use everything he had to keep Red from overpowering him. Suddenly Ash could feel his arm shaking and along with it his sword, he could feel the momentum shifting towards Red. All Red did was smirk when he noticed this and instead of pushing off like he did last time he did something new.