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Yoko

There's a frequent question I ask myself when I feel scared.

'Should I use my heart or my head?'

But now, as I stood before him with my heart racing, neither were responding to me.

Five minutes. He asked for five minutes.

I could feel the wind gently brushing through my hair. Everything else was so still. It was the calm before the storm. My chest threatening to explode.

"Rashoumon."

I tried to steady my breathing. My nerves making me anxious, I couldn't concentrate, I couldn't hear over the pounding in my chest, I was defenseless...

I was blind.

"The Naked Eye." I muttered. My eyes fluttered open. All I saw was black, nothing new.

But then I saw a white outline racing towards me; a frontal attack. I spun out of the way with perfect timing. Rashoumon looped around, trying to catch me from the back.

Using all my strength I launched myself into the air, the black creature zooming underneath me. The breeze from the momentum greeted me when I landed back on my feet.

"I see you haven't slacked off." Akutagawa sneered. I smirked before sprinting toward him as fast as I could.

Three more minutes.

"Rashoumon: Agito."

A faint white outline of teeth, blurred by movement. Rashoumon's jaws. I slid underneath the massive beast behind Akutagawa.

"Now that's playing dirty Ryu. You know my ability has no combat features." I cooed. He sighed and the creature vanished from my senses.

An opening.

"Kieru." The only other form of my ability I have mastered. It allows me to increase my physical speed tenfold, making me disappear from my opponent's sight. Though it leaves me immeasurably vulnerable to attack.

I watched him search around for movement, but no human can comprehend such a speed. Quickly I used my leg to knock him off his feet and pushed his body down to the ground with great force.

Thirty seconds left.

"Impressive Yoko," he teased. "Though you let your guard down."

I felt the wind rush past me then something heavy on top of me. He managed to pin me down with little effort.

I could feel his breath against my skin, our panting for air almost in complete synchronization.

Then he got off of me.

"I hope that taught you a lesson Tawada."

So cold.