Falling in Love with a Demon

Chapter 12: First Real Battle

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I only own Akira, and my OCs. I'm sorry I am so late with this chapter. Junior year is a bitch! Consider this to be a late Christmas gift that you ordered online hoping that it would be deleiverd by Christmastime, but wasn't because it got lost or something. Anway I apologise in advance for the suckiness of the fight scene. So, enough with my rambing and enjoy. 

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I gripped both kunai tighter in my hands, while I braced myself for the impact. When Yukio was closer I could see that he had managed to grab another kunai, making it so he had one in each hand just like me.

Great, I thought. We're kind of on equal ground now. However, I still don't know how great of a fighter he is yet. I can't underestimate him because if I do, it might just be a fatal mistake. Here he comes.

Our kunai met in a clash causing sparks to emanate from them. A grunt escaped my mouth from the fierce impact, and strength behind the attack. With a struggle I held back his weapons with whatever strength I had. It turned into a gridlock of who would break away first.

"Your strong," Yukio stated simply. "But, I'm stronger."

A frown made its way onto my face. "Aren't you afraid cockiness is going to be your downfall?" I questioned. My answer was a mocking laugh. I was really starting to hate that laugh.

"Not at all my dear, because I already know the outcome of this fight. You see it ends with your death,"

With that being said, I kicked my leg out towards his side only to have him shift himself at the last moment so my foot barely grazed him. He then used the kunai in his right hand trying to slash me, but I quickly moved out-of-the-way, and countered it with one of my own. Although, I had to recover fast to try to deflect the barrage of kicks and slashes that were directed at any part of my body. With every kick that he gave, I blocked it and gave one of my own, and with every fatal slash that was directed my way, I reflected it and struck in return. The sounds of clanking and clashing could be heard in the forest. Once again though, we ended back in the stalemate we started in.

"I have to say, you're better than what I thought you would be," Yukio said with a small smirk playing at the corner of his mouth. I grimaced at him, and felt my anger flare a bit at the thought of him thinking of me as someone who was weak.

"I'm flattered that you feel that way. Although, your little comment won't stop me," I said before I drop kicked him the chest. I could hear the grunt of breath that escaped him and I pushed myself away before jumping back far enough that there was some space between us. I managed to do a couple of hand signs with the kunai that I had in my hand.

"Fire Style: Fiery Phoenix Jutsu!" A familiar fiery figure flew from my hands and flew towards the direction Yukio was in.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" Yukio said and a large dragon made of water flew from his mouth and headed straight for my phoenix. When it came close to it, both twisted around each other until the dragon slammed into the phoenix causing a big cloud of steam to settle across the area that severely lowered eyesight.

This isn't good. Not at all, I thought. I'm definitely going to have trouble trying to spot him in this stuff.

My eyes darted around checking for any sign of him, but I couldn't spot one. All of a sudden though, I could feel a cold blade sliding deeply across my right side, and a burning pain filled my body. I let out a gasp at the suddenness and shock of the action. On instinct I threw one of the kunai I had in my hand in front of me thinking that was where he was, and I thought I had success until I heard a log clatter to the ground.