Protection Not Needed

4 VS 3

Chapter 17- A.C.T

    The first attacked and Tetsu dodged with his katana. Even Akashi had one. Knowing that Tetsu is strong, the second went to him too. The third attacked Akashi while I dueled with the 4th.

    I didn’t have time to watch over them. The man I dueled with is slightly taller than Akashi, probably 170cm. He lunged forward to attack but I knew it all to well and dodged it. I hit his rib with the hilt of my sword hardly and he groaned.

    He regained his composure quite fast and I decided to attack first. Uh, wrong move! 2 seconds too fast. He noticed my attempt to attack so he blocked it and kicked my right thigh, the spot where I got stabbed before I got dragged to this place.

    “Oww !!” I shrieked since the wound hasn’t recovered yet. He smirked as he knew my weakness. Damn! I rolled to my right side and pointed the katana at him. He was unarmed. Even so, he was very skillful. He moved to his left and lunged forward. I kicked his stomach before he could do anything though and he fell to the ground.

    “Let’s fight fair and square ,” I said and threw the katana far away from us. “As a martial artist .”

    He shrugged then nodded a bit. “Fair enough .” he answered.

    That surprised me! “Oh, you can talk ....?” I asked.

    “What? Course I do! What makes you think I can’t talk ?” he replied, frowning.

    “No, I mean like, typical servant of a certain person are not allowed to talk and.... you know.... stuffs like that ..”

    “I don’t really understand what you are trying to tell me but whatever .”

    I shrugged and dodged as he threw a fist at me. I grabbed his hand and did ‘back-leg-trip’ called osoto gake in Ninjutsu. He was strong but i used all of my strengths to trip him. He fell with a thud and pulled my hair. Groaning, I reached for his face and clawed it. He backed away when i did it and I turned around, ignoring the pain of my hair being pulled and kicked his chest.

    He staggered backwards and coughed. I panted. He patted his chest and started to attack again. This time, he took out a knife. I gasped and rolled to the left.

    “I told you to fight and square !!” I scold him.

    He shrugged. “I need to kill you right away, I don’t have time to play around ..”

    My eyes searched for my katana i threw just now. However he left no time to waste. Thus, he lunged forward and I ducked down. I am lucky I wasn’t hurt. I rolled forward and winced. Damn my thigh why now?!

    I tried to stand up but my right leg is numb and my left leg had to support my weight. To be short, I’m quite unstable. Seeing the opportunity the man charged at me with the knife, again and i dodged, again and managed to kicked his stomach and grabbed his hand.

    I twisted his hand and his grip on the knife loosened. He groaned and I threw him to the wall. Wrong move.

    He got up and crawled to my side, taking back the knife and slashed it at my leg. I winced and backed away as he stood. I crashed with the man Akashi dueled with and fell down together. The man I dueled with ran to us and tried to slash me.

    However, like in a fairy tale, Akashi went in front of me and blocked the attack with his katana like a prince charming with a white horse rescuing his princess. Uh, I’m day-dreaming way too much.

    The man cursed. “You son of a bitch !”

    At that, I stood, pushed Akashi aside and kicked his knees. I grabbed his collar and whispered right at his ear. “Don’t you dare call him the son of a bitch! He’s one hell of a person 4 billion times far better than you piece of shit !” I warned him.