Khaos Wars

Chapter 11 - Traitor

Kazu panted and looked at the three girls who fought against him. He had to keep distracting them for longer than this. They hadn't been going on for a long time, but they had already split into two groups. Not that it mattered, Kazu would have easily taken all five of them on his own, it was Takeshi that had insisted to come help him; he was up against the pink one and Aika.

Kazu ran after the purple one. He jumped, readied his swords and struck her from above. His longer sword got stuck in the ground as she bounced backwards. Damn it, she was fast. She was already running towards him. Before he could get his sword out of the ground she jumped on his back to send her flying in the air. No time. He used the long sword to flip over to the other side; dodging multiple small purple orbs. He avoided a few others and kicked his sword out of the ground. It spun a few times in the air and he quickly caught it.

"You're not the only one who is light on their feet." Kazu slyly smiled at his opponent. He ran towards her once again, but a huge, blue orb blocked him. He and both the purple and blue girl shot in opposite directions of each other; simultaneously as the blue orb shattered. Not again. But he soon realized that this gave him an opportunity. He now found himself close to the yellow girl from last time. Luckily it wasn't Aika this time; he didn't want to hurt her. Kazu sprinted towards her.

"Number five, no!" The girl in yellow yelled. Kazu realized what was going on and spun his swords, causing the purple orbs to deflect away from him. They shattered and exploded all around him, filling the battlefield with smoke. A scream in the fog. He must have hit someone. He walked towards the sound; perhaps the parasite was dead. Suddenly something hit him in the back. The thing exploded and he fell to the ground.

"Reina, finish him!" Someone shouted. Kazu couldn't get up quite yet; his body wouldn't listen to him. It still throbbed heavily from the orb's electric shock, but he managed to keep himself together. He laid there and waited for someone to attack. The smoke had already started to clear up, but it was still too much to tell where the girls were. Then all of a sudden another big, blue orb rushed towards him. He rolled away and forced himself back on his feet.

"That's it. Playtime is over, now I'm getting serious." Kazu said in a deep tone while staring at his opponents. The smoke was completely gone now. The yellow girl was knocked down, the purple one and Reina looked at him in fear. He threw his small sword at Reina and charged against the other one. His weapon clinked against her staff. She clearly tried to stay strong, but he could sense the terror and inexperience in her. He couldn't help but smile; this was all too amusing.

Kazu pulled his sword back and thrust it at her. The purple girl dropped her weapon and grabbed his blade with her bare hands. Blood sipped down onto the ground. The horrible pain in her expression was unmistakable, and yet, she wouldn't let go. She was not going to last long, she must have planned something. Since she couldn't use her hands... he looked down at her legs. Just then she tried to trip him, but he saw it coming. He backed away and she backflipped.

"Oh no, you don't!" Kazu thrusted at her again and was able to stab her thigh. The girl in purple screamed and fell to the ground. Finally. He turned around again; he couldn't waste more time on her. Reina had avoided his small sword, she was already bend down and about to pick it up. He snapped his fingers and the sword disappeared. She looked startled at him. He then snapped his fingers again and the weapon materialized in front of his hand. He grabbed it and laughed when he saw how confused she was. She gazed at him in terror.

"What are you?"

***

Aika heard Zakura scream in agony in the distance just as she avoided one of Takeshi's attacks. That huge broadsword of his would probably be able to slice a rock in two. Aika ran around him and made an opening for Emiko on the other side. Emiko shot five pink orbs at his back, but he quickly turned around and used his sword as a shield. She then ran to Aika, avoiding a couple attacks on her way.

"He is blocking all our attacks; we can't get through his defense." Emiko said, panting and worried.

"I know. We're going to need another strategy." Aika whispered to her. She had to come up with something fast; Zakura sounded like she was in trouble and most likely, the others were too. She looked above Takeshi, and then it struck her. She held her long staff horizontally in front of her.

"Emiko! Jump!" Aika yelled. Emiko stared at her in confusion for a second.

"NOW!" Aika yelled even louder. Emiko did as she was told and jumped on top of Aika's staff. The momentum shot her a couple meters up in the air. She attacked Takeshi from above using all the five orbs she could at once. He looked up and defended himself from Emiko's attacks. Aika watched his every move and waited for an opening. There. She ran towards him and shot her own, bigger three orbs at him. All three hit him and he fell to the ground with scream. Smart, he must have alerted Kazu with that. If he was done with the others he would come for them. Where did Emiko go?

Aika looked around quickly and spotted Emiko. Oh no. She was running straight towards Takeshi. Didn't she understand it was a trap? Kazu could be here any second.

"EMIKO, WAIT!" Aika yelled at the top of her lungs. It was too late. Takeshi had gotten up and grabbed her arm. She lost her staff and he beat her repeatedly until she was unconscious. Aika couldn't do anything but to watch; she was frozen in fear and knew she couldn't do anything to help.

She was alone against Takeshi and an approaching Kazu. But then she heard someone else coming.
***

Kazu ran in the direction of his friend's scream. Hopefully nothing too bad had happened. As he got closer he started to make out Takeshi and... someone else. Someone familiar. Wait. His blood froze at the sight before him.

Takeshi held his broadsword upwards; ready to strike the pink girl who lay unconscious on the ground. Daisuke, the intruder from the other night, had pierced his sword through his best, and only, friend's heart. The world stopped for a few seconds. Daisuke pulled out his sword from Takeshi's chest, blood splashing from the wound. Takeshi fell to his knees, then, to the ground. Daisuke slowly turned towards Kazu. Kazu met his cold, expressionless eyes.

"This is a warning. Leave this planet."
***

Aika watched as Kazu aggressively charged towards Daisuke. But something was wrong; he fought in a blind rage. It was clear that he fought out of emotion. Poor thing. Aika could only imagine how much agony he was currently in. Swords clashed and sparks flied. They were so fast she couldn't keep up with their movements. There was something mesmerizing about watching two really strong aliens fight each other.

"Aika. The guy is still breathing, finish him off!" Reina was apparently okay and had cought up to her. Aika aimed her weapon at Takeshi.

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HIM!" Kazu suddenly stood in front of her; his voice sounded heartbroken and desperate. His eyes were pleading "Please don't take him away from me." Aika didn't like Takeshi, but he was Kazu's dear friend. She couldn't kill him. She discreetly nodded to Kazu and lowered her staff.

"What are you hesitating for? He is our enemy!" Reina charged one of her own attacks and aimed it at Takeshi. In a panic Aika ran towards him; she had to protect him. Daisuke ran after her, grabbed her hair and pulled her against him.

"Where do you think you are going, young lady?" He put his bloody sword to her throat. Takeshi's blood dripped down on her.

"KAZU! GET AWAY FROM HERE! AND TAKE TAKESHI WITH YOU!" Aika cried right as Reina attacked. Kazu pulled out one of those white orbs from Takeshi's pocket and hurled it to the ground. Just like last time they disappeared in the sharp light. Daisuke let go of her. Aika realized what she had just done. Reina looked dumbfounded at her.

"Whose side are you on?"