Deadly Kiss

"Interesting. So, your specialty is venom. And you inject it through your fangs," Ushii said walking past the bodies of the dead, he then said "It's unusual for a person to have such an ability."

Dotsuku dropped the bleeding corpse and glared at the new arrival, both angry and surprised that the other was here. Then again, Ushii was known as the Natual Born Slayer.

Dotsuku growled and got into a fighting stance. He knew it was both foolish and pointless to actually fight against Ushii, but Dotsuku was never one to turn tail and was sure as hell not going down without a fight. "Cht, guess there's a reason you're called a genius. No one's ever been able to figure that out," Dotsuku said before smirking and added "Well, no one alive anyway."

Ushii said nothing as he took a step forward, Dotsuku took a step back. The wolf-like mercenary kept an eye on the saber that the long-haired man held in his left hand, still in its sheath. 'Does he really think he could beat me without that sword of his?' Dotsuku thought, keeping his defenses up.

A nearby building crumbled, signaling the start of the fight.

During the battle, Ushii refused to draw his saber, but he was using the sheath to block Dotsuku's attacks, preventing him from getting close enough to bite.

After an intense three and a half minutes of fighting, Ushii finally drew his saber, pointing the tip of it at Dotsuku's throat.

Dotsuku did not move when that happened, he couldn't move.

Keeping his saber pointed at the other's neck, Ushii said "It seems that you're not all bark. You're also not completely dependant on your venomous bite." Dotsuku smirked and said "Biting is just how I kill. I'm more of a lie-and-wait sort of mercenary anyway... You're the first person to draw me into this kind of close combat situation." Ushii raised a brow and said "You did pretty good, for someone not use to close combat."

Dotsuku smirked, showing his teeth, and said "Coming from you, I'll take that as a compliment." Ushii sheathed his saber and said "With some more battle training, you'll be perfect."

Now Dotsuku was confused. The Natural Born Slayer was Sparing him? No enemy who fought Ushii has ever lived, so why spare his life. Hold on... "Perfect for what?" Dotsuku asked, not sure what was happening.

Suddenly, Ushii grabbed Dotsuku's wrist and pulled him into a kiss.

Under normal circumstances, Dotsuku would've taken the opportunity to bite and inject a nasty powerful poison into the person and watch them slowly suffer before dying.

But this wasn't any type of normal and Dotsuku was just paralyzed with shock as Ushii continued the kiss.

Was the Ox crazy? Or did he predict that the Dog wouldn't bite him?

When Ushii ended the kiss, he told Dotsuku "Perfect to be my partner in marriage."

"...Eh?!" Was all Dotsuku got out. Ushii released his grip on the other and said "I've been getting pressured into marrying, but I didn't want anyone who could not handle themselves in combat since I was sure unsavory individuals would try to use them against me." Okay, that does make sense, but...

"Why the hell would you kiss me? I could've bitten your face clean off!" Dotsuku snapped, his face turning red with embarrassment for even letting this happen.

Ushii brushed his right thumb across Dotsuku's lips and said "I had a hunch you wouldn't." Dotsuku batted the hand away and stated "Then don't push it. Next thing you put near my mouth, I'm bitting it off."

Ushii smiled, walked away, and said "Then until we meet again." Dotsuku growled and said "Don't count on it," then walked in the opposite direction.

Once Dotsuku was sure he was far enough away, he touched his fingers to his lips. 'Genius or not, he's blunt as hell,' he thought. Dotsuku turned pink and thought 'But I can't deny that the kiss felt good.'

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