Shark and Thorn

by Gray Tasare

She once had him...but Agito took him away. And when she finds him, she'd do anything to get him back even if it meant destroying the road she had to get there.

1. Challenge

Shark and Thorn

Challenge

Fuck. He couldn't have phrased it better.

So she pushed him back. Hard.

If looks could kill, she would probably have been dead five minutes ago but she knew she had gambled her cards right. And if all else failed, she knew how to cheat those cards.

"Oh, come on, Agito," she put her hands on her hips, putting in every ounce of sarcasm in her voice, "you could do better than that."

"Why you little shit!"

She rolled her eyes.

Pushing her sleeves up, she pointed to the horizon. "That water tower. You. Me. It's a stupid class F race but what the hell. I think the Fang King can lower his pride enough just for this instance."

Agito stood up, brushing off dust from his pants. "You got nerve, girl. I'll give you that."

You'd better. Because even I don't know why the hell I'm doing this. She smirked. "So are we just gonna stand here or what?"

"Oh, you're on. And the loser," he stressed, "gets to traverse the bloody road."

And hoping to all gods that ever existed that she'll have a bite worse than her bark, she sped off; also thinking what Yayoi would think if she managed to make a royal flush out of her cards.