A/N:
Short chapter…READ, ENJOY and REVIEW. Thanks for the reviews and support from last chapter.
P.S. I wished I owned Code Geass, but I don't.
P.P.S. I will fix any grammar errors as I see them.
Chapter 2: TWO versus ONE
Around August, 2010
Kaguya's heart thumped as she watched the fight that was ensuing. It was a struggle between her sensei and his two students under the morning white sun.
The sensei grabbed one of the students by his shirt collar and tossed him into the air. The brown haired student—falling on his back—flipped in the air in order to land on his feet.
The other student who had been preparing to strike was subsequently kicked in the abdomen by the sensei. The strong push kick launched the ebony mane boy into the air, towards the other student. Unable to shift himself while in the air to land properly, the young boy instead crashed into the dusty ground. His small body skidded across the ground for several feet; brushing dusts into the air before resting near the brown haired student.
Kaguya clutched her chest tightly, mangling her white kimono. Seeing the black haired student skidding across the ground was very unbearable. Is he okay? She mused.
She watched as the foreigner prop his back off the ground; an elbow pillared to the ground for support. The boy coughed several times while fanning the dust air away from his face.
Kaguya stared at the two students and then her sensei. They've been at it for several minutes in the open space outside the dojo. Already the two students looked drained; their body perspiring with sweat and bathed in dirt. Try as they might, they were no match for the grown Japanese man she called her sensei.
"Dammit Suzaku, let's give up!" The black haired student—the western prince as the maids called him—cried out to her cousin.
"No!" Her determined cousin yelled back; his fierce eyes locked on sensei Tohdoh. "All you know is giving up when it gets tough. Well you can quit for all I care, but don't ever tell me to quit, you weak pompous prince." Suzaku spat against the foreigner who was kneeing on the ground for a breather.
His words enraged the young ebony haired prince. "Fuck you!" The prince spat back; his teeth gritting at Suzaku.
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Kaguya watched from the wooden porch as their discords continued. It worried her. Her cousin never seemed to get along with the Britannian prince.
"If you boys wanna fight each other, then please go ahead." Sensei Tohdoh interrupted their verbal quarrelling. "I'll just take this session as my victory and you two can start sweeping the compound and wiping the dojo's floor."
The two ceased their bickering and focused on the sensei; his words had woken their senses.
"Now, are you ready to forfeit this challenge?" Tohdoh asked the two, but the two young boys glared back at him with such ferocity that Kaguya shrieked in fear. Why is Sensei Tohdoh doing this? She asked herself, wondering why her tutor was pushing them too hard.
Kaguya stared at this challenge that was encircled around her sensei. It was an eight feet diameter circle inscribed on the dirt and Tohdoh sensei stood in the center.
The challenge laid by Tohdoh sensei was quite simple at best; force him out of that circle and victory was theirs. How the two achieved this was unimportant, but ultimately they needed to have him outside the boundary of this circle; any part of his body outside and the challenge was won; even a foot on the dirt circle itself was fine.
Despite its simplicity, the two had barely managed to force a sweat from the man. How can they? Tohdoh Sensei is a master earth bender. And a military general. He was already feared as one of the strongest in the Japanese army. Kaguya felt the odds were hugely stacked against the two 10 year olds facing her sensei. She stared at the two silent boys; their clothes mangled with dirt and wet from their sweat.
Her cousin, however, seemed fine, mentally. He looked poised for another round, but the prince with a knee on the ground seemed ready to throw in the towel. He was the more battered of the two and it caused great pain in her chest.
"Sensei please!" Kaguya pleaded; her greenish eyes became soft with worry and her hand clutched her flat-chest to ease the pain within. But Tohdoh paid no heed to her; his fierce sights were firmly on the two boys. "So, what's your answer?" He bellowed at them.
Kaguya returned her sights to them.
"Listen," Suzaku spoke softly; his head drooped low, causing his eyes to be obscured by his brownish bangs. "Ever since you came here, I've had to clean this place more times than I can remember." His words were towards the prince behind him. "I don't want to sweep this compound and I don't want to lose again to sensei." Suzaku clenched his hands; his eyes, ferocious as a beast.
His resolve had stunned the prince who was gaping slightly at him. Kaguya watched as Lelouch slowly rose to his feet. He wiped a smirch near his lips. "Okay, I have a plan." He muttered to Suzaku.
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Kaguya couldn't discern what they were whispering but she was stunned to see them conversing with each other so calmly. Are they planning something? It felt like they were. Nonetheless, their unlikely cooperation brought a tiny smirk on Tohdoh sensei's face. Was that why he was pushing them? To force them to work together? Kaguya wondered as she gazed at her sensei. He seemed to be giving them time to work something out.
After the two were done mouthing to each other, they stood there silently, eying their sensei with great determination.
"Are they going to attack?"Kaguya asked the empty space that surrounded her in the wooden pouch that was part of the dojo. But the two did the opposite. They ran away, jumping into the bushes that surrounded the large open backyard belonging to the dojo.
Fucking Suzaku. Why is he so hell bent on beating Tohdoh? Lelouch bemoaned in his head while he stayed hidden, crouched behind a tree.
Sweat beads dribbled down from his forehead; one trickling down along the line of his nose only to form a droplet hanging from the tip of his nose. His ragged breath was somewhat quiet compared to his thumping heartbeat. His violet eyes were firmly on the grown Japanese man ahead.
It doesn't matter now. We have to do this. I too am sick and tired of cleaning this place. Lelouch reminded himself of the rewards from wining this challenge, but also it reminded him of how much he despised this place.
Unofficially banished from home, this shrine had been his home for more than a year now. But the past six months had been the most dreadful and it was all due to Kyoshiro Tohdoh. His appearance was the worst thing to have happened since his time here. There was never a day Lelouch could relax anymore. Every day was doing was of these: training, exercising, cleaning, hiking, everything Lelouch despised, especially being forced to wake-up early. He hated that man for trying to turn him into that naïve brawn idiot called Suzaku.
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Lelouch kept his gaze on Tohdoh, silently observing the fierce looking man who was out there in the open. His eyes were shut and arms, firmly tucked to the sides of his black hakama shorts. Tohdoh's black hair was combed nicely in a slick-back style; his heavy dark brows furrowed along with his forehead. He seemed to be in deep thought even with his eyes shut, like he was waiting, listening to his environment.
Lelouch felt alarmed observing him. Tohdoh seemed very poised and calm; almost too calm, like he could see everything around him; even the hidden young prince.
Lelouch sensed it; his gut sensed that their plan won't work. He couldn't shake the feeling that Kyoshiro Tohdoh had seen through their plot and was simply waiting for them to make a move.
No! Lelouch shook his head. This is going to work.
A gust of wind blew across the open, kicking dust of the ground around Tohdoh. The dust wind swirled around his black hakama shorts and Lelouch took the wind as their signal. Now Suzaku,he screamed in his head, hoping Suzaku—hidden somewhere—would take the wind as a signal to act. And like that Suzaku sprinted into action.
It was silent, very silent around the open. The two, after what seemed to be the start of an alliance against Tohdoh sensei, turned their heels around and dashed off into the surrounding bushes and trees.
Where are they? Kaguya wondered. Had sensei's students given up and deserted his challenge? Kaguya glanced at her tutor. The grown man was soundlessly standing in his circle; his eyes shut to the world. He didn't seem alarmed like Kaguya was. Maybe he had faith that they would never abandon his challenge. Well, they would be in trouble for ditching his session. Kaguya remembered the punishment Lelouch had endured one time for not showing up and sleeping in.
And just like that, one of them came out of hiding.
Jumping out of some bushes, Suzaku burst into a sprint towards Tohdoh. The young Japanese native then leaped very high into the air. Suspended in the air, he twirled around, swinging his leg around to create some momentum and with that power; he kicked out a solid burst of air. The visible force of wind headed straight for the closed sights, stationery Tohdoh.
Unfazed, Tohdoh brought one of his forearms to front and the spinning ball of wind crashed into it; causing a deafening sound all around the open. The dust settled and it seemed like the attack had barely manage to pushback against Tohdoh's stance.
Damn! Suzaku clicked his tongue as he was now falling back down. Brandishing a kunai blade, he swung his arm before throwing the weapon with great speed. The black knife pierced through the air; its intent was to cause great harm to the man in front. Tohdoh opened his eyes and coolly swerved his upper body out of the way. The blade flew past harmlessly. Tohdoh calmly watched as Suzaku parachuted back down.
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Now kneeing on the ground, Suzaku's hands dug into the pouch strapped on his back waist, Well, that didn't work so I guess I will move on to the next plan. Suzaku unveiled more kunai blades and a couple of shuriken blades; they filled both his hands.
"Get ready sensei!" Suzaku muttered under his breath before readying himself. Kicking out dust, he dashed straight towards Tohdoh; the man not even taking a battle stance.
Nearing him, Suzaku threw all his blades and ninja stars; the four black blades and the two ninja star blades raced towards their prey, covering all conceivable spots the target might try to evade.
Tohdoh, still calm as ever, grabbed the lead kunai that headed for his forehead; the blade was inches from his skin. Quickly flipping the sharp object between his fingers, he used it to deflect the three more kunai blades that were bound to make contact with him. The remaining two shuriken blades, unthreatening him, flew past him.
"Suzaku," Tohdoh called him. "I am very unimpressed." He said but then his eyes widened when he spotted the glint of a thread besides him, no there were two strings of threads beside him; one on each side. The thin black wires traced back to Suzaku. They were wrapped around his hands.
Suzaku smirked. Tohdoh had missed the wire strings attached to the shuriken blades that flew past him. Even though he had noticed them now, it was too late.
Quickly getting to work, Suzaku swung his hands around, controlling the shurikens with the strings in his hands. The two ninja stars blades crossed path and flew back around Tohdoh. The sensei could only watch as the blades encircled him, wrapping him in metallic thin wire strings like a spider weaving his silk around a prey.
Once out of threads, the two shurikens anchored themselves to the ground and Suzaku tied the ones in his hands to a kunai before nailing it to the ground. Tohdoh was left immobilized. But the man never looked panic.
It alarmed Suzaku but nevertheless he had done his part. "NOW!" He screamed for the prince hidden somewhere. Lelouch leapt from the bushes, almost out of Tohdoh's view, but the sensei turned his head to gain a view of him.
Kaguya had been gawking from the scene before. Her cousin had managed to wrap her sensei with wire strings, pinning his hands to his body and anchoring him to where he stood. Now Lelouch was running towards the trapped teacher. It looked the students had turned the tables.
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Lelouch jumped high into the air. "BOOST ME SUZAKU!" He screamed to the 10 year old boy.
Kaguya didn't understand the meaning behind the foreigner's word, but her cousin did. Suzaku straightened his stance and extended his left arm out like he was reaching for the prince. He then traced his left hand up and down in circular patterns. Suddenly a flush of wind formed around his moving hand.
Kaguya's eyes enlarged. She recognized Suzaku's move. He was fanning the air around his hand to make… "…a tornado." She whispered.
Suzaku's moving hand churned winds around his wrist. Abruptly he thrust his hand forward, pushing the rotating wind away from him. The vortex wind snaked towards Lelouch who was now falling back down. The wind cyclone grew larger as it snaked towards the prince in the air.
"What's going on?" Kaguya asked; confused about why her cousin had conjured up a tornado only to have it directed towards Lelouch. Did he mess up? She feared for Lelouch.
But once the 10 year old Britannian made contact with the tornado, it kept him afloat.
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Kaguya took to her feet to gawk at the spectacle in the air. A cyclone wind had ferried Lelouch to heights almost the same as their three stories high dojo. He stood high, looking down on Tohdoh sensei with a smile that said he had won.
TO BE CONTINUED…..
A/N: Never planned for this to end like this but classes are about to start and I wanted to get something posted before it did.