Chapter 3 – Momoyo VS. Yamato

Author's Note

Whoops, I forgot a title for Chapter 2. Sorry about that. Also, since I didn't want to put what comes after this in this chapter, as I find it would be too much for a single chapter, it's not that long, sorry.

6:30 PM, Saturday August 8th, 2009

I open my eyes and see nothing but more darkness, and feel something soft on my face.

"What the hell?" I say in a muffled tone. "What's on me now?"

I attempt to push whatever is on top of me, but it doesn't budge.

"Damnit, I can hardly breathe here!" I think to myself and keep trying to push this figure off me.

After about twenty seconds of pushing, the figure finally moves and yawns, asking "What's pushing me?"

After the figure wakes up, I push it off me, gasping for breath and saying "Damnit, whoever that was, you almost suffocated me!"

The figure stands up and then says "Keep your end of the deal, fight with me."

I shake my head and sigh, saying "That's just like you Nee-san."

Nee-san throws a punch suddenly, but I sidestep the punch, saying "Whoa, hold on. First of all, I didn't accept the battle, and second of all, if we're going to spar, we're not going to do it in the dorm; especially not my room!"

"Fine." Nee-san says. "Come on, let's go."

"You just don't listen, do you?" I ask her. "I never agreed to it."

She ignores me and starts dragging me outside, and I sigh and say "Ah, whatever, no point in resisting any further."

When we go outside, I find the rest of the Kazama Family and Tsukune waiting.

"Ah crap." I say "Why do you all want us to spar so badly?"

I free myself from Nee-san's grip and take some steps away to get into a sparring position

"Let's just get this over with." I say. "I want to go back to sleep."

"West, Kawakami Momoyo!" says Tesshin, who just randomly appeared.

"Ready!" Nee-san exclaims.

"When did you get here, old man?!" I exclaim, surprised.

"I told you to stop calling me old man!" Tesshin booms.

"Alright, alright I get it already." I say.

"East, Naoe Yamato!" Tesshin says.

"Ready, I guess." I say half-heartedly.

"Begin!" Tesshin says.

As soon as the battle starts, Kanetsugu says in my head "It's going to be a left hook, straight, followed by a high kick, in that order."

Sure enough, Nee-san attacks me in that very same order, which makes it easy for me to dodge.

"Okay, if you're being serious, I can't see how you've been undefeated." I say. "I can easily see how slow those attacks were, and there's an opening by your left hip."

"This offensive movement verbally should throw off her concentration." I think to Kanetsugu.

"That's actually a good idea." Kanetsugu says to me. "They really don't call you the Tactician for nothing."

After I say that to Nee-san, she gets angrier and lost a part of her concentration.

"Damn, it really did work that easily." I think to Kanetsugu.

"Grrr, I'm going to get you for that!" Nee-san exclaims and starts rushing towards me.

I sidestep her and deliver a sharp kick on her left hip, and say "I JUST said that your left hip was open, and you didn't listen to me."

Everyone, including Tesshin, looks at me in shock.

"What, is it that strange that I just kicked her?" I asked them. "I know that Mayucchi or Chris or Wanko or Miyako could have seen that opening."

"I didn't even see that opening!" Mayucchi, Chris, Wanko, and Miyako say.

"Huh, is that so?" I rhetorically ask.

"I barely even detected that…" Tesshin says. "Not to mention you're the first one in a long time to land a successful hit on her."

As we're talking, Nee-san rushes towards me and tries to punch me on the back of my head.

"Behind Y-" Kanetsugu says.

"I know! I know! I have a plan!" I reply.

I dodge her at the last second and grab her arm and throw her over my shoulder.

After she is thrown, I'm met by eyes full of more surprise and shock than before.

"Did you just shoulder throw her?" Miyako asks.

"What does it look like?" I ask sarcastically.

"Damnit, how did you get this strong?" Nee-san asks angrily.

"Strong? No. I'm just using my head, that's all." I say.

"Then how did you just throw me?" Nee-san asks.

"Simple, grab your arm and throw you over my shoulder." I reply sarcastically.

Nee-san jumps toward me and gets ready for another barrage of punches.

"Watch out!" says Kanetsugu. "Barrage of Punches headed your way!"

"I know! I'm going to let her hit me!" I reply back in my head.

"What!? Are you crazy!?" Kanetsugu exclaims.

"Pretty much." I reply back in my head and get into a defensive stance.

"Here goes nothing…" I say.

Momoyo throws her barrage of punches to me and they all are blocked, but my arms are in pain.

"This looks like it could be a good match." Wanko says.

"But how did he get that strong?" Miyako asks. "He never had any substantial amount of strength!"

Nee-san then lands a powerful punch that breaks my guard and sends me flying backwards.

"Aye, that hurt." I say and stand back up, spitting some blood out of my mouth. "That wasn't a bad punch, but I've had enough. I forfeit."

"W-Winner Kawakami Momoyo…." Tesshin says.

"No!" Nee-san exclaims. "I'm not letting it end like this!"

I flick her in the forehead and say "Match is already over, you won, be happy." And spit a bit more blood out of my mouth.

"You okay?" Tsukune says while walking up to me.

"I'm fine; I just bit my gum too hard when I got punched, that's all." I reply and spit more blood out of my mouth. "Just got to let it bleed out, that's all."

I sense the feeling that Tsukune is trying to resist himself from something, and then he suddenly runs away from me. I stand there, completely puzzled and ask "What was that about?" to nobody in particular.

"Wait, could it have something to do with blood? Maybe he has Hemophobia or something."

Five minutes earlier…

- End of Yamato's perspective, Tsukune's perspective begins.

"He's holding his own really well against Momoyo." I think to myself. "He said himself he's not strong, but kicking someone in the hip with that slight of an opening is something else."

While I'm thinking about how well he's doing, Yamato then does a shoulder throw on Momoyo. "Damn, how did he even do that?" I ask myself "I don't even think Moka could do that!"

Momoyo then lands a barrage of punches on Yamato, but he blocks them all.

"He's got to be hurting after that barrage." I think to myself. "Those punches had a tremendous amount of power, any human would be

Momoyo lands a final punch that breaks through his guard and sends him flying.

"Aye, that hurt." Yamato says and gets back up, spitting some blood out of his mouth. "That wasn't a bad punch, but I've had enough, I forfeit."

"Oh no, I can smell it from here, the smell of blood." I think to myself.

"W-Winner Kawakami Momoyo…." Tesshin says.

"No!" Nee-san exclaims. "I'm not letting it end like this!"

Yamato flicks her in the forehead and says "Match is already over, you won, be happy." and spits a bit more blood out of his mouth.

I resist the smell of blood by breathing through my mouth and walk up to Yamato asking "You okay?"

"I'm fine; I just bit my gum too hard when I got punched, that's all." Yamato replies and spits more blood out of his mouth. "Just got to let it bleed out, that's all."

"I have to resist, I can't let them know about this…" I think to myself, but my sense of smell is wavering my resistance, so I run away as a last ditch effort.

"I have to get away before I can't resist the urge anymore!" I think to myself as I'm running away.

I run back to the Shimazu Dorm and into my room to get away from the blood.

"That was close." I say out loud. "If I would have stayed any longer, I don't think I could have resisted my urge to start sucking up his blood."