Hitokiri stepped from Kade limits, heading out into the distance, evening
was falling upon them, throughout her travels in Kade, she stopped at a
pub, eating and gaining spirit again. She didn't propose to herself the
idea that she was going up against a higher someone, to avenge her father's
death. She wanted to calm herself, and not thinking about that was a perk
to her life. Inochi was next to her at the time, looking down at the
ground, thoughts were racing in her mind, she had questions to ask, but she
didn't want to ask Inochi. What would he think about her then? Maybe she
could play it off as if she was curious, Hitokiri barely looking at Inochi
says with a pause in her voice, " What did you mean about what I thought of
you earlier, Inochi?"
Inochi looked at her some, wondering why she was asking this to him now, with a faint smile he looks to the sky and says, " I was just wondering, considering I never hear your insight on anything."
" My insight? You want to hear what I think?"
" Yeah, of course I want to know what you think. You know you were born with a voice and that voice should be heard."
Hitokiri looked to the side, " Should be heard, that is the key."
" What would mean to you if I said I wanted to hear it?"
She didn't want to look at him, she knew what was going on here, Inochi was starting to fall for her. She couldn't start to explain to herself why he was falling for her. She gulped lightly, looking back at him, square in the eyes, " Look Inochi, it's great that you want to hear my voice and all, but can you do me favor?"
Inochi a bit confused says, " What's that?"
Hitokiri struggling with herself to say the words that spilled from her mouth, " Don't deny this, but deep inside I can see that your falling in love with me. I wish that you wouldn't do that."
Hitokiri walked ahead of Inochi after so, he was a little shocked that she knew that he had feelings for her. Inochi faced her back and says out loud, " What is so wrong with that?"
Hitokiri not glancing back says, " It is not worth it. I have nothing to live for, nothing to do for the world, why waste time on someone that means so less to anyone."
Inochi paced slowly after her, " It never occurred to you that you mattered to me?"
Hitokiri stopped in her tracks, she couldn't handle emotion like this around her, she turned slowly to confront Inochi, with a faint smile she then said, " Look, it's flattering that you like me, but I am not the kind of person that can handle emotions at the time."
Inochi sighed only following after her, " I know, but I still want to try."
" Don't try, if you want something that high and grand out of a person, you need to hunt for another being."
Hitokiri turned back around, motioning for Inochi to catch up, with that she also called out, " Let's just drop the matter."
Inochi sighed catching up to Hitokiri, she depressed him, yet he still loved her. Hitokiri looking off to the side says, " What do you think we can do about that higher someone?"
Inochi looking at the side of her face, speaks bitterly, he was sour feeling inside, " Fight him I guess, I mean I am sure you can do it. You're the stronger one out of us both. You know that, and I know that."
" Your just saying that. I am sure your just as good."
He smirked looking to her, " Want to test that?"
Hitokiri looks at him, " You want to fight me, to see who is the better fighter?"
He nodded as she looked. She smiled just a devious as Inochi, she reached to her back, unsheathing her crackling blue sword. Inochi knew that would be her weapon of choice in this sparring match. Pulling up his sleeve he showed her his well-polished brass knuckles. Hitokiri smirked, pointing the blade of her sword into the ground, speaking directly to Inochi, " Trying to show off?"
" If you mean how well-cleaned I keep them."
Hitokiri laughed slightly as she corrected him, " No silly, I am talking about using your brass knuckles against my sword."
" Oh that" tosses a opened palm at her playfully, " that is me giving myself a challenge."
Hitokiri using her left hand, which did not hold the sword to point at herself, " I am all the challenge you need."
Inochi laughed lightly, standing in a heavy stance, putting his weight on his back leg, pointing his fist at Hitokiri. Hitokiri stepped back a step, swing her sword in a circle once, having the blade of the sword facing her body. The handle pointed at Inochi's upper chest, Inochi was not familiar with her many different techniques of fighting with a sword. Hitokiri tilted her head, holding a loose stance, " Ready when you are."
" You always wanted me to attack first, but considering you won't attack until I do so, I might as well."
Inochi pushed his right first forward, letting it brush the side of her cheek softly, it was suppose to distract her. She twisted her right arm, touching her right elbow with her left. This would thrust the blade of the sword in front of her, making a shield, for his left punch to impact the blade instead of her. She was positioned in a strange way, using her now strong stance to push forward and throw Inochi off of her. She flicked her wrist throwing the blade of the sword towards the ground, stabbing the ground, waiting for Inochi to throw another move at her.
Inochi staggering backwards, looks at her, she was strong for a girl, were the thoughts that raced in his mind. He had to keep a close eye on Hitokiri, she was good with her sword. If he couldn't trick her, then he was going to have to think of a better plan to show her he was quite the match. He threw a left punch at her, pulling up at her blade she blocked his punch, straight ahead with the blade of her sword again. She lifted her eyes, looking at him, he was a bit frustrated, this was a game to her, this was him trying. He pushed his right arm out, hooking it, going for a uppercut, unsuccessful once again, it was stopped by Hitokiri scooting her body away from uppercut. She tossed her sword up in the air lightly, catching it with her index finger and thumb, with both hands. Using it as a large handle she uses the butt of her sword to punch Inochi in the face. He staggered back some looking at Hitokiri, she was using some strange techniques. He rubbed his lower jaw then glared at her, he spit to side, red blood splattering on the side as he spoke, " You getting good. Tell me when have you trained?"
Hitokiri laughed to herself, " It doesn't matter. Are you ready to quit or should we go on?"
Inochi knew he stood no chance fighting her any longer, he sighed as he said lowering his hands, " I really don't stand a chance against you. I am not berating myself but you have gotten really good Hitokiri. This just shows if I am getting beat by a girl that I need to practice more."
Hitokiri pointed her free hand at Inochi and spoke loudly, " Don't associate me with other girls, I am a different kind of woman. I told you that before and I meet it as well."
Inochi nodded, watching her sheathe her sword. Hitokiri looked to what was now the setting sun and said to Inochi " We should really be finding a place to sleep tonight, it will be dark soon."
Inochi looked in the direction of the sun, then back to Hitokiri, " Your right, let's head out for a nearby city or nice patch in the forest."
Hitokiri and Inochi turned opposite of the sun and started to walk towards a safe place for the night.
Inochi looked at her some, wondering why she was asking this to him now, with a faint smile he looks to the sky and says, " I was just wondering, considering I never hear your insight on anything."
" My insight? You want to hear what I think?"
" Yeah, of course I want to know what you think. You know you were born with a voice and that voice should be heard."
Hitokiri looked to the side, " Should be heard, that is the key."
" What would mean to you if I said I wanted to hear it?"
She didn't want to look at him, she knew what was going on here, Inochi was starting to fall for her. She couldn't start to explain to herself why he was falling for her. She gulped lightly, looking back at him, square in the eyes, " Look Inochi, it's great that you want to hear my voice and all, but can you do me favor?"
Inochi a bit confused says, " What's that?"
Hitokiri struggling with herself to say the words that spilled from her mouth, " Don't deny this, but deep inside I can see that your falling in love with me. I wish that you wouldn't do that."
Hitokiri walked ahead of Inochi after so, he was a little shocked that she knew that he had feelings for her. Inochi faced her back and says out loud, " What is so wrong with that?"
Hitokiri not glancing back says, " It is not worth it. I have nothing to live for, nothing to do for the world, why waste time on someone that means so less to anyone."
Inochi paced slowly after her, " It never occurred to you that you mattered to me?"
Hitokiri stopped in her tracks, she couldn't handle emotion like this around her, she turned slowly to confront Inochi, with a faint smile she then said, " Look, it's flattering that you like me, but I am not the kind of person that can handle emotions at the time."
Inochi sighed only following after her, " I know, but I still want to try."
" Don't try, if you want something that high and grand out of a person, you need to hunt for another being."
Hitokiri turned back around, motioning for Inochi to catch up, with that she also called out, " Let's just drop the matter."
Inochi sighed catching up to Hitokiri, she depressed him, yet he still loved her. Hitokiri looking off to the side says, " What do you think we can do about that higher someone?"
Inochi looking at the side of her face, speaks bitterly, he was sour feeling inside, " Fight him I guess, I mean I am sure you can do it. You're the stronger one out of us both. You know that, and I know that."
" Your just saying that. I am sure your just as good."
He smirked looking to her, " Want to test that?"
Hitokiri looks at him, " You want to fight me, to see who is the better fighter?"
He nodded as she looked. She smiled just a devious as Inochi, she reached to her back, unsheathing her crackling blue sword. Inochi knew that would be her weapon of choice in this sparring match. Pulling up his sleeve he showed her his well-polished brass knuckles. Hitokiri smirked, pointing the blade of her sword into the ground, speaking directly to Inochi, " Trying to show off?"
" If you mean how well-cleaned I keep them."
Hitokiri laughed slightly as she corrected him, " No silly, I am talking about using your brass knuckles against my sword."
" Oh that" tosses a opened palm at her playfully, " that is me giving myself a challenge."
Hitokiri using her left hand, which did not hold the sword to point at herself, " I am all the challenge you need."
Inochi laughed lightly, standing in a heavy stance, putting his weight on his back leg, pointing his fist at Hitokiri. Hitokiri stepped back a step, swing her sword in a circle once, having the blade of the sword facing her body. The handle pointed at Inochi's upper chest, Inochi was not familiar with her many different techniques of fighting with a sword. Hitokiri tilted her head, holding a loose stance, " Ready when you are."
" You always wanted me to attack first, but considering you won't attack until I do so, I might as well."
Inochi pushed his right first forward, letting it brush the side of her cheek softly, it was suppose to distract her. She twisted her right arm, touching her right elbow with her left. This would thrust the blade of the sword in front of her, making a shield, for his left punch to impact the blade instead of her. She was positioned in a strange way, using her now strong stance to push forward and throw Inochi off of her. She flicked her wrist throwing the blade of the sword towards the ground, stabbing the ground, waiting for Inochi to throw another move at her.
Inochi staggering backwards, looks at her, she was strong for a girl, were the thoughts that raced in his mind. He had to keep a close eye on Hitokiri, she was good with her sword. If he couldn't trick her, then he was going to have to think of a better plan to show her he was quite the match. He threw a left punch at her, pulling up at her blade she blocked his punch, straight ahead with the blade of her sword again. She lifted her eyes, looking at him, he was a bit frustrated, this was a game to her, this was him trying. He pushed his right arm out, hooking it, going for a uppercut, unsuccessful once again, it was stopped by Hitokiri scooting her body away from uppercut. She tossed her sword up in the air lightly, catching it with her index finger and thumb, with both hands. Using it as a large handle she uses the butt of her sword to punch Inochi in the face. He staggered back some looking at Hitokiri, she was using some strange techniques. He rubbed his lower jaw then glared at her, he spit to side, red blood splattering on the side as he spoke, " You getting good. Tell me when have you trained?"
Hitokiri laughed to herself, " It doesn't matter. Are you ready to quit or should we go on?"
Inochi knew he stood no chance fighting her any longer, he sighed as he said lowering his hands, " I really don't stand a chance against you. I am not berating myself but you have gotten really good Hitokiri. This just shows if I am getting beat by a girl that I need to practice more."
Hitokiri pointed her free hand at Inochi and spoke loudly, " Don't associate me with other girls, I am a different kind of woman. I told you that before and I meet it as well."
Inochi nodded, watching her sheathe her sword. Hitokiri looked to what was now the setting sun and said to Inochi " We should really be finding a place to sleep tonight, it will be dark soon."
Inochi looked in the direction of the sun, then back to Hitokiri, " Your right, let's head out for a nearby city or nice patch in the forest."
Hitokiri and Inochi turned opposite of the sun and started to walk towards a safe place for the night.
