Chapter 9

Full out battle

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AN: How's it going lovelies? Or bro... I dont know... Here's the new chapter! yay! Thanks for waiting, and please enjoy the chapter~


"Ten against one…" Kiku mused. "I suppose this is a little unfair. But since your opponent is me, I think it is quite even."

"Kiku, why are you even doing this?" Ludwig asked, his hand still holding his sword.

"Why?" Kiku scoffed "Isn't it obvious? I am after the treasure as well."

"Kiku, aren't we friends? Please don't hurt us!" Feliciano pleaded.

Feliciano took a step forward towards the Japanese man and before Ludwig could stop him, Kiku hit Feliciano on the cheek with the butt of his katana. Feliciano fell down as he held his now bruised cheek. He looked at his used to be friend in horror and teary eyes. He couldn't believe that this was really Kiku, his Japanese friend that was always stoic and quite. It was just impossible! He got up slowly and made an attempt to talk to Kiku again but was pulled away by Ludwig.

"He is not Kiku! Kiku is not like that!" Feliciano cried out while struggling against the strong grip of the German.

"I know it's hard to believe… but things have changed. He is no longer the Kiku you used to know."

Suddenly there was a clash of metal. Arthur's emerald eyes met Kiku's dark brown ones. Their swords were rubbing against each other as the both tried to overpower each other. Much to Arthur's surprise and displeasure, Kiku was strong. Very strong. Despite his rather slender figure. Kiku smirked and gave increased his strength on the katana making Arthur buckle his legs. After much struggle, he finally gave up and jumped back.

"I underestimated you, Kiku." A smirk crept up Arthur's lips and he stood up straight "Let's get serious now, shall we?"

Arthur looked at Alfred and nodded at him. The both charged at Kiku at the same time as Kiku got ready for their attack. Alfred unsheathed his sword along the way and ducked down to aim for Kiku's legs while Arthur aimed for his neck. Friend or foe, if the person is on his way, he will kill whoever it was. Kiku simply ducked down as his hand grabbed Arthur's and his other hand grabbed Alfred's neck and push him on the floor.

(Name) took this chance to attack. She swiftly dodged the katana that slashed across her head and thirsted her sword to Kiku's gut. Kiku quickly turned right and raised his foot to kick her harshly on the neck. (Name) grunted and fell on the floor hard. Her body was already badly hurt and the pain made it worse. His made everyone charge to Kiku, even Felciano. He didn't want to believe that the man in front of him was really Kiku, he just pretended like he was some stranger.

Even when three words were aiming at him, Kiku managed to doge them all easily. For him, this was like taking a candy from a baby or a walk in the park. Kiku got into his stance and decided that it was his turn to attack. He slashed his sword on Feliciano knowing he was the weakest. Ludwig slid in front of Feliciano and didn't get enough time to attack move back, which resulted on a slice on his chest. Blood seeped through his beige vest, which was torn. Ludwig fell on his knees and hissed at the terrible pain on his chest. Literally.

"WEST!" Gilbert yelled out when he saw his beloved little brother hurt.

Gilbert growled and glared at Kiku as he ran to him letting a war cry. He aimed his sword at him. Kiku dodged it easily while Gilbert quickly elbowed Kiku pretty hard on his back. Antonio smashed hid fist on Kiku's face and he made sure he broke his nose. Blood dripped down from Kiku's nose, which was now purple.

"I underestimated you…" Kiku swung his katana "Looks like I will need to put effort into this."

"Heh, you were not serious? I didn't even try just now!" Gilbert scoffed.

"Gilbert, this is not the time." Antonio shook his head.

Catching him off guard, Kiku grabbed Gilbert's wrist and flipped him over his back, letting him fall on his back. Kiku raised his katana and thrusted it to Gilbert. Luckily, Antonio was fast enough to block it with his axe. The other six charged to Kiku getting the feeling to just kill him. Feliciano was too worried about Ludwig even though he kept on saying he would be fine. Kiku easily slid through their attacks and crashed Arthur's and Alfred's head together, slicing Francis on the arm, and practically hurting each of them. Gilbert pounced on him but Kiku quickly rolled over making him who was pinning Gilbert.

Feliciano seeing that Gilbert was in trouble, tackled Kiku with all his strength. Kiku landed rather painfully and grunted slightly from impact. He swiftly recovered and sent a kick to the dazed Feliciano. Feliciano was sent flying. Luckily Gilbert had already gotten back to his feet and had managed to catch him before he hit the ground.

(Name) parried her sword with Kiku's katana for a second before jumping back. As she had witnessed, Kiku was no joke. Getting the pouch mirror would be more troublesome than expected. She lunged at him and tried to slash his chest. He dodged with ease and jabbed the back of his katana into her gut. She yelped in pain and stumbled backwards. (Name) clutched her stomach and glared at Kiku.

"What's wrong? I expected better from-" He sidestepped away from Antonio's upcoming axe. "Whoops." He teased.

(Name) ran forward and slashed Kiku who was momentarily busy with Antonio. Her sword made contact and blood quickly oozed from Kiku's clothes.

"Arrgh!"

Seeing the time was right, she maneuvered her swords and knocked the katana out of his hands. She smirked; Kiku was now defenseless. With all her might, she rammed both the butts of her swords into Kiku's gut. He was knocked out in an instant. She searched his pockets and found what she was looking for. The mirror.

(Name) panted as she squeezed the velvet pouch on her hands. Her legs felt like jelly now making her fall on her knees. Everyone was on the floor, out of breath and exhausted. Arthur used his sword to help him stand and made his way slowly to (Name). Gilbert noticed this and used whatever he had left to get up as well and weakly attack Arthur. Arthur kicked Gilbert with a grunt sending him falling back down. His attention was now focused on (Name) who was still trying to regain her energy.

"Bloody woman… give me… the pouch!" Arthur forced his legs to run towards (Name).

With her blurry vision, (Name) managed to grab her sword and raised it to the direction of Arthur. It was all she could do. Arthur wrapped his fingers around (Name)'s neck and pinned her on the floor. (Name)'s eyes went wide when she saw Arthur raise his sword. Her eyes were now filled with worry and fear. She looked into Arthur's emerald eyes and her head began to hurt. Inside her head was a blurry vision of something… someone. The others got on their feet as quick as their body could even though they barely had energy left in their bodies.

"(Name)!" she heard the others cry out.

Suddenly a clang was heard. Arthur just froze there, eyes wide. Seems like he let his sword slip out of his grip as he weakly got up and took steps away from (Name). Francis took this chance to knock him out by hitting him hard on the back of his neck. No, he didn't want to kill him. (Name) would not be happy if she knew Arthur Kirkland was dead. Gilbert did the same thing to Alfred and it was time for them to escape and run away.

They immediately made their way back to their ships deciding it was best for them to move as fast as possible. Everyone was on their beds covered up with bandages.


~Arthur's POV~

There she was. Finally I could see (Name) again. My dearest (Name). How much I missed her. (Name) was standing there under the tree of our memories, waving at me with that beautiful smile of hers. I smiled softly and ran to her. I embraced her to a hug and muzzled my head against the crook of her neck.

"I knew you were still alive… I never believed those bloody gits." I whispered into her ears.

"You left me…" I heard her say quietly.

"I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. I can-" I felt a sharp pain on my abdomen.

I placed my hand on my abdomen to find out that a sword has penetrated through it. I felt the blood staining my blouse as I looked at (Name). She was looking at me with such cold eyes as she pulled her sword back.

"(Name)…" I croaked out as I fell on my knees.

My vision got blurry and the last thing I saw was her mouth moving, saying something…

I cracked my eyes open and shot up. I looked around me and found myself in my own cabin. My temples were beading sweat and when I got up, that was when a sharp pain surged through my whole body. Right, I just went on a bloody battle. I brought my hand to my face and covered my eyes trying to regain on what happened. Now I remember. We were fighting for the clue until Kiku showed up and honestly, I had to thank that they were there. Or I wouldn't think I would be able to take him down myself. And then, he finally got defeated and bollocks! I was put unconscious and they took the clue with them!

And then….there was something else… her eyes. When I looked into her eyes, (Name)'s face came up in my head. Yes, that was why I dropped my sword… Just who is she? And… is (Name)… really gone? I never expected myself to still have feelings. I thought after years of murder and crime, my heart would close and lock itself forever. But (Name) is really a special girl. She doesn't deserve to be forgotten, even for me. It is amazing how I still have feelings for her.

I looked at my hand for a while and closed my eyes. Somehow, my heart feels a little calm at that moment even though I just lost and found out that the girl I still love for years was gone. I cracked my eyes open and clenched my fists.

"(Name) is gone? What bullshit." I scoffed.

(Name) is not weak. She is strong. Wherever she is, I'm going to find her. And I exactly know how… a smirk tugged on my lips as I let out a dark chuckle. Looks like I will have to keep on following those bloody gits for the treasure and her. The frog was hiding something. No one lies to Arthur Kirkland.


~Your POV~

I sat on my bed staring into space, still wondering why that guy didn't kill me in the spot. What came into him until he dropped his sword and get off of me? My thoughts were drifted to when I saw his eyes and the vision popped into my mind. Now that I think of it carefully, I was pretty sure that it was a small boy. Blonde hair… his face was impossible to see. It was really blurry. But I also heard faint giggles in my head when I saw the vision… and a sound of a little girl.

And then something finally hit me. Was that… something from my past? I tried to remember if there was anyone else in my life. To be specific a blond boy. Is that boy even close to me? My head hurt and that was wen I stopped trying. I perked up when I heard a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Matthew stepped inside and closed the door slowly. He was covered in bandages just like I was.

"Where is the mirror?"

"I-its with Francis."

I nodded and sighed. We needed to go to the cave next if I remembered correctly.

"Are we heading to the cave?"

"Yes. We will be there when the sun comes up." Matthew nodded.

I hummed and nodded. Things were getting hard and tiring. We would only have around three hours of rest until we have to make the next move.


AN: I loved the fighting part. I really had to picture them in my mind first before typing them down. Hoped you liked it and I have to say this story is not easy to write. Even sometimes I get confused myself XD but I wrote the plot in my phone so no worries! And i also have a little announcement. Starting from now, updates will be slow! I'm moving houses and exams are coming up real soon. So the best I can do is one chapter per week. And then if its the exams, I won't be updating at all since I won't be touching my lappie or computer.

Reviews:

: Of course i will make another one...

MapleDumplings: your pen name is making me hungry... anyways! Yes, Matthew should! The image of Matthew using a ninja costume just cracks me up! And yes I tend to make Francis sissy when it comes with his face. I agree! Feliciano is adorable! Well not really... or maybe he is denying the fact that reader is gone? Aaaaah~ or is he?

Guest: Danke, danke!

loveisil: I'm no better in those kind as well ^^ i just practice a lot!

And thats all for this chapter. What will happen next? What happens with Kiku? Will he chase them again or not? Find out in the next chapter! Oh don't forget t leave a review~