Ok, so do you guys remember how I said I was majorly mixing up the episodes, yeah, it's going to come into play A LOT so don't freak out when events go all crazy. This is because I wanted Aella to come in at a certain point but also impact/experience certain events in the series; hence the overlapping and mixing up. This chapter is going to be small part of Invincible Friendship (gotta get that fight in, don't we?), and the next episode (may not be one chapter) will most likely be Everyone Like Chocolate. :)Please tell me if this is working or not, I really appreciate feedback, so thanks to any reviewers and favorite/followers; you're all super amazing and I hope I don't disappoint! :)
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I slide underneath Kyo's kick and whirl around and jump up with enough time to land a roundhouse kick on his side as he stumbled from the momentum he had after I ducked under his kick (Haru was pretty surprised too.) Anyways, I kick Kyo and he's pushed back a few feet before falling into a neat roll, standing up and charging me just as Haru whips around lunges at me. I duck under Haru's punch and rocket upwards into a backflip; he narrowly misses my feet hitting his face as I do this. I stick the landing and leap upwards, but the little punk moves before my feet can crash down on him. I hit the ground a little less gracefully than before but there's no hesatation when I jam my elbow at Kyo's chest, which he manages to mostly deflect to the side. Haru throws another punch but I duck yet again and dive for his feet; long story short, he crashes into Kyo and now they're both utterly fuming and I'm just flat out amused.
Any who, once the two raging teens disentangle themselves, they take a more defensive approach. Well, at least they're learning; albeit a little slowly for my liking. Let's speed this up a bit shall we?
I swing my arms back, stretching a little. I roll my shoulders back and decide that if they've pre-decided defense, I better coax them out of it. It's a bad idea to make your strategy defensive when you've got a temper like Kyo or Haru and you can't check it at all; but I'm not convinced that they know this so I guess I'll have to teach them.
"All right you pint-sized-punks, are you just going to stand there gawking all day or actually land a hit or two?" I deadpan, sounding ridiculously bored. When I get no response I continue my baiting, "Oh, I guess you've just given up then It's probably better this way; you weren't keeping up well and I wouldn't want to hurt either of you beginners by accident." Both boys are clenching their fists and grinding their teeth; not far from snapping. No way am I putting up with Kyo holding back again.
I notice that we've gained an audience besides Hatori; Yuki and Shigure were probably drawn to the window by all the noise, I admit; I'm surprised to see that Yuki's already up and about.
I sigh, relax my stance and straighten up my posture, "Fine, I'm sure Yuki could put up a better fight than you two anyway; I guess I'll have to wait for him to get well again before I can have a proper fight."
Finally, Kyo snaps, "Don't think that for a second you stupid girl!" He lunges and throws a punch, swinging his arm out wide. I hold my forearm out and drop into a stanceand move forward and left slightly so that my arm meets the inside of his elbow. He's surprised and I bring my arm back down and jab my elbow into his gut.
"Oh, Kyo; you've got too bad a temper! Keep your arm in, like you know you should; I'm not an ameatur." I smirk as he gasps and is forced back a few feet.
Kyo charges again, and I think Haru's learned by watching that it's not smart to lunge at me head on. Kyo's foot flies past my head by a few inches and I comment, "Better."
After about five minutes of missing and getting hit, Kyo finally manages to land a punch. I grin and say, "Finally! Stop holding back, would you? I'm not made of glass!" Doubt and confusion flash in his eyes before he just returns my grin with a wicked one of his own.
I manage to block or deflect a little over three-quarters of Kyo's hits, and him about half of mine, but he's definetly keeping up. Both of our noses are bleeding though I daresay his is worse. My lips are tugged into a smirk, and I have to admit, I admire his determination.
"Dinner's ready!" Tohru calls from inside, and it's getting later and colder. Kyo sniffles and coughs as we finally end our spar.
"Don't worry, Kitty boy, Cow-punk; I'll crush you next time we fight, OK?" I say cheerily with a fake sweet-innocent-girly smile. Kyo snorts and Haru just shrugs.
So, Tohru has decided to tell Uotani and Hana that she's living with the Sohma's today (And Akito approved of me staying with them, so that's a good temporary solution, I'm staying on the floor in Tohru's room. I still have to pick up my clothes and stuff, probably will soon...but Tohru, Uo and Hana took me shopping for a few clothes, just enough for now so I don't have to keep borrowing everyone's clothes-after a while Kyo wouldn't let me wear the cargo pants and Tshirt so I had to borrow Yuki's since I'm taller than Tohru...ugh, it's so annoying having to wear other people's clothes!)
The four of us sit on a blanket we've laid out on the grass. Tohru explains it all and Uo has the shock/almost mad and then Hana's moderately surprised. It's about what I expected of them.
...And somehow it's decided that the two of them will be coming to sleepover in order to inspect the living situation and whatnot. I raise an eyebrow at this and Uo's says, "Well it's not you we're worried about!"
"Thanks guys." I say dryily, despite the laugh bubbling up inside me.
Uo wraps her arms around Tohru's head, "Poor Tohru's too nice to make sure she's being treated fairly!"
Tohru promptly turn a bright shade of red and protests wildly with lots of hand waving and gestures, making us other three giggle at her defending the Sohma's so seriously. I lightly punch her in the arm and smile.
"Don't worry about it, we're all teasing! Besides, it'll be fun to have them over for a sleepover right?" I say, still smiling.
"Ah!" Tohru thinks about it for a second before smiling and saying, "Yes, I think it will!"
