A/N: Hello! There is one more chapter after this update of five. Then I am ending it. Why? There is a second side to this story, that of Sayo, and she knows a lot more than Koh about what's going on. So, this was the set up story. Sayo's side expands on setting, plot, characters, and the general world whose foundations are touched upon with Cacophony, but not very well. Also, Koh's character in general is one with a very narrow line of sight. He doesn't think very much at all in this. However, if you get anything out of this, please drop a review. Enjoy!
XI.
"Don't Koh."
"Damn it, get out of the way!"
"You can't make me move, lion cub."
"What, will you cut me down instead?"
Sayo didn't answer, merely kept her arms spread wide, blocking the chief from the range of his fists, blocking him from taking the man and ripping him to pieces of steak he could burn to charcoal.
"YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID!"
She nodded. However, she didn't move. "You don't want to do this," she said. She wasn't smiling. The rabbit was always supposed to be smiling. "He saved you!"
"He didn't tell me anything! He should have! I-" He raised a fist wrapped in fire. "Move!"
"Make me, lion cub!"
He moved towards her, fist hitting her in the stomach. "Stop calling me that!" She coughed and he punched again. "Move! MOVE DAMN YOU!"
Her feet didn't skid on the ice, and her arms remain spread. "Oh, lion," she sang. "Your roar has become a whisper."
"SHUT UP!"
He wanted to hate her, wanted to hurt her, to kill her.
And he was going to do it.
She smiled at his flame, the flames that weren't orange anymore but velvet blue and rich black. "Oh, Koh," she whispered. "It's not me you're angry at, it's you."
In his rage, he almost listened. Then his vision wavered, and he found the ground rushing towards his face.
She had played him, knocked him out.
He was relieved.