Blurred Lines Chapter 8 The Duels, a for honor fanfic

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Chapter 8. The Duels

The rain smacked against Williams body and blade as he stared long and hard at Tadashi, both men were beaten, bloody and exhausted as the fight lasted longer than either of them had wanted. Tadashi moved his arms to the right and kept a close eye on Williams blade before he took a step back and reared for his sweeping charge. William felt his muscles tense up before he remembered what Sayori had said and closed his eyes letting my hands move almost on their own.

"and this marks the end of the famed wolf" William breathed as he heard the sound of footsteps launch at him when he moved his arms to the left and strike.

One Year Earlier

The train rode on through the swamps for weeks when William looked up and gazed upon the legendary fortress of Shimizu. Kastumoto rode up to William as they trotted through the brush and removed his helmet.

"they say she's impregnable, or at least when lord Ishida Takemore gave it to his son" William looked over to Kastumoto who moved his eyes to Tadashi as William nodded.

"I have a friend, he has one of the biggest ego's I've ever seen but I would bet three coin he would say" William cleared his throat s he tried to do a deeper voice in an accent unfamiliar to him. "give me five or six good men and I'll impregnate the bitch" Kastumoto let out a hearty laugh that caught the eye of a few different men before he calmed himself just in time for Tadashi to ride from the front to where the two men were.

"well wolf how does it feel to be in the presence of a real fortress?" William looked at it and looked back at Tadashi who was slightly jumping thanks to his horse who was settling to the sudden stop.

"I think its very regal looking, and I pray we don't see a battle while I'm here"

"that's right, you're still looking for someone right?" William nodded as he looked back at the castle but moved his attention to Sayori who looked back at him and smiled before she rode ahead to Shimizu. "well maybe you'll find what you need here, or on the road to Ostu or even Koto, but that all depends if you'll grace us with your presence. William felt his jaw clench and the grip on his reigns tighten as he kept smiling at Tadashi as he rode away.

"I know what you want to say so go ahead" William looked back at Kastumoto.

"what a kind and noble leader" Kastumoto laughed as he patted William on the back. Even in all the armor William could feel the hand smack his back.

"let's get to Shimizu and you have my word ill help you find your companions" William nodded as he grabbed his helmet and strapped it to his head before they rode off. As they got to the ground's soldiers dismounted and walked around for a moment, some even seemed to be embraced by wife's or family, but when William got off his horse the only thing he was greeted by was a sea of stares and whispers. It was hard to make anything out but he definitely knew they were talking about him, they didn't have to be speaking the same language but he knew they were talking about the foreign man who rode into the fortress with a leader and his army.

William turned around, keeping his helmet on grabbed his sword from the horse and tired it around his waist, when it caught his eye. Coming in from the road, William noticed weapons lining the roads, he had assumed they were famous enemies or fallen friends a way of honoring those who fell but his heart stopped when he saw two familiar sights, William took off his helet and dropped it to the ground as he walked over to the line of Weapons. As he looked right at a Halberd, he would've seen these everywhere in Ash field either knight or commoner could easily get one after the fall of Apollyon but this one was special.

The pike on the top was a guiled steel with gold embroidery, the blade was a long flat edge that rounded at both ends and the shaft was plated steel that along the lines beaded gold all the way down to the bottom of the weapon. While the sword next to it sat with a Rogan blade with a bellirus cross guard and hilt. William felt his heart drop as he looked around for the owners of these weapons but amongst the sea of faces looked at him, he only saw Sayori walking up to him with her mask still on.

"what is the matter?" William pointed to the weapons almost out of breath as he tried to find the words but was barley able to come up with anything, almost like he was out of breath.

"these… I know the owners… and they're not rusty… not like some, some of the others" Sayori looked around at the weapons of Vikings, other samurai and knights, they all were miscolord showing them for years while others were fresh, with barley any rust on them. "do you know what this means?" Sayori looked at the sword again before she looked at William.

"someone knows about your Companions" William nodded as he looked to Tadashi who was walking into the castle as Sayori tried to look away from William who walked right back to his horse and soon into the castle as well. Sayori watched as William grabbed his helmet and walked further into the crowd still centered around small parts of the train.

William waited until Tadashi got into his quarters before he followed him and slid the door open seeing him about to take off his armor. Tadashi turned around as his face became frustrated and irritated by the sight of the armored knight looking at him.

"and what do you want dog?" William looked right at him as Tadashi began to take off the smaller pieces of armor.

"the weapons on the outside, lining the roads to Shimizu"

"what about them wolf?" William walked inside and closed the door.

"two of them are brand new it looks like, they belong to two of the people I'm looking for" Tadashi smirked as he took off his chest piece and placed it on the rack a few feet away from him.

"and you think I had something to do with putting them out there?"

"I know you did" Tadashi finished taking his armor off until he was just his Hakama and kimono before he took off his Katana and placed it on a rack.

"and what would happen if I admitted to it?"

"nothing, I don't want anything from you other than releasing them" Tadashi laughed openly as he looked at William.

"what makes you think they still live?" William shrugged.

"I don't, but I also know you wouldn't just execute prisoners until you would've gotten something from them, if you have them all id ask is you let them go and I'll go with them" Tadashi snapped his fingers as William turned around and another man came in and looked over to Tadahsi.

(Japanese) "bring one of the prisoners up here" the man nodded and taped his hand to his chest and walked out of the room. William turned back to Tadashi who was smiling.

"if they are your friends then maybe ill be generous and let them go, but I also still need information from them, and you" William felt his jaw clench as he looked at Tadashi.

The door slid open again as this time Nastuki walked in taking her hat off and walking over to Tadashi making direct contact with William.

"well look who it is, the handsome knight" William looked at Natsuki who slid a hand into Tadashi's kimono and smiled as she did so. "I figured you would've been killed in the swamps, but I guess it was pleasantly wrong" William looked at Tadashi who didn't take his eyes off the knight still standing near the doors. William walked over to the table close to Tadashi and took off his helmet when the doors slid open again as the guard threw someone into the room.

Williams eyes grew wide as Emily turned around as hit the man who brought her here and turned to see Tadashi who looked at William.

"look familiar?" Emily turned to William and was taken back as she took a step back realizing who she was looking at. William took a step closer looking at the Warden in front of her, Emily stood in front of him missing every inch of her armor and even her boots as she stood in front of him only in her shirt and pants but with her hands tied in front of her. Emily's eyes grew wide as she slowly walked up and placed her hand on Williams cheek. William stood there as a smile slowly crept up but disappeared when Emily moved her hands, clenched her fist and brought it right to his face. Tadashi and Natsuki both broke into laughter as William reeled back licking his making sure he wasn't bleeding.

"I think she might know you" Emily stayed standing right where she was as William stood back up and waited until Emily threw her arms around his neck and brought him into a very long and intense hug. William brought his arms around her waist as he heard her whisper in his ear

"I knew you survived" William smiled as they continue to hug when they stopped when they heard the doors open again.

"well as nice as this is, I'm afraid it's a little short lived, Tadashi snapped his fingers as Emily was grabbed by her arms and moved back out of the room.

"NO!" Emily was rushed from the room as William looked at Tadashi.

"let her go! Let them all go!" Tadashi looked at William without hesitation.

"No" Natsuki looked over to Emily who was dragged out of the room and started to let a crooked smile form on her face.

"what if you had a fight" William and Tadashi looked at her with confusion. "If he wins, you let him and his friends have a map and they leave the myre"

"and if I lose?"

"you stay and help until he doesn't need you" William looked over to Tadashi with a small fire behind his eyes.

"the only problem with that is when I swing my swing its to kill"

"agreed" Natsuki groaned as she looked between them

"if you two wont stop acting like idiots you'll remember there are sparring weapons" William maintained eye contact with Tadashi as he nodded.

"alright, I'll wager that" Tadashi nodded back to William as Natsuki smiled before William walked out of the room. Tadashi waited until the door closed and he turned to Natsuki keeping the same face as he looked at her.

(Japanese)"the next time you suggest me to duel a monster like him ill make you remember your place, you may be able to walk around freely but that can change just as quick as I let you in" Natsuki's smile dropped as she realized Tadashi's grip grew tighter before he let her go.

"consider yourself lucky, you have the advantage" Tadashi grabbed Natsuki by the throat with some force to surprise her but not enough to hurt her.

"then Explain this advantage"

Later

William sat outside in the gardens with his pipe in his mouth waiting as the servants of the castle set up barriers around the main lotus on the ground. Katsumoto walked up in a purple hakame and black kimono.

"do you know what you're doing?" William moved his jaw along the unlit pipe looking right at the arena being set up before him.

"they're here Tokagawa, I've tried to find them for months and they've been so close this whole time" Katsumoto looked over to the arena before he sat down under the tree William was under and crossed his legs. "and he knew where they were the whole fucking time" William leaned against the tree as Tadashi walked out of the massive doors leading outside with a sizable crowd following him into the now finished arena courtyard. William stood up and untied his sword as he walked over and jumped into the arena. Tadashi did the same as both men looked at each other, Sayori ran to the courtyard and stopped at the pillars on the walkways and looked past the crowd. William took one side of the arena as Tadashi took opposite and two men walked in carrying a few different styles of sparring swords. Tadashi looked at William as he slid his kimono off his torso revealing the dragon tattoos that littered his body and grabbed a wooden katana.

William turned around as he took his standards off making sure he was only in his shirt and pants and took a tie and fastened his hair behind his head, before he looked at the three different options of practice weapons and took the wooden sword and swung it around his body before he aimed it at Tadashi.

"is that a threat?" William spun it again as he looked and noticed Sayori's straw hat on the walkways but snapped his focus back on Tadashi.

"three rounds, the first to hit the ground on all fours loses" Tadashi smiled as he took position. William readied himself as he looked at Tadashi, but something felt off. The gong rang as the two men walked towards each other slowly. Tadashi took the first move as he advanced making a fake swing from the top but came at William from the left, William blocked in time as he countered and smacked Tadashi in the side of the stomach making him recoil before he came at William again and again.

Each time Tadashi came at William he seemed to be quicker before William blocked the last blow from the top and came at Tadashi's side hitting him in the arm and then came from below striking him on the chin throwing him to the ground. The crowd that gathers began to murmur as Tadashi stood back up.

"that's one for me" William said as he caught his breath, Tadashi spit the small amount of blood from his mouth as he smiled and readied himself for the next round. William did the same taking a more offensive position in the top position. Tadashi looked at William and readied himself when William came from the top, the blade slid down Tadashi's as he did a somersault over William striking him in the back. William felt the lash and straightened his back before he turned around and felt a strike across his torso and arm. William dropped the sword for a moment as Tadashi struck him again in the temple throwing William to the ground.

The crowd started to clap and slightly cheer as Tadashi walked around waiting for William to stand up.

"and that's one for me" William shuddered as he staggered to grab the sword and brought himself to his feet. His head was ringing as he tried to shake the pain on the side of his face when he heard the gong ring when Tadashi came from nowhere kicking him in the chest sending him sprawling to the ground out of breath. The people watching the duel began to get more excited seeing the fights shouting and cheering. William stood up and leaned on the gates looking at Tadashi who was walking over to him. the gong rang again as William readied himself trying to fight the urge to turn in. Tadashi came after him again and again, William was barley able to stop every attack but let a few slip by as one struck his arm, his neck and one smacked him in the temple again this time, swelling up his left eye until he couldn't see. Tadashi took a step back as he caught his breath. William moved forward as he brought his sword down from the top then the sides but every time he made an attack it was either blocked or countered until William felt his own stamina fail him. Tadashi smiled as he took a step back and made a fake move forward when he spun his sword around and charged William striking him in the shoulder before he spun around and dealt another blow to William other temple sending him flying to the ground for the last time.

Sayori ran to the rails of the arena seeing William fall the ground as people cheered as Tadashi threw the sword to the ground and threw his hands up. Katsumoto jumped over the rails as he moved to William picking him up over his shoulder and moved him out of the arena as Sayori snuck around grabbing his standards and sword before he followed Katsumoto. Tadashi stayed behind as he walked to his effects and slid his kimono back on and released the ties around his calves letting the hakama fall to the original position rather than strapped to his calves.

William woke up with a pain in his chest and across his face as he tried to sit up the pain in his back and stomach forced him to lay back down and take a few deep breaths. The doors swung open as Sayori and Katsumoto walked in.

"I told you he wasn't going to die" Katsumoto walked to one end of the bedding on the ground as Sayori walked to the other and both of them sat down at the same time. William moved his arm slowly and rubbed his face. "it would take more than that to kill a wolf" William scoffed and recoiled slightly in pain. Sayori looked to the door before she took off her mask hoping to get William to look at her but he turned over to Katsumoto.

"how long have I been unconscious?"

"about a day" William took a deep breath as he looked up to the ceiling and closed his eyes.

"he conned me" William shook his head as he took a deep breath, Sayori moved her hand and tried to place it on his when he retracted his hand from her. "and I fell right into the trap" Katsumoto nodded before he looked at Sayori who was busy in her head.

"what do you need to do now?" William shrugged and grunted as he took a deep breath.

"no idea yet, but I'm in his service until he deems it fulfilled" Katsumoto shook his head as he looked over to the door.

"let me see if he has a plan yet, if I find anything, I'll let you know" William nodded as Katsumoto put his hand on William's shoulder and got up leaving the room, closing the door in the process. William exhaled as he looked at the ceiling.

"I'm glad you're okay" William didn't make a noise as he looked at the ceilings "William?" Sayori tried to move for his hand as William sat up and looked at her.

"how long did you know?" Sayori was taken back as she looked at the anger behind his eyes.

"what?" William kept looking at her with anger behind his eyes.

"How long did you know he had them?" Sayori's eyes grew wide as she shook her head. "don't lie, I know you knew" William's eyes grew soft as he looked at her.

"A few weeks" William exhaled loudly as he swept a hand through his hair and dropped it on his stomach. Sayori began to clear her throat as the door swung open as Tadashi walked in with a smile on his face.

"come to claim your spoils?" Tadashi looked over to Sayori and moved his head to the doors, Sayori stood up, grabbed her mask and walked out the door leaving the two men alone.

"can you stand yet?"

"I haven't even been awake for an hour yet" Tadashi nodded as he paced at the foot of the bedding. William sat up hissing as he sat up. "well I am a man of my word, what would you have of me"

Tadashi moved his hands into his kimono and stopped pacing and looked at him.

"I have something very special for you to do now" William looked over to the door before he looked back at Tadashi

"what do you plan to do to them? after they give you everything?" Tadashi looked confused for a moment before he rolled his eyes.

"what do you think I should do with my enemy?"

"they aren't the enemy you should be worried about" Tadashi moved one hand onto his balde as he gave William a scowl.

"is that a threat wolf?" William looked him dead in the eye without blinking.

"you know as well as I cant do much with what just happened"

"then I suggest you find your tongue"

"I mean the Vikings, Ivar bloodletter is still your threat as much as mine" Tadshi took a deep breath.

"that is true, but last I remember he took out the last stronghold we held in ash field some time ago"

"but how satisfied do you think he'll be with just that? How long until he makes a move on the capital like the War-born did years ago?" Tadashi moved his hand from his sword and rubbed his chin for a moment.

"what is it you propose?" William looked at Tadashi pulled at his shirt allowing a little air to vent. "I release you from your debt and let you and your friends go?"

"no, I intend to serve since I lost, I suggest you let them go instead" Tadashi scoffed at the idea as William continued to speak. "that way I cans end them ravens, they know where I'll be and they can't keep information on anything changing on the Vikings" Tadashi looked at William with curiosity.

"what do you get from this wolf?"

"my friends are left alone" Tadashi nodded as snapped his fingers and two men came into the room.

William looked Tadashi spoke to them and they bowed and walked out the room. Tadashi turned back to William and looked at him.

"if I do this for you, instead of what I originally planned for you would become something else"

"as long as I have your word you'll let them get back in ash field safely" the doors opened again as William's eyes grew wide at the sight of Emily who looked over to him with concern and confusion.

"William what's going on?" William tried to stand up before Tadashi held out his hand telling him to stop.

"Do we have a deal William?" Tadashi looked at her and back to William before he nodded and th guards walked out with her.

"WILLIAM!" Emily was pushed out of the room as Tadashi looked over to William.

"they say a lot about you William, but you make sure your friends are alive above anything else, that's a good trait to keep about yourself" William looked at him for a moment and nodded.

"thank you" Tadashi nodded back as he opened the door in front of him.

"rest up wolf, ill make sure your tool will be ready for you" William laid back down as he closed his eyes and waited for what Tadashi wanted with him.

1 year later.

Sayori walked the halls of Shimizu castle to the farthest wing and opened the first door she saw. Tadashi looked up from his desk and papers when he noticed his sister step inside.

(Japanese) "any news from Otto?" Tadashi nodded as he looked up seeing his sister walk into the room and close the door behind her.

"the Vikings are attempting to move into the Myre, and Shugo can barley hold Otto"

"what about Katsumoto and Kazan?" Tadashi put the scroll down and looked at his sister a little annoyed with her.

"why is it your so interested in this?" Sayori looked her brother now frustrated with him.

"I would rather not be surprised by attacks because the outer castles and those in charge of defending them fail" Tadashi sighed as he held up a scroll and handed it to her. Sayori took it and opened reading the contents.

"and what is the news" Sayori looked up from the paper and rolled her eyes.

"nothing about any attacks" heavy footsteps barged to the door as it slid open as a solider came straight through. Tadashi placed his paper down as he and Sayori looked at the man who was out of breath.

"he's arrived" Tadashi nodded as the man closed the door before he stood up and set the scroll down. Tadashi and Sayori both walked outside to the courtyard as crowds were around the circle in the center where two guards and a man in rags were standing. The crowds parted once Tadashi and a now masked Sayori both stepped inside the circle right up to the man who was silently weeping. Tadashi cleared his throat as the man looked up, tears and snot both streaming from his face.

"Onzo Sati, you've been caught in dereliction to duties of the empower, your daimyo and the people of the myre, and the murder of Onzo Sachi you've also been denied the right to Seppuku, do you have anything left to say before you meet your fate?" the man shook his head as he started to breath heavily as the two men moved him to his knee's and leaned him over a wooden plank and a basket. Sayori looked behind her as the crowd split again as a man who towered over them walked to the ring.

He wore a Tsuya styled mask in a sleeveless set of Hanatakatengu robes with a massive executioner sword on his back. as he walked up and jumped over the rails and walked closer to Tadashi and Sayori. Sayori stood silent as Tadashi looked at him.

(English)"Hitokiri! Do your job" the man nodded as he walked forward but stopped when Sayori put her hand on his chest.

"come find me later" the Hitokiri pulled the massive tool out of the sheathe and continued to walk until he got to the man and put the blunted blade to the ground for a moment before he walked to the side and looked to Tadashi. He stood silent as Tadashi nodded as he brought the massive sword above his head and slammed it down in one massive swing separating the mans head letting it roll into the basket as the sword slammed into the wooden block. People reacted as he took the blade and wiped the blood off on one of the tendrils and placed it back inside the sheathe before he walked out of the ring. People moved away as he walked to the rails and moved over. The people gave him looks of hate as even a few spit at him or around him till he walked to the walkways and out of sight. Once he was out of sight the Hitokiri took a deep breath as he took the mask off and ran a hand over his shaven head. William took a deep breath before he looked over to where he was and put the mask back on and walked away.

Later that night

William ran a cloth down the length of the blade next to the fire as a door slowly slid open. He stopped for a moment until he contunied when footsteps walked to him and he felt a soft hand on his neck.

"we expected you back a week ago, not a month" William closed his eyes and almost dropped the cloth as Sayori moved her hand to his spine and gently rubbed in a small circle, it took a lot to snap back to reality and remember what he was doing.

"I got sick after dealing with that robber in that village and I had to stay behind for a few days more than I wanted" Sayori tried her best to hide the smile on her face. William tried to keep himself focused on the sword and not her when she ran a hand over his shaved head.

"I don't think I'm gonna get used to you not having a beard or hair" William chuckled and put the bunted blade back inside its scabbard and stood up to put it on the wall. Sayori came up from behind and pressed herself onto his back and moved her hands onto his chest "and why you want to be inside this broken little cottage instead of the castle is something curious as well"

"I'm no longer a guest, I'm someone else" William moved her hands off of him and went to the fireplace and grabbed a something to cover his torso. Sayori walked a little closer as there was a knock on the door. William looked up and dropped the cloak as Sayori walked away.

"come in" Natsuki walked in and looked at William before a small smile crept onto her face.

"My, my what do we have here, did I ruin the moment?" William moved his hands behind his back and stood at attention as Natsuki closed the door behind her.

"what is it you need?"

"that's no fun, I remember a little less than a year ago you had spirit, what happened to that?" William changed from looking at the door to her.

"what do you need, Natsuki?"

"there it is" William growled and changed to a scowl as she walked into the room.

"Tadashi requested you, you got a raven" William nodded as he grabbed the Hanatakatengu robe and put them on before he walked past Natsuki and headed for the castle. Sayori took a breath and looked at Natsuki who was staring right at her.

(Japanese) "Did I interrupt something? alone, with him in the middle of the night, no one around, perfect time to make an opportunity" Sayori shook her head as she hiked up her kimono and walked out of the shack, Natsuki scoffed as she followed her out and back to the castle.

William walked down the hallway and opened the doors to the war room. Tadashi looked up from his board and held up a scroll.

"William, it seems your friends have word for you" William walked into the room and took the Scroll from Tadashi and read it over carefully. Sayori came in a few minutes after William and she stood from the doorway as William looked at him.

"how much do you still want me dead?" Tadashi looked at William with a small hint of confusion.

"Explain wolf" William held up the scroll getting Tadashi to look at it. Sayori stayed in the doorway and noticed as neither man noticed she was there.

"Gregor reports something is happening in Ash field and he's asking me for aid" Tadashi looked at William.

"what does that have to do with what you just said?"

"technically I'm still duty bound to you, and since I don't think you would release me, I challenge you to a duel, but this time with real weapons"

"NO!" both men looked to Sayori who walked into the room. "you can't be serious"

"why would I even accept that challenge Wolf?"

"because I know how you won the last time" Tadashi's eyes closed slightly focusing on William.

"that please enlighten me"

"the practice swords were weighted to your katana's and not to my longsword, it was lighter"

"so, you want to use something weighted" William nodded as Sayori slammed her hands on the table.

"am I the only one with any sense on this?" William kept looking at Tadashi.

"I don't see another way, unless he lets me go freely" Tadashi nodded as he looked at William. "your choice Tadashi, either duel me, or let me go"

"what do I get if I win?" William shrugged as he placed his hands on the table.

"well, we're using real weapons this time and seeing as how I was beaten half to death with practice weapons, I'm sure if I lose I wont wake up this time" Tadashi didn't seem to hesitate when he shook his hand as William took it at the wrist. "first light, no armor"

"Agreed" William took his wrist as he walked out of the room before Tadashi walked out the opposite way. Sayori and Natsuki both looked at each other as they broke off to respected doors.

Sayori barged into Williams shack and looked at the man disrobing and neatly folding them next to the Sword on the wall.

"Have you lost your mind" William looked at her as she slammed the door behind her and walked into the room. "going up against my brother was crazy once, but twice?" She shook her head "there's got to be another way"

"do you see one?" William shrugged as he walked to the armor rack on the wall, opposite the beddings. "they need me Sayori, I can't just leave them do deal with whatever this is" William took the wolf hilted sword off the rack and pulled it from the scabbard before he took a deep breath and put it back before he looked at her. "I know its not ideal, but I don't have a choice" Sayori shook her head and frustrated saddened she moved to his bed and sat down. William walked over to her and knelt down. "I won't kill your brother, you have my word, I just need him to admit defeat" Sayroi shook her head as she put her head in her hands.

"its not that" William looked at her and got a little closer. "I don't want to lose you, I can't…either of you" William scratched his arm and went for her hand. "just promise me you'll be careful" William squeezed her hand and cupped her cheek in his other hand. "one small thing" William looked at Sayori for a moment before he closed his eyes. "when Tadashi reels back he's going to charge you with his blade angled the other way, don't think about it and find a way to stop him early enough to stop" William nodded as she gave him another kiss before he stopped her.

"I'll be careful, yeah?" Sayori nodded as William moved his other hand to her cheek and gently pressed his lips to hers. Sayori leaned into the kiss as she took his lower lip between hers and brought him closer to her. William obliged as he moved his hands to her waist before he broke off and put his head onto hers. "it would look bad for you to stay any longer you know" Sayori nodded but kept her head on his as she slowly opened her eyes. William felt her hands on his chest slightly shaking as he cupped her chin in his right hand. "I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?" Sayori nodded as she gave him another kiss but this time more passionate before she walked to the door and lingered before she opened it and closed it as soon as she was outside.

The rain came down hard as William walked to the arena courtyard. To his surprise the only people waiting for him were the people who knew about the situation. Tadashi stood in the ring tying up his hakama to his shins. William looked down at his boots underneath his standards before he looked to Tadashi. Natsuki stood behind him under a parasol but Sayori was nowhere to be found. William looked over to Tadashi who looked up to the sky.

"you'll forgive me for not taking my kimono off, the rain… id rather stay somewhat warm" William nodded as he looked at his grey shirt, bare from any armor and looked back to Tadashi.

"no worries, as long as I'm allowed the same" Tadashi nodded as he moved his Katana to his side and fastened the hilt to his side before he drew and readied himself. William drew his longsword from his scabbard before he took the shoulder sling off and threw it to the side. "on your go" Tadashi smiled for a moment before he locked eyes and stared William down with pure hatred as the two men closed the distance between them.

Rain was cut in half as they touched the blades when the sound rang out. Steel clashed with steel for a moment as William felt the touch of Tadashi's first strike, one blade touched the other before they clashed over again and again. William looked at the way Tadashi swung from the left, then the right a quick fake from the top only to make a harder swing come from the left again. It ended just as soon as it started when William noticed the pattern came again. William moved his blade to counter, grabbed the middle of his longsword and sliding Tadashi's away from him for a moment to grab ahold of Tadashi's kimono and headbutt him, knocking him back.

Tadashi licked his lip tasting the blood that rand own as he came for William again. Tadashi caught him off guard, coming from the top he came down and caught William on his shoulder cutting through the shirt and drawing blood. William took a step back as he looked down at his shirt seeing the red outline coming out and creating a small line of red down to his forearm. Tadashi walked the opposite way William did as he spun his blade with a small smile. William readied himself as he charged ahead, Tadashi barley had time to hold his guard as William came from the top with a light, then the side before he grabbed Tadashi's shirt again before he smacked Tadashi with the hilt of his sword. Tadashi fell to the ground as William came down slicing at Tadashi's thigh slicing through the hakama. William grabbed Tadashi off the ground and threw him into the railings close by before he brought his blade down smacking on the railings as Tadahsi spun away, kinking William's back as he readied himself behind William. Tadashi's blade came down again as William parried him from the top before he brought his blade down catching Tadashi's as they came face to face. Tadashi headbutted William knocking him away as they readied themselves again.

Tadashi came down from the side as William barley jumped out of the way but not fast enough as Tadashi's blade made a light cut across William's stomach William took a deep breath as he charged Tadashi again making precise slices as he grabbed Tadashi's sword arm holding it in place for mere moments before he grabbed the blade and twisted it upside down, slamming it into Tadashi's leg before they again put a small distance between themselves.

"and this marks the end of the famed wolf" William breathed as he heard the sound of footsteps launch at him when he moved his arms to the left and strike. William opened his eyes in a split second as he switched the side he held his blade with his left hand and held it out further than Tadashi realized forcing him stop arly enough as the blade ran along the edge of his neck, William closed the distance as he held the blade to Tadashi's throat as he got onto his knee's

"go ahead wolf" William stood silent as he just glared daggers at Tadashi. "DO IT!" William slammed his sword into the gravel as he bawled his fist up striking Tadashi once, then twice.

"Say it!" Tadashi spit the blood from his mouth as he looked at William again with Hatred.

"I Yield" William dropped Tadashi as Natsuki ran into the ring sliding to his side as William walked to his scabbard that laid on the ground and slid his sword inside. William slung the sword to his side and walked back over to Tadashi who was leaning on Natsuki.

"Say it Again, this time the whole thing" Tadashi took a deep breath as William looked at him.

"I, Tadashi Takamore yield in the duel against William of Bru and therefore rescind and forfeit the match" William smiled as he walked over to the side of the railings as he moved out of the ring gripping the hilt of his longsword.

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