The Return of Kagato chapter 5
(I've got to know how he did it.) Ryoko thought as she spied on Tenchi's training. (I need to be able to beat him the next time his grandpa convinces him to fight me.)
"Alright Tenchi, remember what Tsunami said about trusting your power. Now when I attack, you try to summon the wings. Here I come!" Yosho yelled the last part as he charged Tenchi while wielding the sword Tenchi.
"NOOOOOO!!" Ryoko yelled as the sword made contact. She stared to rush forward, but the dust cleared and the sword was seemingly stopped a foot before it made contact. (Did he stop attacking?) Ryoko thought for a moment before noticing that both fighters were still straining. Yosho jumped back.
"You have learned to control only a small portion of your power. You must be able to summon the wings at will to defend all of these people. Now this time, concentrate. Imagine that you are fully defenseless against the sword." Yosho attacked once again. This time, Tenchi was so busy concentrating that he did not notice in time to block the sword as last time. The sword was about to make contact when Ryoko blocked the blow to save Tenchi. As a reflex, Yosho attacked the new threat and Ryoko lost a gem, again. "You should not interfere with Tenchi's training. I suggest you do some training of your own considering how you lost earlier."
"Well, then I'll fight you. If you can train Tenchi, you can train me." Ryoko said with contempt.
"You seem to forget that I defeated you already 700 years ago. And now you only have 2 of your gems." Yosho commented dryly.
"Well let's see how you do against me now. I was trying to break away from Kagato last time. I wasn't concentrating on fighting you." Ryoko hated being made to feel inferior. The memory of that defeat still haunted her dreams occasionally.
"If that is how you think it has to be. Tenchi, sit down over there. Only use a sword. We still need these trees to be alive. This won't take long." Yosho ordered.
(That's what you think.) Thought Ryoko.
Two minutes later, Ryoko had Yosho stuck. She was slowly forcing her sword closer and forcing the Tenchi back. Yosho, seeing no way out, decided to use his last trick to win before he lost the opportunity. He dropped the disguise of an old man, and for a few moments, Ryoko saw the face of the man who had defeated her so long ago. While Ryoko was distracted, Yosho stabbed her in the neck and took the gem residing there. With only one gem left, Ryoko had more trouble fending off Yosho's attacks. (I hope she doesn't tell anyone my little secret. But what choice did I have? If I can't beat her, Tenchi won't trust my skill enough for him to consider me a threat, and I need to threaten him to get him to summon the wings.)
"Giving up already?" Ryoko asked, feigning calm as Yosho paused in his thoughts.
"You should give up now, Ryoko. You already lost one gem and I have to train Tenchi. There's no point to continue this fight." Yosho retracted the blade of the Tenchi. "Say you won this fight if you want to, but I have more important things to do." At this Ryoko became suddenly enraged.
"I'm sick of all of your superiority. I'm better then you'll ever be. That includes you, Tenchi." She charged Yosho, who barely had enough time to extend the blade on the Tenchi to block. Once again, without two of her gems, she was having difficulty, but this time she was driven on by pure determination. (If I can prove that I'm better than Yosho, Tenchi will finally appreciate me as a worthy advisory…and friend.) With this revelation, something inside Ryoko clicked and she knocked Yosho back with one more swipe of her sword. Yosho looked up at Ryoko and was surprised to see her with two lighthawk wings in front of her. After one glance at Tenchi, he saw that he was a confused as he was. (If Tenchi's not doing it, then how?) Yosho thought and a split second later it was followed by (How can I beat her now?)
"Now we will fight." It seemed that the lighthawk wings had a calming effect on the user. Giving them a sense of total power and invulnerability. "And this time, you will lose."
The fight was quickly over. One attack knocked the Tenchi out of Yosho's hand and left him defenseless. Just before passing out, Ryoko managed to say; "I win."
How's that for a change? If you like it, review. If you don't like it, review. Whatever you think, REVIEW!! If I write another chapter before I get any reviews, I might get mad enough to write a bash fic or a Sasami lemon. No, not really, but you get the point.
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