Chapter 9

Sam charged at him with incredible speed, but Genrou charged just as fast. As soon as Sam punched Genrou though, Genrou knew that there was still a chance that he would win the battle. Sam was totally unprepared for Genrou's burst of energy. Genrou took advantage of the situation, throwing punches left and right. Then Genrou heard a loud battle cry. He looked in Sam's eyes and saw a mixture of fear and surprise. "Look out" Sam squeaked. Genrou looked behind him and saw a man charging toward him. He instinctively brought his sword up. "Yukoto!"

" Yukoto!" yelled Samantha as she saw Genrou stab Yukoto. It felt as if the whole world stood still. "S.S.. Sam" stuttered Yukoto as he fell backward and hit the ground with a loud thump. Samantha instantly ran to him and helped him sit up. "Yukoto," Samantha cried, tears starting to stream down her face, "Yukoto, why the hell did you do that? Now look what you've done. "Are you okay? Did. did he hurt you?" asked Yukoto, trying to keep his breath steady . Samantha's eyes widened in realization. 'He did it to protect me!'

Genrou looked at the scene before him in surprise. Then he looked back at his men. Only some were fighting along with a few of the men from Mt. Kaou , but other than that, everyone was just standing there. 'What the &%$#@ have they been doing all this time' thought Genrou. Then he looked back at the man he had stabbed. Sam was kneeling down beside him trying to fight back the tears, but he failed in doing so. Sam got up and stared Genrou strait in the eye. Then, without warning, punched Genrou right in the gut. Genrou fell back from the force that Sam had put into it. " Ow , *%$#@*" Genrou yelled. "I warned you. I warned you that he was coming, and you turned around and killed him! Why did I do that? Why did you do that?!" yelled Sam. She stared back at him as if she really wanted an answer. "What are you waiting for, attack!" yelled Genrou. With that, both armies charged at each other. "Do you like creating havoc, or just killing people?" Sam hissed. "Neither" said Genrou, taking a swing at Sam. He jumped back just in time to miss the first, but fell back at the second hit. Genrou seized the opportunity, seeing that his men weren't getting anywhere, yelled out "retreat, we'll be back later!" "Oh no you don't" said Sam, making a desperate attempt to trip Genrou from the ground before he took off. But all Sam got back was a huge punch in the face before everything blacked out.