Chapter four! XD So...much...typing. You've killed me. You've officially killed me. - - Kidding. I'm alive! WAHOOO!!! I'm one of the fastest typers in my class so it doesn't make no never mind to me. Enough with me blabbing, onto the story! :O

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Standing there, still in her schoolgirl's outfit, was Z. Suzuka just knew that she would appear at the worst time imaginable. Her right shoulder was in no use and everyone knew that to, meaning that it would be difficult to fight Z off, much less protect the other's. It was hard but Suzuka knew that she would have to deal with the pain for now or else deal with the consequences.

Even though she yelled at them to run, they were frozen in fear. Z was only a small girl! What the heck could she do!?

"Suzuka! I've found you once again. Ready for another round or are you going to hide away in a hole?!" shouted Z as she walked in, she noticed the other's. She told them "I'll warn you now, get out of this place if you value your life, because I don't care who gets in my way. Not even a child. Just like Suzuka doesn't care!"

Z started fist fighting with the injured Suzuka. Trying to hit her wound, Suzuka had enough of just blocking. Everyone watched in amazement as she swung around to the side of Z and used the blunt side of her sword to smash into Z's right side. But despite the hard blow, Z managed to twirl and kick Suzuka in the head. Both of them separated on the opposite sides of the room.

"Gene! You have to help Suzuka!" Melfina whispered to him in a rush. "She'll get hurt worse. Or even killed."

"Don't worry," replied the Outlaw. "If she gets in deep I'll go in there. For right now I just want to sit back and watch someone else fight the bad guy for a change."

"Lazy butt," Kitsami coughed. Gene gave her a stare.

Faith and Rina cheered her on. "Go Aunty Suzuka! You can do it!"

Z held her side. It throbbed in pain. She didn't understand it though. If she had used the sharp side of her sword, this fight would have been finished, Suzuka had to know that. Z pulled out a shuriken. It was time to give her another injury and leave. Z's idea wasn't to finish her off yet. Just to test her, thus, weakening her with every wound that she gave her in the rounds.

Shaking off the pain, they ran at eachother once again. They smashed the small table as Suzuka was thrown into it. Before she could get up Z summer- salted into the air and kicked Suzuka right in the gut as she crashed down with the blow. Suzuka spat out a tiny amount of blood into her hand but jumped back. Z was really determined to make a fool out of her in front of her friends. Wasn't she? Suzuka knew that she would only wreck more of the place if she stayed in here.

Only one solution. Suzuka had to lead Z out of here. As they swapped hits, Suzuka ran out of the door into the warm air. Z followed close behind her. Everyone started running to the door but they were both gone by the time they looked outside. They all felt so bad. What if she didn't make it?

Kitsami said "We have to find her! We can't just leave her out there to die!"

"You're right," Gene agreed. "For once."

"Did you REALLY have to say 'for once' Gene?" questioned Kitsami under her breath.

"Anyway," Faith inturrupted and took out a small radar. It had a moving circle that was going every which way. She pointed to it "That, my friend's, is Suzuka. I know exactly where she is at all times. She could be thousands of miles away and I would know where she is. Aniki gave this to me and said to put the little chip on Suzuka. So when I was hugging her I put it right on the back of her leg."

"What if it becomes smashed?" asked Melfina. "Will it still work?"

"I don't know. You'd have to ask aniki," replied Faith with a shrug. "And speaking of the devil..."

Running down the street were Aisha and Jim. Jim was holding a small stuffed panda and Aisha had fried noodle sandwiches in her paws. They were out of breath but they pointed down the way that they had came.

"Suzu...is fighting!" said Aisha. "A little girl at that!"

"What's all that stuff that you have Aunty Aisha?" asked Rina, pointing to her arms. Aisha looked down. "Fried noodle sandwiches?! Yummy!"

She handed one to everybody. Jim blushed and handed the panda to Kitsami and said "I got that for you. I apologize for this morning."

Kitsami smiled. "Thanks."

"We have to go help Aunty Suzuka!" urged on Faith. She tugged on Gene's pants. "Aniki!"

"Aww man! I'll eat later!" complained Gene as they all put their sandwiches away in their rooms. They went back outside and Gene announced "Okay. Aisha, Kitsami, you come with me. You all stay here."

"But aniki!" Jim said. "Why can't I come!? I don't want to be left behind like a nothing!"

"You protect the girls," Gene replied.

Faith handed him the radar. "Be safe, everyone."

"Daddy! Be okay, okay?" asked Rina.

Melfina just nodded with a smile at them all. "Just come back. Or I'll never forgive you."

Gene, Aisha, and Kitsami raced down the street towards Suzuka. Hopefully in time to help their fallen friend.

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People ran screaming away from the battle scene in the park. Z threw the bench at Suzuka, Suzuka easily sliced through that with her sword. But only to see Z in front of her. She punched at Suzuka but she used her sword to block it, than kicked up and hit Z in the chin, sending her flying up than smashing to the ground.

"Good one," complemented her enemy. Suzuka didn't lighten up to her complement. "Come one. Haven't you ever been complemented before?"

"Not in a fight," Suzuka replied. Her shoulder burned like hell but she held her sword in front of her firmly. "What are you waiting for?! Attack me you little brat!"

"You got it!" yelled Z and she disappeared and appeared over Suzuka's head. Then kicked her smack dab in the face, sending her flying back, hitting a tree. Z then threw one of her shurikens right at her stomach but Suzuka ran to the side making it stick into the tree. "Darn it. Stop moving!"

"Over my dead body!" Suzuka shouted back.

Z said "That's my plan!"

She brought out a dagger and threw it at Suzuka. But Suzuka rolled on the ground, then planted her feet into the soft soil. Sensing she was right behind her, she kicked that way, getting Z right in the stomach. Z held it in agony. It was close to where she had hit her with the blunt side of her sword. It felt like one of her ribs was going to crack any moment.

"I won't...loose to you!" Z screamed and took out several thing pointed shurikens. She threw them at her rival but missed by a long shot. Her vision was beginning to make three of Suzuka. "No....not now! Darn you Suzuka! I'll never give up!"

"You should," Suzuka said.

Z was confused. "Wh..y aren't you attacking me?!"

"It would be cruel and unusual to kill a child. Especially if their mind is still like a four year old," Suzuka insulted. Z fell to her knees, breathing hard. "I wasn't the one who picked a fight with you. You're the one who came after me. So I have no intention to kill you."

"Guess that explains...why..you didn't use the sharp side....of your blade," Z said, looking up at Suzuka. "But I'm your enemy!"

"Like I said, I don't want to kill you."

"I did pick a fight with you for revenge, you stupid woman! You have to remember killing my father! My only family left! Everytime I look at you..." Z began to say but broke it in the middle. She couldn't finish it. "Just kill me already! I'm not used to sympathy! Besides, I don't need your pity! A person should not go into battle thinking about feelings or crap like that!"

"I do not have sympathy for you. I feel for you. I know what you're going through and it's the worse feeling you can have," Suzuka said. "Do you really think you're the only one that has lost their whole family?!"

"Suzuka!" yelled some familiar voices. She turned around. Gene, Kitsami, and Aisha.

"What in hell are you doing here?!" yelled Suzuka in anger. "Get out of here!"

"No! We won't let you die!" shouted Aisha.

Suzuka shook her head. She looked at Z. "Zeke-"

"It's 'Z' to you, witch!" shouted Z, trying to get her angry.

"Z, let's go to the abandoned town of Yafu to finish this fight. It's not that far from here. About a day from here. It's on the very edge of the dock, and I'll meet you there tomorrow. Five o' clock, sharp, kiddo," Suzuka whispered to Z. Z was gasping for breath. "Got it? Just take slow, deep breaths. Do we have a deal?"

Z nodded. "Alright then. But I'm bringing my friend with me. If I die there, or win there, I want her to be there. And you will pay for two mistakes in your life. One, killing my father. And then killing my employer. Mr. Ira."

"Noyone is coming with me," Suzuka replied. She looked at the others. "Noyone." Then it hit her. Ira?!

When she looked back to ask Z, but she was gone. Suzuka looked up the sky. Tomorrow it would be decided. Would they both die? And who would be the final victor in this long battle of wills and mysterious pasts? She didn't want to kill Z. She had no reason to. And what was it with Ira? But if need be....

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I know, that was short(to me it was), but I'll try and make it longer. And the battle scenes longer. Okay? Flames are welcome(but keep them down to a bake) HI SENSHICHAN 14!!!

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