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Why hello!! I am here to present to you another lovely chapter. It shall be great I say, ever so great!! And you shall love it!! Thanks to: Rogue4787, Star-Of-Chaos, and GreenFairyGirl88 for your lovely reviews. I know that you are waiting for the lovely fight to come. And I shall bring it to you!! TA DAA!!!

GreenFairyGirl88: Just look a little harder. And check back in the chappies when I'm describing the baby's physical features. Then compare it to someone else.. Then it shall come to you and you shall go "Whoa, it was right in front of me!!" . It shall reveal itself in time. * RogueSama has spoken*

Recap: Rogue has a wee bit of a crying fit. Emotional times…mmm.. Then she goes and trains for a bit. Cadmus sneaks up on her, she gets pinned.. Fun times occur. Arguments in her mind.. Then of course it is time for her to fight Belladonna!!

Chapter 28: Cajun Animosity

" Search deep inside your heart.. And

You'll find the inner bitch in all of us."

~RoguesHeart~

The arena was rather spacious. Bigger than the last time she had to fight in the Games. Rogue carefully examined her surroundings before she snapped her attention back to her opponent. She looked about as ready to fight as she did, which wasn't much. Catching her gaze, Rogue could see the confusion apparent in her features. Yet before her eyes, she watched as her perfect lips turned up into a snarl.

" Y' be de one I must fight t' leave here, alive?"

Rogue nodded her head slightly, trying to size her up. She was of medium build, very slim. She would most likely have accelerated speed. Nothing she couldn't handle.

Belladonna looked at the woman across from her. She didn't seem so tough, she could easily take her out. Then she would have her Remy back. They told her that they would bring him back to her. And if she had to kill this woman, then so be it.

The crowd began to chant beside them, they were growing impatient. Belladonna looked at Rogue, her eyes glittering coldly.

" We should be givin' dem what dey want, non?"

Rogue watched as the blonde woman began to finger the dagger in her hand. Whipping the one she had on her belt from her sheath, Rogue held it expertly in her hand, stance in defensive mode.

" Hope ya don't expect me t' take it easy on ya."

Belladonna smirked.

"Wouldn't want it any other way."

With that, Belladonna lunged at Rogue, furiously whipping the blade at her head. Rogue easily dodged her attack by grabbing the woman's arm and flipping her over her back. As Belle landed hard on her back, an eruption of joy escaped from the crowd.

Belle snarled at Rogue and flipped her body up into a standing position. This time she was going to be careful on how she were to attack the woman, she didn't seem like an amateur anymore but it could have been beginners luck.

Rogue watched as the woman began to contemplate a plan in her mind. Rogue sighed internally. She didn't want to hurt the woman but she needed to end the fight without killing her. Belladonna didn't seem to understand just who she was up against. And most likely wouldn't until she found herself whimpering from pain on the floor.

Why was she looking at her that way? Belle felt animosity rising into her veins, didn't this woman know who she was? She could snap the woman in half if she wanted to . Looked like she was going to have to smack some sense into the southerner.

Once more Belladonna lunged at her, this time aiming a high kick to Rogue's head. Lifting her hands, Rogue caught her foot in mid air and then flipped her. Landing on her feet, Belle continued her assault on Rogue. Deftly whipping the dagger in her hand, she began to slash at the southern belle.

Rogue was beginning to get pissed. Here she was, being nice enough to allow the woman look like she was actually a match for her, and she has the nerve to try to cut her. This wouldn't do to well, not at all. Rogue bent to reach for other dagger on her belt but stopped halfway, If she killed the blonde woman, Remy would become sad. No, she couldn't allow that to happen. She would just have to control her temper.

The woman was deflecting her attacks as if they were nothing. Infuriated, Belladonna leaped into the air and tried to deliver a roundhouse kick to her head. Yet Rogue backflipped out of the way and whipped one of her daggers at her. The dagger spun as it coursed through the air with precision and did not miss it's target. Belladonna fell back in mid air and slammed onto the concrete floor. The dagger was lodged in her right side. Belladonna went to pull it out but she was interrupted by the Southener attempting to smash her with her combat boot.

Rolling out of the way of the attack but she was unable to avoid the damage the boot made into the concrete. Debris flew into the air everywhere she stomped on, Belle was overwhelmed. She would have thought that the woman had super strength. But weren't they not allowed to use their powers until the second round? As she dodged the woman's attacks, Belle observed the careful accuracy that the woman made when she aimed.

She was actually trying not to kill her. How could she do that? Belle blood began to boil as she took in the entire situation. Did the woman think that she was so beneath her that she couldn't even grace her with a good enough fight? She would show this woman, she would show them all that Belladonna Bordreaux wasn't some trick to be messing with.

Grabbing the dagger in her side, she ripped it out intensely. Watching the blood seeping from her torn uniform, her anger began to intensify. How dare she! She had never been so insulted in her entire life. How could this woman treat her, one of the prominent members of the Assassin's guild, like a commoner. Bella glanced up at the white streaked woman in front of her, she would teach this bitch how to beg. Beg for her life that is.

Holding the bloodied dagger in her hand, she whipped out her spare dagger that she had held within her boot buckle she leapt towards the auburn woman.

' What the hell is she doin?"

Rogue had narrowly escaped Belle's attack, the woman seemed slightly perturbed. She really couldn't figure out why but who really cared. As long as she, herself, would be the victor of this match. She would merely allow the woman to attack her until she fell out exhausted, then she would claim victory. Hopefully, the Master would allow for her to choose victory over her.

The woman wasn't even paying attention to her. She seemed to be off in her own damn world, thought Belladonna angrily. This was an even worse insult than before. She would pay for her insolence, she would make that woman pay.

Coiling the dagger in her hand, Belladonna flipped behind the woman and stabbed her directly in the back. Belle felt as the dagger dug deeper into the woman's back, the scream that erupted from her pleased her to no end. Belladonna jumped back to avoid the woman's arm as she flailed around in pain.

The crowd erupted in screams of joy and disparagement. Finally some blood had been shed.

Rogue was furious. How could she not have seen that woman coming up behind her. HOW?! It wasn't the pain that was bothering her, it was the fact that she hadn't seen her coming. Darts of red flashed behind Rogue's eyes as the anger in her began to slowly rise to a fury.

' Calm down Rogue…' she thought to herself.

Rogue closed her eyes, sinking to the floor, she began to breathed in deeply. She was trying to control her temper but it wasn't easy. It wasn't like she had control over it in the first place but it would be the only way for them to escape this place, emotionally unscathed.

' You'll never make it…Rogue, let us fight her..' hissed a voice in the back of her head.

' Shut up.' she shot back violently.

Belladonna watched the woman struggle with herself. Why was she hunched over like that? She didn't even hit a vital part of her. Maybe the woman was finally realizing that to try and upstage the Belladonna Bordreaux was impossible. It would be about time.

Rogue gripped the side of her head. The voices wouldn't quiet down, especially considering that she had just become injured. They wanted payback, all of them.

' C'mon Rogue… let us fight her…you need some rest.'

' Let us fight him…Please, let us…."

Began to flex and unflex her hands continuously hoping that it would somehow remedy the pain she was feeling. Her head was throbbing like crazy, the dagger wound in her back was forgotten all together as she tried to get her mind together.

' Let us fight….we can fight…'

' shut up…'

' We'll fight for you….we'll protect you….'

Rogue was so preoccupied with the her inner workings that she did not notice the woman coming up behind her. Another splice of pain erupted into her back, darts of firey red flashed before her eyes as she fell forward.

The audienced roared, Belladonna was attacking the woman while her back was turned. Her ways were dishonorable but effective.

Belladonna began to grow impatient. Why wasn't she even trying. She was just laying their prone, her eyes scrunched shut. It annoyed the hell out of her. She had come out here confident but after one strike against her, she falls out. What kind of fight was this, was it a joke? If it was, she wasn't amused.

Rogue slowly pulled herself from the floor, her eyes were still closed. She could see the different psyches in her mind floating back and forth. Each one beckoning her to use them to fight Belladonna. They knew very well that she was able to take her out but her hesitation was making her weak. She would need to remedy herself of that weakness. Blood began to trickle down her back as she pulled the dagger out. The blood landed in a pool beneath her, she was losing energy fast. She shouldn't have spent all her time trying to fight the psyches. She would just have to let them take over. She was so tired. She just needed to have a bit of rest. She would merely watch as they did their job, if they went overboard, she would intervene but only till then. She was just so tired.

The woman was now standing but she refused to open her eyes. Belladonna walked over to the woman and slapped her hard across the face. A small trickle of blood came down the side of her face

" What de hell be wrong wit' y' Chienne, lose y' nerve?"

Rogue's eyes snapped open at the woman's words. Her eyes glowing evilly, her face had taken a whole new different look. It was colder, her stance was more confident.

Belladonna stepped back, surprised by the new Rogue. She didn't seem like same person she was fighting earlier, she was…..deadlier.

The woman's eyes narrowed as she opened her mouth into a wide mouthed grin. It was one of the grins that would make people think that she was deliciously evil.

" Naw, ah wouldn't say ah was losin' mah nerve, just gainin' a couple more."

With that, she lunged at Belladonna at full speed. The woman managed to dodge Rogue's first attack by jumping high into the air but she didn't plan on Rogue grabbing her legs and crashing her into the floor beneath.

The audience screamed with pleasure, the fight was just taking a turn for the better.

Oh yeah, I am so freaking mean…I left the story on a cliffy.. Tee hee..it's just too good for one chapter!!

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~RoguesHeart~