Chapter 6

First battle

"Is that all you got?" the female shouted at Maemi as she pinned her down to the ground. "I thought you'd be a little more impressive than that"

"Sorry to disappoint ya" Maemi managed to breath out. The female was stronger than she thought as expected from a squad 10 members who specializes in combat. 'Her combat skills are impressive.' Maemi thought 'but still not enough to beat Me.' with that Maemi pushed against the ground and pushed up just like she would doing push-ups. With great force she lifted her right leg up and kicked the girl off of her. "It's not over yet" she smirked.

"You'll regret that!" the female shouted and charged towards Maemi. She swung her right leg to kick Maemi but Maemi grabbed her ankle to block. 'She's strong… stronger than she was just a minute ago' she thought as she realized that the girl swung the other way and swung her left leg. Maemi ducked down and spun the girl's ankle. The girl spun with it so her ankle wouldn't brake and as soon as she made it to the ground she pushed back with her feet away from Maemi.

"Kyoka! Are you all right?" the pitch-black man fighting Keigo called.

"I'm fine brother Kyo" she called back.

While Kyo was concerned with his sister, Keigo saw an opening and kicked him in the stomach. With a loud thud against the tree Kyo held his stomach to ease the pain. "Damnit!" he said as he stood up. "I didn't think I'd have to go this far" he smirked and clapped his hands together. He closed his eyes and concentrated hard on his SE.

"Wha- what the?" Keigo said aloud. A dark aura had covered Kyo and he was powering up. "What's with this incredible aura?" he asked aloud. "So he still had power left"

"I'm gonna finish this!" Kyo opened his eyes as he shouted and ran towards Keigo. His speed has increased Keigo was unable to see him. He took a blow and skid across the dirt. Kyo wasn't finished. He didn't stop. He kept on going and he was about to punch him but Keigo caught on this time and dodged. He ducked and stuck out his leg to trip Kyo but Kyo jumped and did a flip and landed behind Keigo. He quickly grabbed a small knife from his left pocket and pinned him. "Don't move," he said as he put the knife closer to his throat. Keigo was unable to move. If he did move then Kyo would definitely slit his throat. What was he to do now?

Kyoka and Maemi were in mid-air. Although they were in mid-air for only seconds they exchanged plenty of blows. Out of breath they both landed on the ground gracefully. 'I have to finish this. I don't have that much stamina or SE left.' Before Maemi could finish her thought she saw Kyoka surrounded by blue aura. 'What's with this power? She still has this much left?'

"This is the end!" Kyoka yelled. She ran towards Maemi. Her speed increased just as much as her strength. Maemi was hit in the stomach and she hit the tree behind her.

"Shit" she cursed aloud. 'I gotta think of something quick.' Maemi thought.

"I guess you put of a good fight but you still weren't good enough to defeat me," Kyoka boasted.

"You sure about that?" Maemi asked. With one flash she disappeared from sight.

"Wha- where did she go?" Kyoka panicked. She looked around to see where she was but Maemi was nowhere to be found.

"Look up!" Maemi shouted. As Kyoka looked up Maemi kicked her in the face and Kyoka went flying. The dirt went everywhere from Kyoka skidding through it. When she finally stopped, she didn't have enough strength to move. "It's over" Maemi whispered and turned around to see how the other battles were going. She was surprised to see Mamoru setting on a tree log with his opponent tied up next to him. 'He was already done? That was fast.' Maemi walked over to Mamoru and sat next to him.

"Keigo seems to be in a pinch" Mamoru said pointing at Keigo who had a knife up to his throat.

"Do you really think you got me?" Keigo challenged

"What are you talking-" Kyo didn't have time to finish his sentence. Keigo slid to the right gracefully without getting a scratch from the knife and jumped up into the air. Kyo did the same with the knife and was ready to stab him.

Kyo swung the knife in the air and when Keigo dodged it he swung his left leg around to kick him. Keigo dodged that too. Kyo swung the knife again and Keigo grabbed his wrist and knocked the knife out of his hand. He brought Kyo's arm behind him and pinned him so he couldn't move. "Did you really think that someone like you could beat me?" Kyo asked as he pulled on Kyo's arm.

Kyo growled. He couldn't move at all. Keigo's strength was beyond his imagination. Although he released his aura he was still no match for Keigo. He had lost.

Keigo kicked Kyo and Kyo fell forward to the ground. He didn't get up… well the right word is that he couldn't get up. Keigo knows about the Guardian body pretty well. He had kicked Kyo in the pressure points to seal his movements. Kyo wouldn't be moving for a while.

"I say the 2 elements are as good as ours" Mamoru said now looking over at Makoto.

Makoto was fighting with a sword he created out of the ground with his magic. His opponent, Kakashi, was also using a sword. Makoto was overpowering Kakashi with his sword. They both jumped back and prepared to go at it again. Out of breath Makoto stepped forward. Kakashi on the other hand wasn't tired at all.

'Makoto is being held back in power?' Maemi wondered. 'He must not be an ordinary guy'

"He's good" Makoto admitted. "But I'm better"

Makoto threw his sword at Kakashi.

"What the?" Kakashi leaked out.

While Kakashi was dodging the sword Makoto ran and punched him in the stomach as many times as he could. Kakashi spit out blood from the force. Makoto grinned happily. He hasn't fought someone this good in a long time.

Meanwhile Kiyoshi was too busy chasing his opponent, Masato, cause he won't keep still. He's landed a couple of blows on him but it's still not enough to beat him.

"I'm getting sick of this!" Kiyoshi yelled. "Come out! Where the hell are you?"

Masato was hiding behind a tree. He is good at fighting but he's a lazy bum so he prefers not to.

"Damn you!" Kiyoshi cried out. He clapped his hands together and slowly pulled them apart. A light bluish light came out from his hand. He closed his eyes and concentrated hard to figure out where Masato was. 'Found him!' he turned to the tree that Masato was hiding behind and released the bluish light force over at him.

Before Masato could even blink the blue light wrapped around him and captured him. Kiyoshi walked in front of him. "You damn rat! You really piss me off running around like that," Kiyoshi said angrily. "But it's all over now."

Kiyoshi grabbed Masato by the hair and dragged him on the ground. "C'mon! You damn rat! You were running faster before!"

"I guess we just need to wait for Makoto now." Mamoru said.

"Yea. That guy looks like Makoto's equal" Maemi praised.

"He may be stronger" Mamoru pointed out.

"No way! Really?" Maemi asked surprised. "I can tell he's strong but do you really think he's that strong? Maybe we ought to-" but before Maemi could finish her sentence she saw Makoto fly towards her.

"Oomph!" was the only thing that escaped her mouth when she caught Makoto and fell off the log. Makoto was beaten. He lost the battle.