Chapter 3

Yukimura and Masamune stood staring at the two woman wearing kitsune masks before them. The one wearing the red kitsune mask and had long flowing chestnut hair coming to her waist and donned a white haori and red hakama. The other, wearing a blue kitsune mask had golden blond hair tied back in a pony tail which had a distinct wavy pattern to it. She wore a short blue kimono with pink sakura leaves embroidered into it and the symbol for good fortune (福）embroidered on the back. Her obi was aqua and she wore black leggings with armour covering most of her legs and on top of her lower half of her kimono.

We are taking Lady Hikari to a place where she will be safe. It is none of your business." the woman in the blue kitsune mask snapped.

Masamune glared at her. "Tch. You think you can just take her without a fight?" Yukimura looked at his rival curiously the back at the woman before him.

" We have been charged to bring back Lady Hikari to my Lord Shingen. By my honour I will not let you take her away..." caught in the gaze of the chocolate brown eyes staring at him through a red kitsune mask he became mesmerized. "Why is she looking at me like that?" Yukimura thought. Mego gave a quick glance between the two. Now wasn't the time to be gawking... She gave Aki a quick nudge in the ribs.

"Fine boys, if you wont let us do this the easy way..." she pulled out her two swords from their sheaths attached to her back and pointed one straight at Masamune "then lets do this the hard way." though he couldn't see the cocky smile on her face, he could tell by the challenging tone in her voice that she wanted to party.

"Have it your way woman." he replied drawing a single sword.

"I have to finish this quick. I'm going to have to be a bit mischievous about this. Hah. What am I saying? I am a kitsune, the essence of a trickster." she thought quietly to herself.

"Let's dance!" Masamune yelled as he charged forward at Mego at full force. Mego parried his blow and returned with her own force using the power of wind to knock him back a little. Masamune cursed under his breath. Did she just harness the wind? This girl is something more.

"It seems you're much stronger than you look little girl. Let's see what you've got." he jested.

"Bring it on tough boy." Mego purred in response as a flurry of attacks came her way. She danced through his attacks, dodging, deflecting and parrying his onslaught. During her rhythmic battle dance with Masamune , Mego began to feel something she hadn't felt for anyone else apart from when she sparred with Aki. A storm, rising in her as she danced the dance of the sword with the one eyed dragon. She wasn't the only one feeling this rising storm, Masamune could feel his very soul being stirred like when he fought Yukimura for the first time. Who is this woman? He contemplated.

They exchanged a few more blows before jumping apart to compose themselves. Both had ignited their fighting auras in the heat of battle, panting whilst staring at each other. Mego didn't want this to end but she knew that Hikari needed help. She was going to have to wind this up.

"I don't do this often so you should be honored." Masamune declared whilst drawing out all six claws. He was getting serious with this battle. "Perfect" thought Mego. I'll be able to finish this soon enough. Masamune came at her with full force

"Death fang" six lighting strikes came at Mego.

"Blades of wind" Mego countered with her wind affinity, neutralizing his attack. She took this opportunity to rush in close to Masamune. Masamune smirked, "silly girl, why would you come into the jaws of the dragon" he mocked in his mind. As he went to strike, Mego blocked the six blade attacked with her two swords, sparks flying from the clash of steel on steel. Masamune thought they were in a lock but Mego giggled and slid down his blades with hers getting closer to his face with her own. Masamune's eye opened wide. What in the world was this crazy woman doing? He could see her eyes now, her left one blue and her right green. How strange, he'd never seen eyes so...so beautiful before. She kept inching her face forward, closer and closer to Masamune's face. "Shit, why can't I move from her gaze. Damn wretched woman!" he cursed in his head. As she was a few inches within his face she freed a hand and began to pull her mask off and he began to sweat a little still unable to move. "Is she trying ttt..to ki..kiss me?" his eye widened more as he saw the smirk on her visible lips. She giggled again and as she pulled her mask off she dodged his gaze and kissed his eye patch where his eye would have. She then whispered in his ear so soft it tickled his earlobe "I'm sorry but Aneue is too important to me to allow her fall into your hands. Perhaps one day we can have a proper fight, Da-te-sa-ma." She then proceeded to kick him in the stomach winding him. And quickly placed her mask back on her face.

"Aki lets go. NOW!" Mego yelled getting onto her horse.

"C-cc-coming Mego..." She reluctantly averted her gaze from Yukimura and trotted off to Mego where they both started back home leaving Yukimura and Masamune in the dust.

Masamune got up onto his feet and stared at the girls who had managed to somehow hold both Yukimura's and his own gaze rendering them helpless. He whistled while grinning widely. "What a woman." Yukimura grunted in agreement.

Author notes:

Obi = Is the name for the wrap you put around your waist when you wear a Kimono.

I've revealed Mego to have wind power in this chapter but for the meantime appropriate names for techniques using wind skip my mind. If anyone has a suggestion that would be awesome :D