Thinking back on the first time the two had fought each other...
"A set up?" Tomoyo responded curiously
"Yup". Sunohara said cheekily."There's no way a girl could've beaten up two bikers."
Tomoyo glared at him annoyingly. Is he seriously going to pick a fight with her? On her first day at school too?
"Fine.. I was hoping not to get in a fight with any of the students here. But I'll make an exception for you." Tomoyo responded.
Sunohara with even more of an attitude, "Acting tough like that is so cute."
"I'd like to make this self defense, so you can come at me first." Tomoyo said.
Sunohara placed one foot forward before completely charging at her with his fist leaning in front. Coming severely close to the silver haired girl's face, Tomoyo ducked just in time to target Sunohara's stomach. With one swift but powerful kick, she knocked Sunohara right off of his feet and sent him to the very end of the hallway.
Tomoya casually walked over to his best friend who was slumping in a rather awkward but painful position. "Now that I remembered there is a rumor going around in this town that a girl would beat up any troublemakers who would bother citizens." Tomoya told Sunohara. "That must be her."
Sunohara responded with pain and embarrassment, "I wish you'd told me that earlier."
Tomoyo triumphantly turned to walked away. But not before looking over her shoulder to see a blue haired boy helping Sunohara getting back up on his feet.
She quickly gave Tomoya one last analyzation before turning her head around and continuing her walk.
"Hmm.. he's pretty cute." Tomoyo thought to herself.
But that was ages ago... Tomoya had always loved Nagisa. She had tried to win his heart, but just like the Fujibayashis, and Kotomi, she lost to Nagisa.
She was happy for the two of them and how they're a family. She loved Ushio and wanted to see her whenever she had time. Tomoyo may have been jealous of Nagisa back then... but that was the past. She had to move on.
"Are we there yet?" Said a voice that snapped Tomoyo out of her thought.
"Wha.. oh yeah, we're almost there."
Tomoyo said realizing she had spaced out. "Ok, this is it."
It was a gray stoned one story house with a small lawn in front. The neighborhood surrounding her home looked very nice and safe. No way would anyone here give Tomoyo a reason to hurt them.
Tomoyo pushed in her key and opened her door. "Come on in"
Sunohara stepped inside and was starting to get butterflies in his stomach. The girl he liked since high school had invited him over to her house. He wasn't sure whether or not he should happy, or scared knowing that he's going to fight her again.
"Wow, this a nice place you got here." Sunohara complimented.
"Thanks." Tomoyo replied while taking off her jacket to reveal a black t-shirt. "You want to get right to it, or do you want to warm up and stretch for a bit?"
"Hehe, I'm ready to go!" Sunohara responded with his signature grin.
"Alright, wait here for a minute. I'm going to go get some gloves." Tomoyo said as she went into another room.
As Sunohara waited for her to come back, a picture framed up on a wall caught his attention. It was a Christmas picture of everyone when they were at the Furukawa's. He loved those days...
Back when he would see everybody's faces, get beat up by Tomoyo and Kyou, and plotted his revenge against them with Tomoya. The simple days. He would give anything to go back.
"Nostalgic isn't it?" Tomoyo said standing next to Sunohara.
"JEEZ!" Sunohara yelled. "Don't sneak up on me like that."
Tomoyo laughed. "Sorry, here you go." She tossed him a pair of fingerless sparring gloves.
"So...ready to get your butt kicked again?" Tomoyo said with a smirk.
Sunohara took off his jacket and put on his gloves. "Heh, I'm not to lose to you this time." He said giving her a smirk in return.
The two assumed their position and was prepared for whoever strikes first.
As usual Sunohara was the first to make a move. He moved towards Tomoyo with his fist in front of him. Before his fist could reach her, Tomoyo leaped towards and below Sunohara and had targeted his stomach.
"Still the same old Sunohara." Tomoyo thought to herself. She drove her legs outwards like a piston, but Sunohara grabbed her ankle with his other hand and struck Tomoyo in her face!
Sunohara immediately released his grip on her ankle and was now full of concern.
With his hand on her head and on his knees, "CRAP! Tomoyo are you o-"
Before he could even finish his sentence Sunohara received an elbow to his face that sent him stumbling back. Tomoyo was already back on her feet and wasn't even fazed.
"You dropped your guard." Tomoyo teased Sunohara.
"Ow..." Sunohara said as he slowly got back on his feet. "I was worried about you! That should've been a time out!"
"Oh come on, did you really think one punch would've made me submit?" Tomoyo said reassuming her position.
"Hehe, ok if that's how it's going to be. " Said Sunohara.
Tomoyo was impressed, that was the first time anyone was ever able to land a blow on her... Even more surprising is that it was Sunohara that did it! The idiot who always got his ass handed by her.
Sunohara placed his foot forward and front kicked with his other. Tomoyo took step back to get out of its range and pushed it aside with her hand for good measure. Before she could counter attack, Sunohara landed the leg he had kicked with to the ground, and rear horse kicked with the other.
"He's fast!" Tomoyo thought to herself as leaped back in the nick of time to get out of range.
Tomoyo then closed in on Sunohara and as fast as lightning, threw a punch towards his face. He blocked it just as fast but before Sunohara knew it, her other fist was closing in on his face. Sunohara extended his other arm out towards Tomoyo to block her punch while wrapping his arm around her neck and flipping her on to the floor.
Surprised that he had actually taken down one of the most fierce fighters in town, he had no idea that Tomoyo's leg were around his neck, pulling him towards the ground.
"Crap..." Sunohara thought to himself. "It's the one move that Misae always gets me with. The freaking arm bar!"
Before Tomoyo could completely extend his arm, he clasps both of his hands together, and pushed his way out of Tomoyo's choking legs. Sunohara quickly got back on his feet while moving away from Tomoyo.
Sunohara catching his breath, "man, if anything she's even more dangerous than before." He thought to himself.
Tomoyo was already on her feet, and didn't even looked tired yet. "Wow, you really have improved!" She complimented.
"I've learned from the best!" Sunohara responded. "Including you." He said with a grin.
Tomoyo then realized that this wasn't the same kid back in high school who was all bark. This dog had learned how to bite. Without letting Sunohara finish catching his breath, Tomoyo leaped in the air towards Sunohara and threw a lightning fast kick.
Sunohara was barely able to block it in time and nearly fell off his feet. Landing and seeing the opportunity, Tomoyo landed a punch in his stomach, which sent a shock of pain through his body.
She then sweeped Sunohara's leg which made him fall flat on his back. Tomoyo quickly got on Sunohara, not giving him a chance to get back on his feet, and clasped both of his wrist hard on the floor with both of her knees by his side.
At this point, Sunohara didn't even bother trying to get her off. Neither of them were moving an inch, they were simple there...staring into each other's eyes.
Sunohara had never been this close to Tomoyo's face before. He felt her warm breath and her hair on his skin. Again, he felt butterflies in his stomach. Being this close to her made his face blush... He could see Tomoyo's face blushing too, and she knows it.
"Why is my face turning red? Is it because of sparring?" Tomoyo thought to herself.
Her heart was pounded, and she could feel Sunohara's pulse increasing in his wrist. Tomoyo didn't know what to do, a part of her was telling her to get up, but another part was telling her to stay...and... possibly...
"Looks like you win again." Sunohara said while catching his breath. Breaking the silence.
"Heh...you actually gave me a hard time." Tomoyo responded. She finally convinced herself to get off of Sunohara, and extended a hand to help him up.
"Just so you know I went easy on you, I wasn't going to go full force on a girl." Sunohara said with a smirk.
Tomoyo chuckled, "right..." She said sarcastically.
As the two were removing their gloves Sunohara looked up at the clock. It was already 9 O'clock.
"Wow. I didn't even noticed that it was this late." Sunohara said. "I guess I should get going now."
"You want me to drop you off?" Tomoyo asked.
"Nah it's fine, I know my way back." Sunohara responded. He put on his jacket, grabbed his present for Ushio and headed to the door.
"I'll see you at Ushio's birthday party tomorrow okay?" Sunohara told Tomoyo.
"Yeah, I'll see you there." Tomoyo replied as Sunohara walked out the door.
Tomoyo went to the fridge to get herself a pitch of water.. Still thinking about that strange feeling she had when she and Sunohara where on the floor. What was it?