disclaimer: i own no one but yoshi and kazuo.
I took a small break, trying to catch my breath. My arms burned with the weight of the broad sword. My break was cut short as Kadaj attacked. I blocked and nearly fell over. Seeing my disadvantage Kadaj swiped his legs underneath mine. I stumbled and he attacked again. My arms shook with the weight of him and my sword. I shouted a battle cry and threw him off of me. I ran after him as he jumped back. I swung at him and he ducked, running up underneath the sword. I flipped back, barely avoiding his sword. I kneeled and gasped for air. He ran at me and his sword stopped mid swing. He pushed on the invisible wall and grunted.
"You shouldn't exhaust your strength with a barrier. You might need it later." he circled the barrier. My breathing slowed and I prepared myself to let down the barrier. I ran out of the area and the wall disappeared. Kadaj came at me and I ran at him. Sparks flew as our swords connected. Sweat dripped into my eyes and stung them. I shook my head and pushed harder. He jumped back as I swung my foot to kick him, I smirked. Flying after him I caught him by surprise as he landed. I tripped him and the point of my sword stopped at his throat.
"You shouldn't fall into other's traps." I mocked.
"Very well done. As a reward we will practice dual wielding tomorrow." I allowed him to stand."You've improved quiet a bit." I smiled. I loved dual wielding!
"So I'm all done today?" I hoped, I had already finished all the lessons.
"Not quite. I want to show you something." confusion showed on my face. I followed him to the storage area and put away the broad sword. Now that I looked at it I couldn't help but laugh. "What's so funny?" kadaj asked.
"That sword looks like someone was trying to compensate for something" I giggled again. Kadaj led me out of the storage room. I followed him down a well traveled path. He then stopped, I bumped into him. He turned around and blindfolded me. "Waa-What's this for?" I asked, startled.
"Just in case." he said. He led me around giving warnings for anything that was going to trip me or I might run into. Finally he took it off, I looked around. There were many machines humming around me. I stared at them fascinated.
"What is this place?" I asked turning.
"This is the place we use to send our souls to different worlds." he explained.
"Like with Gaia?" I asked.
"Yeah, but we mainly focused on Midgar." he walked around.
"Mother is planning on sending you on a mission." he smiled at me.
"Really?!" I jumped in circles. "A real mission at last!" I smiled. "So how do these things work?" I asked
"Ah, well I'm not the person to ask." Kadaj seemed to be confused.
"Well who else am I supposed to ask?" I looked around again, the room was empty.
"I'll tell you." an older man appeared from the opened door.
"Ah, Kazuo, I'm so glad you're here." Kadaj said.
"You can tell me how this thing works?" I asked, suspicious.
"Why yes, my dear lady." the old man was suddenly holding my hand. He leaned in close to me as I leaned away. Kadaj grabbed the back of the man's lab coat, he seemed annoyed.
"Don't you dare." he threatened. I felt a little angry at the man.
"Oh, sorry I didn't know she was already taken." Kadaj seemed surprised and dropped the man. Heat grew on my cheeks as I blushed. The man held out his hand. "I'm Kazuo." I shook his hand.
"Um, I'm Yoshiryu, everyone calls me Yoshi though." I answered his questioning gaze.
"Yoshiryu, I like that name for a girl." (Note: yoshiryu is a boys name. A variation of yoshiruo.) My cheeks heated up even more. "Well shall I explain how this wonderful machine works." he smiled. "I hear you are a wiz at electronics." I nodded. The day passed quickly and before I knew it Kadaj had returned to pick me up. He blindfolded me and took me back.
"Hey Kadaj?" I asked as he led me through the town.
"Yeah?" he prompted me to continue walking.
"Why do I have separate living quarters from the other girls?" I asked. "I mean most of them are all together in one building." I felt Kadaj's hands leave my back. Automatically I turned, even though I couldn't see him.
"Well, because you are different." I could almost hear his smile. His hands lifted the blindfold. We were back at my hut. I turned back to Kadaj. "I'll talk to Mother about your mission and find out more." he waved at me. "Good night."
"Night." I said quickly before he disappeared. I felt suddenly tired, I had completely run out of adrenaline. I stumbled back to the hut and fell into the bed. I didn't even get to undress, as I hit the mattress I fell asleep.
Hands shook me awake and I heard shouting. I sat up quickly. Kadaj stood next to me, he sighed in relief.
"Good you're awake. We need to go now." he gathered a few of my things into a bag.
"What?! Why?" I asked standing up to help.
"I'll explain on the way." he slapped my hands from the zipper of the bag. He zipped it smoothly and threw it onto my back. I stumbled with the weight. He grabbed my arm and flung me on his back while he ran out of the house. Heat blew into my face, when I opened my eyes fire was everywhere.
"Kadaj! What's going on?!" I asked in a panic.
"We're under attack." he answered finally.
"How? No one knows about us." I said.
"Apparently someone knew." he ran faster through a group of soldiers. We ran into a building and a door clicked behind us. I realized this was the same room I was in yesterday, but everything was completely different. The machines were broken and giving off sparks, and the room was in shambles. He ran on through the building, as we went down the stairs I realized that this place had a lot of secrets. Kadaj stopped when we reached a group of people. Everyone surrounded a woman. I understood that she was Mother. She looked at me then Kadaj.
"Is she ready?" she asked him. He shook his head.
"No I don't think so. There's not enough training yet." I felt confused.
"Not ready for what?" I asked.
"Never you mind." Mother said. "Congratulations, your first mission begins now." shock covered my face.
"But the machines are broken." Kadaj said. Mother thought for a moment.
"Kazuo, are the other ones ready?" she asked as she turned, I saw Kazuo behind her.
"What! No, we haven't tested them yet!" he shook his head.
"Well we will have to test them now." she said
"No I won't. It's too dangerous, I won't allow it." Kadaj said. Mother shot her arm at him and he flew across the room.
"Don't be so cocky as to speak back to me!" she yelled. Fear gripped my stomach and I worried if Kadaj was okay. He stood slowly and bowed to Mother.
"I'm very sorry." he said. I stood amazed at how easily he gave in. I was grabbed by the arm and dragged to another room. They tossed me into a glass container. It closed and filled with a liquid. I pounded on the glass. They all ignored it except Kadaj, who looked torn between anger and sadness. I suddenly felt tired, I tried to keep my eyes open but found it impossible.
"No, I don't want to..." I never finished my sentence as the darkness swam over me.