Chapter 3: The Fight
First I want to deeply apologize about my long absence. My life is totally crazy and my imaginative juices went completely dry. (Dramatically) But then, I remembered that I had a mission and a duty to compete this story. (Back to Normal) In case you guys were worried, I did find the movie and it completely BLEW my mind! KasaharaXDoujou FOREVER!
Disclaimer: I do not own Library War.
Soon after her brother's departure, Iku had to go train with the other Task Force members. Finally, training sessions are private. No brothers to bother me here! Freedom!
She entered the training confident and ready to fight. She was proud to be so good at it. Iku remembers when her brother Kyouya would teach her moves to protect herself. He was did judo and kendo and was able to teach her a lot. The girl remembered how rough a coach he was, but knew it was all worthwhile.
Iku awaited her turn and sat against the wall as she watched her other co-workers go at it.
"Hey Kasahara, who do you will win; Kenshi or Toyama?" It was another co-worker of hers that she liked to talk wrestle with and make bets with also, Kigima Tooru.
"Hmm, I think it would have to be Toyama. He's form may be sloppy but he has enough power to pin Kenshi down."
"I'm sorry, Kasahara, but you're wrong on this one. Kenshi is definitely stronger than him. Get ready to owe me 5,000 yen." Iku and Tooru watched fervently until ultimately it was Iku's prediction that was correct.
"Hee hee, pay up Kigima." Just as the defeated gambler was about to fork up the money, someone rushed between them and held a hot glare at Iku.
"Iku, are you gambling on the sacred art that is judo!" A voice that was even scarier the Instructor Doujou echoed throughout the room as they looked at the stranger. It was Iku's brother, Kyouya, who seemed incredibly disappointed in her. As Iku was about to ask how he was able to get in the training, she saw Tezuka walk beside him.
"Good afternoon, Kasahara. I met your brother on the way to training and I thought it would be an interesting learning experience to see him in action." Iku couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or downright serious, but she vowed to get revenged.
Kyouya gathered himself up and calmed down. He returned to his usual cool façade. "No, I vowed to myself to only fight to protect the community from criminals. Although, I am sure that Iku remembers her judo training well. Am I right, Iku?" Kyouya smiled a gentlemanly smile, but all Iku could focus on were his dark, evil, cold eyes piercing through her. I remember now, Kyouya gets like this only when judo is involved. Iku shivered when she remembered the cruel practices that went late into the night that her brother had orchestrated. Iku nodded. "Well then, Tezuka, why don't you fight my sister?" Before Tezuka could respond, Doujou interrupted.
"I'm sorry, but I will have to spar with her. Iku is clumsy and forgets easily. Her incompetence can be immensely destructive. I don't want to go into a mission only to find out that her training was insufficient."
Iku would have retorted, but the dark aura surrounding Kyouya made her go mute. "You think my training was not suffice, Lieutenant Doujou?" The tension was so thick; it could've been sliced with a butter knife. Suddenly, Doujou's expression matched Kyouya's.
"Oh, I don't know about her previous training but it was I who perfected it." The room grew intensely quiet, no one dared to move or come between these two men.
All Kasahara could think to do was to escape, but her trainers had other ideas.
"KASAHARA!"
"IKU!" Both of the men shouted, Kasahara looked back at them but she only saw the pure, greedy, competitive spirit in their eyes. I am going to die!
"Okay, this is how it is going to play out. Kasahara would fight against Tezuka, Tezuka would fight normally but Kasahara relying only her brother's training." The Task Force members surrounded the mat enthusiastically, placing bets and cheering on either for Kasahara or Tezuka."
Both of the opponents were on opposite corners of the mat along with the so-called 'coaches'.
Tezuka
"Tezuka, inform that man that my training is superior. Understood?"
"Yes, sir." Tezuka answered simply, but in his heart he was ready to do Doujou proud. Tezuka's man-crush on Doujou fueled him to win this fight.
Kasahara
"Kyou-nii, why are we doing this again?" Kasahara didn't know her brother's visit would cause this much of an uproar.
"If you win today, I will leave for the rest of the day AND before I leave tomorrow I'll treat you and your friend to lunch."
"Can Shibasaki and I have whatever we want to eat, no matter the price?"
"Yes, so win. Remember, only my training."
"Yes, sir." He leaves for the day and I get a free lunch. Lucky.
The match had just begun. After the opponents bowed to each other and got to their fighting stances. Their expressions were ones of fierce warriors aiming to kill. An outsider might think that they were long-fated rivals. And due to the current conditions, they probably were.
Tezuka made the first move and swept Kasahara off her feet. Once she was unbalanced, he grabbed her arm and put it in a hold. Kasahara just smirked as she lifted Tezuka over her shoulder and slammed him into the ground. Tezuka broke off from the hold Kasahara had on him and gained some distance between them. Kasahara then charged towards Tezuka with lightning speed and repeated the same move he had done to her. This battle grew more and more intense as the crowd cheered him. They focused on nothing other than their opponent or their ambition for winning. This fight would have gone on forever, until the library alarm rang.
Attention, patrons we please ask you to evacuate the library. The library is now under a raid. Once again, we ask you to please evacuate the building.
Once the alarm rang, the whole room got back to business. Kyouya, being the detective he was, wanted to help anyway he could. But Kasahara stopped him.
"There's no way in hell you're coming with us. This is up to the Task Force, which are me and the rest of my team. Evacuate now." Kasahara spoke in a dead-serious tone that would rival her brother's. Kyouya nodded and was guided to the nearest exit.
In gear, Kasahara caught up with the rest of her team. "Lt. Doujou, what is the situation?"
"Best guess is that the MBC are gathering specific books that openly encourage violence to authority and threatening harm to the general public. The books are rumored to be in the library clerk's office on the fifth floor. So we're gathering people there now. Komaki and I look out for ways they might try to escape. Kasahara and Tezuka will head to the stairway between the 5th and 6th floors. Move out, you guys!"
Tezuka and Kasahara headed to the stairwell only to find the MBC members already there. "Stop right there!" Tezuka called out, but when the noticed the Task Force members, they ran downstairs towards the ground floor.
Are they trying to escape through the front entrance? They must have a driver waiting for them hiding somewhere!
"Tezuka, they're heading towards the front entrance. They must have a get-away driver waiting for them. You chase them and I know a shortcut that leads outside. I'm going to find that driver."
"Roger that, Kasahara. Be careful." They split up and Tezuka continued to chase the MBC members carrying the books. With her lightning speed, Kasahara ran down the corridor that lead outside and searched for any suspicious cars. She spotted an MBC van parked behind a cluster of trees. It would've been easily missed if she didn't see a mirror shining due to the sun's glare.
Kasahara sneaked around the van, opened the driver's side door, and forcibly dragged the MBC member out. Kasahara grabbed the gun the MBC member had holstered at his back and knocked him unconscious with it. Kasahara radioed her whereabouts and her findings to Doujou and then she began to tie up her hostage. I never would have gotten this far without Kyouya and Lt. Doujou. I guess I'm pretty lucky to have them.
"You guys separated from each other during the pursuit of lethal and dangerous MBC members based on HUNCH?" Doujou yelled at both his subordinates. "I thought I trained you two well enough to know that you never leave a man behind. Tezuka, you were lucky that some Task Force officers were there to help you because even if you have cornered them, I doubt you could've gone against 2 to 1. Also, you Kasahara, you were lucky that your hunch was correct and that the getaway driver was alone! Both of you get out of my sight. I'll decide on your punishments later."
Dejected the two subordinates, who were once locked in immortal combat, looked at discouraged eyes. Both ashamed to have let the Lt. Doujou down. They were got up and began to leave until Doujou called out to them once more.
"Oh, Tezuka, Kasahara," the subordinates, fully expecting more yelling, dreadfully faced their superior, "Good job out there." Doujou smiled a barely noticeable but proud smile. He may be tough, but we are lucky to have him.
Tezuka and Kasahara left the office and closed the door. They looked up to find Kyouya, who might have heard their reprimanding. "Tezuka, Iku, I heard about what happened out there. I think you guys did a great job."
"You think so?" Tezuka asked. He grew to like the second eldest brother of the Kasahara clan.
"I know so. Tezuka, I have to talk to my sister alone for a while but how about we meet later and I can show you some good judo moves before I leave." Tezuka was more excited than a five-year old on Christmas.
"Of course, I will be expecting it Kasahara-san." With that Tezuka left planning out his date with Kyouya.
Once he gone, Kyouya spoke again, "After I left the building I stayed behind because I just felt I had to be there no matter what."
"Nii-san, that was dangerous. You could've been –"
"Don't interrupt. As I was saying, when I stayed behind, waiting outside, I saw you. You were rushing full speed and you were determined. The same way I act when I'm tracking down a bad guy. I saw you how effectively you took care of that guy in the van and at the moment I have never been so proud to have you a sister."
Kasahara began tearing up. She was speechless. She was glad to have made her brother proud.
"I also got to hand it to you lieutenant. I can see he trained you well also. I like him."
"Nii-san, I love you but please don't ever repeat that last sentence." The touching moment gone, Kyouya and Kasahara began laughing some more on their way to the main corridor.
"Well, I'm going to find Tezuka. I'll call you tomorrow about that free lunch."
"But we never finished the match."
"It's okay I think you guys deserve it. I'll invite Tezuka as well." As Kyouya began to leave in search of Tezuka, Kasahara asked her brother one more question.
"Kyou-nii, did you happen to hear Tezuka and I being yelled at?"
"Yeah, I did. That's probably why I like him so much. He cares about you guys so much."
"I guess he does, but Kyou-nii, I thought I said not to say that."
Kyouya just retreated but left with the words "I'm sorry" and he continued on his way.
Kasahara smiled. She was actually glad Kyouya got to see her in action. I might not regret tomorrow. Kasahara herself was surprised by her own excitement.