CHAPTER 9: FIGHT!

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"Nora, wake up!" Yoh shook the sleeping girl who mumbled something or other. "You are just as bad as Kieli."

"I resent that." Kieli yawned, too tired to punch him. Yoh ignored her remark as he pushed Nora, who was still asleep.

"Hang on." Kieli said holding up a finger as she flashed out of the room, only to return with a pail of water in her hands. Yoh backed up.

"I want it on record that I had no part in this." He said. Kieli smiled evilly.

"Noted." She flipped the bucket upside down and laughed as Nora shot upright in her bed. Nora gasped and swallowed back a scream before anger slowly took over the fear.

"Kieli?! I'm going to murder you!" Nora scrambled to get untangled from the sheets. The blue haired teen faked innocent as she pointed to Yoh.

"It was his idea! He even gave me the water!" Yoh's jaw fell.

"I'm going to kill you!" Yoh yelled. Kieli yelped as she ran down the hallway, two pissed off teens hot on her heels while yelling at her (in graphic detail) the different ways they would kill her. Kieli laughed at their imagination, though disturbed at some of the ideas they had.

The three continued the cat and mouse chase when suddenly a wild and annoyed Yammy appeared at the end of the hall, his glare very affective in making the three freeze in place. The four held each other's gaze when Yammy threw something at Nora.

The giant glared at them before stalking off out of the room. "That was weird." Yoh stated then looked at what Nora had been given. "What's that?"

"It's candy... I think." The Three Musketeers bar had been smashed and crumpled multiple times. Chocolate oozed out from little rips in the sides.

"You gonna eat it?" Kieli asked a little disgusted with the snack. Nora shook her head passing the melted candy to Yoh.

"Come on, we have to go." She said. Kieli followed as Yoh tried to find someplace to dispose of the candy.

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"Welcome to training." Stark yawned, wishing he could go back to sleep instead of being there. "One by one you will come at me with all you've got. When you can no longer fight or when I say to, you will tap out with someone else." He explained wanting this to be over as quickly as possible. The number one Espada looked the three over before pointing at Yoh. "You first."

Yoh got up, not sure if he was up to fighting this guy. He was the second strongest Espada, so how the hell was he to even leave a scratch, much less K.O. this guy? Yoh took in a deep breath before focusing on his opponent, his eyes full of determination. Stark made the first move, flashing next to Yoh and landing a solid punch to his stomach. Yoh doubled over at a loss of breath.

'What the hell just happened?' The young Espada quickly regained himself in time to dodge another blow and returned a well-placed kick to the older espadas side. 'This guy meant it when he said use all you had; he was not going to make this easy.'

Stark backed away a little surprised at how much power he packed in such a small kick. Kieli and Nora sat on the sidelines as they watched the two guys throw kicks, punches and even ceros, which the girls had to doge stray shots. The way the two moved in the air was the same way a ballerina would move on stage; graceful and quick. Yoh jumped, kicking out his leg and barely missing Stark's head.

'It's like he's already in his first release form.' Stark thought as he side stepped another cero. But then that would mean…Suddenly it all clicked into place.

"Tag out." The Espada called. Yoh tilted his head in confusion. Was he not doing well? He thought he had been doing a pretty good job at keeping up with Stark but maybe he was wrong?

"You." Stark pointed at Nora. Her eyes widened. She had hoped to go last, that way she had a better chance at defeating him, especially if Yoh and Kieli had already caused him a lot of damage. Nora swallowed her fear as she jumped into the air, taking Yoh's place. Stark didn't waste a second and threw a kick her way. Gracefully Nora dodged it, as she did with the cero he fired.

"She's wearing him down…" Kieli mumbled as she watched. Nora pivoted on one foot whenever he threw something her way, never even throwing a punch. Kieli viewed it as playing dirty, mostly because she was letting Stark use his energy up, and once he was tired or weak, Nora would strike back with her full force.

Nora jumped using Stark's head as a pivot point as she flipped over him. A look of confusion crossed his face and looked down at the two teens who just watched.

"Who's next?" He asked. Kieli and Yoh looked at each other trying not to smile. Nora had erased any trace of her from the older espadas memory in order to make her next move. "Well-" Before he could finish, a green cero grazed past his left arm. Stark watched the blood slowly fall with amazement. Nora one, Stark zero.

'Using her head.' He thought with a smile on his lips. They were good.

Stark turned to fight the girl, but she had vanished. Kieli laughed knowing no matter how hard he looked for he wouldn't be able to see her. Nora had hidden herself from his sight; he would have to rely on his other senses if he wanted to fight her.

Stark doubled over as something smashed into him. Nora knew this was probably the only way for her to even have a sliver of hope to win this fight, but that didn't make her feel any less weak. Kieli would most likely deem her as a wimp for resorting to such low tactics when fighting, and she'd be right….

'Damn! They're better than I gave them credit for.' Stark thought, pulling himself to a standing position. 'This time I won't hold back…' He could barely feel the tiny flick of spiritual pressure waft from the invisible girl. She could hide herself from any human and maybe even most soul reapers, but he wasn't Espada number one for nothing.

He shot a cero straight ahead. A sick snapping sound roared throughout the quiet room as Nora slowly flickered back into Starks view. The tiny girl placed a hand to her stomach as blood quickly fell from the wound, soiling her hand and her dress.

'Shit…' she thought as the world faded to a never ending darkness. 'Guess I lose,'

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[A/N] I really suck at writing fight scenes, sorry. Anyways like I promised, Chapters 7-9 have now been posted. Again, I'm really sorry for the late posting.
Let me know what you think and tell me what you want to see in the next chapters. Please review, I do appreciate constructive criticism.