Mai HiME

Lost & Found

Chapter XVII

"What make you think that I'm insulting you? I'm just speaking the truth," Mikoto said as she calmly caught his fist with her left hand. But the explosive force forced her back a few inches, Mikoto's demeanor remain unchanged as she raised her right hand up to Tate's face ever gracefully and slowly. Aiming right at his forehead, she flicked her finger just as she let go of his hand sending him flying back at least three yards. This action surprised everyone but Nao and Reito; Yuuki Nao experienced the feral girl's shock wave flick years ago and hasn't seen she used it again until now.

"W-what was that?" Shiho asked sounding very surprised. "Mikoto's famous 'Shock Wave' technique," Nao answered flatly as she waited for the fight to continue. "I thought she was joking when she said her Jiji taught her how to use 'ki' in combat," Yukino said thoughtfully as she recalled her friend talked about gathering inner energy to used it in fight to overpower your opponent. "It would take a normal person about ten to twenty years to even be able to do what she just did, but with less impact power. She got Jiji into a hospital after her first week of training on how to use 'ki'," Reito said quietly. "Jiji said that she has very strong spiritual power, so her 'ki' was explosive and can be very unstable. He trained her hard every summer for about five years until she learned to control her 'ki' properly," Reito finished as he rubbed his wife's tummy.

Tate felt dizzy from the sudden impact; he steadied himself as he tried to shake away the flurry vision. What the hell? It can't be… Byakko? Tate shook his head again to clear his vision, but all he saw was a giant white tiger projected from Mikoto growling at him in front of her. He blinked a few times and the vision of the tiger vanished, and in front of him was a Mikoto standing there waiting for him to get a hold of himself. He thought that she would take the chance of his confusion and attack him mercilessly, yet she just stood there and waited patiently. Her action totally pissed him off, as he didn't want her pity and it looked like she pitied him by waiting for him to regain his vision.

Once again, Tate took charge and attempted to attack Mikoto, and as usual she dodged but this time he got a trick up his sleeve literally. As he throws a punch, Mikoto moved aside to dodged the punch, just as he suspected she would be and pulled out a knife he had hidden somewhere with his other hand and sliced across her chest. This action cut off her tie and jacket, Mikoto was surprised by the fact that Tate managed to sneak the weapon in without being detected. He's good, this should be fun. I like to see what else he got up his sleeves, Mikoto's mind wondered as she leaped back gracefully to put some distance between her and Tate.

"How the hell did they not detect that he got a knife on him?" Nao scowled as Tate attacked Mikoto again and drawn blood on her right cheek. "He's good, seemed like he been training." Haruka murmured as she leaned on the rail watching the fight intently. "She's at a disadvantage at this rate," Shiho cried out but Mai haven't spoken a word since the fight started. She's too absorbed into it that she didn't hear anything the others said, and Fumi noticed that the busty woman seemed like she's sending her energy to the feral girl. "Have faith in her," Nao murmured pulling Shiho into her arms and hugged the girl tightly.

"You don't know her like I do," Tate said as he slashed blindly at Mikoto. "Really?" Mikoto asked as she just stayed a step ahead of his sharp knife. "You can't fuck her like I can; I make her beg for it too. She had to admit that she's a slut just to get some of me," Tate said with a mocking laugh accompanying it. His words disturbed Mikoto's concentration and she stopped moving, this give him an open and he took it and slashed the knife onto her right shoulder. He backed away to ready for the next attack, but Mikoto just stood there and removed her jacket showing the fresh wound soaking through her white shirt. "She's only good for fucking, that's all she is to me anyway. Just a fucking whore," Tate laughed cynically as he licked the blood on the knife.

"Mikoto, what the fucking hell are you doing? Kill that motherfucker!" Nao shouted when she saw Tate connected the knife with Mikoto's shoulder. "Mikoto…" Mai whispered as she tightened her hands into fists causing the knuckles to turn white. She was sure as hell that Tate was saying something that caught her Mikoto off-guard. "Minagi, get your act together dammit!" Haruka shouted. The blonde really refrained herself from jumping down onto the arena and bashed that man's head against the concert wall. "Mikoto-chan, don't listen to whatever he's saying. He's probably just lying to you anyway," Yukino called to her childhood friend.

"You should've seen how she begged me to fuck her, all naked and on all four crawling up to me. It was a sight to behold," Tate said as he found his opponent's weakness and finally lunged at her aiming for her heart. He was hitting her psychological by degrading Mai in front of her, bringing up the busty woman's past worked to his advantage and he enjoy seeing them both suffer. But his enjoyment was short-lived when Mikoto caught the blade with her right hand, her blood dripped onto the floor as she tightened her grip on the knife. The pain from the knife was nothing compared to the pain she felt within her heart or the rage that's burning in her soul, Mikoto honestly doesn't cared about Mai's past but Tate's words made her very angry and all she wanted at this moment was to make him pay for degrading Mai like that.

"If you want to know, I know her more than you ever did. A vermin like you wouldn't know the first thing about love," Mikoto said as she gritted her teeth together as she stared at him with piercing gold eyes. "You can't satisfy her by just screwing her, but you have to satisfy her by loving her first. I don't need to fuck her to satisfy her, but if I do I can assure you that she would be saying my name like a prayer. I doubt that she ever called out your name," Mikoto said as she reached out her left hand and grabbed onto the collar of his shirts. Pulling him into her suddenly, she caught him off-guarded and just butthead him at least ten times if not more.

"You don't date a woman just because you want to screw her, but you date her because you love her. What make you think its okay to treat a woman like she's a piece of garbage? If you wanted, go home and treat your mother like one first. Just because your mother is a slut, doesn't mean every woman out there is too. I was going to spare your life since Mai asked me to, but now I'm finding it pointless to do so. You're just too fucking stupid for anyone to save you," Mikoto said flatly as she already stopped bashing her head against his. She let go of him and grabbed onto his wrist, and by applying just the right amount of pressure onto it she could hear the bones cracking under her iron grip.

Author's Notes: Will our heroine win this fight or will she bleed to death this time? Will Tate see the light or will he still remain as amazingly stupid as he is? Stay tune… Okay, I'm really losing it. Hope y'all enjoy…