Agito quickly sped up behind Oki, only to notice that she was slowing down. By the time he slowed down enough, he'd already past her, placing him in a vulnerable position. Luckily, the straps attached to his beige pants billowed behind him and the hooks caught onto the fabric of the girl's pants, and his abrupt stop pulled her towards him.
He pivoted his base leg and thrust the other into Oki's blocked stomach, causing her to double over. The brunt of the impact was taken by her crossed arms, but she wasn't able to deflect it completely. When she lifted her face however, there was a smirk tugging at the corners of her lips.
Agito could only watch as she bent over backwards with an arm out to support her, and swung a leg after another, clipping him in the chin. She successfully flipped over, and his hooks caused him to get tugged forward, where her knee was pulled in for a kick to his chest.
To the Shark's surprise though, the extending leg was stopped an inch away from him. The smiling girl was taking it easy on him!
We'll see about that, you little bitch!
Akito glanced over at Agito's snarling mental form, Control yourself Agito, this isn't a match; you don't have to kill her.
The fucking bitch needs to be put in her place. I'm gonna make her bleed. The violent half snarled back.
No, Agito. Control yourself.Once again his pleas were ignored.
Bloodlust welled up in the Shark, and he reached his maximum speed, he sent a flurry of kicks aimed at her body. The girl dodged many easily, but a few managed to catch her near the head. The sharp hooks sunk in deeper, and Oki winced as they penetrated her flesh.
He must not notice… Distract him…
Oki swung her left arm to punch him in the side, but he caught it and slammed the back of his left fist against her temple. As she was falling to the side, the hooks detached, and let the wounds bleed crimson liquid. The sweet scent excited the Shark, and a devilish grin spread across his features.
He quickly skated up to her, and stopped suddenly. Swinging his leg up diagonally, Agito let the potential energy from the braking convert into a Fang which was rapidly approaching the floored girl.
Recovering quickly, Oki jumped onto the fang, and flipped in mid air to land in front of Agito, launching a quick round-kick. Agito just grinned, and caught the kick with his hand.
He started to pull her in by the leg, "Come on, you little bitch, hit me with your best fucking shot," He spat with a growl.
"I don't want to." She snapped back, twisting her foot out of his grasp to which he retaliated with another kick, the sharp bladed wheels whirring.
She merely avoided his kick and moved backwards, dodging his flailing legs and the straps attached to them as Agito moved into his next attack, Ride Fall Bloody Roll, Soul 1800.Catching up with her, he leaped into the air. He twisted his legs allowing the straps to snake around the girl. The four hooks of the orange straps latched on to Oki's skin again, he kept whipping his long legs, trying to get the blades and serrations on his ATs and their wheels to make impact on the girl. Giving up he landed back on the ground, his hooks still embedded in the girl's delicate skin.
"Why. Aren't. You. Retaliating?" Agito snarled each word after each kick. He thrust his last kick, but it was caught-the same manner in which Agito had caught hers- in the girl's rough hands, which was unlike the rest of her smooth, soft body.
"I'd rather not hurt you Agito," She smirked. She started to twist his foot, almost putting enough pressure to dislocate it.
The blue haired boy's grin reappeared as he slowly put more force on the wheels, causing them to spin uncontrollably, while the serrations, which were as sharp as sharks' teeth, pierced her palms. Agito was completely not ready for what had happened next.
Water started dripping from the cuts of her palms instead of the thicker crimson fluid, as if it was completely natural. The yellow eye and the dark blue eyes widened at the sight. Oki's eyelids fluttered shut as she winced in pain, and when they reopened, the edges of her pupils were rimmed with inky black tendrils, painting the blue of her eyes with darkness.
"Are… you bleeding…water?" Agito whispered in disbelief and, oddly enough, fear.
She immediately let go of his foot, and disappeared into thin air. Behind Agito, a shadow of a giant wave appeared, with Oki at the center bringing her leg up for a powerful axe kick that could split open his skull.
She succeeded in knocking out the confused boy, therefore, winning her match against him.
The two teens collapsed, one from fainting, and one from exhaustion. But since the panting girl's mission was not finished, Oki draped Agito's arm over her shoulder, and lifted him up to support him. Her destination was thankfully not too far. Making sure to switch the eye-patch, to avoid further fighting, the girl shakily skated away, struggling to support the 84-pound-fifteen-year-old. Crimson fluid was now steadily gushing out of her wounds.
Finally,she gasped, when she saw the huge billboard of the café attracting customers. Oki wasn't used to weights. Since fatigue was slowly setting in her limbs, she desperately looked for a place to seat Akito.
Finding an empty table, she gently placed him on one of the black metal chairs. He started to stir, so Oki mustered what little energy she had left, and ran into the store to order the food asked by the team. The server handed a tray with assorted meals, and continued his job, ignoring the bleeding young girl.
Struggling to carry all the food, yet somehow managing, Oki walked out of the small café to see all the members of Kogarasumaru seated at or near the table.
Ikki turned around and beckoned her towards the table, ignorant of the weight upon the still bleeding limbs of the younger girl. His call directed everyone's attention, even Akito's, who had completely gained consciousness when Oki went into the store and was quite surprised at how he got to the destination, towards Oki. The girl was struggling to maintain her balance and seemed much paler than before. Only Kazu, Ringo and Buccha- who really wanted the food- rushed forth to her help.
Once everyone was seated and munching on their choice of chow- Ringo opting instead to bandage the younger girl's wounds- the boys huddled together at one of the tables. Hushed whispers filled the quiet atmosphere and obvious glances were thrown at Oki. As the boys broke the ring with their usual psyched up cheers, they started to near the blue haired girl. The two other girls were animatedly talking about track clothes, where as Ringo occasionally participated in the excited whispers of Emily and Yayoi.
"Oki-chan" Kazu started, causing the girl to look up "Considering how you performed in your testing…"
"You seem very adept at fighting, but you didn't use any AT skills to defeat us," Buccha continued,
"You basically didn't show us any of your talent, other than the basics that everyone is aware of." Onigiri frowned, and looked quite disappointed.
Agito just scoffed, and looked away, obviously annoyed at how things had turned out.
Ikki was forced to continue, "However, you not using your AT skills could also mean that you didn't need to use them against the Pig brothers."
Said boys were affronted and snapped at him together.
Ignoring them, Ikki loudly exclaimed, "I, the amazing and talented Ikki, gathered from my lesser teammates that you almost did beat Kazu with your speed, and battled against Agito, defeating him fairly. Thus, I conclude that you are indeed powerful, so…" Ikki trailed, smirking widely at this point.
Everyone (except Agito of course) smiled, and gave her a thumbs-up, "Welcome to Kogarasumaru!"
"Really?!" The girl beamed up at them, causing Ikki to blush sheepishly, and Agito to frown further, as he felt flustered once more. Kazu smiled on proudly and nodded.
"Thank you gu-" Oki's eyes rolled back in her head, and she started to fall; the exhaustion had finally set in.
"GET THE FUCK OFF ME!"
Of course we all know who said that.
Kazu gently removed the limp body off the floored Shark, and scooped up the light girl into his arms, "Well, what do you know, she's unconscious. I'll take her back to my place, I'm sure my sister wants to see our dear little Oki-chan again. Is that okay, Ikki?"
"Hm? Yeah, do whatever you want," Ikki shooed him away.
Agito started following him and muttered, "I'm coming with you."
"Suit yourself."
What the two boys, and the rest of the team, didn't notice was that a girl with brown hair held in pigtails was staring intently at the younger boy. A light frown was adorning her face.