At first L via didn t know what I was going to do, seeing that my weapons were still under the cape, as soon as I was one step away from her I raised my right hand over my head and slashed down on the exact moment that the sword was out of the cape, surprised the nekomimi had only time to instinctively grab the weapon with both paws, I smiled sarcastically to her and then attacked fencing frontally against her face, my opponent had just enough time to tilt her head to the side seeing, with horror in her eyes, the sword nearly scratch her cat ear and cut a small bit of her curly hair.
At the same time, two other mortal fights happened around me, Enma had worn two punching dagger on her paws, the same was done by Kyou, now both of them would exchange hits and it was possible to hear the sound of metal hitting against each other; Kitagawa had been surrounded by the three other opponents that took turns attacking him, despite not having the same ease to win as he had when we were attacked at my residence, it was visible he wasn t still at his limit being able to, with reasonable quickness, end them as soon as he noticed it was an opportune moment.
My attention came back to the nekomimi before me when she let one of her paws go from the sword it was holding and then grabbed the other, with a strength that was, until that point, surprising for me, slowly she managed to take the weapon from the side of her neck and locked both in front of me, beginning to apply kicks at my belly with one of her free legs, quickly I began twisting my right hand to the left in a way the blade began heading towards the wrist of her right paw; despite her face showed extreme worry, when I was almost touching the fur with me weapon she quickly let go of the sword the paw in danger was holding and quickly spun to the side, like an acrobatic gymnastic athlete.
Everything happened so fast that I just had enough time to feel being grabbed by my own wrists and spinning quickly, next I had my back smashed against the hard ground, with an horrible pain in there, however I didn t have time to pay attention to it, because soon after I saw L via jumping and preparing to cut me with her threatening claws, I quickly made my swords cross in an x format and headed them towards the nekomimi s throat, whom as not to self-decapitate needed to fall to her knees and hold on the blades, the sound of the gloves plus the fact L via was covering my body kneeling on the floor made Kyou s attention go to her, she shouted:
-Master, are you alright? Kyou had a voice that sounded honestly worried.
-Yes! L via replied at the exact moment she began pressing the blades in a way to make them near my throat I just need to finish this quickly KYOU WATCH OUT!
The noble looked back at her personal caretaker briefly, that was enough time for me to be able to kick her right in the middle of the forehead, the pain made her instinctively let go of my swords, with a quick leg lock I threw her to the side, making her fall flat on her back, with a small and quick movement, I kneeled over her head and crossed the blades almost touching her neck and, after looking deep into her challenging eyes, I shouted:
-It is over Oliveira L via! This is your end! I was preparing to behead her in the exact moment I heard Enma also shouting.
-Hey, where do you think you are going! It is me that is your opponent! followed by a muffled sound of a pain moan coming from Enma, whom shouted in sequence Richard, watch out!
I had just enough time to look back and notice that Kyou had just jumped towards me, I quickly rolled to my right, listening to the sound of the attacker s dagger hitting the ground, next I back flipped, after I landed on my feet, I kneeled with my swords and body hidden by the cape; I saw Enma bleeding from her belly and became worried she might have been mortally wounded, however I didn t have much time to think about that, seeing that both nekomimi stood up and charged against me, when I noticed the dangerous situation I was in, I waited; as I expected both girl jumped to attack me, as soon as they were really near, I fenced in a frontal forward attack with the swords tip, each of them towards a different target and then I waited to result of the attack, all I noticed next was a blur passing near my head and everything turning black.
And extremely strong and cutting pain raced across my face left side, beginning right above the eye and going through the whole length of it until de side of my left lip, without cutting it open though; soon I felt blood running through my face and drops of it falling on my cape were heard in sequence, quickly I dropped the sword that was in my left hand and took it to the wounded parts, I noticed instantly a cut that, despite not having hit my skull s bones, was actually very deep, I didn t have more time to analyze further than that, because I heard Kyou s voice behind me, however it sounded as if she was trying to speak while gargling, I looked at her with the eye that was still intact and I still had time to hear:
-I a always idolatrized you m gurrrrg master the sound of the blood into her throat made me shiver violently so macabre it was, Kyou had her paws holding the left of her neck, where the blood was gushing out like a fountain, she feel to her knees, visibly losing all her strength I h hope that... y you reach your final objective - she lost what was left of balance she had, falling to her side, without stopping to look at L via with those almost lifeless eyes, however filled with feelings I l loved you until this last m m m momen.. gurrrrrrrrgggggg slowly letting out her last breath.
-KYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU! L via s shout made me focus my attention at her again, that was when I noticed my sword hard penetrated her right shoulder, going through her and going out on her back NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! the nekomimi then started struggling parting from the sword on her own and soon she was free from it, I couldn t end the opponent at that moment even if I wanted to, because despite the noble s wound be in a non-vital place and she having her attention focused in Kyou, that was something extremely dishonorable to do no Kyou don t do that to me no Kyou Kyou - the nekomimi then shook the already lifeless body of her personal caretaker NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! she then hugged her body, crying heavily in sequence.
-Now that you know how much it hurts to have taken away from you someone you like I said after some minutes, right after Kitagawa eliminated the last opponent hence why, stop this madness and surrender at once!
-Damn you damn you DAMN YOU! L via shouted, completely out of her mind how could you do that with with Kyou? I l loved her! tears of love and hatred ran through her face if everything went as we had planned I would still have her beside me after me and you married damn you! We had so many plans together!
-If you loved her so much, why didn t you admit it and made it to public knowledge? I replied, scandalized as I was going to do with the little one that night and just didn t because I was shocked by the fact we murdered her mom mistakenly -Because she was a slave! How could me, a noble, love and have a relationship with a mere slave? That would totally ruin my reputations - L via gently placed the Kyou s lifeless body on the ground and slowly stood up, continuing but that didn t change what I felt for her!
-Hehe - I laughed, realizing the biggest irony I ever seen in my whole life L via, even after a person that felt compassion for you losing her own trying to show you that love surpassed any barrier, be it social, economic, religious or even racial I stood up slowly as well, continuing my speech you didn t learn anything at all! The only conclusion I can reach is that you are pathetic! I then pointed my right hand sword towards her and continued however I notice you still have a quality, even if small, worthy of redemption that entitles me to give you a more honorable end, come, let s end this for once and all, make it at least so that Kyou s death won t be in vain I then looked at Kitagawa and Enma don t interfere in this battle, I need to end what I should have almost an year ago, at my residence when she attacked Kikuri I then looked once again to the nekomimi come L via! Attack me!
It wasn t needed more incentive so as the nekomimi charged at me with all the potential I knew she had in her, even if she couldn t use her right arm, she made me have a lot of trouble to be able to block all her attacks, I never saw her attack with that much ferocity and resolve, as if she wanted to cut me in very little pieces in any way possible, that was when that, between one attack and the other that something came to my mind both Kikuri and L via I thought were with their right arm very hurt and not usable and were attacking with all the strength they could how ironic! I smiled, for a slight confusion of the noble, that didn t cease to attack for a second both were fighting for the same objective, I believe that now L via understood what my late girlfriend wanted to say
The biggest problem of that was that my perception was extremely hindered because of the wound in my eye added with the agility in L via s attacks and the vengeance made that, as much as in Kikuri s fight, there wasn t a single opening so as I could attack and staying defending only left me vulnerable, because sooner or later I would wore out and wouldn t be as much efficient as I was now, so from this point on it was just a matter of time until I was completely defeated and murdered in sequence, that was when something Nina told me as soon as she started teaching my cat-fu came to my mind.
All fighting styles, be it human or nekomimi, have their advantages, disadvantages and weak spots Nina then neared me and, looking me inside my eyes, said the Cat-fu is much better than any form of unarmed style used by the humans, but it has a weakness that, in case it is well used, can prove to be fatal! the old nekomimi showed me one move, stopping close enough so that the fur on her paw tickled my nose while the nekomimi is attacking full force without, however, using the ending blow, it is practically impossible to counterattack as they don t leave even the slightest opening for such thing, now when the go for the final technique the old lady then showed where to hit they have the chest completely unprotected, use that at your advantage little man!
With that in mind I had an idea that in case it worked, it was sure to bring me victory in this duel, otherwise it would mean certain death; I knew that, the attacks L via was using, were coming under a pattern that, in case there was an opening in my guard I was sure she would use her secret nekomimi elite technique, mentally I prayed that my plan worked as I expected; I made the swords go under the cape and pretended that I was getting ready to attack as soon as I blocked the last attack she launched at me, placing the left hand sword quietly inside its sheath, then I moved in a way which seemed as if I lost my balance for a moment, the nekomimi noticed that and, not losing time, shouted:
-You are finished Montecchio Richard! Hoga L via began preparing her technique, even if she needed to use the left paw Pupu she then took a step back and finished shouting SHITTEKEN! taking a step forward and directing her paw directly against my chest.
My luck, or providence perhaps, was that L via used the bad paw to apply the hit, which came with even less of the strength that it would normally have, while my cape isolated the most damaging part of the technique the same couldn t have been said for the impact that made something inside my chest hurt quite a lot, however I wouldn t let this chance slip by, with my free hand I grabbed the astonished nekomimi s left paw, raising it a bit and passing my right hand with the sword under her arm and then I just said:
-It is over Oliveira L via! I then slashed diagonally through her chest as strong as I managed to, letting go of her paw in sequence.
The nekomimi howled so big must have been the pain she felt, especially because I could see a red line that formed at the beginning of her right shoulder and crossed diagonally her chest, passing through the middle of her breasts and ending around waist s level on the left side, her fighting clothes snapped and opened seeing that it was a tight and glued to the body vestment, making her become naked before me; then she took her paws around herself as if she was to hug herself and kneeled before me.
As soon as I looked at the now fragile nekomimi my sight became foggy and I became dizzy almost instantly with an extremely strong pain in my chest, making me take several steps back and also kneeling to the ground as my opponent, I felt as if my chest was immobile, making me have quite a bit of problems breathing, I couldn t focus my vision with even with the eye that was still good; for several minutes I believed I was in my last moments, however slowly I managed to stabilize myself, at that moment I had a surprise.
L via still was kneeling on the place she previously was, she is indeed the epitome of the nekomimi bodily purity I thought being perfect in every aspect, she had perfect breasts for her size; they were firm in such a way they wouldn t fall even when they had nothing holding them, as they were now, she could have any male on her paws why me out of all of them ? I noticed that blood was going down through her belly, however it wasn t, even nearly, the amount one would expect after someone had just had their tummy and chest slashed open by a direct hit, I began laughing when I realized what happened, instants later I said:
-Apparently you clothes were made in a way to withstand sword attacks isn t it right L via?
-Yes however I used as reference the sharpness of your sword with the family crest - she then coughed, spitting a little bit of blood in the process however I didn t expect a sword so sharp to the point of cutting this fabric - L via then began slowly and with a lot of effort, standing up.
-As I see you intend to take this to the last consequences, isn t it right L via I asked, also standing up with a lot of difficulty then we shall do it, no matter how much I didn t wish to end the life of someone whom I considered a true friend for my whole life - I noticed I was really weak at that moment you know that both of us are on our bodies limit let s make this the last strike -Alright Richard! L via replied, with an weird smile in the face I didn t expect less from you! Attack me with everything you got!
When I was finished standing up, I noticed that thanks to the hit I got in the middle of my chest, I didn t have enough strength to raise my swords over my chest line, what would limit a lot my attack possibilities, even more taking into account that even with an very wounded right shoulder, I knew she would make a last ungodly effort to use it in order to be able to block my attack; that is why I decided that if it was in order to save a lot of innocent lives, I would use a not so honorable tactic, I turned my cape around my neck in a way that the opening went behind my back, however I didn t lock it back again, so with a simple movement I could remove it easily.
Then I placed the hilt of one of my swords in one of my armpits in a way it would seem to anyone that was watching that I was holding my sword right over my chest, in the other armpit I placed one of the sword s sheaths in the very same way the other sword was, making me look like as if I was going to attack with both weapons frontally; in both of my hands I was holding the other sword pointed to my feet in a way it didn t touch the cape; then I began running towards L via who began to prepare to block me, when she was an inch to touch me I made a movement that made my cape to move and fall to the side, instants later the nekomimi grabbed my sword and sheath, one paw on each artifact while the sword in my hands penetrated her frontally in the middle of her tummy, piercing her through her back near where her tail begins, making her look at me with shocked and filled with sadness eyes.
-Forgive me L via - I said, somewhat pitting the nekomimi but now I believe that, it is really everything over - without taking the sword out from her, as I would only do that when I was sure of her defeat.
-He He He - L via laughed as a response, much to my surprise yes n now it is over for you Richard - then she took the paw that was holding the sheath and, biting it, took it out now yes I will have my v vengeance against you for having abandoned me - with the free paw, she took a small device from inside the glove.
-You crazy nekomimi! What do you intend to do? I tried moving to take the other sword and end her before she managed to do something else, but then again I became dizzy again and lost some of my strength, without falling to the ground though.
-D Don t think that only Enma knows about electronic devices - L via then pressed one button in the very small device the other, shouting in sequence L LOOK LITTLE Akira AS I I TOLD YOU FIRST THE CULT MEMBERS THEN YOUR GRAND PARENTS T THEN I S SHOWED HIM ORDERING TO E ELIMINATE YOUR D D D DEAR MOMMY YOUR PAPA . AND L L.. LASTLY THIS M MONSTER KILLS Y Y Y YOUR COUSIN W WA TCH OUT LI TTLE ONE DON T ALLOW HIM TO DO MORE EVIL THINGS A AVENGE THEM F F F FOR M M ME - at the exact moment in which the huge screen illuminated and showed the face of my beloved nekomimi, Akira-chan completely horrified with what she was seeing