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Chapter 65
Note: Eventually everyone breaks down; just try not to do it during training.
~Kahlan's POV
My hands grip the Sais tightly. Before I even get a chance at helping Laura out, Kisame comes charging at me swinging his giant sword, well it's my sword but whatever. Knowing I won't be of any help dead, I quickly focus on Kisame and dodge.
I am so going to fail. I don't know how to fight with these weapons; I thought we would be taught. Seriously, there has to be more to it than just swing and stab…right?
Kisame swings again and quickly I move to the side. Fear grips my heart for Laura but also myself. This seriously isn't how things should be taught. Gosh, I wish I could throttle Leader.
"You can't keep dodging forever," Kisame says with a grin as he brings down his sword.
Jumping back I reply, "Saying that isn't going to stop me from trying."
Another wide arcing swing at me and I jump back. Quickly I take a look at Laura to see how she is doing. Her arms are shaking as she is holding her sword stopping Hidan's scythe from coming down at her. Before I can run over to help I get knock down to the ground. My body freezes as the tip of a sword gets pointed at my throat.
"You should always keep your eyes on your opponent," Kisame says. "Don't worry about anyone else but yourself."
With a glare I snarl back, "And you should always protect your package."
Quickly so he doesn't have time to think, I bring my foot up and kick him in the groin. I crawl away from him and get to my feet. A small smirk forms on my face, glad to be a woman but that smirk quickly leaves as I remember to help Laura.
I go to run to her, but a large hand clasps around my ankle. Once again I fall to the ground. With a growl, I kick my foot trying to loosen the iron grip, but it doesn't budge. No, instead the grip starts pulling me backwards.
Thinking quickly, I grab hold of the Sais that fell from my grasp and jam them into the earth. I hold tightly onto the handles as I try to pull myself forward. The grip on my ankles yanks me back, but I refuse to budge my hold on my weapons.
Unexpectedly, the grip lets go. Quickly, I yank the Sais out of the ground and try to scramble onto my feet. Someone grips my hair and yanks me up onto my feet. I yelp in pain as I let go of my weapons and try to remove the person's grasp on my hair.
"You should never let go of your weapons," Kisame says, and just like that I'm being thrown far away and hit into a tree. I feel the bark scrapping my back through my tank top.
"That going to leave a mark," I mumble as everything spins for a few moments.
Slowly, I rise to my feet using the tree as support. My eyes roam around looking for Kisame. He grins and waves while he leans against his sword. I growl narrowing my eyes at him, then decide to search for my weapons only to notice Kisame is standing right next to them. Well isn't that just great.
Taking a deep breath, I push away from the tree. I need to come up with a way to get past Kisame and get my weapons back. Then there's the fact he's tall as hell, I'll have to use his height as a disadvantage against him.
Taking another deep breath, I take off running towards Kisame. His grin widens into a smirk. Grinding my teeth, I push myself to run faster. As I get closer Kisame stops leaning against his sword and goes to swing his leg at me. I dive for the ground to slide only to get caught with a knee to the face.
Falling backwards down to my butt, I just hiss in pain as I go to swipe Kisame's legs out from under him. He chuckles and jumps a couple feet back. I scramble to my feet but freeze feeling the cool tip of metal on my neck.
This really sucks; I mean seriously Leader has lost his mind. Him and his members are ninjas and probably have been for a while. Laura and I we're just…normal. We can't hurt them, and no amount of training would ever bring us up to their level. Gosh I want to wave a white flag; what's the point to this?
"Charging at your enemies won't get you anywhere," Kisame says.
"Maybe," I say keeping still as I let my eyes land on my Sais. "Maybe not, but you'll never know unless you try."
The moment I finish my sentence I dive for my weapons. Grabbing them, I roll away then jump to my feet quickly to face Kisame. He grins and I narrow my eyes. My body tense waiting for whatever gets thrown my way.
It doesn't take long for Kisame to lift his blade and swing it at me. There is no way I'll be able to block his attack, so instead I jump forward to get closer to him. Griping the handles tightly, I then jump to the side where the sword isn't being swung and go to land a blow on him with my own weapons. I pray for just a small incision, a little nick, but Kisame reacts quickly and kicks me away.
Anger boils in my veins. If I had a gun I'd like to see if they could dodge that. I would shoot Kisame in the freaking legs. Okay, I really need to calm down, but I'm seriously so close to snapping. I don't care if there's any more training after this or not, but I'm taking a nap and they could cook their own damn dinner. My body aches all over, I'm tired and I am hundred percent sure I just started my damn period.
Changing the position of the sai in my right hand, I pull my arm back and throw it at Kisame. He chuckles, but I ignore him knowing he will dodge. Instead the moment it flies out of my hand I run at him using the balls of my feet so they don't completely touch the ground and to give me speed.
Kisame watches the sai land into the ground and turns to me. He goes to swing his sword, and I jump into the air to flip over him, knowing that there won't be a mat to soften my blow when I land. When I land I risk the chance of hurting my ankle, but it's a risk I'm willing to take.
I land and my face scrunches up in pain, but I push to the back of my mind. Spinning on my heels, I place my other sai into my right hand and take a swing at Kisame only to have a kunai blocking my attack.
"Nice move," he says with a chuckle.
"Not nice enough," I growl.
I go to kick him, but he seems to predict that and kicks me away. With a quick glance over my shoulder I locate my other sai. Looking back at Kisame, I keep him in my sight and start backing up. He charges at me, getting his blade ready to swing. Turning around I take off towards my sai. Reaching it, I dive for it and once in my hand I roll away then jump onto my feet.
My eyes frantically search for an escape route, after all it's not like I can really do anything to Kisame. The trees really can't help since they have the ability to jump onto rooftops. I could always go to the pile of weapons and trade for something else, but some of those weapons I just don't have the strength to swing them about and that will waste time. Come on I know this terrain better than them, where can I go?
I sense more than feel the blade of Kisame's weapon reaching down to hit me. Quickly turning around, I hold the sais up in an X formation just as the blade comes down. Immediately my arms get push back from the weight and strength of Kisame's weapon making it and my own weapons come close to my face. I move my face back a few inches.
"You almost didn't block that," Kisame says with a small shake of his head.
"Whatever," I grind out as my arms shake from trying to keep his weapon as far away as possible. "What are you trying to do, kill me?"
"No," Kisame says in a smirk showing his teeth. "But you have to think in that type of mind set."
He presses his blade down harder, moving it closer. I bite on my tongue to hold back a whimper as I try to push back. My arms are about to give out on me, my body reaching its limit. With a shout of anger, I remove the sais and dive for his midsection. His blade makes some sort of contact on me, but I completely ignore it in favor for my attack.
"I'm starting to think you're trying to get yourself killed," Kisame says grabbing me by the back of my shirt and lifting me up into the air.
I spit in his face. For a split moment his eyes close and I use it to my advantage. On both sides I aim my weapons at his ribs above any fatal spots. When he opens his eyes he gives me a murderous glare and I just smirk as I attack. I'm able to stick one of the sais into his left side only about an inch deep before he starts shaking me making me loosen my grip on my weapons just a bit. Then he throws me very roughly far away from him.
I land with the sound of tearing and a crack echoing in my ears. Hissing in pain, I stumble to my feet ignoring the spinning of the world. I feel blood trickling down the back of my right leg probably from Kisame's weapon.
Looking down I see blood on the sai that's in my left hand, the one that never touched Kisame. That's when realization hits as I feel something seeping out and being soaked by my shirt. I look at my shirt and see a small cut through it and the wound made by my own sai from my landing. It's not fatal, nor is the one on the back of my leg, but they will be if infection sets in from not being treated.
Taking a deep breath, I cry out in pain falling to my knees. Letting go of the Sais, I lift my shirt up and carefully press my hand against my ribs. The pain and cry is immediate as burning tears sting my eyes and slide down my cheeks. I can't tell if it's bruised or broken; I'm guessing the second option. Exhaling is easy but inhaling is a pain. Maybe I should have gone in the medical field.
A shadow falls upon me and I look up to see a pissed off Kisame. Letting my shirt drop, I try glaring but the pain I feel has become hard to ignore. So, I just raise my head up a bit in defiance, slowly picking up my Sais. I don't have any time to block Kisame pointing his sword at my throat. I can't help the fear that starts eating away at me that this is how I'm going to die and Leader will allow it. And just like that I break down turning into a sobbing mess, balling my eyes out like a baby crying out for its mother.
"Stop crying," Kisame says pressing the blade more into my throat. That just adds fuel to the fire and I start crying more and louder. This is the worst time to be breaking down, but since I'm possibly going to die I don't think it really matters.
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