Ashley

Ashley watched in horror as she saw Takeda being thrown across the room every time he tried to land a punch on Kizaru.

"Takeda!" Ashley yelled for what seemed like the hundredth time. If she wasn't bound to the chair, she would be helping in kicking Kizaru's ass. But she was, and she was afraid. Both for herself and, now, for Takeda. Takeda stood up and ran at Kizaru one more time.

"I'm bored of this," Kizaru said. Instead of dodging Takeda's punch, he stopped it with his bare hand, brought his other hand back, and then flung it forward, punching Takeda in the gut hard. It caused Takeda to cough up blood and fall to the floor in pain. However Kizaru kept a hold of Takeda's other hand.

"You want to die with your girlfriend that badly? Fine, I'll kill you first, then I'll finish up with her and then kill her too," Kizaru said. He walked over to where Ashley was bound up and grabbed a knife that was there. She shuddered to think what he would have used that on her for. He held up Takeda so he could see his face. Then he brought the knife to Takeda's neck and pricked it a little, causing a small trail of blood to drip down his neck. Takeda slightly flinched.

"You feel that? That's fear. That's also a reaction to my ki. Didn't your master ever tell you not to engage in a fight with a master unless you are one yourself?" Kizaru said, smirking.

"You're a master?" Ashley whispered. Kizaru smirked at her and moved the blade so that now it was under her neck, and pricked it as well.

"Why, yes my dear. I am. That's why I was able to find you so easily. You didn't hide yourself very well," Kizaru said.

"Why should I hide from someone I don't know?" Ashley said, glaring at the man.

"You don't know me? Why, Ashley, I made your childhood a living hell! I searched you down, stalked you, raped you a few times before you were ripe, and now I'm gonna ruin your life, by having some pleasure and then killing you! How could you not remember me?" he asked, smirking throughout his entire speech.

"You did what to me?" she whispered. He sighed and then threw Takeda away into a corner.

"You just rot over there for a bit. My dear Ashley, I'll make you remember!" Kizaru said. He picked up the chair she was bound to and tossed it against one of the concrete walls. Ashley screamed in pain.

"Ashley!" Takeda whispered, coughing up more blood. She hit the wall head first and when the chair fell to the ground with a loud and echoing thud, there was blood dripping down the side of her head and she was now coughing a little bit of blood herself.

"Bastard," she muttered. Kizaru grabbed the whip.

"You know, I personally think that women should be seen and not HEARD!" he yelled, whipping the whip as he yelled the last word. It hit Ashley square in the stomach and she screamed.

"Stop it!" Takeda yelled. He shakily stood up and ran at Kizaru. "I said stop hurting her you bastard!" He threw a punch and actually managed to hit the guy, but that didn't make Kizaru budge one inch. Instead, Kizaru stopped whipping and glared at Takeda from the corner of his eye.

"You just made your death that much more painful and slow, you imbecile!" Kizaru said slowly and in a dangerous voice.

"No," Ashley muttered. Kizaru dropped the whip, grabbed Takeda by the throat and launched him up the staircase and through the door. "Takeda!" she yelled.

"You just stay right here, honey," Kizaru said, smirking at her over his shoulder. "I need to take care of the trash first." He started to climb the staircase. Ashley struggled against her chains, despite the dizziness she was beginning to feel.

"This is nothing. Nothing," she kept muttering to herself, attempting to stay focused and awake. "You can do this. If you don't, he'll be killed. Come on Ashley!" she yelled at herself. She looked around and saw that Kizaru had dropped the knife. She took a deep breath and scooted her chair over to where the knife was. "Now how to get it?" She came up with an idea that already made her head hurt, but she simply shook her head and adjusted her feet. Thankfully Kizaru wasn't smart enough to bind her feet to the chair. The knife was behind her now. "If I can just position myself right, I should be able to cut these ropes without too much difficulty. Just hang on a little while longer Takeda!"

She pushed her feet hard against the ground, making her chair tilt backwards and fall to the ground with a loud and echoing thud. Unfortunately, she hit her head again and she almost blacked out.

"No. Can't. Gotta…help…" she muttered. A loud crash came from upstairs as well as the sounds of Takeda's and Kenichi's voices screaming. "Damn it. Hold on."

In her semi-unconcious state, she reached around for the knife.

"Ow!" she gasped, feeling blood trickle down her wrist. She had found the knife. She grabbed the bare blade, moved it until she grabbed a hold of the hilt, and started to cut against the ropes. "This has to work, it just has to." More and more screams came from upstairs. Kizaru started to yell as well, loud enough for Ashley to understand what he was saying.

"You think that someone pathetic as you can save her? Hah! I don't care if you ARE her little brother, you'll die today along with your sister and your friend!" Kizaru yelled.

"I don't think so!" Kenichi yelled. "I'm taking my sister home!"

"Sister?" Ashley whispered. "I'm his sister?" The ropes finally were cut through and she fell to the side. She gasped as the cold concrete hit her skin. Shakily she stood up and ignored all the blood that were coming out of the wounds. "I'm…coming….hold…on…" she gasped.

"Die!" Kizaru yelled. The sound of Kenichi's scream made Ashley stop in her tracks. For some reason a fuzzy flashback came to her head. However she shook her head.

"I don't have time for flashbacks. Kenichi!" Ashley yelled. Adrenaline flowed through her body and she ran up the stairs, and into the living room. There was a giant hole leading to the front lawn and a dog barked at Kenichi where he lay against the metal railings surrounding the house. The metal was slightly bent from the brute force of Kenichi's body hitting it.

"Kenichi," she whispered.

"Well, you decided to come join us huh? Fine, I'll just kill you now instead," Kizaru said. Ashley turned her head to see Kizaru running at her faster than she could follow. He punched her already severely wounded stomach, sending her flying out of the house and down the street a few blocks. She looked over her shoulder slightly and tried to brace herself for impact with the concrete. However, when she opened her eyes, she saw a chinese man wearing an entirely green outfit and an bowl cap.

"You…you're Kenichi's…" she started to say, then coughed up a lot of blood.

"Don't speak. Just rest here. Is that the house Kenichi and Takeda are in?" Kensei asked. Ashley nodded slightly and he carried her to a tree and rested her against it. "Don't worry, you're safe now. Kenichi and Takeda will be here soon, I promise." He stood up and disappeared in an instant.

"Kenichi, Takeda, please be okay," she whispered. First came the dizziness. Everything was making her feel woozy. All of the buildings tilted on their sides, each tree turned upside down, along with the rest of the world. The tree behind her disappeared and the ground came to her face quicker than she ever thought was possible. Her head hit the ground first and the darkness took over from there.

"I…don't…want…to…d-" she gasped before the darkness fully took over.

Takeda

"Ashley!" Takeda yelled as he saw her flying away from the house. He turned towards Kizaru, glaring again. "If she's dead you'll wish you were never born!" Kizaru smirked.

"If a little punch like that could kill her, then she wasn't worth what you might think she was," Kizaru chuckled.

"You sick bastard! I'll make you pay for hurting my friends!" Takeda yelled. "And you don't know a thing about Ashley! She was already half-dead when you punched her! Even a master couldn't survive after that much! And she's not even a master yet!" Takeda ran after him but Kizaru beat him to the punch. Kizaru moved too fast for Takeda to follow and he punched him in the face and Takeda was sent flying into the kitchen.

"If I were you I would grab a knife, since you obviously can't beat me in a fair fight! Hell, even with a weapon you couldn't beat me!" Kizaru laughed.

"Maybe he can't, but I will," a voice came from the hole in the wall Kenichi was sent through. Takeda looked up to see one of Kenichi's masters.

"And who are you?" Kizaru asked in a mocking tone. Kensei lowered his hat so that his eyes were barely visible.

"My name is Kensei Ma. You'd do best to remember that," Kensei said. "Kid, I suggest you get Kenichi and go to the girl. She's in a dire situation and needs medical attention right away." Takeda nodded and stood up grabbing his stomach. "You three head on to the dojo first. I'll be there shortly after I take care of this pervert." Takeda left the house and slowly walked over to Kenichi who was barely awake.

"Takeda? You're alive? I thought I heard you scream," Kenichi whispered, clearly winded himself. Who wouldn't be after taking on a master?

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's Ashley we should be worried about. Come on," Takeda grunted at the end as he helped Kenichi back onto his feet. "We need to find Ashley and get her back to the dojo as quickly as possible."

"I agree. Let's go," Kenichi said. They walked as fast as their pain and wounds would allow them. Takeda looked at Kenichi and noticed that he had wounds that weren't inflicted on him by Kizaru.

"How'd you get those?" Takeda asked, looking forward again.

"That old man was a martial artist. Granted he wasn't anywhere close to being a master, he was still powerful. I had a bit of a hard time," Kenichi explained. Takeda laughed a little.

"I see," he muttered. They walked for a bit until they saw Ashley passed out on the ground under a tree. A puddle of blood was already starting to form.

"Ashley!" they yelled. Ignoring their wounds they ran to her and Takeda put her in his arms.

"Ashley! Ashley say something!" he yelled, gently shaking her.

"It's no good. She's unconscious. Let's get her back to the dojo asap," Kenichi said. Takeda nodded and they quickly walked to the dojo, occasionally switching who was carrying her.

After about half an hour of their slow pace, Kensei finally caught up to them.

"You three still aren't there? What's taking you so long?" Kensei asked as he landed in front of them after running from rooftop to rooftop to catch up. They were both gasping hard.

"That fight took a lot out of us. We can barely move, let alone move fast," Takeda said between heavy breaths.

"Well, that girls life is currently depending upon your speed. At this right, she will die before you can get close to the dojo," Kensei said. Takeda and Kenichi looked down at Ashley who was growing paler by the second. Neither of them said anything. "However, I can understand your weariness. Hold on one second while I make a call." Kensei brought out his phone and dialed a number. "Hello, yes this is Kensei. Is Apachai there right now? Good, could you send him to us? We have three wounded people: Ashley, Takeda, and Kenichi, all barely able to move and one is unconscious. Thanks. Goodbye." Kensei said nothing after that as they waited for Apachai to come.

"Apa!" could be heard in the distance and not half a minute later did Apachai appear before them. "Who is hurt? Apachai can help!" he said.

"Apachai, could you take Takeda and Kenichi? I've got Ashley," Kensei said.

"Apa!" Apachai nodded and he picked up Takeda and Kenichi after they gave Ashley to Kensei. If this were a normal day, Takeda would feel a little uneasy leaving Ashley in the care of the perverted master, but since she was wounded and almost dead he knew that even Kensei wouldn't peek at her or try anything perverted. Apachai jumped away and Kensei followed him.

They arrived at the dojo not ten minutes later and Akisame immediately had a bed ready for Ashley after receiving that call. He had also prepared some for Kenichi and Takeda as well, but he worked on Ashley right away since she had the worst and most wounds.

"Don't wory Takeda, Master Akisame will heal Ashley right up!" Kenich reassured Takeda. Takeda looked at the curtain that separated Ashley and Akisame from them.

"I hope you're right," he whispered. About an hour or two later the curtain was drawn. Ashley was still asleep but now she had an oxygen mask on, stiches in her head, and Takeda guessed many more stiches on her stomach and lower parts of her body.

"She's going to be just fine,"Akisame said. Takeda breathed a sigh of relief.

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