Kisune watched with wide eyes as the larger man swung straight down at Kazu. She looked away. She couldn't bare to see him die. She flinched when she heard steel meet flesh, and then a grunt...
"Wait... a grunt? He wouldn't have grunted. He wouldn't have said anything!" She looked back quickly, and what she saw astonished her.
Kazu was standing facing the back of the man who was now past him. His sword was pointed straight out to the man's back.
"Is that blood on the tip?" She wondered as she saw his sword tip was glistening red in the sunlight. She looked over to the larger man, who was just standing there, slightly hunched over and breathing heavily. She saw blood running down and dripping off of his left arm.
"Did you see that?" Bilga asked in astonishment. "That guy moved just before Kayman's blade got to his shoulder! I've never seen anyone move that fast! I thought he was tired?"
"Or drunk." His brother stated, nudging Kisune in the ribs. She looked up and scowled at him.
"Yeah, or drunk. Either way how is he doin' so good?" Bilga asked, a slight hint of anger in his voice.
Kisune was just speechless. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. How could he move that fast?
"Is he a wizard?" she thought to herself. "I doubt it, otherwise he'd be using magic by now."
Finally, Kayman began to move. He slowly turned around to face his opponent. Kisune gasped as she saw the look on his face. His face had hardened, his teeth were bared, his brow was furrowed and there was fire in his eyes.
Kazu had taken a step back and was holding his sword with both hands, ready to fight.
Kayman roared in anger then charged. Kazu stood his ground, but raised his sword. This time when Kayman swung, Kazu met the larger man's sword with his own. But as soon as the blades met, Kazu slid backwards a good distance. His feet were still grounded, but there were quite the grooves between where he was now and where he had just been. He looked up and saw Kayman come barreling at him, sword bared and ready to swing. Kazu wasn't sure what he was going to do. But he got his answer as Kayman swung his sword up with one hand and then jumped. Kazu crouched down, and dove underneath his feet. Kayman's sword stuck into the ground when he landed, and he looked behind him for his opponent. He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right leg. He picked his sword out of the dirt and spun around, swinging as hard as he could on the way. But the smaller man was nowhere to be seen.
"He must have a spell to turn himself invisible!" He thought. "You're tricks won't work on me!" He bellowed and began to swing his sword around him wildly in every direction.
"What is he doing?" Kisune mumbled through her gag. She raised an eyebrow as she watched as Kayman swung his sword wildly, kicking up dust all around him. Then suddenly she saw Kazu out the back of the dust cloud, dodging Kayman's swings and throwing dust into the air as he did. When suddenly he reached up and slid his sword along the top of Kayman's right shoulder. The giant stopped swinging wildly, and whirled around, looking for his opponent. He couldn't see through the dust, as was evident because he didn't see that Kazu had slipped around behind him. Kazu then sliced his sword along Kayman's right side. Kayman growled and spun around. Kazu continued to whirl around him and throw dust in the air, slicing at him when he saw an opening.
Kisune watched on in amazement. Whoever Kazu was, he certainly was smart. She stifled a giggle as she saw Kayman getting more and more frustrated.
Finally Kayman had had enough. He gripped his sword in both hands, and spun around with it, clearing the air. He had his eyes shut so he wouldn't get any dirt in his eyes, but he opened them when he suddenly felt his blade hit something with a clang. He looked and saw the little annoyance get knocked back. He ran forward and swung at him, holding his sword in both hands. Kazu dodged, so Kayman swung again, all the while walking towards him. Kazu continued to dodge and walk backwards. But he wasn't able to keep aware of his surroundings and fight at the same time since he was so tired. As a result he tripped on a rock behind him and fell to the ground.
Kisune gasped when she saw Kazu trip. She saw Kayman raise his sword over his head and slice downward. She sighed with relief when she saw Kazu had rolled out of the way. However she could see he was limping when he stood up.
"He must have hit that rock pretty hard." She observed, slightly worried. She hoped he would be able to hold out the remainder of the fight. But her worst fears came to life before her eyes just moments later.
Kazu had blocked a swing with his sword and had stumbled. She watched in horror as a wild grin appeared on Kayman's face as he reared up and sliced downward. She was about to look away, when she suddenly saw Kazu leap aside, spinning around to face Kayman. The look on Kayman's face quickly turned to a scowl as he saw his opponent had dodged. Kisune watched as Breeg reared his own sword up and brought it down on the larger man's sword arm, and then saw Kayman's face turn from scowling, to surprised, to pained. He let out a howl as he let go of his sword and clutched his arm as he knelt in the dust. Kazu circled around to face Kayman, his back to Kisune.
"Hold her, and keep her quiet." Bulgo growled. Kisune looked toward her other captor who was now stalking towards Kazu with a drawn knife. She started to struggle against the man holding her, trying to get free. He pulled her arms further up her back to stop her. She quickly did because of the pain, but knew she had to do something.
And then the plan came.
She bent her head forward as if to admit defeat. And then the best thing that could have possibly happened... well, happened. Bilga leaned his head forward and whispered to her "There, that's a good girl." He said with a sneer. Suddenly Kisune shot her head backwards and connected with the man's face. He let go of her arms to hold his nose. Kisune took this opportunity and reached her hand up to undo the gag. She saw that Bulgo was almost there. She was having trouble with the knot, and it was tied too tightly to slide down. Bulgo raised his knife over Kazu's back. Finally she undid that gag and tore it off.
"Kazu!" She creamed out to him, realizing afterwards how silly that was since that was most likely not his real name.
But she was too little too late, as Bulgo's knife was already on it's way down. She watched in helpless horror as the knife reached Kazu's back... and then flew out of the man's hand in a brilliant flash of light.
Everyone was shocked, but none more than poor Bulgo. Because Kazu had quickly turned around and had hit him in the back of the head with the pommel of his sword.
"And stay down this time." Breeg said, annoyance in his voice. He turned back to Kayman, who was reaching for his sword. Kazu took a step towards the larger man's sword, and thrust his own sword into the ground... Through the larger man's scimitar. Kayman stood there aghast at what he had just seen. Kazu leaned down and told him something that Kisune couldn't hear. But she saw Kayman nod to whatever it was. After that Kazu stood up and began to walk towards the woman. She was relieved he was alright, although he was still limping.
But that feeling didn't last long. As she suddenly a hand around her wrist, and a knife at her throat.
"You come any closer and I'll kill her!" He shouted. He sounded angry. "Probably because I broke his nose." Kisune thought with a smirk.
She watched Kazu as he leaned down and picked up a palm sized rock, still walking forward.
"I thought I told you to stay down." He said. The other man looked at him in confusion. Kisune was wondering what he was going to do.
"Is he going to throw that? He may be good with a sword, but how's his arm?" She thought anxiously. Then suddenly she remembered something. "And he's drunk!"
But her question was quickly answered as he threw it. She closed her eyes, waiting to feel her own nose break. "Would that be karma?" She wondered. She flinched when she heard the sound of breaking bone and cartilage. When she didn't feel any pain she opened her eyes and looked behind her. She saw Bilga holding his face a few steps back. She began to back away when suddenly he reared back up with his knife raised and ran toward her. She gasped when she saw Kazu stride past her and punch the other man squarely in the face. He fell to the ground, unconscious. She gazed at the fallen man and couldn't help feeling a little sorry for him.
"You should go before they wake up." She was pulled back into reality when she heard someone speak.
Kisune looked up to see Kazu walking toward the first fallen man as he retrieved his scabbard. She watched him continue to walk away, wondering where he was going. She was about to turn away and continue on her way when she saw him turn and walk behind a large rock. She tilted her head and raised an eyebrow. "What is he doing behind there?" She asked out loud to no one in particular. She slowly started tip toeing over to the rock, not wanting to surprise anyone. When she finally got to the rock, she pressed herself up against the side. She edged around to the side, but stopped when she heard heavy breathing. She got curious and slowly peeked around the rock. Only to see her hero out cold leaning against the rock. She looked, and around him was a travel pack and a sword belt.
"Oh, so he did have something with him." She said quietly to herself, smiling.
She looked out toward her destination. She knew there would probably be more trouble between here and there, and it would be best not to travel alone. So she decided to wait for him to wake up and see if he would escort her to Magnolia.
"I've waited this long," she reasoned. "So I can wait a little longer. What's one more delay?" She began to take her traveling robes off and lay them neatly out on the ground.
"I'll be at Fairy Tail soon enough." She sighed as she leaned against the cool rock, enjoying the time she had while she waited for Kazu to wake up...
Hey guys, hope you're enjoying the story so far. A quick note, I might have lied. They may not get to Magnolia next chapter, it could be the one after. It shouldn't be any later than that, since I wanted them to be in Magnolia already, but I thought of interesting things to happen on the way. But we're on our way guys, we're almost there. ;)
But yeah, thank you all for reading this so far, I really appreciate it. Reviews are welcome guys, so leave them if you have something to say.
Have a nice day, guys. Cheers! ;D