C19 Thoroughly beaten


Thoroughly amused, he cocked his head. "I don't believe you are in a position to negotiate."

"I am not negotiating!"

"Then your opinion matters even less." Kyo tapped her forehead with the stem of his pipe, "Enough yapping, dogface, let's go."

Leaving a speechless Yuya, Kyo turned and stalked off deeper into the tangles of the forest, leaving a trail of smoke in his wake.

Not before casually dumping his katana into the tiny hands of his new ward who was reeling from having discovered a person who'd efficiently and effortlessly wrecked her unbeatable record of having the last word.