R&R longer note at the end

A renegade must always be aware of potential attack from friend and foe alike, the words resonated with the tanned girl standing on the bank of a stream her green eyes looking across at the long black haired shinobi stood opposite her. Those usually calm blue eyes burned as they locked on their prey the two had known this day may come but neither had expected it so soon, Ikaruga's white and gold shinobi armour blew softly in the breeze her hand clenched tightly around the hilt of her sword.

Neither moved as Homura clutched the handles of her katana's between her fingers it had been a surprise to her having the usually calm and collected class president of Hanzō academy had attacked her suddenly when she had come to collect water for the nearby camp site she currently called home.

"I have to say Ikaruga, I never expected you would be sent to cut me down" Homura teased as the corner of her lips curled into a smile "I guess in a weird way I'm thankful it is you, better someone I stand a chance to defeat than the demon I was expecting".

"You would be wise to not underestimate me Homura" Ikaruga said calmly as she raised her sword a brilliant blue flame shooting from the hilt as it coated her sword "I'm not likely to hold back and I am certainly not a weakling anymore". Homura's smile grew as she held her swords to the side coating them in an orange flame her eyes never once leaving the others, if the black haired girl was going to take this seriously then there would be no reason she should hold back either.

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Homura panted as her body burned with adrenaline being forced to block yet another strike from the black haired shinobi, the flames of their blades mixing together as their swords clashed over and over a feel of excitement the tanned shinobi had not felt in a long time burned in her chest.

She forced the other back spotting her opening slashing forwards causing the flames to raise burning the others clothing slightly as Ikaruga was forced back a little, she had known this would not be easy but that had not stopped her taking the job to save her friends the trouble, her strength almost depleted the black haired girl knew she only had one more chance a final blow that must land for her to claim victory.

"Secret ninja art: Oukaensen" Ikaruga called as Homura looked on a hint of surprise flashing through her eyes as she saw the other draw her sword back slashing forward as blue flames shot towards the tanned girl taking on the form of a phoenix.

"Secret ninja art: Charge" Homura cried out in response the muscles in her legs tightened as she moved forward with incredible speed slashing the blue flamed phoenix as she went coming to a stop as the flames of her katana grew, slashing them down the other shinobi cried out as she was thrown backwards from the force her sword dropping as she bounced on the ground, her white and gold shinobi armour vanished replaced with a white t-shirt and black trousers. Homura panted as her katana fell to the floor with a clatter unable to stay up right her energy exhausted as her black school uniform returned to her casual white t-shirt and blue ripped jeans falling face first.

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"Wake up" came a voice as if from a distance as Ikaruga's energy began to return she could feel a strange weight on her body as her eyes began to flicker open "Good morning, glad to see you survived you really are stronger". Her blue eyes began to adjust as the blurred image of a tanned girl cleared to reveal the grinning renegade, Ikaruga attempted to push herself up feeling the weight still holding her down her eyes scanned the area for the reason as a pink hue played at her cheeks realization setting in.

"H-Homura, could you" she began as the grin on the others face grew wider "Could you get off me please?" Homura placed a finger to her chin in mock thought as she looked down at the black haired girl she was sat on shaking her head slowly, the pinkish hue turning a deeper red as frustration and embarrassment of the current situation filled the Hanzō class presidents body.

"Not yet, you see how do I know you won't try to fulfil the contract if I do move?" Homura asked looking down on the girl their eyes meeting for a moment "I do trust you're not that shady being a good shinobi but I never expected you to even take the contract so I have to be cautious, then again this is a pretty good way to claim my prize after all". With one final grin the tanned shinobi leaned down suddenly and unexpectedly as Ikaruga's eyes flew open with surprise, the soft sensation of Homura's lips pressed against her own with a loving embrace the black haired girl's body began to soften as she felt herself kissing back before the two broke apart, Homura leaned over whispering into her ear softly.

"To the victor, goes the spoils".

Well, I can't deny it. The idea of Homura X Ikargua is one I do really enjoy I know I did a full long story of Ikargua X Miyabi but maybe I could go with a Homura one at some point, this was a fun chapter to write after all so maybe at some point there might be a full blown multi-chapter story for this pairing

Anyway, should be one more before another longer road block which I will hopefully overcome soon but we shall see how well that goes since I have a few things to take care of for now