Chapter 13

Deadly Fight

Takara's eyes get big. She knows the voice. It's Hiroshi. Takara is frozen in fear. Her life is in Neji's hands. He has to win this fight between two strong men to keep Takara free.

"We're taking Tak back with us, no matter what," Hiroshi says and takes off his face mask. When Takara sees Hiroshi's face, she almost faints.

"This little tramp ran away!" says the other guy. Takara recognizes his voice too. It's Eito. "You thought that you could get away from us, didn't you, miss Tak?" Eito laughs and takes off his mask.

"P- please... l-leave me alone!" Takara begs in fear with tears forming in her eyes.

"Did you hear that Hiroshi? She asked us to leave her alone!" Eito says with a laugh.

"I heard," Hiroshi says. "You don't get anything you want Tak. You belong to us!"

Neji gets angry. "You treat her like she's nothing, but she is something to me! Now either you two leave, or you'll receive 128 palms..."

"128 palms? That won't do anything to us," Eito says and laughs.

"Really?" Neji asks with a smirk. "Why don't we test it out?"

"We'd love to," Hiroshi says.

"Good," Neji says. Neji turns back to look at Takara. "Takara, stay back..."

Takara nods and steps back out of Neji's way. She is worried about Neji because she knows how strong Hiroshi and Eito are, and she knows that they're even stronger now.

Neji gets into position. "Eight Trigrams... One hundred twenty eight palms!"

Neji then runs into Hiroshi and Eito and attacks them very quickly. Takara stands back watching Neji beat up Hiroshi and Eito. Takara smiles and a tear runs down her face. She never thought that she'd see anyone stand up for her, let alone attack Hiroshi and Eito without hesitation.

"Stay away from Takara! I won't hesitate to kill the both of you! You do deserve it after all!" Neji says with pure hatred in his voice.

Takara gets a little scared hearing Neji's voice so deep and angry, yet she finds it very attractive.

"Get off us!" Eito yells out.

Neji ignores Eito's cry.

Hiroshi then coughs up blood. "Dude, stop attacking my face, I literally can't see!"

Neji smirks and chuckles.

Eito tries to run up to Neji, but Neji is able to see him from behind. Neji quickly turns around and kicks Eito and he flips onto his back, causing him to yell. When Eito fell, Neji and Takara heard a crack.

"I- I think my back is broken! Hiroshi!" Eito calls out.

Takara smirks. "Good."

"Damn it!" Hiroshi screams out in pain. "You just ripped out my piercings!"

Takara walks up to Eito and puts her foot on his chest.

"Takara, what are you doing?" Neji asks while still attacking Hiroshi.

Takara ignores Neji. She kneels down and gets in Eito's face. "Hey there. Never thought you'd see this huh? Oh how the tables have turned. You know, after I escaped, my life turned around and I was happy. Doesn't that hurt to know? Takara Uta, being free and happy? Now you're underneath me, with a broken back."

"What's the point of this speech?!" Eito yells.

"What's the point of this speech? What was the point of imprisoning me? Controlling my life for 9 years? What was the purpose of ruining my life?" Takara yells out with anger.

"We had our reasons, and I'd rather die than tell you," Eito says with a smirk.

"Trust me, I would love to kill you!" Takara says in a deep intimidating tone.

Just then, Hiroshi goes flying into a wall covered in blood. Neji looks up out of breath covered Hiroshi's blood.

"He won't be getting back up again, ever," Neji says.

"WHAT?!" Eito yells.

"For real?" Takara says in total shock.

Neji walks up to Hiroshi and uses his byakugan and checks for a pulse. There's nothing. Neji had just killed Hiroshi. "He's dead."

"You bastard! I will kill you!" Eito yells.

Takara takes her hand and pushes Eito farther down by his chest into the ground causing Eito to grunt.

"Calm down there mister broken back," Takara says. "I have something for you Eito."

"You know you must not call me by my name!" Eito yells.

"I'm not under your control anymore... EITO!" Takara says proudly.

Eito growls at Takara and Neji smirks. Takara looks down at Eito. "Eito, you've caused me some of the worst pain of my life. Now, I return the favor."

"What are you going on about Tak?" Eito asks.

Takara gets angry hearing the 3 letter nickname.

"MY NAME IS TAKARA! I HATE YOU EITO! I HOPE YOU DIE IN THE MOST PAINFUL WAY EVER!" Takara screams.

Takara punches Eito hard in his face causing him to bleed from the mouth and nose. Takara gets up and punches Eito multiple times in the chest, causing him to scream in pain due to his back being broken. Takara keeps punching him causing blood to splat up onto Takara's face. Neji runs up to Takara and gets her off Eito. Neji then gets on top of Eito and delivers a big blow to Eito's chest to end him. The concrete below Eito flies up into the air and falls back down on him.

Neji gets off Eito and looks back at Takara, who is standing back with big eyes and is out of breath. "Takara, are you okay?"

Takara nods. "Yeah. Yeah I think so. You killed Hiroshi and Eito. You... you..."

"Yes?" Neji asks.

Takara runs up to Neji and hugs him tight. "You're my hero."

Neji smiles and hugs Takara back. "I'm your hero?"

"Yes," Takara says in Neji's chest. "I trust you with my life..."