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As Aki began to speak with one guard, Kuro turned to look at the other. He looked her up and down, as though checking her out. He was really guessing her fighting capacity, but he didn't mind making her feel like she's on display a moment, feel his confidence and readiness to fight. Chi style, but it's strange somehow. Finally he spoke.
"So, you're my opponent right? I'd prefer to be somewhere other than a battlefield with you, but as long as we can be close, I suppose it's okay."
"You're making a big mistake little boy. We're not like those wimps you faced at the first gate. We're Juniors here. Do you have any idea the amount your fighting ability grows in that time?"
"Well that's a whole 'nother matter. If you're really that much stronger, then I have a lot to be excited about."
Kuro's hands pulsed with the force of his chi energy. It was almost visible floating in the air.
"So let's go then. Whenever you're ready. Kentou."
"Kentou."
Kuro noticed chi immediately begin to flow from his opponent. She raised her chi this much in such a short time? Suddenly, the room seemed to grow very dark. Everything around Kuro seemed to fade to blackness. He felt the chi stop flowing from his hands as though it were very distant. The girl, however, seemed to stay perfectly visible, and her eyes especially seemed impossible to look away from. An illusion, damn. I let it get so far. Okay, raise a chi field... come on... what's wrong? My body feels so distant from me now... and those eyes... No! I...
"It's okay, we don't need to fight just yet. Let's relax together. I'd really like to relax."
I'm so weak. I should be strong enough to break through this easily. I need to get stronger... The girl began to walk towards Kuro very slowly, rhythmically. He could see every part of her moving in slow motion, especially her eyes, gazing into his soul. She began to reach out for him with one hand.
"I want to touch you, to feel you. Let me touch you. Let me be with you. Let's be closer."
Her hand touched him and Kuro felt his mind melt away. She wrapped an arm around him and whispered words he couldn't quite hear. He felt her moving against him, but all he could see now were her eyes. Aki looked over to see her pulling a small knife from its sheath.
"Kuro!"
"It's too late to reach him," she laughed. "All he knows now is me. He's completely unaware of anything that's happening."
Aki attempted to get to him, but she couldn't.
He'd be mad if I interrupted his battle... I can't.
The girl reached back with her knife, preparing to plunge it into Kuro's chest, when his hand shot up and grabbed her wrist. Aki's face lit up. Kuro looked at the girl with a smirk, the glazed look leaving his eyes.
"What? How?! A freshman?"
"You were arrogant, but you'll remember this. It's Kuro who charms the ladies, never the other way around. Nasake Kobushi!"
Kuro plunged a chi covered fist deep in her stomach. She felt his chi pulse through him the moment of impact, then her insides crushing under the blow. It felt to her as though it were happening in slow motion. She tried to breathe, but she couldn't. The world seemed to fade away from her as she fell to the ground unconscious.
Kuro smiled as he rubbed the spot on his own body where he'd hit the girl. It didn't feel like that tough of a punch. I suppose her chi abilities were all she had going for her. It was a one punch knockout. He looked around to find Aki. If not for her yelling my name, I'd probably be in considerabley worse shape.
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